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The basic definition given for Disabled Love Interest is \
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The basic definition given for Disabled Love Interest is \\\"a Love Interest, most often Inspirationally Disabled. She\\\'ll overcome her challenges in the end, and have a steamy kiss while she\\\'s at it.\\\"
Reading through the full definition and all the examples given on the trope page, it is apparent that when this trope is in play, the disability is one of the defining character traits of the love interest. Thus, the hero does not just have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist, they have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist \\\'\\\'in a wheelchair\\\'\\\'.
In Toy Story 4, neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps and we have to agree that the \\\"magic\\\" that enables toys to become mobile does somewhat obfuscate the notion of a disability.
Bo, for instance, isn\\\'t wearing some advanced prosthetic arm, it\\\'s her actual arm that when both halves are touching, magically becomes fully functional and when the tape slips off it becomes inert. I would wager that a majority of the audience was completely unaware that Bo\\\'s arm was broken off and that she was \\\"disabled\\\" until the humorous moment it comes off in Woody\\\'s hand. Even then, there\\\'s a moment of laughter between them, some more tape is applied and the issue of her broken arm never resurfaces in the story.
Woody\\\'s voice box is challenging for this trope because you have to decide if the voice box is an actual part of Woody the character (like an organ) or whether it is an accessory tied to his sense of identity as \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\" the toy from \\\"Woody\\\'s Roundup\\\". If the latter, then the voice box is like his hat or sheriff badge but it just happens to be inside him.
Certainly Woody has an emotional attachment to his voicebox but he does decide to voluntarily give it to Gabby. Just as he decides to pass on his Sheriff Badge to Jessie. In both cases this represents his acceptance of shifting his identity from an \\\"owned toy\\\" to a \\\"lost toy\\\". Those accessories aren\\\'t needed in the new life he is choosing with Bo and while he is giving up a part of himself, does it really leave him disabled?
This could lead into many a complex discussion over identity, handicaps, is the voice box like a kidney transplant, etc?
However, tying back to the trope at hand, DisableLoveInterest, I stand by my assessment that neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps. Bo has a fully functional arm that never impacts her ability to be an ActionGirl and one imagines that once she finds a tube of super glue lying about, her arm will be more or less permanently fixed. Woody in giving away his voice box causes him to no longer be \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\", but he is still fully functional as the Woody we\\\'ve known for these past 4 installments.
Therefore I don\\\'t really feel that this trope applies.
Reading through the full definition and all the examples given on the trope page, it is apparent that when this trope is in play, the disability is one of the defining character traits of the love interest. Thus, the hero does not just have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist, they have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist \\\'\\\'in a wheelchair\\\'\\\'.
In Toy Story 4, neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps and we have to agree that the \\\"magic\\\" that enables toys to become mobile does somewhat obfuscate the notion of a disability.
Bo, for instance, isn\\\'t wearing some advanced prosthetic arm, it\\\'s her actual arm that when both halves are touching, magically becomes fully functional and when the tape slips off it becomes inert. I would wager that a majority of the audience was completely unaware that Bo\\\'s arm was broken off and that she was \\\"disabled\\\" until the humorous moment it comes off in Woody\\\'s hand. Even then, there\\\'s a moment of laughter between them, some more tape is applied and the issue of her broken arm never resurfaces in the story.
Woody\\\'s voice box is challenging for this trope because you have to decide if the voice box is an actual part of Woody the character (like an organ) or whether it is an accessory tied to his sense of identity as \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\" the toy from \\\"Woody\\\'s Roundup\\\". If the latter, then the voice box is like his hat or sheriff badge but it just happens to be inside him.
Certainly Woody has an emotional attachment to his voicebox but he does decide to voluntarily give it to Gabby. Just as he decides to pass on his Sheriff Badge to Jessie. In both cases this represents his acceptance of shifting his identity from an \\\"owned toy\\\" to a \\\"lost toy\\\". Those accessories aren\\\'t needed in the new life he is choosing with Bo and while he is giving up a part of himself, does it really leave him disabled?
This could lead into many a complex discussion over identity, handicaps, is the voice box like a kidney transplant, etc?
However, tying back to the trope at hand, DisableLoveInterest, I stand by my assessment that neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps. Bo has a fully functional arm that never impacts her ability to be an ActionGirl and one imagines that once she finds a tube of super glue lying about, her arm will be more or less permanently fixed. Woody in giving away his voice box causes him to no longer be \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\", but he is still fully functional as the Woody we\\\'ve known for these past 4 installments.
Therefore I don\\\'t really feel that this trope applies.
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The basic definition given for Disabled Love Interest is \
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The basic definition given for Disabled Love Interest is \\\"a Love Interest, most often Inspirationally Disabled. She\\\'ll overcome her challenges in the end, and have a steamy kiss while she\\\'s at it.\\\"
Reading through the full definition and all the examples given on the trope page, it is apparent that when this trope is in play, the disability is one of the defining character traits of the love interest. Thus, the hero does not just have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist, they have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist \\\'\\\'in a wheelchair\\\'\\\'.
In Toy Story 4, neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps and we have to agree that the \\\"magic\\\" that enables toys to become mobile does somewhat obfuscate the notion of a disability.
Bo, for instance, isn\\\'t wearing some advanced prosthetic arm, it\\\'s her actual arm that when both halves are touching, magically becomes fully functional and when the tape slips off it becomes inert. I would wager that a majority of the audience was completely unaware that Bo\\\'s arm was broken off and that she was \\\"disabled\\\" until the humorous moment it comes off in Woody\\\'s hand. Even then, there\\\'s a moment of laughter between them, some more tape is applied and the issue of her broken arm never resurfaces in the story.
Woody\\\'s voice box is challenging for this trope because you have to decide if the voice box is an actual part of Woody the character (like an organ) or whether it is an accessory tied to his sense of identity as \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\" the toy from \\\"Woody\\\'s Roundup\\\". If the latter, then the voice box is like his hat or sheriff badge but it just happens to be inside him.
Certainly Woody has an emotional attachment to his voicebox but he does decide to voluntarily give it to Gabby. Just as he decides to pass on his Sheriff Badge to Jessie. In both cases this represents his acceptance of shifting his identity from an \\\"owned toy\\\" to a \\\"lost toy\\\". Those accessories aren\\\'t needed in the new life he is choosing with Bo and while he is giving up a part of himself, does it really leave him disabled?
This could lead into many a complex discussion over identity, handicaps, is the voice box like a kidney transplant, etc?
However, tying back to the trope at hand, DisableLoveInterest, I stand by my assessment that neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps. Bo has a fully functional arm that never impacts her ability to be an ActionGirl and one imagines that once she finds a tube of SuperGlue lying about, her arm will be more or less permanently fixed. Woody in giving away his voice box causes him to no longer be \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\", but he is still fully functional as the Woody we\\\'ve known for these past 4 installments.
Therefore I don\\\'t really feel that this trope applies.
Reading through the full definition and all the examples given on the trope page, it is apparent that when this trope is in play, the disability is one of the defining character traits of the love interest. Thus, the hero does not just have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist, they have a romance with an attractive, blond scientist \\\'\\\'in a wheelchair\\\'\\\'.
In Toy Story 4, neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps and we have to agree that the \\\"magic\\\" that enables toys to become mobile does somewhat obfuscate the notion of a disability.
Bo, for instance, isn\\\'t wearing some advanced prosthetic arm, it\\\'s her actual arm that when both halves are touching, magically becomes fully functional and when the tape slips off it becomes inert. I would wager that a majority of the audience was completely unaware that Bo\\\'s arm was broken off and that she was \\\"disabled\\\" until the humorous moment it comes off in Woody\\\'s hand. Even then, there\\\'s a moment of laughter between them, some more tape is applied and the issue of her broken arm never resurfaces in the story.
Woody\\\'s voice box is challenging for this trope because you have to decide if the voice box is an actual part of Woody the character (like an organ) or whether it is an accessory tied to his sense of identity as \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\" the toy from \\\"Woody\\\'s Roundup\\\". If the latter, then the voice box is like his hat or sheriff badge but it just happens to be inside him.
Certainly Woody has an emotional attachment to his voicebox but he does decide to voluntarily give it to Gabby. Just as he decides to pass on his Sheriff Badge to Jessie. In both cases this represents his acceptance of shifting his identity from an \\\"owned toy\\\" to a \\\"lost toy\\\". Those accessories aren\\\'t needed in the new life he is choosing with Bo and while he is giving up a part of himself, does it really leave him disabled?
This could lead into many a complex discussion over identity, handicaps, is the voice box like a kidney transplant, etc?
However, tying back to the trope at hand, DisableLoveInterest, I stand by my assessment that neither Bo nor Woody are really defined by their handicaps. Bo has a fully functional arm that never impacts her ability to be an ActionGirl and one imagines that once she finds a tube of SuperGlue lying about, her arm will be more or less permanently fixed. Woody in giving away his voice box causes him to no longer be \\\"Sheriff Woody\\\", but he is still fully functional as the Woody we\\\'ve known for these past 4 installments.
Therefore I don\\\'t really feel that this trope applies.
