The scene, alongside most of the original storyline, was created the way it was because then-Disney Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg demanded that the movie have a more adult, cynical edge to it. This likewise made Woody out to be a callous jerk who let his role of leadership get to his head and treat the toys he lorded over very harshly. When the scene was shown on November 19, 1993 to various studio executives, alongside the original reel, Roy Disney and the other Disney heads were disgusted with the result, and John Lasseter felt embarrassed throughout the whole thing because what happened was that the characters were the most unhappy, mean characters to appear in the film in a horrible way. This resulted in Disney nearly shutting down production of Toy Story, with the production team reques