Changes: Geri

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"You can't rush art."

—Geri, as he prepares to restore Woody

Geri is an aging codger somewhat well-known in the Pixar universe. He is the star in the short film Geri's Game in which he enjoys a game of chess while playing with himself as if he were two different people; he puts on a pair of glasses on one side and takes them off on another. The prize for beating himself: his own dentures, which he would have inevitably acquired no matter how he won. Late in the game, one of his personalities (glasses) is losing badly, so he fakes a heart attack and switches the board around when the other personality (non-glasses) isn't looking.

Geri makes a cameo as a professional toy cleaner in Toy Story 2, restoring Woody to prime condition for Al McWhiggin before he is about to be shipped to a museum in Japan. In this attempt, he was able to sew back Woody's arm which was torn off; this was clearly the hardest part of the restoration, reflecting his great skill. Though he was unnamed (he was credited merely as "The Cleaner"), it is clearly Geri. This was even further hinted at when one can see the contents of his special briefcase and briefly spot a set of chess pieces (a reference to the short film).

Geri did not have any actual dialogue in Geri's Game, his voice was provided by Pixar animator and screenwriter Bob Peterson, who voiced characters in other Pixar films such as Roz in Monsters, Inc. and Mr. Ray in Finding Nemo. In Toy Story 2, he was voiced by Jonathan Harris, who voiced Manny in A Bug's Life, the film with which Geri's Game debuted.

The color separations, print design and film for the Geri Game posters were provided by Alpha DigiGraphics in Novato CA with the printing done by Uno Printing of Novato.

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 '''Geri''' is an aging codger somewhat well-known in the Pixar universe. He is the star in the short film ''[[Geri's Game]]'' in which he enjoys a game of chess while playing with himself as if he were two different people; he puts on a pair of glasses on one side and takes them off on another. The prize for beating himself: his own dentures, which he would have inevitably acquired no matter how he won. Late in the game, one of his personalities (glasses) is losing badly, so he fakes a heart attack and switches the board around when the other personality (non-glasses) isn't looking.
-Geri makes a cameo as a professional toy cleaner in ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', restoring [[Woody (Toy Story)|Woody]] to prime condition for [[Al McWhiggin]] before he is about to be shipped to a museum in Japan. In this attempt, he was able to sew back Woody's arm which was torn off; this was clearly the hardest part of the restoration, reflecting his great skill. Though he was unnamed (he was credited merely as "The Cleaner"), it is clearly Geri. This was even further hinted at when one can see the contents of his special briefcase and briefly spot a set of chess pieces (a reference to the short film).
+Geri makes a cameo as a professional toy cleaner in ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', restoring [[Woody]] to prime condition for [[Al McWhiggin]] before he is about to be shipped to a museum in Japan. In this attempt, he was able to sew back Woody's arm which was torn off; this was clearly the hardest part of the restoration, reflecting his great skill. Though he was unnamed (he was credited merely as "The Cleaner"), it is clearly Geri. This was even further hinted at when one can see the contents of his special briefcase and briefly spot a set of chess pieces (a reference to the short film).
 Geri did not have any actual dialogue in ''Geri's Game'', his voice was provided by Pixar animator and screenwriter [[Bob Peterson]], who voiced characters in other Pixar films such as [[Roz]] in ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' and [[Mr. Ray]] in ''[[Finding Nemo]]''. In ''Toy Story 2'', he was voiced by [[Jonathan Harris]], who voiced [[Manny]] in ''[[A Bug's Life]]'', the film with which ''Geri's Game'' debuted.