Friend Inside Me is a remix of Randy Newman's song "You've Got a Friend in Me" created by Toby Fox in which the lyrics are rearranged to make Newman repeatedly sing, "Friend inside me." The remix was posted to Fox's Tumblr account in September 2019. In late 2023, the song became the subject of memes , primarily on X / Twitter , in which it is paired with and referenced alongside eerie, black-and-white, creepypasta-like edits of Woody from the Toy Story franchise from which "You've Got a Friend in Me" originates. The black-and-white version of Woody is often referred to as "Friend." These memes became increasingly popularzed in June 2024. Prior to this, in 2023, a theory known as "Woody Theory" that "Friend Inside Me" teases a secret boss in Fox's upcoming video game Deltarune: Chapter 3 began to spread on social media, although these are unconfirmed and highly speculative. The memes regularly reference this theory, although not exclusively.
