Yesturday one of my favourite channels on film theories and such released a video regarding Toy Story. I originally skipped over it out of carelessness, and then went back to it a few hours later. Watching the video brought a very shocking discovery. Not a theory, or anything like that. A story detailing everything regarding Andy's father from Toy Story, brought to us by a very close friend (Mike Mozart) of the late Pixar writer Joe Ranft. This story reveals why Woody doesn't know how special he is in TS2, why Andy's mother knows Al, and where the hell Andy's dad went in TS1.
[Video] Super Carlin Brothers - Andy's DadI should forewarn, this video is nineteen minutes long. But if you're super into this kind of thing, I definitely recommend it. For the time being I will assume the video details a true story, considering the sources. But who knows? Nobody yet, since Ranft died in a car accident. Unless Pixar speaks up and denies it all.
I also typed out the story, in case you don't want to listen to J speak.
Andy's Dad's Origins Text Documented.
Excuse my grammatical/spelling errors, if you can. I try my best not to make them.
You'll notice in Toy Story 1 the family is moving.. Which is one of the main points. The house they are leaving is not theirs, but in fact belongs to the parents of Andy's Dad. Most theories regarding Andy's father state there must have been some rough divorce, since there are no photos on the wall of his dad. That is entirely false. The photos in the house that you see are actually Andy's dad as a kid. Jump back to 1957, (I know it's the late 1950s but the last number could be wrong, correct me if so.) Andy's father (Also named Andy. Meaning if I say Andy from here on out, I refer to the father as a child.) is poor and very sickly. He's made fun of in school by his peers. One who happens to be Al from Toy Story 2. Not really important, so, anyways. Andy is a big fan of Woody's Roundup. A show produced by a cereal company at the time. The company decided to promote all of this with a boxtop contest. Collect 30 boxtops, send them in, and you could receive a Woody's Roundup toy. One prototype was made for Woody so far. Andy tries and tries but, only managed to get seven at the end of the deadline with his financial situation. He decides to send in a letter begging for a toy, despite not making the time, and decorates it very nicely. Meanwhile, Sputnik happens, and suddenly nobody wants cowboy stuff anymore. It's all about space! The cereal company looses a ton of money from this. They decide to toss the prototype out and give all of the kids who won some random space toy. One secretary, with all of the letters at her desk, thought the kids would be upset with this. So she took the prototype out of the garbage and sent it to who she thought was most deserving. Aka.. Andy. Unfortunately, on receiving this, his sickness grows worse. Andy suffers from Polio. At the time, vaccines existed, but weren't widely used (or something of those lines.); So Andy has to go to a facility to heal while his possessions are lined up on his front yard to be burned. Andy doesn't want this to happen, so he crawls out of his bed without the use of his legs, all the way to his yard. He grabs three very important toys..
Slinky (The dog), Mr. Potato Head, and Woody.
Obviously, Andy recovers. He goes on to have his named after son, Andy, with the wife (Mom) we see in 1997 and all other movies. (When I say Andy from now on, I refer to the current, child one.) They move to Seattle, and are now expecting Molly (Mollie?). Unfortunately, again, something strikes. Andy's father gets "Post-Polio Syndrome", which is detailed as much much worse than Polio, and effects other parts of the body. (I got lost, so it is unclear to me whether or not they moved to Andy's Father's Parents now or later. Not important.)
Andy's father called him over to his bedside, and gave Andy a key from his wallet. He told Andy to go into the attic and retrieve a chest. Andy went up. But.. by the time he came back down with the chest.. Andy's father had passed away. Andy forgets about the chest and the key, only to open it after the funeral.
The toys, having been asleep for all of this time, have no idea their owner died. They don't even know the Andy we see in Toy Story, isn't the Andy they knew. They believe him to be their original owner.
And after that, que all Toy Story events.
This explains many things, and adds some explanation:
Woody has no gun in his holster, most likely from being a prototype.
Al seems to know Andy's mother for no reason in TS2.
The handwriting of "Andy" on Woody's foot is different than Buzz's~ since Andy's father wrote Woody's, and his son wrote Buzz's.
The pictures in the house they leave have an Andy with glasses, but the Andy in 1997 Toy Story does not seem to have any.
Why Woody is super valuable to Al's Toy Barn in TS2, and why he's regarded as rare by them.
There's probably more, but that's all I remember.
My intention was not to directly copy the words of The Super Carlin Brothers or Mike. I watched the video once and described the situation from memory. (Which is why I put (?) for some scenarios. If anything needs to be corrected that you notice, please tell me. I'll fix it as to not confuse others who actually care to read it.) If any of the phrases I used sound similar, it's probably because I was thinking of how it was said and didn't change it.
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