I have a question about Toy Story, Andy's family specifically

[NMAmy]

Sid was the garbage man (check out the skull shirt he's wearing - but it's very quick)

I missed it, too!

 

[angie@dvcstore]

I loved the movie it was awesome! give it 5 stars

 

[bumbershoot]

He's dead, Woody is an old family toy (she tells that to AL in TS2) and I always assumed he was Andy's Dads and thats why Andy is so attached to him.

Ooh, interesting.



Disney's movies started off with fairy tales, and those stories generally had some sort of major major loss involved. Otherwise, there's no compelling story arc. Once I lost my mother, I started to understand why most stories will use loss-of-a-relative as a sort of quick start to the interesting stuff...your life changes SO much...

 

[Topper]

 

[happybratpack]

I'm just wondering, does Disney even know how to make a movie with two intact parents? I mean how hard would it be for dad to be there to send Andy off to college?

Lady & the Tramp and Peter Pan had two parents.

I just always assumed she was a single parent and thought it was more of a sign of the times situation.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Lady & the Tramp and Peter Pan had two parents.

I just always assumed she was a single parent and thought it was more of a sign of the times situation.

Peter Pan didn't have parents. Neither did the lost boys.

Its the Darling children that did.

 

[happybratpack]

Peter Pan didn't have parents. Neither did the lost boys.

Its the Darling children that did.

LOL, I meant in Peter Pan "the movie" there was a parental unit. Not that he had parents himself.

 

[mickeywho?]

He's dead, Woody is an old family toy (she tells that to AL in TS2) and I always assumed he was Andy's Dads and thats why Andy is so attached to him. Either that or the dad ran off with the babysitter, but since Disney is always killing off one of the parents I don't think thats the case.

This! I was 99% sure that poor Dad was dead and then after watching TS3 yesterday I'm 100% sure. The little talk Andy gives to Bonnie when he's passing her Woody sounded like a speech a dying father would give a little boy. And made it pretty obvious why Andy was so attached - ready to bring him to college with him instead of the attic with the other toys.

I was a messy puddle at the end of that movie!

 

[Sparx]

I always thought Andy's dad had passed away, and Woody was a hand-me-down from Andy's dad.

I didn't think that Andy's mom and Molly were really vital characters to the story. The movies were about Andy and his toys. I think another character would have been a little unnecessary. Assuming that Woody is a hand-me-down from Dad also answers the question as to how Andy has a toy that was popular so many years ago.

When Disney kills a parent, I think its really just the "the most bang for your buck" method of pulling emotion out of people. If a parent is dead, you don't have to focus on explaining it any more. Its probably the most traumatic thing that you can do in the least amount of screen time.

I also think that having just one parent present is relatable to a lot of children now-days. Not everybody has 2 parents and 2.5 siblings. A single working mom is something that a lot of children can relate to.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Thanks everyone. Geez, I just never gave his dad a thought in the 1st two. It wasn't until mom was saying good-bye it occured to me "Where's dad?" The whole Woody as a hand-me-down makes sense, because Woody's Round Up was an old tv show, so how would Andy have a toy like that?

As for Sid being the garbage man, LOL LOL LOL! I totally missed that, I did think the garbage man was funny, but never saw that it was Sid. I laughed at what he did with Lotso, because I see tons of trucks (and school busses) with toys like that on the front.

I really need to start paying more attention when I watch these movies.

 

[karly05]

I posted this on another thread somewhere around here, too - I'm pretty sure this is right, but I wish there would be some official confirmation somewhere...

The garbage man who picks up Lotso is not Sid. (He seems older and burlier.)

Sid is the skinny young garbage man we first see when the trash truck is picking up on Andy's street. We get a pretty good look at his skull t-shirt; he is wearing headphones and jamming to his loud rock music. We see him again near the end, still jamming to his headphones, working on the truck on which our heroes hitch a ride (which is different than the Lotso guy's truck).

 

[Tricia1972]

I never thought of Woody as a hand me down from his dad. That definitely explains how Andy got a toy that old and the very strong sentimental attachment.

If that's the case it seems a little weird to me that Woody didn't relate more to Jessie and the story of her life, and parting, with Emily in Toy Story 2.

 

[WL Fan]

I'm just glad to find out I'm not the only one who had a few "soggy" moments! I made the kids sit through all of the credits just so I could get my act together!

 

[BalooTheBear]

I posted this on another thread somewhere around here, too - I'm pretty sure this is right, but I wish there would be some official confirmation somewhere...

The garbage man who picks up Lotso is not Sid. (He seems older and burlier.)

Sid is the skinny young garbage man we first see when the trash truck is picking up on Andy's street. We get a pretty good look at his skull t-shirt; he is wearing headphones and jamming to his loud rock music. We see him again near the end, still jamming to his headphones, working on the truck on which our heroes hitch a ride (which is different than the Lotso guy's truck).

You are correct, it is the younger garbage man that picks up the trash at Andy's. I didn't notice it when I saw the movie, but I did a search on Youtube and found that and a lot more hidden facts. Sid is about 2 minutes into the clip....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEnf3EmdPtU

 

[cm8]

We took the kids and saw it in Non , My husband can't focus in those types of movie, but he will occasionally see one if he really wants to and it is not long! Some of the parts were too much for small children, but I guess they figure our children don't live a sheltered life any more and have already been exposed to some of the things in the film.

It was very funny and sad at the same time. Our children loved it and we also sat through the credits to see what else was going to happen. I was kind of mystify at why Andy was going to college by himself as well, along with why he was spending some much time with Bonnie than his own sister . I thought for a moment he had changed his mind and was not going to leave. The pain in his eyes when he saw Woody made my heart melt. It felt good seeing him have one last Hooray with them all at Bonnie's house. Ps, the way they (disney- pixar) made KEN out to be was ,, That totally took the cake.

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

This! I was 99% sure that poor Dad was dead and then after watching TS3 yesterday I'm 100% sure. The little talk Andy gives to Bonnie when he's passing her Woody sounded like a speech a dying father would give a little boy. And made it pretty obvious why Andy was so attached - ready to bring him to college with him instead of the attic with the other toys.

I was a messy puddle at the end of that movie!

Awww! If Woody was a toy of Andy's father's, now I wish he didn't give him away at the end! Is nothing sacred!

 

[NotUrsula]

Ps, the way they (disney- pixar) made KEN out to be was ,, That totally took the cake.

That joke about Ken has been going around pretty much since Ken was created; it's because the doll is not anatomically correct.

 

[BellvilleDad]

My 10 year old has asked me about Andy's Dad a ton of times!! I always say "I don't know"!!! You can't get anything past him!!!

My kids ask about Andy's dad everytime we watch the movies, too. Obviously, there's no correct answer. I don't understand why they couldn't at least say something about him on-screen. It's like the dad didn't even matter. That's been my only complaint about the movies, though.

 

[JenM]

It was very funny and sad at the same time. Our children loved it and we also sat through the credits to see what else was going to happen. I was kind of mystify at why Andy was going to college by himself as well, along with why he was spending some much time with Bonnie than his own sister . I thought for a moment he had changed his mind and was not going to leave. The pain in his eyes when he saw Woody made my heart melt. It felt good seeing him have one last Hooray with them all at Bonnie's house. Ps, the way they (disney- pixar) made KEN out to be was ,, That totally took the cake.

Sure he did...before he left his room his mom had asked him if he had said goodbye to Molly. He said "about a million times!"

We never saw the entire goodbye, we just saw whatever the toys were there for.

And on that, I'm fine with not knowing about Andy's father. It made it even more the toys' story, and they didn't need to drop in an unnecessary plot point about Woody possibly being a toy from his late father. It was just Andy's toy, and that was enough.

 

[phillmolly]

I was always under the impression that Woody was Andy's mom's toy first. I think because of how understanding she was about the way he felt about his toys. Also in the first two movies I just thought the dad was out of town or something but in this one I really had the feeling that he had died.