Toy Story-Andy's mom: What do you think of this?

[Ginny Favers]

I started to wonder during TOY STORY 2 why, if Woody is a big collectible from the 50's, Andy would have it as his favorite toy. It made sense to me that it was an old toy of his father's, and that after his father died (or left), Andy found (or was given) Woody as the last reminder of his father.

But I never really thought that his mom was Emily, coming full circle. And TOY STORY 3 makes me wonder. If she was Emily and Woody and the toys meant so much to her, then why did she let Andy make the decision what to do with them when he left? Would she really have been ok with them ending up in the trash heap?

 

[sam_gordon]

I started to wonder during TOY STORY 2 why, if Woody is a big collectible from the 50's, Andy would have it as his favorite toy. It made sense to me that it was an old toy of his father's, and that after his father died (or left), Andy found (or was given) Woody as the last reminder of his father.

But I never really thought that his mom was Emily, coming full circle. And TOY STORY 3 makes me wonder. If she was Emily and Woody and the toys meant so much to her, then why did she let Andy make the decision what to do with them when he left? Would she really have been ok with them ending up in the trash heap?

IIRC, she let Andy make the decision between what to donate and what to store. She didn't know which toys he sorted where.

 

[Stitchfans]

Saw this yesterday. Makes a lot of sense to me.

 

[sonofanarchy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xia5iC9X3Bg

 

[fairestoneofall]

IIRC, she let Andy make the decision between what to donate and what to store. She didn't know which toys he sorted where.

as a mom, there are certain toys that I won't let my children donate. my parents saved some of my favorite things and I love sharing that with my kids.

 

["Cinder" Ella's Mom]

Someone on Facebook pointed out that it is odd that if Woody is such an old toy, why would Andy have a brand-new-looking Woody comforter on his bed in the first movie. Hmmm....

 

[sam_gordon]

as a mom, there are certain toys that I won't let my children donate. my parents saved some of my favorite things and I love sharing that with my kids.

I can respect that. But that doesn't mean all moms are the same. My mom boxed up my stuff and gave it to me. She didn't say "make sure you keep your first teddy bear" or anything like that.

 

[bcla]

[QUOTE="Cinder" Ella's Mom;50803880]Someone on Facebook pointed out that it is odd that if Woody is such an old toy, why would Andy have a brand-new-looking Woody comforter on his bed in the first movie. Hmmm....[/QUOTE]

It was a generic cowboy theme. Looks like a rider on a bucking bronco.

My big thing is how all the Pixar references changed from Point Richmond to Emeryville.

 

[NotUrsula]

The hole in the theory is the character's ages. Andy's mom as we saw her in the first film simply wasn't old enough to have been the original owner of a mid-1950's TV-themed toy. At the yard sale she said that Woody was "a family heirloom" -- which tells me that it probably belonged originally to either Andy's grandparent, or to Andy's DECEASED father. (I've always thought that Andy's dad had died; though it isn't spoken, I feel that it was implied. Besides that, Disney traditional kills off parents; they don't just go away, they die.)

Something that you got new when you were a child is not something that you refer to as "a family heirloom" -- you say that it "was mine when I was little", or that it is "special to me." When something gets "heirloom" status, it almost always means that the person who brought it into the family is deceased, and it usually also means that it has been passed down at least twice.

 

[sam_gordon]

The hole in the theory is the character's ages. Andy's mom as we saw her in the first film simply wasn't old enough to have been the original owner of a mid-1950's TV-themed toy. At the yard sale she said that Woody was "a family heirloom" -- which tells me that it probably belonged originally to either Andy's grandparent, or to Andy's DECEASED father. (I've always thought that Andy's dad had died; though it isn't spoken, I feel that it was implied. Besides that, Disney traditional kills off parents; they don't just go away, they die.)

Something that you got new when you were a child is not something that you refer to as "a family heirloom" -- you say that it "was mine when I was little", or that it is "special to me." When something gets "heirloom" status, it almost always means that the person who brought it into the family is deceased, and it usually also means that it has been passed down at least twice.

I think it depends on when "Toy Story" was set. Andy had his 6th Birthday party during the movie. Assuming his mom was 25 when she had had Andy, if she was a teen in the 70's, that puts her born ~1960. She would then have had Andy in 1985, and Andy would have turned 6 in 1991.

Woody and the Roundup Gang ran from 1949-1957 (link). I could see Andy's mom getting a Jessie (she had Jessie, not Woody) ~1965.

Yes, it's stretching, but not out of the realm of possibility IMO.

 

[iheartdisney]

I think it depends on when "Toy Story" was set. Andy had his 6th Birthday party during the movie. Assuming his mom was 25 when she had had Andy, if she was a teen in the 70's, that puts her born ~1960. She would then have had Andy in 1985, and Andy would have turned 6 in 1991.

Woody and the Roundup Gang ran from 1949-1957 (link). I could see Andy's mom getting a Jessie (she had Jessie, not Woody) ~1965.

Yes, it's stretching, but not out of the realm of possibility IMO.

The original Toy Story can't have been set before the summer of 1994, since Mom and Molly were listening to the soundtrack of The Lion King in the minivan.
Also, in Toy Story 2, Tour Guide Barbie explains that in 1995 they had a Buzz Lightyear shortage
Tour Guide Barbie
(yes, I have too much time on my hands today.)

We had a fun time last night reading The Pixar Theory.

 

[bcla]

The original Toy Story can't have been set before the summer of 1994, since Mom and Molly were listening to the soundtrack of The Lion King in the minivan.
Also, in Toy Story 2, Tour Guide Barbie explains that in 1995 they had a Buzz Lightyear shortage
Tour Guide Barbie
(yes, I have too much time on my hands today.)

We had a fun time last night reading The Pixar Theory.

You guys are turning into the Disney equivalent of Trekkies.

 

[aristocatz]

I love reading all these theories-keep them coming!

A co-worker told me today that she thought they briefly mentioned Andy's dad in the first movie.....being alive at the birthday party or something.....can anyone confirm this??

 

[sam_gordon]

The original Toy Story can't have been set before the summer of 1994, since Mom and Molly were listening to the soundtrack of The Lion King in the minivan.
Also, in Toy Story 2, Tour Guide Barbie explains that in 1995 they had a Buzz Lightyear shortage
Tour Guide Barbie
(yes, I have too much time on my hands today.)

We had a fun time last night reading The Pixar Theory.

OK. So lets say Andy's 6th birthday was 1994. He was then born in 1988. Assuming his mom was 25 when he was born (could have been older, could have been younger), she was born in 1963. That would make her a teenager in 1976.

Woody's Roundup had been off the air for a while, but maybe someone got her the Jessie doll at Big Lots.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I think -

a) It's a cute theory.

and

b) The dectective powers of true Disney fans are really quite scary.