The film takes place shortly after the death of Andy Sr.

did as a kid, as evident in pictures hanging on the wall that show a similar-looking child, wearing glasses. was the same boy that was forced to lock them away decades prior.Ĭonfirming Mozart's account, the intro to the first Toy Story indicates Andy Jr. opened the trunk, the toys didn't actually realize this was a different Andy. Before he died, however, he managed to introduce his son to the trunk that contained his old toys. lived to be an adult, marrying Molly and fathering their son Andy Jr.Īs polio can be known to do, it struck again later in Andy Sr.'s life, forcing Andy and his family to move back to his parents' house, where he eventually passed away. However, he managed to save three toys, locking them away in a trunk: Woody, Mr. It's revealed that Andy Sr., who doesn't appear in any of the films, contracted polio as a child, so all his belongings were burned for safety. It turns out the name 'Andy' written underneath Woody's foot actually refers to Andy Sr., the father of the child Andy from the first three Toy Story films. Mike Mozart recounted the story to the host of the SuperCarlinBrothers YouTube channel. I hate to bring the conversation to a dark place, but there's no way to answer this without going into the tragic back story told to Mike Mozart by his late friend Joe Ranft, the head of writing for Pixar and Toy Story, regarding Andy's family.

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