John Lasseter confirms Woody is a handmedown, and the most likely case is that Mrs. Davis is widowed. I mean, Mrs. Davis says that Woody is a cherished family toy at the yard sale, so that almost confirms it.
John Lasseter didn’t really confirm Woody was a hand me down. He said he always imagined Woody as being one.
I believe she’s referring to the fact that it’s mRs. rather than MS. (Misses=married, miss=unmarried) Although I’m not sure what your title becomes when widowed, or if it’s even a rule to retain “Mrs.” or revert to"Ms."
That’s what I’m saying. He’s dead, because if he was DIVORCED, her name would NOT be Mrs. Davis. You thought you wete disagreeing, but you just restated what I said.
Yeah, but the way that Andy’s mom said Woody was an old family toy basically confirms it. Who knows, hopefully TS3 answers.
Oops, sorry, I misunderstood you.
Responding to YouUnculturedSwine’s post - I think, in traditional use, a widow is still a “Mrs.,” and “Miss” only refers to a woman who has never been married. “Ms.” is a very recent title (starting in the 1970s) that some women preferred because it did not define a woman by her marital status (not to get into a big socio-political discussion). Any woman can be a Ms., married, single, widowed, divorced; it’s really just a matter of preference.
I’ve been trying to get a grip of the days of the week the movie(s) have been set in, because from there we could work out if Mrs. Davis was working, and possibly reveal if she is widowed or not though that. If she was divorced, a source of income would be needed, but, if she wasn’t, then the Davis family might be living through what Mr. Davis left when he died, i.e. income insurance.
Phileas - I have two explanations for Andy’s mom being at home - Either she was switching jobs in the move and had left her old job already, or she was taking time off to do the move.
Or, she could be a teacher on summer break since the movie seems like it is set in summer - no school, and lots of families with kids in school move during the summer, so switching schools is easier.
Well, if you think about the boy in the video Woody was watching in Toy Story 2 quite looked like Andy. Im not saying this for sure but it is possible.
Now THAT would be coincidencial. But cool, nontheless. Andy’s father was thought to be a fan of the show when he was young, so it’s not IMPOSSIBLE.
One point to make: whatever is the cause of the absence of Andy’s father, he was probably around when Molly was at least conceived (if not actually born), although there are a few other possibilities in that regard. For example, Molly could be adopted (but I doubt it’s generally feasible for a widow to adopt) or a half-sister (but then we just raise the issue of where that father vanished off to).
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I heard that a book said that Andy’s mom was widowed. He probably was in the military like a lot of you said, but let’s not forget that Molly was a baby in the first two films so Andy’s dad had to have died recently and possibly had blonde hair. Another theory is he left out to the military when Andy was in Kindergarten leaving him Woody in case he never came back and impregnated Andy’s mom with Molly.
Molly and Andy might have different dads
True but Andy seems to love her as a real sister and he’d be old enough to know if she wasn’t really
That’s over-complicating things. I mean, if Andy’s dad died, then everything just makes more sense.
Good point
BTW that last comment was playkid789. To elaborate, how is the audience supposed to assume that Andy and Molly are half-siblings?
They could reveal it in TS3 seeing how a huge percentage of the audience will be teens and adults
There is roughly a five year age gap between Andy and Molly. Andy would have been around five when Molly was born. If their father died, left, etc, around that time, i.e. just after Molly’s birth, If his father gave Woody to him at that time, Andy would’ve been around age five, most likely in Kindergarten, hence Potato Heads’ “Woody’s been Andy’s favorite since Kindergarten” line.
I wrote a fic about Andy’s parents having divorced, but it might seem more likely that he died. -Omar