Andrew

**Andrew**was a main character for the two seasons, 4 and 5, and later on in 15 and 16 of ***Why, Me?***. Andrew was notable as he was the youngest main character in the show’s history. Andrew exited Northdale after being completely broken due to his brother, Daniel’s, parties. He was shipped off to boarding school and was not seen back into Northdale until a sudden return with his best friend and flatmate, Jared Jackson. With new issues developed with his brother and his young antics still in tact, it’s up to the gang to show him some maturity.

## Summary

In Season 4, Andrew moves into Northdale with his brother, Daniel, becoming flatmates with Mekhla. Him and his older brother cause a lot of trouble with their blasting and buzzing parties disturbing the community and particularly the gang. Despite their craziness, he is seen to have an emotional side as he feels homesick in the episode, *Book Two, Part 1*, and he gets even closer to the gang as the year goes on. However, with both a vulnerable and party side - things sure aren’t easy to balance.

In Season 5, Andrew is shown to be a bit more caring towards the gang. However, his partying is never-ending as he goes from convincing everyone that he has a curse to falling off a building. As the year comes to an end, he must consider whether the lifestyle he leads is healthy.

In Season 15, Andrew moves back into Northdale with a new partner-in-crime, named Jared. While things were left unsettled since he was last there, he hopes to make new friendships and patch things up with others as he enters a group with totally different dynamics since he was last in it. In the season, Andrew saves some of the gang from getting caught in the mayor’s office, confronts Daniel as they come face-to-face since years, get’s into one of the most explosive moments on the franchise with Max, tries to catch Lila out, helps an old ally, tests his relationship with Jared, and finds his best Halloween costume yet.

In Season 16, Andrew’s boat is rocked when Jared’s crazy ex-boyfriend comes to taunt him. From freaky snapshots to an uncomfortable confrontation, Andrew fights for him to be locked up and escape his antics. Andrew also mucks up at a cookie factory and risks blowing up the factory if he does not reverse his mistake, falls out with Max, once again, after a political disagreement, goes ‘missing’, faces two breakdowns, and makes a final decision regarding his stay at Northdale. During the first episode of the next season, Andrew returns to clear up his accounts and belongings in Northdale as he reveals all to the gang regarding the breakdown of his relationship with Jared and where the next chapter of his life takes him.

## Appearance and Personality

Andrew is a tall blonde ten-year-old who loves action figures, parties and breaking the rules. He wears casual-sporty clothes and loves showing off his blue eyes. He hates his school uniform and is not an academic but he is fairly sporty.

## Casting

On December 18, 2021, the cast for the fourth season were announced via the show’s official Twitter page which featured the announcement that Andrew and Daniel were joining the cast replacing Benji Black. In January 2025, Andrew announced via his mother’s podcast, *Tammie: Mom Knows Best*, that he would not reprise his role for the sixth season due to the network’s budget cuts and that he was let go ‘to inject some new blood’ into the series. He admitted his dismay but thanked the network for the opportunity.

In March 2032, Andrew was linked to returning to the show when the new network, *Tanzania*, picked up the show for the eleventh season. However, declined when announcing that he would not appear in the eleventh season as he was ‘getting his big break in Hollywood’. Andrew did appear in the penultimate episode of the twelfth season and expressed his excitement of returning to set via his social media. This prompted fans to speculate whether he would return to the show full-time in the thirteenth season; which he didn’t. On October 18, 2036, it was announced by a *Tanzania* spokesperson that Andrew would return to the show in a full capacity in the fifteenth season. When asked if he would return for a potential sixteenth season, he stated: “If I was asked, of course I would.”.

## Episode Count

This information lists the character’s absences:

### Season 4

* Gambling Troubles
* Communication Error
* Triangular Love
* Birthday Buddy
* Friends 4 Life
* Long Lost Son

### Season 5

* In-Law Colleagues
* Kiwi-Boo
* Pool Out
* Truth or Dare
* Ariel DunGrose

### Season 15

* Cold Cellar Part 1
* Hot Water
* Mindful Mandy

### Season 16

* Solo Intentions
* He Says, She Says
* Spy Stake
* Mean Manager

## Trivia

* He, along with Jax Garcia, Max Black, Mekhla Mary De La Wary, Cameron, Keira and Lila Miller, are the stars to have returned to the show.