Andrew

Andrew's appearance as seen in the 360 Character Showcase.

**Andrew**, brother of Markus, is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists in the M&A HarmonyPlay show, created by Martin and Arthur Greywhinder.

## Story

### **Are\_Y0u\_HappY?**

In the Are\_Y0u\_HappY? video, Andrew is seen entering the scene with Banzo awaking Markus from his dream. Markus isn't impressed by the awakening, talking briefly about what he had been dreaming about whilst gradually turning to the camera. Before he can finish, Andrew interrupts him yet again with "*That's ridiculous Markus, you should be thinking about the perfect toy to ask The Toymaker to make*". Markus brushes off the interruption, asking Andrew if The Toymaker is in town to which he responds with excitement that he is.

The boys - along with Banzo - venture off to visit The Toymaker. However, both of them are unable to find The Toymaker when arriving at a beige building. At this moment, Andrew and Markus turn their heads towards the camera yet again asking the audience "*Do you see The Toymaker?*" which may have prompted a younger audience to interact and state his location just a few steps west from them. In the scene, you can see replicas of The Baby Doll, Jack-In-The-Boxes featuring the Jester and a newspaper article discussing about Martin Greywhinder being pronounced a fraud (which The Toymaker is reading).

When encountering The Toymaker, Markus and Andrew ask him if he can create the perfect toy for the pair of them. He then goes off into a short narrative about how his toys are able to blink, walk, eat and talk. But, The Toymaker is incapable of making toys seem "life-like" by making them see, dance, taste and sing, causing his downfall in production. During this scene, some speculate that The Toymaker uses emotional manipulation through self-pity to guilt-trip the boys into helping him create the "perfect toy" (which proved to be successful when they offer).

As Markus asks if there is anything they could do to assist him, the screen dims rapidly as The Toymaker's mouth finally moves with a low and somewhat distorted voice stating "*Why yes there is...*".

Both Andrew and Markus stare awkwardly in silence for a few seconds before Andrew asks "*Well, what is it?*".

The Toymaker quickly announces in his calmer voice the "four main ingredients": a needle with thread, fabric with paint - later revealed - Banzo and their voice. Markus tries to interrupt him declaring the boys don't have money to which The Toymaker responses "*Don't you want to be happy?*" in the same distorted voice as before. The staring and awkward silence repeats again before the camera cuts to The Toymaker listing off the ingredients.

Eventually, Andrew and Markus leave to find the first ingredients: the needle and thread. They soon spot a line of red thread leading underneath the bridge which they follow to discover a closed-up bag. Upon opening it from curiosity, they find a corpse but quickly brush this off when also finding a needle alongside the body. They return back to the The Toymaker who informs them their next ingredient is fabric and paint.

Whilst it is not shown, both boys seemingly find the fabric and paint as the next scene involving them includes Andrew announcing they found the paint only to be interrupted by The Toymaker proclaiming his praise over their determination. This is when they ask what is the third ingredient to which The Toymaker says enthusiastically "*The next thing I need is your dog!*".

At this comment, Andrew is visibly confused and anxious about allowing The Toymaker to have Banzo. He attempts to ask him why he would need Banzo to be answered with "*The toy needs to be happy, and it can't be happy without a friend*". Markus jumps in trying to question the choice only for The Toymaker to almost repeat his line from before with "*Don't you want it to be happy?*" in - yet again - the distorted voice.

As a result from the harsh response to their questions, Markus forces Andrew to push aside his doubts and give him Banzo as to "not be square". The scene abruptly fades to another segment involving Henry before fading back to the cartoon.

Andrew and Markus return to The Toymaker, all eager to see the final product. But, he declares the forth and final ingredient is their voice via singing. Just when the boys are able to repeat after him, a loud emergency siren is heard as a warning appears reading:

> "*Warning - The following audio recording is an unauthorized release of private footage. For your safety we ask that you please discard the tape immediately. If there is any audio from the original footage, please cover your ears and close your eyes."*
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Until the warning disappears, Banzo's monstrous form can be seen gradually being zoomed in from the center of the warning. Once this ends, The Toymaker prepares the children to witness the creation on the other side of the door. He states with distortion "*I really do hope you enjoy it*" with the camera tinted red as - presumably - both Andrew and Markus scream in horror at what was done to Banzo.

Before the cartoon ends, a few seconds are spared to showcase Banzo's new appearance via his face which zooms in and out with a heavily glitched filter. A memorial of sorts plays as Banzo fades away, showcasing the lives lost including: Amy Wilson, Richard Smith, Nathan Barnes and Banzo. Some of the captions underneath their censored photos describe their deaths. Richard Smith (aged 8) has a caption that reads: "*Suffered a seizure watching his favourite show*".

### **Wh4t\_Went\_Wr0ng?**

In the Wh4t\_Went\_Wr0ng? video, The Toymaker is seen slamming the door shut as Andrew is heard crying in the background being comforted by Markus. The footage is more distorted when shifting to showcase the boys but seems relatively visible when showcasing The Toymaker. He faces away from them, asking to either the children or himself "*Incredible, isn't it?*".

Markus - frightened and bewildered - questions what he did to Banzo when The Toymaker keeps talking to himself about no matter how much he perfects the equation, there always seems to be something wrong. Both the children and himself state they wanted the perfect toy, leading to The Toymaker proposing the question "*What did you two do?*", attempting to push the blame onto the boys instead. Of course, Markus doesn't understand which only fuels The Toymaker's aggression as he slams the door in frustration with a harsher tone, repeating the question as his physical appearance becomes more sinister (as seen by the pentagram forming on his forehead).

This causes The Toymaker to begin a tangent about spending days trying to perfect this process, fooling many and trying over and over to get some success, only to receive failure in the end results. After cornering the boys, his glaze shifts to Andrew as he exclaims "*You!*", expressing how he is to blame for his failure in creating the perfect toy by doubting him. Andrew begs for him to let him and Markus go as The Toymaker lifts him into the air laughing maniacally announcing that he won't allow anyone to let him down, including Andrew.

Fortunately, he is cut off mid-rant by a demonic entity (assumed to be The Devil) arriving at the scene. The Toymaker becomes fearful of the entity, slowly backing away pleading with it to "*give him more time*". His pleads are unheard and the camera lunges at him, indicating that The Toymaker likely has his soul taken or is killed off-screen (as the screen freezes on his terrified expression). In the background, distorted and slowed audio of sorts is played. For now, there's no context behind it and its relevance to the video in question.

## Personality

Similar to Markus, Andrew is a fairly confident boy with the few exceptions of seeming oblivious to what may be happening or being the target of bullying by both The Toymaker and his own brother. Despite this, he still chooses to see the brighter side of a situation, even if the odds are against him.

His concerns mostly lay within The Toymaker's demand to use Banzo during the process of creating the "perfect toy" as seen by his hesitation and questioning to him. Unfortunately, his concerns aren't wanted by both The Toymaker and Markus, with Markus' rude comment about Andrew "*being square*" for not letting him have Banzo. Essentially, he attempts to keep Markus and Banzo out of harm's way.

## Appearance

Andrew has short blond hair, a red and white striped top with blue overalls, black shoes and porcelain skin. Since he's placed in a cartoon-like world, his eyes don't have a specific color, instead being just black. His cheeks are also slightly darker than Markus along with having a matching nose.

## Trivia

* In the video, there are small segments of Henry attempting to gain attention from the viewer within dark hallways/rooms.
* Some seconds of the video include a short document about the Sofia toy made by Martin Greywhinder.
* Two boys featured in the memorial section look eerily similar to Andrew and Markus. In this case, Richard Smith could be the reality counterpart of Andrew given the same overalls and striped top worn by both boys.
* When Andrew and Markus find the fabric and paint, Gloria can be spotted behind The Toymaker.
* Disturbingly enough, The Toymaker's list of what his toys are incapable of doing seem to relate to the promised functions of some of the toys made by Martin Greywhinder (e.g Sofia The Singing Marionette).