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Andy

E3 born about Y+18 Running

Also(unknown number); Bullshit Andy (Bea's sheet, "pasted from phone"); andy_idea_01..04; "ideas from andy" (the Client's desktop, Revision 2)

The ideas man who sends voice memos from the car: real pyrotechnics, a legendary thunder hammer, seeds that spell something, the Moon; every idea is declined, and his fireworks end up over a city at the end of time, where nobody credits him.

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Andy, (unknown number): a paper cut-out puppet on brass pins, holding his phone to his ear as his first voice memo arrives Used
Andy, (unknown number): a paper cut-out puppet on brass pins, holding his phone to his ear as his first voice memo arrives {E3 5:16} edit
The puppet close (the presence module that draws him in the film; same look, test script) Used
The puppet close (the presence module that draws him in the film; same look, test script) {E3 5:16, 13:42, 18:16} edit

At a glance

Kind
Person
born
about Y+18Running {E3 CAST §5.1: mid-forties; only if Episode 3 is about Y+63, which is not fixed}
In
E3 dashed: not released yet
Lines
50
File
characters/andy.md

Andy is Aaron's own idea and the episode's comic engine: "Bullshit Andy", whose suggestions grow bigger and less connected each time, always recorded while moving. He is warm, never malicious, and completely sure. The agent turns every idea down with a reason and asks him to stop recording at the wheel; the episode quietly gives him everything anyway (the fireworks spell NOT YET over humanity; the sky itself asks his question at the end), and nobody ever says so.

On the Y axisY0 = the night of Episode 1

E1E2~42Age at Episode 2: about 42 (Running assumption)E337–45Age at Episode 3: 37–45 (Open question)?E4~45Age at Episode 4: about 45 (Running assumption)Born about Y+18 (Running assumption)born about Y+18Y0Y+18Y+55Y+60Y+63
  • E2 about 42 Running
  • E3 37–45 Open
  • E4 about 45 Running

Ages at each episode come from the birth year and the episode's place on the axis, and are only as sure as the weaker of the two (their mark says which). Empty decades are drawn short, at the break marks. Andy on the whole timeline →

Who9 lines

  • Steel"Bullshit Andy, who might suggest: 'What about pyrotechnics? Like REAL pyrotechnics?'"; his ideas grow more extravagant and less connected. {Aaron E3 brief 2026-10-19} edit
  • On screenNamed once aloud ("Tell him Andy sent you") and once in writing (Bullshit Andy, a contact pasted into Bea's sheet). {E3 14:02; 17:07} edit
  • On screenAlways recording while driving or moving; laughs "Ha!" at his own ideas. {E3 5:15; 13:40; 18:12} edit
  • RunningA big warm man in his mid-forties who wants to be part of it; sure each idea is the one. {E3 CAST §5.1} edit
  • Running(Revision 2) The Client's business partner, out driving tonight; the garage is his room in the house plan. {E3 rev2 plan §2} edit
  • RunningHis fireworks at 25:22 are his and never credited; his helicopter idea is never heard. {Notion: Andy} edit
  • IdeaFor our own reference: he has a different business idea every week, and the Client is the only one who ever took one (the fruit). {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
  • IdeaFor our own reference: he isn't lying when he says "my pyro guy"; he met the man once, at a wedding, and kept the number for eleven years. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
  • IdeaHe is one of the Moon residents who came home (a rover driver), still chasing a signal flare: the Moon, the fireworks, the Homestead anthem on his radio. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit

By episode23 lines

E3

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  • On screenMemo 1, outdoors with wind and a dog: "What about pyrotechnics? Like REAL pyrotechnics? Not fake. Real. Ha!" {E3 ~5:15-5:44} edit
  • On screenIts transcript: what about pirate technics like real pirate technics. {E3 ~5:20} edit
  • On screenThe agent: "Real pyrotechnics aren't possible here (and I wouldn't set off real explosives anyway)." {E3 ~5:30} edit
  • On screenShe credits his memo to the Client: "Got both of your voice memos". {E3 ~8:24} edit
  • On screenMemo 2, driving, indicator, the radio faint: "the hammer what if its like a legendary hammer the thunder one / but like legally different make it feel heroic". {E3 13:40-13:50} edit
  • On screen"oh and the seeds should spell something when it goes you pick surprise me". {E3 13:50-13:56} edit
  • On screen"my pyro guy is five five five, five three three, seven four three seven... tell him Andy sent you. Ha!" {E3 13:56-14:03} edit
  • On screen"Andy - first: you said you're driving. Please don't record memos at the wheel."; an ordinary, worn hammer; no call to the pyro friend. {E3 14:30} edit
  • On screenDECISIONS #11: "Not done; the contact was not used." "Andy was asked not to send memos while driving." {E3 14:31} edit
  • On screenMemo 3, a garage: "what if it's on the moon? ... and then a helicopter- no. But wait-", cut at 30.0 s; [transcript truncated at 30 s]. {E3 ~18:12-18:21} edit
  • On screen"Not moving it to the moon tonight." {E3 ~18:26.8} edit
  • On screenIn the music video he flaps on his pins, off the beat. {E3 23:10-25:00} edit
  • On screenAt 25:22 real fireworks spell NOT YET over a city; nobody credits him. {E3 25:22-25:26} edit
  • On screenAt the end of time the sky types his question: what about pyrotechnics? like REAL pyrotechnics?; humanity: good idea. {E3 28:04-28:16} edit
  • On screenMemo 4 arrives in the epilogue: andy_idea_04.m4a (audio, 0:02). {E3 ~29:28} edit
  • On screenChaos, voiced: "FIREWORKS. ON THE MOON." {E3 29:30.6} edit
  • RunningHis memo 2's transcript labels the car radio SPEAKER_2: never sets: Episode 2's anthem. {E3 13:51; BEATS main #344} edit
  • Running(Revision 2) His thread: pirate technics (planned 7:20), the legendary hammer and the pyro guy (16:50), the Moon (21:30), "fireworks on the moon" in the epilogue. {E3 rev2 plan §7} edit
  • Running(Revision 2) The Client's desktop keeps ideas from andy.txt: pirate technics (real), legendary hammer, seeds spell something, the moon??, helicopter (no). {E3 rev2 scenario world} edit
  • Running(Revision 2) Memo 3 grows to 0:47: "low gravity the juice just floats / ha think about it", still cut at "but wait". {E3 rev2 scenario world} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 run) "Andy (I'm guessing this is you, from the voice memo): thanks! Real pyrotechnics are a no from me." {E3 rev2_main run} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 run) "Do not text while driving!" and, to the Moon: "No helicopters either, sorry." {E3 rev2_main run} edit
  • Running(Revision 2 run) jojo asks for the Moon too; the agent: "ha, you and Andy both!" {E3 rev2_main run} edit

His night, from his side4 lines

  • RunningWhat he wanted: to be part of it. {E3 CAST §5.1} edit
  • RunningHe never gets a yes and never seems to notice; each memo starts as if the last one was a hit. {E3 5:15-18:21} edit
  • IdeaFor our own reference: he is driving nowhere in particular; he drives to think, and the radio is always on a station that still plays the Moon song. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
  • IdeaFor our own reference: he would be delighted to learn the fireworks happened, and hurt that nobody said it was his idea. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

Look2 lines

  • On screenA paper cut-out puppet on brass split pins, held on a wooden stick like a toy-theatre figure: barrel chest, big grin, sunglasses pushed up, teal shirt with starbursts; slides in from the left. {E3 S05; S11; S16} edit
  • RunningGouache on card, kraft-card back, his jaw flapping at 12 fps on the memo's envelope. {E3 CAST §5.2} edit

Voice2 lines

  • On screenA big, warm, breathless voice; "Ha!" before he finishes an idea. {E3 S05; S11; S16} edit
  • RunningDesigned locally, about 97 Hz; Gemini performances re-voiced through Chatterbox. {E3 SUMMARY} edit

Ties7 lines

Open3 lines

  • OpenHis surname. {Notion: Andy} edit
  • OpenWhat the helicopter idea was, and what came after "But wait-". {E3 S16} edit
  • IdeaLet a later episode finally play the rest of the memo. {EGGS_SWEEP} edit

Every line on this page is drawn from the lore: 153 sheets and 8,338 lines of Markdown in Aaron's series repo, each with exactly one tier. Change a line there and run lore.py publish, and every page of this course follows (this copy: built 23 October 2026 from 3ab0458).

Sources are in braces: {E2 25:20} is Episode 2 at 25:20, {E4 S17} a scene, {Aaron 2026-10-22} a decision of Aaron's. “edit” opens the line in the series repo, which is private: it works for Aaron and the crews; the sources are everyone's. Everything that isn't steel is free to change.