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| image = [[File:Andrew.png|24px|class=sprite|Andrew]]

| appears in = English language teaching educational games from the same series as ''[[French with Rayman]]''

[[Hans]] (German cousin)<br>

[[Pedro]] (Spanish cousin)

'''Andrew''' is a character who only appears in the English language teaching educational games from the same series as ''[[French with Rayman]]'', and a cousin of [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]]. He plays a vital role in the game's story and acts as an English teacher for [[Rayman]].

Andrew is said to be English – the games are strongly disconnected from the rest of the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]] in that it attempts to blend real-world locations (such as the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center) with the locations of [[the valley]]. The game also contains references to other countries, including Ireland and Scotland. No trace of this real-world connection is present in any other [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' game]], including ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]''.

Andrew's appearance is somewhat inconsistent throughout the game, although it clearly seen that highly resembles [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|his cousin]]. In game, Andrew's hat as a helper character is like [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]]'s except that it is half bright-blue and half bright-red in colour, and dotted with white stars. These colours appear to have been chosen as they represent both the flags of the United Kingdom and the United States of America, both being English speaking countries.

However, when he appears full-bodied at the end of each level, Andrew looks identical to [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|his cousin]] in every way. This is because the same animation data is used for [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]] in ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'', who performs the same role. In the PlayStation port, the animations are absent, and Andrew stands idly at the exit instead.

At one point in the introductory sequence, [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]]'s family photo album is seen. Here, Andrew is revealed to have a shirt with a striped pattern of two colours, although what these are is unknown as the photos are in grey scale. It is likely that they would match the colour scheme of his hat, although this cannot be confirmed.

At the beginning of the game, [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]] is standing with [[Betilla]] the [[fairy]] outside a [[Mushroom|toadstool]]-like house. [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|The Magician]] suddenly receives a letter from his cousin Andrew, containing a magic formula – this letter plays the same role as the [[Magic Book of Knowledge]] in ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]''. [[Mr Dark]] spies the letter containing the formula, and attacks, stealing it and temporarily transforming [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]] and [[Betilla]] into [[Garden Raygnome|garden gnomes.]] Once they recover, they call [[Rayman]] and ask him to recover the letter, with the help of Andrew.

Much like in ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'', throughout the game, [[Rayman]] is guided through the levels by helper character's hats, who give him instructions and ask the educational questions which he must answer to progress. The hats of [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]] and [[Betilla]] appear to give [[Rayman]] the level's instructions in the language that was selected at the beginning of the game (either in French, Spanish, German or Italian). However the hats of Andrew and an English [[Betilla]] (who appears to be an unnamed relative of her, complete with a similar design of hat to Andrew) play the larger role in the game, not only giving instructions in English at the beginning of each level but also being the ones that ask the questions.

At the end of each level, Andrew appears by the [[exit sign]] to congratulate [[Rayman]] in the same way that [[The Magician (Rayman 1)|the Magician]] congratulated him at the end of levels in ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]''.

 

 

 

 

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