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{{Character  

| image = [[Image:AndrewHat.PNG|320px|class=sprite|''Andrew'']]

| appears in = ''[[English with Rayman]]''

| status = Helper character; teacher

| relatives = [[The Magician]] (cousin)

'''Andrew''' is a character who appears only in ''[[English with Rayman]]'', where he plays a vital role in the game's story and acts as an English teacher for [[Rayman]]. He is the cousin of [[the Magician]].  

Andrew is said to be English – the entire ''[[English with Rayman]]'' game is 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 ''[[Rayman Junior]]''.

Andrew's appearance is somewhat inconsistent throughout ''[[English with Rayman]]'', although it clearly seen that highly resembles [[The Magician|his cousin]]. In game, Andrew's hat as a helper character is like [[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|his cousin]] in every way. Unlike in ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', where [[the Magician]] fills this role, he does not move or animate at the end of level, although the accompanying sound effects to the voice over seems to suggest that this was originally intended and never implemented. This could also explain why the wrong design is used here.

At one point in the introductory sequence, [[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.

==In ''[[English with Rayman]]''==

At the beginning of the game, [[the Magician]] is standing with [[Betilla the Fairy]] outside a [[Mushroom|toadstool]]-like house. [[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 ''[[Rayman Junior]]''. [[Mr Dark]] spies the letter containing the formula, and attacks, stealing it and temporarily transforming [[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 ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', throughout ''[[English with Rayman]]'', [[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]] 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 un-named 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]] congratulated him at the end of levels in ''[[Rayman Junior]]''.

<gallery widths="320px" heights="240px" "class=sprite">

Magician_Andrew_family_photo_album_English_with_Rayman.png|The family photo album of Andrew and [[the Magician]].

Andrew_letter_English_with_Rayman.png|Andrew's letter to [[the Magician]] contains a magic formula.

</gallery>

*In the manual for the PlayStation version of ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', there is a section that explains what [[the Magician]]'s hat does in game. However the picture that goes along side it is of Andrew's hat, despite the fact that he does not appear in the game.