 Andrew Wells was a Bond wannabe who was in actual fact a powerless nerd. He banded with Jonathan and Warren with the intention of taking over Sunnydale (Flooded). The three nerds’ plans became increasingly dangerous culminating with the deaths of Warren’s ex-girlfriend (Dead Things) and Tara (Seeing Red). Andrew and Jonathan escaped to Mexico but were drawn back to Sunnydale, haunted by a mysterious dream. The First Evil came to Andrew in the guise of Warren and convinced him to kill Jonathan, thus activating an ancient seal under Sunnydale High School (Conversations with Dead People). The Scoobies captured Andrew and held him hostage but he eventually became an ally, aiding them in their final fight (Chosen). Played by: Tom LenkAppeared in: Flooded, Life Serial, Smashed, Gone, Dead Things, Normal Again, Entropy, Seeing Red, Villains, Two To Go, Grave, Conversations with Dead People, Never Leave Me, Bring on the Night, Showtime, Potential, The Killer in Me, First Date, Get It Done, Storyteller, Lies My Parents Told Me, Dirty Girls, Empty Places, Touched, End of Days, Chosen |
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| Added: | › 5th September 2004 |
| Updated: | › 29th March, 2006 |
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July 5th, 2005 at 9:24 am
Andrew was awesome…he was soooo funny!!!!!
July 5th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
I thought it was a great idea having two characters we know and one we don’t and then kill the well known characters only to have whats-his-name live.
July 6th, 2005 at 1:52 pm
I love Andrew ! Tom Lenk is excellent.
It was so fun to see him again in Angel.
July 6th, 2005 at 2:30 pm
Andrew was a great character - he was so funny.
In the Angel episode Damage when he gave Spike the Gandalf speech and hugged him, it was hilarious.
The fact that he survived makes me hope that IF we ever see a Buffy or Angel movie/spin-off then he might appear.
July 6th, 2005 at 3:03 pm
He’s fabulous. Loved the hobbit hair and British lunch bag in the Angel episode.
July 11th, 2005 at 10:40 pm
I think there’s a funny bit of trivia about Andrew which is quite intriguing and is not mentioned here: I read somewhere else that he’s gay and in love with Warren, and I think it’s true. If you listen closely to his lines throughout the series it’s full of humourous hints pointing at this. Some examples are his rephrase of “form beneath it devours”, saying “from the bottom” instead, his comparison between Andrew and Patrick Swayze in Never Leave Me, and in general he’s all the time pretending to act very manly, even downright homophobic at times, clearly trying to cover himself being gay.
July 12th, 2005 at 12:15 am
The surprise is that in Angel you find out that he isn’t gay.
In The Girl In Question he heads out on a date with two beautiful women.
July 12th, 2005 at 7:55 am
The from beneath you, it devours translation that Andrew does might just be because he is a bad translator. Also he may have been going out with those women in Angel as friends.
July 12th, 2005 at 12:13 pm
I remember being at a convention in London a couple of years ago and there were a lot of questions directed towards Tom Lenk (who played Andrew) about his character’s sexuality. He said he just thought that Andrew was “confused” and he tended to idolise people (such as Spike and Xander) in such a way that he seemed to fancy them. He didn’t fall for them - he wanted to be them! I thought that was an interesting answer. Remember he idolised Buffy in the same way.
July 12th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
He may have been going out with two women to keep up the bond look.
July 12th, 2005 at 2:44 pm
Yes, it could have been a mistranslation, but I think it was intentionally so, again as a funny hint. I think the writers simply liked to have the fans guessing for the fun of it, as the actor himself says he was “confused” and the two-women date was also a way of poking fun at his character, as if saying “look! he seemed to be gay and now he dates to girls at the same time!”. Or maybe it was just a phase he went through…
July 13th, 2005 at 3:27 am
I loved Andrew and thought he wasn’t so much gay as he just really wanted to be cool so he really liked cool guys like Warren and Spike. He also did things like notice the craftsmenship of Xander instead of Willow and Kennedy kissing because he just wasn’t into that. One reason I hope Joss will make Ripper is so we can see Tom Lenk bring back Andrew.
November 3rd, 2005 at 5:46 pm
I don’t think Andrew is gay. I like what Tom Lenk said about Andrew’s sexuality, how he idolizes Spike and Xander not because he is gay but because, in a way, they are his strong male ‘role models.’
Off topic, I loved when Andrew and Jonathon were in Mexico and Andrew was telling Warren about how Jonathon was going to buy him a burro. Also, pretty much any scene w/ both of them rocked.
November 8th, 2005 at 7:42 pm
Personally, I have always assumed that Andrew is gay. It seems worth noting that in Seeing Red, he states about Warren, “He never really loved…hanging out with us.” Also, in Storyteller, several examples of this are shown (mouthing along to Anya’s words only, ignoring the women kissing to admire Xander’s “extraordinary” fixing of the window). In First Date, he swoons at the thought of Scott Bakula. I feel quite confident that he is going out with the two hot girls in The Girl In Question as a friend (and because it’s funny, mostly). I have always liked how this is portrayed (not in a serious way, like Willow). However, I could be wrong about this, I suppose (although I doubt it).
November 29th, 2005 at 10:02 am
And again I agree with TwoToGo-Grave…
you said everything I wanted to say about Andrew’s sexuality…
but anywayz… he was REALLy funny!
when he was with the trio I thought he was kinda annoying but in season 7 he was brilliant! :)
November 29th, 2005 at 12:21 pm
Well, thanks for agreeing with me Dawn. As it just so happens, now I’m going to agree with you. I also found Andrew annoying in season six, but much better in season seven. He didn’t fit as a villian because he was for too incapable, and even though this concept is humorous, it doesn’t work well if one is looking for good villiany. He is put in a much better position in season seven, where everything that is good about him is best used.
November 29th, 2005 at 6:39 pm
He could be bisexual.
No one ever thinks of that.
December 18th, 2005 at 1:05 pm
Andrew seems “confused” yes but also bisexul. At least that’s who I have always read him.
Xander points out that one of the nerds had Klingon love poems. Then we get references that it is Andrew who knows all the languages. Including Klingon (in Conversations with Dead people.)
So I think this is to suggest that Andrew was writing love poems about Warren.
His whole “he never really loved…. care about us.” Seems intentionally to be read “he never really loved me.” Thus showing that Andrew tought he loved Warren. (and perhaps that Warren used knowledge of this to get Andrew to do stuff for him.”
In “Storyteller” we see Andrew’s vision that gives sexual images of Spike, Buffy and Anya. He seems to have a crush on Anya (you’re the perfect woman.) idolises Buffy and a crush on Xander. (He’s materful. he’s extrodinary etc.)
Andrew seems very much Bisexual and also very hopeless. So its good that he plays both sides as he has a better chance of getting “a little bit of sex.”
December 18th, 2005 at 7:20 pm
I really like Andrew, but if he’s not gay it’s only because he doesn’t know he is.
December 26th, 2005 at 8:51 pm
I liked it when Anya and Andrew were together because they were sooooo funny together. Wspecially in the hospital when they have that wheelchair fight. My favorite bit, though, is:
ANYA
For God’s sakes, Andrew. You’ve been in here for 30 minutes. What are you doing?
ANDREW
Entertaining and educating.
ANYA
Why can’t you just masturbate like the rest of us?
Classic!
June 8th, 2006 at 2:22 pm
I like to think that Andrew is gay! Then maybe…………………..
Andrew’s the only character I’ve ever read/watched that I can really understand ‘cos he’s a lot like me!!!!!
June 8th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Also he rocks ass!!
June 8th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Everyone should worship Andrew cos Andrew is the Ubergod of this dimension & every other, including the dimension without shrimp!!!!
June 9th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
The ass-rocking wasn’t refering to Andrew having man-fun, it just meant that he rocks!!
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