Mind-blowing fan theory explains the ‘true identity’ of Andy’s mum in the Toy Story films

A PIXAR fan claims to have figured out the real identity of Andy's mum in Toy Story.

Jon Negroni, who runs a film review website, believes the clever folks behind the Disney-Pixar franchise have hidden the secret in plain sight — on Andy's head.

The eagle-eyed movie buff points out that Andy's cowboy hat is different from his doll Woody's.

In fact, it looks a lot more like someone else's hat — cowgirl doll Jessie's.

Both are the same colour, with white twine around the edges.

While Jessie's hat has a white band around the middle, Andy's hat has a faded mark — perhaps where a band used to be.

The fan's theory? That Andy's mum is Jessie's original owner, Emily.

Flashback scenes show Emily giving up Jessie when she outgrew her, leaving her in a donation box on the side of the road.

We also see a hat lying on Emily's bed — and it looks just like Andy's hat, but with a white band.

And there's more: Jon points out that Emily's bedroom contains a record player, and decor that suggests she grew up in the Sixties and Seventies.

That would make her old enough to be Andy's mum by the time present-day Toy Story took place.

We never found out Emily's surname, or the first name of Andy's mum.

The fan believes Emily grew up and passed her cowboy hat on to her son — Andy.

Perhaps the answer will be confirmed in Toy Story 4, which is slated for summer 2018.