Andy Trudeau

Infobox Charmed Character
Title=Andy Trudeau


First=Something Wicca This Way Comes
Last=Deja Vu All Over Again
Creator=Constance M. Burge
Name=Andrew Trudeau
Kind=Mortal
Affiliation=SFPD
Family=Susan Trudeau (ex-wife)
Powers=As an inspector of the SFPD, Andy had access to police files with which he helped to cover up the Charmed Ones' escapades
Actor=T.W. King ("Adult, Series"), Jake Sakson ("Child, Series"), cite episode|episodelink=That '70s Episode|title=That '70s Episode|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1999-04-07|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] Chris Boyd ("Adult, Unaired Pilot").

Andrew Trudeau is a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed. He is portrayed by T.W. King in the series, but portrayed by Chris Boyd in the unaired pilot.

Character's background

Andy Trudeau grew up next-door to the Halliwell sisters in San Francisco. As a child he was close to them all, and, as a result, Grams had to frequently wipe Andy's mind of any intentional or unintentional magic he might have witnessed in the Halliwell household. In high school he dated Prue for a short period, and their favourite meeting spot was their special bench swing. After high school, they parted ways and he moved out of his childhood home to Washington, and later to Portland, but he still checks up on Prue.cite episode|episodelink=Something Wicca This Way Comes|title=Something Wicca This Way Comes|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1998-10-07|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] He married, and later divorced, sometime between his college years and before he returned to San Francisco, but he still remains on good terms with his ex-wife, Susan, who didn't drop his last name even after the divorce.cite episode|episodelink=Dead Man Dating|title=Dead Man Dating|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1998-10-28|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] Andy now works as an Inspector - the third generation in his family to do so - for the San Francisco Police Department and is coincidentally assigned to almost every police case that involved the Charmed sisters. He works with Darryl Morris as his partner, although he caused quite a bit of "grief" to Darryl by almost always being seemingly ahead of his partner.cite episode|episodelink=The Wedding from Hell|title=The Wedding from Hell|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1998-11-11|network=The WB Television Network|The WB]

When the Halliwell sisters reunite and move back into the Manor after their Grams' death, Prue bumps into him at a hospital. The two of them begin dating shortly thereafter. He is in love with Prue, but while the affection was obviously returned, they eventually break up because Prue can't tell Andy her secret, and because his answer under the influence of her truth spell wasn't the one she wished for.cite episode|episodelink=The Truth Is Out There...and It Hurts|title=The Truth Is Out There...and It Hurts|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1998-11-25|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] Eventually, Andy discovers that all three sisters are witches, and that they are responsible for saving many people's lives.cite episode|episodelink=Out of Sight (Charmed episode)|title=Out of Sight|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1999-05-05|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] He finally learns to accept their powers, just as they did before him, and also because he realizes that they only use their powers to save innocent people, and that was why he became a cop.cite episode|episodelink=Love Hurts (Charmed episode)|title=Love Hurts|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1999-05-19|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] Yet despite the wedge of magic between him and Prue (he can choose to not be included in the magical world, but she can't), their feelings only continued to grow, to the point where Andy could hear Prue's cry of warning while she was in spirit form,cite episode|episodelink=The Power of Two|title=The Power of Two|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1999-05-12|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] and that he could communicate with her for the precious few moments before his spirit disappeared after being killed - almost as if they were soul mates.

Shortly after Andy finds out the secret, the sisters come up against a demon named Rodriguez, who, as it happens, was one of the Internal Affairs officers at SFPD investigating Andy's "unsolved freaky cases". After Rodriguez finds out through "eavesdropping" on a conversation between Andy and Darryl about the identity of who Andy protects, which, when topped with Andy's unsolved cases, figures out that they were the Charmed Ones, the Source (although it is not revealed at that time) sends Tempus to help him destroy the sisters. Every time he is vanquished by the Charmed Ones, Tempus causes the day to restart, with only Rodriguez and Tempus having knowledge of time being reset, so Rodriguez will learn from his past mistakes and manage to kill all three sisters eventually. However, unknown to them, Phoebe is able to retain some memories of the previous days due to her ability to see events in the past.cite episode|episodelink=Deja Vu All Over Again (Charmed)|title=Deja Vu All Over Again|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1999-05-26|network=The WB Television Network|The WB]

When Rodriguez gets more and more riled by the pain his repeated death caused, he lost his temper. During the third time loop, he glared at Kit outside the manor with his red demon eyes, which was unfortunately witnessed by an instantly alarmed Andy, who was hiding out inside his car, watching over the Manor. He rushes to the Manor to help the sisters, but not before Rodriguez fires an energy ball aimed at Prue, who is tackled out of the way by Piper (which causes Prue to hit her head and fall unconscious) and barely avoided by Phoebe. The sisters barely have time to process the attack when Andy bursts into the house with a gun and attempts to kill Rodriguez. However, Rodriguez hits Andy with an energy ball, and sends him flying across the living room and into a glass display case, killing him. While unconscious, Andy comes to Prue and tells her that she must stop time from resetting so that his death will not be in vain. When she regains consciousness she casts a spell to stop the time loop, thus defeating Tempus, and then deflects Rodriguez's energy ball, killing Rodriguez. The three sisters later attend Andy's funeral with Darryl, and Andy's name was cleared of the crime Rodriguez framed him for.

Appearances

Andy was a series regular in the first season. He appeared in all 22 episodes of the season, although he was only seen as a child in That '70s Episode, and therefore not portrayed by King, but he was still credited.When he appears as a little boy, adult Piper tells little Piper to freeze little Andy so that he will not follow them. Grams then unfreezes Andy and he tells her that little Piper has gone away with three strange women, whom Grams think are warlocks, not her granddaughters from the future.

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