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Andy Closing Laptop is a reaction image GIF of Andy from a scene in Toy Story 3 closing a laptop and turning away from the screen, exhausted.

A GIF of the scene was first uploaded online as early as April 2017. It became the subject of memes throughout the 2020s. Some of the earliest memes include image macros that attach a caption to the clip.

The meme proved considerably popular on X between 2025 and 2026. Most notably, in February 2026, an X thread went viral where the GIF was used numerous times, ending with a reverse version of the GIF where Andy opens his laptop.

Origin

In one scene in Toy Story 3, Andy's mom urges him to sell his toys online, otherwise, she'll throw them out or pack them away. Andy says he doesn't care, closes his laptop, and turns in his chair, exhausted. He then puts all of his toys except for Woody into a garbage bag.^[1]

On April 18th, 2017, a Tenor^[2] user uploaded a GIF of Andy closing the laptop and spinning around.

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On April 30th, 2022, a Tenor^[3] user posted a meme attaching the caption "cry about it" to the GIF.

On December 2nd, 2025, X^[4] user @Ultima_Undead posted the GIF, writing, "When you’re watching a smash character rework vid and they keep all the boring moves cause its 'competitively viable,'" garnering over 2,700 likes in a year.

On February 7th, 2026, X^[5] user @SlothDamage posted the GIF under the caption, "'How to learn anatomy' 'Step 1: draw cubes,'" joking that they give up when they're told to draw cubes to learn anayomy, garnering over 100,000 likes in seven months.

This began a lengthy thread where the GIF was repeatedly used after another X user offered a new piece of art advice. The thread ended when X user @Yendhay_ posted, "It's actually about dicks and balls," and user @noxeuuuu posted a reversed version of the GIF, garnering over 231,000 likes in the same span of time.

On June 23rd, Redditor unknown_11854 posted the scene from which the meme originates to the /r/TheMatpatEffect^[6] subreddit, gaining over 3,400 upvotes in three months.

On August 17th, X^[7] user @Toranagii posted the GIF under the caption, ">video on an RPG >as someone who DESPISES the genre-" garnering over 90,000 likes in two weeks.

On August 28th, X^[8] user @JefferyDoomer posted a version of the meme about Chris-Chan, garnering over 25,000 likes in a week.

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