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People Share Brilliant Hidden Details In Animated Movies, Here Are The 50 Best Ones
Films are generally a collaborative effort between all sorts of creative folks, script writers, directors, actors, set designers, costume, prop and makeup artists and really everything else. Naturally, a good film will have a lot of hidden details left by these creatives. This is even more true in animation where really anything is possible.
We’ve gathered posts about cool and interesting details in animated movies from across the internet. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own ideas and examples in the comments section below.
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#1
In Big Hero 6 (2014), This Happens:
MaggieMay85 1 year ago
If it was me, I don’t work well under pressure, I would only be making salt water.
Silly Panda Cat 1 year ago
It was amazing the speed she thinks up the formulae in her head in the film
René Sauer 1 year ago
I thought that was obvious when I watched the film. Did some people really not get it?
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago
Sciences tend to bleed over. I work in computers and software development, but also likely know more about physics and calculus than the average person because they matter heavily in graphics rendering and are general interests I have. Like how an engineer will probably also know a lot about chemistry because it's something you have to understand to design physical objects.
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#2
Moana Writers Play A Joke On The Rock’s Nickname
Cat Chat 1 year ago
My daughter was 5 when that movie came out. For her birthday that year, the only thing she wanted was a Heihei doll.
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Nikki Gross 1 year ago
Since I've been watching old matches on YouTube this is f*****g hilarious! 😂😂😂 I was in love with the Von Erichs, had a huge crush on Kerry and stopped watching after he died in 1993. So I've been checking out some of the old WWF/WWE matches since the only one I was really into post-Kerry was The Undertaker/Mark Calaway. I've been binging his YouTube channel Six Feet Under, which is f*****g amazing, at night when I can't sleep. 😁😍
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The Other Guest 1 year ago
They also poke fun of his name in the song "You're Welcome." The line "Because Maui can do anything but float" is a reference to the fact that (most) rocks will sink in water.
Bookworm5000 1 year ago
HeiHei is like 90% of the movie's humor (the rest is 5% Maui, 3% Tamatoah, and 2% Ocean and everything else)
#3
In "Hercules" (1997) Hades Says "Guys, Relax. It's Only Half-Time" Exactly At The 46-Minute Mark, The Halfway Point Of The 92-Minute Movie
Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
I don't know why so many people don't like that movie, it's one of my favorites
Estelle E. 1 year ago (edited)
When it came out, the art was too different from previous Disney and felt 'ugly' However now it looks fine to people
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Howl's sleeping castle 1 year ago (edited)
Oh I have lost count of the times I have said 'memo to me. Maim you after this meeting ' during office meetings
bas moelard 1 year ago
Makes me think of the "middle of the film" scene in Monty Python's "The meaning of life"
Cat Chat 1 year ago
It's not marketed as a documentary or historical film. 😂
Load More Replies...Before Marvel started doing it, Pixar was famous for leaving in fake “bloopers” during the credits of their films. Many children, myself included, truly believed that, somehow, the animation simply followed the voice actors messing up their lines. This, of course, made really no sense, as often these would feature visual gags that would literally have to be animated in.
This “feature” was introduced in the 1998's film "A Bug’s Life," where the characters would literally play pranks on each other during the credits, mirroring the on set antics of various non-animated movies.
#4
In Up (2009), Dug Is The Only Dog To Successfully Track Down The Tropical Bird
Because He Is The Only Hunting Dog (Golden Retriever). All The Others Are Guard Dog Breeds
Tom Hardeveld 1 year ago (edited)
also a nice detail in UP: Old man Carl is wearing a bowtie, not a tie, because Elly always helped him with his ties as seen in a cute montage. So when she died he couldn't do it himself and so wears bowties instead
Sera 1 year ago
A pointer, setter, or spaniel would have been a more legitimate choice. Golden retrievers just retrieve.
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#5
Brad Bird Was In Part Inspired To Make This Movie (The Iron Giant 1999) As A Memorial To His Sister Susan, Who Died At The Hands Of Her Husband By Gun Violence
His Pitch Was This: "What If A Gun Had A Soul And Didn't Want To Be A Gun?"
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
The book is brilliant. I remember reading it in school.
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Glen LeBarr 1 year ago
my favourite animated movie....nearly cried when the Robot flies "toward the nuclear bomb and says "I am Superman"
#6
Mulan (1998) Only Has Musical Numbers For The First Half, Until The Characters Find The Destroyed Village
From There On Songs Were Avoided Because The Tone Was Meant To Be Darker
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
This is also reflected in the last song with the "a girl worth fighting for", when they find a half destroyed doll in the ashes, implementing that it belonged to a little girl that is now dead. This leads to Mulan and co to realize that the girl that is worth fighting for is not a fair maiden to marry, but those that have to be protected from the enemy, drastically altering the meaning of the phrase.
Rahb in Oz 1 year ago
"Mulan (1998) Only Has Musical Numbers For The First Half..." No dialogue? You really mean "Mulan (1998) Has Musical Numbers In Only The First Half"
The head of Pixar at the time, John Lasseter, stated that he wanted this idea to help differentiate Pixar films Disney animation. “We picked shots and the characters from the film so that it had the feel that it was actually part of the film” he told the Las Vegas Sun. Pixar has not included this detail since 2001s “Monsters Inc,” unfortunately.
#7
For Monsters Inc. (2001) Due To Mary Gibbs Who Played Boo Being So Young, It Was Difficult To Get Her To Stay In The Recording Booth To Perform Her Lines
So They Decided To Follow Her Around With A Microphone And Cut Her Lines Together Using The Random Things/Noises She Say Whilst Playing
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
Even better: they paid him to babysit his daughter
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EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇵🇸🇩🇿 1 year ago
I loved those sounds and I'm really happy it was actually a real child. I don't know what i thought was making those sounds. Its so cute
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
If you remember, she doesn't so much "have lines" as makes adorably cute baby noises.
Say No to Downvoting 1 year ago
All her chatter always sounded so authentic to me - now I know why.
Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
One of my all-time FAVORITE movies. Boo looks just like my oldest granddaughter at about 3.
#8
In Frozen(2013) The Duke Of Weselton Is Mistakenly Called Weaseltown. In Zootopia(2016) Duke Weaselton Is Mistakenly Called Weselton. Both Were Voiced By Alan Tudyk
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
I absolutely loved Alan Tudyk in A Knight's Tale with Heath Ledger.
#9
In Spider Man: Into The Spider-Verse, When Miles Morales Electrocutes Peter B. Parker, It Illuminates His Nervous System Instead Of The Usual Cartoon Trope Of His Skeleton. Being Much More Scientifically Accurate
Mimi La Souris 1 year ago
I can't wait to see the 3rd episode (if it ever comes out) !!!
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In Finding Nemo (2003), Gill Is A Moorish Idol. This Species Is Known To Not Handle Captivity Well,
So Him Being The One Who Constantly Comes Up With Escape Plans Makes Sense
BC 1 year ago
Genuinely can’t count how many times I’ve watched Nemo. I still get a kick from who voiced the sharks. Iconic.
titansterritory 1 year ago
The scene where they are in the dentist office and shows the dental instruments is 100% accurate.
#11
Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" (2002) Used Watercolor Backgrounds, Exclusively. The Studio Had Some Financial Failures And Was Doing Ambitious Things Elsewhere, So They Left The Filmmakers To Their Own Devices, Off At The Florida Studio. The Only Other Watercolor Films Are Dumbo And Snow White
Tha Monkey 1 year ago
I really loved this, because it really reminded me of living in Hawaii as a kid. Things always seemed a bit otherworldly and "atmospheric", which this captures.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Great way to draw the eye to the characters. Reminds me of the '90s and '00s video games that used pre-rendered backgrounds and 3d characters. Like Resident Evil or Grim Fandango.
#12
In Asterix Conquers Rome (1976): Asterix Shows Obelix That They Are In The Fourth Floor By Forming A Roman Iv With His Fingers Instead Of Just Holding Up 4 Fingers
Annik Perrot 1 year ago
Ah "La Maison qui rend fou" i( the house that drives you to madness) in "Les 12 Travaux d'Asterix". That house was a caricature of administrative red tape. Now that madness comes from tackling red tape online... but it still drives you mad 🙄
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
OMG didn't expect anyone to remember this one! It's absolutely hilarious. I love the scene with Asterix fooling the bureaucrats and making THEM go crazy.
JuJu 1 year ago
This is a famos joke. Everybody knows "Passierschein A38"
Load More Replies... The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
Huh. I just thought he was giving the “shocker” far ahead of its time
#13
In The Incredibles 2, The Painting In Helen’s Hotel Room Is An Illustration Of Her Seperation From The Family
JustAnotherPanda (she/they/he) 1 year ago
Haven’t watched this movie in a whole, can somebody re-tell me why she was separated?
Jeroen de Wijn 1 year ago
Elastigirl was used to re-gain trust of the public after the whole superhero business had some big pr failures. She's secluded by DevTech to do secret solo missions.
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#14
In Monsters Inc (2001), Boo Tries To Give Sully A Nemo Doll. Finding Nemo Wouldn’t Come Out Until 2003
Paige Baity 1 year ago
maybe Disney was like: " Hey lets use the plush and make a new movie!"
Load More Replies... EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇵🇸🇩🇿 1 year ago
I loved monsters inc. I still crack up at sully thinking boo was crushed and his face before he faints 😆
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 1 year ago
I love many of the Pixar movies, but Monsters Inc is definitely one of my favorites.
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#15
In The 2012 Stop-Motion Animated Film Paranorman The Popular High School Quarterback, When Asked Out By The Typical Popular Girl, Reveals He’s Gay
Making Him The First Queer Character In A Children’s Animated Movie
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
Great movie too btw! Back when Disney, Netflix and co claimed they just made the "first" LGBTQ character in a cartoon, I'd spend a lot of time posting that fact around and showing it to people to present that they, in fact, didn't. Paranorman for the win!
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
I love this movie so much! And he's definitely the best character in it. He's not responding oddly to her advances because he's too stupid to notice - he's just not attracted to girls.
Definitely a Human 1 year ago
There's no way this is the first queer character in a kids movie. Also, how is this a hidden detail?
The Other Guest 1 year ago
First *openly* queer, not just queer-coded. I'd be very interested in knowing if there was one prior to this movie (not sarcasm, I really would be interested). And I agree, it's not exactly an easter egg/hidden detail.
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
Maybe the first openly queer character in a children's animated movie, but hardly the first. Before he met the crocodile, Peter Pan's Captain Hook was probably known as Captain Fabulous.
The Other Guest 1 year ago
I would call him queer-coded, not openly queer.
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In "Up" (2009) The Town Buildings Develop Over The Years
Minecraft_Chicken (He/Chicken) 1 year ago
This makes the scene sadder then it already was. Thanks a lot.
Tom Hardeveld 1 year ago (edited)
All through the movie Russell is talking about his father and stepmom who are ignoring him. The only person that seem to care about him is his mother. In the end, at the ceremony, the only one showing up (besides Carl and the dogs) is his mom russell's storyline is about as sad as the one from Carl. Russell didn't just get a friend in Carl, he got a fatherfigure
Poultry Geist 1 year ago
I can’t with cartoons like this ! I just cry the whole time, also movies about dogs ! I really just can’t watch movies much anymore cause I’m either crying or so nervous for the characters that I don’t enjoy the movie 😂
Donald Crocker, Jr. 1 year ago
Be careful of foreign cartons and such then, they go there a lot more than US ones.
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In An American Tail (1986), The Colour Of The Statue Of Liberty Is Historically Accurate
As The Film Is Set In 1885, The Year The Statue Was Completed, It Still Has Its Bright Copper Colouring. It Was Only After 1900 That The Statue Turned Green Due To Oxidisation
Tom Hardeveld 1 year ago
if Minecraft taught me anything an axe and a bit of beewax will fix that
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
When it was restored they decided to artificially add a patina so that the few new pieces would match. Most of the work was on the inside support structure which was iron and didn't do well in the salt air.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
I grew up believing the statue of liberty was white, imagine my shock when I found out it is green.
Katarzyna Drozd 1 year ago
Actually, it did not. By the time the statue was assembled, it already changed its bright and shiny surface to darker reddish brown. Turning mint green in 25+ years was predicted and intentional, as Eiffel knew a lot about material chemistry
#18
Chicha From The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) Is The First Pregnant Female Character To Appear In A Disney Animated Feature Film, According To The Dvd Commentary
She’s Also One Of The First Mother Characters In A Disney Film Not To Be Killed Off Or Villainized
Batwench 1 year ago
Kanga from the Pooh films was an excellent single mother. Most people forget this.
Daniela Lavanza 1 year ago
« One Of The First Mother Characters In A Disney Film Not To Be Killed Off Or Villainized » The first was in Sleeping beauty in 1959: the queen doesn’t appear much on screen but she fits this case.
Say No to Downvoting 1 year ago
Thank you! There are a lot of sweeping “the first” statements in this list that do not hold true.
Load More Replies... Panda Bear 1 year ago
Eartha Kitt voiced Yzma in this film (she’s the one who sang Santa Baby)
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
No one could have done it better than Eartha. She was a phenomenal woman.
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 year ago
That's not entirely true. Aurora's mother from Sleeping Beauty, Mrs. Darling (Wendy's mother) from Peter Pan and Mulan's mother were not villainized and were all alive and well by the end. Pregnancy is also featured in The Lady and the Tramp, as Lady's owner has a baby.
Christine Webb 1 year ago
"The First Pregnant FEMALE Character" 🤔 Did I miss a knocked-up seahorse in The Little Mermaid, or...?
Ozymandias73 1 year ago
But, correct me if I'm wrong, but, in Lady and the Tramp, "Darling" was pregnant.
Colt Winkler 1 year ago
inside out, monsters inc, all movies where there is a mom. orion and the dark aswell, the one with the chamelion at the school
#19
Kid Notices Something That Most Of Us Wouldn't Have: Up(2009), Cars 2 (2011)
BC 1 year ago
The dance sequences in Robin Hood and The Jungle Book used the same animation and just changed the characters.
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 1 year ago
Disney is notorious for reusing animation. Many scenes across many movies are the same or very similar to cut cost of production
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Wow, this is incredible! I'm over here thinking how I'm an extremely over observant person, even when I don't want to be, to a fault at times. This kid is not only observant but probably has the ability of photographic memory.
Ephemera Image 1 year ago
I think most people would be surprised at how often things are re-used in the creative industries, either in part or whole, to save time. When I did illustrations I would re-use from other designs all the time as they are layered, so I could keep the elements separate.
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
They did the same with Anna's hair when she woke up on Coronation Day, and Moana's hair after she shipwrecked into Maui's island. I noticed immediately.
#20
In “Toy Story 4,” Mr Potato Head Is Voiced Posthumously By Don Rickles (Who Passed Away In 2017)
The Pixar Team Mined Through More Than Two Decades Of Rickles’ Voice Sessions, Outtakes For Other Films, Theme Parks, Toys,... etc. To Piece Together The Performance
ynyrhydref56 1 year ago
Why? It's just a cut and paste job of existing audio clips. What would be weird is if they trained an AI to mimic his voice and then gave it a script.
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Dawnieangel76 1 year ago
Pretty sure Don wouyhave scoffed at doing a part 4 anyway...fricking cash grab movie.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
The studio got Rickles' family's permission without any trouble. So I presume there was an attractive financial inducement.
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Sid, From Ice Age, Makes A Cameo Appeareance In The Movie Robots (2005)
THE COOL ZACH 1 year ago (edited)
Don’t know why, but I find the robot version of him so cute!
#22
In The Pixar Logo After The Credits Of Wall-E, Wall-E Replaces Luxo Jr.’s Lightbulb With An Environmental Friendly Bulb After His “Round” Bulb Goes Out
Carl Roberts 1 year ago
There's nothing "environmentally friendly" about compact fluorescent bulbs. Unlike incandescent bulbs, CFL's contain toxic amounts of mercury, and millions of them have ended up in landfills. It was, in fact, the manufacturers of CFL's, including GE, that lobbied the government to ban the much cheaper, and relatively non-toxic, incandescent bulbs. They then raked in billions in profit, as CFL's cost up to 10 times more than regular light bulbs. LED bulbs, which are now supplanting CFL sales, are far less toxic (no mercury) and are less than half the price of CFL's.
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
CFLs sucked, they died after about 1-2 months. Whereas incandescents lasted years. You can talk about energy consumption but I reckon CFLs were a nett carbon producer because the production cost outweighed the energy savings of their short lives.
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#23
In The LEGO Movie (2014) Benny The Spaceman Has A Broken Helmet. This Used To Happen To The Original LEGO Pieces. Picture Of My 80s Spaceman To The Right
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
And the wizard's staff is a half eaten lollipop. LEGO figures have hands just the right size to hold a lollipop stick.
Christopher Crockett 1 year ago
I never did get the Star Fleet Voyager, but I still love the name and the memories with my Lego spacemen!
#24
In Flushed Away, The Main Character Roddy (Played By Hugh Jackman) Pulls Out Wolverine's Suit While Deciding What To Wear
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
One of my favourite characters that Hugh Jackman played was the Easter Bunny from the Rise of the Guardians! I remember being surprised when I first found it out, because I’ve rewatched the movie over and over through the years. Versatile actor.
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
Plus we’re so used to hearing him use an American accent. It’s neat to hear his normal accent.
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
It was also originally going to be stop motion like Aardman's previous movies, but then the studio tragically burned down and they lost all the clay figures and sets. So they had to go with 3D animation to make up for lost time.
#25
The Developers Of Shrek (2001) Took Mud Showers To Study “Fluid Dynamic Simulation” For The Movie
The Art Director Also Took A Trip To A Magnolia Plantation To Learn How To Properly Render Shrek’s Swamp. He Was Chased By An Alligator
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
All these years later, it's still a very satisfying movie.
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In Zootopia (2016), Mr Big, The Mafia Boss, Is An Arctic Shrew. Director Roy Moore Made This Choice Because “The Arctic Shrew Is The Most Vicious Predator On Earth”
Arctic Shrews Eat Three Times Their Own Body Weight And Even Eat Other Shrews
me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
ooh I loved this scene! Mr. Big was one of my favorite characters
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
It also explains why his daughter progresses quite fast through her pregnancy - these mice only carry their offspring for 13 to 21 days inside
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I suppose you have to eat more if you live in cold climates, than if you live in warmer places.
#27
Miyazaki Adds To All His Films, Including “Spirited Away” (2002), Quiet Little Scenes Of Inaction, Called ‘Ma’, Where The Character Just Glances Into The Horizon And Reflects, As A Way To Have A Breathing Room Amid Constant Action (Citation Inside)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
I've seen them in other Anime. I'm thinking of a specific episode of Space Dandy called "A Merry Companion is a Wagon in Space." That whole series is an ode to other anime artists.
Load More Replies... Silly Panda Cat 1 year ago
It's really great how he does this, especially in chaotic films like spirited away
Marley Nachi 1 year ago
apparently, American dubs add music into those silence parts because they think the English speaking auidence will get bored. But I think the silence is just as important (which is in the Japanese dub verion)
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
I watched a review of Grave of the Fireflies which mentions these scenes, and suggests they are akin to something in Japanese poetry called "pillow phrases".
Mimi La Souris 1 year ago
and this gives us time to admire the fantastic work of animation and landscapes, which we don't necessarily have time to do when we are caught up in the story
#28
In Lilo & Stitch (2002), The Man Who Sells Shaved Ice Is Named Luki. He Was Named After My Nickname When I Was A Kid, Lukie. My Dad Worked As A Background Artist On The Movie
And He Added My Name As A Joke, And It Stuck. The Second Image Is His Other Work, He Lost The Og Piece With Lukie
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago (edited)
Luki is short for Lukipela which is Hawaiian for Lucifer, and here he's ironically selling snow cones!
#29
Disney's 1940 Animated Film Fantasia Shows The Dinosaurs Dying Off As The Result Of An Intense Drought. The Theory Of Mass Extinction As The Result Of An Astroid Strike Wasn't Proposed Until 1980
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
It's called the K-T boundary. They were running mass spectrometry tests on core samples from oil surveys. They kept seeing this thin layer that was rich in iridium. There were dinosaur fossils below this layer and none above it. Alvarez, and his team determined that something happened, very suddenly that killed off most of the megafauna on Earth. They took fossil evidence from paleoarchaeology and core samples from the oil industry and realized something happened. That's a huge jump from two very different fields and they won the Nobel Prize for it.
tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa 1 year ago
I'm surprised every time I remember Iridium is a real thing and not just in stardew valley lol
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Kirsten Kerkhof 1 year ago
Well, it was as good an explanation as any back then. And with the volcanoes before this scene I always thought it was what could well have happened in places that were not directly hit by the asteroid.
Load More Replies... Danish Susanne 1 year ago
There are places on earth today that faces a similar situation because of climate change.
Catlady6000 1 year ago (edited)
That does sound interesting, though. What effect would an asteroid have had on the Pangean ocean? Anyone?
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#30
In Tangled(2010) Mother Gothel Says “I Love You The Most”, While Kissing Rapunzel's Hair Instead Of Her Forehead
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
God she's an amazingly good villain. None of us have ever encountered a cackling evil queen (well, probably. Maybe you could find one at Mardi Gras if you were unlucky enough), but a gaslighting parental figure who deliberately wears down your self-esteem in order to control you and try to stop you from growing up? Oh yeah.
#31
In 'The Little Mermaid' (1989) When King Triton Is Introduced, You Can See Mickey, Donald, Goofy And Kermit The Frog In The Crowd, Underwater
Cat Chat 1 year ago
It's actually pretty easy...after you have seen the same movie every day for 30 straight days, because kids. Also things like that are often pointed out in commentary or other bonus features.
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In Zootopia (2016), Bellwether Is Wearing A Little Bell. In Real Life, A Bellwether Is The Leading Sheep Of A Flock, With A Bell Around Its Neck To Help Direct The Other Sheep
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
I've always been struck by her anthropomorphic eyes when all the other sheep in the movie had authentic sheep's eyes with rectangular pupils.
Toothless Feline 1 year ago
The term “wether” normally refers to a castrated male sheep, as opposed to a ram, who is a breeding male. It’s the same difference as between a gelding and a stallion in horses. Whoever named the character either didn’t do their research or was trying to slip a gender identity joke into the film. Part of me was actually expecting that to be part of the reveal, but I’m glad it wasn’t, because the “gender-non-conforming villain” trope is horribly outdated. It’s hard enough to watch older movies that use it (it’s the one thing that ruins The Silence of the Lambs for me).
#33
Finding Nemo (2003) Has A Mr. Incredible Comic One Year Before The Incredibles Came Out
David Martin 1 year ago
Pixar has always been amazing at hiding Easter eggs of their current projects in their films...I love to learn about new ones I don't manage to catch
third molar 1 year ago
May be check the classifieds too.. some open positions yet to be open may have been listed ;)
#34
In The Little Mermaid (1989), You Can See The King And His Advisor From Cinderella (1950) At The Wedding
#35
In Spirited Away (2001), The Radish Spirit Rides Past His Floor So That Chihiro Doesn't Have To Travel Through The Bathhouse Alone
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
The Whole Ghibli catalogue is amazing. Just watch out for Grave of Fireflies. If you want to cry A LOT you can chance it. That movie is like a knife in the chest for me. It's gorgeous but I'll never watch it again.
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me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
this was one of my favorite movies when I was younger! I still love studio Ghibli so much
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
My fave is Nausicaa but I saw this one before Nausicaa.
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In Coraline (2009) The Crew Spent 800 Hours Painting 250,000 Pieces Of Popcorn—pink On The Outside, Red On The Kernel—to Stand In As Blossoms For The Nearly 70 Trees
Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago
"Jenkins, for the last time, stop eating the props! I don't care if it's ultra butter flavoured - I TOLD Simmons to buy plain and it's not my fault he didn't listen!"
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
Yet Disney outsourced the approx million bubbles in The Little Mermaid.
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Wonder how many millions of pieces of popcorn they produced for that...
#37
In Incredibles 2 (2018), Elastigirl’s New Super Suit Is Designed By Devtech. Her Suit Is The Only One To Be Damaged, Indicating Edna Mode’s Superior Designing Ability
Mimi La Souris 1 year ago
in french, she was voiced by Amanda Lear, the BEST choice ever !
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Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 1 year ago
If you can say, "Edna Mode" out loud without doing the voice, you're a better person than I am.
#38
After Cars (2006) Lost Out On The Oscar For Best Animated Movie To Happy Feet (2006), Which Utilized Motion Capture
Pixar Placed A "Quality Assurance Guarantee" At The End Of Their Next Movie Ratatouille (2007) To Remind The Academy They Animate Every Single Frame Of Their Movies Manually
Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
they looked at the NY zoo first, but they had absconded to some remote island
Load More Replies... censorshipsucks 1 year ago
Wow really? I found happyfeet so annoying I walked out of it within ten minutes.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago
Motion capture isn't lazy animation, it's just a tool. It should obviously be used in tandem with tuning by hand, but a lot of modern 3d animation or cgi just woudn't be possible without mocap.
#39
In Big Hero 6 (2014), Mochi The Cat Is Dressed As Stitch, From Lilo And Stitch (2002)
Silly Panda Cat 1 year ago
Mochi is such a cute name, despite being named after a type of rice cake I think, and in a stitch costume is even better
Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 1 year ago
One of the stray dats near me is named mochi
Load More Replies... JustAnotherPanda (she/they/he) 1 year ago
Did you know Hero is canonically Aroace? (As shown in the show)
Astar_ALT 1 year ago
The movie is called big hero 6. Hiro may be his name but it's not in the title
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In The Incredibles There Is A Clearly Reference To Die Hard 3, The Scene Of The Phone With Samuel L. Jackson, Who Also Plays Frozono, And The Policeman
#41
In A Bug's Life (1999), The Queen Is Seen To Have A Pet Named "Aphie"
In Real Life, This Little Bug Is An Aphid (Also Known As Aphids) And They Live In Harmony With The Ants, But Not As Pets, But As "Livestock"
Smiley MG 1 year ago
Welll, they only live in harmony because the aphids do not know that they are livestock......lol
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
yep this one was kinda obvious to anyone who knows anything about ants.
#42
In The Movie Lilo And Stitch, You See That Nani Was A Surfing Star, But Dropped Everything When Her Parents Died To Take Care Of Lilo
KillerKiwi 1 year ago
I LOVE Nani. She’s my probably my favorite Disney character, and one of the only Disney girls with realistic proportions.
#43
In The Simpsons Movie (2007), You Can Still See Homer's Crashed Ambulance From Season 2 Of The Show
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
It even became gray and not yellow anymore as time passed. Or it's just something they forgot when animating
#44
In Ratatouille(2007) Git, The Jacked Rat, Has A Tag On His Ear Reading A113. Not Only Is This A Frequently Used Pixar Easter Egg, It Also Implies That Git Was A Lab Rat, Explaining His Large Size
Xanther 1 year ago
Lab Rats are typically very closely monitored, weighed often, and fed an exact amount of food (and treats if doing behavioral training) to keep them healthy weights. An over or under weight lab rat doesn't tell us anything about the average and skews the results. If anything, this would indicate Git was an escaped lab rat, who gorged himself on food because he felt his previous diet was restrictive.
Jaya 1 year ago
Or he was a lab rat on whom they did experiments that caused him to keep on growing taller, like research about growth disorders. Because judging by the photo it isn't that he's fat, it's that he's way taller than the other rats, which doesn't happen by eating more.
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censorshipsucks 1 year ago
PS this word is a british term for A silly, incompetent, stupid person. It's not a polite word.
Lee 1 year ago
Depends where in the UK. Here in Scotland it isn't taking seriously and is often used as a term of affection like 'awww, you silly git.'
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In Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Preston Whitmore Has An Aquarium With Coelacanths, A Living Fossil Fish That Was Thought To Be Extinct Until 1938. 24 Years After The Film’s Setting Of 1914
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
First living one was caught off the coast of South Africa by a team which had as a member my ex's grandfather.
Shark Lady 1 year ago
Your ex isn't Forrest Galente by any chance? The guy from Extinct or Alive.
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#46
In Toy Story 4 (2019), A Closer Look At Buzz Lightyear Shows That His Stickers Are Slowly Starting To Peel Away
LinkTheHylian 1 year ago
You know that Pixar are making Toy Story 5 due in 2026, right?
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In The Original Lion King (1994), Rafiki Only Recognises Simba's Scent On The Wind After Eating A Baobob Fruit
The Taste Triggering The Memory Of Anointing Simba With The Same Fruit As A Lion Cub At The Beginning Of The Film
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
*Rafiki is swahili for friend. Similar explanations for other names.
loranthippus 1 year ago
If I recall correctly, 'Sarabi' means 'mirage', and I find that very beautiful.
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
And the whole movie borrowed HEAVILY from a Japanese Manga called Kimba the White Lion. And of course the Japanese artists never got credit because DISNEY.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 1 year ago
Hmm, but the whole story is also has similarities to a really old book called "King Simba" by a Danish guy named Niels Mayn. Idk when it was printed, but the German translation I have is still in old-German lettering. So I'd say "pretty darn old". I think the story is just generic enough to not be a rip-off of either. young person/lion loses parent in tragic way, has to cope alone in the world, finds friends (no friends in the Mayn-book, btw) and enemies and in the end goes back and claims his throne. In the book, the way the rock is described is pretty much exactly like what Disney did with the Lion's rock
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#48
In Coco (2017), A Skeleton Is Wearing Sid's Shirt From Toy Story (1995)
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
The shirt worn in Coco is a little different than the one Sid wore in Toy Story. The skull on the shirt in Coco is wearing traditional El dìa de los Muertos makeup.
Tom Hardeveld 1 year ago
that's what I thought too perhaps Skrillix is a big Sid fan?
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#49
In 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' (2023), An Inverted Version Of Nike’s 'Just Do It.' Slogan Can Be Seen
Bigender_pineapple 79 1 year ago
Also if u look at the background at the start when peter A Parker says im the only one of me one of the lighys says WRONG
#50
In Inside Out, The Pizza Toppings Were Changed From Broccolis To Bell Peppers In Japan, Since Kids In Japan Don’t Like Bell Peppers. Pixar Localised The Joke
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
OMG I forgot about Shin Chan! That show is hilarious.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
They did the same thing with the news anchor in Zoomania - depending on the version there are other animals beside the snow leopard
Kristal 1 year ago
I absolutely abhor bell peppers. I'm not from Japan but ... I can definitely relate
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago (edited)
The yellow and red ones are sweet and flavorful, but the green upset my tummy. Yet they're all just different stages of ripeness.
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Daycare Attendant Sun 1 year ago
I love bell peppers. Especially stuffed or with a little ranch. Eat it like an apple, I will.
#51
In Shrek The Third (2007), Little Red Riding Hood Is Seen In The Poisoned Apple, Having Sided With The Villains. This Only Makes Sense, As The Big Bad Wolf Has Sided With Shrek
MaximumKarmaSaint 1 year ago
Also from another show, there was a story made that red became a hunter when she grew up, due to the wolf encounter.
#52
In "Moana" (2016), Maui's Visual Appearance Is Partly Modeled On Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Grandfather, Samoan-American Professional Wrestler Peter Maivia
Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
Interestingly, Dwayne Johnson says Maui was based on Johnson's grandfather, but Disney says Maui was based on legendary hawai'ian singer Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (aka IZ).
#53
In The Incredibles (2004), Director Brad Bird Wanted To Give Dash A Realistic Out-Of-Breath Voice In Certain Scenes So He Made Actor Spencer Fox Run Four Laps Around The Pixar Studio Until He Got Tired
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
The Incredibles also have the highest kill count in any Pixar movie. The Disney character with the highest count is btw Mulan due to the avalanche scene.
Mark 1 year ago
I thought it was Cars 2 considering the Oil Rig and Airplane scenes.
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#54
In The Lion King, Unlike The Other Lions, Scar's Claws Are Always Displayed Throughout The Movie
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
cats only put those out if they are going to kick another cat's stomach. The front ones are the primary weapons.
Load More Replies... René Sauer 1 year ago
My late cat too. Always had his claws out. The downside was he could never sneak up on me, I always heard them on the wood floors.
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
This illustrates their inherent personalities. Scar is always poised for a confrontation or a fight, while Mufasa's nature is peaceful and fights as a last resort.
#55
In Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island(1998), A Zombie Offers Shaggy A Vine To Help Him And Scooby Swing Over Quicksand Because The Zombies Were Actually Trying To Help The Mystery Inc. Gang The Whole Time
Daycare Attendant Sun 1 year ago
The zombies were the victims the whole time. I love Zombie Island so much.
Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago
this one and the one with the hex girls, havent thought about them is so long!
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Kris 1 year ago
It's terror time again They got you running through the night It's terror time again And you just might die of fright It's a terrifying time
CrazyKnitter 1 year ago
I hate zombies. They're really the one monster that I can't stand at all. But Scooby Doo on Zombie Island is pretty much the only zombie film I can see. Even Shawn of the Dead is too much for me.
#56
In Monsters U Power Comes From Screams Which Appear As A Gaseous State In The Scream Tanks. Because Power Here Is A Gas, Light Switches Are Valves And Instead Of Wires There Are Pipes
#57
If You Look Closely After The Lightning Strikes The Umbrella Wall-E Is Holding The Electricity From The Bolt Charges His Battery Back To Full
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
A more interesting easter egg is Wall-E's bootup sound is an old mac (PowerMac G4, I think). Pixar at the time was owned by Steve Jobs who was transitioning to being mostly Apple-based.
Farah Kamal 1 year ago
did yk the boot with the plant in it was later shown in Bruno's room in Encanto?
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In Inside Out (2015) Two Of The Memory Orbs On The Shelves Contain Scenes From Up (2009). One Features Carl And Ellie’s Wedding, While The Other Shows Their House
me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
why would she have been afraid? Social anxiety/agoraphobia or time traveler and knew the ending?
#60
In Hercules (1997) When Hercules First Walks Into Phil's Cabin He Hits His Head On The Mast Of The Argo. In The Original Myth, Jason, The Captain Of The Argo, Was Killed When The Mast Hit His Head
me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
What if Jason died and was sent to Elysium, and then decided to try for the three lives thingy to get into the Isles of the Blessed/Blest, and Hercules is one of his reincarnations? btw, this might be the only time I have used my Percy Jackson knowledge.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Thanks to Rick Riordan I get all the mythology (Greek/Roman, Norse, Egyptian) questions right when I watch Jeopardy. :)
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censorshipsucks 1 year ago
It's not a mast, it's a boom. A mast is vertical. And yes, that will definitely kill you. Even on a small boat that will knock you out.
me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
I think they cut the mast off or something and hung it...? that's what I thought when I first watched it--I could definitely be wrong!
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In Soul (2020), The First Soul Assigned Is Number 108,210,121,415. This Lines Up With The Current Estimate From The Population Reference Bureau (Prb)
Which Estimates That More Than 108 Billion Humans Have Existed On Earth
#62
In Moana (2016) During The Song "We Know The Way" None Of The People Have Tattoos. It's Not Until After They Find Their Island Home That We See Characters With Tattoos
This Is Because They Never Had The Resources To Figure Out A Tattoo Technique While They Were Traveling
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
I liked that they showed the original technique for the islanders' tattoos.
#63
In Osmosis Jones (2001) A Statue Of A Sperm Cell Can Be Seen That Is Labeled 'Our Founder'
Blaze Onyx 1 year ago
Watched this with my whole 8th grade class in the auditorium and was the only one who laughed- it was embarrassing but the teachers loved it!
#64
In Hercules (1997), The Cape Attached To Hercules’ Armor Is Actually The Shawl That Is Given To Him By His Adoptive Mother
#65
In The Bee Movie (2007) , After The Bees Win The Court Case And Honey Becomes A "Controlled Substance" The Atf Becomes Atfh ( Which Stands For Alcohol, Tobacco , Firearms , And Honey )
censorshipsucks 1 year ago
wait, isn't the bee movie about beestiality (misspelling deliberate)
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
The bees in the movie seem sentient, which brings up some very confusing questions about consent.
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In The Pixar Short Film “Bao” (2018), The White Woman Is First Seen Dressed A Bit Immodestly And With Heavy Makeup, But Later Is Seen Dressed Modestly And With Little Makeup
This Is Meant To Juxtapose Who The Mother Saw Her As Initially vs. Who She Actually Was
me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
I mean, I get how it's easy to think the Chinese family (no hate please, I searched it up, they're chinese) is more conservative, but as a chinese person, judging completely on their clothing and their house, they are not dressing formally at all! my aunties and grandma all wear the stuff that the mom is wearing all the time. Also, based on my very blurry memory of the short film, the parents act WAYY less strict than my parents, my grandparents, my cousins parents, and most of my friends parents do--in fact, the average Chinese family would have grounded the child or at least lectured them for being "rude" (in the average Chinese family's perspective) to the parents. Just my input here, please do not be like the trolls and hate on me for being chinese :) Have a lovely day!
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In The Opening Scene Of Wall-E (2008) There Are Wind Turbines And Nuclear Plants Built On Top Of Trash Mounds To Imply That Mankind Didn't Convert To Clean Energy Until It Was Too Late
#68
In "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie" (2004), Spongebob States He Has 374 Consecutive Employee-Of-The-Month Awards, This Means He Has Been Working At The Krusty Krab For A Little Over 31 Years
Moë 1 year ago
Deep-water sponges can live for hundreds or thousands of years.
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#69
In Toy Story 2 (1999) When Al Is About To Hang Up With The Japanese Toy Museum Buying Woody. He Says “Don’t Touch My Mustache”. This Is Him Mispronouncing. “どういたしまして” (Dōitashimashite) Which Means You’re Welcome In Japanese
#70
The Phrase "There's A Snake In My Boot!" That Woody From 'Toy Story' (1995) Says Is A Reference To A Common Hallucination Suffered By Alcoholics In The 19th Century
#71
In 'Spider-Man Into The Spiderverse' The Month Written On Miles's Test Paper Is Decembruary
#72
In Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Gwen's Origin Story Shows Subtle, Blue Traces Of Scales On The Body Of Her Universe's Peter. This Is A Reference To The Comics, In Which Peter Turned Himself Into The Lizard
#73
In Cars 2 (2011), In Paris You Can See A Restaurant Called “Gastow's”. This Is A Direct Reference To “Gusteau’s” Restaurant From Ratatouille (2007)
#74
In Frozen: The Ice In Olaf’s Drink Is Shaped The Same As His Body (Head, Torso, Butt, Feet)
#75
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018) Opens With Miles Trying To Sing Along To “Sunflower.” He Conveniently Gets One Of The Lines Wrong
Saying “She Wanna Drive Me-“ Instead Of The Recorded Lyric “She Wanna Ride Me Like A Cruise,” Narrowly Eliminating A Sexual Double Entendre In This Pg Film
Justin Smith 1 year ago
Not really. If you have to change the lyric to use it, then pick a different song.
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In Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018), Before Meeting The Other Spider-People, Miles Spider-Sense Goes Off A Split Second Later Than Both Gwen And Peter
T5n 1 year ago
Is there a reason why his spider-sense triggered later than theirs? I’m genuinely curious
contre kems 1 year ago
It's only because he's still very much green, and is still discovering his powers.I whole-heartedly recommend the movie!
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All Of Andy’s Friends Are Andy As Well From Toy Story
#78
In Wreck It Ralph (2012), Bowser Holds His Cup Of Tea In A Particular Way. This Was Actually An Addition By Nintendo. Before The Film Was Released
They Contacted The Filmmakers And Said That Bowser Was Drinking His Tea The Wrong Way In The Group Therapy Scene. So, It Was Changed
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
Sega and Nintendo also got into an argument who's bigger, Bowser or Eggman, so the animators resulted in making both of them exactly the same tall to avoid further issues
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Nintendo is very strictly when it comes to correctly displaying their IPs. (Unlike Capcom)
#79
Boba Fett Showed Up In The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), Which Came Out Before Empire Strikes Back (1980), Making It His First Appearance. He Also Uses The Same Rifle The Mandalorian Uses In The Show
#80
In "Your Name" (2016), Mitsuha And Tesshi Are Seen Turning A Tree Into Their Makeshift Café, Which Is Why One Of The Trees In The Town Is Later Missing
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
Is this movie good? It looks adorable just from the pics here, but it's anime, so it might absolutely get bloody sad in no time
MrLiesegang 1 year ago
Yeah, it is. And I assure you it’s not bloody. None of the Movies of Makoto Shinkai I know is. Well and it don’t get sad like grave of the fireflies, but yeah it’s becoming dramatic and sets the stakes high, what’s just typical storytelling.
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René Sauer 1 year ago
so, they just cut down a random tree that probably belonged to the city?
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me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
I really liked this post! reminds me of the first time I watched the Pixar theory on YouTube
Titanoboa 1 year ago
another thing from Into the Spiderverse: the spider that bites Miles uses camouflage to blend into its surroundings, plus its feet glow blue, which is where Miles gets his powers of invisibility and electricity from.
Star the Furry Therian! 1 year ago
I am obsessed with ITSV and ATSV, and Gwen is my favourite. I love looking at the details in her suit and animations to make them look super smooth and graceful. <3
Load More Replies... Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago
I'm feeling a sense of deja vu right now. My sister sent me a Facebook shorts video less than 3 and a half hours ago, that had at least half of these "facts" in it, word for word. Hmm. I think I know where BP ripped this one off from! Still an interesting article.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Seems to me this was a follow-up article for the same thread a few days ago on live-action movies.
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me myself and i (she/her) 1 year ago
I really liked this post! reminds me of the first time I watched the Pixar theory on YouTube
Titanoboa 1 year ago
another thing from Into the Spiderverse: the spider that bites Miles uses camouflage to blend into its surroundings, plus its feet glow blue, which is where Miles gets his powers of invisibility and electricity from.
Star the Furry Therian! 1 year ago
I am obsessed with ITSV and ATSV, and Gwen is my favourite. I love looking at the details in her suit and animations to make them look super smooth and graceful. <3
Load More Replies... Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago
I'm feeling a sense of deja vu right now. My sister sent me a Facebook shorts video less than 3 and a half hours ago, that had at least half of these "facts" in it, word for word. Hmm. I think I know where BP ripped this one off from! Still an interesting article.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Seems to me this was a follow-up article for the same thread a few days ago on live-action movies.
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