Pixar is known not just for its brilliant animations and captivating storylines but also for the amount of effort that goes into the details of each and every movie. Details that take a keen eye and a detective’s perception to notice.
Easter eggs and hidden details in Pixar movies are like leaves in Autumn—they’re everywhere. And once you notice one of them, you’ll find loads more. For all of you Pixar-loving Pandas out there, Bored Panda has created this list of some of the very best hidden details. Remember to upvote your fave Easter eggs as you continue scrolling and let us know what other hidden Pixar details you stumbled upon! When you’re done, have a look through our list of overlooked Toy Story details right here.
Pixar has its roots as part of the Lucasfilm computer division back in 1979. It was only in 1986 that it became a corporation with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. While in 2006, Disney bought Pixar for a whopping 7.4 billion dollars.
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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.
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
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
I love how these movies are actually paying attention to facts! Keep it up, pixar!
The animation studio likes to make constant but subtle references in its movies. Not only does it sprinkle little hints that help tie each film in with all the others, but it also likes to refer to the real world. Not to mention all the metaphors hidden throughout!
It’s because of these hidden details that there are plenty of people out there who believe that every single Pixar movie happens in the same universe and that each film is connected. In fact, hidden details have inspired some fans to try and piece all the movies together into a single, coherent timeline.
Whenever Characters Play Guitar In The Movie, Their Hands Form The Actual Chords Corresponding To The Music... Even Though It Would've Been Easy To Just Fake It
In "Up" (2009), Ellie's Things Are Rounded While Carl's Things Are Square, Matching Their Respective Character Designs
Wow, that´s a really cool detail. It also shows their personalities, since Carl is more rigid and Ellie seems more well-rounded and like an out of the box thinker.
Incredibles (2004) Elastagirl’s Original Suit Was Red And Mr. Incredible’s Suit Was Blue, Their First Child’s Name? Violet
For example, Jon Negroni has painstakingly outlined just what happens in this universe by creating the so-called Pixar Theory.
Others have even created websites like this one based on that theory. (Spoiler alert, apparently, Monsters, Inc. happens sometime between the year 4500 and 5000, and involves time travel because humans have, supposedly, been wiped out.)
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
When Mike Marks An X On The Calendar In Red Marker, It's Brighter And Fresher Than The Rest Of The Marks, Which Have Dried
In "Cars" The Canyons Are All Old Cars And Hood Ornaments
In Finding Dory, Jacques's Bag Is Cleaner Than All The Other Bags. This Is Because He's A Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Which Means He Eats Dead Tissue And Other Organisms
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
When I was little I didn't understand what was happening in the movie, and I thought HE was nemo's dad.
In "Up" (2009) The Town Buildings Develop Over The Years
In Inside Out (2015), Riley's Clothes Become More Muted As She Becomes More Depressed Throughout The Movie
In The Incredibles 2, The Painting In Helen’s Hotel Room Is An Illustration Of Her Seperation From The Family
In Ratatouille, The Dog Barking At Remy Is Doug From Up
The Playing Cards In Riley's Imagination Feature Her Dad's Face As The King, Her Mom's Face As The Queen, And Her Face As The Jack (Except The J Is Changed To An R For "Riley")
For A Scene In Ratatouille (2007) Where Linguini Is Wet From Jumping In The River, They Got A Member Of Crew (Kesten Migdal) To Jump In A Swimming Pool In A Chef's Uniform To See Where The Uniform Would Normally Stick To On The Body When Wet
In One Closeup Shot, You Can See That Andy Marked The Height Of His Various Toys Against The Door Jamb
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
For Brave (2012), Pixar Developed Two New Software Programs Over Three Years To Allow Simulation Of Merida's 1,500 Strands Of Hair Curls To Move Together With Her Movements
At The End Of Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille (2007) Anton Ego Is A Little Bit Fatter. This Is Especially Poignant Since He States, "I Don't Like Food, I Love It... If I Don't Love It I Don't Swallow."
Wall-E. My 8 Year Old Noticed Rex, While Wall-E Is Organizing His Findings In His Home
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
In Coco (2017), A Collection Of Piñatas Of Other Pixar Characters Can Be Seen Hanging From A Building
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
The Name Of Pixar’s 2018 Short, Bao, Is A Play On Words. 包, Pronounced “Bao”, Is The Mandarin Chinese Word For “Dumpling”; However, This Pronunciation Is Shared By 宝, Meaning “Treasure” Or “Baby”, And 保, Meaning “Protect” Or “Defend”
Bob Par In The Incredibles (2004) Has Most Of His Cubical Taken Up By A Pillar Which Is Why It's So Cramped, I Can't Believe I Never Noticed This Before
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
Motion capture doesn't have less quality. Animators still have to go through each frame to refine. It's simply a way to get realistic expression and movement, similar to how some drawn Disney movies used actors and even live sets to give animators realistic models to work off of. Clearly Pixar puts a lot of detail and effort into their animation. But saying that motion capture is of lesser quality is like saying that computer animation is of lesser quality compared to drawn animation, which is of course not true, they're simply different methods. Plus a movie is judged by more than its animation. Instead of recognizing this Pixar acts like a sore loser.
In Finding Nemo, Bruce The Shark Starts Crying When Marlin Starts Talking About Nemo, Saying “I Never Knew My Father”. Male Sharks Mate With The Female Then Leave, So Baby Sharks Never Actually Meet Their Father
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
In Toy Story 4, The Red Thread That Was Used To Sew Woody's Arm Back On Is Still Visible
So that's why they announced the movie 5 years ago then released it this year they had to animate INDIVIDUAL THREADS omg.
The Carpet At Sid’s House In Toy Story (1995) Was Intentionally Made The Same As The Carpet At The Overlook Hotel In The Shining (1980), One Of Many References To The Horror Film Throughout The Pixar Series
Sid Makes An Appearance In Toy Story 3, Showing That He Got A Job As A Garbage Collector
Toy Story 4- On This Glue, It Is Written That It Was Manufactured In Emeryville, California, Which Is Where Pixar Studios Is Located
In Toy Story 2 (1999) , The American Flag Is Replaced By The Globe In Rest Of The World
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
In Incredibles 2 (2018), The Pilot's Uniform Has Ribbons/Bars That Represent The Color Schemes Of All The Other Pixar Movies To Date
In The 2010 Film By Pixar “Toy Story 3,” One Of The Toys Featured Is A Stuffed Totoro Doll From The Studio Ghibli Film “My Neighbor Totoro”
Over the course of the character’s entire screen time he never speaks a single word, mirroring his debut film where he only speaks in roar and growls.
A Magazine In Riley's Living Room Features Colette From Ratatouille On The Cover
During The Opening Titles, The Windows On The Disney Castle Light Up To Make The Incredibles Logo
The Globe On The Cars 2 Poster Features A Country Shaped Like A Car. It's Right Next To Cuba...in The Car-Ibbean
There is also the tow truck above the word Pixar and to the right is another car, also a lake in Americar looks like one too
The Orchestra Conductor For De La Cruz's Big Show Is Designed After Michael Giacchino, Who Composed The Score For Coco
In The Incredibles (2004) Frozone Isn’t Using A Pet Name In The Line “Honey, Where’s My Super Suit?” - It’s His Wife’s First Name
In The Pixar Short Film Presto (2008), Heckling Muppet Duo Statler And Waldorf Can Be Spotted In The Balcony
In Toy Story 4 (2019), A Closer Look At Buzz Lightyear Shows That His Stickers Are Slowly Starting To Peel Away
Both Héctor And The Guitar Have A Gold Tooth, Foreshadowing The Twist That The Guitar Wasn't De La Cruz's At All
and the tooth on the guitar is one the other side, because when Hector painted it, he did it as it showed in the mirror.
The Grape Soda Cap From Up Makes A Quick Appearance When Bo Peep's Sheep Find It On The Playground
Some Of Riley's Memories Are References To Other Pixar Movies Or Easter Eggs, Such As The Pizza Planet Truck Or The House From Up
Kid Notices Something That Most Of Us Wouldn't Have: Up(2009), Cars 2 (2011)
Home with a sick kid today watching Up. Suddenly the 7 year old says, "Mom, wait. I've seen this scene before in another movie!' We pause and I take a picture of it (pic below), and within seconds he navigates to Cars 2 and pauses the screen on this exact scene (pic 2 below). What?!! They're the same. How in the world did he notice this? Unbelievable.
In Toy Story 2, When The Pig Starts Flipping Through The Channels Super Fast, Most Of The Channels Show Shots From Tin Toy (Including This Famously Creepy Baby), One Of The Original Pixar Shorts
That Pixar Touch. The Closing Shot Of Toy Story 3 Recalls The Opening Shot Of Toy Story 1- Andy's Wallpaper
In Inside Out (2015), Riley Wears Maroon And Gold During Her Hockey Tryout. Maroon And Gold Are The Team Colors For The University Of Minnesota Golden Gophers, Minnesota Being The State That The Family Moved From
The Names On The International Superhero Accord Are All References To Notable Animators, Such As Henry Selick, Who Worked For Disney In The '70s And '80s
In Monsters Inc, There's This Scene Where You Can Clearly See Jesse From Toy Story Is One Of Boo's Toys
In Disney Pixar’s Ratatouille (2007) Anton Ego’s Typewriter Resembles A Skull And His Office A Coffin
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
In Toy Story 3 (2010), The Batteries In Buzz Lightyear's Back Are Buy N Large Brand, The Same Company From Wall-E
N Monsters University (2013), Randall's Side Of The Room Has A Poster That Reads, "Winds Of Change: Shhh, Can You Hear Them?" Which References A Line He Spoke In Monsters, Inc.
The Pizza Planet Truck From Toy Story Has Shown Up In Every Subsequent Pixar Movie Since 1995
In Ratatouille (2007), The Ratatouille That Rémy Prepares Was Designed By Chef Thomas Keller. It's A Real Recipe. It Takes At Least Four Hours To Make
Or... It is called a tian, which is a dish prepared with vegetables cut thinly, layered and cooked slowly in an oven. And it has been cooked for generations.
In Wall-E (2008) The Captain Is Physically Incapable Of Wearing The Original Captain’s Uniform, So He Just Wears It Around His Neck With The Top Button
That would make it 700 years old. And would imply there are no tailor robots on board.
Toy Story 2 - The Toy Cleaner Briefly Opens A Drawer Full Of Chess Pieces, Referencing An Earlier Pixar Short Film "Geri's Game" Starring The Same Character
In The Incredibles (2004), The Super Thunderhead Has 5 Children He Was/Is Raising With His "Roommate" Scott: This Is Possibly A Coded Way Of Saying That He Is Gay
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
Andy's Handwriting Gets Better As He Ages In Toy Story
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
During The Race In Pixar's Movie Short, Cars Toon - Tokyo Mater (2008), Mater Drives Through A Japanese Restaurant Where Mike Wazowski And James 'Sully' Sullivan From Pixar's Monsters Inc. (2001) Can Be Seen In Monster Truck Form
The Bottom Of The Coffee Pot That Dory Hops Into Is Stained From Use
In Ratatouille (2007), Linguine Gives An "Inspirational Speech" Before Food Critic, Anton Ego, Comes To Critique The Restaurant's Food. Pixar's Attention To Detail Shows The Staff Visibility Exhausted By This Speech. That's Because It Lasts Almost 20 Minutes During Dinner Service!
Charles Muntz, The Villain In Pixar’s “Up,” Is Named After Real Life Disney Villain Charles Mintz, Who Stole Walt Disney’s First Creation, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
In Pixar's Up (2009), Both Young Carl And Russell Have One Collar Tip Untucked Over Their Vests
In Cars (2006), An 'Apple Car' Can Be Seen In The Race At The Beginning Of The Movie. This Is A Tribute To The Former CEO Of Pixar, Steve Jobs. The Number 84 Is Also Significant And Was Chosen Because It Was The Year The First Apple Computers Began Selling
In Cars (2006) Prior To The Last Race The Jets Flyover A Replica Of Pixar Studios
The Animators Of The Incredibles (2004) Typed Out A Full Article On The Disappearance Of Simon J Paladino (Gazerbeam) That Conforms With Information Through The Movie. Common Practice Of Kids Movies Is To Pretty Much Smack The Keyboard In Text Columns
In Cars 3 (2017), Gabriel - One Of The Cars At The Training Center - Looks At A Photo Of His Hometown, Which Is Santa Cecilia From Coco
Inside Out. In Some Pixar Animations, You Can See The Same Noodle Box. This Is Just More Proof For The Fan Theory That All The Animations Are In The Same Universe
This Mime In The Background Of Ratatouille Is Bomb Voyage From The Incredibles
In Pixar's 1995 Toy Story, The Next Launch Timer In Pizza Planet Is A Count Down Until Woody Lights The Fuse On Buzz's Rocket In The End
In Disney/Pixar's Up (2009) During The End Credits, There Is A Sheet Music Clipping On The Composer Credit Page, This Is In Fact A Direct Clipping Of The Film's Main Theme "Married Life" By Michael Giacchino
In Toy Story 4, The Combat Carl In Snow Gear Repeatedly Gets Left Hanging While The Other Two High Five. However, He Does Finally Get His High Five By Duke Caboom At The Very End Of The Film When They Both Appear In Place Of Luxo The Lamp In The Pixar Logo After The Credits
I just watched this movie the other day and noticed this at the end. I was hoping it was going to show up on this list. I just had to make it to the very bottom.
In Wall-E (2008) When He Makes A Replica Of Eve While She's Sleeping He Makes One If Her Arms Out Of A Luxo Lamp. Luxo Is The Brand Of Lamp In The Pixar Logo
In Pixar's Coco, Inside The Family Affairs Office The Coils In The Light Bulbs Look Like Skulls
In Cars 2 (2011), There Are Multiple References To Italian Cars In The Italian Village That Lightning Mcqueen Visits. The Maserati Trident Is On The Fountain Statue, And The Old Alfa Romeo Grille Is On The Church
In Disney/Pixar’s Up Carl Packed His Mailbox Before Leaving For Paradise Falls. The Mailbox Can Be Seen The Night Before Carl Leaves But Is Not Present The Morning That He Leaves
In The Pixar Short "Geri's Game" (1997), The Short Preceding Bug's Life, The Cigar Box Containing The Chess Pieces Says The Cigars Were Made In Point Richmond, A Town In California. This Is Where Pixar's Headquarters Once Was
Toy Story 2. Amongst The Starts You Can See The Classic Pixar Lamp. This Is The Very First Shot Of The Movie
In Cars, You Can See (And Hear) Birds From Pixar's Short Film For The Birds
I was Watching cars The other day with my brother and I SAW THIS!!! I heard them do the little "tweet" they do!!!
One Of The Racers In The Background Is Sponsored By Apple And Has The Number 84. Apple CEO Steve Jobs Cofounded Pixar, And Both The Apple Macintosh And Pixar's First Short Were Released In 1984
Did anyone else see a car wheel that said LIGHTYEAR, which could be a reference to Buzz Lightyear
In Toy Story 4(2019), If You Look Behind The Old Lady At The Antique Store; You Can See A Photo Of Geri From The Old Oscar-Winning Pixar Short Film Geri's Game(1997). @31:59
In Toy Story 2 "Bloopers", There Is A Bit With Flik And Heimlich, During A Scene Where Buzz And The Gang Cuts Through A Bush. In The Actual Movie, In That Scene, A Small Caterpillar (The Same Colour As Heimlich) Can Be Seen On The Plant
I think that two of the coolest Easter eggs in toy story 4 is when Bonnie is getting dropped off at day care, you can see a lesbian couple squeezing their little girl goodbye, and also another family helping their little girl with her cochlear implant! :)
In Frozen, the duke of Weselton yelled at Elsa “It’s WESELTON, not Weaselton!,” and in Zootopia, the weasel told Judy “it’s WEASELTON, not Weselton!” Also, the weasel was selling pirated movies, and among them were some of the movies that hadn’t come cone out yet, like Moana and Frozen 2.
And The Duke of Weselton and Duke Weasleton are both voiced by the same person, Alan Tudyk
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I'm Surprised that this didn't make it on the list but in Toy Story All the boy's at andy's party are ALL ANDYS Andy_Toy_S...2-jpeg.jpg 
Now I want to watch all of the Pixar films! Not just for details like this, but because they are just downright awesome.
In Big Hero Six a picture of Hiro and Tadashi's grandparents shows the witch from Brave as the grandma.
:0 ok these comments r teaching me more than the article. I love pixar (omg lol my autocorrect kept changing that to I love Picard XD)
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Sweet little easter eggs. I love how the filmmakers paid so much attention to detail!
I was notified of a like for a comment I wrote on one of the article entries and it links me here when I click on it and it’s gone. What’s the deal with that, it makes no sense? https://mail.yahoo.com/m/folders/1/messages/AD0svSwoKGRGYJ4HPgfncCaykm4?.src=ym&reason=mobile
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Load More Replies... I think that two of the coolest Easter eggs in toy story 4 is when Bonnie is getting dropped off at day care, you can see a lesbian couple squeezing their little girl goodbye, and also another family helping their little girl with her cochlear implant! :)
In Frozen, the duke of Weselton yelled at Elsa “It’s WESELTON, not Weaselton!,” and in Zootopia, the weasel told Judy “it’s WEASELTON, not Weselton!” Also, the weasel was selling pirated movies, and among them were some of the movies that hadn’t come cone out yet, like Moana and Frozen 2.
And The Duke of Weselton and Duke Weasleton are both voiced by the same person, Alan Tudyk
Load More Replies... I'm Surprised that this didn't make it on the list but in Toy Story All the boy's at andy's party are ALL ANDYS Andy_Toy_S...2-jpeg.jpg
Now I want to watch all of the Pixar films! Not just for details like this, but because they are just downright awesome.
In Big Hero Six a picture of Hiro and Tadashi's grandparents shows the witch from Brave as the grandma.
:0 ok these comments r teaching me more than the article. I love pixar (omg lol my autocorrect kept changing that to I love Picard XD)
Load More Replies... Sweet little easter eggs. I love how the filmmakers paid so much attention to detail!
I was notified of a like for a comment I wrote on one of the article entries and it links me here when I click on it and it’s gone. What’s the deal with that, it makes no sense? https://mail.yahoo.com/m/folders/1/messages/AD0svSwoKGRGYJ4HPgfncCaykm4?.src=ym&reason=mobile
BoredPanda, about to shorten this article in a while: Your wish is my command.
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