30 Pixar Facts That Didn't Make Us Cry a Little Shut Up
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If you didn't grow up on Andy's toys coming to life whenever he wasn't in the room, maybe you have more affection for the superhero family of The Incredibles, the lovable creatures of Monsters, Inc., the post-apocalyptic adventures of the robot Wall-E or the unfathomable David Lynchian hellscape that the Cars series must be. Either way, when your production house has enjoyed as much success as Pixar has, each film has its share of interesting trivia tidbits to collect. We’ve done our best to gather some of the most interesting facts below — from production issues, to unexpected product tie-ins, to the famous Easter eggs that serve as stealthy debuts of future iconic characters.
A Bug's Life
![PIXAR MOVIES A BUGS' LIFE PRINCESS DOT IS KAIRI FROM KINGDOM HEARTS. No, we're not saying an ant grew up to be a girl (although we can't fully rule it out). Both characters, however, are voiced by Hayden Panettiere. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/9/0/875890.jpg)
Brave
![CRACKED.COM PIXAR MOVIES BRAVE REQUIRED A NEW SOFTWARE FOR MERIDA'S HAIR. The hair is almost its own character - down to requiring an entire new software just to manage it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/9/1/875891.jpg)
The Good Dinosaur / Inside Out
![The bust of Forrest Woodbush: 2015 5 MONTHS LATER CRACKED.COM A couple dinos from The Good Dinosaur appear as statues in Riley's memory of a trip to San Francisco in Inside Out.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/9/875889.jpg)
Toy Story 3 / Cars 2
![Fin McMissile undercover: 2010 2011 CRACKED.COM In Toy Story 3, Andy has a poster of an oddly un-anthropomorphized version of the Cars 2 co-protagonist.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/8/875888.jpg)
The Good Dinosaur / Monsters University
![The collegiate cameo: 2013 2015 CRACKED.COM The star of The Good Dinosaur briefly appears as a distinctly Pixar-ian toy, inside a Monsters University scare emulator.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/7/875887.jpg)
Brave / Cars 2
![The car-sed tapestry: 2011 2012 CRACKED.COM An unsettling all-car version of Brave's DunBroch family tapestry appears in Cars 2.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/5/875885.jpg)
Newt / Toy Story 3
![The movie that never was: 2010 NEWT XING 5 DE 12 a 21 ET CRACKED.COM Toy Story 3 snuck in a reference to Newt, a film that was supposed to come out in 2011, but instead languished in development hell before being quietly cancelled.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/6/875886.jpg)
Up / Rataouille
![Dug's shadow: 2007 2009 CRACKED.COM Before the world knew he was an adorable, harmless little goober, Up's Dug scared the bejeezus out of Remy in Ratatouille.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/4/875884.jpg)
Cars
![PIXAR MOVIES CARS IMPLIES THERE WAS A CAR HOLOCAUST. Sarge is a World War II veteran - meaning there was a World War II. CURIOS Flais Cafe KM DELLA TAC RUS 66 لاب RADIATO CLASEL SPRINGS 43 ROU Rasteze Photos Rusteze For WULL CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/3/875883.jpg)
Cars 2
![PIXAR MOVIES CARS 2 SHOWS DIFFERENT CARS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. In international releases, Jeff Gorvette is replaced in one scene by a car representing the specific country - which is more work than Spain was ostensibly put into the script. 24 CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/2/875882.jpg)
Finding Dory
![PIXAR MOVIES FINDING DORY RECYCLED THE ORIGINAL FILM'S FLASHBACKS. Marlin's tragic story was at first going to be sprinkled in as flashbacks, but it was made into a prologue to make him more sympathetic. The idea was perfect for Dory's journey, though. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/1/875881.jpg)
Coco
![PIXAR MOVIES COCO USED REAL BONES. Just like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Disneyland, Coco used real bones - only this time it was in the recording of the music, and not just laying around for tourists to take pictures of. BAGAAAA CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/9/875879.jpg)
Soul / Luca
![The prescient travel agency: 2020 - TRAVEL THE WORLD = au and Disney PIXAR with ON SALE NOW - THE PoProPosso FBF = - LUCA 2021 CRACKED.COM Eagle-eyed fans have already noticed a New York City travel agency in Soul that advertises Luca Airlines.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/8/0/875880.jpg)
Finding Nemo / Monsters Inc
![Nemo forced to witness sushi prep: 2001 2003 CRACKED.COM Two years before Finding Nemo, a Nemo-like fish appears wide-eyed and mouth agape in this mural behind a sushi chef in Monsters, Inc.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/7/875877.jpg)
Your Friend The Rat / Wall-E
![WALL-E's side gig: 2007 WALE 2008 CRACKED.COM Before he was a lovestruck, possibly genocidal protagonist, WALL-E was a futuristic bus driver in the Ratatouille-adjacent short Your Friend The Rat.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/8/875878.jpg)
Toy Story 3 / Up
![Lotso lurks: 2009 2010 CRACKED.COM Toy Story 3's sneak-attack antagonist Lotso had an apt cameo in Up - a forgotten toy, brooding in the corner of a distracted child's bedroom.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/6/875876.jpg)
Monsters Inc
![PIXAR MOVIES MONSTERS, INC. LOOKS A LOT LIKE LITTLE MONSTERS. Pixar can surely be forgiven for occasionally borrowing things from other films - like, say, the plot of 1989's Little Monsters. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/5/875875.jpg)
Luca
![PIXAR MOVIES LUCA IS BASED ON REAL LIFE. Director Enrico Casarosa based the film on his own experiences growing up in Italy. Reports about him being a sea creature are still unconfirmed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/4/875874.jpg)
The Good Dinosaur
![PIXAR MOVIES THE GOOD DINOSAUR HAD ITS CAST ALMOST COMPLETELY REPLACED. The cast was replaced after a massive rewrite, with characters being changed or written out d despite the entire film already having been recorded. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/3/875873.jpg)
The Incredibles 2
![CRACKED COM PIXAR MOVIES THE INCREDIBLES 2 HAD A WHOLE MOVIE'S WORTH OF MATERIAL CUT OUT. Brad Bird had to alter the film to have it released sooner, resulting in a lot of material to be cut - which was saved for a third movie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/9/875869.jpg)
Coco / Cars 3
![Guitar in the car bar: 2017 5 MONTHS LATER CRACKED.COM The Cotter Pin Bar in Cars 3 dangled the guitar from Coco right in front of our noses.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/0/875870.jpg)
The Incredibles / Finding Nemo
![Mr. Incredible waits patiently: 2003 2004 CRACKED.COM A little kid in the vet's waiting room during the Finding Nemo pelican kerfuffle is reading a Mr. Incredible comic book, over a year before The Incredibles came out.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/5/875865.jpg)
Coco / The Incredibles 2
![Increíbles Dos: 2017 2018 CRACKED.COM In Coco, when Miguel and Hector are heading to the talent show, there's a spooky skeleton-ized poster for Incredible 2 in the alley.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/4/875864.jpg)
Finding Dory / The Good Dinosaur
![Hank's on the banks: 2015 2016 CRACKED.COM We get a quick glimpse of Hank, the seven-tentacled octopus from Finding Dory, when Arlo falls into a pond in The Good Dinosar.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/1/875871.jpg)
Toy Story 4
![PIXAR MOVIES TOY STORY 4 KEEPS MOCKING ITSELF. From having ventriloquist dummies make fun of Woody, to a license plate bearing the famous command code that almost destroyed Toy Story 2, the final film in the series likes to mock what has been, as it finally closes the book on it all. CONTICAR CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/7/2/875872.jpg)
Wall-E
![CRACKED.COM WALI PIXAR MOVIES WALL-E WAS ONE OF PIXAR'S FIRST FILMS. A Bug's Life, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and WALL-E were all conceived (in that order) during one Pixar lunch in 1994 - but it took until 2008 for the film to finally see the light of day.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/8/875868.jpg)
Turning Red
![CRACKED.COM PIXAR MOVIES TURNING RED KEPT MEI'S PROVISIONAL VOICE. Teen Rosalie Chiang was hired to record a temporary voice track-but then they found found no actor who could match her performance, so they kept her.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/6/875866.jpg)
Soul
![CRACKED.COM PIXAR MOVIES SOUL WAS SCORED BY NINE INCH NAILS. Trent Reznor, best known for lyrics we're not sure we're legally allowed to repeat, scored the cute jazz film about a jazz man' soul.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/7/875867.jpg)
Toy Story 2
![PIXAR MOVIES TOY STORY 2 WAS ALMOST LOST. The film was accidentally deleted and all the back-ups failed, but one employee had the entire movie on her home computer while on pseudo- maternity leave. See? Working from home is good! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/2/875862.jpg)
Ratatouille
![CRACKED.COM PIXAR MOVIES RATATOUILLE ALMOST HAD ITS OWN WINE. The movie was poised to put out the perfect product placement - Ratatouille wine, a white Burgundy. Worries about underage drinking nixed the rat wine.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/3/875863.jpg)