Easter Eggs are one my favourite parts in films and TV. For those who don’t know, in media an Easter egg is an intentional hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game.
Pixar is known for its Easter Eggs. And you would think that these would increase as they had more to work with, but characters from movies yet to be released are making cameo appearances! Now in some of the “blooper reels” there are some blatant crossover pieces, but I am talking about the more subtle ones.
JimHillMedia has a pretty detailed list. And in case you didn’t want to read it all, here is the short of what he found:
-The Adventures of André and Wally B – is a book name in Andy’s Bedroom in Toy Story
-The Lamp from Luxo Jr (which is a part of the Pixar Logo) knocks Buzz out the window in Toy Story
-The ball in Luxo Jr appears in Toy Story 1&2, Incredibles, Monsters Inc,
-Dinoco is the Gas Station that we find the Pizza Planet pickup in ToyStory and is also the coveted sponsor in Cars
-The old man who plays chess with himself in Geri’s Game is also the toy repair expert in Toy Story 2
-The Birds on the powerline in “For the Birds” are still up there in a highway scene of Cars
-TinToy, one of the first Pixar shorts appears in “Lifted”
-The abducted man in Lifted is Linguini from Ratatouille
-Boo hands Sully a number of toys in Monsters Inc including the Luxo Jr Ball, Jessie from Toy Story 2 and Nemo (before Finding Nemo was released)
-Stanley, the old car statue in Cars makes an appearance in the short “Boundin”
-Bomb Voyage from the Incredibles is seen as a mime on the streets of Paris in Ratatouille
-The Pizza Planet Pickup is seen in all Pixar films
And my favourite crossover:
Well now it seems that Wall-E has made appearances in Ratatouille (in a bonus feature called “Your Friend the Rat”) EDIT: I had a video linked that showed him in Incredibles, Toy Story and Cars, but that appears to have been a hoax, so I removed it.What else have you seen in the Pixar Movies?
