Pixar elements and tribute eggs in "Toy Story 4"

Pattie 2022-01-27 08:03:30

A113, Luxo Balls, Pizza Planet Truck, where are these classic Pixar Easter eggs? The film actually pays tribute to the horror movie "The Shining"? Have you found all these hidden Easter eggs in "Toy Story 4"?

Pixar Eggs

Love at Second Sight Antique Shop

It is said that we can see elements of almost every Pixar animation work (including short films) in the film, and the antique shop at second sight is a great scene to find these eggs.

First of all, this antique shop started in 1986 , which is the year when Pixar Animation Studios was formally established.

The number of the antique shop is 1200 , and in reality, the address number of Pixar’s California headquarters is also 1200.

1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville CA

Pixar Ball

When Hu Di and the Shepherdess sneaked into the antique shop from the roof, there could be a colored ball with blue-yellow stripes and a red five-pointed star on the ground. This is the classic Easter egg of Pixar Animation- Luxo Ball . It comes from Pixar's first short film "Naughty Jumping Lights" , and it has appeared many times in the "Toy Story" series and other works since then.

"Toy Story" (1995)

A113

The "A113" pattern appeared in the antique shop , which is one of the most classic Easter eggs in Pixar animation.

"A113" is the house number of the animation drawing classroom at the California Academy of Arts (CalArts). Most of the creators of the Pixar Animation Department have been to this school, so they often add "A113" to their works as a commemoration.

In addition to A113, a billboard with "Papa Rivera" can be seen in the film, paying tribute to the film's producer Jonas Rivera (Jonas Rivera) ;

There is also an advertisement for Catmull Cream Soda, a tribute to Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar .

In addition, in the end credits, Carnival Park moved to a place called New Stanton to pay tribute to the director Andrew Stanton of "Finding Nemo" and "Nemo" .

Pixar Elder

You can see many old signs of "PJ's Pop" in antique shops . In fact, PJ is the abbreviation of the son of "Toy Story" director John Lasseter. In other words, "PJ's Pop" is John Lassett. Seth himself (Pop means father).

RMR F97

The license plate number of the car that took away the shepherdess at the beginning is RMR F97 . This seemingly random combination of characters is actually a special easter egg.

The story goes back to when Pixar made "Toy Story 2" 20 years ago , when the film was almost finished, but at this time a programmer accidentally entered the command "rm -r -f" and deleted all the files! Fortunately, one employee who was on vacation due to pregnancy kept a copy of the entire film at home, avoiding catastrophic consequences.

Tribute to Mickey Mouse

In the film, Hu Di pretends to be a telephone in order not to be discovered by the old lady. His posture actually mimics the Mickey Mouse cartoon telephone produced in the 1970s and 1980s.

Pizza Planet

One of Pixar's classic Easter eggs , Planet Pizza , debuted in the first "Toy Story", and later appeared as an Easter egg in almost every Pixar animation. In this film, when the boy is playing at the shooting range, he can see a tattoo of Planet Pizza Truck on his calf .

Dinosaur Gas Station

Bonnie's family stopped at Dinoco Gas during their self-driving trip . This company can be said to be the oil giant of Pixar World. It appeared in the first "Toy Story" and "Cars" series.

Three counties area

From previous films, it can be known that the entire series of "Toy Story" took place in an area called "Tri-County" (Tri-County) , so the sign of this place can be seen on the RV RV rented by Bonnie's father.

In "Toy Story 3" , the toys were almost destroyed in the Tri-County dump .

Tin Iron Soldiers

When Hu Di and the Shepherdess entered the secret base of the antique shop, they opened the door with a little iron man toy. This little iron man is named Tinny , from Pixar's 1988 short film "Tin Toy" (Tin Toy) . This is the first animated short film to win an Oscar, and it is also the creative source of "Toy Story".

"The Tin Iron Soldiers" (1988)

Pixar Short Film

When Hu Di and the Shepherdess used the film to lift the approacher, there were a few game boxes stacked next to them, including "Lifted" and "Knick Knack" , which are Pixar's short films "Kidnapping Lesson" and "Snowman Operation" respectively. .

The eagle toy Franklin that appears in the pachinko machine comes from the short film "Little Toys" in the "Toy Story" series .

In the film, Bonnie's family visited a fast food restaurant called Poultry Palace on the way , which is also an egg from "Little Toys" .

Bug crisis

There is a Chinese food take-out box of "mountain and seafood" in the refrigerator of the old lady's home . This is a common egg in Pixar's animation, which first appeared in "Bug Crisis" .

A Casey Jr. cookie box can be seen in the antique shop , which is the box used to transport the insect circus in "Insect Crisis".

Monster Electric Company

Among Bonnie’s kindergarten classmates is a sister with double ponytails and bangs. This image reminds you of a classic Pixar character?

That's right, she is the little girl Boo in "Monsters Electric Company" .

"Monster Electric Company" (2001)

Finding Nemo

At the beginning of the film, when Bonnie was playing in the room, she wore a lifebuoy with a clown fish pattern on her body, which reminded people of Nemo and Marin in "Finding Nemo" .

"Finding Nemo" (2003)

In the antique shop, you can see the diving goggles that appeared in "Finding Nemo" .

"Finding Nemo" (2003)

The pinball game machine in which the old toys such as the Duke of Dashing hide is called "Tiki Party" (Tiki Party) , with the pattern of the Tiki statue on it, which reminds people of the scene Nemo saw in the fish tank in "Finding Nemo".

"Finding Nemo" (2003)

Robot mobilization

Pay attention to the battery on the skunk car, with the BNL logo printed on it, which is the Buy N Large energy company that makes Walli in "Robots" .

Up

In the carnival, you can see the balloon car of the protagonist Carl in "The Flying House" . I don't know if Carl is there?

"Travel around the Flying House" (2009)

Among the scraps picked up by the shepherdess was a bottle cap printed with a grape pattern. This was the "badge" given to Carl by Ellie when she was a child in "A Travel in the House ".

"Travel around the Flying House" (2009)

You can see the old man Karl's walking stick in "Travel around the Flying House" in the antique shop .

In addition, an oil painting of a dog playing poker is hung on the wall of an antique shop. The characters in it include the bad old man Charles Muntz and the loyal dog Dug in "Travel around the Flying House" .

Brave legend

In the closet where Gaby Doll often lives, you can see an antique plate with Merida's family logo in "Brave".

"Brave" (2012)

Mind Agents

You can see the billboards of TripleDent chewing gum in antique stores . This brand appeared in "Brain Squad" . Remember the brainwashing advertising song in Riley's brain?

Special Agent Team (2015)

Dreaming Circle Travel Notes

When Buzz Lightyear was trapped in the shooting range, he hung a variety of color versions of the "Dream of the Dream" guitar beside him .

There is also a pattern of Luxo ball on the small rocket

On the gramophone in the antique shop, you can see the record of the "God of Song" Dracuse in "Dream of the Dream" .

Magic Circle Travels

Pixar in the animation always like eggs buried next film, the film is certainly not for example, pay attention to the booth in the Carnival Paradise, one of which is called Dragon Zone , there are even a tiger, it is from Pixar's 2020 release " "Magic Circle Travels" (Onward) .

Toy characters

Gaby doll

The new character Gabby Gabby has the shadow of the 60s doll Chatty Cathy , and it is also reminiscent of the terrifying Talking Tina doll in the old version of "Yin Yang Devil ."

Ventriloquist puppet

Gaby's four puppets, The Bensons, are reminiscent of Slappy in "Goosebumps" . They didn't say anything in the film, which fits the setting of ventriloquist puppets.

In fact, in the original setting, Hu Di's image is a ventriloquist puppet, and it is also a boring negative character.

The Duke of Chic

The toy advertisements of the Duke Chic actually existed in the 1970s, and the style is also extremely exaggerated. It is estimated that the children who bought the toys in those days could feel the same loss as the former owner of the Duke.

In fact, Duke Xiaosha has appeared in "Superman Squad 2" a long time ago , lying in Ba Xiaojie's crib.

"The Incredibles 2" (2018)

Duke of Chic is voiced by the Hollywood male god Keanu Reeves . He is a motorcycle enthusiast and even founded his own motorcycle brand.

In the ending egg, when the Duke of Dashing learns that two live treasure dolls can emit light, he exclaims "Whoa" ... In fact, this is a (strange) personal mark of Keanu Reeves. Some netizens deliberately counted the number of times that Keanu issued "Whoa" in film and television works, which is more than 100 times...

John Reisenberg

John Reisenberg is a senior animation voice actor who has participated in the voice acting of every Pixar animated feature film so far, and is known as "Pixar Lucky Charm" (Pixar Lucky Charm) .

In this film, John Reisenberg returns to give his voice to Hamm .

classic movie

When Hu Di and Cha Cha first entered the antique shop, the phonograph played the song "Midnight, the Stars and You" from The Shining .

The toys in the antique shop also appeared in Star Wars Obi-Wan and Acqualish , they are all Kenner toy dolls produced in the 1980s . Note that Obi-Wan has been slashing the shoulders of the Acqualis with the lightsaber in his hand, spoofing Obi-Wan in the bar in "Star Wars" to chop off Ponda Baba's arm.

The special forces captain that Hu Di met was named Combat Carl . The image of the tough bearded man paid tribute to the "Predator" actor Carl Weathers , and this role was also dubbed by Carl himself.

There is a sentence "Open the pod bay doors" in Bath's "Inner Monologue" , which pays tribute to the classic lines in "2001: A Space Odyssey" .

The dashing Duke leaps up in front of the huge moon on his motorcycle, which reminds people of the famous scene of "ET Alien" .

Credits

After the film ends, there are 3+1 credits , 3 of which are interspersed in the subtitles, and a hidden clip will appear after all the subtitles are scrolled.

Credits 1

Hu Di and the Shepherdess decided to help the toys in the Carnival Park find their owners, so they let the children who came to play shooting games easily hit the target and win rewards to take the toys home.

Credits egg 2

The two life treasures of Goda and Duck rabbit became excited again, imagining that they had become giant dolls with lasers in their eyes, chasing down the poor boy at the shooting range all the way.

Credits 3

Bonnie’s toys ushered in a new friend -the female version of "Chacha" . Of course, her knowledge of herself was still rubbish. Chacha stepped forward and told her: "We are toys" .

Hide credits

After all the subtitles are over, Pixar’s classic opening title reappears, but this time the protagonist has changed from naughty dancing to the chic Duke in the film.

When the Duke of Dashing jumped halfway, there was also a toy soldier who failed to make a high-five with Woody in the film, and completed the action of high-fiving with Duke Duke of Dashing.

Kaboom!

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Extended Reading
  • Jeanne 2022-03-23 09:01:35

    Everyone just wants to relax and watch some sweet and pure stories, but all I see in Play 4 are metaphors and teachings. Buzz Lightyear's three-part two-man protagonist room is not worth it.

  • Terrill 2022-03-23 09:01:35

    【B+】At least what can be guaranteed is that this fourth part is definitely not a "dog tail sequel". Various high-level productions such as animation storyboards, transitions, action and environment rendering fully demonstrate Pixar's technical strength, and the rhythm control and the placement of jokes in the plot also highlight Pixar's qualifications as an old animation studio. The interpretation of the theme of "self-independence" is also quite good. However, it's not that the fourth part is bad, it's just that the completeness formed by the first three parts is really beautiful, and no matter how good the fourth part is, it is difficult not to break this completeness. I think some stories are better left in the imagination.

Toy Story 4 quotes

  • Bo Peep: So, you're... uh... with a kid? It's not Andy, is it?

    Woody: No, No, No He Went Off To College, But He Gave Us To Bonnie, Oh She's...

    Bo Peep: You Have A Little Girl?

    Giggle McDimples: No Way!

    Woody: Yeah, Yeah, It's Why I'm Out Here. Her Other Toy Is Trapped In This Antique Store, And...

    Bo Peep: 'Second Chance Antiques'? We know that store.

    Woody: That's Great! That Is Great! If You Know The Store, You Can Help Me Find Him!

    Bo Peep: No way, we waited years in that store collecting dust!

    Woody: Oh, Bo That's Awful, But I Don't Have A Choice. I Have To Get That Toy From Gabby.

    Giggle McDimples: Whoa, stay away from that weirdo!

    Bo Peep: If I were you, I'd cut my loses and go home.

    Woody: But, Bonnie needs him to get through Kindergarten.

    Bo Peep: Oh, kids lose toys everyday, Bonnie will get over it.

    Woody: No, No, No But, But You See... You See Bonnie Needs Him Just Like... Molly Needed You!

    [Sheep Go To Woody]

    Woody: Oh, No Sorry Girls, Molly's Not Here.

    Giggle McDimples: Molly? Wow I Didn't Know You Had A Kid.

    Bo Peep: That was a long time ago.

    Woody: Oh Bo's Kid Was Something Special. She Was The Cutest Thing, But, So Afraid Of The Dark

    Bo Peep: It was just a phase.

    Woody: Oh You Weren't There From The Beginning, Hearing Molly Crying Each Night, It Broke Every Toys Heart. But Then, Bo Came Into The Room, Her Lamp, Was The Only Thing That Made Molly Feel Safe, Mum Would Let Her Keep Bo On All Night.

    Giggle McDimples: Whoa, Who Knew You Were Such A Softy!

    Woody: And Molly Would Fall Asleep With Her Hand Resting On Bo's Feet

    Bo Peep: Okay, Okay, I Get It!

    Woody: Bo, My Kid Really Needs This Toy, Will You Help Me? For Old-Times Sake?

    Bo Peep: All right, all right.

    Woody: THANK YOU! OH, THANK YOU!

  • Bo Peep: So, How About You, How's Your New Kid?

    Woody: Bonnie? Oh, She's Great, Jessie Is Loving It!

    Bo Peep: Jessie's Still With You?

    Woody: Oh Yeah, The Whole Gang's Still Together, Well I Mean, Most Of Us.

    Bo Peep: What About Rex?

    Woody: Yeah, Yeah, Rex, Bullseye, Slinky, The Potato Head's

    Bo Peep: Buzz?

    Woody: Yeah, Yeah, Buzz Too, I Cannot... Wait To See His Face When He Hears That I Found...

    Buzz Lightyear: Bo Peep?

    Bo Peep: Buzz!

    [Buzz Laughs]

    Bo Peep: My Old Moving Buddy, It's So Good To See You!

    Buzz Lightyear: Woody, It's Bo Peep!

    [Same Time As Woody]

    Buzz Lightyear: What Are You Doing Here?

    Woody: Buzz?

    [Same Time As Buzz]

    Woody: What Are You Doing Here?

    [Ducky & Bunny Push Buzz Down The Roof, Buzz's Buttons Keep Pushing]

    Woody: 'Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue'!

    Bunny: Three Years!

    Ducky: THREE YEARS!

    Bunny: That's How Long We've Been Hanging Up There Waiting For A Kid!

    Buzz Lightyear: Look, I'm Sorry About That...

    Ducky: You Ruined Our Lives, Shame On You

    [Starts Crying]

    Woody: Who Are These Guys?

    Ducky: Lightyear Promised Us A Kid!

    Woody: You Did What!

    Buzz Lightyear: I Did Not!