40 Brilliant Details People Spotted In Pixar Movies

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.

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40 Brilliant Details People Spotted In Pixar Movies

In “Toy Story 4,” Mr Potato Head Is Voiced Posthumously By Don Rickles (Who Passed Away In 2017)

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

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

Incredibles (2004) Elastagirl’s Original Suit Was Red And Mr. Incredible’s Suit Was Blue, Their First Child’s Name? Violet

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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)

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

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

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