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Pixar has mastered the art of adding easter eggs in its films. They’ve gotten so good, that they smuggle characters who don’t even exist yet into their movies and shorts without us noticing. Here’s a list of 15 Pixar characters that were secretly launched:
1. Royal Tapestry inCars 2
There’s a scene inCars 2where we’re inside a quaint British pub. If you look closely in the background, there’s a Cars universe version of the royal tapestry from Brave. It’s a picture of the Dunbroch family reimagined as cars.
2. Mr. Incredible inFinding Nemo
Mr. Incredible was teased in Finding Nemo when A little kid in the vet’s waiting room was reading a Mr. Incredible comic book. This was a year beforeThe Incrediblescame out.
3. Newt Zing inToy Story 3
There’s aNewtcrossing sign stuck on Andy’s door inToy Story 3. The reference was made but theNewtfilm that was supposed to come out in 2011 could never happen, The film was under development but got canceled because the story bared a striking resemblance to Blue Sky’s Rio.
4. Finn Missile inToy Story 3
InToy Story 3, Andy had put a poster of an Aston-Martin car in his room. Well, that’s actually theCars 2co-protagonist Finn McMissile who met a year later.
5. Dug inRatatouille
Before we knew him as the adorable canine from the 2009 Disney-Pixar filmUp, Dug was first spotted chasing Remy in the 2007 Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille. Only his shadow made a brief appearance on a wall
6. Forrest Woodbush inInside Out
During a flashback into Riley’s memories, we get a visual of a family photo opposite a giant dinosaur statue on the roadside. If you look closely, that’s actually Forrest Woodbush, the Styracosaurus fromThe Good Dinosaur.
7. Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear inUp
When Carl releases the balloons, we get visuals of the house flying past different places. Inside a house where a kid is playing, Lots-o-Huggin bear fromToy Story 3can be spotted lying next to the bed.
8. Arlo inMonsters University
The star ofThe Good Dinosaur,Arlo the Apatosaurus makes a brief appearance inside Monsters University scare emulator as a distinctly Pixar-ian toy.
9. Wall-E inYour Friend The Rat
Before we knew him as the lovestruck protagonist of his self-titled film, WALL-E was spotted as a futuristic bus driver in the Ratatouille-adjacent shortYour Friend The Rat.
10. Nemo inMonsters, Inc.
2 years beforeFinding Nemowas released, a wide-eyed Nemo-like fish was spotted behind a chef who was preparing sushi
11. Incredibles 2 inCoco
When Hector and Miguel were rushing to the talent show, there was a skeletonized poster for Incredibles 2 in the alley.
13. Coco’s guitar inCars 3
The famous guitar fromCocowas hanging in The Cotter Pin Bar in Cars 3.
14. Hank in The Good Dinosaur
There’s a brief glimpse of the seven-tentacled octopus from Finding Dory named Hank when Arlo falls into a pond inThe Good Dinosaur.
15.Lucain Soul
You’d only spot it if you’ve got an eagle-eye but there was a ‘Luca Airlines’ poster pasted on a travel agency in New York in the movieSoulthat came months beforeLuca.
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Muneer is an Indian writer at FandomWire who plans to visit all countries in this world to eat the food on their streets. Obsessed with joggers, he sings and plays the strings too.
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