Every Pixar movie is connected. I explain how, and possibly why.
In 2012, I watched a video on Cracked.com that introduced the idea (at least to me) that all of the Pixar movies actually exist within the same universe. Since then, I’ve obsessed over this concept, working to complete what I call The Pixar Theory, a working narrative that ties all of the Pixar movies into one cohesive timeline with a main theme. Another, longer, title is “The Grand Unifying Theory of Pixar Movies.”
This theory covers every feature-length movie made by Pixar Animation Studios since 1995. They include:
- Toy Story
- A Bug’s Life
- Toy Story 2
- Monsters Inc.
- Finding Nemo
- The Incredibles
- Cars
- Ratatouille
- Wall-E
- Up
- Toy Story 3
- Cars 2
- Brave
- Monsters University
- Inside Out (in Part 2)
- The Good Dinosaur (in Part 3)
- Finding Dory (in Part 4)
- Cars 3, Coco, Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4 will be included in the upcoming book
The point of this theory is to have fun and exercise your imagination while simultaneously finding interesting connections between these fantastic movies. The trick is not take any of it too seriously. If you would like to experience a shorter version of this theory, check out the visualized Pixar Theory Timeline.
In fact, I highly suggest you watch this video I made with Screen Junkies/Fandom below. It more thoroughly lays out this theory and its most complex ideas. It’s also a far more “current” version of the theory compared to the rest of this post. Plus, it has more movies included! Enjoy.
The original Pixar Theory:
As of this writing in 2013, Brave is the first and last movie in the timeline. Obviously, this movie about a Scottish kingdom during the Dark Ages is the earliest time period covered by the Pixar films, but it’s also the only Pixar movie that actually explains why animals in the Pixar universe behave like humans sometimes.
In Brave, Merida discovers that there is “magic” that can solve her problems but inadvertently turns her mother into a bear. We find out that this magic comes from an odd witch seemingly connected to the mysterious will-of-the-wisps. Not only do we see animals behaving like humans, but we also see brooms (inanimate objects) behaving like people in the witch’s shop.
We also learn that this witch inexplicably disappears every time she passes through doors, leading us to believe that she may not even exist. Don’t get ahead of me, but we’ll come back to Brave. Let’s just say that for now, the witch is someone we know from a different movie in the timeline.
[Some of you have pointed out that the animals in Brave gradually regress back into an animal state, disproving the idea that this is the source of animals acting like humans. My rebuttal is simple. They regress because the magic wears off. Over time, their evolving intelligence grows naturally.]
Centuries later, the animals from Brave that have been experimented on by the witch have interbred, creating a large-scale population of animals slowly gaining personification and intelligence on their own.
There are two progressions: the progression of the animals and the progression of artificial intelligence. The events of the following movies set up a power struggle between humans, animals, and machines.
The stage for all-out war in regards to animals is set by Ratatouille, Finding Nemo, and Up, in that order. Notice I left out A Bug’s Life, but I’ll explain why later.
In Ratatouille, we see animals experimenting with their growing personification in small, controlled experiments.
Remy wants to cook, which is something only humans explicitly do. He crafts a relationship with a small group of humans and finds success. Meanwhile, the villain of Ratatouille, Chef Skinner, disappears. What happened to him? What did he do with his newfound knowledge that animals were capable of transcending their instincts and performing duties better than humans?
It’s possible that Charles Muntz, the antagonist of Up, learned of this startling rumor, giving him the idea to begin inventing devices that would harness the thoughts of animals, namely his dogs, through translator collars. Those collars indicated to Muntz that animals are smarter and more like humans than we think. He needed this technology to find the exotic bird he’s obsessed over, and he even comments on how many dogs he’s lost since he arrived in South America.
But then Dug and the rest of his experiments are set free after Muntz’s demise, and we don’t know the full implications of that, but what we do know is that animosity between the animals and humans is growing steadily. Now that humans have discovered the potential of animals, they are beginning to cross the line. To develop this new technology, the humans begin an industrial revolution hinted at in Up.
[Some have pointed out that Muntz was working in South America before the events of Ratatouille. This is true, but it is not explicitly stated how and when he developed the collars. Also, we know Ratatouille takes place before Up for several reasons. In Toy Story 3, a postcard on Andy’s wall has Carl and Ellie’s name and address on it (including their last names to confirm). This confirms that in 2010, the time of Toy Story 3, Ellie is still alive or hasn’t been dead long. This supports the idea that Up takes place years later.]
In the beginning of Up, Carl is forced to give up his house to a corporation because they are expanding the city.
Wait a second. What corporation is guilty for polluting the earth and wiping out life in the distant future because of technological overreach?
Buy-n-Large (BNL), a corporation that runs just about everything by the time we get to Wall-E. In the“History of BNL” commercial from the movie, we’re told that BNL has even taken over the world governments. Did you catch that this one corporation achieved global dominance? Interestingly, this is the same organization alluded to in Toy Story 3:
In Finding Nemo, we have an entire population of sea creatures uniting to save a fish that was captured by humans. BNL shows up again in this universe via another news article that talks about a beautiful underwater world.
Lines are being crossed. Humans are beginning to antagonize the increasingly networked and intelligent animals.
Think about Dory from Finding Nemo for a second. She stands apart from most of the other fish. Why? She isn’t as intelligent. Her short-term memory loss is likely a result of her not being as advanced as the other sea creatures, which is a reasonable explanation for how rapidly these creatures are evolving.
It’s likely that the sequel to Finding Nemo, which is about Dory, will touch on this and further explain why. We may also get some more evidence pointing to animosity between humans and animals.
[Some great users have pointed out that Dory is actually more intelligent and shows signs of growth due to her ability to read and communicate with whales. This would actually show signs of how the animals are beginning to change in intelligence gradually.]
And that is the furthest movie in the “animal” side of things. When it comes to A.I., we start with The Incredibles. Who is the main villain of this movie? You probably thought of Buddy, a.ka. Syndrome, who basically commits genocide on super-powered humans.
Or does he? Buddy didn’t have any powers. He used technology to enact revenge on Mr. Incredible for not taking him seriously. Seems a little odd that the man went so far as to commit genocide.
[A lot of people have been arguing about where The Incredibles actually takes place because we see technology from modern times and the 1980s even though everything has a 1960s vibe. This is cleared by Brad Bird, the director, who says the movie takes place in an alternate 1960s, which means the movie opens in the 1950s.]
And how does he kill all of the supers? He creates the omnidroid, an A.I. “killbot” that learns the moves of every super-human and adapts. When Mr. Incredible is first told about this machine, Mirage mentions that it is an advanced artificial intelligence that has gone rogue.
Mr. Incredible points out that it got smart enough to wonder why it had to take orders. The omnidroid eventually turns on Syndrome, and starts attacking humans in the city. Why would an A.I. want to just attack randomly? Do machines have an inherent hatred of humans?
The movie even shows clips of the superheroes with capes being done in by inanimate objects, such as plane turbines…accidentally.
But why would machines want to get rid of humans in the first place? We know that animals don’t like humans because they are polluting the Earth and experimenting on them, but why would the machines have an issue?
Enter Toy Story. Here we see humans using and discarding “objects” that are clearly sentient. Yes, the toys love it Uncle Tom style, but over the course of the Toy Story sequels, we see toys becoming fed up. But wait, toys and inanimate objects aren’t necessarily machines, so how do they have some kind of intelligence?
Syndrome points to the answer. He tells Mr. Incredible that his lasers are powered by Zero Point Energy. This is the electromagnetic energy that exists in a vacuum. It’s the unseen energy we find in wavelengths and a reasonable explanation for how toys and objects in the Pixar world draw power.
By the events of the Toy Story movies, we are in the 90s until 2010. It’s been 40-50 years or so since the events of The Incredibles, giving A.I. plenty of time to develop BNL.
Meanwhile, Pixar is hinting at dissatisfaction among pockets of toy civilizations. The toys rise up against Sid in the first movie. Jesse resents her owner, Emily, for abandoning her. Lotso Huggin’ Bear straight up hates humans by the third movie.
Toys are obviously not satisfied with the status quo, providing a reason for why machines and objects alike are ready to take over.
So, by the 2000s, the super-humans are all but gone, and mankind is vulnerable. Animals, who want to rise up Planet of the Apes style, have the ability to take over, but we don’t see this happen.
Also, A.I. never takes over humans by force. Why do you think that is? It’s reasonable to assume that machines did take over, just not as we expected. The machines used BNL, a faceless corporation (which are basically faceless in nature) to dominate the world, starting in the 1960s after the Omnidroid fails to defeat the Incredibles.
In each of the Toy Story movies, it’s made painfully clear that sentient objects rely on humans for everything. For fulfillment and even energy. It’s hinted at that the Toys lose all life when put away in “storage” unless they are in a museum that will get them seen by humans.
So machines decide to control humans by using a corporation that suits their every need, leading to an industrial revolution that eventually leads to…pollution. When the animals rise up against the humans to stop them from polluting the earth, who will save them? The machines.
We know that the machines will win the war, too, because after this war, there are almost no animals left on Earth. Who’s left?
Because the machines tip everything out of balance, Earth becomes an unfit planet for humans and animals, so the remaining humans are put on Axiom (or Noah’s Ark if you want to carry on the Biblical theme where Wall-E is basically Robot Jesus and his love interest is aptly named Eve) as a last-ditch effort to save the human race.
On Axiom, the humans have no purpose aside from having their needs met by the machines. The machines have made humans dependent on them for everything because that is how they were treated as “toys.” It’s all they know.
Meanwhile on Earth, machines are left behind to populate the world and run things, explaining human landmarks and traditions still being prominent in Cars. There are no animals or humans in this version of Earth because they’re all gone, but we do know that the planet still has many human influences left.
[Some have noted that the world of Cars can’t be after humans left because there’s no pollution shown in the movies. If you look carefully at Wall-E, however, the world is never shown during this time, so we don’t really know how badly the Earth was polluted.]
[It’s possible that the machines sent humans away to curb overpopulation and fix the environment without them, but the world was drained of resources as a result of machines populating the Earth. That would explain why the machines abandoned Earth entirely, leaving only Wall-E behind.]
In Cars 2, the cars go to Europe and Japan, making it plain that this is all taking place on Earth as we know it. So what happened to the cars? We’ve learned by now that humans are the source of energy for the machines. That’s why they never got rid of them.
In Wall-E, they point out that BNL intended to bring the humans back once the planet was clean again, but they failed. The machines on Earth eventually died out, though we don’t know how.
What we do know is that there is an energy crisis in Cars 2, with oil being the only way society trudges on despite its dangers. We even learn that the Allinol corporation was using “green energy” as a catalyst for a fuel war in order to turn cars away from alternative energy sources. That “clean” fuel could have been used to wipe out many of the cars, very quickly.
[Someone pointed out that “all in all” means the same thing as “by and large” making the connection between Cars and Wall-E even more substantial.]
Which brings us back to Wall-E. Have you ever wondered why Wall-E was the only machine left? We know that the movie begins 800 years after humans have left Earth on Axiom, governed by the AutoPilot (another A.I. reference).
Could it be that Wall-E’s fascination with human culture and friendship with a cockroach is what allowed him to keep finding fulfillment and the ability to maintain his personality? That’s why he was special and liberated the humans.
He remembered the times when humans and machines lived in peace, away from all of the pollution caused by both sides.
After Wall-E liberates the humans and they rebuild society back on Earth, what happens then? During the end credits of Wall-E, we see the shoe that contains the last of plant life. It grows into a mighty tree. A tree that strikingly resembles the central tree in A Bug’s Life.
That’s right. The reason no humans show up in A Bug’s Life is because there aren’t a lot left. We know because of the cockroach that some of the insects survived, meaning they would have rebounded a bit faster, though the movie had to be far enough in the timeline for birds to have returned as well, though they’re noticeably less intelligent than the bugs.
[I’ll admit, the trees looking similar isn’t enough to support the idea that A Bug’s Life takes place after Wall-E, but there’s definitely more reasons for why it’s likely. Also, I’ll bring the tree up again later because it appears in Up as well.]
There’s something strikingly different about A Bug’s Life when compared to other Pixar portrayals of animals, which leads me to believe it takes place in the future. Unlike Ratatouille, Up, and Finding Nemo, the bugs have many human activities similar to what the rats in Ratatouille were merely experimenting with.
The bugs have cities, bars, advertisements, their own machines, know what a bloody mary is and even have a traveling circus. This all assumes that the movie is in a different time period.
The other factor that sets A Bug’s Life apart from other Pixar movies is the fact that it is the only one, besides Cars and Cars 2, that doesn’t revolve (or even include) humans.
[Okay there is a a lot of contention over the idea that A Bug’s Life takes place post-apocalypse, but hear me out. The reason I am so inclined to push the idea is because of how different the bug world is from the “animal” movies. No other Pixar movie has animals wearing clothing, wild inventions, animals creating machines, or so much human influence like bars and cities.]
[In Finding Nemo, the most human thing we see is a school, and even that is pretty stripped down. But in A Bug’s Life, we have a world where humans are barely even implied. At one point, one of the ants tells Flik not to leave the island because there are “snakes, birds, and bigger bugs out there.” He doesn’t even bring up humans.
[Yes, there are some humans, like the kid who allegedly picked the wings off of the homeless bug, but that still fits in a post Wall-E world. Also, the bugs have to be irradiated for them to live such long lifespans. The average lifespan of an ant is just 3 months, but these ants all survive an entire summer and allude to being around for quite some time by saying things like “this happens every year.” One of the ants even says he “feels 90 again.” That works if you accept that the ants are sturdier due to evolution and mutated genes.]
There’s another Pixar movie that was supposed to be released in 2012, but it was cancelled and replaced with Brave. This movie was called Newt, and I believe it might have fit in this part of the timeline post-Wall-E. The movie’s supposed plot: “What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they can’t stand each other?”
A movie about an endangered species rebuilding itself could lend itself nicely to this theory, but since the movie was never released, I’m just speculating.
So what happens next? Humanity, machines, and animals grow in harmony to the point where a new super species is born. Monsters. The monsters civilization is actually Earth in the incredibly distant future.
[Someone wisely pointed out that in Monsters University, the college is said to be founded in 1313. If we’re really in the future, then that means the monsters could have reset society and begun using their own calendar. That could mean Monsters Inc. takes place up to 1400 (or more) years after A Bug’s Life.]
Where did they come from? It’s possible that the monsters are simply the personified animals mutated after the diseased earth was irradiated for 800 years.
[Not during Wall-E. I would guess that it took hundreds of years after Wall-E for the animals to become monsters]
Whatever the reason, these monsters seem to all look like horribly mutated animals, only larger and civilized. They have cities and even colleges, as we see in Monsters University.
[An issue some have found is that this doesn’t properly explain what happened to humans. I haven’t settled on a theory I really like yet, but I’m leaning towards the idea that monsters and machines eventually forgot that they need humans and got rid of them again, not realizing their mistake until all humans died out. Another explanation is that humans just couldn’t survive on Earth anymore.]
In Monsters Inc., they have an energy crisis because they are in a future earth without humans. Humans are the source of energy, but thanks to the machines, again, the Monsters find a way to use doors to travel to the human world. Only, it’s not different dimensions.
The monsters are going back in time. They’re harvesting energy to keep from becoming extinct by going back to when humans were most prominent. The peak of civilization, if you will. Though a lot of time has passed, animosity towards humans never really went away for animals/monsters.
Monsters must have relied on anti-human instincts to believe that just touching a human would corrupt their world like it did in the past. So they scare humans to gather their energy until they realize that laughter (green energy) is more efficient because it is positive in nature.
[An alternative explanation that fits even better that some of you brought up: The machines and monsters created the time travel doors but realized that messing with time could erase their existence and change history. So, they falsely trained monsters to believe that humans are toxic and from another dimension, making it suicide for a monster to interact too much with their world.]
[Another issue is how the monsters seem to worry about kids “being less scared these days.” It’s likely that going in the past takes a lot of energy, so the monsters can only go back as far as the practice still returns a profit in energy. To them, they’re just moving through the same dimension of time, but the monsters at the top know that eventually, they’ll run out. This is why Waternose is so bent on capturing children and enslaving them.]
We even see a connection between A Bug’s Life and Monsters Inc. via the trailer we see in both movies. As you can see, the trailer looks exactly the same, except the one in A Bug’s Life is noticeably older and more decrepit, while the one in Monsters Inc. (where Randall is sent via a door) has humans and looks newer.
Look at the picture above. On the left is the trailer from A Bug’s Life and the one on the right is from Monsters Inc. The one on the left looks older and more rundown. Even the vegetation is noticeably dryer and there’s less of it. The trailer on the right has humans and the frame even includes tall grass and a tree hanging overhead.
[Some have argued that the trailer in A Bug’s Life should be nothing but dust. I disagree based on how barely intact other buildings were in Wall-E. They also bring up the bug zapper that is powered by electricity. The zapper could easily be solar powered, just like Wall-E. The bugs probably used it as a light source to signal other bugs to “Bug City.” Also, the trailer in A Bug’s Life never shows lights in the trailer like it does for Monsters Inc.]
That said, Monsters Inc. is so far the most futuristic Pixar movie. By the end, humans, animals, and machines have finally found a way to understand each other and live harmoniously.
And then there’s Boo. What do you think happened to her? She saw everything take place in future earth where “kitty” was able to talk. She became obsessed with finding out what happened to her friend Sully and why animals in her time weren’t quite as smart as the ones she’d seen in the future.
She remembers that “doors” are the key to how she found Sully in the first place and becomes…
A WITCH. Yes, Boo is the witch from Brave. She figures out how to travel in time to find Sully, and goes back to what she believes is the source: The will-of-the-wisps.
They are what started everything, and as a witch, she cultivates this magic in an attempt to find Sully by creating doors going backwards and forwards in time.
[Just to clarify: The theory is that Boo discovered a way to use doors to travel through time on her own, possibly by developing magic on her own. She probably went back in time to the Dark Ages to get more magic from the will-o-wisps.]
How do we know? In Brave, you can briefly see a drawing in the workshop. It’s Sully.
We even see the Pizza Planet truck carved as a wooden toy in her shop, which makes no sense unless she’s seen one before…(and I’m sure she has since that truck is in almost every Pixar movie). If you look closely, you can see the carved truck below.
You remember Merida opening doors and the witch constantly disappearing? It’s because those doors are made the same way from Monsters Inc. They transport across time and that is why Merida couldn’t find the witch later in the movie.
[A lot of people have brought up how easter eggs are scattered throughout all the Pixar movies. I barely scratch the surface, but a great theory offered by some that I support is that these easter eggs are planted by Boo either intentionally or accidentally as she travels through time to find Sully. Some support for that is the fact that every easter egg in Brave lies in her workshop.]
But wait. How did Boo travel in time in the first place, and why is she obsessed with wood? Boo must have discovered that wood has been the source of energy all along, not just humans. The machines and monsters in Monsters Inc. use doors because they’re made of wood and found a way to use that energy to travel in time.
[Many have pointed out how the door that banishes monsters is metal. That’s probably because wood is used to harness this magic, and using a metal door would stop a banished monster from going back through it.]
Obsessed with finding Sully, Boo travelled across the Pixar universe using doors.
[It’s even possible that the wood from the tree in A Bug’s Life is the source of Flik’s ingenuity, due to his fascination and respect for seeds growing into trees. The tree also bears a resemblance to the one in Up that Carl and Ellie frequented, which could be the source of Carl’s wild creativity in using balloons to transport his house.]
[This also explains why Flik and Heimlich from A Bug’s Life show up in Toy Story 2, which would be centuries before their time. Boo was trying to go to the future and could have fallen short by landing in the post-Wall-E time. She would need wood to keep time traveling, but there’s not much around yet, so she stumbles upon the tree in A Bug’s Life. She could have accidentally brought back a few bugs with her when traveling backwards in time.]
So Boo went back to the Dark Ages, probably because she could use plenty of wood there for her experiments or to study the will-o-wisps. We know that her first encounter with Mor’du ended with her turning him into a monstrous bear, but he regresses.
She probably wanted to turn him into a bear because Sully resembles a bear, and she is still trying to figure out where Sully comes from.
Does Boo ever find Sully? I like to think so. He surely reunited with her at least once as a child at the end of Monsters Inc., but eventually, he had to stop visiting.
But her love for Sully is, after all, the crux of the entire Pixar universe. The love of different people of different ages and even different species finding ways to live on Earth without destroying it because of a lust for energy.
And that is the Pixar Theory.
For Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, and Finding Dory, the story continues in Parts 2,3, and 4 respectively, so here are some other helpful links for your reading pleasure:
- The Pixar Theory – What about Planes?
- The Pixar Detective – an expanded universe novel that explains the theory as a full narrative.
Thanks for reading this. Be sure to say hey on Twitter: @JonNegroni
All images courtesy of Disney/Pixar
This is Garbage and the fact you have to keep going back to clear up your giant ass plot holes constantly is clear evidence of that. The Pixar Theory does work and has never worked. The monsters aren’t from the future, you can’t just wipe the slate clean again of humans to fix that issue. The dinosaurs in the latest movie don’t keep humans as pets and more accurately do not die off. Bug’s Life tree looks nothing like the one in Wall-E, it’s a fucking tree, you’re an imbecile. Anthropomorphised animals are typical in all goddamn cartoons, this is nothing different. The Pixar people have repeatedly denied this bullshit, fucking get over yourself and your bullshit dollar store film analysis education. You’re a dumbass and anyone who believes this shit is too. Shut the fuck up already with this shit. Your theory is garbage, it’s always been garbage and Cracked.com is full of morons of equal calibre to you.
Again, shut the fuck up already.
Did someone from Cracked steal your girlfriend or something?
I honestly think this guy is just one of those idiot trolls or something. But that’s just me. He might really believe what he’s saying is true………..or maybe he’s like Starlight Glimmer and just overreacted about someone stealing his girlfriend or boyfriend or something like you said.
I’m a brony and proud of it.
“This is Garbage.”
You capitalized garbage? Does that mean you admit it’s official?
“you have to keep going back to clear up your plot holes”
I’ve been following this theory since it came out in 2013. Jon updated it a handful of times within the first week or so and then left it entirely alone until his book came out. Even so, the point is that this is film analysis, of course the theory wasn’t perfect the moment he published it. And he hasn’t updated it since, probably because it’s pretty solid at this point.
“The Pixar Theory does work and has never worked.”
So it does work? That’s what you just said, guy. Anyway, we all know what you meant, and it’s just as nonsensical.
“The monsters aren’t from the future, you can’t just wipe the slate clean again of humans to fix that issue.”
Agreed, that’s a weaker element of this theory, but Jon clears it all up in his book. It’s pretty convincing actually. Even if it wasn’t, who’s asking for the theory to be airtight? Jon’s consistently said it’s for fun, and that he welcomes any and all opinions to comment on it.
“The dinosaurs in the latest movie don’t keep humans as pets and more accurately do not die off.”
You apparently haven’t seen Good Dinosaur or read Jon’s entire post about that movie fitting into the movie. It’s clear in the movie that dinosaurs are in fact dying off, and humans are on the rise.
“Bug’s Life tree looks nothing like the one in Wall-E, it’s a fucking tree, you’re an imbecile.”
We’re talking about a tree that’s on depicted as a paining, and we don’t even see the branches, so it’s a hard call no matter what. Besides, the point isn’t for this to be correct, but it’s a great case in rhyme and parallel that is frequently used by filmmakers, and this theory celebrates that. Relax.
“Anthropomorphised animals are typical in all goddamn cartoons, this is nothing different.”
That’s actually a major reason why this theory blew so many people away. It provided an interesting, compelling reason for WHY animals could be personified. It carries this tradition into a grander narrative.
“The Pixar people have repeatedly denied this bullshit,”
A few of them have actually said they prefer for it to be open to interpretation, and the only denial is that the individuals didn’t intend for it, while others are pretty ambiguous about it on purpose. They WANT people to analyze their movies, they don’t care if it’s right or wrong.
“fucking get over yourself and your bullshit dollar store film analysis education.”
Jesus, you’re like a petulant child. I don’t know anything about Jon’s education, but I do know that he writes for Apple, AKA one of the biggest companies on the planet. Don’t even bother trying to make yourself seem smarter than him.
“You’re a dumbass and anyone who believes this shit is too.”
That would make you the uber dumbass in this fantasy fairy tale world you’re building here.
“Shut the fuck up already with this shit. Your theory is garbage, it’s always been garbage and Cracked.com is full of morons of equal calibre to you. Again, shut the fuck up already.”
Millions of people would disagree, and also, what do you mean “already?” He doesn’t update the theory, hardly ever. His website covers film analysis in general, which you would know if you could ease up your rage boner. And what the hell does Cracked have to do with this?
Anyway, have fun being 12.
I don’t agree with the anonymous guy but Cracked is in this maybe because it was the inspiration which he has said in numerous podcasts. And also say what?! You write for Apple?! Congrats man! That is like one of the highest achievement award things that you can have in life so celebrate. You just keep getting better and better! Also can someone explain why Shrek disrupts Dreamworks from entering this theory? I don’t quite follow.
Yeah, forgot to explain that. Most of Dreamworks can fit, but Shrek won’t get in b/c it has the Princesses and Prince Charming is the villian.
All at the same point in time.
Disney has them spread out over the timeline and multiple Charmings, along with Philip and Eric. Having any one of them turn evil would mess up the established timeline/story too much to the point that it starts sounding like some of the really bad fan theories out there that have no backing. Did I mention that palm trees don’t grow in medieval Europe?
Maybe Shrek is post apocalypse? Before A Bug’s Life
I don’t know or care for your I.d. But do me a favor go screw yourself anonymous you’re just jealous of this master theory. Your i.q. Is probably lower then a rocks. I’m believed you even know how to type. Now leave this page and never come back. Sorry about him Jon just ignore the haters this is THE BEST THING EVER!
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Hi Jon! I have a theory as to what happened to the humans through the span of wall-e and monsters inc. As stated by the president in wall-e durning a video that auto shows to the captain, it might be hard for humans to survive on earth because of the thinning of their bones while in the axiom. I feel that the “thinning of their bones” along with the radioactivity on earth is what caused them to not be around by the time the monsters came into the world. Thanks for reading and feel free to comment back with any questions or concerns, hopefully I can answer!
-Emilie 🙂
But what about the Earth’s pollution was everything just sprayed with a can of Febreze?
Speaking of theories.. ( and the fact that I can’t post this anywhere else. :\ ) I am here to debunk the theory about Sid being to garbage man in Toy Story 3. So, first of all, the only evidence is his shirt, right? Well, wouldn’t he have grown out of his shirt by now? I mean, it’s been fifteen years! Okay, so you can say that he bought a new shirt at Walmart or something. Would there be a big enough shirt for him? I mean, the shirt would be in the boy’s section, since he wore THE EXACT SAME SHIRT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO!! ( sorry about that.. ) And what about the garbage man? Maybe he’s just very tiny? Maybe Sid threw it out years ago, and the garbage man was like, “Cool shirt, I’ll take it since it fits me.” I seriously don’t believe that Sid is the garbage man. ( also this might not be a good debunk, because I’m a ten-year old girl who was writing this because there was no school today. Sorry about any spelling mistakes.. )
Technically speaking, Sid most likely isn’t wearing the exact same shirt from when he was a kid. He could easily have gotten another skull shirt in another size. And for the record, you don’t have to believe that the garbage man is Sid. That was just a fun cameo, and we’re probably reading too much into the whole stupid thing anyway.
The Toy Story 3 commentary proves this so-called “theory”. They even got the exact same actor.
How old are you Mango? I’m 14 in 16 days. Just asking because you seem to know a lot. I do too but you seem to have a mature way of saying it.
It’s probably a really bad idea to tell people your age, but I’m 13.
Gotcha I’m sorry I meant no offense.
I made my own theory about Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar and a few little side movies from different companies but the main focus is on DreamWorks Pixar and Disney. I’ll put it on the day after tomorrow and we’ll talk about it. This is going to be fun. Especially with Mr. Negroni’s input and expertise.
How do I get to the older podcast episodes. They won’t go past June 2015 and I know this has been longer then that.
I have a question. How would you order your favorite Pixar movies from best to worst (if there is a worst) I’m just curious. This is mine:
My favorite Pixar films:
High
1. Finding Nemo
2. Up
3. Inside Out
4. Toy Story 3
5. A Bug’s Life
6. Monsters Inc.
7. The Incredibles
Middle
8. Ratatouille
9. Cars
10. Toy Story
11. Cars 2
12. Wall-E
13. Toy Story 2
Low
14. Monsters University
15. Brave
Anyone can answer.
I messed up Abug’s Life and Monsters Inc. are above Toy Story 3.
My personal list is:
1.WALL-E
2.UP
3.Finding Nemo
4.The Incredibles
5.Monsters University
6.Toy Story 2
7.Inside Out
8.Monsters Inc.
9.Toy Story 3
10.A Bug’s Life
11.Cars
12.Brave
13.Toy Story
14.Ratatouille
15.Cars 2
16. The Good Dinosuar
Why do you hate the good dinosaur
I don’t hate it, I just think it could’ve been better.
O.K. You ready? Here comes my theory.
The DW.P.D. Theory:
Keep in mind I came up with this out of thin air mostly except for one thing. When I read the Pixar Theory (http://jonnegroni.com/2013/07/11/the-pixar-theory/) I wanted to add in the DreamWorks films I made a rough draft between the two companies it seemed good but not good enough. So I took it and built upon it adding Disney and a few extras to hold it all together this is still SUPER rough keep in mind but this seems more airtight. There is no text to hold it together so I hoped we would talk about it and expand upon it. I can’t add ALL the Disney and DreamWorks films since I don’t have them. I don’t have Inside Out or The Good Dinosaur but I’ve read the Pixar Theory articles enough to figure out where they go. Maybe I don’t even have the proper order. I don’t know hopefully we’ll talk about it and fix it. I just thought it would be a fun project. So without further adu here we go:
Minions (All the way in the timeline to Despicable Me)
The Good Dinosaur
Ice Age
Ice Age The Meltdown
Ice Age Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
Ice Age Continential Drift
The Croods
The PS2 video game Brave: The Search For Sprit Dancer
The Brave you all know
How to Train Your Dragon
The Road to El Dorado
Pocahontas
Tangled
Frozen
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book 2
Tarzan
Bambi
Dumbo
Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey
Lady and the Tramp
The Aristocats
The Princess and The Frog
Despicable Me
Despicable Me the Game PS2
Despicable Me 2
Sky High
The Incredibles
MegaMind
Toy Story
The Fox and The Hound
The Fox and The Hound 2
Toy Story 2
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers (Philosophers) Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban PS2 (If you couldn’t tell I love to add games.)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Alice in Wonderland (Johnny Depp)
Oliver and Company
Monsters VS. Aliens
Flushed Away
Flushed Away PS2
Chicken Run
Finding Nemo
Over The Hedge
Over The Hedge PS2(If you play the game you could be like me and call it the sequel)
Ratatouille
Bee Movie
Bee Movie Game PS2
The Wild
Madagascar
Madagascar PS2
Madagascar PS2
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
Madagascar Escape 2 Africa PS2
Madagascar 3 Europe’s Most Wanted
Penguins of Madagascar The Movie
Toy Story 3
Shark Tale
Shark Tale PS2
Up
The Lion King
The Lion King 1 1/2 (both at the same time FYI)
The Lion King 2
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda PS2
Cars
Cars 2
Robots
WallE
Kid Icarus GBA
Kid Icarus Uprising 3DS
Aladdin
Aladdin The Return of Jafar
Aladdin The King of Thieves
AntZ
A Bug’s Life
Puss in Boots
Shrek
Shrek 2
Shrek the Third
Shrek the Third PS2
Shrek Forever After The Final Chapter
Winnie the Pooh
Animal Crossing series in order of release
Pokemon series in order of release
Mario in order of release but specifically Luigi’s Mansion GB then Super Mario Sunshine GB
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity
Monsters University
Monsters Inc.
Repeat
What do you think? We’ll work on it. If we work on it I won’t be in on non-school days. This was a three-page Pages Document so you might have to go back on the comments list.
I haven’t seen all these movies, so I might have a bit of a gap in knowlege. However, I’d be happy to work on this.
I do think you have too many movies, though. It’s really hard to keep track of them, and if you put in movies from different studios, then how will we know what new ones to add?
Good point. I just went through my movies to find what ones would make sense. Other then that there is nothing holding back new movies. So you can recruit any that seem to fit. I could add in more games to balance it out but the total of games I have (about 50) would easily be shadowed by the total of movies that I have (over 200). Thank you for signing on to this. Just add anything movie, game, book, etc. that seems able to fit.
So any new discoveries for my theory?
Not yet. But I’m looking.
Thanks. One question how do I do something like this? I just came up with this on the fly and have no idea how to form a theory.
Well,the first thing you do is figure out where each movie goes (for example, Megamind goes after The Incredibles). Then you have to explain why (superheroes and villains aren’t questioned).
Also, I was thinking of adding Bolt and Wreck-it Ralph. Bolt would show that animals, not just fish, are getting smarter. Wreck-it Ralph would prove that machines are becoming self aware (because the video game characters are more then just programming).
I get it now. Thank you this is my first time so I appreciate you taking the time to do this with me you seem like a very nice person. My name is Keegan. Please keep calling me my online name though.
Any movie you guys think fits we’ll find a place for and see if it fits. There may be some movies I have not seen like Ris of the Guardians that could contribute so I may not be able to help but I’ll add what and where I can. I can’t say it enough I really appreciate this thank you.
I would recommend getting rid of the games and Harry Potter and keeping it strictly animation based. You include a few games, you have to include them all. Bring in all the movies from the Disney animated classics series. I have my own film-verse idea, consisting of Pixar, Disney, Blue Sky, Sony, Illumination, and Dreamworks (minus Shrek), but I never wrote it down b/c it draws from several sources (mostly Jon) and Jon gets a lot of people pointing out flaws, which he then promptly explains. However, if i wrote it down and published on say, IGN forums, people would start asking me questions I wouldn’t have the answers to and I would have to redirect them to Jon.
In my theory, there is a timeline split: The animals lose the war (Jon’s theory) or they win. The second one leads to Kung Fu Panda, the Lion King, the upcoming Zootopia. In addition, Disney’s Robin Hood is a retelling of the story after the animal takeover. Alternate dimensions like The Nightmare Before Christmas are also present.
What you said about Wreck-it Ralph: My thoughts exactly!
Keep in mind this isn’t the full list. Not by a long shot. And the order of the present-day movies is yet to be defined. Oh, and I’m still trying to figure out How to Train Your Dragon and the Shrek series.
= Non-Disney/Pixar movie
The Land Before Time series*
Dinosaur
The Good Dinosaur
Ice Age*
Ice Age: The Meltdown*
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs*
Ice Age: Continental Drift*
Ice Age: Collision Course* (Stop making these movies!)
The Croods*
How to Train Your Dragon*
How to Train Your Dragon 2*
Puss in Boots*
Shrek*
Shrek 2*
Shrek the Third*
Shrek Forever After
The Prince of Egypt*
Mulan
Hercules
Aladdin
Brave
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
The Jungle Book
The Road to El Dorado*
Bambi
Pocahontas
Tangled
Frozen
Tarzan
1800’s
Cinderella
Home on the Range
Alice in Wonderland
1900’s
1910’s
The Aristocats
1920’s
The Princess and the Frog
Dumbo
1960’s
101 Dalmations – 1961
Minions* – 1969
1970’s
The Incredibles – 1974
1990’s
Toy Story – 1997
Antz* – 1998
Toy Story 2 – 1999
2000’s
Finding Nemo – 2003
Open Season*
Megamind*
Despicable Me*
Toy Story 3 – 2010
Rio* – 2011
Hotel Transylvania
Despicable Me 2*
Rio 2*
Inside Out
Monsters vs. Aliens*
The Wild
Hotel Transylvania
Chicken Run*
Turbo*
Wreck-it Ralph
Up
Madagascar*
Over the Hedge*
Meet the Robinsons – Past
Bee Movie*
Mr. Peabody and Sherman*
Big Hero 6
Meet the Robinsons – Future
2125 – 2300
Cars
Cars 2
2800’s
Wall-E
A Bug’s Life
4000-ish
Monster University
Monsters Inc.
Alternate Timeline
The Lion King
Robin Hood
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 3
Chicken Little
Zootopia
Alternate Dimensions
The Nightmare before Christmas
Rise of the Guardians
The Smurfs*
The Smurfs 2*
So we are no longer doing my theory? I’m puzzled.
We’re still toataly working on your theory. But T. Rooney’s theory is also valid.
Maybe we could become a trio and combine both theories, or just work on them both.
This is just a suggestion, we don’t actually have to do it.
No no. I love the trio idea. We could be the three conspires. What do you think. This could be fun. We should combine both theories. One thing though. What about Flushed Away, Ratatouille and Finding Nemo? We see Nemo in Flushed Away yet it takes place before ratatouille and the rats in ratatouille are less human like in ratatouille then they are in flushed away. Yet Nemo was in the sewers. The first thing we should do as a trio is figure out this paradox. Right?
Me and Mango seem signed up how about you T. ?
Maybe we should get a website to work on this that way we can give this theories comment section a breather.
I’m just doing this comment so I can subscribe for now.
That’s a great idea!
However, I’ve got no experience with that sort of thing. Do you?
Uhg, did it again. I’m commenting on the website idea.
Right. My personal idea is that the fish isn’t Nemo. In fact, I have proof it isn’t. Nemo is a clownfish, and the fish in Flushed Away is a goldfish.
As for the rats, maybe they’re from different times. Without Nemo connecting them, who knows how far apart they are on the timeline?
Apologies. I meant to put my comment underneath your response.
However the fish specifically says “Have You Seen My Dad?” which is why I feel like he is Nemo. I don’t have any experience with the website thing either. I worked on this this weekend. Here is what I’ve got its both: tasks to finish and introductions.
Kung Fu Panda, The Lion King, Chicken Little, Etc. happen around A Bug’s Life and slowly lead up to Monsters U.
The order of Ratatouille, Flushed Away, and Finding Nemo will have to be checked but will be tough due to Nemo being in Flushed Away in the sewers. So Nemo will have to go first. However the rats in Ratatouille are less advanced than the rats in Flushed Away so it will have to go first. But Nemo wouldn’t be in the sewers for that long and agh! I’m getting a headache just thinking about it.
The order of the animal movies might be The Good Dinosaur, Ice Age 1, Ice Age 2, Ice Age 3, Ice Age 4, Ice Age 5 (enough with the Ice Age series!), The Croods, Brave, How to Train Your Dragon 1, HTTYD 2, HTTYD 3, The Road to El Dorado, Tangled, Jungle Book 1, Tarzan (at same time as Jungle Book), Jungle Book 2, Bambi, Dumbo, Homeward Bound, Lady and the Tramp, Fox and the Hound 1, Fox and the Hound 2, The Aristocats, Oliver and Company, The Princess and the Frog, Flushed Away, Chicken Run, Finding Nemo, Over The Hedge, Ratatouille, Bee Movie, The Wild, Mad 1, Mad 2, Mad 3, Penguins of Mad, Shark Tale, Up, The Lion King, The Lion King 1 1/2 (both at the same time-ish), The Lion King 2, Kung Fu Panda, Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, AntZ, Bug’s Life, Puss in Boots, Shrek 1, Shrek 2, Shrek 3, Shrek 4 (please let there be no more), Shrek the Halls, Donkey’s Christmas Whatever you call it, Scared Shrekless, Winnie the Pooh, Monsters U. Monsters Inc.
We should apply the proven Frozen theory in the order of Tangled, Frozen, Tarzan, The Little Mermaid.
We should come up with a name for our trio like the Three Conspirateers. If you add one you add them all. That should be our rendition of All for one and one for all.
Let’s start with introductions I’ll go first. Hello my name is Keegan and I will be 14 on Feb. 3rd and the reason why I’m called P1XRK1NG is kind of a long story. I have been in love with Pixar since my parents had me watch Finding Nemo as a 1 year old. Since then I have succeeded in collecting all the films from Toy Story to Brave except for the two new films Monsters U. and Inside Out. I have been memorizing Pixar facts for as long as I can remember and that has helped me gain a bit more intelligence then my fellow classmates which ties into my online name. That and the fact that I really want to be a computer animator for Pixar once I come of age. Maybe I could even throw in a voice or two.
Don’t you think there should be sequels to Over the Hedge, Up, and A Bug’s Life?
Anyways what do you guys think I feel like this could be our first job. This is going to be fun. I will definitely work on this during February Break.
While you think about this I’ll try to get us a website. I had been trying to find a website for a few days and may have just found one. I’ll report back with my findings.
Ok I should get feedback by this time tomorrow or before it so hang in there.
I’d like to think the fish is Nemo (it’s a fun cameo in a movie that’s not my favorite), but I just can’t get over the fact that it’s a goldfish. Also, Nemo got flushed in Sydney, and based on the characters’ accents, the movie takes place somewhere far from Australia.
The Jungle Book comes before Tarzan, since the latter takes place in the 1800s, and The Jungle Book is before that (I looked up the actual time it takes place, but nothing came up). Other then that, I have no criticism about the order.
I’m not sure what you mean by applying the Frozen theory, but okay.
That name is awesome. We should totally use it!
Time for my introduction! My name’s Margaret (yeah, I’m a girl. Get over it). I’m 13 years old. I have been obsessed with Pixar since I was little, and I just discovered the Pixar Theory a couple years ago. You’re probably wondering about the username Mango; I honestly have no idea where it came from. My dream job is to animate at Pixar, and if that doesn’t work, make my own T.V. series. That’s all I’ve got to say.
Sure, no, and maybe.
Well, that’s my part. This is going to be great.
May I just say that you have a pretty name. I hope we end up working together at Pixar. This IS going to be fun. I put Tarzan and Jungle Book together because they’re kind of the same. Mowgli is raised in the Wild. Tarzan is raised by Apes. I also put in the Frozen theory. I probably should have explained what it is. The Tarzan, Frozen, Little Mermaid, and Tangled theory. Look up The true Prince of arendelle in Super Carlin Brothers YouTube section. I guess that’s all I have to say. Looking forward to working with you.
Do you guys want to hear some good news?
I kind of figured that Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Turbo, and Bee movie should come towards the later half of this century since they show just how advanced the animals are getting.
Question about the part with the Incredibles—when the robot turns against Syndrome by blasting the controller, isn’t it just using its A.I. to terminate a threat? And after that, it continues with the original objective of destroying the city. For me, this just shows the early days of A.I. and how it’s progressing, not necessarily the machines beginning to turn against humans.
Love your theory though!
The robot actually turned against Syndrome because it got smarter and realized it was being controlled, not because it saw a super.
I enjoyed the theory, except that Up has to take place in 2002-2003. It’s been offically said that Charles Muntz is 92 and left for Paradise Falls when he was 23. We can see on the magazine with Charles Muntz being declared a fraud on is dated 1933, which means he left in 1933 or 1934. So, 1933-23=1910 and 1910+92=2002. That means it has to be around 2002-2003.
How do you figure those numbers?
so the reason there are monsters is because Boo messed with the past and caused machines and animals to gain intelligence, but if it wasn’t for the monsters, Boo would never find out about their world and would never go to the past and mess everything up……i don’t get it
Boo didn’t cause A.I. or animal intelligence. She simply tinkered with the magic of turning people into animals. As Jon said, the humans in animal form gradually evolved intelligence naturally. And as for her messing up the past, when did she ever do anything of that sort?
Tomorrow’s my birthday! I’m saying that today since I won’t be at school tomorrow and probably won’t get interwebs.
O.K. Mango, T. Rooney. I think it is time for us to go. See you later commenters. Mr. Negroni, if it wasn’t for you we wouldn’t have met. So thank you. No one use this link except for Me, Mango, T., and Jon if he wants. Let’s go guys😄! https://sites.google.com/a/rsu13.org/kee/
This is our new website! It’s finally happening! We are on our way! We are officially… The Three Conspirateers! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!
O.K. guys look. I am new to this whole thing and that alone is bad enough now the damn website won’t cooperate. I hate to say it but will you guys please help me?