Hey everyone! Welcome to The Pixar Detective, a serial novel I put together based on the Pixar Theory. The following is a fictional story that explains the theory that all of the Pixar movies are connected and exist within the same universe, using original characters and artwork. The story answers a lot of questions you may have about this theory, but through its own ongoing narrative.
The story originally launched in April, and we’ve recently completed Part 1!
It is available as an iBook on iTunes, which you can check out here. If you can’t use iBooks, you can also download the PDF version.
Once you’re finished, check back to our Table of Contents, where we’ll be continuing the story through Part 2. A new chapter is released every two weeks on Tuesdays. And please be sure to leave your feedback in the comments for us to read through. Enjoy!
PREVIOUSLY ON THE PIXAR DETECTIVE!
The year is 1935. And according to the mysterious, purple monster who calls himself Mr. Sumner, the key to finding Mary rests within the well-guarded government agency known as “The Hexagon.”
The agency holds many secrets. Some of which are guarded by a team led by a man named Willem. Serious and detached, Willem commands two other agents: Florence, a schizophrenic eccentric who worships her job, and Peaches, the new recruit who has way too much confidence for her own good.
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Now I’m starting to wonder if these government created supers lead to the Incredibles. Do you think the “super villains” are supers that broke free or something? The government must’ve done a good job making supers because they can apparently have children (the Incredibles). I wonder if that’s what was intended or not?
Great story again! Now I’m really looking forward to Chapter 8. Will Sadie break out then, or will the story go back to the door traveling trio?
You don’t think I’d stay away from the original gang for that long, do you? It was hard enough doing an entire chapter without them!
I bet it was, but it was fun to read!
Enter: Sadie. She is AMAZING!!!! Her hair is so smooth and and flowing. Did you base off of Violet? But, just gave her different powers? Yet again, I recommend ‘The Door Vaults.’
Thanks so much! Sadie is actually not based on violet, I created her before Jon and I started working on the Pixar Detective. but her tattoo does reference another Pixar movie. That will be explained later.
We have TWO story arcs now!?!?!? THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!
I have a suggestion for your name…Door Travelers and Hexagons!
Are we going to learn how Sadie got her powers was it the experimenting on mr.sunmers. Also since you are including the Pixar short presto does that mean ALL the Pixar shorts are included
They can also use this tech with animals don’t they
As soon as i read the title of this chapter my face was glowing of joy. I relly like where this is going.
I’ve found an error, the text says Sadie’s tattoo is on her right arm, but in the pictures, it’s on the left.
Also, I have two ideas for titles, “Running and Searching” and “Through the Wooden Door”. However, there’s still a few chapters left until Part 1 is over, so I might change those titles.
WAIT JUST A MINUTE!!!
Is that Sadie on the picture for “Coming Soon: The Pixar Detective”?
If it is I only noticed it because Mr. Sumners is on the picture.
http://jonnegroni.com/2014/03/24/coming-soon-the-pixar-detective/
I have a few name suggestions:
The Adventures of Stevin and Wally B.
Stevin Parker III creates everything
Blurred lines
I personally like the first one the best, but it’s Jon’s decision.
Hello, I’ve just caught up on all of these and they are great!!
I’m a big fan of Pixar and this goes extremely well with all of the stuff I’ve seen before as well as being good as a separate narrative piece.
Two questions however: Are all of the shorts going to be included, or at least nodded towards as Presto was? (eg. The Blue Umbrella, Boundin’ and maybe the more tricky ones such as Day & Night or Partly Cloudy)
And also, will any of the movie releases after this be included into the rest of the story or ignored? I know they will come to be a part of the Pixar Theory, but if The Pixar Detective is already written up will you change parts or not if they conflict with new material in some way?
OK this is how I see the pixar shorts fit into the pixar theory.
First we have the adventures of Andre and Wally B pixars first produced short, in this I believe that Andre is a toy that was forgotten in the forest, and wally B is one of the more intelligent animals. this could be one of the first encounters the AI has with intelligent animals.
second is luxo Jr. this could be the first look we have on not only toys and machines having artificial intelligent but other items that spend allot of time with humans developing feeling and relationships (Jr getting sad when the ball pops and the father consoling him)
thirdly is reds dream which just like luxo Jr is showing other items that spend alot of time around humans gaining AI
forth is tin toy. this is nothing more than more support that toys are getting smarter and not liking humans so much.
fifth is knick knack my personal favorite of them all. in this we see that again other than toys and machines other items are getting smarter, they (the snowman) comes up with so many ways to get out of the snow globe he uses dynamite a welding torch and jackhammer!
sixth is Geri’s game. this to me is one of the most interesting ones. in it it is either A) a normal old man playing chess with himself or B) an old super who survived and can split himself into two personas.
seventh is for the birds. in this we see a group of intelligent birds ganging up together for a cause (yes the simple cause of knocking the tall birds off the line but still a cause.)
eighth is mikes new car. this one isn’t very important but it takes place in the monster time era.
ninth boundin. boundin is one of the more important ones, in this we see the sheep that is all happy and then the men come and take him away. afterwords we see what can be one of the first types of experiments or mutation of animals the jackalope. this is one of the first looks at the new species of animals known as monsters.
tenth is jack jack attack. this has no real importance other than we know that the government can erase peoples brains if they want.
eleventh is one man band. this is not such a big deal as all i got from it is humans are advancing with their inventions.
twelfth is mater and the ghost light. not very important as it only takes place in the cars time preiod.
thirteenth is lifted. this one is interesting because it shows that aliens have been to earth and could of been a factoring reason on how monsters came to be (the aliens do show a resemblance to a few of the monsters)
fourteenth is my friend the rat and it is showing that rats want to have a relationship with humans and be kind to humans but the humans not so much.
fifteenth is burn-e. burn-e does not show much importance to the pixar theory but it does show us that the AI has goals and feelings to.
sixteenth is presto. presto is important as it shows us that other than the witch other people can harness the magic of the will-o-wisp. (think the will-o-wisp are always teleporting away and the magic hats teleport one item that goes into it to the other.)
seventeenth partly cloudy. partly cloudy was by far the hardest to figure out but after watching it several time’s i figured something out, the animals created by the clouds seem more intelligent than the other ones. the animals created by the clouds were more affectionate and allot more obedient (not the wild one Gus created but the ones the other clouds created.) my theory is the witch enchanted some of the clouds to try to get them to make a sully monster (if that makes sense)
eighteen-nineteen. dugs special mission and George & AJ. these two are not very important they fit but it only gives background info about dug and George & AJ.
twenty is day & night. i really don’t see how this fits in. i guess it just symbolizes the relation ship of day and night and the theory goes on inside the two?
twenty one and three are toy shorts and only give background on the toy’s (there isnt anything that alters the theory)
twenty two and twenty five are some of maters tall tales and i like to think that they are just tales he makes up so it doesn’t have any meaning
twenty four is la luna. la luna was a more far fetched one but i have a theory i like. the familys boat is made out
wood and what does the monsters and boo need for time and or space travel wood. so my idea is that the family’s boat is made of the same kind of wood that the witch and boo uses and that’s what allows the family to travel to the moon.
finally is the blue umbrella. in the blue umbrella we see more inanimate objects other than toys and robots gaining artificial intelligence and having feelings and emotions
well this is how i think the short films fit into the pixar theory and sorry for any bad grammmer.
Thanks for this!
I had similar ideas about most of those fitting into the theory, however your idea with Partly Cloudy does interest me. I wonder what other phenomenon have been enchanted…
This is a great amount of work I hope Jon puts into it officially. However, my question was meant to be aimed at The Pixar Detective, and not the theory itself. :/
Still great though 😀
This was meant to be a reply to “just a pixar genius”, oops :S
So, when is chapter 8 coming out? Or is it out and I can’t find it?
It’s been out, Alison. Here are the table contents, so you can catch up all the way to Chapter 12: http://jonnegroni.com/2014/07/09/the-pixar-detective-table-of-contents/
I think this chapter is better than the last chapter. This just keeps getting better and better… and better.