10 Edna Mode the hero

If you're certain to take one thing away from The Incredibles, it's this: Edna Mode

HATES capes

And who could blame her? She's seen hero after hero she kitted out with capes get taken

out because of them. It can't be nice to know that someone to get sucked into a jet

turbine just because you wanted them to look fabulous.

But some online theorists have claimed that Edna used this bitter knowledge to help save

the day from Incredibles villain Syndrome.

They claim that Syndrome would have likely gone to Mode for his super suit. After all,

she is the only superhero costume designer around. And Syndrome was an obsessive Mr.

Incredible fan, and probably would have wanted the hero's tailor making his outfit.

Knowing that Syndrome was becoming a villain, Edna opted to break her rule and fit him with

a cape, hoping it would hinder his evil plans.

And it totally works. Syndrome's cape gets sucked into an engine, and he goes down in

exactly the way Edna's previous customer did.

In a film full of super-powered people, the real hero is a tiny fashionista.

9 Bing Bong the monster

You might think that a film that mostly takes place inside a little girl's head would

be pretty hard to connect to any other movie. But online fan theorists claim that another

Pixar classic is linked to this movie through one character: Bing Bong.

He may be an imaginary friend in Riley's head, but some people have claimed that the

pink elephant was originally a member of Monsters Inc.

The theory goes that Bing Bong was one of the monsters sent through to make children

laugh after the end of the film. Bing Bong was assigned Riley, and she was so taken with

the monster that, when she got too old for him to keep visiting, she invented an imaginary

friend based on him.

That would explain why the only things in the Pixar universe that look even remotely

like Bing Bong are the characters from Monsters Inc.

8 Up is imaginary

It's not exactly ground-breaking to point out that the beginning of Up is really, really

sad. Those 5 minutes are so famously heart-breaking that even non-Pixar fans have seen - and blubbed

to - those opening scenes.

Well, brace yourself because we're about to make them even sadder.

This theory posits that old man Carl actually dies alone in his house, shortly after being

given an eviction notice.

According to this argument, the rest of the film is just Carl's dying dream of going

into the afterworld.

This would explain some of the more unrealistic elements of the film, like the talking dogs

and the multi-colored rainbow bird. Oh, plus the whole flying house thing.

The dream theory would also explain the importance of the house and the appearance of Russell.

Carl was on the verge of losing everything, and so in his dying fantasy he gave himself

the two things he cared about more than anything else: the house he shared with the love of

his life, and the son he could never have.

Carl passed away lonely, in a house about to be torn away from him. It's no wonder

the old man chose to give himself some closure with his dying breaths.

7 Boo is the witch from Brave

No doubt the more Pixar obsessed of you will have heard of “The Pixar Theory”.

In essence the theory is a grand unifying story, one that brings all 14 Pixar movies

together into one cohesive universe. We'll talk more about that idea later, but this

aspect deserves its own entry.

Monsters Inc. fans will remember the little girl Boo, and how heartbroken she was when

she learnt that her monster Sully would no longer be visiting her.

Well, this theory suggests that Boo was so obsessed with finding Sully again that she

spent decades trying to find a way. Eventually, she either discovered one of the film's

portal doors or invented her own. And that's where things get really crazy.

The theory claims that Boo accidently ended up using these doors to travel through time

and space to medieval Scotland. From there she used her advanced technological

knowledge to gain powers that would have seemed like witchcraft at the time. That's right,

she becomes… the witch from Brave.

This theory seems crazy, but there are a couple of things that give it weight. Like why else

would the witch have an etching of Sully on her wall? And how else would she know about

modern-ish companies like Pizza Planet?

It's still pretty out there. But could the thing tying the entire Pixar universe together

be one giant story of love and devotion?

6 Andy's Dad

Disney has been criticized for wiping out its mother characters left and right. But

something most people don't think about is that arguably the most famous Pixar movie

of all time is missing a dad.

In Toy Story we see Andy, his mother, and his sister. But one character we never see

is Andy's father. This absence got numerous theorists wondering just what happened to

the guy, but one theory has proven more popular than the rest: that he's dead.

Andy's dad passing away would explain why Andy's mum doesn't want to wear her wedding

ring and even why she has the family moving houses in the first film: the mum is trying

to move on.

It would also explain why Andy's favorite two toys, Woody and Buzz, are strong male

figures. Without a father, Andy is looking for a surrogate paternal influences to look

up to.

There was even a theory that Woody was originally Andy's father's toy, and that he was passed

down after the dad died of polio. However, Toy Story's co-writer Andrew Stanton has

come forward to debunk at least that part of the theory.

5 Incredibles Powers Personality

We've already established that all it takes to be a hero in The Incredibles universe is

a sewing kit and a boatload of sass.

But most of the caped, or cape-less crusaders do rely on superpowers for their do-gooding.

And that raises an interesting question, where are all these powers coming from, and why

do all these different characters get the powers they did?

Well, theorists online have claimed that, while they don't know WHERE superpowers

come from, the specific powers each individual gets is linked to their personality.

After all, each of the heroes does seem to have a gift that matches up remarkably well

with how they act in the world. Frozone has ice powers and is cool. Dash has super speed

and is hyperactive. And Violet can turn herself invisible and is shy.

Thanks to superhero profiles provided on The Incredibles DVD, we know that even minor characters

fit this pattern. Blazestone has fire powers, and a fiery temper. Hypershock can shake the

ground with earthquakes, but has a dangerous, unstable personality. There's even a character

called Meta Man with flying, super strength and x-ray vision powers. His personality?

Indecisive.

This theory, as well as the Meta Man entry specifically, also help explain why Jack-Jack

seems to have a near infinite array of powers: he hasn't formed a personality yet.

4 Wall-E destroyed the world

It may be a light-hearted little story about an adorable trash bot trying to help mankind.

But Pixar's seemingly innocent robot romp also has a much darker side.

We're talking about the theory that Wall-E helped doom the Earth. The argument goes that

Wall-E is responsible for deliberately killing off all his fellow cleaning droids. After

all, he is the only one left. And we do see him emotionlessly ripping old parts out of

broken down robots to keep himself alive.

Why did everyone's favorite robo-pal start taking out his colleagues? Well we see in

the movie that he's a bit of a hoarder, collecting trinkets and special items to put

in his collection. The theory goes that the other cleaning bot, being cleaning bots, tried

to throw his collection in the trash, and that Wall-E responded by deactivating all

of them.

Not only would this idea make Wall-E a MUCH more sinister character, but it would also

mean he's partly responsible for humanity being unable to return to Earth for centuries.

After all, how is the entire Earth supposed to be tidied up if one of the cleaners is

busy taking out the others?

3 Sid is the hero of toy story

Sid seems like an undeniable villain in the first Toy Story movie. But has the guy been

given an unfair wrap this entire time? Well, this theory about the Toy Story series certainly

claims so. You see, Sid wasn't necessarily ever that

bad of a guy. Yeah, he mangled some toys as a kid. But as far as he knew, he was just

messing with inanimate objects.

When Sid learns that the toys are alive, he's clearly distressed. Obviously would that information

shock anyone, but Sid suddenly realized he'd been destroying innocent, living things.

So the theory goes that Sid devoted his life to making amends for what he did as a child.

That's why we see him briefly as a garbage man in Toy Story 3. As the only man in the

world aware that toys are alive, Sid has committed himself to stopping damaged but still alive

toys being thrown into the incinerator.

If only Andy's toys had been thrown in the right trash pile at the end of Toy Story 3.

Woody and Buzz might not have as close to destruction as they did.

2 Cars

We said we'd return to “The Pixar Theory”.

Though there's not enough room to discuss all the intricacies of the incredibly detailed

argument here, the fate of humanity is always worth chatting about. And this part of the

theory has some pretty interesting things to say about what happens to our plucky little

species.

In Wall-E we learn two important things: that AI exists and that mankind has been forced

off the planet by pollution.

So, what's left on Earth? Obviously just sentient technology right? Sentient technology

like the cars from Cars.

What makes this theory all the more compelling is that Jay Ward, creative director of the

Cars franchise, has all but confirmed it.

In an interview in 2017, Ward said: “If you think about this, we have autonomous car

technology coming in right now. It's getting to the point where you can sit back in the

car and it drives itself.

“Imagine in the near-future when the cars keep getting smarter and smarter and after

one day they just go, ""Why do we need human beings anymore? They're just slowing us down.

It's just extra weight, let's get rid of them.”

You heard it here first. Self-driving cars will kill us all.

1 Nemo love

Head's up, this theory is probably the most messed up entry on this list. If you like

Finding Nemo and don't want it ruined forever, you might want to get out of here. After liking

and subscribing of course.

We all remember Finding Nemo as the quest of a father, Marlin, to find his lost son,

Nemo. But what if we told you Marlin's reasons for wanting to rescue his son weren't to

do with parental affection, but an altogether different kind of love.

You see Marlin and Nemo are clownfish, a species that can spontaneously switch genders when

there are no viable breeding partners around. In other words, if almost an entire colony

of clownfish is wiped out, say by a hungry barracuda, and only two males remain, one

will switch gender so the pair can mate.

Yep, that would mean that the real reason Marlin is so desperate to find Nemo is so

one them can switch genders, and they can… um… produce more fish.

Yeah, maybe don't share that theory with your little cousin next time he watches the

film at Christmas.

So, those were 10 Incredible Pixar Theories. Which cartoon conspiracy surprised you the

most? Did we leave any weird theories off the list? Let us know in the comments below.

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