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  • Fans of Pixar know that the studio is a big believer in planting easter eggs in each one

  • of their movies, giving viewers tiny nods to other franchises, usually tucked into the

  • background as a subtle joke.

  • But before long, some people started wondering if the easter eggs were actually a sign that

  • there actually existed a Pixar Universe, a world in which every one of their movies was set.

  • ThisPixar Theorymay have started as an online joke, but as more and more fans

  • started filling in the blanks and connecting the movies, the case only got stronger.

  • But the darkest twist came when fans realized that if the films are all set in a Pixar Universe,

  • the story being told is a darker, more apocalyptic one than fans ever imaginedand it all

  • begins with Brave.

  • Well break down the strongest points of the fan theory, and let you decide how convincing

  • it is with this entry in our Documentary Series, The Hidden Truth Behind Disney Films:

  • The Pixar Theory.

  • Brave

  • It wasn’t the first movie Pixar released, but it’s set centuries before the rest,

  • in a Scottish kingdom some time in the Dark Ages.

  • The most important fact isn’t that the movie starred a young girl as its hero, but that

  • it introduced magic into Pixar’s world, bringing everyday objects like brooms to life

  • with personalities of their own.

  • That fact goes a long way in explaining why toys, cars, or even fish can all think and

  • feel like humans in Pixar’s greatest hits, but it’s the witch who does the magic that

  • may hold the key.

  • Well come back around to her as the final piece of the theory, but for now, just remember

  • that this little old lady’s magic relies on some familiar tricks from later films.

  • Toy Story

  • Assuming the toys of Toy Story are alive thanks to magic, the actual themes of the trilogy

  • deal with some serious topics.

  • From the first movie, audiences learned that toys loved their human owners, just as much

  • as they were loved by Andy.

  • But as the movies went on, we learned humans aren’t always kind, with Jessie’s owner

  • having abandoned her, the same way that Lotso’s did in Toy Story 3.

  • So people aren’t always kind to their magically-alive possessions.

  • It was the realization that those toys could be downright evil once brought to life that

  • sends a clear message for every movie set in the future of Pixar’s universe.

  • Finding Nemo & Ratatouille

  • Having shown that toys aren’t as friendly as their owners might hope, Pixar showed that

  • the same was true with animals.

  • Even the creatures that meant well didn’t exactly see humans in the best light, regularly

  • outsmarting them, giving them orders, and showing that human beings were usually afraid

  • and angry towards things they didn’t understand.

  • And since the Pixar Universe looks an awful lot like ours at this point, their predictions

  • for the future could also apply to our own.

  • If that’s true, then were in serious trouble, since the movies set in the future

  • of Pixar’s universe show an even scarier side to humanity.

  • Or at least, they would, if humans were even still in the picture at all.

  • Cars

  • Where other Pixar movies took place in, around, or alongside the world of humans, Cars was

  • the first one to remove them completely, essentially replacing our world and the people in it with

  • cars, planes, and other vehicles that could think and feel on their own.

  • In our world, smart vehicles with artificial intelligence are already being designed, with

  • experts warning that a truly advanced AI might not be as friendly as the animals, insects,

  • and toys of Pixar’s movies.

  • But it’s not like intelligent cars would be evil enough to rid the world of humans,

  • would they?

  • Cars offers a chilling riddle, since most of the film’s sports, infrastructure and

  • world is obviously the same one built by humans, existing before cars and machines could drive

  • themselves.

  • Even if the toys and animals became smarter than humans realized, leading to a rise of

  • machines claiming their superiority, that still doesn’t answer the question: where

  • did all of Pixar’s people GO?

  • WALL-E

  • Humans voyaged into space, that’s where.

  • In the future shown in Wall-E, the world is completely destroyed, turned brown and lifeless

  • by pollution and smog.

  • But humans didn’t find anything better in deep space, turning into lifeless, bored couch

  • potatoes who only do what the intelligent machines around them tell them to do.

  • Eventually, fans looked at Cars and wondered: did people leave Earth because it was dying

  • from pollution, or did they just head into space following robotic orders, with the planet

  • winding up polluted long after.

  • As in the kind of pollution caused by billions of cars taking over the planet?

  • The theory obviously draws on plenty of imagination, claiming that intelligent cars got sick of

  • people, like the toys and animals that already felt the same in earlier movies.

  • But with Wall-E being the only machine left working on Earth, the plan backfired.

  • The cars died off, leaving Earth ready for humans to return.

  • But here’s where the theory takes it’s darkest turn, claiming Wall-E’s happy ending

  • was just an illusion.

  • By returning to a dead planet without their robotic leaders telling them what to do, humanity

  • went extinctand their machines along with them.

  • Leaving the door open for a brand new type of lifeform to take over

  • Monsters, Inc.

  • That’s right, the monsters rise up to take humanity’s place, building their own society

  • from the rubble - a society that needed power on a dried up planet.

  • Apparently, as the fan theory claims, some of the toys that weren’t destroyedlike

  • the ones collected by Wall-E – gave up their secrets, telling the monsters about the humans

  • who helped them, cared for them, or were terrified of them.

  • Seeing a solution to their energy problems, the Monsters realized that scaring those same

  • children could power their city.

  • There was one problem, though: humans were already extinct.

  • But you know those doors the monsters use to scare human kids?

  • What if they weren’t just doors in space, but time?

  • And what if the little girl of the movie, Boo, wasn’t ever going to give up her search

  • for the monster that lived in her closet?

  • Since we know magic exists in the Pixar Universe, it’s possible that Boo grew up to use it

  • herself, hopping from door to door, and time to time, trying to find Sully and hear the

  • real secrets about the Monster world.

  • It’s these trips, the fans claim, which caused all kinds of artifacts and references

  • to pop up across the movies set in different places and times.

  • Boo left them behind as she traveled, eventually finding her way back to one place long, long

  • before the world we know took shape.

  • Brave

  • Finally, we return to the magical old woman in the woods, eager to turn Merrida’s mother

  • into a massive, hairy, monstrous bear to bring them closer together.

  • The same old witch who has carved pictures of the monster Sully, and the Pizza Planet

  • truck from the modern day world sitting around her hut.

  • The clues all add up to Boo, after decades of time-jumping landed her in the middle ages,

  • where she used her magic from the future to enchant everyday objects and animalsintroducing

  • magic to the Pixar Universe, and completing the entire loop.

  • It’s anything but simple, and some Pixar fans might think it’s more of a waste of

  • time than a use of imagination.

  • But The Pixar Theory wins more believers every year, as more and more movies from the studio

  • seem to back it upor add a new twist of their own.

  • What do you think of the idea?

  • Are there any clues that are even harder to ignore, or details you think fans are ignoring

  • to keep their theory intact?

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