Disney and Pixar Fan Theories: Shared Settings, Easter Eggs, and the Fan-Made Theories Behind Them
Many Pixar movies have “easter eggs,” or hidden objects, scattered throughout their many detailed settings, which hardcore fans have analyzed and speculated about for years. These speculations have become known as,”fan theories.” (This term can apply to any fan speculation about a movie based on easter eggs.) Today, the “fan theory” category has expanded to include other fan-made speculations about movies that do not necessarily cite easter eggs as evidence, of which there are many, according to jonnegroni.com.
One fan theory claims that, in the” Toy Story” movies, Andy’s mother is Emily, the girl who abandoned Jessie, a toy cowgirl and one of the main characters in “Toy Story 2” and 3. Theorists cite suspicious similarities between Andy’ hat, which is missing a band around the center (there is a faded mark where it should be,) and Emily’s hat, which has a white band around the center (that is similar in size to the faded mark on Andy’s hat.) Skeptics of this claim remark that Andy’s mom shows no known sign of recognition of Jessie, and vice versa, but the posters in Emily’s room date back to the sixties and seventies, leaving enough time for Jessie and Emily’s memories to fade slightly, and for them to realize and believe that they will probably never see each other again, according to jonnegroni.com
Another popular speculation is that Carl from “Up” actually dies after receiving the court order that he vacates his home. Russell is supposedly a guardian angel in pursuit of earning his wings, and takes the form of a child because of Carl and Ellie’s desire to have one. Carl’s house then represents his stubbornness to move, its loss at the end of the movie becoming particularly meaningful, according to blog.themascott.com.
One other fan theory has decided from the appearance of Rapunzel and Flynn from the “Tangled” cameo in “Frozen” and the similar animation between the two, that the “Frozen” girls and Rapunzel must have been cousins, although whether the Frozen Queen is related to one of royal couple of Corona (the Queen of Corona is assumed to be sisters with her, as opposed to the King being her brother) or the King of Arendelle is related to them instead (a much more uncommon idea) is still up for debate among both “Tangled” and “Frozen’s” many fans.
Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” has also been added to this crossover concept by linking the aforementioned ship sinking in “Frozen” to the already sunken ship that Ariel explored, leading to the finding of her “dinglehopper” (which is actually a fork, unbeknowst to the seagull who twirls his hair with it) according to cinemablend.com.
Other pieces of evidence that the three movies are related to each other are their settings. “Arendelle,” a fictional kingdom that exists in “Frozen”, has been suggested to be inspired by the Norweigan town of Arendal around the 16th and 18th centuries, the same time period as the setting for “Tangled”, on the coast Poland or Germany. Ariel’s “Atlantica” would be presumably off the coast of Denmark, since it is based on Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” The, if the ship from “Frozen” was indeed on the way to Corona, it would have to pass Atlantica first, according to www.cinemablend.com.
Many fan theories exist on the internet including “The Pixar” theory, which is analyzed in depth in the Matador Messenger in an article titled “The Pixar Theory : A Timeline that Links all Films.”
Matt Lucey • May 31, 2018 at 3:05 pm
I love Pixar/Disney theories. I am a big Pixar fan boy. There are other Easter eggs like the Pizza Planet appearing in every Pixar movie (Except for The Incredibles for some reason.), or that the voice acter John Ratzenberger voicing someone in every Pixar movie. Sometimes voicing a main character like Hamm, or a minor character like that one crab cutting grass in Finding Dory.
James Shields • Nov 12, 2015 at 11:55 am
I know itś been a long time since when this was posted, but did you know that the Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story appears in many other movies, including: Up, Cars, Cars 2, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3. Also, the letter and number arrangement, Ä113, appears in many of the pixar animated movies. It makes an appearance in Up when Mr. Frederickson goes to court. He goes to courtroom number A113. If you want to know more hidden secrets in Disney/Pixar movies, there are many websites that give information on them, including Youtube.
Marissa Berridge • Mar 24, 2015 at 1:29 pm
I really like this article because I have always loved to search DIsney movies to see if I can find Easter Eggs. Also it is very interesting to learn about the appearances of various Disney characters that are not in their own movie, like Rapenzel and Flynn Rider in Frozen.
Marissa Berridge • Mar 24, 2015 at 1:28 pm
I really like this article because I am always loved to search DIsney movies to see if I can find Easter Eggs. Also it is very interesting to learn about the appearances of various Disney characters that are not in their own movie, like Rapenzel and Flynn Rider in Frozen.
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Andrew Jankowski • Feb 4, 2015 at 12:59 pm
Wow! I had no idea how many hidden secrets were in Pixar movies!
bella • Feb 3, 2015 at 10:09 am
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