Pixar’s latest racing series animation "Racing Story 3" arrived late, and finally met with domestic audiences after a delay of more than two months in North America. Although this series is not brilliant in all of Pixar's works, many of the settings in it still retain some of the "little tricks" that Pixar is accustomed to using, and the production is sufficiently sophisticated and attentive.
We all know that Pixar’s animations often repeatedly quote or refer to some strings, objects, numbers, etc., to show some of its past experiences and stories. Over time, the audience has become accustomed to this setting, and are happy to find the easter eggs arranged by the creators in each new film.
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1. Old Friend Pizza Planet Truck
Pizza Planet Truck, which appeared in Pixar's first animated film "Toy Story", and later appeared in almost every future cartoon.
In the "Racing Story" series, the Pizza Planet truck is named Todd. In the first part, he played a spectator watching the Los Angeles International Speedway Race.
In the second part, he made two cameo appearances, the first time he appeared on TV, and the second time he also appeared as a spectator at the Radiator Springs Grand Prix event.
In the third part, Todd participated in the Thunder Valley "Crazy 8 Crash Contest". Cyclonus Todd obviously did not adapt to such a rhythm, so that in the end even the rocket decoration on the roof left the body and flew into the crowd.
2. Miss Fritter
A new character, Miss Fritter, is added to this episode. She likes to collect the license plates of the cars she defeated in the crash. Miss Fritter carries a sign with "West cutting Boulevard" printed on the body of Miss Fritter, which is the address of Pixar's headquarters in Richmond, California.
This address has also repeatedly appeared in other Pixar cartoons, such as the top of Andy's bedroom door in "Toy Story 3."
The number 58 is printed on the other side of Miss Fritter's body, which corresponds to the birth year of its voice actor Lea DeLaria.
And the name Miss Fritter is very similar to the "Ms. Frizzle" driving the school bus in the 90s cartoon "The Magic School Bus".
3. Colored ball
Pixar’s two classic logos-jumping lights and colorful balls, must be familiar to everyone. These two images first appeared in the first animated short film "Luxo Jr." produced by Pixar in the 1980s.
In the Crazy 8 crash competition, colored balls were sprayed on the body of a car, and the car’s number was 86, which coincided with the official establishment of Pixar Studio in 1986.
4. Forever A113
A113 is the most mentioned digital combination in Pixar's works, because A113 is the number of a classroom in the animation department of California Animation Institute (CalArts), and most of the Pixar creative staff graduated from CalArts, so they are often used in various movies. Deliberately joining this combination as a memorial.
This time A113 appeared twice, once on the car sticker on the right side of the body of the news reporter Shannon Spokes. Interestingly, the actor who dubbed it is also called Shannon Spokes, who is also a sports reporter in real life.
In addition, A113 is also the number of McQueen’s sponsoring owner Sterling in the office of the Derusting Racing Center.
5. Cinderella's pumpkin carriage
On the trophy rack behind the Sterling office, there is a trophy model that resembles the pumpkin carriage in the Disney cartoon "Cinderella". Because the whole story takes place in the world of automobiles, this carriage trophy is likely to be a symbol of an older race.
6. The endless tree
Still in Sterling's office, there is a potted tree on the table. This tree first appeared in "Bugs", and later in "Toy Story 2" and "Flying House Tour" and other movies.
7. Road cone seller Bill Cone
Going back to the aforementioned Thunder Valley crash race, there is a billboard outside the venue that says "Wild Bill's Racing Cones" (Wild Bill's car cones), which seems to coincide with the name of the film's art director Bill Cone.
I wonder if Sally's shop in Hot Springs is also sponsored by Wild Bill?
8. BnL big seller group
The Big Seller (Buy n Large, BnL) is a fictitious company in the Pixar animation universe, and its business involves almost all fields. It first appeared in "Machine Mobilization", is the driving force behind the instigation of human emigration to outer space, and the creator of Wali.
Since then, BnL's figure has often appeared in Pixar's subsequent film works. In "Cars 3", BnL Group became the sponsor of the event, and the brand logo appeared on the track.
9.Triple Dent gum
Those of you who have watched "Brain Agents" must remember the Triple Dent chewing gum and the accompanying brainwashing commercials.
In this episode, this gum sponsored a No. 31 car, Terry Kargas.
Triple Dent chewing gum is also a fake brand, based on the real brand Trident.
10. Mack, a disguised truck
When McQueen and his party were preparing to go to Thunder Valley to experience real intensive training on the track, they decided to "put on makeup" and disguise themselves. Among them, Mack became the "Jocko Flocko Party" supply truck.
The reason for disguising like this is to pay tribute to the famous racing driver monkey "Jocko Flocko", who wore a special driving uniform and sat in the passenger position with his owner Tim Flock in 1953. In 1953, he participated in 8 NASCAR races ( NASCAR) and even helped Tim win the first place in the national competition held in Hickory, North Carolina.
The clown on Mark's body looks a lot like Jangles the clown in "Brain Agents".
11. The Legend of Moshmallow
As a racing movie, "Cars 3" will inevitably incorporate some real-life racing elements. For example, when McQueen and Lao Mo traveled through the jungle, there was a tribute to the motorcycle smugglers.
Moonshine, also known as bootleg wine, is a synonym for high-alcohol distilled liquor produced illegally in the United States. It is a bit similar to domestic liquor and was first brought by Irish and Scottish immigrants to the United States. After the American War of Independence, the government legislated a liquor tax to repay loans. Many villagers and liquor dealers hid in the mountains to evade tax payments. The name of wine.
With the expansion of the production and scale of bootleggers, a new industry was also born-the smuggling industry of moshmallows. Participants were called bootleggers. They traveled back and forth between the forest and the city, and their means of transportation gradually evolved from horse-drawn carriages to cars, and then slowly evolved into the world-renowned NASDAQ race. In order to deal with the police, these smugglers often need superb driving skills in addition to competing for speed. Is it close to Lao Mo's targeted training for McQueen?
12. "Night Ranger" Little Moon
In the film, "Junior Midnight Moon" is dubbed by Robert Glen Johnson, a legend in the history of Nas Truck Race. His racing career also originated at night in North Carolina. Moshen wine is transported between the mountains and forests.
Just a few years ago, Johnson became one of the partners of Piedmont Distillers, a winery in North Carolina. He also launched the company's second-generation Moshmallow product, called Midnight Moon, based on his family-owned brewing method.
13. Going to the Moon Plan
McQueen has a very handsome shot to the moon in the film, which is immediately reminiscent of Spielberg's "Alien ET".
Coincidentally, in the first part, the die also has such a shot.
14. Warm up " Dream Quest"
In addition to this racing movie, Pixar will also launch an original animation "Dream Tour" (Coco) on the theme of the Day of the Dead in Mexico this year. Therefore, "Dream Tournament" also appeared in "Cars 3". Trailer eggs.
In the Derusting Racing Center, a car suffering from homesickness was in the process of training, and the TV in front of it showed the city picture in "Dream of Dreams".
15. Tribute to Dr. Hudson
Paul Newman, who had voiced Dr. Hudson in the first part, unfortunately passed away in 2008, so he did not appear in the second part. This time, in order to better remember Paul Newman, Dr. Hudson re-appeared and had a more in-depth inner exchange with McQueen. At the end of the film, McQueen also played the role of Dr. Hudson, became the mentor of the cool sister Ramirez, and even modified his body.
During the collaboration of the first part, director John Lasseter and Paul Newman had a lot of conversations about racing related issues, and were fortunate to retain the recording materials. Thanks to this, the dubbing of Dr. Hudson this time all came from these communication materials in the first part.
Perhaps all of this is a kind of inheritance.
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