A113, Luxo Ball, Planet Pizza Truck, where are these classic Pixar Easter eggs? What are Ba Xiaojie's 17 superpowers? Have you found the mysterious easter egg in "Toy Story 4"?
Pixar Lucky Star
The beginning of the film continues the first ending. The villain "Underminer" (Underminer) appears in the city to wreak havoc, and the passing super family come forward.
"Digger" is voiced by John Ratzenberger . Speaking of the name of this actor, everyone may not be familiar with it. However, he has played a role in almost every Pixar animated feature film . He is called "Pixar's Lucky Star" . His cameo is the traditional Easter egg of Pixar animation. one.
Most of John's voiced roles are inconspicuous. Some of the more famous roles include Hamm in "Toy Story" and Uncle Mai (Mack) in the big truck in "Cars."
Famous hotel
At the end of the previous movie, the Chao Neng family’s residence was burned down by a crashed plane, so in this movie they stayed in a cheap motel.
This hotel is called "Safari Court" , based on the real motel "Safari Inn" , and is located near the Disney headquarters in California.
In reality, this hotel is also a commonly used filming location, having appeared in films such as "Real Romance" (1993) and "Apollo 13" (1995).
Lunch box
When the Chao Neng family had dinner, they could see a few "mountain and sea delicacies" Chinese lunch boxes on the table .
This unremarkable-looking takeaway box is actually one of the most common items in the Pixar universe. It has appeared in "Bug Crisis", "Monsters Company", "Toy Story 2", "Food Story" and "Secret Agent" Team".
Call me second
In the dinner scene, Ba Xiaofei wore a T-shirt with the number "2" printed on it .
In addition to echoing the film itself as the second sequel, this number has a special meaning. At the end of the first part, Ba Xiaofei got his wish to participate in the school sports meet, because his family told him not to be too good, so he deliberately won the second place in the running competition, indicating that Xiaofei finally learned to put away his competitive spirit under the education of his parents.
Pixar Headquarters
Cool Iceman handed Bob and Holly the business card of the telecom tycoon Winston Dvor. The address above was the actual location of Pixar's headquarters.
Voice actor
Winston Dvor is voiced by Bob Odenkirk , the "coquettish lawyer" , and his animated image is very similar to himself.
Bob is not the only actor who has appeared in "Breaking Bad" and "The Coquettish Lawyer" in the film. "Mike" Jonathan Banks (Jonathan Banks) played the role of government agent Derek in the film, replacing it in February this year. The dead Bud Luckey (Bud Luckey).
Evelyn Dvor is voiced by Catherine Keener . Catherine played the role of an evil mother who is good at hypnosis in the 2017 hit film "Escape from Death", which echoes Evelyn's behind-the-scenes identity "Screenmaster".
Dancing Eyes and Blastman
Winston Dvor mentioned that the two superheroes his father admired were Gazerbeam and Dynaguy .
They attended the wedding of Mr. Super and the elastic girl in the first part, but neither of them ended very well. The Blastman was involved in the lawsuit, and the electric eye was killed by the all-round robot on the island of Normany. Before his death, he used the laser to leave the key message to defeat the robot.
Dvor Mansion
Dvor provided the Super Energy Family with an ultra-modern design mansion whose shape was a reference to the house in Hitchcock's classic film "North by Northwest" (1959) .
Chewing gum ads
When the stretch girl drove a motorcycle through the city's high-rise buildings, an ad for "Tripledent" chewing gum appeared on a building wall . At the end of the film, the super family can also see the same advertisement on their way to the cinema.
This chewing gum brand once appeared in "Mind Agents", and its brainwashing commercials have been echoing in the protagonist Riley's mind.
Rescue train
In the film, the elastic girl rescued a train that was out of control, and the train was stopped just in time when it was about to fall. In the opening scene of the first part, the young Mr. Chao Neng did the same thing, but due to a certain degree of damage, Mr. Chao Neng was taken to court.
Classic colored balls
Luxo ball has appeared in many movies and short films. It first appeared in the short film "Naughty Jumping Lights" (1986). In the film, colored balls appear on Xiaojie’s baby fence in the form of small beads.
Nostalgic TV Series
In the film, the TV shows include cartoons "Jonny Quest" (Jonny Quest) and "The Outer Limits" (The Outer Limits) , both of which are classic TV series from the 1960s.
"Joney's Big Adventure" tells the protagonist Johnny and his father go on a variety of peculiar adventures, reflecting the daily life of the children of the super family.
At the beginning of each episode of "Misted Files", there is a weird opening about the manipulation of the TV screen, which hints at the ability of the villain, "The Screen Tyrant" in this episode.
Ambassador Selik
The female ambassador rescued by the Elastic Girl is named Henrietta Selick (Henrietta Selick) , and pays tribute to the animation director Henry Selick who directed "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "The Adventures of the Flying Peach" and "Mother Ghost" (Henry Selick) .
Ghost drive
Baby Xiaojie suddenly disappeared in the fourth dimension in the film, but the voice echoed in the room. This scene pays tribute to the plot in the 1982 horror film "Poltergeist" . The protagonist's young daughter is trapped in another space, and the family can only communicate with her through the TV screen.
What's interesting is that Craig T. Nelson , who played his father in "Ghost Driven" , is the voice actor of Mr. Super in "The Incredibles".
Super sports car
An Incredimobile appeared in the opening scene of the first film. It was Mr. Incredimobile 's car when he was young, but he was nowhere to be found. This film reveals that it originally fell into the hands of local tyrants. Fortunately, Mr. Chao Neng still kept the remote control of the car, making this sports car show its power again.
Ba Xiaojie's superpowers
It is mentioned in the film that Little Jie is very fond of Mozart's music . In the short film "Little Jack's Attack" released in 2005, Xiaojie's nanny Kelly once played Mozart's music to him to stimulate the baby's intelligence and potential.
The abilities Xiaojie has demonstrated so far include:
1. Doppelganger : When you are happy, you will become a clone of yourself.
2. Monster of : will be turned into a purple monster when angry, especially when not eating biscuits.
3. Flaming : emit flames all over the body.
4. Laser eye : Both eyes emit green laser.
5. Get bigger : become a giant baby.
6. Dimensional jumping : traverse different dimensions while others can hear his voice.
7. Transformation : Become the appearance of other people. In the film, Xiaojie once transformed himself into the appearance of Mrs. Yi.
8. Supernatural power : easily lift something bigger than yourself.
9. Invulnerable : No injuries after a fierce fight with the raccoons.
10. Levitation : floating in the air with zero gravity.
11. Moving objects in space : In the film, the lid is moved to the trash can through the force of thought, and later the glasses that control the mother's thoughts are taken off.
12. High-altitude jetting : Launch yourself to high altitude by sneezing.
13. Power generation : After Bob discovers that Xiaojie has superpowers, Xiaojie briefly displays the ability to generate electricity.
14. Through the wall : pass through the house unimpededly.
15. Iron and steel : At the end of the first part, the whole body becomes steel, making Mr. Chao Jin fall quickly.
16. Gelatinization : The whole body becomes a gel-like object, making the raccoon's attack ineffective.
17. Climb the wall : Can stick to the wall like Spiderman, this ability appears in the short film "Little Jack's Attack".
Pizza Planet
Planet Pizza is a fictional pizza restaurant in the Pixar series of movies. It first appeared in "Toy Story" and later appeared as an Easter egg in almost every Pixar animation .
In this film, the truck (in the 1960s) of Planet Pizza appears when the elastic girl captures the "screen tyrant" and turns into a parachute to land.
Cool ice man wife
Cool Iceman's wife , Honey, is mentioned in both films, but she never hears her, because the director thinks this character will be more interesting if she doesn't show her face.
In fact, the crew designed the character concept map for Hanni, although she did not appear in the film in the end, the design of this character was used in the image of another superhero , it is said that this hero appeared in the ending cruise.
Aviator Holly
In the film, Evelyn drives the plane out of the oxygen layer in an attempt to make the elastic girl stunned due to hypoxia. In fact, in the first part, it is implied that Holly has received flight training and has enough experience to deal with various situations in the sky. .
A113
"A113" is one of the classic Easter eggs of Pixar Animation. This character combination is the house number of the animation painting classroom of the California Academy of Arts (CalArts). Most of the creators of the Pixar Animation Department have gone to this school, so they all deliberately added "A113" in the movie as a souvenir.
"A113" appears in many places in the film, including the number of the train , the document number of the Superhero Act , and the most obvious is the name "DEMENTIA 113" of the movie being shown in the cinema at the end .
The title also spoofed Francis Coppola's early work "Dementia" (Dementia 13) , which was released in 1963, in line with the chronology of "The Incredibles 2".
Toy Story 4
There is a rule in Pixar's animation. Each feature film will contain the relevant easter eggs of the next work. For example, in "Dream Quest", there is an undead version of the super family poster.
According to Pixar’s future plans, at least one "Toy Story 4" egg should appear in the film, but according to the creator, this egg has not been announced for the time being, because people will not find it until "Toy Story 4" is released. .
(Some netizens speculated that this easter egg was a toy that appeared in Xiaojie’s baby fence. It looked like Woody in a spacesuit.)
Superman's theme song
In the film, when Winston Dvor meets with Mr. Super, Elastic Girl and Cool Iceman, he hums the "theme song" of the three. At the end of the film, we can hear the full version of the vocal chorus of these three songs as we scroll through the cast and crew list.
Tribute to the dead
A line appeared at the end of the cast and crew list, paying tribute to Pixar’s senior animator Bud Luckey , who died in February 2018. He was the creator of "Toy Story" Cowboy Woody. Voiced for Agent Redick in "General Mobilization".
Credits
After the end of the credits, the earth burrowing tank car of the Digger drove across the screen, suggesting that the villain may appear again in the third sequel.
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