Any self-respecting Pixar fan
could tell you that the animation company's movies
are filled with references
and Easter eggs of its back catalog.
But producer Mark Nielsen has admitted that there's nods
to every single Pixar movie in "Toy Story 4."
We're gonna be exploring them in 3, 2, 1.
As usual, we will be issuing a spoiler alert
because we're about to be revealing
some details from the film.
The movie opens with a flashback to nine years ago,
explaining the absence of Bo Peep from "Toy Story 3."
She was last spotted seen with Woody, Buzz,
Jessie, and Wheezy in "Toy Story 2,"
but fans complained that it wasn't clear
whether she'd been broken or was donated.
Outside, the license plate on the car is RMR F97.
License plates have been used in "Cars"
and "Toy Story 2" to mean a whole range of things.
This one refers to when "Toy Story 2"
was accidentally deleted from Pixar's edit system.
RMR F97 was the command
on the computer that deleted the film,
which had to be restored using a backup file.
Bo Peep assists Woody in rescuing RC from a storm drain.
A card is passed through the group to use as a launchpad.
On this card is a crude drawing of Rainbow Unicorn
from "Inside Out." Joy: I loved you in
"Fairy Dream Adventure Part Seven."
OK, bye.
Woody: Are a toy!
You belong to Bonnie!
Shardlow: Take a closer look at the boxes
at the back of the classroom when Bonnie creates Forky.
One of them belongs to Anton, a possible reference
to food critic Anton Ego in "Ratatouille."
Bonnie's room has some similarities
to the wallpaper in Andy's room in "Toy Story."
And later in the film, we see a bedspread
full of Pizza Planet-style rockets
that are the same as in the original movie.
The van that the family goes on vacation in
is a Tri-County RV.
This links to references
to Tri-County International Airport in "Toy Story 2"
and Tri-County Landfill in "Toy Story 3."
One of the vacation spots
is a home that looks eerily similar
to the "Incredibles" house.
Woody and Forky come across Second Chance Antiques.
The store sign tells us
that it was established in 1986, the same year as Pixar.
Also, the building address is 1200.
Now, Pixar is based
at 1200 Park Avenue, Emeryville, California.
Outside the antique store is a Ship It removals van.
This same company van crops up in "Toy Story of Terror."
Inside the store is where we get lots
of movie references packed in.
There's a vintage record from Chalupa Records, from "Coco."
There's a green diver's mask
and tiki heads from the fish tank in "Finding Nemo."
Bo Peep slides past a plate
that has an ornate-looking symbol from "Brave" in it.
This plate can be seen in several shots.
A yellow plane hanging near the window
resembles Sunwing from "Planes."
There are also awards cases
from Gusteau's office in "Ratatouille"
and furniture from "The Incredibles."
Take a closer look at the key
that the antique-store staff member is holding.
It looks very much like Sora's Keyblade
from "Kingdom Hearts."
Fans have speculated that this is a nod
to the upcoming Square Enix title "Kingdom Hearts III."
The antagonists from the antique store
are a group of vintage toys.
The ventriloquist dummy Vincent
bears a resemblance to Slappy the Dummy from "Goosebumps,"
and Gabby Gabby has the same yellow bows and dress
as Chatty Cathy from the 1960s.
Here's where "The Shining" comes in.
From carpets to garbage-truck license plates,
Stanley Kubrick's film has made an appearance
in many "Toy Story" movies.
A record is put on playing "Midnight, the Stars and You,"
as performed by Ray Noble and his orchestra.
This is the same song as played at the end of "The Shining,"
as the camera pans out from a photograph
showing Jack smiling at the Overlook Hotel ball.
Fans have also suggested that the old lady's home address
when attacked by Ducky and Bunny is 237.
So keep an eye out for that.
Combat Carl is back!
We see a Combat Carl doll
being blown up by Sid in the first "Toy Story."
This version, though, is a Carl Weathers lookalike
from "Toy Story of Terror."
Rumor has it that John Lasseter
wanted to use a G.I. Joe doll in the original movie,
but Hasbro was upset that the doll would be blown up,
so they agreed to make up a brand instead.
Buzz flies into a purple-and-yellow spiderlike ride
that has the same color palette as Zurg,
his enemy in "Toy Story 2."
There's a spinning ride next to the Ferris wheel
with a purple-and-yellow umbrella structure.
This looks exactly like the sundrop flower from "Tangled."
A stall is called Jet Stream,
echoing the character alias Strut Jetstream.
Strut Jetstream: Man, what's going on here!
Is everybody getting to fly today?
Shardlow: It's in this fairground
that Bo Peep loses her arm.
Throughout Disney-owned franchises, characters lose an arm
in a nod to Luke Skywalker's amputation scene
at the end of "The Empire Strikes Back."
Bo's sheep bring her a bottle cap
and a safety pin while out foraging.
The cap they give her
is from the same grape-soda bottle in "Up."
Later in the film,
Buzz gets trapped in a ring-toss-style game.
Other prizes include the guitars from "Coco,"
rockets featuring the Pixar ball,
and a red-and-yellow stuffed toy flame,
resembling Anger in "Inside Out."
Think Duke Caboom looks a bit familiar?
He actually cropped up in "Incredibles 2,"
lying in the corner of Jack-Jack's crib.
Bo and Woody approach the secret entrance
for a club in the antique store.
Above this, we see a decoration for Catmull's Brews,
after Ed Catmull, the long-standing studio exec
who's stepping down after "Toy Story 4."
Bo presses a 25-cents button
on the slot machine to enter the club.
The number 25 pops up a few times in the film.
This could be a nod to the "Toy Story 3" maker Lee Unkrich,
who's stepping down at Pixar after 25 years in 2019.
Inside the club, we meet Tin Toy
from the 1988 Pixar short "Tin Toy,"
and the eagle from "Toy Story Toons."
So think Mr. Potato Head sounds familiar?
Don Rickles' voice is actually in the movie
despite the fact that the actor died in 2017.
He had signed on to the movie before his death,
and his vocal likeness was compiled through various shorts,
games, and theme-park voiceovers.
And yes, we found A113.
It's a door number from the California Institute of Arts,
and it's a number that crops up
in nearly every single Pixar movie.
Also, did you spot Dinoco Gas?
The RV stops there.
It's the same chain of gas stations
that Woody and Buzz get stranded at
in the original "Toy Story."
Look closer at the poster for the movie,
and you'll see a reference to "Up."
A painting hangs on the wall behind the gang
of dogs playing poker,
the same dogs that Russell sailed past
holding a bunch of balloons.
Think you spotted anything that we missed?
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