You can't have a good Pixar movie without a bunch of Easter eggs, right?
There are more than a few to spot in Finding Dory, the long-awaited 2016 sequel to Finding
Nemo.
Let's dive in and find out what you might have missed during the movie.
And it should go without saying, but there are ​spoilers ahead​.
Darla strikes back?
When Dory gets taken into the Marine Life Center's quarantine room, she looks over at
a bulletin board with a photo of a very familiar girl with headgear pinned to it.
That's right, if you're quick enough, you can spot a picture of Darla, the fish-tormenting
girl from the original Finding Nemo.
Of course, just why there's a picture of an Australian girl in a Californian Marine Life
Center, we just can't answer.
Maybe her reputation for torturing our finny friends has spread across the Pacific Ocean.
Wired
The movie's two sea lion characters, Fluke and Rudder, are voiced by Idris Elba and Dominic
West, respectively.
These two actors starred in the HBO series The Wire, with Idris playing Russell 'Stringer'
Bell and West playing Detective Jimmy McNulty.
As Fluke and Rudder, they sit on a rock and help Nemo and Marlin find their way into the
Marine Life Center, all while keeping their spot safe from other sea lions like Gerald:
"Ha, mate, don't you worry-"
(Sea lions yelling)
Maybe not the same level of drama as ​The Wire​, but you take what you can get in
a kid's movie.
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Fluke and Rudder also happen to hide another Easter egg.
As pointed out by the Pixar Post blog, merchandise featuring the characters have tags on their
flippers that read "A1" and "13."
That's a reference to the classroom at the California Institute of the Arts where many
of the Pixar and Disney animators learned their craft, and it's appeared in every Pixar
movie ever released, not to mention more than a few Disney movies, too.
The Pizza Planet Truck rides again
You can also spot the the famed Pizza Planet Truck from the original ​Toy Story​ when
Hank and Dory steal the transport truck headed for Cleveland.
We're not sure how many different Pizza Planet franchises there are throughout time and space,
but this beat-up, yellow truck sure gets around.
It's appeared in just about every Pixar flick.
Wall-E calendar
In the scene where Hank the septopus hangs from the pipes above the Open Ocean tank,
there's a small desk in the top right corner of the screen.
Above that desk is a calendar that reads "Wall-E."
It would have also been cool to see some Buy'n'Large items littered around, giving some credence
to the theory that these Pixar movies are all part of the same shared (and ultimately
doomed) world.
But, sure, a calendar is fine too.
Herbie the Love Bug
Be on the lookout for a familiar face...kind of.
Buried down on the ocean floor is the world's most famous 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, Herbie
the Love Bug.
Of course, as cute as the deep Disney reference is...it's actually a pretty creepy spot for
Herbie's final resting place.
Who knows, maybe this is one of those Easter eggs that Pixar sticks into their movies that
hints at a future film.
Maybe they'll take on a Herbie movie of their own?
Or better yet, maybe he'll make his comeback in Cars 3...
Ride reminder
According to Ultimate Orlando, one of the pipes in the Marine Life Center reads "Seawater
Supply TL59."
That's a reference to the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
This explanation doesn't stop there, either: the attraction used to be called simply the
Submarine Voyage, but was re-themed after the success of the film.
The pipe was included on the line to the ride as a tribute to its former, non-Nemo-themed
existence.
Return of the Tank Gang
If you managed to sit through the credits, enjoying various snippets of Hank using his
camouflaging abilities in different locations, then you'd be treated to a post-credits scene
featuring the sea lions Fluke and Rudder hanging out on their rock.
And who should happen to come swimming past them?
The Tank Gang from Finding Nemo.
Brad Garrett, Willem Dafoe and the rest came back to reprise their roles so we could see
where the gang wound up.
Hank, the greatest Easter egg of them all
Did you know that Hank the septopus actually appeared in every one of Pixar's movies without
anyone ever realizing it?
It's true!
Well, at least according to Finding Dory​ director Andrew Stanton and Hank's voice actor,
Ed O'Neill, who appeared in a video explaining that Hank had been camouflaged into every
Pixar movie since the first ​Toy Story​ hit theaters way back in 1995.
Wait, what?
Oh, that video was published on April 1, 2016.
So...ya never mind.
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