Hey, brother!
When we see the undertow, we say let's go. Oh my gosh.
How adorable is baby Dory? She's like 50% eyes,
50% cuteness. So as I'm sure you are all aware, Finding Dory hit theaters last weekend and quickly shattered box-office records for
Highest-grossing opening weekend of an animated film, which is very impressive,
but possibly the most important thing it did, was add a new chapter to the Pixar Theory.
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Hey Brother!
If you're not familiar with the Pixar Theory, it is the idea that every Pixar movie exists on one giant universe, on one
giant timeline. The original Pixar theory was written by a guy named Jon Negroni,
and I will link it down to his website in the description.
I highly recommend you go check it out, and read his like full Pixar Theory article, it is super good. Alternatively
you can watch my own video covering said article right here, although, I warn you it's from 2012,
so the quality's not quite as high.
But with that being said, this video is just my own personal take, on how Finding Dory fits into the greater Pixar universe.
I'm sure there will be tons of versions out there, but I have been careful not to read any of them yet.
This is my own personal take.
And just quick warning, if you haven't seen the movie yet, this video will definitely contain spoilers for Finding Dory. Okay, let's go.
Finding Dory takes place, as you might expect,
immediately after Finding Nemo, one year after, to be more precise. This places the films in
2003 and 2004 which on the Pixar Timeline would come right after Toy Story 2, and just before
Ratatouille, in
2007. And just as a quick refresher- within the Pixar Theory, there's a constant struggle between three main factions:
humans, machines, and animals.
But, let's be honest. The real struggle is between man and machines, with the animals never really rising to the top.
Instead, we see humans evolved to the peak of their own evolution in the Incredibles...
only to then slowly
backslide into basically completely
useless, as machines pamper them to near extinction in Wall-e. Which I guess is not a horrible way to go.
But, while the Humans are busy, you know, devolving,
animals are seen getting smarter and smarter at least for as long as they can get smarter until you know
Trash Planet kills everything. But not all animals are
evolving and gaining intelligence at the same rate. For example
We see Buster in Toy Story 2 who does seem smarter than your average dog
But isn't capable of speech like all of the characters and Finding Nemo/Dory
I believe this is because that by living underwater the cast of Finding Nemo and Dory are further
separated from humans and therefore less impacted by them. And less interaction with humans gives your species the
Opportunity to thrive and evolve faster. There are plenty of examples of fish showing signs of higher intelligence within
Finding Dory. Like, for example
How they have an organized school. Ah, get it, school of fish I see what you did there. Or how Mr.
Ray is able to fight his instincts to join the stingray migration despite himself
Saying, "Something deep inside you that feels so familiar that have to listen to it."
I guess unless it interferes with like your class schedule or something. Or
Dory's parents laying out shells and a line for her to follow home. not to mention Hank who
Wants to live in captivity, and you know learns to drive a mack truck in like I don't know what a few seconds
Basically just the better your environment is for you to live in, the faster your species can evolve and gain intelligence.
You can even see another example of this with the dogs in Up who I would say are all still a lot smarter than
Buster from Toy Story 2. Again
They've basically been living alone away from human interaction, other than Muntz, for like
70 years, which is given their pack the ability to gain intelligence a little bit faster. Like serious intelligence
They're able to like cook and serve and I don't know pilot planes? Squirrel!
I'm putting such a heavy emphasis on the environment
Because I think that's eventually the reason that the animals despite being on the rise
Never really make it to the top. Because humans ruin the planet to the point where it can't support life at all,
Except for cockroaches, before the animals can get there. And Finding Dory reveals where it all started,
America
Ughh, hashtag Murica. It's not a huge part of the movie
but it is impossible to avoid. The
Moment Marlin, Nemo and Dory arrived in California the water is
Thick with pollution. All the hermit crabs are using mugs and cups as shells. There's rusty bikes and tires everywhere
It looks like a shipping freighter has crashed just offshore
Even earlier in the movie when Dory is just like asking around for help you see empty bottles and a sunken Volkswagen
Beetle. And to top it all off it's the classic
six pack rings that get Dory caught by the Marine Life institute. Although to be fair
She was trying to get inside there anywhere, so that's a win for pollution?
Now I know what you're thinking, it might not be fair to just single out the United States here
I mean, we don't get to see that much of the ocean in the two movies really just off the coast of Australia
and off the coast of California.
But there actually is more evidence that points to America as the culprit. For example in Finding Nemo we learned that
American humans in particular
Already have a bad reputation with underwater sea life as stated by the sharks. "Humans think I own everything. Probably
American." And we know eventually that it's Buy and Large, BnL,
Who are the culprits for polluting everything and the only other movies we see that man are Toy Story 3 and Up.
Both of which take place in America. But let's not put all of the blame on America
I mean after all in Finding Dory, Dory herself
Dumps an entire mack truck into the ocean, so yeah. And the movie does feature the Marine life Institute which, according to Sigourney Weaver,
Wants to rehabilitate and then release fish back into the ocean in response to the pollution, so that's good
Probably a little too little too late
but hey
We're not all bad. And honestly I think what we see in Finding Dory is just a slice of what is starting to happen
worldwide. Because remember what we said earlier, the better your environment is, the more your
Species can thrive. Garbage as we seemed Finding Dory is typically bad news for like every species
But I asked you, what species would thrive on an influx of garbage?
Yes,
fittingly almost perfectly, almost as if Pixar planned it, the species that would thrive on garbage and
Immediately start to gain intelligence is the subject of none other than the very next movie in the Pixar timeline,
Rats (explosion sound0
Finding Dory might not offer up the flashiest new addition to the Pixar Theory
But it does give us some
Enriching details as to when and where things started to go wrong for the humans and how in turn that affects all the other
Species on the planet. And that is how Finding Dory fits into the Pixar Theory, at least according to me
Ben, my question for you, and everyone else is What did you think of Finding Dory?
Did you freaking love it? Also other any other plot holes we need to fill in here and what easter eggs
Did you guys spot in the movie? Let me know down in the towel section down below. Also if you'd like to hear me talk about
Finding Dory for like I don't know another hour
I recommend you head over to the D cast I was on their podcast last weekend
You can check it out right here or link in the description
They do a weekly podcast where they cover everything Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar and Disney
So if you like what we talk about here
You're probably going to like them. The hosts Dale and Andy are great guys. I had a blast on the show
I really hope you'll go check them out. These socks are amazing! Final quick announcement Ben and I are super excited
we are heading to
Vidcon later this week. If you are there be on the lookout for us or tweet us and stuff
We will be wandering around the convention center, and we would love to meet you. But guys
Thanks for watching this video like if you haven't and subscribe so you don't miss any future
Additions to the Pixar theory you can see our last two entries, How Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur fit into the Pixar theory
Right here. I'm going to give you some time to click on those
And I will see you in another life brother