The COMPLETE Pixar Theory 2022

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But since then, every time Pixar produces a new movie, we produce a new video to add that chapter to the Pixar

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that explains how each new movie fits together. But hey, we understand. Maybe you missed one or two of those videos over the years. Maybe you haven't seen all the Pixar movies. And with 26 different movies currently available, it can be difficult to keep track of every detail. So today we're keeping things simple and creating a new, updated, and

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. Including everything from "Toy Story" to "Lightyear," which turned out to be just a movie within "Toy Story." That's how "The Light Year" fits in.

This is Pixar's theory. ♪ Pixar Theory ♪ ♪ Pixar Theory ♪ ♪ Finally let's see clearly ♪ ♪ Pixar Theory ♪ Pixar Theory. By now, I'm sure you've heard of it, but in case you're new, I'm sure you're at least familiar with the idea that Pixar loves to put little Easter eggs in all of their movies, little winks. and references to all his other works. The Pixar theory is the idea that all these little Easter eggs are more than just winks, references, and nods to the audience. They are proof that every movie Pixar creates exists in the same universe on the same timeline. So, for example, you can see Riley from "Inside Out" in the aquarium from "Finding Dory." So they must exist in the same place, right?

And then in "Finding Nemo," you can see this kid reading an "Incredibles" comic and there's a Buzz Lightyear at his feet, so I guess "Toy Story" is in there too. And then, speaking of "The Incredibles," you can see Duke Kaboom in Jack Jack's room right here. So "The Incredibles" are also included and you can see how everything builds on itself. But the real part of the Pixar theory is realizing that if it's a universe, then there must be a through line, a plot that happens over time, and what is that plot? And as always, I think it's important to note that we did not invent the Pixar theory.

It was originally introduced to the world by a man named Jon Negroni. In fact, he even wrote a book about it. But since then, the Internet, of course, has gone crazy over this and there are tons of different interpretations and versions out there. So the version you'll hear today is the one we've come to accept and develop over the last 10 years here at Super Carlin Brothers, we don't count any of the shorts, sparks or shows, just the movies. . Come on. The films, of course, do not appear in chronological order. We'll have to put them in order ourselves.

First in the timeline is "The Good Dinosaur", although I suppose you could argue that "Soul" is first. "Soul" happens all the time and no part of the time works strangely in that movie. So we start with "A Good Dinosaur." It's particularly important to Pixar's theory because of this moment right here where the asteroid misses Earth. This little non-event here is the catalyst for everything that happens in the Pixar universe. That's why the Pixar universe is so similar to our own but also slightly different. And the first big change is pretty obvious. It's how much more the dinosaurs were able to develop since the asteroid failed.

Arlo and his family have developed intelligence, agricultural practices, they are building houses, they cultivate the land, but as they say in "Brave", you cannot escape your destiny. And so, although the dinosaurs gained a couple million more years from the asteroid's disappearance, they are still doomed. But not because of an asteroid, but simply because of the weather, which in the film is already causing catastrophic problems. Climate change, who knew? For example, pterodactyls used to be able to hunt, but now they have to follow the storm to find food. The T-Rex have to herd animals to ensure a constant supply of food, but food is so scarce that they are under constant threat of losing their flock to birds of prey.

But on the other hand, we also get a glimpse of human life on the planet in the form of Spot, who proves that even the youngest humans are extremely resourceful in ways that dinosaurs simply are not. However, what "The Good Dinosaur" establishes for the Pixar universe is something we will continue to see throughout the timeline as a whole. It's the idea that any animal that is not domesticated, like rats or insects or basically anything underwater, will develop some level of intelligence. Heck, even in "The Good Dinosaur," you can see different levels of domestication with chickens. -Yesterday he said that Fran Footless was the worst. -He only has one foot. - But hey, that's not the only way an animal can have power and intelligence, right?

You could also be a human who magically turned into a bear. That's how it is. Next we move on to the movie about the fight between mother and daughter, where the main character has red hair and someone turns into a giant bear. I mean, of course, "Brave", "Turning Red", I know. Can you believe it? Isn't it strange that somehow there is more than one movie with this exact plot? Well, not if you understand the Pixar theory. Otherwise, it's a little strange that even a single movie with this plot exists. But honestly, I'm a little surprised that it took this long for another movie like this to come out because not only are the plots similar, but also all the magic involved in turning someone into a bear.

Real phrases I say for my job. (whispers) Thanks for watching. Both situations involve a character from the past seeking power. Sun Yee in "Turning Red" to protect his family and Mor'du in "Brave" for conquest. And they are both granted this power in exactly the same form: giant bear. Mor'du gets it from the witch in "Brave" and Sun Yee apparently gets it from the gods. Or she? Hmm? More on that later. But let's talk about the witch because the witch's workshop is by far the most curious thing about this movie, especially when it comes to the Pixar theory.

On the one hand, it introduces us to magic, which is our first glimpse of things behaving in ways they're not supposed to. Her crow can talk to humans, her door doesn't work the way I've always known doors to work, and the witch herself seems pretty adept at wielding magic, but she's obviously not the source of it either. For example, her knives and other sharp objects quickly turn on her when Merida offers her a valuable piece of jewelry, suggesting that they have a will of their own outside of the witches' control, or who knows, maybe she's just not speaking loud enough. heart. fire, right, Barley? - Your hearts burn.

You must speak with passion. Do not spot yourself. - Indeed, barley. But the other important part of the magic we see the witch can do is the power to change someone's destiny. This is how Merida describes the destination. "Some say that our destiny is tied to the land, and that it is as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say that destiny is woven together like a fabric. So the destiny of one is intertwined with that of many others. It is what "The only one we seek or fight for change. Some never find it, but there are others who are guided." Indeed, the destiny of one is intertwined with that of many.

Hmm, I wonder who it is. But anyway, back to bear magic. There are obviously some key differences between "Turning Red" and "Brave." Obviously, one is a giant red panda and the other is a black bear, and Sun Yee is able to go back and forth between human and panda, while Mor'du is just stuck as a black bear. But there are also quite a few similarities. For example, both groups of bears have a certain darkness. I mean, Mor'du is basically in full dark mode the entire time, although when he dies you can see the human spirit inside him.

In reality, he is much more at peace, suggesting that somewhere along the way the bear, the primordial darkness, or something caught up with the man. It's like the scene in "Turning Red" where Meilin goes through the mirror and there's a big fight. It's like the bear wins that and is the one left out. Merida's mother also shows moments of progress toward darkness throughout the film, and we see Meilin

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ly lose her cool with Tyler when he calls her a freak. Not to mention, you know, Ming as Godzilla's giant panda. Even the way to undo the bear spell is very similar.

Both somehow imply a celestial time limit. For Merida, it is before the second sun rises, and for Meilin, it is before the end of the red moon. Then stay within a physical circle and sing from your heart. Oh right, sorry, hearts are burning. - My what? - Your hearts burn. You must speak with passion. - This separates the bear's spirit from the body. Man, even that. A soul entering or leaving a body after drawing a circle on the ground. Why, why does this sound familiar? (grunts) I tell you guys, it's like all these movies are connected or something.

Oh wait, that's why you're here. And yes, I know no one in "Brave" is singing, but they're standing in a stone circle and they all wish with all their hearts that Merida's mom would come back. Well okay. We don't know what they're thinking either, but if you don't think Meredith has enough fire in her heart on her own to bring her mother back into this situation, then you need to watch the movie again. And I mean compare the separated soul of the bear in each movie. I mean, it's just this translucent ghost of the person who used to live.

Coincidence? - I do not think so. - Thanks Bernie, but hey, then magic exists. Souls exist. Humans and animals are capable of intelligence. What happens next? Machines, yes machines and, in fact, the power struggle between humans, animals and machines is what occupies the large central section of Pixar's theory. But I use power struggle quite loosely here because it's not that any one group is trying to have control or suppress the others in a particular way, but rather that as a certain group rises, it's usually at the expense of the others. . But I say others rather vaguely here because for the animals their ship sailed with the dinosaurs, as if that was their moment and from then on it was all pretty downhill, but we'll talk about that later.

For now, let's focus on the introduction of the machines, which occurs in "The Incredibles." Which takes place around the 1950s and 1960s. Here we see the supers who live in a world of constant fear and crime and do everything they can to fight it until one day they are banned, but not before the best one ever them, Mr. Incredible, offends his biggest fan, Buddy Pine. , Also known as syndrome. Turns out this day had a pretty massive impact. Little did Bob Parr know that by not entertaining the little Buddy fandom right now, he would greatly alter the course of the entire world because the end result is that young Budford retreats home, locks himself in his room, and invents artificial intelligence in the form of omnidroids, lethal robots that he uses to try to kill all the supers so he can pretend to be one.

Too bad for him, the machines end up being smart enough to defeat even him. Fortunately, the Incredibles are able to intervene and defeat the omnidroid anyway, but it's too late. The damage is done. AI has been introduced into the world and this event marks the beginning of the end for humans in terms of power on the planet for quite some time, and even marks the beginning of the end for magic on overseas planets. But we'll come back to that. However, even though this is the spark that lights the flame, humans don't like to lose power immediately or anything like that.

Interestingly, the animals begin to emerge as a bit of power, but they never take the driver's seat. Well, except that time when Dory literally drives a truck off a cliff. I mean, I know it's a movie about talking fish, but for some reason I feel like this moment is where they really jumped on the whale shark. He got over it. Although they literally did. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, another movie is happening around this time, "Luca", now if you remember, at the end of "Luca", Luca and Alberto are revealed to be sea monsters, a revelation that the people of Portorosso he accepts and hugs almost immediately, which is fine, it's good for them for being so open-minded, but I feel like it happens super fast for a city with a statue of a man killing a sea monster.

You know, right there in the middle of it. But no, we're fine. Instead,Let's go ahead and make these two sea monsters this year's pasta triathlon champions. And if that doesn't mean progress, then I don't even know what the point of a pasta triathlon is. That said, maybe part of the reason they weren't as surprised by this sudden revelation of sea monsters is because they're used to supernatural things happening in the world, like superpowers, which we know happen all over the world because of How the end of "Incredibles 2" goes. But what also fits very well with "Luca" in terms of Pixar's theory is the cleanliness of the water.

I mean, sure Alberto was dirtying up a storm at the beginning of the movie, but for the most part it's very clean, which is in stark contrast to Pixar movies set closer to today, where if you look underwater, it's awful. contaminated anywhere it is near humans and this is kind of a sure sign of things to come. But actually the second look is done even more closely underwater because there is another great consistency happening within the universe. You may have noticed that the fish in "Luca" are not as intelligent as the other fish we see in "Finding Nemo." Instead, they look more like sheep.

So what's up? And actually we already went over it, it's because the fish and "Luca" have been domesticated by the sea monsters, just like the chickens were domesticated by the dinosaurs in "The Good Dinosaur." But now you might be wondering where sea monsters come from. And that's a very good question and we'll definitely answer it in a moment. It's quite important. But we did mention Finding Nemo. So for now let's move on to our next set of movies within the timeline, which are "Toy Story", "Inside Out", "Finding Nemo", "Finding Nemo", "Ratatouille" and "Up". Actually, "Turning Red" also takes place in this era, but we already talked about "Turning Red." Anyway, "Finding Nemo" shows us how much fish have advanced in intelligence, just as dinosaurs, in the absence of humans, have school systems, traffic lights, a real estate market. - Because many other clownfish had their eyes on this place. - You better believe they did, every single one of them. -Not only that, but we also see a lone fish successfully circumnavigate the world, find his daughter, and another group of fish overpower a human.

But not all animals are willing to defend themselves against humans. Instead, in "Ratatouille" we see Remy working alongside the humans to great effect. He literally becomes the best chef on Earth, which is pretty impressive considering that, until then, cooking was an exclusively human activity. But I guess I should point out that while Remy is an exceptional rat, he is also an exception to the rule. The rest of his family totally sees humans as the enemy and in the very near future that will become very true. In the meantime, however, the fact that Remy the rat is actually the best chef on Earth is a secret only four humans know at the end of “Ratatouille.” Linguini, Colette, Anton Ego and Chef Skinner and Chef Skinner doesn't like Remy and quickly tells the press about the rats in the kitchen and most people are disgusted by this and decide to never eat there again. more, which I suppose.

They can't anyway because they close the restaurant. But a very smart person may have noticed that the rats exactly matched renowned critic Anton Ego's review of Gusteaus stating that it was the best food he had ever tasted and putting two and two together and hmm, have we ever seen anyone else receive animals food? . - Like Epsilon he is the best chef I have ever had. - Charles Muntz, the man who literally makes war on animals or a specific animal. (Kevin squealing) A prehistoric animal, I might add, that according to Pixar's theory has become incredibly intelligent and has evaded capture for over 70 years, and that's evading capture from a guy who already had a blimp when he was twenty. filled with some of the rarest artifacts in the world. and apparently that's not even half of his collection.

But how smart is Kevin? I mean, he confronts Muntz, who recognizes the potential intelligence of his dogs and invents collars that allow him to talk directly to them, but, again, it fits perfectly. Animals like fish, rats, and Kevins that have been ignored by humans have developed intelligence. Meanwhile, dogs that have been domesticated like Buster in "Toy Story" have not. But Muntz seems to have found the bridge between the two and has hyper-intelligent dogs capable of cooking food and flying planes. Man, I'm telling you, "Up" is a weird movie sometimes, if ever. (whispers) Full video by clicking on the card.

But "Up" is important as it introduces other big players into the Pixar theory, namely BNL, aka Buy N Large, the corporate face of the machine that's been quietly working in the background since "The Incredibles." If you don't know, BNL is actually the company that tries to buy Carl's house and force him to leave town at the beginning of the movie. And BNL appears a lot in Pixar, I mean most notably in "Wall-E", but also here in "Toy Story 3", where you can see that they produce the batteries inside Buzz and, in fact, there are a lot of little eggs of Easter. connecting "Up" and "Toy Story." As you can see Lotso and the Sunnyside girl in this room here, the grape soda cap that Carl uses as Ellie's badge can be seen as a commercial in Sid's dad's room, and of course there's the infamous postcard on Andy's bulletin board from the mysterious Emma Jean, who I don't have time to talk about right now.

But let me tell you, I spent most of my twenties researching this unseen character and eventually took the question to Pete Docter himself. Wild ride. But while we're talking about "Toy Story" and batteries, let's pause because it's our first big example of one of the most important concepts in Pixar's theory, which is how humans are used in it. That is, like batteries. More or less, it's more like the power of human memory has the ability to bring things to life. But this is the answer to how toys come to life and why they are afraid of being forgotten by their owners because their owners are literally their source of life. "Coco" actually gives us a pretty good breakdown of how this all works and I'll explain that in a minute, but for now, start thinking of humans as batteries.

Where there are humans, there is life. Where there are no humans, there are no humans, at least when it comes to inorganic things like toys, machines or (clears throat) cars. On the other hand, when it comes to animals, the involvement of humans is usually not as great. We can see the beginning of humans' real effect on the planet in "Finding Dory" when Marlin, Nemo and Dory find themselves in the middle of a junkyard at the bottom of the ocean. The pollution is enormous and there are few signs of life anywhere except the occasional bioluminescent crab and giant squid.

But garbage is really what's important here because it marks the beginning of the end for animals. Unless you're like an animal that benefits from a lot of crap, like I don't know, rats or something, who hey, look, "Ratatouille" is the next movie on the timeline. It's like these movies are connected or something, I swear. But we already talked about rats, so let's move the pollution forward to the point where it is truly out of control. (Ominous Crash) For that, we have to fast forward about 100 years to 2105, where humans have finally contaminated the planet seemingly beyond repair and have to leave for "Wall-E." During that time, BNL, our anonymous machine-powered corporation, has basically surpassed every aspect of life on Earth. - Go on autopilot, take control of everything and don't return to Earth. - And they finally come to the conclusion that the planet is a lost cause.

So they loaded everyone onto a bunch of star cruisers and sent them into space and told their little Wall-E robots that they could clean up the Earth, which turns out they never expected to work. So you wonder why they made the Wall-E robots to begin with, but it all worked out. Either way, they evacuated the planet and left it depopulated, or so they thought, for 700 years. And in that time many things happen. - Dad. - Because with the animals dead and humans gone, who is left to inherit the Earth, the cars. You might think that, well, obviously "Cars" doesn't take place on Earth, right?

Like it was definitely some kind of alternate reality or something. But no, it's definitely the same planet the humans were on. For one thing, it has all the same locations and we get to see a lot of them in "Cars 2." But it raises a lot of questions, like how do cars come to life? Why do they all have similar personalities and names to people of our time, just a little different? How come they have their own schedules with dates and stuff? If all of the "Cars" took place during those 700 years, how could they have a 1950s?

Even if they started their own timeline, that's too many years. You may be wondering: are they artificial intelligence? Are they BNL products? No. BNL may have polluted the planet to an uninhabitable state, but power and domination were never its goal. They never tried to kill humans or develop their own race to inhabit the Earth. BNL's goal was always to make human life easier and easier at any cost, and I mean any cost. I mean, they literally paid with the entire planet. (ominous crash) But seriously, look at how everyone is treated at The Axiom. If your goal is to eradicate humans, why bother keeping them alive and comfortable?

But if cars are not artificial intelligence, what are they then? Well, the way it works is that cars come to life the same way toys came to life, the same way monsters will eventually power their cities, with human energy. And while it's very similar to the toys, there are some key differences. I mean, obviously, the cars didn't come to life while the humans were there like the toys were. Also, since they are built like cars, they still need fuel, oil, maintenance, and things like that to run. But perhaps the key difference is that toys are designed as something that is supposed to come to life through the child's imagination and therefore usually matches the child's personality.

Whether it's a cowboy or a space ranger or a half-sneaky dog ​​or a potato with a rearrangeable face. - Look, I'm Picasso. - I don't understand. - Cars, on the other hand, are not built this way and, therefore, do not have a pre-existing personality. Instead, the cars are based on the personality of their former owners and complete with their memories, but seen through an automotive lens. It also appears that the cars wake up, so to speak, in the same order in which they were attended to, rather than all at once. This explains why new generations of cars continue to emerge throughout the series, from Doc Hudson to Lightning McQueen and Jackson Storm.

And why their years in history seem to match up so well with ours. In fact, we even have a clue as to when the real Lightning McQueen would have lived as a human thanks to this Band-Aid on the trucker from Finding Dory. And in fact, if you want to get really deep into the weeds, we have a pretty good idea who that human was, the actor who played Buzz in the movie "Lightyear." (whispers) Full video by clicking on the card. Not Chris Evans, the in-universe Pixar character who was an actor who played Lightyear in the movie he, like Andy, saw.

It's all very confusing, but if you're still confused about how cars wake up, good news, "Luca" offers a near-perfect example of how this works. I'm sure you remember in "Luca" the mystery of what happened to Alberto's father because we don't know much about him other than that he used to live with Alberto in a tower over the water near the town until he abandoned him. . And although it has never been confirmed, I'm pretty sure that Alberto's father's name was, of course, Bruno, as in silenzio Bruno. If you don't remember, silenzio Bruno is basically Alberto's, don't listen to the voice inside your head, you only live once, let's drive this rickety Vespa off a cliff into the ocean and generally ignore gravity, battle cry.

And I mean it makes sense because his dad probably used to tell him not to do crazy, gravity-defying things all the time. But having been abandoned, Alberto rebels, ignoring any kind of warning echo in his head and screaming at the sky. - Silence Bruno! - Silence Bruno! - And all this is relevant because in "Cars 2" there is a character named Bruno Motoreau who is Raoul Caroule's French crew chief. And I'll be honest, he's an extremely secondary character, except he's almost definitely the caricatured version of Alberto's father. And for a character who spends almost no screen time, we actually know a lot about him.

He plays the accordion, he likes romantic walks along the Seine and his favorite movie is Dr.Motoreau. He plays the accordion with what? You don't have hands. But she did it. Now, interestingly enough, Dr. Motoreau's Engine is a reference to the real-life movie, "The Island of Dr. Moreau," which, and I couldn't believe it, is a movie about a man who creates human-animal hybrids , you know, like sea monsters. And get this, the Seine might be a river in France, but it also has a second meaning as a fishing net, and not just any kind of fishing net, but specifically this kind of fishing net that Alberto almost gets caught in at the beginning of the movie. .

So the idea is that the human Bruno caught Alberto's mother who, of course, looked like a human in the water. They fell in love, had Alberto and then she died. Possibly at the hands of the townspeople who again have a statue of people hunting sea monsters in the middle of their town, leaving Bruno to raise his son alone and away from the town and on the water because he, of course, doesn't. He is a sea monster, that's why Alberto doesn't live underwater. The point is that the similarities between Bruno Motoreau's interests and the probable story of Alberto's father practically prove that this is how cars come to life.

I understand? Good. But interestingly, if you can believe that's not even the last connection between the "Cars" movies and "Luca." Do you know what else connects them? Crabs. Because why wouldn't they? The crabs are strangely important to the Pixar theory. Did you know that crabs are the only non-carified creature confirmed to exist within the "Cars" universe? But it's surprising, right? Why didn't all the animals die due to pollution caused by humans (ominous shock), which is why humans left? But it's really not that surprising because if you go back to that scene from "Finding Dory" when they're swimming in the junkyard, what's the only other animal they see?

Crabs. And besides fish, guess what else the sea monsters domesticated? Crabs. Furthermore, we also, in fact, know that in the far reaches of "Wall-E," there is at least one other creature that appears to have been able to survive. Cockroaches, like Hal, Wall-E's little pet. Which may seem irrelevant here, but crustaceans, like crabs, are actually closely related to cockroaches. Keep that in mind the next time you eat a lobster, right? Just a big sea cockroach. As if no one wants to eat insects until they are giant, live underwater and are served at a higher price. Very good guys.

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Did you ever wonder what happened to the rest of them? Are they still out there? Honestly, probably, except for one, it didn't have such a happy ending and instead landed on a completely different planet full of magic. I'm not going to lie, when I first watched "Onward", what bothered me the most was that in this total fantasy world, all the technology they came up with was almost exactly the same as what we humans came up with, except, Obviously, they weren't on Earth because there are like two moons. How could that be, I wonder? How will this fit into the Pixar theory?

Are our smartphones and cars simply inevitable? No, as always, it affirms Pixar's theory. The reason the technology and "Onward" are so similar to Earth's technology is that it is from Earth. What happened is that one of the other star cruisers crashed on the planet "Onward" and all of their technology comes from that star cruiser, which is packed to the brim with the pinnacle of human technology. And I mean this makes sense, right? Like if a giant spaceship crashed in the middle of your magical utopia, you'd have to explore it and find out where it came from and what all its secrets were, right?

And guess what? Telling people where they come from is one of the things we know The Axiom can do. Not only that, but it is also equipped with powerful AI that can tell them how to make and build most things. And if only a few beings are capable of magic on your planet, you can see why it would be preferable to adopt technology that makes life easier for every troll, gnome, elf, dwarf, mermaid, and every other creature. But that's why the cars, planes, roads, snacks and infrastructure of the entire modern world in "Onward" are so similar to those on Earth.

I mean, they even have the same brand of TripleDent gum. I guess they just couldn't be bothered to think of a new one, stuck in their head forever. ♪ TripleDent Gum ♪ ♪ It will make you smile ♪ - This again? - But it should come as no surprise, The Axioms are products of BNL and they have no qualms about suggesting how their products should be treated. But you might be thinking, wait, wait, wait, wait. If BNL is so ubiquitous, shouldn't we see a BNL logo somewhere as at least a small sticker? No, I thought so too. But what you have to look at is the horizon, where you can see evidence of the crashed starship.

In the film, the brothers search for a mountain in the distance called Raven's Point. It turns out that this is not their true destiny, but it is ours. Because Raven's Point is not a mountain at all. The whole movie I was thinking, man, he looks so familiar. And that's when I looked at the plans for The Axiom. And guess what? It's a perfect fit. And you think, wait, wait, wait, wait. Are you telling me those ships are the size of the mountain? Oh yes, they are. These ships are absolutely huge and the size of a mountain.

And if you're wondering why it doesn't look like a spaceship anymore, it's because it's been there for hundreds of years, and in the meantime, it's been covered by nature. But anyway, back to Earth, where cars and apparently some crabs are running around because you may have noticed that in "Wall-E," the planet looks a lot more polluted than we see it in "Cars." You may also have wisely pointed out that there is a lot of plant life in "Cars" that the Eve drones should have been able to easily find and report back to the captain. Very, very good points, although both are explained quite easily.

First, the humans may have needed to leave long before the planet looked like it does on "Wall-E." And second, Eve probes may be sent specifically to places where there is no vegetation to determine if vegetation has returned to those places. But either way, it doesn't matter. Each Eve droid will return with plant life each time and it makes no difference because the AI ​​is programmed to never return anyway. She maintains her directive at all times to prevent the captain from finding out. As for the planet being so brown, well, I think that's probably because the only inhabitants of the planet for several centuries were cars.

But, of course, cars end up dying too. Look, here's poor Todd. It's a little strange that they leave that corpse in the shot. I'm right? (laughs) Car, you understand. But it's like we said, when there are no humans, there is no energy. Cars can survive for a while on fuel alone, but already in "Cars 2" there is already an energy crisis. But of course, we all know that's where "Wall-E" comes in and solves everything by finally giving a plant to the captain of The Axiom and returning the humans to Earth. - We can go home for the first time. -And what will become of humans after their return to Earth?

Well, it seems like they're starting to rebuild, but over time we know they turn into monsters. Now, we have always known that this was the case and for a long time our theory was that after returning there was still some leftover radiation or some of the contamination that reached the humans and eventually caused them to mutate into monsters. But with so many new movies, we now have a much better understanding of what really happened and how they became monsters. The answer is, of course, sea monsters. Look, even though all the surface humans are gone in The Axioms, that doesn't mean the sea monsters were ever gone.

The fact that the oceans were much larger than the surface probably allowed them to spread out and find shelter and survive for the intervening 700 years. I mean, we absolutely know if they don't have to live close to land or something thanks to Luca's creepy uncle. And this offers an alternative explanation for how those crabs survived during the age of cars. They were domesticated. But just as humans can now return to a now habitable planet, so too can sea monsters resurface above the surface. Where as always they continue to take the form of humans. And if our story about Alberto's parents is correct, then it means that sea monsters could procreate with humans and eventually create an entire race of monsters.

But of course, after that happens, it means that once again there are no humans left, which means an energy crisis, which is where we find the monsters in "Monsters Inc." - What are you doing'? - Mikey, there are no screams. They were walking. - In fact, what do we know they are harvesting to govern their cities? Oh yes, (laughs) human energy. Or more specifically human emotions or even more specifically human memories. Yes, here we go. Finally we have explained how the human being works as a source of energy. Oh, but wait, weren't you going to tell us how sea monsters came to be in the first place?

Yes, I am. I'll get there. Okay, shh, I'm talking about batteries. (chair creaking) I'm here. Well, if you remember the beginning of "Monsters Inc," there's a terrifying scarcity, which, if you ask me, doesn't make sense. I mean, we know that Sully and Randall are simultaneously close to breaking the all-time horror record. That means the two best scares of all time are running at the same time, side by side, on the scare floor. And somehow you are scarce. - Oh, children these days. They just don't get scared like they used to. - Indeed, Waternoose, indeed. The solution in the movie is to switch to the energy of laughter, which I present to you based on what I just said, it makes no sense.

If talent is at its highest, why is screaming at its lowest? Well, it's because of how the scare floor works, which is time travel. When the monsters pass through the doors, they enter the human world. But as we just established, the human world is your world. What the monsters are doing is simply accessing a point in history where humans existed because, as always, they need human energy to survive. As such, when they travel back in time to scare the children is important and we have a pretty good idea of ​​when they travel back thanks to some of the posters and toys in the children's rooms.

I mean, all these real posters promoting the opening of Disneyland in 1955. We also have this Jesse doll in Boo's room, which would have appeared along with Woody's Roundup, which also came out in the fifties and was super popular until... .Two words Sputnik. -Which, for the record, he went to space in 1957. So right at the right time. But here's the problem with the monster. They can only time travel for a certain amount of time, whichIt means that as time progresses in your world, it also moves at the same rate in the human world. So for example, let's say it's the year 3050 in the monster world and they are traveling back to 1950.

Then in 3051 they would travel back to 1951. So when Waternoose says, the kids just don't get scared like they used to. Furthermore, it is because he faces the ever-changing nature of children in the human world. Interestingly, the 1940s part of the human reign timeline is also when the supers were at the top of their game. - I'm at the top of my game. - Helen says that in an interview 15 years before the events of the movie "The Incredibles", where the need for supers has almost evaporated. Which explains why the screaming energy is fading and the laughing energy is increasing because it's the same time that Syndrome introduces AI into the world, which we know will then make everything much, much, much easier for humans in the future.

Before that, survivors were necessary because they were in constant danger all the time. It makes sense that what they needed was scream energy because fear was in constant supply. But over time, joy, not fear, becomes the dominant emotion. Do you see where we are going? Yes. "From the inside out." And this is exactly what we see inside Riley's head. If you look at his long-term memory, what's there is mostly joy. There is literally more joy to be reaped from these children because they have more happy memories and specifically no emotions. Emotions simply color memories. "Inside Out" also explains why children make better targets for energy harvesting than adults.

Because for the most part, all their memories have a single emotion, but when they grow up, they have more complex and mixed emotions, which would obviously be more difficult to harvest. And wow, let me tell you, since we last did a full Pixar theory video, I've personally had three kids and that's absolutely true. They feel one emotion at a time 100% and nothing in between. "Inside Out" also introduces us to the character Bing Bong, whose death is quite powerful. In Riley's mind, Bing Bong was a real being, not just a memory. Therefore, he can walk around freely instead of being contained within just an orb.

But he still spends most of the movie in this in-between state. It is a memory that is never invoked, but neither is it completely forgotten. And as such, he continues to exist until he finally falls victim to the memory dump. And interestingly, this exact phenomenon is the driving force behind the entire plot of "Coco." That's why it shouldn't surprise us that the City of the Dead seems like a much grander version of the inside of the human mind. The difference, of course, is that instead of looking at the memories of a single girl, we are now looking at the memories of several generations of the people of Mexico.

And yet, the rules are practically the same: once a year, as long as your family puts a photo of you in their offering, you can cross into the world of the living to receive gifts. This is similar to a memory being called to headquarters. ♪ TripleDent Gum ♪ ♪ It'll make you smile ♪ - But either way, whether you're a friend or not, as long as a single memory orb of you exists in the mind of anyone anywhere, you'll still be able to roam freely around the City of Death. One orb is all you need to stay alive in the afterlife, you know what I mean.

But if you forget completely, just like Bing Bong, you will experience final death. And right there, the concept of being remembered is the very goal of Pixar's theory of actively remembering those who came before you to look to the past as a guide to the future because those who are not forgotten are not actually gone. . And once you're aware of it, you'll start to notice that this theme permeates basically every Pixar film. In "Toy Story," the toys they most fear are that their owner will forget them because if they do, they will die. I mean, look at Wheezy, he's sick because he almost forgot about it and the seeker seeks a kind of immortality by being in a museum.

Bob Parr fears that if everyone forgets the good old days, then Mr. Incredible, his old self, will die too. Marlin's quest to save Nemo involves both remembering his wife and rescuing his son. Then we have Dory, who has short-term memory loss and dedicates an entire movie to showing how tragic forgetting can be. I mean, he could have found his parents and not even realized it. Arlo is controlled by guilt and the memory of his father's death and fears he will never make him proud until his ghost appears and tells him it's him and more. Barley is also controlled by his worst memory of not saying goodbye to his dad.

While Ian is driven by the desire to have some memories with his father. In "Ratatouille", Gusteau's memory is being torn apart and dragged through the mud and Remy tries to set the record straight. Joe is convinced that the only way to matter to anyone is as a great pianist, and instead he isolates everyone he cares about. Carl cannot let Ellie's memory die and carries her with him like literal luggage until he saves himself from her by remembering what he loved about her and how she would like him to live. On the other hand, cars, as machines, don't care about being remembered.

Doc and Lightning make fun of the legacy and it almost seems like AUTO is doing everything he can to prevent humans from remembering where they come from. But there's also Wall-E, whose love for humans and active memory of him gives life to a small plant. I mean, how else are you going to explain to me that the only plant near him managed to grow inside a refrigerator with no access to sunlight or water? It's almost like Wall-E has a soul. Oh, you think Wall-E is the one who landed 22? Great, great, great, great, great, great. I mean, 22 were on Earth for a day and spent the entire time collecting trash.

And what does Wall-E do all day? (laughs) Actually, on that note, as soon as the captain starts remembering Earth and all the passengers on the Axiom start remembering Earth, guess what happens to Earth? Plants everywhere. But meanwhile they had forgotten about that. (ominous crash) But eventually that brings us back to "Brave" right where we started, where the greatest memory of all lives in the witch's hut. On the back of her door there is a carving that has absolutely nothing to do with medieval Scotland and yet there it is, a carving of Sully. This is because the witch isn't just some random old woman, the witch is Boo. (epic rumble) Oh, you need more proof.

Well, for one thing, she's obsessed with bears and Sully looks like a giant bear. And that might be how she remembered him if you ever met him when she was a child. Two, she has a size of the Pizza Planet truck right here. And like? (laughs) How would I know what that is if it's not from the future? And three, where did Sully come from when she was a child? A magic door. And what does the witch have in her hut? A magic door. What a strange memory to haunt your entire life, right? You'd probably think you were going crazy, but part of you would always remember your adventure with a giant talking bear.

But was it just a dream? It must have been because giant talking bears don't exist, right? - People still talk about Panda-pocalypse 2002. - Oh, right? But they do it. And can you imagine how the news of Panda-pocalypse 2002 would affect the then adult Boo? Finding out that this kind of magic was real? Boo would have been about 47 at the time, just the age to have a teenage son, probably of Asian descent, probably dressed in flowers like her door because that's how people dress their kids, right? But I have to tell you, she looks a lot like Abby, Meilin's friend.

Which is bad news, it means that adult Boo is not a fan of 4*TOWN. - He called mine stripper music. -Just because he becomes fair doesn't mean she doesn't like him. But it probably means that she would have a lot of freedom to ask Meilin's family about the events of Panda-pocalypse 2002, since her daughter would have been very directly affected by it. I mean, at the very least, she could learn a lot about bear magic, which is the exact kind of magic we're interested in. I mean, going back to her woodworking shop, the amount of wood carving is nothing like the Giant Red Panda Sanctuary?

And if she also discovered time travel, something that is not in vain is clearly explained to her in the universal film of that time "Lightyear." - Sox, how long were we gone? - Meow meow meow meow meow meow. 22 years, 19 weeks and four days. -So she could have been the one who came back and gave Sun Yee the ability to transform into a panda in the first place, thus ensuring an infinite loop where her future self would always learn about magic. And she's good at this trick. In fact, it's the same trick she uses to ensure that Sully never experiences ultimate death.

To ensure Sully is never forgotten. Because again, all you need is a memory orb, right? But then how can you ensure that that never fades by going to the past and remembering something from the future, thus creating a permanent loop? As long as she stays here and sets the events of "Brave" in motion, she will ensure that the future will always happen. She will always be a girl again and she will meet Sully, who will grow up to go back in time and make sure the memory never dies. And believe it or not, this exact same trick also explains where sea monsters come from.

We finally got there. (clapping) (water splashing) That's how it works. We mentioned earlier that while humans were gone, sea monsters were able to thrive underwater. Once humans returned, the sea monsters would probably outnumber them and could eventually interbreed with them and create an entire race of monsters. But then, how did sea monsters get to Earth? Well, it's pretty simple. The first sea monster was simply a monster banished from the future. In fact, we already know for sure that there is at least one banished sea monster in "Monsters Inc." - Lochness, Bigfoot, the abominable snowman. They all have one thing in common, friend, exile. - Indeed.

Now, obviously Lochness is in Scotland and we're in Italy and those are different places, but that's not a big deal because obviously you can be banished to different places. - Welcome to the Himalayas. - Thank you Abominable. Yes, the Himalayas, which is where Mike and Sully are banished, showing that the monsters are happy to use the same door and location to banish multiple monsters. But still, you must be thinking, wow, they must have had to banish a lot of sea monsters, were they all just breaking the rules? No, don't forget, all sea monsters share a particular condition that would probably be a big concern to people in the monster world, which is that, above water, they look human.

And we all know how the monster world treats humans. - 2319, we have a 2319! (dramatic music) - So, really, banishment may not be the right word. It's more of a relocation, which would also explain why you would be banished to the Italian Riviera. They're not trying to punish you for looking like a human out of water. The people upstairs know that you're not really a threat, but you obviously can't live here. So live in this nice place. We'll even send everyone else who is like you to the same place. But once again, it's an example of how the future secures the present or the past, depending on how and when you want to look at it.

But the thing is, everything leads to the same future and that future is Sully and the memory of him will never be forgotten. And that's Pixar's theory. Court. Thank you all so much for watching our updated Pixar theory video. I'm not going to lie, it was a long writing session, but I hope you enjoyed it. The Pixar universe is so huge that it's a lot of fun to fill in all the gaps. Every time we have another movie, I'm like, I don't know how this is going to fit. But it always works, perfectly, and it's my favorite thing. (epic clash) If you have any other questions or fun Easter eggs you've seen in the Pixar universe.

Or do you just want to tell us what your favorite Pixar movie is? Let us know in the towel section below. But Ben, otherwise, until next time, I'll see you in another life brother. Oh, oh, also, at one time there was a colony of ants that lived next to a tree.