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Hidden Secrets in Pixar's "UP"
Pixar loves to hide Easter eggs in their films, little references to movies and characters from the animation studio's past and future.
So, we put together a compilation of Up easter eggs, be warned that this article references scenes from the film which may be considered spoilers.
- John Ratzenberger has made an appearance in every since Pixar movie to date. He's considered the animation studio's good luck charm. He appeared as Hamm in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, PT Flea in A Bug's Life, the Abominable Snowman in Monsters, Inc, the Moonfish school in Finding Nemo, the Underminer in The Incredibles, Mack in Cars, Mustafa in Ratatouille, and John the human in Wall-E.
In Up he voices the construction worker from the first act of the film named Construction Foreman Tom. - A113: What started as an inside joke of CalArts alumni (a reference to the classroom number that was used by Animation students, including John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, Pete Docter) has been present in not only every Pixar film, but Disney movies, Iron Giant, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, Powerpuffgirls and Tinytoon Adventures.
- Carl's court summons features the number 94070, which is the zip code for San Carlos, CA, a city in Northern California not far from Pixar. Bradford "Brad" Lewis who produced Pixar's Ratatouille and is directing Cars 2, was a former mayor of the city.
- If you look really hard at some of the construction equipment on the construction site surrounding Carl's house, you might notice the Buy N Large logo, the fictional corporation from WALL-E. Also, the numbers on one of the machines reads L-R 1572, which is Up art director Lou Romano's birthday (April 15, 1972).
- The Pizza Planet Truck has appeared in almost every Pixar film so far. Disney has actually put real Pizza Planet restaurants at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland Paris. In Up, it appears twice. Once when Carl's house is first lifed into the air and another time at the Ice Cream parking lot at the end of the movie. The first appearance is actually a different type of Pizza Planet car, not the usual truck featured in the other Pixar films.
- They often like to include characters from their upcoming films in the backgrounds of the frame. For example, Boo's fish toy in Monsters Inc ended up being the title character of Finding Nemo. A kid in the doctor's office in Finding Nemo was reading a comic book of The Incredibles. WALL-E appeared in 2D on the Ratatouille DVD short film Your Friend the Rat. And Up's Dug the dog appeared in silhouette in Brad Bird's Ratatouille chasing Remy through the walls of a building. A new character from Toy Story 3 is hidden in one of the scenes of Up. The cute little pink teddy bear underneath the bed of sequence where Carl's house floats by a child's bedroom window. Up producer Jonas Rivera confirmed recently that "under her bed is one of the new stars of 'Toy Story 3'." RUMOR has it that the bear's name is Lotso and that he will be one of the antagonists in Toy Story 3. If this is true, chances are he'll be one of the toys at the day care center where Woody, Buzz and crew are relocated. No word on the character's name just yet, or which actor or animator will be providing the bear's voice.
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