The Pixar Theory

When I can, I will post things about Pixar or musicals, two of the three of my favorite types of entertainment (comedy is the other). Today, to start off, I will share with you the theory of all theories: The Pixar Theory. This is a theory that basically says that all Pixar movies are connected in one timeline, starting with The Good Dinosaur and ending in Monsters Inc. A man genius named John Negroni came up with this theory, and it is my pleasure to pass it on to you, my fellow bloggers. Let's get started:

The timeline has three main sections: humans, animals, and AI (artificial intelligence). It starts off with The Good Dinosaur, then comes Brave, which explains why some animals in the Pixar universe act like humans. Next, The Incredibles and Toy Story 1 and 2, which introduce the beginning of the rise of AI. In The Incredibles, with Syndrome's Omnidroid, and in the Toy Story franchise as the toys come to life. It also comes up in Toy Story that the toys need humans to stay alive. During these movies, including Toy Story 3, toys, and AI in general, start to become fed up with how the humans treat them.

The next movies are Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3, and Up. In these movies (excluding Inside Out and Toy Story 3, which was addressed with Toy Story 1 and 2), the rise of the animals occurs. In Finding Nemo, for example, we see a father fish get his son back from humans. Inside Out shows why AI and monsters need humans for energy: their emotions. It is also important to note that Up is the first time BnL shows up, a company that eventually takes over the world, and has a more important role in Wall•E.

The timeline now skips about 100 years to the year 2110, when the Cars franchise takes place. Here, there are no humans left, just AI in the form of cars. All of the humans are on a spaceship called the Axiom, which appears in the next movie, Wall•E. Here, we see that BnL has taken over Earth and humans. When the humans return, they begin a life that allows other life forms to come back too, like bugs. Yes, A Bug's Life takes place way in the future. But really, that's not that hard to imagine, as these bugs live in cities, and are inventing things. This leaves the last two Pixar movies in the timeline: Monsters University and Monsters Inc. According to the theory, animals evolved into monsters because of radiation caused by BnL, and accidentally wiped humans off the face of the planet. They realized that they needed humans, namely their screams (and eventually laughter), so they went back in time to retrieve it. This leads us to Boo.

I love Boo, and she's my second favorite character, behind Edna Mode. No capes! Anyway, according to Negroni, Boo never forgets Sully and spends the rest of her life looking for him. She eventually figures out how to time travel, using wooden doors. She goes back to the source of all magic, the will-of-the-wisps (Brave). There are references to her in the witch's hut in Brave, including wood carvings of Sully and the Pizza Planet truck. Although she knows how to travel through time, she doesn't know how to determine what time period she will go to. Therefore, there is speculation that Boo is the one planting easter eggs (references) throughout all the Pixar movies because she has been accidentally going through different time periods. So this means Boo must be the witch in Brave, connecting the whole Pixar timeline.

There you go! The Pixar Theory makes so much sense, it just has to be true. I, personally, believe it. John Negroni really is a pure genius. As Pixar releases new movies, the timeline becomes more and more complex and fun to think about. The conspiracy theorist in me makes me bring a notepad and pencil to every Pixar movie, and I take notes about the different easter eggs. At the end, I write how I think it fits into The Pixar Theory. I hope this changed how you watch Pixar movies for the better. Watch closely, and maybe you can come up with a theory of your own!