46 Tiny Disney/Pixar Easter Eggs That'll Make Rewatching All Your Faves That Much More Fun

Apparently, there's a Cars version of the Ratatouille restaurant.

I don't know about y'all, but I absolutely love the way Pixar/Disney films hide little Easter eggs that reference each other.

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Of course, there's the super-obvious ones we all know about.

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But there's also a ton of tiny ones I never even noticed! Here are some of my favorites.

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In Toy Story 4 (2019), a plate at the antique store has the emblem of Merida's Clan from Brave (2011) on it. from MovieDetails

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In A Bug’s Life (1998), the circus train is named “Casey Jr", which is also the name of the train in Dumbo (1941). Plus, the Bug’s train was made by “J.Grant Bakery”…one of the writers of Dumbo was Joe Grant. from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 4 (2019), you can see WALL-E themed cups at the antique store. from MovieDetails

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The Pizza Planet Truck from the Original Toy Story movie(1995) makes a quick appearance in Cars 2 (2011). from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 2 (1999), the planet Buzz flies in is a modified version of the riverbed from A Bug's Life (1998). When modelers transformed the set, they didn't select the rocks which resulted in the floating rocks seen in the movie from MovieDetails

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Andy's room, from Toy Story 3 (2010), is full of Pixar Easter Eggs. To name some: there's a poster of Finn McMissile, from Cars 2 (2011), Pixar's (then) next movie; a Pixar University pinnant; a poster with a mosquito from A Bug's Life (1998), and a calendar with one of the punks from Cars (2006). from MovieDetails

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In Big Hero 6 (2014), in the scene when Hiro and Baymax are at the police station, the desk sergeant to whom they speak has pictures on his desk of the animal control officer Ester and the dog Bolt from the earlier Disney movie, Bolt (2008). from MovieDetails

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In Cars (2006), the driving montage shows birds sitting on a power line in reference to Pixar’s short film “For the Birds”. from MovieDetails

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In Monsters Inc (2001), Boo tries to give sully a Nemo Doll. Finding Nemo wouldn’t come out until 2003. from MovieDetails

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Finding Nemo (2003) has a Mr. Incredible comic one year before The Incredibles came out. from MovieDetails

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In Cars 2 (2011), in Paris you can see a restaurant called “Gastow's”. This is a direct reference to “Gusteau’s” restaurant from Ratatouille (2007). from MovieDetails

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Leroy & Stich (2006) Just before the final battle between Stitches cousins and an army of Leroys, Timon and Pumbaa can be seen in the background from MovieDetails

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In Meet the Robinsons (2007), you can see posters for Toy Story 2 and The Jungle Book at the baseball field. from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 2 (1999), Al's Toy Barn is selling toys from A Bug's Life (1998). from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 4 (2019), there is a quick cameo from one of Pixar's first projects, Tin Toy (1988). from MovieDetails

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In WALL-E (2008), you can see an advert for "Eggman Movers", a moving company from Toy Story (1995). from MovieDetails

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In Soul (2020), you can see an advert for "Brang" on the train. This is the company that Riley's dad works for in Inside Out (2015). from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 4 (2019), one of the carnival prizes is the guitar from Coco (2017). from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 2 (1999) a still from A Bug's Life appears on the calendar in the background. from MovieDetails

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The dog’s toy in Disney’s short Out (2020) is Wheezy from Toy Story(1995). from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 3 (2010) there is a postcard from Carl and Ellie from Up (2009) in Andys room from MovieDetails

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In Cars (2006), Dinoco is a sponsor. Dinoco is a gas station in Toy Story (1995). from MovieDetails

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In The Princess and the Frog (2009) King Triton from the Little Mermaid (1989) appears as a parade float at Mardi Gras. from MovieDetails

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In Tangled (2010), a book version of The Little Mermaid (1989) can be seen towards the top of the screen on the chair. from MovieDetails

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In the beauty and the beast (1991), the mobster that the wardrobe dresses has Ariel's bikini top in the little mermaid (1989) from MovieDetails

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In the Princess and the Frog (2009), the flying carpet from Aladdin (1992) makes an appearance in New Orleans. from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 4 (2019), the Tiki Heads from Finding Nemo (2003) appear on a pinball machine. from MovieDetails

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One of the daycare kids in Toy Story 3 (2010) wears a Lightning McQueen 95 shirt: from MovieDetails

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The carpet from the song "How Far I'll Go" in the movie Moana (2016), is a replica of Aladdin's magic carpet from Aladdin (1992) from MovieDetails

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In Moana (2016), Tamatoa may have had help collecting all of his treasures... he has the Genie’s lamp from Aladdin. from MovieDetails

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Mulan (1998) reference in Lilo and Stitch (2002). from MovieDetails

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In Lilo & Stitch, there's a restaurant in the background called "Mulan Wok" from MovieDetails

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Rewatching Tarzan (1999), you can spot Mulan (1998)'s "Little Brother" Dog plushie fall out of the professor's pockets when the apes turn him upside down. Happy Easter! from MovieDetails

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In Mulan (1998), Mulan mentions 'Punctual' as one of the desirable qualities in a bride. This is a callback to Aladdin when the Genie accidentally tells him to say 'Punctual' from MovieDetails

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In Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Hei Hei from Moana can be seen when Raya first gets to Talon. from MovieDetails

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In Treasure Planet (2002), you can see a Stitch toy in Jim's bedroom. from MovieDetails

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In Up (2009), just after the house takes flight, you can see Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear (Toy Story 3) near the bed as the house passes by. from MovieDetails

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Toy story 2(1999). Before Andy leaves for cowboy camp, Mrs potato head can be seen looking at a book with Flick and Dot, from 1998s Bugs life. from MovieDetails

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In Toy Story 3 (2010) the batteries used in Buzz Lightyear are made by ‘Buy N Large’ - the same company that made Wall-E from MovieDetails

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In Monsters Inc (2001), you can see a clown fish on a screen at Harryhausen's, a reference to Finding Nemo (2003). from MovieDetails

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In Inside Out (2015), you can see Collette from Ratatouille (2007) on a magazine cover. from MovieDetails

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In Cars 3 (2017), one of the cars is sponsored by "Triple Dent gum". This is a brand of gum from Inside Out (2015). from MovieDetails

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In Onward (2020), one of the Pixie Dusters is seen buying a pack of Tripledent, the brand of gum whose commercial jingle amusingly triggers Riley’s Anger emotion in Inside Out (2015) from MovieDetails

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Finding Nemo reference in Inside Out (2015); one of the board games in Imagination Land is called “Find Me” and it has a small clownfish on it. from MovieDetails

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In Inside Out (2015), Bing Bong's bag contains a trumpet, anchor, sink and cat. All elements in Pete Doctor's next film Soul (2020) from MovieDetails

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In Onward (2020), you can see a "Dorothea Williams" album on a shelf. This was an early easter egg for Soul (2020). from MovieDetails

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