True story of Andy's mom (Toy Story mind asplosion)

[MetalJunkie]

https://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/02/24/toy-story-the-true-identity-of-andy-s-mom-makes-the-movie-more-epic-1247874#!xlqQy

It makes so much sense. The feels...

[JayOctavarium]

Mind Blown.

[Kotowboy]

Why are we only finding out now, 19 years later ?

[gmillerdrake]

Why are we only finding out now, 19 years later ?

To lay the foundation for the inevitable Prequals

[Perpetual Change]

So tired of online click bait.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

So tired of online click bait.

It's funny, I've seen this thing posted a dozen times, and refused to click it for just that reason.

[MetalJunkie]

Quit being party poopers. I found something I felt was interesting and thought I'd share it. That's it.

[Dark Castle]

It also makes a lot of pretty good points guys.

[gmillerdrake]

It also makes a lot of pretty good points guys.

It seems to have been thought out and not 'random'. I really think you'll see some prequels come from this. It'd open a whole new batch of toys up....different era....it'd be pretty cool.

[ddtonfire]

Expected this to be about AndyDT.

 

[bosk1]

It also makes a lot of pretty good points guys.

Yeah, it does.  I think he is off base on a few things, but it's actually a pretty good theory overall, and I suspect may have been intended by Pixar.

[Implode]

Cool idea!  Too bad that those red hats are completely different styles.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Quit being party poopers. I found something I felt was interesting and thought I'd share it. That's it.

Nah, man, it's not you personally. It's just there are a lot of these kinds of things always titled something like, "Shocking story! Click here to find out more!", and I'm like, "No, I won't click it. In fact, in a show of defiance, I refuse to click it. That'll teach 'em."

Futile gesture, but whatever, nothing new to me.

[bosk1]

Cool idea!  Too bad that those red hats are completely different styles.

What are you talking about?  They are pretty much identical.

[Sigz]

I saw this earlier today, it seems solid. For some reason though, I don't really consider it that mind blowing. I guess I just feel like the stories are so solid they don't really need some hidden plot point to really add value or meaning.

Still a really interesting theory though.

[Obfuscation]

Right away when he mentioned the hat and I saw the first picture I put the pieces together and it was fun to see that what it was. Makes me want to rewatch the movies again for the 100th time.

[Implode]

Cool idea!  Too bad that those red hats are completely different styles.

What are you talking about?  They are pretty much identical.

Hmmm. They have the same color, white thread around the end, and white ribbon (though it's missing on Andy's which is explained in the theory), but the styles themselves are different.





Both hats would be considered to be of the Gambler or Nevada style (wide flat brim with a low flat crown), however, Woody's and Andy's have pointed crowns while Jessie's has a rounded one. I guess they are more similar than I thought after looking through pictures. I thought Andy's hat had creases.

Either way, I'm just nitpicking which is pointless since this is just a cool headcanon anyway. I meant more as disappointment from it not being perfect rather than an outright criticism. Props to the person who thought of this. 

[Elite]

Expected this to be about AndyDT.

 

So did I.. Until I saw the words 'Toy Story' in the thread title.

[bosk1]

Cool idea!  Too bad that those red hats are completely different styles.

What are you talking about?  They are pretty much identical.

Hmmm. They have the same color, white thread around the end, and white ribbon (though it's missing on Andy's which is explained in the theory), but the styles themselves are different.





Both hats would be considered to be of the Gambler or Nevada style (wide flat brim with a low flat crown), however, Woody's and Andy's have pointed crowns while Jessie's has a rounded one. I guess they are more similar than I thought after looking through pictures. I thought Andy's hat had creases.

Either way, I'm just nitpicking which is pointless since this is just a cool headcanon anyway. I meant more as disappointment from it not being perfect rather than an outright criticism. Props to the person who thought of this. 

You are focusing on the wrong hats.  The point is that Andy's and Emily's are the same (other than the ribbon).  Jessie's is similar, but the fact that hers is not completely identical is explained by the fact that she is a toy and hers is a miniature hat.  But Andy's and Emily's appear to be identical.

[Implode]

The lightbulb just went on. Thanks.

[hefdaddy42]

Neat, but not as interesting as the Unified Pixar Theory.

[Orbert]

I, for one, buy it.  Andy's hat is Emily's old hat.  The lacing is the same, and you can see where the white band used to be.  I also find no holes in the theory.

Toy Story was originally a stand-alone movie (as such movies usually are), but when they went to create a sequel, they incorporated elements from the original.  This required going back to the original and studying it for things that they could tie-in.  The original poster on Andy's wall is "ABC Roundup", but that became "Woody's Roundup", an old black-and-white TV show.  ("ABC Roundup" is presumably a newer, color version that came back later, much like the Mickey Mouse Club and other kids shows do from time to time.)  Anyway, Andy's old hat didn't look like Woody's, but it was a cowboy hat and they used it as the basis for Jessie's hat.  Then someone got the idea of working it into the "When She Loved Me" sequence.  Perfect fit, and a great Easter egg.

[MetalJunkie]

Neat, but not as interesting as the Unified Pixar Theory.

Written by the same guy, though.

[Kotowboy]

i'm getting a bit bored of the whole "everything in the same universe" thing going around.

Someone is dressed as Yoda in ET and George Lucas put in some ET in Star Wars as an obvious joke / homage / nugget.

So that turns into ET is a Jedi !!!!1!!!ONE

Ridley Scott is saying that Blade Runner is in the same universe as Alien..

It's not cool or exciting tbh. It's a bit unimaginative. You're not gonna see Deckard fighting a Xenomorph.

[Orbert]

I thought the "ET is a Jedi" was interesting, but ultimately yeah, it was just a joke/homage gone a little nuts.

The idea that Blade Runner and Alien are in the same timeline is fine, though.  Ridley Scott created both, and it's up to him how he imagines the universe in which it all takes place.  If he sees the world of Blade Runner as the same world that eventually gives rise to the Weyland-Yutani corporation, that's his prerogative, and I do think it's kinda cool.

Isaac Asimov always imagined the world of the Robots novels to be the same one that eventually exists in the universe of the Foundation.  As an exercise, he even mapped out the timeline to see if it worked, and it did, so he eventually wrote stories that directly connected them.  Intellectuals do wacky things like that, just to do it.

[Kotowboy]

But ultimately meaningless unless you have characters from both franchises actually interacting.

Bob Zemckis might as well say that Forrest Gump and Back To The Future are in the same timeline.

It doesn't mean anything.

[King Postwhore]

"You can call anything, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" and label it.  I think someone is looking to avoid a lawsuit." - Richard Jeni

[Chino]

Neat, but not as interesting as the Unified Pixar Theory.

I just looked this up. My head hurts now. That's crazy.

[Ben_Jamin]

Neat, but not as interesting as the Unified Pixar Theory.

I just looked this up. My head hurts now. That's crazy.

And now you have to add Planes.

[Perpetual Change]

i'm getting a bit bored of the whole "everything in the same universe" thing going around.

Someone is dressed as Yoda in ET and George Lucas put in some ET in Star Wars as an obvious joke / homage / nugget.

So that turns into ET is a Jedi !!!!1!!!ONE

Ridley Scott is saying that Blade Runner is in the same universe as Alien..

It's not cool or exciting tbh. It's a bit unimaginative. You're not gonna see Deckard fighting a Xenomorph.

Welcome to typical online clickbait articles.

Basically, cool theories or observations under sensational titles like "This Will Change The Way You Think About (movie title) Forever!"

[Kotowboy]

THIS WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU TRHINK OF BACK TO THE FUTURE !!!

( just click three times to get to the actual article to be presented with something you knew already )

OMG!!! A TINY ELIJAH WOOD WAS IN BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 !!! AT THE END OF RETURN OF THE KING HE BECAME A TIME TRAVELLING HOBBITSES !!!

LORD OF THE RINGSES IS IS IN THE SAME UNIVERESESES AS BACK TO THE FUTURESES !!!!


OMG OMG BTTF 2 WAS THE MIDDLE FILM AND IT WAS SET ON EARTH.. IT ALL ADDSES UPS !!!

[rumborak]

Neat theory in the OP, but IMHO there's a much more likely theory: Lazy animators.

[Big Hath]

Neat theory in the OP, but IMHO there's a much more likely theory: Lazy animators.

I would say that's not likely at all.  The detail these guys go into for these stories/movies is insane.  Orbert's idea of making it fit in after the fact is much more likely.

[rumborak]

Eh. Pixar reuses models as much as every other animation company. E.g.



(first one A Bug's Life, second Monster Inc)
And the model for the woman inside the trailer is actually the model for the "automated child" that the scarers practice on.

[Dark Castle]

Uh Rumby, I'm pretty sure they do that because they like doing nods to their other films, and because it's really fun when you do notice stuff like that.