All the Pixar Easter eggs on the lab chalkboard in Hoppers - what did I miss?
Saw Hoppers today and the scientists’ brainstorming chalkboard is packed with what look like nods to other Pixar films. Wanted to compare notes.
What I’m pretty sure I spotted:
• IDEA #113 - Talking Dog Collar (center): this has to be Dug from Up. Translates canine thoughts into human language, has a dial for ENG/SPN/JPN.
• IDEA #8 - Cleaning robot with treadmills/claws (top left) and IDEA #12 - Robot with polishing tool (right): WALL-E. Possibly two separate nods though - the polishing one feels more like M-O than WALL-E himself.
• IDEA #52 - Human head with arrow to a car (top right): hopping consciousness into a car = Cars.
• IDEA #92 - Robot feline / emotional support animal (left), with the sticky note literally saying “Feline Android ‘Sox’”: Sox from Lightyear.
Stuff I think is also a reference but want a second opinion on:
• IDEA #43 - “Harness energy thru vocalization” (bottom right): battery, pressurized canister, “human vocal range 90-255 Hz” sticky note. This reads like Monsters, Inc. to me - scream energy, then laugh energy. Anyone agree?
• IDEA #4 - row of animal heads (bottom left): giraffe, ginger cat, dog, bear. The bear specifically - is this a wink to director Daniel Chong’s We Bare Bears, or am I reaching?
• IDEA #206 - “What if we trained dogs to fly? Too far. Too far”: feels like a self-aware gag. Maybe a sneaky callback to Dug floating with the house in Up? Or Planes?
Questions for the sub:
- Anyone catch refs I missed? I couldn’t find anything for Toy Story, Incredibles, Ratatouille, Inside Out, Coco, Soul, Luca, Turning Red, or Elemental.
- What does “Demichian consciousness possible??” on the green sticky note actually say - did anyone get a better read on that handwriting?
- The numbered ideas (#4, #8, #12, #43, #52, #92, #113, #206) - is there a pattern? Pixar feature numbers? Release order? Or am I seeing things that aren’t there?
If anyone has a clearer screencap, drop it - my phone photo from Apple TV is rough.