Elementary: This character from the new Pixar was already in Buzz Lightyear!

Starball, Luxo Jr.’s lamp, Pizza Planet’s truck, or even Code A113 (the class number of CalArts, California’s animation school): there are many recurring easter eggs integrated into each Pixar production. Among them, a more subtle detail that viewers have always been looking forward to: a hidden element of the decor that announces the upcoming project, which can be called “Pixar Cinematic Universe”.

Elementary, the new film from the studios, is no exception to the rule. Thus, in Buzz Lightyear, released in June 2022, we can see Flack – Wade in the original version, one of the main characters. elementary – as the face of mineral water brand “Wade Water”. We recognize the water hero by his light blue color and cheerful mood on the bottle in the dispenser.

This isn’t the first time studios are planning to announce a new movie this way. For example, in 2004’s The Incredibles, we remember a car with a dark blue outfit that resembled a certain Doc Hudson, Elvis McQueen’s future mentor from the movie Cars, which was released in 2006.

In Ratatouille, the shadow of the dog that threatened Remy the rat was the shadow of Doug, the dog that speaks oops. and in up there Exactly, in 2009, it was Lotso the teddy bear from Toy Story 3 (2010) who invited himself into the room of a little girl who was amazed by the passage of the “ball house” in front of her window!

Pixar isn’t about to stop, as the tradition continues now elementary. Thus, fans discovered a hint from the release of the movie’s trailer that announced an upcoming Pixar character named Elio. In a flashback scene that reveals Flack’s trauma as a child with a sponge, we can thus see a poster with the caption “Join the Space Club” (ie “Join the Space Club”), as well as the planet logo.

The element that leads to an intergalactic adventure directed by Adrian Molina and expected in French cinemas on February 28, 2024. While waiting to fly with this young guy, who has been named an ambassador for Earth despite the members of the interplanetary organization Communiverse, discover the first images in the video below!