Pixar Theory Timeline (headcanon)

[stphylcccs]

Oh, I'm also removing the "white space" shorts since they're clearly not meant to be canon. IDK what I was thinking including those. That also allows for the Mater's Tall Tales rewriting the universe theory, which seems the most logical (despite how outlandish it seems at face value)

 

[stphylcccs]

Immediately it seems like this is set mid-autumn, based on the foliage

 

[stphylcccs]

Well, that was a flashback. Still seems to be set in August, though. There were a couple number plates, but they were too blurry

 

[stphylcccs]

Well, the protagonist is 19, if ever they give an age for the flashback that'll be real helpful. There was also a brief montage to her hating on the mayor but that seems to all be very recent

 

[stphylcccs]

They have a We Bare Bears toy on their windowsill, so anytime after March 2015

 

[stphylcccs]

This is quite hard to make out, but I believe it says "Aug 23"

 

[stphylcccs]

Well, the technology is screaming 60s/70s… I guess it's another Ratatouille…

 

[stphylcccs]

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This is quite hard to make out, but I believe it says "Aug 23"

Reevaluating this, I suppose it could be Aug 63

 

[stphylcccs]

Protag falls, wakes up and it's evidently spring… not even just an error on the animator's part, she's just as surprised as I am

 

[stphylcccs]

Nope, apparently I'm just stupid

 

[stphylcccs]

The technology in this movie is really inconsistent…

 

[stphylcccs]

The infamous chalk board with the "put brains in cars" diagram is actually just a bunch of Pixar references. There's WALL-E, the cat from Lightyear, the dog collars from Up, safe to say none of this works from a timeline perspective, assuming this was all thought up by one person, so I'm still going with the Mater's Tall Tales approach

 

[stphylcccs]

The end of the movie is a flash forward to graduation - so 4 years later. The mid credit and post credit scenes both take place before then, since they directly follow up on the events of the main part of the movie. Assuming Mabel's starting middle school in the intro (not sure how to explain it, I just get those vibes from the dialogue) that places the intro 8 years before the main events in August 2015, then the rest of the movie in August 2023, including the post credit scenes, then the ending in June 2027

 

[stphylcccs]

Unfortunately I can't edit right now, but assume I'm making all those changes.

 

[Oliveoil2]

I'm sorry because I know you're getting annoyed at people bringing it up but Ratatouille just plain doesn't happen in the 60's despite the general vibes of it. There's few bit's of actual date evidence in the movie, but those that does point to 2007. Especially the letter written two years before the events of the movie which is dated 2005. I've read your reasoning and I do agree with it, the actual physical evidence (a major plot point) says otherwise.

 

[stphylcccs]

I'm sorry because I know you're getting annoyed at people bringing it up but Ratatouille just plain doesn't happen in the 60's despite the general vibes of it. There's few bit's of actual date evidence in the movie, but those that does point to 2007. Especially the letter written two years before the events of the movie which is dated 2005. I've read your reasoning and I do agree with it, the actual physical evidence (a major plot point) says otherwise.

Ratatouille released in 2007. The date was clearly added by someone on the design team who just needed to put something down. I'm going to assume the movie takes place when it was intended to take place, not based of a design mistake