Pixar Theory Timeline (headcanon)

This is my attempt at a full Pixar Theory timeline, complete with all Pixar shorts (movie related or otherwise), the Sparkshorts, and the Win or Lose TV show. This is a work in progress.

Simplified Timeline:

Before time - 22 vs Earth [Great Before]
13.8 billion years ago - Day & Night
??? - Elemental
??? - The Good Dinosaur
??? - Piper
??? - Burrow
??? - The Legend of Mor'du
??? - Brave
??? - Boundin'
16XX - One Man Band
19XX - Self
192X - Presto
195X - Mr. Incredible and Pals [In-Universe Show] (link)
1958 - NSA Audio Files (link)
1964 - La Luna
1968 - Luca
1968 - Ciao Alberto
1969 - Mr. Incredible and Pals Commentary by Mr. Incredible and Frozone (link)
1969 - Dancing Bob (link)
1969 - The Incredibles Teaser (link)
1969 - The Incredibles
1969 - Jack-Jack Attack
1969 - TV Remote (link)
1969 - Lifted
1969 - Incredibles II
1969 - Auntie Edna
1969 - Ratatouille
1969 - The Nomanisan: A Top Secret Redevelopment Plan (link)
1970 - Pixar Popcorn 1x06 - "Chore Day - The Incredible Way"
1970 - Pixar Popcorn 1x10 - "Cookie Num Num"
197X - The Blue Umbrella
197X - Partly Cloudy
??? - Incredibles III **
1977 - Dug's Special Mission
1977 - Up
1977 - George & A.J.
1978 - Dug Days 1x01 - "Squirrel!"
1978 - Dug Days 1x02 - "Puppies"
1978 - Dug Days 1x03 - "Smell"
1978 - Dug Days 1x04 - "Flowers"
1978 - Dug Days 1x05 - "Science"
1978 - Carl's Date
1986 - Luxo Jr.
1987 - Red's Dream
1988 - Tin Toy
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
19XX -Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x01 - "The Torque Armada" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x02 - "Gravitana" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x03 - "XL" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x04 - "Little Secrets" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x05 - "Inside Job" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x06 - "NOS-4-A2" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x07 - "The Planet Destroyer" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x08 - "The Beasts of Karn" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x09 - "Tag Team" [In-Universe Show]
19XX - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 1x10 - "Main Event" [In-Universe Show]
1994 - Lightyear [In-Universe Movie]
1994 - Toy Story
1995 - Toy Story 2
199X- Geri's Game
2002 - Turning Red
2003 - Knick Knack
2003 - A Bug's Life
2004 - Toy Story 3
2004 - Toy Story Toons: Small Fry
2004 - Inside Out
2004 - Riley's First Date
2004 - Finding Nemo
2004 - Dory's Reef Cam
2004 - Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation
2005 - Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex
2005 - Finding Dory
2005 - Pixar Popcorn 1x03 - "Dory Finding"
2006 - Dream Productions 1x01 - "Part 1: The Dream Team" [In-Universe Docuseries]
2006 - Dream Productions 1x02 - "Part 2: Out of Body" [In-Universe Docuseries]
2006 - Dream Productions 1x03 - "Part 3: Romance!" [In-Universe Docuseries]
2006 - Dream Productions 1x04 - "Part 4: A Night to Remember" [In-Universe Docuseries]
2006 - Inside Out 2
2006 - Toy Story of Terror!
2006 - Toy Story: That Time Forgot
2007 - Toy Story 4
2007 - Pixar Popcorn 1x05 - "Fluffy Stuff with Ducky and Bunny: Love"
2007 - Pixar Popcorn 1x08 - "Fluffy Stuff with Ducky and Bunny: Three Heads"
2007 - Forky Asks a Question: What is Money?
2007 - Forky Asks a Question: What is a Friend?
2007 - Forky Asks a Question: What is Art?
2007 - Forky Asks a Question: What is Time?
2007 - Forky Ask a Question: What is Love?
2007 - Forky Asks a Question: What is a Computer?
2007 - Forky Asks a Question: What is Reading?
2007 - Pixar Popcorn 1x01 - "To Fitness and Beyond"
2009 - Toy Story 5 **
2014 - Win or Lose 1x07 - "I Got It"
2014 - Win or Lose 1x02 - "Blue"
2014 - Win or Lose 1x03 - "Raspberry"
2014 - Win or Lose 1x01 - "Coach's Kid"
2014 - Win or Lose 1x05 - "Steal"
2014 - Win or Lose 1x04 - "Pickle"
2014 - Win or Lose 1x06 - "Miked Signals"
2014 - Win or Lose 1x08 - "Home"
2014 - Sanjay's Super Team
2017 - Bao
2017 - Coco
2017 - Pixar Popcorn 1x07 - "Day in the Life of the Dead"
201X - Coco 2 **
2019 - Kitbull
2019 - Float
2020 - Loop
2020 - Out
2021 - Nona
2021 - Twenty Something
2021 - Soul
2021 - Pixar Popcorn 1x04 - "Soul of the City"
20?? - Purl
??? - Smash and Grab
??? - Wind
??? - For the Birds
??? - Cars
??? - Mater and the Ghost Light
??? - Cars Toon: Rescue Squad Mater
??? - Cars Toon: Mater the Greater
??? - Cars Toon: El Materdor
??? - Cars Toon: Tokyo Mater
??? - Cars Toon: Unidentified Flying Mater
??? - Cars Toon: Monster Truck Mater
??? - Cars Toon: Heavy Metal Mater
??? - Cars Toon: Moon Mater
??? - Cars Toon: Mater Private Eye
??? - Cars 2
??? - Cars Toon: Air Mater
??? - Planes
??? - Planes: Fire & Rescue
??? - Cars Toon: Time Travel Mater
??? - Cars Toon: Hiccups
??? - Cars Toon: Bugged
??? - Cars Toon: Spinning
??? - Cars Toon: The Radiator Springs 500 ½
??? - Cars 3
??? - Cars on the Road 1x01 - "Dino Park"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x02 - "Lights Out"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x03 - "Salt Fever"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x04 - "The Legend"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x05 - "Show Time"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x06 - "Trucks"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x07 - "B-Movie"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x08 - "Road Rumblers"
??? - Cars on the Road 1x09 - "Gettin' Hitched"
??? - Untitled Cars Project **
??? - Pixar Popcorn 1x02 - "Unparalleled Parking"
??? - Pixar Popcorn 1x09 - "Dancing With Cars"
??? - Onward
2815 - WALL-E
2815 - BURN-E
??? - Lava
??? - Monsters University
??? - Party Central
??? - Mike's New Car
??? - Monsters Inc.
??? - Monsters at Work 1x01 - "Welcome to Monsters, Incorporated"
??? -Monsters at Work 1x02 - "Meet MIFT"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x03 - "The Damaged Room"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x04 - "The Big Wazowskis"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x05 - "The Cover Up"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x06 - "The Vending Machine"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x07 - "Adorable Returns"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x08 - "Little Monsters"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x09 - "Bad Hair Day"
??? - Monsters at Work 1x10 - "It's Laughter They're After"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x01 - "A Monstrous Homecoming"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x02 - "The C.R.E.E.P. Show"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x03 - "Setting the Table"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x04 - "Opening the Doors"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x05 - "It's Coming From Inside the House!"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x06 - "Field of Screams"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x07 - "Monsters in the Dark"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x08 - "Lights! Camera! Chaos!"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x09 - "Descent Into Fear"
??? - Monsters at Work 2x10 - "Powerless"

Detailed Timeline:

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I've added a few extra stuff I can definitively place on the timeline, though it is definitely not limited to that

Well, I'm going to have to buy DVDs for all the Pixar movies for any extras that aren't on Disney+ for whatever reason

Dallas Kinard said:

Well we know it's the 1960s since Edna talks about the 50s and then we get 15 years later on screen, so I think we can take any evidence of a 1960s placement as factual.

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I'd say '60s is definitely correct. I just wouldn't use newspapers to back it up. (Moving this to the main thread)

I'd also say that any NSA tapes with tampered/changed audio should be placed after the others in the timeline

I just want to point out that, although I mentioned calendars are unreliable, because the one Insurance Guy has aligns with the 1955 Elastigirl date, it's more reliable than the others and can be cross-referenced

styphlcccs said:

I just want to point out that, although I mentioned calendars are unreliable, because the one Insurance Guy has aligns with the 1955 Elastigirl date, it's more reliable than the others and can be cross-referenced

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Sorry, newspapers are unreliable, brain fart moment I guess

I've added a few more movies I can definitively place to the timeline. Though, I do have one burning question: do I include all Pixar content, or just what connects to the movies

From doing a bit of research, I found a video of someone explaining all the shorts into the Pixar Theory, though they say the Sparkshorts don't fit in any way. Guess I have to do that myself

I've added the shorts I can immediately add to the timeline, though for the detailed timeline Lava is gonna be a pain due to it taking place over millions of years as tectonics shift the shapes of the volcanoes, so I'll have to split it up between movies in less that seconds of its time. I've always been good at maths, though this'll be horrible to calculate. It also pushes when humans should've left Earth to millions of years in the future (or I guess the time spent as barely an island the female volcano was ruined by trash, then when they come back and clean up he comes back up again)

I found what I believe to be the Teaser, as I don't recall it happening in the movie

After doing research for Elio, I realised Luca most likely takes place in 1969 (they watch the space landing in the credits, and the technological advancements align with this time period), so I guess that definitively places it in the same year as tons of Incredibles content…

I've added Luca in at 1968, a year before the moon landing, since we see them watching it happen in drawing form in the end credits. I've put the "Ciao Alberto" short shortly afterwards (pun not intended) and the La Luna short 4 years before it. This is because the father in that appears to be the same person as the father in Luca, and the child in it touches the moon, where in that context it could be considered "scaly", meaning it could be Alberto. It also explains why they accepted sea monsters so quickly, and why the father is awkward throughout the movie, since he sees his lost son in Alberto (not realising it's him)

Currently watching Toy Story for dates, and while I cannot get images right now (I'm watching it on Disney+) he appears to have a SNES (or a Pixar variant of it) in the living room, which released in America on August 23, 1991. The N64, the next big Nintendo console, released in America on September 29, 1996, so the movie most likely takes place in the '90s, after August 23 1991

Rex says "I thought [Sid] was at Summer Camp", placing the movie in Summer. They also have a November '95 licence plate, placing the movie in summer of '96

styphlcccs said:

I've added Luca in at 1968, a year before the moon landing, since we see them watching it happen in drawing form in the end credits. I've put the "Ciao Alberto" short shortly afterwards (pun not intended) and the La Luna short 4 years before it. This is because the father in that appears to be the same person as the father in Luca, and the child in it touches the moon, where in that context it could be considered "scaly", meaning it could be Alberto. It also explains why they accepted sea monsters so quickly, and why the father is awkward throughout the movie, since he sees his lost son in Alberto (not realising it's him)

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I'm sorry, I don't understand your explanation for La Luna, could you elaborate?

Finding Nemo falls over a few days. The prologue is in 2001, 3 years before the main events, which are in 2004. Again, I can't get screenshots right now, but the first day Nemo's in the dentist office, a calendar can be seen marking the date as November 8. Later in the movie, the dentist buys an Aquascum, which is copyrighted to 2003. The earliest year that has November falling on a Monday (as the calendar says) is 2004, so this lines up pretty nicely, with the events of the movie taking place around then. However, 2 days later, the calendar still reads November 8. 2 days later, however, the calendar reads November 12, the girl's birthday. This assumes it is an intentional detail, unlike the newspaper dates in The Incredibles

Rojinn said:

I'm sorry, I don't understand your explanation for La Luna, could you elaborate?

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Ok, so the father in La Luna looks the same as the father in Luca, only with an arm. They touch the moon, and it's coated with stars ~30cm in diameter. In Luca, Alberto has no father, Emily's father has one arm, and Alberto says he touched the moon, saying it felt "scaly". Furthermore, La Luna and Luca had the same director, so this may have been a deliberate decision