Pixar Theory Timeline (headcanon)

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Since Mama Coco is 100 years old, that places the movie in late September/early October, 2018.

 

[Megatron]

Remember the Wall-E comics!

 

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Remember the Wall-E comics!

There are WALL-E comics??? I knew there were Incredibles ones, but they were retconned by Incredibles II sadly (I can do them as an alternate universe I guess)

 

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I'm currently waiting on an order for the Elastigirl prequel book, so that should be good

 

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After 6 days, Ratatouille does a montage, which takes place over what seems to be a few days, but since Alfredo reads a newspaper that was already shown previously, it would be the same day (until nightfall, then the day after). Linguini gets a lot of press in this time, but him being Gusteau's son is a big revelation, so I wouldn't doubt he could get a lot in 1-2 days.

 

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The young Ego flashback is pretty hard to place, but I'm going to assume he's 10 in the flashback, and in his 50s in the present day. Because of this, I'm placing the flashback in the '30s

 

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Remmie says he had to let out Alfredo and the inspector "eventually" so I'm assuming that's the next day (day 9), then by the next day they went out of busitess. Based on the mannerisms of the rats/humans in the epilogue, I'm going to say it's been a year, and is September 1970, after the Incredibles Pixar Popcorn episodes

 

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Your Friend the Rat seems to take place in the same universe as Alex Bale's Pixar Metaverse Theory, though I'll date it now anyway. The dates for the illustrations are pretty easily dated (they're historic events). Since it's presented as a documentary, I'll place it at its release date.

 

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Just watched the Coco Pixar Episode, and it definitely takes place after Coco, but there's a calendar that says "November 2017" on it. This isn't too bad, since the only change moving Coco to 2017 would be is either having Mama Coco's age at 99, or having her be born in 1917, both of which are fine outcomes. Either way, I'm moving it back a year, then putting the Popcorn episode just after it (Day of the Dead is early November)

 

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I've added Onward to the timeline. Don't know why I hadn't added it previously

 

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Win or Lose immediately stats with a flash forward, before placing the show "1 week earlier". I've never seen it before, but I imagine it showed the finale episode, so the entire show takes place within the span of a week.

They do a "you'll get ''em next time" montage, which I'd usually say is one per game, but I'm pretty sure it's meant to be over the span of one game.

Very quickly Win or Lose throws out any doubts that it's 'just a sports show" since there's some sweat-monster-thing that seems to represent their anxiety. I'd say if Riley didn't calm down by the end of Inside Out 2, they probably would have developed one. It's hard to explain, I'd watch the show instead.

It also seems as though each episode is over the same events (kinda like that one AOS episode from Season 1 where they're on the train) which will be horrible for a detailed timeline but whatever.

The teacher says "No yeeting" as a do-not in a test, yet nobody really responded, so I'm assuming it takes place in the height of when "yeet" was slang (2014).

Frank seems to have had a past relationship with someone, and I've no idea where I'd place those.

I'm posting this before I finish episode 3, but I have one small problem, from a timeline perspective. WHY DID THEY MINIMALISE IT SO THAT YOU CAN'T READ BACKGROUND TEXT OR ALIGN CALENDARS

 

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Well, someone sells a pair of shoes on eBid, which was also in Toy Story of Terror, so I guess that connects it to the Pixar Theory

 

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Episode 6 has a lot of parallels to Inside Out, specifically with the Islands of Personality (I forgot what they're called)

 

[Dallas Kinard]

@Dallas Kinard I'm just wondering what your reasoning for placing the NSA Files in the same year as Incredibles, and placing the Popcorn episodes 1 year after Incredibles II, are?

Honestly not sure. I think it may have to do with the last film being in October and the weather not seeming like it matched. I could be wrong about those placements.

 

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Honestly not sure. I think it may have to do with the last film being in October and the weather not seeming like it matched. I could be wrong about those placements.

That's fair

 

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I'm placing Win or Lose in October 2014, since it seems to be the end of the Baseball season, and the foliage somewhat matches

 

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The "grounds" Coach "makes" shares a resemblance to the Great Before, and he's clearly in the Zone, connecting it to Soul too

 

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Turning Red starts with a montage, with the first and last dates being given, but the rest of it being somewhat obscure. The first is Chinese New Year 1994, then counting one year per picture it takes you to 2003, not far off from the Chinese New Year 2002 date it gives for Day 1 of the movie (nice, an actual date just served on a platter.) I'm going to assume going the 2 last ones, where Mae looks the same age, have her at the same age. Chinese New Year 2002 is 12-26 February, with a red moon occurring in that year, on May 26. Sadly, I feel as though I have to disregard the Chinese New Year date, since it isn't mentioned anywhere in the movie.

 

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There were 2 Lunar Eclipses in 2002, one in May, and one in November. Neither of these were blood moons, however there was one in November 2003, which lines up with pictures in the montage, and a sign saying it's Canadian Indigenous People History Month (June).

Despite this, they say the next red moon with be the 25th, which is the May 2002 lunar eclipse. Mei says it's "A whole month away", which would place it in April, however on Mei's calendar she shows while planning how to make $800 to see 4•Town, there is an X on May 1, so days 1-2 are April 29/30, then Day 3 is Wednesday 1 May. That same scene cuts off to Mei's mum, with a calendar still reading April, however I am going to take the more deliberate calendar as more accurate.

A little way through into the montage, it shows 6 days have passed since the first. It later shows 9 days have passed (3 days after the first calendar). A vhs video in the montage reads "05/11/2002" placing it the day after.

After the montage, Mei says the concert is "this Saturday." The earliest this places this scene, is the 13th. Tyler says his party is "this Friday" placing it on the 17th.

The final events take place on (of course) the 25.

 

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Since the earlier Pixar Shorts have no real indication as to where they happen, I'll just be placing them on their release dates

 

[Dallas Kinard]

I appreciate you doing this. I only watch The Incredibles and the Toy Story films, but this is still great.

 

[Jamesctl]

Pixar Movies – Chronological Story Order (Timeline Events)
1. Prehistoric:

The Good Dinosaur (2015) — Around 65 million years ago (alternate history)

2. Medieval (Scotland):

Brave (2012) — 14th century (medieval Scotland)

3. 1950s (Italy):

Luca (2021) — Early 1950s

4. 1960s:

The Incredibles (2004) — Early 1960s

Incredibles 2 (2018) — Immediately after The Incredibles (1960s)

5. Early 2000s (Toronto):

Turning Red (2022) — Year 2002

6. Contemporary Era (1990s–2020s):

Toy Story (1995) — 1995

Toy Story 2 (1999) — Late 1990s

Toy Story 3 (2010) — 2010

Toy Story 4 (2019) — Shortly after Toy Story 3

Toy Story Toons (2011–2014) — Early 2010s

Forky Asks a Question (2019) — Around 2019

Ratatouille (2007) — Mid 2000s

Up (2009) — Mid-late 2000s

Inside Out (2015) — Around 2015

Coco (2017) — Around 2017 (Día de los Muertos)

Soul (2020) — Around 2020

Win or Lose (2024) — Set in 2024


7.Monstropolis:

Monsters, Inc. (2001) — Early 2000s (Monstropolis)

Monsters University (2013) — About 10-15 years before Monsters, Inc. (early 1990s)

Monsters at Work (2021) — Immediately after Monsters, Inc. (early-mid 2000s)

8. Ocean :

Finding Nemo (2003) — Early 2000s

Finding Dory (2016) — Approximately 1 year after Finding Nemo

9. Cars world:

Cars (2006) — Present day alternate world

Cars 2 (2011) — Shortly after Cars

Cars 3 (2017) — Few years after Cars 2

Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales (2008–2014) — Concurrent with Cars and sequels

Cars on the Road (2022) — After Cars 3

10.(Fantasy world):

Onward (2020) — Contemporary fantasy setting

11. Futuristic:

WALL-E (2008) — Year ~2805 AD (post-apocalyptic Earth)

Lightyear (2022) — Fictional 'in-universe' film set in late 22nd century or space-future

Elio (2024) — Near future, around 2024–2025

 

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The prologue to Up has a magazine dated to 1933, and a numberplate dated to 1934, so I'm placing it there. I've no idea where I'd place the scenes from the montage after that. Searching online, the movie is commonly thought to take place in 2009, so I'll use that as a basis if there are any calendars

 

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The credits have pictures of Russel, Dug and Mr Frederickson, which I'm going to assume are 1 month apart. Since the 11th one is them going to see Star Wars, I'm assuming this is the day of premiere, placing the movie in January of 1977. Maybe it was just warmer that year, I guess the pictures don't have to be a month apart, but I'd still like it to be in '77.

 

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I'm placing Dug Days a year after Up, since Carl is no longer hanging out with Russel

 

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I'll be using Finding Dory as a basis for Inside Out's placement, since (Inside Out 1) Riley shows up in Finding Dory

 

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2004 lines up with a calendar shown (assuming it's September, the start of the school year) which means Riley goes to the aquarium when they're 12 (Finding Dory)

 

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I'm probably gonna put the Joy voiceovers in the "Real World" since she shows no other forms of 4th Wall breaking

 

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I'm pretty sure Riley turns 12 just after the events of the movie, so I'll place Dream Productions in 2005, then Inside Out 2 afterwards

 

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I've been taking Finding Nemo/Dory as September, not November, so I'll change those issues now