Pixar Theory Timeline (headcanon)

[stphylcccs]

I've added links to the Incredibles DVD-exclusives

 

[stphylcccs]

Since there's a school dance at the end of Dream Productions, I'm moving it to mid/late June

 

[stphylcccs]

Inside Out 2 takes place during the Summer, so it can't be 2005, since they'd be 12, not 13 (I previously assumed they turned 12 at the end of Inside Out, not afterwards). I'll be moving it (and Dream Productions) to 2006

 

[stphylcccs]

I've only got 1 movie left (A Bug's Life), then I can add the rest of the shorts

 

[Jamesctl]

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

 

[stphylcccs]

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

I know it's ~65 million years ago, but since Dinosaurs had enough time to adapt and become more advanced, clearly a good amount of time has passed since the meteor would've hit, so I don't want to give an exact date

 

[myusernameyes]

How're you going to work Toy Story 5 into this? Considering it deals with more modern technology and whatnot

 

[stphylcccs]

How're you going to work Toy Story 5 into this? Considering it deals with more modern technology and whatnot

Incredibles is retro-futuristic, I used it to explain away the advanced cars/motorbikes in Ratatouille, even though everything else in the movie screams '50s/'60s

 

[stphylcccs]

Incredibles is retro-futuristic, I used it to explain away the advanced cars/motorbikes in Ratatouille, even though everything else in the movie screams '50s/'60s

While the futurism is mostly isolated to Municiberg, the fact that there are technological advancements (eg Bob uses old fashioned computers in the '60s) means that's probably happening everywhere

 

[stphylcccs]

Since Boo seems to be 2, that places the Toy Story 4 Boo at 4 years after (6) and the present day events of Monsters Inc. at 2003. This would also place A Bug's Life in 2003

 

[stphylcccs]

Finishing up some loose threads before moving onto the Sparkshorts:

Bao seems to be a Win or Lose situation (such a cheap way out of getting something in the Pixar Theory, but it is the only explanation for the short, Pixar Theory or otherwise). There are calendars, but they're Chinese Calendars, which I can't read. If anyone could tell me those, it would be a great deal of help. Until then, I'm placing Bao at its release date.

BURN-E and George & A.J. retcon small parts of their respective movies, so on the detailed timeline, I'll be using their renditions, not the movie's timestamps.

 

[stphylcccs]

Alex (the child in Float) appears to be 2 in the first scene, and is canonically 4 in the next. Since it is based on a true story, I would base the timeline placements on the age of Alex in real life, though since it's personal information it isn't (easily) accessible on the internet, so I'll place it at its release date, with the first scene 2 years prior.

 

[stphylcccs]

I'm not feeling very motivated to do the Sparkshorts right now, so I'm probably going to give this a break until I can get my hands on the Elastigirl prequel book

 

[stphylcccs]

Presto seems to take place in the '20s, though with no real indication of what year

 

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Sanjay's Super Team has a calendar dating to December 2014

 

[stphylcccs]

Turning Red's interesting, because Mei is the only person in Pixar history shown to be able to break the fourth wall. Joy narrates the Inside Out movies, but it's different (like how Jessica Jones narrates… Jessica Jones, or how Agent Carter/Arrow have narrations by the main character in the intros). Just thought I'd mention it here

 

[stphylcccs]

Since I have Incredibles 3 on here, I might as well add the rest of the unreleased media

 

[stphylcccs]

Purl throws a spanner in the works, lore wise, since there are just balls of yarn coexisting with people. I'm gonna say they came to life through Zero Point Energy, since they gained eyes/mouths (like in The Blue Umbrella). Because of this, I'm assuming scientists were trying to recreate it, using yarn as test subjects. They seem to be racially prejudiced at the start of the short, but in the epilogue (which I'm assuming is a year later) they are coexisting with humans. I'm placing this at the end of the timeline, before Cars/For the Birds

 

[stphylcccs]

Since the people in Self are basically dolls, I'm assuming it's an imagination sequence, like the start of Toy Story 3 (it's the only thing I can think of that works for the Pixar Theory). Due to how the migrant "doll" appears, I'm placing it in the early 20th century, before Presto

 

[stphylcccs]

Nona has a picture frame of Mama Coco, placing it around that time. A calendar marks it at the 20th, but doesn't include the month. Assuming its the same year as its release, 2021 (which lines up with the Mama Coco picture) it would have to be March 20, 2021

 

[stphylcccs]

Twenty Something seems to be a Win or Lose version of some personality disorder (I don't know enough about them to diagnose it, nor do I want to self-diagnose it because I don't want to be disrespectful) but that pretty easily fits it in - people's mannerisms towards Gia support the Win or Lose theory, and at the end it basically confirms it was a metaphor anyway. There's no indication of when it takes place, so I'm putting it on its release date

 

[stphylcccs]

Burrow I'm going to place at some point before Brave, since it's the height of Animal advancements

 

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Out is so vague that it could fit into the Pixar Theory (lore-wise) anywhere. I'm gonna say the cosmic cat and dog that visit are the Communiverse's first contact with Earth

 

[stphylcccs]

Out is so vague that it could fit into the Pixar Theory (lore-wise) anywhere. I'm gonna say the cosmic cat and dog that visit are the Communiverse's first contact with Earth

Oh, and I'm putting it on release date, as there's nothing else to go off

 

[stphylcccs]

Kitbull has no indication, so I'm putting it at its release date, with its epilogue a year later

 

[stphylcccs]

Smash and Grab I'm placing shortly after the humans leave Earth and the Communiverse, since the Earth is messed up and robots are being suppressed, while the technological advancements are too high for humans after coming back to Earth, and there's no sight of BnL anyway. I'll put Wind just after, which seems to be two humans stranded on a planet with low gravity. It's either the Onward planet (highly unlikely, but explains how they're stranded better) or some random planet (more likely, but being stranded is more of a stretch). I'm going with the latter, since it just feels right (I've done these together since they go hand-in-hand)

 

[stphylcccs]

Loop has no indication as to when it takes place, so that'll be at its release date. That's all on-screen media I believe (other than the Buzz Lightyear show, which'll be a pain to figure out, but I'll probably just place it in the '80s)

 

[stphylcccs]

I'm tempted to move Nona to after Soul, since it shows someone who looks like one of the side characters in Soul as dead, though I don't want to push it too far in the future (relative to its release) so I'm gonna keep it where it is for now. If I change my mind, I'll probably add it at the end of another comment

 

[stphylcccs]

I'm removing Pixar Popcorn 1x11 from the timeline, since it's just a compilation of all the Popcorn episodes

 

[stphylcccs]

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command shows Andy's toys watching it, though I personally believe this to be a re-air. While the theory that the actor of Buzz in Lightyear is Andy's father is believable, I don't think it would make sense for Buzz to be so popular as a toy, if Lightyear was the only piece of media surrounding him. I believe Lightyear was a live-action remake of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and will be putting it before Lightyear