I had never seen that one! Love it. The kids facial expressions are hilarious. Thanks XT. ![Cheesy :D](https://www.diasfora.co.uk/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
One Man Band showed in front of
Cars and is on that DVD as well...
![Grin ;D](https://www.diasfora.co.uk/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
Okay, and so on to
Toy Story 2! And where there weren't very many hidden things in
A Bug's Life, there's all sorts of things hidden all over
Toy Story 2.
![](http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5838/ts2titlecard.jpg)
First up is right in the opening credits, there's a Luxo Jr. lamp made out of stars:
![](http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8560/01luxostars.jpg)
And here is the first of numerous
A Bug's Life references. The calendar is using a piece of concept artwork. Oh, and incidentally, the red lamp is back, too:
![](http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7508/02bugslifecalendarlamp.jpg)
While Mr. Potato Head is looking for her earring, Mrs. Potato Head reads the
A Bug's Life storybook:
![](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8300/03bugslifestorybook.jpg)
And here is the first of no less than 4 different places the Luxo ball appears - this one during the ad for Al's Toy Barn:
![](http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8053/04luxoball01.jpg)
And here it is again in a basket on the bottom of Andy's shelves:
![](http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7448/05luxoball02.jpg)
And here, up on the dusty shelf, is the ring toy that first appeared in Tin Toy. It is clearly missing pieces and has been retired now that both kids have outgrown it. It ends up out in the yard sale and is never seen again:
![](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3504/06ringtoy.jpg)
While the toys are looking for one of the Al's Toy Barn ads, they are flipping through channels. Hamm decides to speed things up and begins to speedily press the channel button. All of the images that pass by are either from Pixar shorts or advertisements they've done:
Their old logo:
![](http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9571/11tvoldlogo.jpg)
Luxo, Jr.:
![](http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6319/14tvluxojr.jpg)
Tin Toy:
![](http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9941/08tvtintoy.jpg)
Knick Knack (incidentally, this is the unedited version where the snowman's object of affection has enormous pontoons):
![](http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8130/10tvknickknack.jpg)
Red's Dream (be sure to take note of the pattern on the floor under the unicycle
![Wink ;)](https://www.diasfora.co.uk/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
)
![](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4930/13tvredsdream.jpg)
Pixar did at least 3 ads for Listerine where they animated the bottle as a boxer, Robin Hood and Tarzan. While they did show quick clips from the Tarzan one, none of them actually had the bottle in frame, so here are the boxer and Robin Hood)
![](http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/876/07tvlisterine.jpg)
![](http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2073/09tvlisterine2.jpg)
And the 3rd appearance of the Luxo ball - in fact, I still haven't figured out what this is from originally:
![](http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5797/12luxoball03.jpg)
In Al's apartment, there's abstract art from
A Bug's Life on his wall:
![](http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7136/15bugslifeabstract.jpg)
In this scene, Buzz is leading the other toys to Al's Toy Barn and is chopping his way through some of the shrubbery. Just before he appears in scene, you can see Heimlich climbing one of the plants:
![](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2661/16heimlich.jpg)
The man who Al calls to repair Woody is the character Geri from their short
Geri's Game:
![](http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9128/17geri.jpg)
And just to drive the point home, one of the drawers of his repair kit contains chess pieces:
![](http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2593/18gerischesspieces.jpg)
And the 4th and final Luxo ball appearance. There is actually a bin full of them right next to the entrance to Al's Toy Barn, but I couldn't find that shot so you get this one - trust me, the bin is there
![Smiley :)](https://www.diasfora.co.uk/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
:
![](http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9414/19luxoball04.jpg)
Al's Toy Barn carries the toy line for A Bug's Life - and that is the actual packaging for the real life versions of the toys:
![](http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3418/20bugslifetoys.jpg)
And here's a really neat parallel sequence from Toy Story, both Woody and Buzz have the same reaction climbing up to bask in the magnificence of Buzz Lightyear
![Cheesy :D](https://www.diasfora.co.uk/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
:
![](http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9200/29woodybuzzparallelmedi.jpg)
During the sequence where Jesse recounts being abandoned by her owner
![Cry :'(](https://www.diasfora.co.uk/Smileys/default/cry.gif)
, the tree on the hill with the tire swing is the same one that sits atop Ant Island in
A Bug's Life:
![](http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8182/26bugslifetree.jpg)
![](http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9346/antislandabugslife22764.jpg)
And Hamm gets clobbered by stuff from the glove compartment of the Pizza Planet truck, one of its contents is the Chinese Food box from
A Bug's Life Also, this shot shows the owner's manual for the Pizza Planet truck which makes it a 1978 Gyoza
![Wink ;)](https://www.diasfora.co.uk/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
:
![](http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2740/27bugslifechinese.jpg)
And last, but not least, is the reappearance of A113 as Andy's mom's license plate, but it is also the number of a flight announced over the loudspeakers at the airport:
![](http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9633/28a113.jpg)
And we'll look at
Monsters, Inc. next...