Disney•Pixar Studios Animated Features

Wall-E - Rex from Toy Story

Rex, the green plastic dinosaur from Pixar's Toy Story movies, appears as part of Wall-E's collection.

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Wall-E - Skinner's Motor Scooter

While sorting through the piles of garbage, Wall-E comes across the vintage motor scooter ridden by Ratatouille's villain, Chef Skinner.

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Wall-E - Brave Little Toaster

A toaster in Wall-E's junk collection resembles the Brave Little Toaster (1987), an animated feature created by Hyperion Studios, a division of the Walt Disney Company. The Brave Little Toaster was John Lasseter's last Walt Disney Studios project before being fired. He moved over to Lucasfilm Computer Graphics, which became Pixar Studios in 1986. In 2006, the Walt Disney Company purchased Pixar Studios for approximately $7.4 billion and John Lasseter returned as Chief Creative Officer for the Walt Disney Studios.

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Wall-E - Apple iPod

Wall-E's iPod pays homage to Steve Jobs, the Apple Computers Co-Founder who founded Pixar Animation Studios in 1986.

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Wall-E - Hello, Dolly!

The movie Wall-E enjoys watching is a film adaptation of the musical, Hello, Dolly! (1969) produced by 20th Century Fox. The particular song recorded by Wall-E, and used throughout the Pixar film, is titled Put On Your Sunday Clothes.

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Wall-E - Apple Startup

When Wall-E fully charges his batteries, he makes the Apple Startup chime, a sound played every time an Apple computer is booted up. The distinctive tune is another Pixar nod to Apple's Steve Jobs.

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Wall-E - Pizza Planet Truck

The Pizza Planet pickup from Toy Story, appears in a pile of junk scanned by Eve. The iconic yellow truck appears in nearly every feature animated by Pixar Studios.

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Wall-E - Apollo Capsule

NASA's Apollo Capsule appears in Wall-E, honoring the history of space exploration.

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Wall-E - Luxo Junior Lamp

When Wall-E creates an EVE statue, the Anglepoise lamp used as an arm is a reference to Luxo Junior, an early Pixar Studios animated short.

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Wall-E - Pong

Wall-E attempts to play Pong on an Atari console. Pong was an early video game released in 1972, and Atari introduced home consoles in 1975.

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Wall-E - Sputnik Satellite

While following EVE back to the Axiom, Wall-E bumps into Sputnik-1, Earth's first artificial satellite. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, which spent three months orbiting Earth.

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Wall-E - Moon Landing

As EVE and Wall-E fly back to the Axiom, they pass a moon landing site. As part of the Space Race against the USSR, the United States conducted six manned moon landings between 1969 and 1972.

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Wall-E - John Ratzenberger

Aboard the Axiom, Wall-E introduces himself to John, played by John Ratzenberger.

Best known for his role as Cliff Clavin on Cheers, Ratzenberger is Pixar's lucky charm, having voiced a character in every Pixar Studios Animated Feature.

Wall-E - Directive A113

Auto, the Axiom's robotic autopilot, initiates its A113 directive.

A1-13 refers to a specific classroom at CalArts. Recognized as one of the best animation schools in the world, the majority of Disney & Pixar animators have spent time in CalArts classroom A1-13 for character animation and design.

Wall-E - Auto the Autopilot

Auto's evil red eye is inspired by HAL 9000, the sentient computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Instead of using an actor, Auto's voice was provided by Apple's MacInTalk - text-to-speech program.

Wall-E - Directive A113

A look through Auto's eye at Directive A113.

Coincidentally, some form of A113 appears in every Disney-Pixar animated feature.

Wall-E - Drive Wheels - Hidden Mickey

This image of Wall-E, shown during the final credits, has a Hidden Mickey made from three drive wheels.

Wall-E - Crush from Finding Nemo

The end credit mosaic features Crush, the Green Sea Turtle from Finding Nemo (2003).

Pixar's Andrew Stanton directed both Finding Nemo and Wall-E.