lennonluvr9 - Well, chef
Auguste Gusteau is – supposedly – one of the main characters in the film; he’s Remy’s "culinary
hero", to quote the film’s summary. He doesn’t look like a very nice guy though, does he? 
So
yeah. Some of the people in the film do play a vital role, I imagine.
Another news from
The Upcoming Pixar reader Brad send
this link to Luxo Jr.
So, it appears
that we were wrong, thinking the short guy was Auguste Gusteau 
Another information : Linguini will
apparently be voiced by Lou Romano, production designer on the Incredibles (he also voiced Bernie in
it).
Thanks to Brad and Luxo Jr. 
Archibald, you
are the best! I’m beginning to get the feeling that you’re a Pixar animator in disguise, sending us as much
information about Ratatouille as you can
So yeah, I guess we were wrong
about the short chef on the book cover. And I guess Mitch’s avatar will also have to be modified (we can see
part of the female character’s face in the image that Archibald provided, and it clearly doesn’t say
“Emilie”)
Archibald - I agree – you are awesome and right on the
money when it comes to new information concerning Pixar! Thank you so much for the link! 
Yeah, I guess
we were wrong, huh? Heh – I’m kinda glad that the short guy is not Gusteau. I
pictured Auguste to be rather tall, plump, and kindly compared to the other guy. And now I know who Ian Holm
plays! Interesting choice… Heh.
And yep – it looks like I will have to ask Mr JV to change the
girl’s name in my signature.
Lou
Ramano is going to be Linguine? Oh my goodness. His voice is valuble to Pixar.
Here here! Bernie and Snot Rod ride again!
Hey,
why hire an actor at thousands of dollars when you can get some guy who’s already working for you to do it for
free?
RMS - Which just goes to show that Pixar is both
“fluent” at picking great actors and they’re resourcefull.
[b]I think PV is 100% right about the girl
name being ?Colette? not ?Emilie?. The reason I think this is because on the newly posted picture on Upcoming
Pixar. If you look at the right of the picture you will see part of her face, and above the picture it says her
name, even though you can?t see her whole name you can see the name starts with the letters ?col?. So there you
have it. [/b]
JV - Yep – her name is Colette, all right. However, I like Emilie just a tad bit
more, but oh well. Heheh…
Therefore, I’m glad you changed my avatar, JV. Thanks.
Mitch: Don’t mention it!
I think her name is Colete. I think the name suits her better than the other name. Then again,
maybe I’m being a little biased.
[b]TSS: Did you make up
that name, or is that her real name?[/b]
What name? Colete? I didn’t make that name up. PV thinks her name is Colette. Being the
reliable person she is, I believe her.
Well, according to a valuable
resource:
Colette: short form of the the name
Nicolette, which is the “French feminine pet form” of the
Nicholas, which means “victory of the people”, in
Greek.
So…perhaps since her name is a variant form of the “pet” word Nicholas, combined with
the fact that her name means “victory of the people”, perhaps she will aid the rats in some way?
She’ll be a “victory for the rodentia”, or something. (snigger)
I think I know
someone in a musical whose name was Collete. And she was French too.
The Star Swordsman -
Cool. Well, it is a pretty name. I’m not sure how popular it is in France, but it is beautiful…
Actually, I heard Cossete
(co-set) more often. Then again, I am more familiar with this name beause it is a girl from Les Miserables.
TSS - Yes this would be Colette in Les Miserables about the French Revolution.
Mitch - I think you’re
reading vastly too much into this. I’m willing to bet Colette was picked because it’s French but simple to say
and comprehend - it doesn’t sound so vastly foreign.
Dash - Yes, I have a
tendency to do that. My apologies – heh. 
I love to predict things and learn more about a person,
or, in this case, dig deeper into the meaning of certain names. Sometimes I ask myself why I do that – it’s
just my personality. Heh.
Think about this
guys.
French: Colette, Violette!