[b]The Star
Swordsman[/b] - Ha! But of course, only you would see that. 
You know, Iām starting to
think that Colette is actually Mirage in disguise. Wouldnāt that be interesting: if Mirage actually kept
changing identities and skirting about the place? Rather awkward, yes, but stillā¦
Well, Colette, Violette, can you not see the
similarities?
Iām pretty sure that means
nothing.
~~=oP
First, The Star Swordsman
was right about the name of the girl in Victor Hugoās Les Mis?rables : itās
Cosette.
Then, about the popularity of the name Colette in Franceā¦ Well, letās say it was popular 60/70
years ago 
I donāt know any Colette, nor do I know any Cosette.
Besides that, I agree with
PixarVixen : youāre thinkig too much 
My neighbors a few years ago
had a dog named Cosetteā¦ I think it was a bichon frise, a French breed. (I never really saw the dog - she had
an evil streak a mile wide and 100 feet deep - so I stayed as far away from her as possible.)
So her nameās Colette now? Ok. And she totally reminds
me of Mirage too.
That was a long time ago ā perhaps Pixar wanted to add a
little āmedievalā flavor to their film?
And I like to think! It sharpens the mindā¦
KE - Interesting. Iām surprised that your neighbors chose that particular
name for their dog. It is a pretty name, thoughā¦
Would the waitor in the teaser be considered a character?
[b]TSS: Maybe, but itās not 100% sure if heās in the movie
yet.[/b]
The Star Swordsman - Most
likely, he will be. If not a main character, he might be a secondary (or backround) character. Letās take a look
at backround characters from previous Pixar teaser trailers that were included in the final film:
A Bugās Life - All of the circus bugs were shown, along with Flik, in this
teaser; and even though they are not the main characters, they were all featured in the movie.
Toy Story 2 - Only the little green aliens were shown in this teaser; they
are also backround characters, and were featured in the final film.
[i]Finding
Nemo[/i] - Dory and Marlin are the main characters shown, but the moonfish were also present in the
teaser. The moonfish were also featured once in the movie.
The Incredibles -
Iām not sure if this counts, but, in Mr. Incredibleās room, a picture of Frozone (and some other anonymous
supers) can be seen in picture form on the memorabilia-packed wall. Frozone is not a major character, but he is
shown numerous times in the final film.
I donāt remember if Toy Story had a
teaser trailer or not, and in the Monsters Inc. and
Cars teasers, only the main characters were shown.
Iām not sure if the same
will hold true for Ratatouille or not, but weāll soon find out.
Some news appeared on Upcomingpixar
:
Thereās this
[url=ratatouille-cooper-hewitt.jp (image)
g]picture[/url], with Remy, Linguini, and most likely Auguste Gusteau. We can now have a good idea of what he
will look like 
Thanks for the heads up
Archibald. Those were nice photos, and Iām convinced that the one on the left-hand side is Auguste Gusteau.
Thereās another bit of interesting information that I gathered from the Internet today:
(SOURCE:
[url]http://movies.about.com/od/ratatouille/a/garrett110406.htm[/url])
The above excerpt came from a Brad
Garrett interview, in which the interviewer asks him questions about Ratatouille.
The URL leads me to believe that this is old news (posted on 11/04/06 to be precise). Also, I donāt know how
credible the article is. Maybe Brad actually meant Gusteau instead of Rousseau? Or maybe the writers misheard
him?
Archibald and CountSolo
It sure looks like the figure on the far left could
certainly be Auguste Gusteau, considering that he is in line with two other major characters (Remy and Linguini).
As for the āfactā that Gusteau is already dead and haunts the restaurant, wellā¦thatās
interesting. I wonder if itās true?
Yeah, I can see that. Maybe they are voiced by the same actor?
In the very back of this picture you can see what seems to be gost Rousseau:
Holy
smokes, I think youāre right!
But Iām wondering: if Garrett was the one who provided the voice for
Rousseau, then who provided Auguste Gusteauās voice? I mean, the Gusteau character has been confirmed by Pixar
itself (you can check out the official Ratatouille website for evidence), so there
must be an actor voicing him (unless he doesnāt speak throughout the film).
JV - Wow ā I never noticed that before! Wellā¦actuallyā¦I did, but I never made
the connection until I learned that there would be a ghost of a man in the film.
Perhaps Garrett voices
both characters ā dead and alive? Either that, or they are two separate characters (Rousseau and Gusteau)
altogether. Perhaps Rousseau is Gusteauās brother/relative?
Nice finds, guys! The idea of Rousseau and Gusteau being related in some way is pretty
plausible, since their names are pretty similar, and itād make an interesting twist to have one of them dead and
one of them alive.
If you go to the link below
it says that Emile is voiced by Peter Sohn. Now go and get your
Incredibles DVD and play ?Making of The Incredibles? and fast forward til you stop it on 12 minuets and 20
seconds. Now listen to Peter Sohn and he sounds just like Emile!
JV - No kidding? Iām gonna have to check that out on the "Making of the
Incredibles" featurette!!
I absolutely love that site you posted ā I
found it a couple of days ago, too, and itās just loaded with some new information that we hadnāt heard about
until now. Anton Ego looks pretty intimidating, and Skinner scares me even more now. On the plus side:
Coletteās backround is almost exactly how I predicted it
[spoil]Remy is the oldest of his siblings[/spoil]
little more now. Heāsā¦āplushierā. (snigger)
But yeah ā thanks for putting that up, JV!