Iâm really mixed on this theory, honestly.
On one hand, I give them props for thinking this through so hardâ and I do very much enjoy the concept of all the Pixar worlds being linked one way or another.
But on the other, a lot of this stuff messes with the timeline terribly; they even explicitly mention how Brad Bird considered The Incredibles to mainly take place in an alternative 1960s, and then they promptly threw that out the window!
And some of it is just too ridiculous for me to even accept as a headcanon. [spoil]Humans and animals had to breed together to create the monsters we see in Monsters Inc.?? Okay, like that isnât demented[/spoil]
I feel like there are far simpler ways to connect them all without having to come up with a huge timeline where [spoil]Boo winds up being the witch from Brave[/spoil].
[spoiler]The Toy Story films all take place around the years they were released in; the gap between TS2 & 3 is enough room for Andy to reach college age. A Bugâs Life could very well being taking place elsewhere at most any point in time; thereâs never any human interference, so it doesnât mess anything up for the other films. Of course, it probably happens long before the events of WALL-E, but most any time before that works.
The Incredibles takes place in a reimagined 60s setting (although thereâs definitely anachronisms), and in the same world Toy Story exists in, meaning superheroes could be amongst even the Davis family. I imagine Finding Nemo is set around the same time as Toy Story 1 or 2, especially given how we see a Buzz Lightyear toy in the dentistâs waiting roomâI doubt any of the toys would be very vintage. Ratatouille has a similarly modern setting and I think itâs fairly well-established Up has to take place in 2009, if not then sometime around then. Charles Muntz had to be a very young adult in the 30s, but it seemed hinted that he was. Carl and Ellie looked to have been married at some point in the 50s. Monsters, Inc. canât spawn all time periods IMO, because itâs well-established in the movie that âkids are getting harder to scareâ and that wouldnât have been a general concern if the doors led to any time period.
Where I stumble is of course with the Cars movies; but sometimes I like to imagine that theyâre part of Andyâs stories, if he had any toy cars. Really though itâs harder to fit them with the rest of the timeline, because even if the theorist liked to imagine it happened around the time of WALL-E, there sure as heck arenât any traces of sentient cars in that movie. Itâs just too ridiculous to work.
And of course I think itâs pretty needless for me to establish WALL-E and Brave, because they are so distantly apart in the timeline and away from the other movies that there isnât much interference. Iâd say the most curious thing in BnL existing in TS3, making me wonder if theyâre a Walmart-esque corporation that gains a political level of power in the future.[/spoiler]