Originally Posted By Dlmusic <<SPOILER ALERT>> You may not want to read this thread before seeing the Pixar film, Cars. So what are some of your favorite in-jokes/hidden jokes in Cars? Here are some of mine: City of Emeryville being shut down for the final Piston Cup race (Pixar's headquarters is located in Emeryville CA). The fan crazed twins Mia and Tia are so named because they are Mazda Miatas. The birds from For the Birds make an appearance on the road trip to California. The two lost vans are named Minnie and Van. Lightning Mcqueen's tires are from the company Lightyear, an obivous reference to Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I hear the Pizza truck from Toy Story is in there..but I didn't catch it.
Originally Posted By cstephens My husband saw it in one of the crowd scenes, but I don't remember which one. /cs
Originally Posted By Dlmusic I think it's at the end when Chick is awarded the Piston Cup. Also I believe one of the bumper stickers on the racing cars says Pizza Planet in the opening shot right after Lightning Mcqueen says, "I eat losers for breakfast"
Originally Posted By Rivkah86 THere is also a bumper sticker on the back of the hippie van that says, "Save 2-D animation"
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Thanks all, now I have reason to see it again!! I must not be a good movie watcher, as I seemed to have missed all of this.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Dinoco was the name of the gas station in "Toy Story". Lightning McQueen's number is 95, the year "Toy Story" debuted. During the trip to Califorinia, you see a logo on a semi with the "Incredibles" "I" logo.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden This isn't a reference to any past movies but it did catch my eye: two cars in the very last row at the top of the stadium pouring beer over the side onto cars entering below. I asked my wife afterward if she saw it and she missed it.
Originally Posted By KeybladeMasterRobert The train Lightning McQueen tries to beat has "A1-13" on the front of it. Lassetter/Pixar junkies should understand what it means; the number/letter combination also shows up in The Brave Little Toaster, and numerous Pixar projects.
Originally Posted By Ursula My husband and I had our husband and wife geek moment when we saw The Birds. We looked at each other so fast, Cachow! Whiplash! Of course we were in the Disney CM screening so you could hear there were quick a few whiplashes going around ever so quickly. I can't to see it again, I know I missed a lot.
Originally Posted By basil fan My sister saw a Hidden Mickey, but I haven't had a chance to ask her where yet. I'm guessing in the tires somewhere. Phil's Hero Rules <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/hero.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/hero.html</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros In the teaser trailor for the film, with the VW bugs flying in the field, the music is the same theme that is used in A Bug's Life.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby They are not listed on Imdb yet as "crazy credits", but there was a lot of wacky things thrown into the "special thanks" section to businesses along Route 66, such as “Free 72-ounce steak if consumed in 60 minutes†and “Home of the ‘Here It Is’ Signâ€.
Originally Posted By KeybladeMasterRobert The teaser trailer was just false hope for those whom wanted to see a Bug's Life 2 made. Pretty clever, lol. My mom's eyes were so bad, she couldn't see the 'Bugs' on the actual movie. I had to tell her afterwards that they were really cars.
Originally Posted By markedward So, Lightning's number is 95, the year Toy Story was released. The King is number 43, the same as Richard Petty. But what about Chick, the villain? His number is 86. It could be "86" as a slang term for "to throw away". But isn't it a weird coincidence that 86 is the year Steve Jobs created Pixar by buying it from George Lucas? And Chick's sponsor is HTB, the Hostile Takeover Bank. I think 86 was chosen for its slang meaning. But any chance someone is taking a jab at the boss?
Originally Posted By seanyoda OK, we saw the movie again last night. Luigi sells "Fettucene Alfredo" brand whitewall tires. The styles of whitewall tires are Crema, Macchiato, and Latté.
Originally Posted By mapleservo This is pretty obscure but when the cars are cruising up and down mainstreet you can see Flo has a "Motorama" frame on her rear plate (Motorama being the name of the annual Pixar Car show). And I *think* I saw the Pizza Planet truck outside the stadium as they were panning into the big race at the end (if it was the Pizza Planet truck he was in a crowd and was on the far left of the screen). Oh, and the Apple logo was pretty prominent in the background in one of the "backstage" scenes.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Also, one of the racers early on in the film was an Apple car. It was all white and had the Apple font all over it. I forget it's number, but it was the only pure white car.
Originally Posted By hopemax The car in the Rusteeze commercial has an EVILLE license plate, which I took as a reference to Emeryville.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I can't remember the name they gave the character (Daryll Roadtrip?) But I loved the Daryll Waltrip car, also apreciated the other NASCAR references. But I have to wonder if the big "'stash" the Chick Hick's car was a reference to Dale Earnhart SR. He had a really bad rep until near the end of his carreer.
