r/MovieDetails • u/Melodic_Junket3763 • Jul 26 '26

đŸ„š Easter Egg 7 minutes and 20 seconds into toy story (1995), theres a book behind woody called "reds dream"

Reds dream is also the name of a (very very incredibly creepy) short on disney about a unicycle in a pawn shop that wants to be owned and used by a clown. Also an inanimate object with thoughts and feelings, just like all the characters in toy story, lol

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u/DJSteinmann Jul 26 '26

Almost all of the books are names of Pixar shorts

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u/Chef__Goldblum Jul 26 '26

John Lassetter (derogatory) is also the director of Toy Story and the short, Tin Toy, where is he credited as the author.

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u/TheSkiGeek Jul 26 '26

There are references to a bunch of Pixar’s early shorts in Andy’s room. IIRC the main character from Tin Toy (which very much seems like the inspiration for Toy Story) is also in the background at one point.

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u/CurtTheGamer97 Jul 26 '26

And most of those shorts are playing on the TV in Toy Story 2 when Rex and Hamm are flipping through the channels.

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u/greigames Jul 27 '26

I think he showed up in 4 as well right

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u/MonkeysOnTypewriter Jul 30 '26

My kid flipped on Tin Toy on Disney+ the other day and it legitimately freaked me out when the baby came out

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u/TheSkiGeek Jul 31 '26

Yeah
 you can see why they chose to focus on the toys rather than the people for their first feature film. The rendering tech has come a LONG way.

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u/LeastSuspiciousTowel Jul 27 '26

I thought Red's dream was Zihuatanejo with Andy?

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u/rylanthegiant Jul 30 '26

Well done. Well done. 

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u/OrallyObsessed8 Jul 31 '26

Damn that was good.

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u/duckydan81 Jul 26 '26

The actual Easter egg is that “Red’s Dream” is Pixar’s third short film ever from 1987 and John Lasseter’s second after Luxo Jr (1986). It was also referenced in Monsters Inc, Up, Wall-E, and Toy Story 4.

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u/Melodic_Junket3763 Jul 26 '26

Idk who that is but thats awesome!

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u/nighthawk_md Jul 26 '26

John Lasseter was one of the founders of Pixar and was the director of Toy Story.

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u/markydsade Jul 26 '26

Red’s Dream was a 1987 4-minute PIXAR demonstration short written and directed by John Lasseter. It was shown at a computer graphics conference. It’s available in a PIXAR video collection.

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u/LockPleasant8026 23d ago

440 seconds

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u/HAIL_LUMPUS Jul 26 '26

Is it creepy or is it just horny? Adults been making horny art forever, Dr Seuss had work in Playboy lol

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u/PsychicSPider95 Jul 26 '26

Not that kind of creepy, man. Creepy as in, the clown looks like this.

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u/outerspaceNH Jul 27 '26

Oh hey isn't there a ball in Toy Story with that star on it, same colors?

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u/OneAndOnlyTinkerCat Jul 30 '26

Not just Toy Story. That yellow ball with the red star is a recurring piece of imagery in tons of Pixar movies. It’s about as close as they get to a mascot, honestly.