Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4 ’s full - length prevue makes Tinny fromTin Toycanon to theToy Storyuniverse . Pixar ’s animated movies are fairly notable now for including easter testis for the animation studio ’s other film , feature - length and short alike . Some of the comfortably - sleep with examples let in The Cleaner inToy Story 2having the same case simulation as the chess - play Geri from Pixar ’s shortGeri ’s Gameand , of course , the Pizza Planet motortruck ( which made its launching in the firstToy Story ) showing up in nearly every Pixar pic produced to date . The studio apartment ’s shorts are likewise loaded with shout - out to their feature article piece of work , as Pixar itself confirmed in a videoreleased last class .
The fourthToy Storymovie will no doubt be load with an equal number of easter ballock , including those that fans have already spotted in the subsequence ’s promos . showcase in point : theToy Story 4Super Bowl spotincludes miniskirt - guitar modeled after Ernesto de la Cruz ’s guitar fromCoco , as some of the prizes up for win at the film ’s funfair scene . Similarly , the officialToy Story 4trailerfeatures a abbreviated cameo by Tinny , the tin one - man - band toy dog introduced in Pixar ’s 1988 short , Tin Toy .
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Tin Toyitself is a five - minute shortstop where Tinny has a snug encounter with Billy , a destructive infant who ’s drawn to Tinny by the musical notes that he produces . The brusk was an crucial one that cement Pixar ’s transition into focusing on computer living and at long last won the Best Animated Short Oscar at the 1989 Academy Awards ceremonial . A few year after , Pixar began to develop a half - hour subsequence titledA Tin Toy Christmas , as part of the studio apartment ’s bombastic initiative to determine if it could successfully produce a 30 - minute poor before it took the leap to making features for theatrical release .
A Tin Toy Christmaswas ultimately cancel over cost concerns from the idiot box internet executive back the project , and Pixar alternatively incite on to developToy Story(which was included as part of the discussions for theTin Toysequel ) . Nevertheless , the Tinny persona will return at last in this year’sToy Story 4 , as evidenced by his cameo in the full - length trailer ( at the 1 : 37 mark ) . That also mean thatTin Toyand its storyline are , by wing , now officiallycanonical to theToy Storyfranchiseat large . His appearance might amount to an easter egg and nothing more , but there ’s still something fitting about the thought that Tinny exists in the same animated world asPixar ’s other sentient toys .
Funnily enough , this is n’t the first time aTin Toy - related case has been included as part of theToy Storyfranchise . The story pitched forA Tin Toy Christmasrevolved around Tinny erroneously terminate up in a toy memory where he encounters various other toy , include a plush pink bear named Lotso . As you may recall , Lotso was finally re - imagine as mint - O'-Huggin ' Bear , the strawberry mark - scented opponent who rules the Sunnyside Daycare Center with an iron ( well , huggable ) clenched fist inToy report 3 . Here ’s hoping Tinny ends up being a bit kind than Lotso when he cut through paths with Woody inToy Story 4 .
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