Shorts
About Shorts
Pixar's unprecedented string of hit animated features was built on the short films in this collection. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull used these cartoons the way Walt Disney used the "Silly Symphonies" during the 1930s: as a training ground for artists and a way to explore the potential of a new medium. Although it's only 90 seconds long, "Luxo, Jr." (1986) ranks as the "Steamboat Willie" of computer animation: For the first time, audiences believed CG characters could think and feel. (It was also the first CG film to make audiences laugh.) When the artists began work on Toy Story, they had learned so much from the shorts, they were ready to undertake that landmark creation. In the later shorts, the viewer can see the artists continuing to experiment: with a more realistic human figure in "Geri's Game" and with new ways of suggesting atmospheric effects in "Boundin'." Some of the more recent shorts continue the adventures of the characters from the features. "Jack-Jack Attack" reveals what happened to the hapless baby-sitter while the Incredibles were off fighting Syndrome, while "Mater and the Ghost Light" shows that life goes on for the inhabitants of Radiator Springs.
Cartoons
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The Adventures Of André And Wally B.
The fast-moving in-flight antics of a mischievous bumblebee- and his even faster-moving target.
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Luxo Jr.
Light-hearted fun and games between Luxo Sr., a father lamp, and the little light of his life. Luxo Jr. plays exuberantly with a ball, but he doesn't quite get the hang of it.
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Red's Dream
Red's Dream reveals what philosophers and poets have long wondered: What do unicycles dream about on rainy nights? Life as the sole sale item in the clearance corner of Eben's Bikes can get…
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Tin Toy
A musical toy gives his all to entertain a baby who would much rather see what makes him tick, plunk and boom. The tin one-man-band toy tries to escape the destructive baby.
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Knick Knack
Love and laughter bloom on a bookshelf between souvenirs. A snowglobe snowman wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a hot party, but the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way,…
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Geri's Game
In an empty, tree-filled park, an old man sets out a game of chess.
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For The Birds
A group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just desserts when a goofy bird drops in.
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Mike's New Car
Mike get's a new car, and wants to show it off to his pal Sully.
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Boundin'
Listen in as a banjo plays a Western song about a woolly lamb who's so proud that he breaks out in high-stepping dance. But the day that they take him and shear him down to a bare-naked pin…
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One Man Band
Two street performers compete for a small child's last coin.
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Jack-Jack Attack
While the Parr family was out saving the world from Syndrome, this short looks at the wild times at home between Jack-Jack and his baby-sitter Kari.
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Mr. Incredible And Pals
Featuring Mr. Incredible, Frozone, Evil Cornhead, Lady Lightbug
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The Incredible Socks
This short re-enacts The Incredibles film, and is told using sock puppets.
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Lifted
A bumbling young alien student from a distant world tests the patience of an increasingly weary instructor as he attempts a first-time abduction of a innocently slumbering farmer.
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Mater And The Ghostlight
The whole town is sick of practical jokes from Mater the tow truck. Having heard of the ghostlight legend, Lightning McQueeen gets playback on Mater.
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Your Friend The Rat
Featuring Remy, Emile, Linguini, The Norwegian Rat, P.T. Flea
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Presto
Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less than the great turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But when Presto neglects to feed his rabbit Alec one too many times, the magician finds…
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BURN-E
The short begins on one of the scenes in the movie where WALL•E is riding the probe ship, namely the one where he touches one of the planet's rings. A part of the ring starts moving at high…
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Partly Cloudy
Each day, storks deliver babies both human and animal all across the world. The source of their bundles of joy come from a series of cloud people, who sculpt the the young ones and bring th…
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Dug's Special Mission
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma try to keep Dug out of their way while they hunt for Kevin the Snipe. However, their instructions for his "very special mission" keep backfiring on them.
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George & A.J.
After Nurses George and A.J. of the Shady Oaks Retirement Village witness Carl leaving with his house towed by balloons, other senior citizens around the city are inspired to make their own…
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Day & Night
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the…
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La Luna
Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awai…
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The Legend of Mor'du
This short will delve deeper into the legend behind Mordu, as told by the eccentric witch who transformed him.
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The Blue Umbrella
Amidst the rain in a singing city, two umbrellas– one blue, one red– fall eternally in love. The blue umbrella notices and takes a shine to the red umbrella. Distance and natural forces hal…
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Party Central
The OK fraternity organizes a party, but no one shows up. To solve their problem, they use door stations to steal visitors from a bigger party going on at another fraternity.
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Lava
Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, LAVA is a musical love story that takes place over millions of years.
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Sanjay's Super Team
The seven-minute short begins with young Sanjay watching cartoons and eating cereal in a bland, beige room as his father jingles a bell, beckoning him to join in meditation. Reluctant and b…
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Piper
A hungry baby sandpiper learning to overcome hydrophobia.
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Lou
Lou is a red hoodie-covered creature with eyes of baseballs and buttons grinning mischievously from inside a school’s Lost & Found bin. Reminiscent of Sid from the Toy Story series, J.J. is…
