24 Of The Tiniest Details In The Toy Story Movies That You Probably Missed

The Toy Story movies are packed with tiny background details that most viewers never notice on a first watch. That is part of what makes the franchise so rewatchable, there is always something new hiding in plain sight.

From Pixar crossovers to clever visual jokes, these little touches show how much care went into every frame. Some are easy to miss unless you are looking closely, while others only make sense if you know the wider Pixar universe.

Here are 24 of the tiniest Toy Story details that slipped past a lot of people.

1. You can catch a glimpse of a postcard from Carl and Ellie, the lovely couple from the movie Up.

2. The brand name of the batteries powering Buzz is the same company that's putting humans in spaceships and sending robots to Earth in Wall-E.

3. The toolbox Sid places on this crate has the label "Binford Tools." This is the company Tim Allen worked for in the TV series Home Improvement.

Pixar really loved hiding these little crossovers.

4. Mrs. Potato Head is seen reading a book about A Bug's Life in Toy Story 2.

5. The gas station where Buzz and Woody are left behind appears as a sponsor in the Cars movie.

6. Hamm is standing on the board game Clue as he looks for clues on how to find Woody.

7. The Buzz Lightyear book that Rex is reading has a price of $4.95 in U.S. dollars and $50 in Canadian dollars.

8. The movie A Bug's Life must be very popular in Toy Story 2, as there are toy characters in Al's Toy Barn.

9. The company that made the massive firework Sid bought is called "Ill Eagle Fireworks." Ill eagle.

Some of the jokes are hiding in the background text.

10. In this scene, you can see that Andy marked the heights of Buzz, Rex, and Jesse.

11. When Sid grows up to be a garbage man, his truck's license plate number is RM237. This is a reference to the scary room from The Shining.

12. You might have caught the Jurassic Park reference when Rex was running after his buddies.

13. There's a reference to the movie Alien in one of the games at Pizza Planet, with creatures popping out of an astronaut.

14. The man who brings Woody back to mint condition is Geri from Pixar's short film Geri's Game.

That kind of detail is easy to miss unless you pause the scene.

And if you love plot holes, those 81 visual anomalies will scramble your brain like a toy mix-up.

15. In a short scene, you can see a Lightning McQueen toy in the Butterfly Room in Toy Story 3.

16. Darla from Finding Nemo can be seen on the magazine Molly is reading here.

17. It was a shocking discovery that one of Sid's hybrid toys is actually a hooker.

18. In the movie Monsters, Inc., you can see Jesse on the floor of Boo's bedroom.

19. This is also noticeable when he pulls out the drawer full of chess pieces.

20. The stitching on Woody's right arm in Toy Story 3 is more apparent because his arm was repaired in the previous movie.

21. The carpet in Sid's house is the same as the one from the Overlook Hotel in The Shining.

22. It's safe to assume that the garbage man in Toy Story 3 is actually Sid.

23. The animators were even aware that Andy's handwriting should improve as he got older.

24. The real estate company selling Andy's house is named Virtual Realty. Brilliant.

Now you may never watch Toy Story the same way again.

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