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What if I told you

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that all Pixar movies
are connected?

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That all the characters in those movies
actually live in the same universe

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only in different times.
How is that possible?

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 Keep watching and find out.

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Our story starts with the movie Brave
back in the old days of Scotland.

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In the movie, Merida discovers
some kind of magic which

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accidentally transforms her mother into
a bear. That mysterious magic power comes

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from the witch in the forest.

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This will be the first time we see
animals act like humans

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But who is that witch in the forest?

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We see her disappearing trough doors and we
know she has magical powers

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but who is she really?

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Well, actually she played a big
role in one other film on our list

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but we'll get to that later.

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During the centuries that followed
Brave,

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the animals and objects who were
experimented on by the witch

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have slowly evolved

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creating a power struggle between
humans, animals and machines.

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The conflict between humans
and animals is depicted across:

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Ratatouille, Finding Nemo and UP

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In Ratatouille, the animals are
starting to experiment with their

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growing intelligence in small environments.

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In the movie, Remy tries to invade a
human-only territory:

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cooking.

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He then befriends a group of humans
but makes one enemy:

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Chef Skinner

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What happened to Skinner after
discovering the intelligent minds

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that outperformed human beings?

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It's possible that the word of that
discovery has reached the years of

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Charles Muntz,
the villain in UP.

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Which then led him to develop
technology that could harness

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the thoughts of animals.

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After Muntz his demise, the dogs are
free but we don't really know

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what happened to them.

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But one thing's for sure. Now that
people know the potential of animals.

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They start crossing the line and the
hatred between the two grows

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Thus begins the Industrial Revolution
hinted at in UP.

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In the beginning of UP, Carl is forced
to sell his house to a corporation

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in charge expanding the city.

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Think about it.

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What corporation is responsible
for pollution and technology overreach?

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'Buy n Large' is the massive corporation that
runs pretty much everything in WALL-E.

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In 'The History of BNL', an ad in
the movie, we're told that being BNL

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has even taken over
world governments.

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AD: 'Over two million wholly-owned subsidiaries,
governmental bodies and health care centers.

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Buy n Large has become the world leader
in every conceivable field

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including world leadership!'

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In Finding Nemo,

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we're told a story about saving a fish
from the bad human beings.

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An entire population of sea creatures is
harnessed for that cause.

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Humans continue to antagonize the
increasingly networked and intelligent

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animals. But this is as far as we
go with the animal kingdom for now.

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Let's back up for a bit.

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We mentioned before that
a struggle arises between

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humans, animals and machines.

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So when did the
machine's artificial intelligence start?

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In the Incredibles,

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Syndrome tries to kill all the superheroes due
to a grudge between him and Mr. Incredible

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'I am your biggest fan...'
'But....'

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But it's not actually him
who was doing the killing.

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Syndrome is using the Omnidroid,

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an AI killing machine that can
learn and adapt during combat.

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Eventually the robot turns on its creator
and tries killing innocent people randomly.

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Why would an AI robot do that?

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Do machines have an
inherent hatred towards humans?

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Why? We know that animals
hate humans because

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they're destroying the environment 
and experimenting on them.

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But what do machines have against them?

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In Toy Story, humans use and discard
toys that clearly have feelings.

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At birth the toys are happy

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but as things progress, they
get fed up with people.

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They rise up against
Sid in the first one.

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Jessie resents her owner for
abandoning her in the second one.

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And in the third one, Lotso ...
Well he just hates all people.

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'She replaced us! Come on ...'

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Toys are not happy
with the status quo.

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Giving a reason for why machines
and objects want to take over.

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At this point in time,

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the superheroes are almost extinct
and mankind is vulnerable.

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Despite that,

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we don't see machines
rise up against humans.

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Not in a straightforward way anyway.

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Their using BNL, a faceless corporation, 
to dominate the world starting

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after the Omnidroid defeated most
superheroes.

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It's made clear that these sentient
objects rely on humans for everything

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fulfillment, energy,... they need them.
So machines decide to control humans

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instead of taking over them.

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That way they can use
them for their needs.

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This leads to the Industrial Revolution
which eventually leads to worldwide

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pollution. When the animals rise up
against humans to stop the pollution,

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humans will get help
from the machines

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and we already know who's
going to win that war ...

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At a certain point,
planet earth becomes unsuitable

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for living for both animals
and humans

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which forces people to move to space as
a last attempt to save the human race.

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In space, the machines have made
humans dependent on them for everything

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because that's how they were
treated as toys. That's all they know.

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Meanwhile on earth, machines are the
only beings left to populate the planet.

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They follow human behavior and
tradition as seen in Cars.

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Because that's what they
learned from humans.

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There are no people or animals
left on the planet

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but they're influence is still prominent.
Which brings us back to WALL-E.

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Why is WALL-E the only machine left on
earth?

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We know that the movie starts

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hundreds of years after
humans have left the planet.

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It's WALL-E fascination
with human culture

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and a friendship
with a living being,

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the cockroach, that
kept him going.

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That's what made him special and sent
him on a journey to liberate the humans.

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He remembers the time when humans
and machines lived side by side happily.

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When humans go back to earth,
they bring with them

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the single last plant
that survived.

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At the credits of the film, we see
the plant and it grows to be a huge tree

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that surprisingly resembles
the main tree in "A Bug's Life.

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The reason we don't see
any humans in 'A Bug's Life'

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is that there's not many
of them left.

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We know that some insects survived after
the humans left the planet.

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So it was easier for them to repopulate
again once humans came back.

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So what's next?

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Humans, machines and animals start
repopulating the planet in harmony

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to the point that a new species is born: 
monsters

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The monster's universe is actually
earth in the very far future.

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Where did the
monsters come from?

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Maybe mutations of animals after
hundreds years on a diseased planet.

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They sure do look
like mutated animals.

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They're smart; they have
cities and even universities.

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The monsters however
have an energy crisis

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because, like the machines, they
need humans for their energy.

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But they're living in the future world
where humans are all gone.

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The doors they use to visit
humans for their screams

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are not doors to
parallel dimensions.

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They're going back in time.
They're visiting the time

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when humans were most prominent
and harvesting them for energy.

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This would have been the end
if it wasn't for Boo,

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the little girl in  'Monsters Inc.'.

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Boo slipped into the
futuristic world of the monsters

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and found a friend there.

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After going back to her world,

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she kept trying to find a
way to see Sulley again

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and became a witch.

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Yes,

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Boo is the witch from Brave.

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She figured out
how to travel through time

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and goes back to, what she thinks,
is the source of it.

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The 'Will O' the Wisps', the magic that
started this whole thing.

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She tries using that magic to create a
door that will bring her back to Sulley.

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That's why the doors in her hut
keep leaving to the different places.

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These are doors that she created
in the same way the monsters did.

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They transport through time

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and that is why Merida
couldn't find the witch later on

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So boo keeps traveling through
doors looking for Sulley.

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But does she ever find him?
We'd like to believe she does.

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And their love for each other is what
binds all the Pixar movies together.

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The love of different people from
different ages and even different species,

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finding ways to live together in peace...

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And that is 'The Pixar Theory'...

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Subtitles by Thibault Molleman