Pixar Summaries

A cowboy toy and an astronaut toy must overcome their differences to find their way back home to their loving owner.

• Toy Story

• Toy Story 2

• Toy Story 3

• Toy Story 4

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An outsider (in an ant colony) accidentally hires circus bugs to battle a terrifying band of grasshoppers.

• Antz

• A Bug's Life

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A valuable cowboy toy is in the hands of a greedy toy collector. His friends must save him before he's shipped to Japan.

• Toy Story

• Toy Story 2

• Toy Story 3

• Toy Story 4

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Two monsters make a living out of scaring children until the cutest kid ever finds her way into their world (and their hearts).

• Monsters University

• Monster House

• Monsters Inc

• Madagascar

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A protective dad fish and a forgetful friend fish swim across the ocean to find the dad's son, who's been taken to a dentist's fish tank.

• Finding Nemo

• Finding Dory

• Shark Tale

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A family of superheroes uses their unique powers to overcome a really angry bad guy with really great hair.

• The Incredibles 2

• Avatar: The Last Airbender

• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

• The Incredibles

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A racecar with a big ego gets stranded in a small town, where he learns a lesson in friendship, and driving backwards, and tractor-tipping.

• Cars

• Cars 2

• Cars 3

• Planes

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A food-loving rat who dreams of cooking learns how to control an awkward amateur chef's movements via hair strands. Tiny head chef is mad.

• Ratatouille

• The Rescuers

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A lovestruck robot follows his love to outer space and just so happens to save mankind along the way. Little dialogue, cue great music.

• Next Gen

• Robots

• Wall-E

• Big Hero 6

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The world's saddest montage is followed by an old man's trip to S. America via a lot of balloons. Neighbor, talking dog, and odd bird join.

• Up

• Around the World in 80 Days

• IT

• The Red Balloon

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