History WMG / Ratatouille

[[WMG: Horst's stories are all true, and they all relate to a single (incredibly bizarre) bank heist.

A popular slang term for Disney is "the Mouse," after their most successful intellectual property, [[Main/ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey Mouse]]. Detractors like to spin that into "the Rat," invoking the animal's reputation for being sneaky and ridden with disease. Hence, Disney commissions Pixar to make a film about a lovable, soulful, artistic genius of a rat in order to improve the species' public image and make "the Rat" into a compliment.

[[WMG: Horst is really ChuckNorris.]]

Recognizing that you're the only women in what is portrayed as being very much a "boy's club" career would make anyone angry, having that career be culinary arts even moreso and having to train some idiot savant in something that she had to fight tooth and nail for sends her into a passive-egressive rage. And then there's that line about her hoping Linguini was "different." Could it be that, in addition to her rigorous career and training, she's also had to fend off the advances or catcalls from her sexist peers? It'd explain the mace (though not the ShutUpKiss).

** The restaurant may be shut down, but wouldn't Skinner have to buy the rights to Gusteau's name and image ''from Linguini?'' He may have been able to use the cash when opening La Ratatouille, but considering his and the other chef's earlier burning of the frozen foods, wouldn't he hesitate to sell to Skinner, knowing that the corn puppies are likely to result?

After the place was shut down. Skinner bought it by a pittance along with the right to Gusteau's name and resumed his plans of selling frozen foods. He also rehired the employees who left when Linguini told them about the rat.

[[WMG: Colette is based in apperence at least partially off Motoko Kusenagi]]

Skinner wanted to launch a line of frozen foods under Gusteau's name. When he refused, he purposely batched Anton ego's dish in order to loose a star. Skinner did not intend to kill Gusteau, only to dishearten him enough to let Skinner make the frozen dinners. Gusteau's death was a fortunate coincidence considering Skinner got all rights to his name and restaurant.

** That's based on book Rats. If working from the movie, then include TheSecretOfNIMH 2 in continuity; that puts Thorn Valley in commuting distance to one city and not insanely far from a second. It would be a simple matter for ''part'' of the colony to leave the valley for the sewers with relatively few repercussions. (Or leave NIMH itself if there are Rats there.) The generations after can spread as above.

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[[WMG: The movie takes place in the same universe as ''TheIncredibles''.]]

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[[WMG:The movie was created in order to defuse a common insult against the {{Disney}} Corporation.]]

[[WMG: The movie was created as a wake-up call for {{Disney}}.]]
The folks at {{Pixar}} have often stated their love for classic Disney films. And just about every other critic noticed there was something familiar about the concept of the film: after a beloved chef's death, a new head chef capitalizes on the reputation of said chef by using it to churn out inferior frozen, prepackaged foods. [[note]] Translation: After a beloved founder's death, a new studio executive capitalizes on the reputation of said animator by using it to churn out inferior direct-to-video sequels and teenybopper sitcoms.[[/note]]

[[WMG: The movie is part of the ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' continuity.]]