History YMMV / ThePixarTheory

** This was one of the many reasons {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} gave for opposing the Pixar Theory. The fact that some parts of this theory undo happy endings for some characters across the films has made them too grim for some people to follow. For the theory to work as written, it requires multiple offscreen genocides to occur[[note]]At the absolute least, the dinosaurs since they're never seen after ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' and oil/gasoline are mentioned in multiple films, suggesting they all died and their remains went on to create fossil fuels; the cars, since they're not in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and no remains of their civilization seem to be left; and the machines responsible for the RobotWar that's an essential part of the theory's interpretation of events leading up to ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', for the same reason as the cars[[/note]]. In particular, the idea of ''WesternAnimation/WallE'''s hopeful ending leading directly to ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' is hated, because the world seen in that film is a heavily industrialized capitalist society that heavily resembles the modern world, and is on the verge of a major energy crisis, implying that [[DownerEnding the monsters failed to learn from humanity's mistakes and are headed towards the same hyper-capitalist dystopia that destroyed the Earth once before.]]
** On a smaller scale, the idea of Boo becoming the Witch is similarly controversial, since it means the end of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' that shows Mike and Sully have found a way to visit her never actually happened. The experience of being abandoned by "Kitty" leads to Boo being unable to live a normal life, becoming obsessed with door portals until she becomes a time traveling witch who dedicates her entire life to finding Mike and Sully again - which she seemingly fails to do, considering that she's an old woman by the time of ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' and still hasn't found them yet. Earlier versions of the theory even have her experimentation with magic be the thing that leads to animals and robots becoming intelligent, dooming the entirety of human history just because she wants to see her friends again.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: This was one of the many reasons {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} gave for opposing the Pixar Theory. The fact that some parts of this theory undo happy endings for some characters across the films has made them too grim for some people to follow. For the theory to work as written, it requires multiple offscreen genocides to occur[[note]]At the absolute least, the dinosaurs since they're never seen after ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' and oil/gasoline are mentioned in multiple films, suggesting they all died and their remains went on to create fossil fuels; the cars, since they're not in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and no remains of their civilization seem to be left; and the machines responsible for the RobotWar that's an essential part of the theory's interpretation of events leading up to ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', for the same reason as the cars[[/note]]. In particular, the idea of ''WesternAnimation/WallE'''s hopeful ending leading directly to ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' is hated, because the world seen in that film is a heavily industrialized capitalist society that heavily resembles the modern world, and is on the verge of a major energy crisis, implying that [[DownerEnding the monsters failed to learn from humanity's mistakes and are headed towards the same hyper-capitalist dystopia that destroyed the Earth once before.]]

* NightmareFuel: It's presumed that all Pixar movies so far take place in the same universe. In pretty much all of the Pixar movies, one can find a reference to another Pixar movie. In WALL•E, the Pizza Planet truck can be seen, just briefly, in the garbage pile. In WesternAnimation/ToyStory3, it's even shown that Buzz Lightyear runs on Buy n Large batteries. Seeing the other Pixar movies making references to each other implies that they're all linked together (such as ''Franchise/ToyStory'' references in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''Cars'', and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''.). That means that in ''WALL•E'', a film taking place in the future, all the characters from the other movies may be dead. Seeing how polluted the earth is, [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo clownfish may even be extinct.]] If the toys from ''Franchise/ToyStory'' haven't died yet, it means that they just wander the wasteland forever, no one to play with them and only waiting for death. Ans that's not to say they all didn't live long, happy lives since Creator/{{Pixar}} made a [[WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur movie about dinosaurs]]. Unless it ends with a meteor flying through the sky, it's not confirmed that they died immediately. But still, by the time the other movies take place, [[ForegoneConclusion dinosaurs have gone extinct.]] The lovable characters have died by then, but life goes on. It's not that bad. ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' also [[FridgeBrilliance makes perfect sense]]. The automobiles are all the super-advanced AI-controlled automobiles that everybody left behind when they abandoned Earth.

* NightmareFuel[=/=]TearJerker: It's presumed that [[FridgeHorror all Pixar movies so far take place in the same universe]]. In pretty much all of the Pixar movies, one can find a reference to another Pixar movie. In WALL•E, the Pizza Planet truck can be seen, just briefly, in the garbage pile. In WesternAnimation/ToyStory3, it's even shown that Buzz Lightyear runs on Buy n Large batteries. Seeing the other Pixar movies making references to each other implies that they're all linked together (such as ''Franchise/ToyStory'' references in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''Cars'', and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''.). That means that in ''WALL•E'', a film taking place in the future, all the characters from the other movies may be dead. Seeing how polluted the earth is, [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo clownfish may even be extinct.]] If the toys from ''Franchise/ToyStory'' haven't died yet, it means that they just wander the wasteland forever, no one to play with them and only waiting for death. Ans that's not to say they all didn't live long, happy lives since Creator/{{Pixar}} made a [[WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur movie about dinosaurs]]. Unless it ends with a meteor flying through the sky, it's not confirmed that they died immediately. But still, by the time the other movies take place, [[ForegoneConclusion dinosaurs have gone extinct.]] The lovable characters have died by then, but life goes on. It's not that bad. ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' also [[FridgeBrilliance makes perfect sense]]. The automobiles are all the super-advanced AI-controlled automobiles that everybody left behind when they abandoned Earth.

* NightmareFuel: It's presumed that all Pixar movies so far take place in the same universe. In pretty much all of the Pixar movies, one can find a reference to another Pixar movie. In WALL•E, the Pizza Planet truck can be seen, just briefly, in the garbage pile. In WesternAnimation/ToyStory3, it's even shown that Buzz Lightyear runs on Buy n Large batteries. Seeing the other Pixar movies making references to each other implies that they're all linked together (such as ''Franchise/ToyStory'' references in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''Cars'', and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''.). That means that in ''WALL•E'', a film taking place in the future, all the characters from the other movies may be dead. Seeing how polluted the earth is, [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo clownfish may even be extinct.]] If the toys from ''Franchise/ToyStory'' haven't died yet, it means that they just wander the wasteland forever, no one to play with them and only waiting for death. Ans that's not to say they all didn't live long, happy lives since Creator/{{Pixar}} made a [[WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur movie about dinosaurs]]. Unless it ends with a meteor flying through the sky, it's not confirmed that they died immediately. But still, by the time the other movies take place, [[ForegoneConclusion dinosaurs have gone extinct.]] The lovable characters have died by then, but life goes on. It's not that bad. ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' also [[FridgeBrilliance makes perfect sense]]. The automobiles are all the super-advanced AI-controlled automobiles that everybody left behind when they abandoned Earth.

* BrokenBase: There’s considerable controversy over whether or not the Pixar Theory has been debunked or not.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: This was one of the many reasons {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} gave for opposing the Pixar Theory. The fact that some parts of this theory undo happy endings for some characters across the films has made them to grim for some people to follow.

* HypeBacklash: Criticisms of it tend to be based on the idea that it has unwarranted popularity

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: This was one of the many reasons {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} gave for opposing the Pixar Theory.

* {{Broken Base}}: There’s considerable controversy over whether or not the Pixar Theory has been debunked or not.
* {{Epileptic Trees}}: The theory was very much a case of {{Wild Mass Guessing}} since the beginning but some offshoots of it tend to be these.

* {{Darkness Induced Audience Apathy}}: This was one of the many reasons {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} gave for opposing the Pixar Theory
* {{Hype Backlash}}: Criticisms of it tend to be based on the idea that it has unwarranted popularity

{{Broken Base}}: There’s considerable controversy over whether or not the Pixar Theory has been debunked or not.

{{Epileptic Trees}}: The theory was very much a case of {{Wild Mass Guessing}} since the beginning but some offshoots of it tend to be these.

{{Squick}}: Some versions of the theory have humans and {{talking animal}}s breeding to create the Monsters.

{{Darkness Induced Audience Apathy}}: This was one of the many reasons {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} gave for opposing the Pixar Theory

{{Hype Backlash}}: Criticisms of it tend to be based on the idea that it has unwarranted popularity

{{Squick}}: Some versions of the theory have humans and {{talking animal}}s breeding to create the Monsters.

{{Squick}}: Some versions of the theory have humans and {{talking animals}} breeding to create the Monsters.

{{Epileptic Trees}}: The theory was very much a case of {{Wild Mass Guessing}} since the beginning but some offshoots of it tend to be these.