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** Taken up to eleven with the [=SparkShorts=], which are made entirely independent from any studio executives, allowing animators to tell more personal stories in more varied, experimental visual styles, including MotionCapture and even ''hand drawn'' animation.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. It's assumed that the decrease of the women's bust size in ''Knick-Knack'' is Disney executive censorship as usual, but John Lasseter and the studio actually made the decision to do so themselves.

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** Taken up to eleven with the [=SparkShorts=], which are made entirely independent from any studio executives, allowing animators to tell more personal and mature stories in more varied, experimental visual styles, including MotionCapture and even ''hand drawn'' animation.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. It's assumed that the decrease of the women's bust size in ''Knick-Knack'' is Disney executive censorship as usual, but John Lasseter and the studio actually made the decision to do so themselves.themselves, as they had long since become family men and were no longer comfortable with the original designs.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original 1989 version of ''Knick Knack''. Every official release of the short barring the "Tiny Toy Stories" VHS of Pixar shorts and the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' Deluxe CAV UsefulNotes/{{Laserdisc}}, both of which are out of print, is the altered 2003 version.
* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' were featured as they all had recent sequels).

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original 1989 version of ''Knick Knack''. Every official release of the short barring the "Tiny Toy Stories" VHS of Pixar shorts and the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' Deluxe CAV UsefulNotes/{{Laserdisc}}, both UsefulNotes/{{Laserdisc}} as well as the employee-exclusive ''Made in Point Richmond'' DVD, all of which are out of print, is the altered 2003 version.
* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' were featured as they all had recent sequels). sequels).
* TheOriginalDarrin: In ''The Radiator Springs 500 1/2'', instead of being voiced by TheOtherDarrin Creator/KeithFerguson like in the other Cars Toons, Lightning's normal voice actor Creator/OwenWilson returns to voice him for the short.



* RoleReprise: In ''The Radiator Springs 500 1/2'', instead of being voiced by TheOtherDarrin Creator/KeithFerguson like in the other Cars Toons, Lightning's normal voice actor Creator/OwenWilson returns to voice him for the short.
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** A fifth episode of ''Tales from Radiator Springs'' titled ''To Protect and Serve'' was planned and has released merchandise, but never got released.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The initial storyboards to Float contained Caucasian characters, but one of Bobby Rubio's co-workers told him that he should depict Filipino-American characters instead. While he was initially unsure of this idea, he decided to make this change to "empower [his son] and empower children of color".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** A fourth Toy Story short titled "Mythic Rock" was intended to be made and released in 2013. It never came out of DevelopmentHell.
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The initial storyboards to Float contained Caucasian characters, but one of Bobby Rubio's co-workers told him that he should depict Filipino-American characters instead. While he was initially unsure of this idea, he decided to make this change to "empower [his son] and empower children of color".
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Okay, I just rewatched it and no, it's original animation.


* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' were featured as they all had recent sequels). The ''Soul'' Popcorn short is the ultimate example ''of'' the ultimate example: it consists entirely of recycled environmental shots from the movie.

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* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' were featured as they all had recent sequels). The ''Soul'' Popcorn short is the ultimate example ''of'' the ultimate example: it consists entirely of recycled environmental shots from the movie.
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* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' were featured as they all had recent sequels).

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* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' were featured as they all had recent sequels). The ''Soul'' Popcorn short is the ultimate example ''of'' the ultimate example: it consists entirely of recycled environmental shots from the movie.
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* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', and ''Cars'' was featured as they had recent sequels).

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* NoBudget & ShootTheMoney: The spin-offs of the full length movies were likely made as part of the original's production, likely helping the shorts' production value (and, considering they continue to make original shorts that can't make heavy use of old models, money's not the only consideration in making spin-offs). ''Pixar Popcorn'' is the ultimate example in Pixar's canon; [[https://www.polygon.com/disney-plus/22244748/pixar-popcorn-shorts-disney-plus-interview they were made by animators inbetween feature films and HAD to use existing assets]] (likely why ''Toy Story'', ''Finding Nemo'', ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' was were featured as they all had recent sequels).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The initial storyboards to Float contained Caucasian characters, but one of Rubio's co-workers told him that he should depict Filipino-American characters instead. While he was initially unsure of this idea, he decided to make this change to "empower [his son] and empower children of color".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The initial storyboards to Float contained Caucasian characters, but one of Bobby Rubio's co-workers told him that he should depict Filipino-American characters instead. While he was initially unsure of this idea, he decided to make this change to "empower [his son] and empower children of color".

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