History YMMV / ThePixarStory

* HilariousInHindsight: Included in the documentary is home video footage of Lasseter reading the box office numbers for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' which at that point was Pixar’s highest-grossing feature, to the rest of the company. Lasseter then jokes that there’s now “no pressure” on Andrew Stanton and his upcoming picture, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' went on to outgross ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', and became Pixar’s highest-grossing movie until ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.

** The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CCO of Walt Disney Animation... an effort which would fail due to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and which [[OldShame he refused to talk about for the remainder of his employment there]]. Pixar themselves would eventually make the leap to [[WesternAnimation/{{Kitbull}} experimenting with hand-drawn animation]]... but only ''after'' Lasseter was fired for sexual misconduct.

* HarsherInHindsight

** The documentary depicts Disney's administration circa the early 1980s, the one which fired John Lasseter, as a creatively stifling environment who are only interested in safe, familiar and cost-effective projects that wouldn't hurt their image. After John Lasserer was fired from Pixar and Disney in 2017 for sexual misconduct, many stories began piling up against him (mostly from female and non-white employees) about how, by that point, the studio he'd co-founded was becoming [[MeetTheNewBoss a creatively stifling environment only interested in safe, familiar projects that wouldn't hurt their image]]. Tellingly, the more progressive, experimental ''[=SparkShorts=]'' series wouldn't debut until three years after his firing and he no longer had any influence over Pixar projects.
* HilariousInHindsight: Included in the documentary is home video footage of Lasseter reading the box office numbers for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' which at that point was Pixar’s highest grossing feature, to the rest of the company. Lasseter then jokes that there’s now “no pressure” on Andrew Stanton and his upcoming picture, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' went on to outgross ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', and became Pixar’s highest grossing movie until ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.

** The documentary depicts Disney's administration circa the early 1980s, the one which fired John Lasseter, as a creatively stifling environment only being interested in safe, familiar and cost-effective projects that wouldn't hurt their image. After John Lasserer was fired from Pixar and Disney in 2017 for sexual misconduct, many stories began piling up against him (mostly from female and non-white employees) about how, by that point, the studio he'd co-founded was becoming [[MeetTheNewBoss a creatively stifling environment only interested in safe, familiar projects that wouldn't hurt their image]]. Tellingly, the more progressive, experimental ''[=SparkShorts=]'' series wouldn't debut until three years after his firing and he no longer had any influence over Pixar projects.

** The documentary depicts Disney's administration circa 1982, the one which fired John Lasseter, as a creatively stifling environment only being interested in safe, familiar and cost-effective projects that wouldn't hurt their image. After John Lasserer was fired from Pixar and Disney in 2017 for sexual misconduct, many stories began piling up against him (mostly from female and non-white employees) about how, by that point, the studio he'd co-founded was becoming [[MeetTheNewBoss a creatively stifling environment only interested in safe, familiar projects that wouldn't hurt their image]]. Tellingly, the more progressive, experimental ''[=SparkShorts=]'' series wouldn't debut until three years after his firing and he no longer had any influence over Pixar projects.

** The documentary was released just before Pixar's peek period in the late 2000s. [[TheNewTens The following decade]] would see the studio enter a notorious slump with {{contested sequel}}s, original films that were moderately-to-negatively received and, most infamous, John Lasseter getting [=#MeToo=]'d, with [[TheNewTwenties the decade after]] getting off to an even worse start due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. As such, the documentary can feel less like a celebration of the studio's achievements and more like HappilyEverBefore.

** The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CCO of Walt Disney Animation... an effort which would fail due to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and which [[OldShame he refused to talk about for the remainder of his employment there]].
** Related, Pixar themselves would eventually make the leap to [[WesternAnimation/{{Kitbull}} experimenting with paperless traditional animation]]... but only ''after'' Lasseter was fired for sexual misconduct. Worse, after his fall from grace, more and more stories began coming forward about how stifling he was to the creative and progressive ambitions of his employees and only wanted to stick to what was familiar to him, just like [[MeetTheNewBoss how]] ''[[MeetTheNewBoss his]]'' [[MeetTheNewBoss former employers had been]].
** The documentary was made just before Pixar's peek period in the last 2000s. The following decade would see the studio enter a notorious slump with {{contested sequel}}s, original films that were moderately-to-negatively received and, most infamous, John Lasseter getting [=#MeToo=]'d, with the decade after getting off to an even worse start due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. As such, the documentary can feel less like a celebration of the studio's achievements and more like HappilyEverBefore.

** The documentary in general can feel like HappilyEverBefore after TheNewTens, when Pixar's peek period at the end of the 2000s was immediately followed by a DorkAge defined by {{contested sequel}}s, original films that were moderately-to-negatively received and John Lasseter getting [=#MeToo=]'d

** The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CCO of Walt Disney Animation... an effort which would fail due to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''WesternAnimation'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and which [[OldShame he refused to talk about for the remainder of his employment there]].

* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CCO of Walt Disney Animation... an effort which would fail due to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''WesternAnimation'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and [[OldShame he now refuses to talk about]]. Even worse, Pixar themselves would eventually make the leap to experimenting with (digital) hand-drawn animation in ''Kitbull''... made ''after'' Lasseter was fired from his own company for sexual offenses.

* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CEO... an effort which would fail due to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''WesternAnimation'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and [[OldShame he now refuses to talk about]]. Even worse, Pixar themselves would eventually make the leap to experimenting with (digital) hand-drawn animation in ''Kitbull''... made ''after'' Lasseter was fired from his own company for sexual offenses.

* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CEO... an effort which would fail due to ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and [[OldShame he now refuses to talk about]]. Even worse, Pixar themselves would eventually make the leap to experimenting with (digital) hand-drawn animation in ''Kitbull''... made ''after'' Lasseter was fired from his own company for sexual offenses.
* HilariousInHindsight: Included in the documentary is home video footage of Lasseter reading the box office numbers for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' which at that point was Pixar’s highest grossing feature, to the rest of the company. Lasseter then jokes that there’s now “no pressure” on Andrew Stanton and his upcoming picture, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' went on to outgross ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', and became Pixar’s highest grossing movie until ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.

* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CEO... an effort which would fail due to ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and [[OldShame he now refuses to talk about]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Included in the documentary is home video footage of Lasseter reading the box office numbers for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' which at that point was Pixar’s highest grossing feature, to the rest of the company. Lasseter then jokes that there’s now “no pressure” on Andrew Stanton and his upcoming picture, ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' went on to outgross ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', and became Pixar’s highest grossing movie until ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.
* IronWoobie: John, after getting fired from Disney

* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CEO... and effort which would fail due to ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and [[OldShame he now refuses to talk about]].

* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CEO... and effort which would fail due to ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' making [[AcclaimedFlop mediocre profits despite excellent reviews]] and [[OldShame which he now refuses to talk about]].

* HarsherInHindsight: The ending of the documentary briefly mentions John Lasseter's determination to keep hand-drawn animation alive at Disney following his promotion to CEO... and effort which would fail due to mediocre profits and which he now refuses to talk about.

* DoingItForTheArt: Lasseter, most prominently.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Eisner and Katzenberg.

* HilariousInHindsight: Included in the documentary is home video footage of Lasseter reading the box office numbers for WesternAnimation/MonstersInc which at that point was Pixar’s highest grossing feature, to the rest of the company. Lasseter then jokes that there’s now “no pressure” on Andrew Stanton and his upcoming picture, WesternAnimation/FindingNemo. WesternAnimation/FindingNemo went on to outgross WesternAnimation/MonstersInc, and became Pixar’s highest grossing movie until ToyStory3

* HilariousInHindsight: Included in the documentary is home video footage of Lasseter reading the box office numbers for WesternAnimation/MonstersInc which at that point was Pixar’s highest grossing feature, to the rest of the company. Lasseter then jokes that there’s now “no pressure” on Andrew Stanton and his upcoming picture, FindingNemo. FindingNemo went on to outgross WesternAnimation/MonstersInc, and became Pixar’s highest grossing movie until ToyStory3

* HilariousInHindsight: Included in the documentary is home video footage of Lasseter reading the box office numbers for MonstersInc which at that point was Pixar’s highest grossing feature, to the rest of the company. Lasseter then jokes that there’s now “no pressure” on Andrew Stanton and his upcoming picture, FindingNemo. FindingNemo went on to outgross MonstersInc, and became Pixar’s highest grossing movie until ToyStory3
* IronWoobie: John, after getting fired from Disney