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  1. craft (visual joke): Anton Chigurh → Toy Story. Raftery says Chigurh's terrible haircut reminds him of Slinky Dog.
    “it always kind of reminds me of Slinky Dog from Toy Story.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:09:31 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Joe Ranft → Toy Story. Ranft was a story supervisor on Toy Story.
    “He was a story supervisor on Toy Story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:57:56 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): The Nightmare Before Christmas → Toy Story. Like early Pixar films, this one squeezes every joke out of its premise (Halloween monsters).
    “those early Pixar movies like hit the, the concept of the movie like a piñata until all of the joy fell out of it”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:57:59 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Toy Story → Pixar. Pixar stubbornly cast the right people rather than the biggest names, a lesson no studio took.
    “Pixar remains pretty stubborn for a while about like, we're going to cast the right people.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:10:24 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): The Nightmare Before Christmas → Toy Story. The first breakthrough film in each form of animation becomes the template: CGI follows Toy Story, stop motion stays creepy.
    “And then the CGI becomes so defined by Toy Story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:41:48 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (namesake): Woody Strode → Toy Story. Woody Strode is said to be the namesake for the character in Toy Story, which the speaker says Pixar has admitted.
    “being the namesake for the character in Toy Story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): Bryan Adams → Toy Story. The Bryan Adams song sounds to a host like the Toy Story song.
    “He's just doing the Toy Story song.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 0:14:03 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Joss Whedon → Toy Story. Whedon is often uncredited or one of many names; he ends up one of six on Toy Story.
    “So like he ends up as one of 6 names on Toy Story”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:25:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)