Pixar Communism

1. Identify each movie from the given statement

2. Rank them in order of MOST communist (1) to LEAST communist (19)
Answers

Movie Statement Movie How

Communist
?
1 - 19
A When the toys band together to bring down the big guy. Toy Story 4
“You are a TOY” is the catch-cry of revolution.
B Questions legitimacy and placement of power among the The Incredibles 12
people, although the antagonist’s revolution does not
actualise because his intentions are misguided.
C Working class beings stand arm in arm to bring down evil A Bug’s Life 1
exploiters
D Supports small business, but the protagonist was never Cars 11
committed to class struggle, instead sticking to the status
quo
E Mindless automatons helping to save a monarchic Cars 2 17
government.
F Old man refuses urban gentrification by flying away. He Up 5
is supported by animals who throw off the shackles of
control.
G Robots revolt, literally bringing down an autocratic Wall-E 19, the ship
spaceship to save humanity is
communist
H The daycare revolution will be held as a beacon for Toy Story 3 7
struggling toy societies everywhere
I The protagonist refuses to be part of the family business Coco 8
and pursues the arts.
J Being royal doesn’t usually make for good Marxism. Brave 18
K A rat and a member of the proletariat prevent the Ratatouille 16
commercialisation of food by seizing the means of
production.
L Two workers expose a multi-billion dollar corporation’s Monster’s Inc 3
corrupt ways, restarting it to make it ethical and
sustainable. It is still a corporation, though.
M The gang save one of their own from being exploited by a Toy Story 2 6
capitalist.
N Potentially subversive, but the fish revolution fails. Finding Dory 13
O Exploitative corporations are everywhere Cars 3 15
P Two outsiders join together to return home. Neutral. The Good Dinosaur 14
Q Fishes escaping an unjust system is pure Marxism. Finding Nemo 2
However “just keep swimming” has the potential to be co-
opted by capitalism as a slogan to work harder and not
question the system.
R Has subversive undertones but does not encourage Inside Out 10
revolution. Where is the emotion for class despair and
disillusionment?
S Rejects the burden of intelligentsia to become enslaved by Monsters 9
a corporation. University
Answers

Movie Statement Movie How

Communist
?
1 - 19
A When the toys band together to bring down the big guy. Toy Story 3
“You are a TOY” is the catch-cry of revolution.
B Questions legitimacy and placement of power among the The Incredibles 13
people, although the antagonist’s revolution does not
actualise because his intentions are misguided.
C Working class beings stand arm in arm to bring down evil A Bug’s Life 2
exploiters
D Supports small business, but the protagonist was never Cars 12
committed to class struggle, instead sticking to the status
quo
E Mindless automatons helping to save a monarchic Cars 2 18
government.
F Old man refuses urban gentrification by flying away. He Up 6
is supported by animals who throw off the shackles of
control.
G Robots revolt, literally bringing down an autocratic Wall-E 1
spaceship to save humanity
H The daycare revolution will be held as a beacon for Toy Story 3 5
struggling toy societies everywhere
I The protagonist refuses to be part of the family business Coco 9
and pursues the arts.
J Being royal doesn’t usually make for good Marxism. Brave 19
K A rat and a member of the proletariat prevent the Ratatouille 8
commercialisation of food by seizing the means of
production.
L Two workers expose a multi-billion dollar corporation’s Monster’s Inc 7
corrupt ways, restarting it to make it ethical and
sustainable. It is still a corporation, though.
M The gang save one of their own from being exploited by a Toy Story 2 4
capitalist.
N Potentially subversive, but the fish revolution fails. Finding Dory 14
O Exploitative corporations are everywhere Cars 3 17
P Two outsiders join together to return home. Neutral. The Good Dinosaur 16
Q Fishes escaping an unjust system is pure Marxism. Finding Nemo 10
However “just keep swimming” has the potential to be co-
opted by capitalism as a slogan to work harder and not
question the system.
R Has subversive undertones but does not encourage Inside Out 15
revolution. Where is the emotion for class despair and
disillusionment?
S Rejects the burden of intelligentsia to become enslaved by Monsters 11
a corporation. University