To Home Improvement and beyond
Sid employs tools from a company called Binford in Toy Story. To identify the name of a firm that isn’t even uttered aloud may seem random, but Pixar movies don’t usually do “random.”
Binford, it turns out, is the firm that supports “Tool Time,” the Home Improvement program within a show. Tim Allen, who voices Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, appeared in Home Improvement, as you may recall.
Mrs. Potts, is that you?
The majority of the “easter eggs” we’ve seen in Disney and Pixar films have to do with characters from one film appearing in another. It’s possible that this is the first time we’ve seen a cameo from a collection of inanimate items.
When the gorillas locate the human camp in Tarzan, we can plainly see Mrs. Potts and Chip from Beauty and the Beast’s tea table. They appear to be less animated than in the first film, but this is most likely due to their fear of being chipped.