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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMC-Zw6jzcg|320x240|right|All the PIXAR commercials found so far compiled into a single video.|frame}}
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[[File:Khakis.gif|frame|Levi's "Pinhead" commercial, which was only ever shown publicly at SIGGRAPH and never hit the air.]]
|title=<center>Pixar's early TV commercials</center>
[[File:Mission.gif|frame|Listerine "Mission".]]
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To give the company funding and to build up their company, as well as give itself practice towards their animation and skills and to build up a production team for future projects, '''PIXAR''' put their focus towards commercials in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s for a better start for their company (as do many animators and animation companies starting out or continuing in the field of animation) at the decision of Steve Jobs after the company had been losing a lot of money for years, by opening up their commercial division in 1989.
|imagecaption=Kellogg's All-Bran - Cello (1993) - Taken from an old version of Pixar's website.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
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To earn funding, as well as give itself practice towards its animation and skills and to build up a production team for future projects, '''Pixar put its focus on commercials''' in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s for a better start for their company (as do many animators and animation companies starting out or continuing in the field of animation) at the decision of Steve Jobs after the company had been losing a lot of money for years, by opening up their commercial division in 1989.


These commercials would gradually help the company become stand alone and lead them to work their way to making a fully CGI-animated movie. The commercial brands, like Tropicana, Listerine and Lifesavers, were impressed by PIXAR's shorts so much that they came to them to propose the idea of them making CGI commercials for their brands. And these commercials were different in that PIXAR would only produce the ads if they could be part of the creative development on them, where as most animated adverts would only have the animation company ''just'' make the animation. And thus, PIXAR was given much more creative freedom, in advertising and in general. And as mentioned before, a lot of notable PIXAR alumni worked on these in animation or directing, from John Lasseter to Pete Doctor to even Henry Selick, with the same couple people working in the producing and technical directing department. And the success surely showed as PIXAR gained $2 million per year from these while continually getting exposure to the mainstream public.
These commercials would gradually help the company become stand-alone and lead them to work their way to make a fully CGI-animated movie. The commercial brands, like Tropicana, Listerine, and Lifesavers, were impressed by Pixar's shorts so much that they came to them to propose the idea of them making CGI commercials for their brands. These commercials were different in that Pixar would only produce the ads if they could be part of the creative development, whereas most animated adverts would only have the animation company ''just'' make the animation. Thus, Pixar was given much more creative freedom, in advertising and in general. As mentioned before, a lot of notable Pixar alumni worked on these in animation or directing, from John Lasseter to Pete Doctor to even Henry Selick, with the same couple of people working in the producing and technical directing department. The advertisements' success helped Pixar gain $2 million per year from these while continually getting exposure to the mainstream public.


The commercial division was officially closed on July 8th, 1996; shortly after the sucess of Toy Story. However, they did still make some commercials for McDonalds coinciding with the releases of ''A Bug's Life'' and ''Toy Story 2'' in 1998 and 2000 respectively, and of course the company continues to make commercials with their characters to this day. And despite all of this only some of the commercials have made their way to the internet in recent years, and even though they have mentioned and have shown clips of the commercials in documentaries (''The Pixar Story'' & ''Pixar Shorts: A Short History'') they have yet to properly re-release the commercials in a current format. There lies hope that PIXAR may release these on one of their "PIXAR Shorts" DVDs. But until something like that happens, we have to rely on personal VHS recordings for the old ads, with quite possibly not every single last one intact.
The commercial division was officially closed on July 8th, 1996, shortly after the success of ''Toy Story''. However, they did still make some commercials for McDonald's coinciding with the releases of ''A Bug's Life'' and ''Toy Story 2'' in 1998 and 1999, respectively, and the company continues to make commercials with their characters to this day. Despite all of this, several of the commercials are completely missing. There lies the hope that Pixar may release these on one of their "Pixar Shorts" DVDs. But until something like that happens, we have to rely on personal VHS recordings for the old ads, with quite possibly not every single last one intact.


All of the original 79 PIXAR commercials made by the commercial division are listed on pixartalk.com.<ref>[http://www.pixartalk.com/commercials/ pixartalk.com page on PIXAR's commercials.] Retrieved 15 Sep '13.</ref> A playlist of 28 of them (including alternate versions of some) can be found on YouTube<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkE9uDOiPmPMTwH5LQhCo33vIgiLgjhzO YouTube playlist containing 28 PIXAR produced commercials.] Retrieved 15 Sep '13.</ref> and two more can be found on Retro Junk,<ref>[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/26714/mcdonalds-happy-meal-commercials-for-toy-story-2 Retro Junk upload of two PIXAR produced McDonalds commercials.] Retrieved 15 Sep '13.</ref> which currently leaves 49 out of 79 ads still unfound or unknown as to their whereabouts to these areas. Notably, some of the PIXAR commercials, including unresurfaced ones, can be briefly spotted in ''Toy Story 2'' while the toys are flicking through the channels on Andy's TV, as well as some PIXAR shorts.
All of the original 79 Pixar commercials made by the commercial division are listed on pixartalk.com.<ref>[http://pixartalk.com/commercials/ pixartalk.com page on Pixar's commercials.] Retrieved 15 Sep '13</ref> A playlist of the non-McDonald's ones (including variants) can be found on YouTube<ref>[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZQ1gdKtWk1E9xISFs_YhADq3TyXCqCMe The Collective Animation Archive playlist containing found Pixar produced commercials.] Retrieved 29 Aug '17</ref>. Notably, some of the Pixar commercials can be briefly spotted in ''Toy Story 2'' while the toys are flicking through the channels on Andy's TV, as well as some Pixar shorts.


'''UPDATE 15 Nov' 2014: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ziAAy-tP0g&t=1m06s One of the Twizzler ads had been found!] Expect a proper compilation video of the found ads some time soon!
==Made in Point Richmond DVD==
[[File:Tumblr_nb3iaoQcw41sutz8qo3_r1_1280m.jpg|thumb|right|Made in Point Richmond DVD insert listing Pixar commercials.]]


==List of lost PIXAR ads==
Some point after making ''For the Birds'', Pixar made an employee-exclusive DVD called "Made in Point Richmond" that contained most of the commercials listed by Pixartalk. The two Toppan Printing ads are not listed, suggesting that Pixar didn't actually make them, while one 1993 ad for the Apple Mac Classic, titled "Introduction," that isn't on Pixartalk's list is listed on the DVD.


Toppan Printing – “Dance of the Waterlilies” (1989)
On May 21st, 2018, the whole DVD was [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cBpzufxPSn6qlLu_yUnpaMkeqQ35-PFm/view uploaded as a disc image] by LMW forum user jaret35 (ayeayematey on Discord), with the vast majority of Pixar's commercial work being on it.


Toppan Printing – “Galaxy” (1990)
==List of Pixar Ads==
 
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Fleischmann’s Eggbeaters – “Cracks” (1991)
|-
 
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Bumper Name
Cellular One – “Moving Target” (1991)
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Year
 
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
Tropicana – “Warehouse” (1991)
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Description/Found by
 
|-
Tropicana – “Orange Kiwi Passion” (1991)
|Toppan Printing – “Dance of the Waterlilies”||1989||<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''||
 
|-
Tropicana – “Three Fruits Dancing” (1991)
|Toppan Printing – “Galaxy”||1990||<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''||
 
|-
Volkswagon Polo – “Interview” (1992)
|Eggbeaters "Cracks"||1991||[https://youtu.be/S2MCfwTo68o<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse
 
|-
Tetra Pak – “Daydream” (1992)
|Cellular One – “Moving Target”||1991||[https://youtu.be/aXx02VoY_3U<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Balloon” (1992)
|Tropicana "Warehouse||1991||[https://youtu.be/CDl8Cjg5AxU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: GloopTrekker
 
|-
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Hourglass” (1992)
|Tropicana - “Orange Kiwi Passion"||1991||[https://youtu.be/KixVpG3F1dU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
IncrediBites – “Chomp Chomp” (1992)
|Tropicana - "Three Fruits Dancing"||1991||[https://youtu.be/cgkPgbTnoiM<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
La Poste – “Ladybug” (1992)  
|Tetra Pak "Daydream"||1992||[https://youtu.be/AfAn7LBgCbw<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: peetoons (starts at 0:31)
 
|-
Bunn Coffee Makers – “In the Mood” (1992)
|IncrediBites - "Comp Chomp"||1992||[https://youtu.be/S2qlqJ-b8pQ<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Cello” (1993)
|Bunn Coffee Makers - "In the Mood"||1992||[https://youtu.be/CLWDy-7xwkI<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Sprinkler” (1993)
|Volkswagen Polo “Interview”||1992||[https://ina.fr//video/PUB3774383091<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: Anonymous
 
|-
Bank South – “Hungry” (1993)
|La Poste "Ladybug||1992||[https://ina.fr//video/PUB3774399021 <span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: Anonymous
 
|-
Tetra Pak – “Stranded” (1993)
|Kellogg’s All-Bran "Balloon"||1992||[https://youtu.be/BOs75dHHxIo&start=119<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: Angel Milian (starts at 1:59)
 
|-
Carefree – “Bursting” (1993)
|Kellogg’s All-Bran "Hourglass"||1992||[https://youtu.be/EjpikFWANCY<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
 
|-
Fresca – “Chuckling Straws” (1993)
|Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Cello”||1993||[https://youtu.be/ZXD738kn15g<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
Jordan Magic Toothbrush – “Launching Magic” (1993)
|Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Sprinkler”||1993||[https://youtu.be/KjJCA_BHqz0<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
Dow Corning – “Ideas at Work” (1993)
|Carefree "Bursting"||1993||[https://youtu.be/4i11HAc83_Q<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: barber747
 
|-
Bank South – “Chase” (1993)
|Fresca "Chuckling Straws"||1993||[https://youtu.be/ATkd-XzxniE<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: SuperNintendo96
 
|-
Coca Cola – “Kaleidoscope” (1994)
|Bank South – “Hungry”||1993||[https://youtu.be/hRGat6Em3nU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
 
|-
Arm & Hammer – “About to Uncover” (1994)
|Tetra Pak – “Stranded”||1993||[https://youtu.be/Vk7cOUK7Vds<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey 
 
|-
Arm & Hammer – “Here, There and Everywhere” (1994)
|Jordan Magic Toothbrush "Launching Magic"||1993||[https://youtu.be/VVmC3TRKFmQ<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
 
|-
Nutri Grain – “We’ve Got Taste” (1994)
|Nutri-Grain "We’ve Got Taste"||1993|||[https://youtu.be/jhPrQuaepHA<span style="color:green">'''Found''']
 
|Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Boston Chicken – “Fresh Salad” (1994)
|-
 
|Dow Corning – “Ideas at Work”||1993|||[https://youtu.be/ZDL9Jij0x5U<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Prime Option Credit Card – “Shaping Up Nicely” (1994)
|-
 
|Bank South – “Chase”||1993||[https://youtu.be/RCqbxJKcjd8<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Prime Option Credit Card – “Strong Option” (1994)
|-
 
|Coca-Cola – “Kaleidoscope”||1994||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h1O8nkutB94w1UQaym7UMsTjV94VrF4v/view <span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Paramount – “Logo” (1994)
|-
 
|Arm & Hammer – “Here, There and Everywhere”||1994||[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GnAqzABYWaL1VLlJ01ZyJZo2vrobKIR4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Chips Ahoy – “Circus” (1995)
|-
 
|Arm & Hammer "About to Uncover"||1994|||[https://youtu.be/CrydXSRK5ao<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Ortho – “Flamingo” (1995)
|-
 
|Boston Chicken – “Fresh Salad”||1994||[https://youtu.be/X-Ql-yXPNWA<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Hershey’s – “Amazin’ Straws” (1995)
|-
 
|Prime Option Credit Card – “Shaping Up Nicely”||1994||[https://youtu.be/_gze6lcCIpE<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Coca Cola – “Learning Lesson” (1995)
|-
 
|Prime Option Credit Card – “Strong Option”||1994||[https://youtu.be/NEmIpg1_Td4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Tower Records – “Christmas Conga” (1995)
|-
 
|Paramount – “Logo”||1994||<span style="color:red">'''Lost'''||
Sun Microsystems – “Magic Desktop” (1996)
|-
 
|Ortho "Flamingo"||1995||[https://youtu.be/ESm6SBpNknw<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Hallmark – “Magnets” (1996)
|-
 
|Chips Ahoy – “Circus”||1995||[https://youtu.be/dtfrqxQ0CH4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
Twizzlers – “Let Me In” (1996)
|-
 
|Hershey’s – “Amazin’ Straws”||1995||[https://youtu.be/8ydzWdnfReg<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
McDonald’s – A Bug’s Life – “Belt Loop” (1998) '''(There are two, "Belt Loop 1" and "Belt Loop 2", but we don't know which one is the found one)'''
|-
 
|Coca-Cola – “Learning Lesson”||1995||[https://youtu.be/KwIb57wXqN8<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: ayeayematey
McDonald’s – A Bug’s Life – “Nothing Good on TV Jr.” (1998) (Director: Doug Sweetland, Producer: Karen Dufilho) '''(Presumably not the version with a different audio track present in the compiled video)'''
|-
 
|Tower Records "Christmas Conga"||1995||[https://youtu.be/9EFaqk5wUeI<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: recordman33
McDonald’s – A Bug’s Life – “Watches” (1998) (Director: Bob Koch, Producer: Karen Dufilho)
|-
 
|Hallmark "Magnets"||1996||[https://youtu.be/kK3K7SLGzFg<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: VHSgoodiesWA
==''Toy Story 2'' ads==
|-
While the characters are flipping through the TV channels in PIXAR's ''Toy Story 2'', some PIXAR commercials, as well as PIXAR short films, can be seen as an in-joke. Whether the following screencaps of this scene all include PIXAR commercials or not is unknown.
|Twizzlers "Let Me In"||1996||[https://youtu.be/uh8X77BDUHY<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: 90s Commercials
 
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
|Sun Microsystems – “Magic Desktop”||1996||[https://youtu.be/eRnmsxYTtTM<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Found by: Oracle Solaris
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h19m53s222.png|thumb|320px|A Tetra Pak commercial, presumably "Stranded".]]
|McDonald's – ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Belt Loop”||1998||[https://youtu.be/NrhyCYgOTWU<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||There are two, "Belt Loop 1" and "Belt Loop 2." The second one shown is "Belt Loop 2."
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h20m16s241.png|thumb|320px|A Tetra Pak commercial, presumably "Stranded".]]
|-
|McDonald’s – ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Nothing Good on TV Jr.”||1998||[https://youtu.be/hFIaIzZz2Bk<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||
Director: Doug Sweetland, Producer: Karen Dufilho Presumably not the version with a different audio track present in the compiled video.
|-
|McDonald’s – ''A Bug’s Life'' – “Watches"|||1998||[https://youtu.be/rsl7qQTCIz4<span style="color:green">'''Found''']||Director: Bob Koch, Producer: Karen Dufilho
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
==''Toy Story 2'' Ads==
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
While Hamm is flipping through the TV channels in Pixar's ''Toy Story 2'', some Pixar commercials, as well as Pixar short films, can be seen as an in-joke. Whether the following screencaps of this scene all include Pixar commercials or not is unknown.
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h21m27s169.png|thumb|320px|Presumably "Magnets".]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h24m59s34.png|thumb|320px|Presumably "Magnets".]]
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
<gallery mode="packed" heights="175px">
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h22m33s171.png
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h25m56s60.png|thumb|320px|Presumably "Magnets".]]
Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h30m17s233.png
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h27m15s94.png|thumb|320px|Presumably "Magnets".]]
Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h26m22s96.png
|}
Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h30m57s111.png
Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h29m01s28.png
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
==Gallery==
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
<gallery mode="packed" heights="175px">
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h21m49s170.png|thumb|320px|A Tetra Pak commercial, presumably "Daydream".]]
IMG 1066.jpg|A postcard, possibly depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies. (1/2)"
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h28m56s27.png|thumb|320px|A Tetra Pak commercial, presumably "Daydream".]]
IMG 1069.jpg|A postcard, possibly depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies. (2/2)"
|}
</gallery>


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
==See Also==
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
===Advertisements===
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h22m33s171.png|thumb|320px]]
*[[The Incredibles (found full version of McDonald's Happy Meal commercial for Pixar animated film; 2004)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h30m17s233.png|thumb|320px]]
*[[The Incredibles (found online promotional trailers for Pixar animated film; 2004)]]
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
===Animation (Disney)===
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
*[[Alice in Wonderland (partially lost original draft of Disney animated film; 1939)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h24m26s211.png|thumb|320px|The Levi's commercial, "Shake It".]]
*[[Aladdin (found Howard Ashman treatment of Disney animated film; 1988)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h24m31s213.png|thumb|320px|The Levi's commercial, "Shake It".]]
*[[American Dog (partially found original version of "Bolt" Disney animated film; 2007-2008)]]
|}
*[[The Black Cauldron (partially found deleted scenes of Disney animated film; 1985)]]
*[[Chanticleer (partially found production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 1940s-mid 1960s)]]
*[[Chicken Little 2 (partially found production material of cancelled sequel to Disney animated comedy film; 2006)]]
*[[Disney Circle Seven Animation (partially lost production material of cancelled Pixar sequel films; 2004-2006)]]
*[[Dumbo II (partially found production material from cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2000s)]]
*[[Fantasia 2006 (partially lost production material for cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2002-2004)]]
*[[Fraidy Cat (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2004-2005)]]
*[[Frozen (partially found early drafts of Disney animated film; 1937-2012)]]
*[[Gigantic (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2013-2017)]]
*[[The Jungle Book (lost Bill Peet version of Disney animated film; 1963-1964)]]
*[[Kingdom of the Sun (partially found original version of "The Emperor's New Groove" Disney animated film; late 1990s)]]
*[[The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (partially found production material and deleted scenes of Disney animated sequel film; 1995-1998)]]
*[[Maleficent (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2003-2005)]]
*[[Music Land (lost Disney animated anthology film; 1955)]]
*[[My Peoples (partially found production material of cancelled Disney animated film; late 1990s-early 2000s)]]
*[[Phineas and Ferb (lost production material of cancelled theatrical film of Disney Channel animated series; 2010s)]]
*[[The Search for Mickey Mouse (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated film; 2002)]]
*[[The Seven Dwarfs (partially found production material of cancelled direct-to-video prequel to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Disney animated film; 2000s)]]
*[[Tangled (partially found early drafts of Disney animated film; 2001-2010)]]
*[[Tinker Bell (partially found first draft of Disney animated film; 2007)]]
*[[Treasure Planet II (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated sequel film; 2002)]]
*[[Wild Life (lost production material for cancelled Disney animated film; late 1990s-2000)]]
*[[Zootopia (partially found pre-rewrite version of Disney animated film; early 2010s)]]


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
===Animation (Pixar)===
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
*[[A Tin Toy Christmas (lost production material of cancelled Pixar animated Christmas TV special; early 1990s)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h25m04s35.png|thumb|320px|The Levi's commercial, "Shake It".]]
*[[Cars 3 (lost deleted scene of Pixar animated sequel film; 2017)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h30m22s234.png|thumb|320px|The Levi's commercial, "Shake It".]]
*[[The Good Dinosaur (lost original version of Pixar animated film; 2011-2013)]]
|}
*[[Inside Out (lost original Bing Bong death scene of Pixar animated film; 2015)]]
*[[Made in Point Richmond (found miscellaneous content from Pixar DVD; 1986-2000)]]
*[[Newt (partially found production material of cancelled Pixar animated film; early 2010s)]]
*[[Toy Story 4 (found original script of Pixar animated sequel film; 2013-2017)]]
*[[Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (partially found intermissions for 3D double feature re-release of Pixar animated films; 2009)]]
*[[Toy Story "Black Friday Reel" (partially found rough cut of Pixar animated film; 1993)]]
*[[Toy Story "Jessie" (found Patsy Montana Award acceptance speech animation of Pixar character; 2000)]]
*[[WALL·E (partially found original treatments of Pixar animated film; 1994-2008)]]


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
===Audio===
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
*[[Enchanted (lost deleted song from Disney live-action/animated fantasy comedy film; 2007)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h28m48s24.png|thumb|320px|The Levi's commercial, "Shake It".]]
*[[Fantasia (partially lost original audio of Disney animated film; 1940)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h29m08s32.png|thumb|320px|The Levi's commercial, "Shake It".]]
*[[Jack Wagner (partially lost Disney Park background music collection from American actor; 1970s-2001)]]
|}
*[[Mars Needs Moms (found Seth Green vocal performance of Disney motion-capture animated film; 2011)]]
*[[The Nightmare Before Christmas (lost original Vincent Price audio of Disney stop-motion animated film; early 1990s)]]
*[[Pinocchio (lost Mel Blanc's "Gideon the Cat" dialogue from Disney animated film; 1940)]]
*[[Toy Story 2 (partially found Bullseye dialogue test footage from Pixar animated sequel film; late 1990s)]]


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
===Live Action===
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
*[[101 Dalmatians (found "Spotted Landmarks" teaser trailer of Disney live-action film; 1995-1996)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h26m22s96.png|thumb|320px]]
*[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (found deleted scenes from Disney live-action film; 1993)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h30m57s111.png|thumb|320px]]
*[[Sleeping Beauty (partially found live action reference material for Disney animated film; 1959)]]
|}
*[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (lost original cut of Disney dark fantasy film; 1982)]]
*[[Walt Disney (lost physical Mickey Mouse animation reference footage of animator; late 1930s)]]


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
===Short Films===
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
*[[Alice Comedies (partially lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1920s)]]
| [[File:Vlcsnap-2015-09-12-21h27m38s54.png|thumb|320px]]
*[[Blowin' in the Wind (found Pixar animated short film; 1985)]]
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*[[Lafflets (lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1922-1923)]]
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*[[Language Arts Through Imagination (found series of Disney educational short films; 1988-1989)]]
*[[Mickey and Minnie Mouse (lost unauthorized pornographic animated short film; existence unconfirmed; 1936)]]
*[[Mickey's Man Friday (partially found production material of unproduced remake of Disney animated short film; 1939-1941)]]
*[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (partially lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1927-1928)]]
*[[Poor Papa (found "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" Walt Disney animated short film; 1927)]]
*[[The Princess Academy (lost production material of cancelled Disney animated short film; 2009)]]
*[[Short Subject aka "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam" (found unofficial animated short film; 1968)]]
*[[Tales from Radiator Springs "To Protect and Serve" (lost episode of "Cars" animated miniseries; 2015)]]
*[[Totally Twisted Fairy Tales (partially found Disney animated short series; 1997)]]
*[[Uncle Walt (lost unauthorized Disney short film; 1964)]]


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Kellogg's All-Bran - Cello (1993) - Taken from an old version of Pixar's website.

Status: Partially Lost

To earn funding, as well as give itself practice towards its animation and skills and to build up a production team for future projects, Pixar put its focus on commercials in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s for a better start for their company (as do many animators and animation companies starting out or continuing in the field of animation) at the decision of Steve Jobs after the company had been losing a lot of money for years, by opening up their commercial division in 1989.

These commercials would gradually help the company become stand-alone and lead them to work their way to make a fully CGI-animated movie. The commercial brands, like Tropicana, Listerine, and Lifesavers, were impressed by Pixar's shorts so much that they came to them to propose the idea of them making CGI commercials for their brands. These commercials were different in that Pixar would only produce the ads if they could be part of the creative development, whereas most animated adverts would only have the animation company just make the animation. Thus, Pixar was given much more creative freedom, in advertising and in general. As mentioned before, a lot of notable Pixar alumni worked on these in animation or directing, from John Lasseter to Pete Doctor to even Henry Selick, with the same couple of people working in the producing and technical directing department. The advertisements' success helped Pixar gain $2 million per year from these while continually getting exposure to the mainstream public.

The commercial division was officially closed on July 8th, 1996, shortly after the success of Toy Story. However, they did still make some commercials for McDonald's coinciding with the releases of A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2 in 1998 and 1999, respectively, and the company continues to make commercials with their characters to this day. Despite all of this, several of the commercials are completely missing. There lies the hope that Pixar may release these on one of their "Pixar Shorts" DVDs. But until something like that happens, we have to rely on personal VHS recordings for the old ads, with quite possibly not every single last one intact.

All of the original 79 Pixar commercials made by the commercial division are listed on pixartalk.com.[1] A playlist of the non-McDonald's ones (including variants) can be found on YouTube[2]. Notably, some of the Pixar commercials can be briefly spotted in Toy Story 2 while the toys are flicking through the channels on Andy's TV, as well as some Pixar shorts.

Made in Point Richmond DVD

Made in Point Richmond DVD insert listing Pixar commercials.

Some point after making For the Birds, Pixar made an employee-exclusive DVD called "Made in Point Richmond" that contained most of the commercials listed by Pixartalk. The two Toppan Printing ads are not listed, suggesting that Pixar didn't actually make them, while one 1993 ad for the Apple Mac Classic, titled "Introduction," that isn't on Pixartalk's list is listed on the DVD.

On May 21st, 2018, the whole DVD was uploaded as a disc image by LMW forum user jaret35 (ayeayematey on Discord), with the vast majority of Pixar's commercial work being on it.

List of Pixar Ads

Bumper Name Year Status Description/Found by
Toppan Printing – “Dance of the Waterlilies” 1989 Lost
Toppan Printing – “Galaxy” 1990 Lost
Eggbeaters "Cracks" 1991 Found Found by: Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse
Cellular One – “Moving Target” 1991 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Tropicana "Warehouse 1991 Found Found by: GloopTrekker
Tropicana - “Orange Kiwi Passion" 1991 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Tropicana - "Three Fruits Dancing" 1991 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Tetra Pak "Daydream" 1992 Found Found by: peetoons (starts at 0:31)
IncrediBites - "Comp Chomp" 1992 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Bunn Coffee Makers - "In the Mood" 1992 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Volkswagen Polo “Interview” 1992 Found Found by: Anonymous
La Poste "Ladybug 1992 Found Found by: Anonymous
Kellogg’s All-Bran "Balloon" 1992 Found Found by: Angel Milian (starts at 1:59)
Kellogg’s All-Bran "Hourglass" 1992 Found Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Cello” 1993 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Kellogg’s All-Bran – “Sprinkler” 1993 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Carefree "Bursting" 1993 Found Found by: barber747
Fresca "Chuckling Straws" 1993 Found Found by: SuperNintendo96
Bank South – “Hungry” 1993 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Tetra Pak – “Stranded” 1993 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Jordan Magic Toothbrush "Launching Magic" 1993 Found Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Nutri-Grain "We’ve Got Taste" 1993 Found Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Dow Corning – “Ideas at Work” 1993 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Bank South – “Chase” 1993 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Coca-Cola – “Kaleidoscope” 1994 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Arm & Hammer – “Here, There and Everywhere” 1994 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Arm & Hammer "About to Uncover" 1994 Found Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Boston Chicken – “Fresh Salad” 1994 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Prime Option Credit Card – “Shaping Up Nicely” 1994 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Prime Option Credit Card – “Strong Option” 1994 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Paramount – “Logo” 1994 Lost
Ortho "Flamingo" 1995 Found Found by: The Collective Animation Archive
Chips Ahoy – “Circus” 1995 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Hershey’s – “Amazin’ Straws” 1995 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Coca-Cola – “Learning Lesson” 1995 Found Found by: ayeayematey
Tower Records "Christmas Conga" 1995 Found Found by: recordman33
Hallmark "Magnets" 1996 Found Found by: VHSgoodiesWA
Twizzlers "Let Me In" 1996 Found Found by: 90s Commercials
Sun Microsystems – “Magic Desktop” 1996 Found Found by: Oracle Solaris
McDonald's – A Bug’s Life – “Belt Loop” 1998 Found There are two, "Belt Loop 1" and "Belt Loop 2." The second one shown is "Belt Loop 2."
McDonald’s – A Bug’s Life – “Nothing Good on TV Jr.” 1998 Found

Director: Doug Sweetland, Producer: Karen Dufilho Presumably not the version with a different audio track present in the compiled video.

McDonald’s – A Bug’s Life – “Watches" 1998 Found Director: Bob Koch, Producer: Karen Dufilho

Toy Story 2 Ads

While Hamm is flipping through the TV channels in Pixar's Toy Story 2, some Pixar commercials, as well as Pixar short films, can be seen as an in-joke. Whether the following screencaps of this scene all include Pixar commercials or not is unknown.

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Gallery

  • A postcard, possibly depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies. (1/2)"

    A postcard, possibly depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies. (1/2)"

  • A postcard, possibly depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies. (2/2)"

    A postcard, possibly depicting “Dance of the Waterlilies. (2/2)"

See Also

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Animation (Disney)

Animation (Pixar)

Audio

Live Action

Short Films

References

  1. ↑ pixartalk.com page on Pixar's commercials. Retrieved 15 Sep '13
  2. ↑ The Collective Animation Archive playlist containing found Pixar produced commercials. Retrieved 29 Aug '17
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