Soul Trivia

Cameos, in-jokes, re-used animation, and other trivia from Soul.

Cameos

• Several Easter eggs appear inside the Hall of Everything:
  • The Pizza Planet Truck and Luxo, Jr.
  • Charles F. Muntz's Spirit of Adventure from Up.
  • The Marine Life Institute's rescue raft and life-size whale replica.
  • Imagination Land's princess castle and the Golden Gate Bridge from Inside Out.
    • A broccoli pizza from the film also appears in the Hall's bakery section.
  • The Axiom from WALL-E.
  • Willy's Butte from the Cars franchise.
  • A lamppost with a street sign reading "A113."
  • The carnival's ferris wheel from Toy Story 4.
• Two souls can be seen playing chess in the Jerrys' mentorship video, a nod to Geri's Game.
• A name tag reading "Joe Ranft" and the Luxo Ball appear inside 22's hideout.
• One of the tattoo artist's framed works features an enflamed skull, similar to the one in Coco's title design.
• The Chinese Food Box appears on the Hedge Fund Manager’s desk.
• Joe and 22 board a subway car numbered "2319," the CDA code from Monsters, Inc.
• An advertisement for Brang (Mr. Andersen's new company from Inside Out) appears in the subway.
• A poster on a travel agency's window reads "Visit Portorosso," a major location in Luca.
• This is the first Pixar film where John Ratzenberger is not credited. However, he still has an uncredited voice role.

Other Trivia

• This will be the first Pixar film to have a protagonist voiced by an African-American voice actor.
• Tina Fey collaborated with Amy Poehler, who voiced Joy in Inside Out, which was also directed by Pete Docter.
• Soul was intended for a theatrical release on June 19, 2020, which was later pushed to November 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film's theatrical release was eventually cancelled in lieu of a Disney+ premiere on December 25.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic also forced Pixar's animators to complete the film while working remotely. As a result, the "created and produced at Pixar Animation Studios" portion of the credits adds the line "...and in homes at least six feet away from each other throughout the Bay Area."
• This is also the first Pixar film to have its title come in at the end.
• During the approximately 5 years of development, the Soul story team delivered 73,811 storyboards