When Pixar first started making short film spinoffs and sequels to their feature films, the company added an odd new dynamic to the entire realm of popular animated movies. Pixar’s eventual parent company, Disney, had always wrapped up its stories with “happily ever after” endings.
Early Pixar shorts, like the Monsters, Inc. spinoff Mike’s New Car, or Finding Nemo’s hybrid goof Exploring the Reef, didn’t mess with that tradition at all — apart from bringing back the movie’s characters, they
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