In “The Art of Inside Out 2,” Mann revealed that there was once going to be a more obvious Easter egg honoring Caroll Spinney. Mann explained:
“Spinney’s Pizza was a restaurant the girls visit after their championship game. Although we cut the scene for time, we were able to repurpose the pizza and the logo later in the film.”
That means we would have seen Spinney’s Pizza appear pretty early on in the movie after Riley and her friends have that big game victory that leads to their hockey camp recruitment. Thankfully, as Mann said, they were able to reconfigure Spinney’s Pizza for an appearance later in the movie. In the scene where Riley is hanging out with the Firehawks during hockey camp, they’re eating pizza in a common area, and if you look carefully, you’ll notice on the boxes that the pies come from Spinney’s Pizza. Below, you can see that Spinney’s likeness inspired the pizza logo in various concept art designs.
That’s just one of the many Easter eggs you’ll find in “Inside Out 2.” Keep an eye out during the scene where all the emotions are asleep in headquarters, and you’ll see a little makeshift statue of the beloved imaginary friend Bing Bong sitting on Joy’s shelf. Plus, the traditional appearance of Pixar’s A113 Easter egg pops up outside the vault where Riley keeps her secrets. Riley’s bedroom also has a poster for 4-Town, the boy bad from “Turning Red.” There are likely many more waiting to be discovered.
If you’d like to know more about Caroll Spinney, there’s an entire documentary about him called “I Am Big Bird,” streaming now on Peacock, Kanopy, Hoopla, and more. But if you want to hear more about “Inside Out 2,” be sure to listen to our episode of the /Film Daily podcast, where we dig even deeper into the Pixar sequel:
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