Toy Story and Wall-E are closer than you think: Theory shows a nearly invisible connection between Pixar films

One of the most famous theories about Pixar is that all of the company's films take place in the same universe. That is, titles like Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Inside Out, and even Monsters, Inc. are, according to the theory, all interconnected. It might seem difficult to imagine a connection between such diverse productions, but one fan noticed a nearly invisible detail linking two famous studio films: Toy Story 3 and Wall-E.

User @bizamanic used his TikTok profile to show the connection between the two movies: in one of the scenes from Toy Story 3, the astronaut toy Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is kidnapped by a gang of evil toys led by the unloving teddy bear - Lotso (Ned Beatty). Lotso changes a switch on Buzz's back to set him to the original factory settings, effectively brainwashing him into believing once again that he is, indeed, a space ranger.

While Buzz's batteries are exposed, we can see they bear a red circle with the letters BnL. This symbol is the logo of the Buy n Large Corporation, which manufactured the batteries. If the name sounds familiar, there's a reason: the company also created something else in the Pixar universe: the robot Wall-E.

In the 2008 movie, we learn that Buy n Large is a megacorporation that induced a state of mass consumerism in the Earth's population, and as a consequence, the planet's surface was covered in garbage, making it impossible for any form of natural life to exist here. At one point in the movie, a fuel station operated by the company is shown.