History WesternAnimation / PixarShorts

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Presto}}'' (2008; dir. Doug Sweetland) -- In this homage to Creator/TexAvery, a magician's hungry rabbit hilariously torments its owner over a carrot. Played before ''WesternAnimation/WallE''.

* ''Your Friend the Rat'' (2007) -- Spin-off from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}''. An AffectionateParody of Disney educational shorts from the '50s, Remy and Emile educate viewers on the history of rats and their relationships with humans, hoping to create a better understanding between the two species.

* ''WesternAnimation/AuntieEdna'' (2018) -- Spin-off from ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' and SpiritualSuccessor to ''Jack Jack Attack.'' In this LowerDeckEpisode, Edna takes Jack Jack off an overworked Bob's hands and is both fascinated and slightly overwhelmed (emphasis on "slightly." This ''is'' Edna we're talking about) by his still-developing powers.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinToy'' (1988; dir. John Lasseter) -- The [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory other]] Pixar film about living toys. In this one, a wind-up one-man-band toy tries to escape a destructive infant who wants to play with it. The first computer animated film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It was later played at the beginning of the 2000 re-issue VHS of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' in conformity with the other theatrical shorts.

* Spin-offs from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.

** Not to mention the various characters from the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' follow-ups.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies,'' a testing ground for an animation studio's technical innovation, storytelling techniques and new recruits.

* AudibleGulp: The clown makes one when he realizes he's no longer riding on Red.

%% Zero Context Example* LowerDeckEpisode: The BURN-E short.

%%Zero Context Example * ADayInTheLimelight: "Dug's Special Mission".

* HiccupHijinks: The short, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Hiccups"]], is about Lightning McQueen getting hiccups and trying to cure them. After several failed attempts to cure the hiccups, such as holding breath and drinking water, Sally kisses Lightning and his hiccups are cured. Suddenly, Sheriff gets hiccups too.

* AnimationBump: ''Nona''

* AbsenteeActor: Cruz Ramirez does not appear in any of the ''Cars'' shorts, suggesting they take place before ''WesternAnimation/Cars3''.

* TheStinger: The last scene is a voiceover of Nemo announcing the viewer can explore more of the reef at OceanScientists.org.

* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: It initially happens when Dory starts to derail the film, and happens again during the two times Jean-Micheal tells the orchestra to stop playing the music.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Gravitational cognizance is demonstrated in ''Red's Dream'' when the clown realizes he's no longer on Red.

* ''WesternAnimation/LaLuna''

** Of the [=SparkShorts=], ''Purl'', ''Loop'', ''Out'', and ''Twenty Something'' are aversions and ''Float'' [[spoiler:is a subversion due to a single line of dialogue]].

* PrecisionFStrike: Happens in ''Purl'', when the titular character utters one of the very last words one would expect to ever hear in an official Pixar offering.

* PrecisionFStrike: Happens in ''Purl'', when the titular character utters one of the very last words one would expect to every hear in an official Pixar offering.

* PrecisionFStrike: The titular character in ''Purl'' actually says the word "ass" at one point.

* ''WesternAnimation/MikesNewCar'' (2002) -- Spin-off of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. Mike buys a fancy new car, which he and Sully decide to try out. HilarityEnsues.

!!''Mater and the Ghostlight''

* GeniusBonus: In "Mater and the Ghostlight". A "ghostlight" is also the theatrical term for the one light traditionally left on when the theatre is closed.

!!''Your Friend the Rat''

* AffectionateParody: With its use of different animation styles, it can be seen as one of these to the 1950s Tomorrowland specials directed by Creator/WardKimball.
* ArtShift: The short has 3D animation, 2D animation, clay animation, and even a scene done in the style of an old arcade game.
** It also has live action (the flea) and a section which is a pastiche of the earliest (silent) movies.
* TheCameo: Music/TheBeatles have a brief cameo near the end (complete with a rat assisting [[Music/RingoStarr Ringo]] on drums).
** Also in ''Your Friend The Rat'', [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife P.T. Flea]] appears.
* EarlyBirdCameo: WesternAnimation/WallE shows up for a moment driving a lunar rover.
* EducationalShort: It both spoofs this and plays it straight, as tongue-in-cheek as the short is it still manages to accurately teach a lot about the history of rats in a short span of time.
* MaleGaze: Blink and you'll miss it, but when Remy and Emile are strutting down the street during the big musical number, the camera briefly pans past a passing woman's ample posterior.
* MediumBlending: Combines CG for the scenes with Remy and Emile, stylized traditional animation for most of the other scenes, live-action StockFootage, and a brief StopMotion shot.
* {{Retraux}}: It's made to look like a 1950s educational short.
* ShoutOut: During the song, a rat is seen hanging out with Music/TheBeatles when Liverpool is mention.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: The whole point of ''Your Friend the Rat'' was a refutation of this trope.
* YouDirtyRat: Already averted with Remy and Emile, and the entire short is one big aversion of this trope. The two rats explain that rats are not all bad, and, among other things, that it was the flea that got on the rat, not the rat itself, that caused TheBlackDeath. The rat was as much a victim as humans were. In fact, the Norway rat, the kind of rat that Remy and Emile are, had supposedly helped to end the Black Death.
** And then this trope is both played with and double subverted at the very end, when a cautionary message allegedly from the clip's producers scrolls by to remind the audience that rats are vicious, unsanitary, pestilent vermin, and anyone who interacts with them do so at their own risk, as Remy and Emile can be heard vigorously protesting in the background.

** Of the [=SparkShorts=], ''Purl'', ''Loop'', and ''Out'' are aversions and ''Float'' [[spoiler:is a subversion due to a single line of dialogue]].

* EmployeeOfTheMonth: The short cartoon "Perl" has bright and girly Perl arrive at her new workplace, where she soon becomes an ill-fitting oddity. While sitting in misery at her desk, Perl looks at the office wall where framed Employee of the Month photos are posted. Perl recognizes a commonality to them, so the next day, she has dressed in grey and started acting mannish. She finds that she's fitting in much better in the office culture this way.