Pixar – the studio that loves to make you cry over toys, grandmothers, and 30-second marriage montages.
But this Father’s Day, I ask that you wipe your tears, and instead reach out your arms.
Because Pixar has got some daddy issues.
Here are five moments when Pixar was (not so) silently pleading for a hug.
*Note: Spoilers ahead, and maybe tears, so read at your own risk.
5. Finding Nemo
An obvious place to start maybe, but aside from Andy’s missing dad (and no, he’s not dead), Finding Nemo was the first real clue that Pixar had some unresolved feelings.
This one starts out nice and slow, with Marlin’s fish wife and one thousand of his fish babies eaten by a barracuda in the first ten seconds.
So now Marlin is an overprotective shut-in for his one remaining son. Nemo, said son, exhibits a deep desire to see the world and experience life, rather than be the prisoner of his father’s grief.
You know.
A kid’s movie.
