Here's a look back at the most memorable final words Pixar characters have spoken. It turns out, there are some iconic, albeit distressing, last remarks
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00:00When most of us think of Pixar, hopefully, we don't think of death scenes. However, there
00:06are quite a few of them. We've taken a look back to find out what the characters actually
00:10said in those final moments. But be warned, there are major spoilers, and probably some
00:16tears ahead.
00:18Pixar's The Incredibles is filled with some seriously iconic lines, and most of them belong
00:22to the legendary Edna Mode. In one of her more memorable moments, the superhero costume
00:27designer told Mr. Incredible that he should never wear capes. She explained that capes
00:32were too dangerous, as they always got caught on something, resulting in grisly deaths.
00:37Well, Edna was clearly onto something. At the end of the movie, after a long battle,
00:42the villain Syndrome threatens the family's youngest child. Of course, Mr. Incredible
00:47has an understandable response, as we hear Syndrome's final words.
00:51This isn't the end of it! I will get your son eventually! I'll get your son! Oh no.
01:01Just as Edna had warned, another super-being meets a terrible fate because of a long, flowing
01:06cape.
01:08The Good Dinosaur tells the story of a young dinosaur, Arlo, who is crippled by fear. When
01:13Henry, Arlo's father, takes him on a journey alongside a river, he explains to Arlo that
01:18he just wants him to get past his fear. Unfortunately, a tragic accident is on the horizon. In his
01:24final minutes, Henry has a touching heart-to-heart with his son.
01:28I know you have it in you.
01:31I'm not like you.
01:34You're me and more.
01:37Suddenly, before Arlo has time to process what his father just told him, a storm intensifies
01:42and they have to run for cover. Unfortunately, Henry finds himself trapped and only has time
01:47for a couple words before he tosses his son to safety.
01:51Run, Arlo!
01:52While this tragic Pixar moment seems to be the end for Henry, Raymond Ochoa, who voiced
01:57Arlo, told HuffPost,
01:59They always leave it open. In some movies, such as The Lion King, you see Mufasa die.
02:05But in this movie, you really don't. He's swept away, so there's always the opening
02:09to bringing Papa back.
02:11The Pixar movie Coco follows a young Mexican boy who dreams of becoming a musician and
02:17travels to the land of the dead. On his journey, he meets his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, a
02:23famous singer. It turns out, Ernesto isn't exactly who he says he is. The villainous
02:29singer actually dies twice in this movie. The first time is when a huge bell falls on
02:33him at the end of a performance of his hit, Remember Me. His final words are the lyrics
02:38of the song,
02:39Until you're in my arms again, remember me.
02:43The second time he dies, Ernesto's skeleton is taken by a spirit creature and flung out
02:48of a stadium where he had been performing Remember Me. Inevitably, he is flung straight
02:54into a huge bell, which then crushes him once again.
02:58Up tells the story of an older, widowed man, Carl, who turns his house into a makeshift
03:03aircraft with thousands of helium balloons. The old man sets off for Paradise Falls, a
03:09remote location in Venezuela, with Russell, a young boy who accidentally comes along for
03:15the ride. Carl soon meets his childhood hero, explorer Charles Muntz. But Muntz turns out
03:21to be an evil villain who wants to take a rare bird home with him. Ultimately, Carl
03:26decides to rescue the bird and stand up to Muntz. As Carl tries to escape Muntz's gigantic
03:32flying zeppelin, the two old men get into a fight. Before too long, Muntz barks out
03:37his final words,
03:39"'Enough! I'm taking that bird home with me. Alive or dead!"
03:45Eventually, Carl, Russell, and the bird get away just in time, while Muntz accidentally
03:52falls a long way to his death.
03:55Since Coco is largely set in the land of the dead, it naturally features a lot of, well,
04:01dead people. One of these characters is Hector, who turns out to be the young protagonist's
04:06great-great-grandfather. He also turns out to be the original author of the song, Remember
04:11Me, a tune that the villain Ernesto de la Cruz steals. However, when he decides to return
04:17home to his family, Ernesto comes up with a diabolical plan. In a shocking scene, Ernesto
04:23pours Hector a poisoned drink so he can steal his songs and his guitar. Hector's final words
04:29are,
04:30"'I'm going home, Ernesto. Hate me if you want, but my mind is made up.'"
04:34Of course, he never makes it home. The audience even sees him collapse in the street. Plenty
04:40of critics were shocked by the scene. A reviewer for CinemaBlend wrote,
04:44"...I found the decision to include this scene in this way an incredibly brave move from
04:49Pixar and director Lee Unkrich. It's a powerful moment, not just in Coco, but in animation."
04:56A Bug's Life is an early Pixar film that focuses its narrative on a colony of ants. In order
05:01to pacify the local grasshoppers, the ants must collect food for them every year. When
05:07Flick accidentally loses all of the food, he is banished from the colony. He eventually
05:12returns with a fake bird contraption operated by ants and designed to frighten the grasshoppers
05:18away. His plan almost works until Hopper, the lead grasshopper, discovers the truth.
05:24But when he's in the middle of threatening Flick, another bird shows up. At this point,
05:29Hopper skeptically delivers his last words.
05:32"...another one of your little bird tricks? Are there a bunch of little girls in this
05:37one too? Hello, girls!"
05:42Sadly for Hopper, this bird is all too real, and quickly drops him into her nest, where
05:47he is devoured by her hungry chicks.
05:51Finding Nemo starts with Marlon and his partner Coral joyfully chatting about their future.
05:56They've just moved into a new home, and they have what looks like hundreds of eggs. The
06:01pair couldn't be happier. In their exchange, Marlon and Coral discuss baby names. Marlon
06:07suggests naming half of the baby fish Marlon Jr., and the other half Coral Jr. Coral muses
06:13that she likes the name Nemo. The happy couple then tease each other, not knowing these will
06:19be Coral's last words.
06:21"...you remember how we met?"
06:23"...well, I try not to."
06:25Unfortunately, the joking comes to a sudden end when they realize that a barracuda is
06:30ready to make a meal out of them. Coral jets down to protect her babies. Sadly, she and
06:35almost all of the eggs don't make it, except for the one survivor, who would become Nemo.
06:41The final death in Pixar's Coco is definitely heartbreaking, as it's of Mama Coco, the elderly
06:48matriarch of the family. Coco, Miguel's great-grandmother, is the daughter of Hector, whom Miguel meets
06:54in the Land of the Dead. In the movie, Coco seems to be suffering from dementia. However,
07:00by the end of the film, she remembers her father when Miguel returns to the Land of
07:04the Living and sings Hector's song, Remember Me, to her. As one fan wrote for The New York
07:10Times,
07:11"...the repeated occurrences of Remember Me are not just a clever play on the movie's
07:15themes of recollection and family. Remember Me is a gut punch that fittingly lingers long
07:21after it's gone."
07:22Sadly, Mama Coco dies shortly after this scene, and her death is bittersweet. In her last
07:28words, she says that her papa was a musician, and she kept all of his letters and poems.
07:33Then she reminisces about his music.
07:36"...when I was a little girl, he and Mama would sing such beautiful songs."
07:44It's extremely touching to see Mama Coco remembering her father and, as the movie suggests, keeping
07:50him alive in her memory.
07:53Inside Out tells the story of Riley, a young girl who moves to a new city and has to deal
07:57with all the emotional challenges that come with growing up. Riley's emotions are played
08:02out through a series of characters, such as Joy and Sadness. But when Riley's core memories
08:07get lost and tainted with sorrow, Joy and Sadness leave their emotional control room
08:12on a quest to help Riley get back to normal. On their way, they meet Bing Bong, Riley's
08:18old imaginary friend. When Bing Bong and Joy fall into the pit of discarded memories, he
08:23sacrifices himself. Before he fades away, Bing Bong utters his last words.
08:30"...take her to the moon for me, okay?"
08:39As actor Richard Kind, who voiced Bing Bong, explained to MTV News, his character's death
08:44symbolized that Riley was growing up and moving on from childish things. Apparently, his original
08:50death scene was even sadder. Kind went on to explain,
08:53"...when I first saw the movie, the scene down in the valley where the memories have
08:57been lost and disposed of was about 40 seconds to a minute longer. It was absolutely heartbreaking,
09:03and I likened it to the scene in Bambi when his mother dies."
09:07Rod Torque Redline isn't a major character in Cars 2, but he is a memorable one. Rod
09:13is a spy who seems like he'd be perfectly at home in a James Bond movie. Sadly, Rod
09:18is tortured and killed by the villain Professor Z. His death makes it absolutely clear to
09:23viewers that Professor Z is a seriously dangerous car. This disturbing scene is actually pretty
09:30upsetting, especially for a Pixar film, and Rod's final words make it even harder to watch.
09:36After Rod refuses to give up any information, Professor Z threatens him with cracking his
09:41engine block and forcing oil into his combustion chamber. Rod defiantly responds,
09:46"...what do I care? I can replace an engine block."
09:51Shortly after that moment, Professor Z turns up the heat, and Rod only has a chance to
09:56yell out,
09:57"...no!"
09:58before he explodes. While viewers are spared the sight of Rod's death, we do see flames
10:02in the reflection of a nearby screen.
10:05Chicharron is a relatively small character in Coco. He is an old man in the Land of the
10:10Dead and a friend of Hector's. While he's already dead, his permanent death, in which
10:15he disappears from the Land of the Dead, occurs because all of his living relatives have passed
10:20away, and he's no longer remembered in the Land of the Living. In a sad scene, he tells
10:25Hector that he's fading, and asks him to play his favorite song. As the song ends, Chicharron
10:32speaks his final words to Hector.
10:35"...brings back memories. Gracias."
10:45These last words are particularly poignant, as the whole film is about keeping people's
10:50memories alive after they are gone.
10:53Doc Hudson is a major character in the first Cars movie, as he is a famous old race car.
10:58However, when Paul Newman, who voiced the character, passed away before the second Cars
11:03movie, the writers decided to write Doc out of the sequel. His last appearance was in
11:08the Cars credits, when he appears to drive off a cliff after Lightning McQueen tells
11:13him,
11:14"...I know all your tricks."
11:15For a couple seconds, McQueen seems worried as he approaches the cliff's edge. Moments
11:19later, Doc comes roaring back, and he says,
11:22"...not all my tricks, rookie."
11:24Chef Gusteau is an important character in Ratatouille, but he actually dies before the
11:29movie begins. Most of what we see of Gusteau is in Remy the Rat's imagination. However,
11:35in one pivotal scene, Remy discovers Gusteau's will — his final words, in a way — which
11:41says that the entire Gusteau's Restaurant Emporium should go to his heir. As Remy reads
11:46another secret letter, he discovers that Linguini is Gusteau's son and rightful heir. This means
11:52that Linguini and Remy can take over the restaurant. While we don't see Gusteau's actual death,
11:58we do hear about it.
12:00Apparently, Gusteau died of a broken heart after losing two stars from his restaurant.
12:05In an old interview with Gusteau that Remy watches on TV, he describes what's needed
12:10for someone to become a top chef. He says that you must try things that may not work,
12:15and you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only
12:19limit is your soul. In the final words of the interview, Gusteau says,
12:24"...what I say is true. Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great."
12:32"...pure poetry."
12:35Leland Turbo is yet another car who is killed in the spy thriller Cars 2, and his demise
12:40comes in the first few minutes of the film. Leland is a secret agent who is in the middle
12:45of a transmission to Finn McMissile when he is discovered. Unfortunately, most of his
12:50first words in the movie are also his last.
12:53"...Finn, I need backup. But don't call the cavalry, it could blow the operation. And
12:58be careful, it's not safe out here. I'm transmitting my grids now. Good luck."
13:03It becomes clear that Leland's cover has been blown, but Finn doesn't realize this,
13:07and travels to their rally point. Finn only discovers Leland's dark fate when he sees
13:12that he's been crushed into a metal cube. According to Professor Z's henchmen, that's
13:17what happens when you stick your bumper where it doesn't belong.