The Pizza Planet Truck

This truck, which first appeared in "Toy Story" has been seen in every Pixar movie since. It can be found in "WALL-E" when EVE scans the truck as part of her mission to find plant life

An Ode to "2001: A Space Odyssey"

In one of "WALL-E"'s more science fiction related themes, it is quite obvious that Auto is based off of and a tribute to HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrik's "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Product Placement?

The influence of Apple, Inc. can be seen everywhere in this film. EVE's design was inspired by the sleek design of Apple's I-Pods, while WALL-E makes the sound of a Mac booting up when he boots himself up, and even the voice of AUTO comes straight off of MacTalk. This is because Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, served as CEO of Pixar from 1986 until 2006, when it was bought by Disney.

A Big, Inside Joke

"A-113" was the name for the directive AUTO had been given to never return to Earth. But this is not the first time it has been used, for this letter and number sequence has shown up in many Pixar movies and even in "The Simpsons" and "American Dad" to name a few. So what's so special about this sequence? Well actually, it's a practical joke amongst animators who attended the California Institute of the Arts. A-113 is the name of a classroom used by animation students.

Junk in the Sky

In the scene where a rocket ship wishing to break the Earth's atmosphere and continue on to the Axiom, Pixar subtly hints that the last obstacle the space shuttle faces is man-made, a junkyard of satellites. While this is humorous and insightfully true in itself, what makes this scene even better is that it can be clearly seen that one of the satellites that the space shuttle hits is the Sputnik 1, the first satellite to ever orbit the Earth.

Toy Story

Though it is hard to see in this picture do to its' size, among other things in WALL-E's shelves is Hammy from "Toy Story" (look right to the left of EVE's head). This is one of many "Toy Story" references made in this movie, along with the Orange Caution Cones (found in the junkyard) and Rex the Dinosaur (WALL-E's shelves).

Yes, Fred Willard is a Big Deal.

WALL-E introduced many new styles of filmmaking on the part of Pixar, from an almost completely silent first half of the movie to Pixar animating the film "to feel as if there was really a cameraman." But the most revolutionary aspect of the film came with Fred Willard's character. Willard is the first actor to appear in a Pixar movie in "live-action", aka, he's not animated. So yes, Fred Willard is a big deal.