Disney/PIXAR Eliotells the story of a boy taken by aliens and mistakenly identified as Earth's official ambassador The Pixar film includes several nods to past and future films in the universe Elio, which premiered on June 20, stars Yonas Kibreab, Remy Edgerly, Zoe Saldaña, Brad Garrett, Brandon Moon and Jameela Jamil Eliois loaded with plenty of hidden PixarEaster eggs! The animated film, which hit theaters on June 20, is Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures' latest film.Eliotells the story of an 11-year-old boy scientist named Elio Solis (Yonas Kibreab) as he struggles to fit in with the rest of his classmates. He discovers how to get transported to space and becomes friends with the aliens, including his best friend Glordon (Remy Edgerly). However, his adventure with the aliens takes a turn when he finds himself accidentally getting identified as Earth's official ambassador. "The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession," the film's synopsis reads. "Mistakenly identified as Earth's leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be." In addition to Kibreab and Edgerly, the animated film also stars the voices ofZoe Saldaña,Brad Garrett, Brandon Moon andJameela Jamil. In true Pixar fashion, the film's creators included several Easter eggs while makingElio. Here are the nine Easter eggs you may have missed while watchingElio. Disney/Pixar By now, many Pixar fans are aware of the famous Pizza Planet Truck that is in nearly every Pixar movie. The truck, which is a rusty yellow 1978 Gyoza Mark VII Lite Hauler pickup truck, made its debut inToy Storyin 1995. Production designer Harley Jessup confirmed that viewers will once again be able to spot the yellow car inElio. "The Pizza Planet makes an appearance," Jessup toldGold Derby. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection In addition to physical Easter eggs, theEliocreators also took inspiration from the beloved 2017 filmCoco. "We were trying, because it is his Hispanic family, we're trying to add a couple things fromCoco," lighting art director Ernesto Nemesio told Gold Derby. "There's a couple of Easter Eggs in his house where there's some posters that Frida Kahlo painted inCocothat are in the background." Disney/Pixar One of the movie's Easter eggs is literally written in the stars! Pixar's signature logo, a luxo desk lamp, was featured in the night stars. "There might also be a Luxo lamp outline in the stars. I think somebody tried to fit those in," animation supervisor Travis Hathaway told Gold Derby. Disney/Pixar Just like the Pizza Planet Truck, the number "A113" is shown in nearly every single Pixar movie. Two ofElio's directors, Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian, confirmed toScreenRantthat the movie also includes the numerical phrase. However, the directors got creative with it, as the number actually appears as "Area 113" embroidered on the back of Elio's camouflage backpack. In addition to it being a nod to the famous phrase, it also pays homage to the real, highly classified Area 51 Air Force base. Of course, it wouldn't be a Pixar movie if it didn't tease the next film the studio has planned. InElio, viewers can specifically find an Easter egg for Pixar's next filmHoppers, which is set to hit theaters in spring 2026. The space movie features a scene with a lizard that will be a main character inHoppers. "There are a few Easter eggs — or more than Easter eggs — where with our next film, a full-on character shows up," Hathaway told Gold Derby. Meanwhile, Sharafian told ScreenRant, "We do have a hint toward our next film. It's in the universe somewhere. It's a character, and it's for the filmHoppers. It's onscreen for a pretty long time and kind of featured, which is rare. Normally, it's not featured like that." Disney/Pixar In addition to other Pixar nods, the animators also highlighted a few references to the team who helped make the movie. One of those insider references is a striped blue shirt that Elio wears. "Our lighting [director] has a Zoom screen with this striped blue shirt, and we put that shirt on Elio," visual effects supervisor Claudia Chung told Gold Derby. Another classic Easter egg in the Pixar universe is the Luxo ball, a yellow ball with a blue stripe in the middle and a red star on the front. InElio, the ball may be slightly harder to find, as it's a stamp on a water bottle on Elio's desk. Disney/Pixar In addition to physical objects inElio, there is also a voice Easter egg. As viewers see in the movie, Elio roams around an air and space museum where he learns about NASA's Voyager and other galaxies in a narrated description. The narrator is none other thanKate Mulgrew, who played Captain Kathryn Janeway on theStar Trek: Voyagerseries. Disney/Pixar Another insider reference the creators implemented was the name they gave a radio Elio uses. The film's producer, Mary Alice Drumm, revealed that they combined two of the directors' names, Shi and Sharafian, to put on the radio. "When you're making a movie ... you're tracking the directors all the time," Drumm explained at a panel for the film in London, perDexerto. "It was like 'Where's Domee and Maddy?' Then it started being 'Where's Domad?' So the radio at the beginning – I don't know if you could see it – it's a 'Domad' radio." Read the original article onPeople