Knick Knack: 1989 vs. 2003 Comparison 

John Lasseter, who directed Knick Knack, said that the decision to reduce the cup sizes of the girls was Pixar's, not Disney's. To my understanding, back in the early days of Pixar (and the early computer graphics scene in general back then), the people there were young, and the working culture was frat-like. Nowadays, those animators are older and likely have kids who watch their films, so they are more conscious of what they're including in their films. Lasseter said of the original characters' cup sizes, "It was just crossing the line for me personally as a father."

"The only difference is the colo-... _oh my god-"_

Imagine going back into an animation file from the late 80s to de-honkerfy a couple of the 3D models, lol

2003: Flat body 1989: *B* *O* *O* *B* *S*

The original "pixar mom"

Now I know what the snowman really wanted 😂

They removed the honker smokers, dejadejangels, the women's coconuts, the kidney distributor.

So is nobody going to talk about the absolute banger of a song in this short

The breast reduction surgery was a success, I suppose.

Pixar was Spicy back them

The fact that they went from massive magumbos to a completely flat chest makes me think this change was done very begrudgingly by some pissed off animator at the behest of an executive, like "oh you don't like the tits? well here you go!"

I don't see a difference really EDIT: *WAIT WHAT THE FUCK*

Yeah I see a couple massive differences

Man, that really is a hard ass snow globe...

1989 is better warmer colors and definitely fits the timeline

They made Sunny Miami flat as her state. Quite sad indeed

3:13 that blah blah blah is hilarious

In 2003, before the short starts, there is a card reading "In 1989, six years before Toy Story, Pixar Animation Studios made this short film." but in 1989, this card is absent. In 2003, the 1995 logo is used, but in 1989, the 1986 logo was used. In 2003, the background of the title card's logo is slightly different. In 2003, the lighting is slightly different as compared to in 1989. In 1989, the girl on the Miami knick-knack has large breasts unlike in 2003, which she doesn't have them because it was possibly considered offensive. A similar thing goes with the girl on the Atlantis knick-knack but with different lingerie. In 2003, the Dolby Stereo logo is slightly different as compared to in 1989. The copyright information in 2003 reads "(c) (the copyright symbol) 1989" with an extra "(c) 2003" instead of the word "copyright" followed by MCMLXXXIX (1989 in Roman numerals)", in the Helvetica font rather than the Eurostile font. After the credits, in 1989, it cuts to the Knick Knack logo then fades to black, but in 2003, it just cuts to black.

I'm honestly not seeing a big difference between the tw...OH MY GOSH!

"Boobs are offensive, instead we must make an impossibly thin beauty standard."

Bonus at 2:30, that squeaking sound effect in the original 1989 version of Knick Knack is replaced with a “running glass tapping” sound effect in the 2003 edited version.

My eyes keep going to the left of the screen

i imagine being trapped in a snowglobe is distressing

Literally only remade this to remove the cannons. Those babies lit my brain on fire as a 5 year old lmao

The channel flipping scene in Toy Story 2 features a screenshot from the uncensored version.

I still feel the coolest dancing object is Egypt Pyramid

Love the color in the original release

I think we all know the difference

At this point, if Pixar is ever going to make another Easter Egg/Reference of this short in any of their upcoming movies, I’m hoping to at least see Miami and Knick being together, maybe even cuddling or holding hands. I just really want to see them happy and in love after being apart for their whole lives. There’s barely any fanart portraying their relationship and I’m a bit sad about it. You’d think after nearly 40 years there would be plenty of ship fanart, but no, they only draw Miami…

imagine the higher ups telling the animators what to change

Me see the thumbnail: that’s probably click bait. Me after watching it: that’s not click bait.

It would be interesting if for the 10th anniversary of Toy Story, Pixar would either put in a remastered digitally-transferred version of Tin Toy or a re-scanned print of The Adventures of André & Wally B.

The Sunny Miami/Atlantis knick-knacks were basically PIXAR's prediction of Big Hero 6's Aunt Cass mommy-milker-mod incident, but in reverse.

With help from "Steve Jobs"

So these are some of the toys Andy’s mom keeps in her room

Should've just kept the pink filter, it looks cute

he could've just ask the others for help to flip over the snow globe and pull him out of there, lol

1989: no you were used to give her giant knockers and give it a brighter filter 2003: I COULDVE HAD KNOCKERS!?

The original looks fitting with the warm colors and 35mm film master. Also, more Bobby McFerrin in the original due to longer credits sequence. The 2003 version just looks sad, because the colors are washed out and it looks like an amateur render by today's standards. Also, everyone else has talked about the obvious at this point, so no, I will not be stating the obvious, here.

Nah bro pixar wildin' 💀💀💀💀💀

The remade/updated version of the short was first made available to the theatrical screenings of Finding Nemo during its initial theatrical runs.

0:59 it explains why the snowman was so thirsty for her 😂

The pyramid do be vibing though

'' the fuck u mean difference there is no dif- HOLY GUACAMOLI-''

They really made her chest big in the original version lol

Knick Knack had a reason to get out of that Snowglobe back in 89

Only differences I could note were the intro, slight improvements to the lighting, and, well, we all noticed the other one.

0:36 WHERE ARE THEY

The warm colors in '89 made the original look too bright, so I guess they washed the colors to make it look more "in this time". I don't know why they shortened the end credits for the rerelease. That was their decision.

Another proof that Pixar prefers butts

Both have their charms

I know I see a lot of Sunny Miami art all over the net, and now I get why. Dunno why they had to flatten her completely, maybe just shrink the chest down just a little and it’d still be appropriate.

I think I saw the 1989 version in a pirate DVD when *I WAS A KID* 💀💀💀

whyd they nerf her???????????????????????

Despite the knick knack girl's "family friendly'ification" she still bad af in 2003

2:23 I remember the remastered version of Knick knacks from finding nemo in the theaters and 📼 when, I was 6 years old.

Well, DeviantArt had a field day with the original version. And I should know, I’ve seen them while on that site. TFs, Breast expansion, NSFW stuff and all! Why are they drooling over a plastic Miami knick knack again is far beyond my comprehension. As a DeviantArtist myself, it eludes me.

RIP two large circle models

14 years after Knick Knack released.

Masahiro Sakurai saw this change and went “I want that for Zero Suit Samus.”

THEY REMOVED HER BOINGS 04

I always hated this short. I felt terrible for the snowman cuz he's the only one trapped in a snow globe😢

I like how knick put in his nose 1:30

Did anyone else realize that this short was in Toy Story 2 except me?

My siblings and me used to love this short when we were younger :3

Man I'm surprised that they didn't rework toy story 2 when it came to the 1989 version because in the modern version of toy story 2 they didn't redid the parts where they smallen the area

3:00 bro was tryna pull a quagmire

This lady with big boob still there on TV at Andy’s room in Toy Story 2(1999)

Damn, the budget cuts were enormous.

Loved this short

1:45 i think i like the original better..

I think the 80s/90s had a stroke that day on women's watermelons.

Basically in 1989 they uncensored it and in 2003 they censored it

Honker badonkers got me gloingeling my shploingidy

Ok they dehonkified her but you gotta remember, they only did it because the short was shown in front of a g rated Pixar film. It makes sense.

*film by: John Lasseter* That explains it

I still find it ironic that years after it was censored, John Lasseter would get the boot. And mind you; he did the changes to be a little more mature than just boob jokes.

no more booba..........

This short film gives me such a visceral uncanny feeling that I can't even explain. It makes me feel so damn uncomfortable

So you are telling me. The same dude that made the iphone,helped produced this film

That snowman is simping so hardly💀💀

"WHERE ARE THEY?!"

"what, it's just an ordinary- OH MY GOODNESS"

Goodness this very moment this comment is posted I never knew the changes from the original were made nor I knew the original version

The 2003 version is definitely better. But I suppose the 1989 version fits in better with its time. Since people did seem to have a thing for characters with big breasts back in the 80's and 90's. I watched this short film in the Cinema along with Finding Nemo. I watched it again after seeing what else was on my Finding Nemo VHS and found it rather boring. I was only 8-9 and didn't understand what the point was. I watched it again when I was 15 and I actually wondered if I was out of my mind, allowing myself to rewatch it. I couldn't remember anything from it the last times I saw it except the characters Knick Knack, Sunny Miami, and Sunny Atlantis. Only that I remembered finding it boring. However I understood what the point of the short was. And I actually found it a lot more interesting, especially after finding out that there were two versions of it. I actually thought that Sunny Miami and Sunny Atlantis were the same character originally, and that Sunny Miami somehow got into the fish bowl so that Knick would have another chance to reach her. I find it irritating that none of the uploads of the 1989 version are in good quality. Since it complicates seeing if there are any further differences besides the breast size and the clam bra in the place of starfish pasties.

The big guns were removed in favor of little pistols.

The girl in the 1989 version was crazy💀💀💀

Omg! I forgot about this old animation of pixar.

They kind of removed the main motivation for the snowman wanting so badly to escape.

Only because adults would enjoy this original version, John Lasseter wouldn't like this.

this looks like something that big idea would make

We got the Finding Nemo VHS for christmas 2003/2004. I believe this was the last VHS we were getting. I was 12 at the time.

Ngl, not a fan of the original. It just looks odd. Flat chest also puts more emphasis on the legs. That being said, though, some booba wouldn’t have hurt!

congrats to them on their top surgery

disney was fucking wild back then 1:57

0:01 1:26 DISNEY PIXAR!

no wonder why he wanted to escape

I was an underage wee lass when I saw this in theatres before seeing the feature film. All the boys in the audience went "AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWH!" when the boobies appeared. They were yelling in "omg boobies", not that they were satisfying themselves. That's what the gym teach did in kindergarten.

I miss these kind of shorts, y’know?

so im the re release shes flat chested and the colors are more enchanced, tink sounds are made when the snow man is running when the snow globe is falling, plus the mermaid wers sea shells insteand of starfish, and the credits cut the ending song short