Toy Story 4: 19 Easter Eggs & References Explained

By Jack Pooley / June 25, 2019

15. Reptillus Maximus

Just before Woody dives into the trash of Bonnie's classroom to retrieve the supplies that will eventually become Forky (Tony Hale), he disguises himself by wearing a lunchbox featuring a distinctive armour-clad alien creature.

That alien is in fact Reptillus Maximus, the Battlesaur toy who appeared in the 2014 short film Toy Story That Time Forgot, and of whom a classmate of Bonnie's is apparently a huge fan.

Given how even many hardcore Toy Story fans have given the short films a miss, this was a mighty sneaky reference indeed.