Toy Story 4: 19 Easter Eggs & References Explained

By Jack Pooley / June 25, 2019

13. Bonnie's Mother Looks Just Like Riley's Mother

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This technically counts as a Toy Story 3 Easter egg first and foremost, but considering that Inside Out wasn't released until five years later, it's lent an entirely new context with Toy Story 4.

Bonnie's mother (Lori Alan) bears a virtually uncanny resemblance to Riley's mother (Diane Lane) from Inside Out, enough that while you certainly can't claim they're the same person, they could most definitely be sisters (and Riley and Bonnie therefore cousins).

Better still, Bonnie's surname is "Anderson" and Riley's surname is "Andersen", which seems to suggest a very intentional link between the two.

Could the mothers be parallel universe versions of the same person? The Pixar Theory just got a whole lot more complicated...