12 Insane Movie Details You Definitely Missed

5. Carl Wears A Bow-Tie Because He Never Learned To Tie A Regular Necktie - Up

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Earlier this year, a random tweet about Pixar's classic animated film Up went viral due to its heartbreaking, devastating insight into a minor yet ultimately significant visual detail in the movie.

One of protagonist Carl Fredricksen's (Ed Asner) most distinctive features throughout the film is his signature bow-tie, but if you pay attention to the soul-wrenching opening montage of his younger days with his late wife Ellie, he actually wears a regular necktie, which appears to be tied every day by her.

And of course, once Ellie passes away, Carl doesn't have anyone to tie it for him, and having never learned to do it himself, he resorts to wearing a bow-tie forever more.

A ridiculously sad movie just got even sadder.

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