A113

A113 (sometimes A-113, A-1-13, A1-13 or A11-3) is an inside joke and Easter egg in media developed by alumni of California Institute of the Arts, referring to the classroom used by graphic design and character animation students including John Lasseter, Tim Burton, Michael Peraza, and Brad Bird. Bird first used it for a license plate number in the "Family Dog" episode of Amazing Stories. It has appeared in most of Pixar Animation Studios films and other Walt Disney Pictures films.

The door of Room A113 c. 2005

Bird said, "I put it into every single one of my films, including my Simpsons episodes—it's sort of my version of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld's 'Nina'."[1]

Classroom A113 is currently the first-year graphic design studio.

A113 appearances

Television series

Pixar movies
  • Toy Story series:
  • Monsters University: The lecture hall where Mike and Sulley have their first class has this number on the door.[11]
  • Finding Nemo: The model number of the underwater camera used by the scuba diver.[18]
  • The Incredibles: The trap conference room number in Syndrome's lair (not seen but mentioned by Mirage).[19][20] The prison level and cell where Mr. Incredible is held is "Level A1" in Cell #13 (A1 & 13). The power level control room monitors "Level A1", section "13", which is where the rocket is located. The office number of superhero costume designer Edna Mode. (The building she is in is the entranceway to CalArts.)
  • Cars franchise:
    • Cars: It is the number on Trev Diesel, the freight train that Lightning McQueen outruns before he first arrives at the town of Radiator Springs. Trev Diesel was also made as a carrying case for the die-cast line and has A113 on it.[21]
    • Cars 3: The number is used as a room number placed on the sliding door of Sterling's office.[22]
  • Ratatouille – Git, the lab rat, has a tag on his left ear that reads "A113". Also, when Linguini is asleep in front of the TV, A113 appears on a train behind the love couple.[23]
  • WALL-E – The code for the directive given to AUTO to never return to Earth, the first (and currently, only) time A113 had any real significance to a Pixar film's plot. It also seems to spell out part of WALL-E's name, WA11-3 (partial Leet).[24][25] Also, when EVE and WALL-E arrive on the Axiom, as they leave the docking bay, the doors are marked Deck A-224 — 1 added to each digit of the reference.[26]
  • Up – The number of the courtroom that Carl goes to after he accidentally hits a construction worker to protect his mailbox.[27]
  • Brave – Written in Roman numerals (ACXIII) above the interior of the witch's cottage door.[28]
  • Inside Out – When Riley heads to her new school in San Francisco, she is put in room A113.[29] Later, when Riley is heading towards the bus, she stops to see who is calling her. A building in the background has "a113" written in graffiti.
  • Coco – The A113 is the office number on the door of the Family Complaints Office and on the cover of one of Ernesto de la Cruz's albums.[30]
  • Onward – The number is spoken in this case; Police radio can be heard saying "an A113 is in progress."[31]
  • Soul – A113 is on a street sign in the Room of Everything where Joe and 22 enter.[32]
  • Luca – A113 can be seen on the train ticket that Alberto gives Luca so that he can go to school with Giulia in Genoa.[33]
  • Turning Red - A113 is show as a number on a chalk wheelbarrow, as well as A113 being a seat number seen on a ticket for a 4*TOWN concert shown during the TV advertisement to their concert, as well as during the credits.[34]

Other films
Disney/Marvel
Various

Video games
  • In Destiny, it is the name of an unknown area on the Dead Orbit Ghost fragment Grimoire card.[41]
  • In Fallout 4, it can be seen on one of the gas station signs in the gameplay demo and in the Brotherhood of Steel Cambridge computer logs.[42]
  • In Lego The Incredibles, it can be seen on numerous buildings fronts both in Municiberg and New Urbem, as well as on the side of the ship where the Anchor-Man is hiding.[43]
  • In War Thunder, it was included as a decal with certain event vehicles.[44]
  • In Kingdom Hearts III, it can be seen on a license plate in the Toy Box world and on a roll-up shutter in the Monstropolis world.[45]

See also

References
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  22. Mater and the Ghost Light (Short). Emeryville,CA: Pixar. 2006-11-07. Event occurs at 4:58.
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