Pixar Theory: Mei’s Nightmare Explained!
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We need to go through Mei’s trippy nightmare from Turning Red because it’s an absolute mind field of weird imagery and symbolism!
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Congrats with the 702K subscribers Isaac👏🏽👏🏽. Really happy for you! My thoughts on Mei's dream, is that it's, yes in the movie, terrifying😱! But, thank you for the facts behind the dream. It's really helpful.
Now, I just gotta say, you deserve to have so many subscribers! You deserve to fulfill your dream! I love to hear about you, your thoughts on Disney movies, and your life. No, I'm NOT a stalker! I'm just, one of your many many fans, that's all🙌🏽!
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Its 703K….
Thank you for such a sweet comment! It honestly was so nice to read, and I appreciate your support so much. Honestly what do you want to know? I'm never certain of what I should share about my life, but I'm happy to!
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@@IsaacCarlson hmm🤔.. GOT IT☝🏽💡. What are you Top 10 favorite Disney movies of all time?
Mine are:
1. Raya and the last dragon
2. The Hunckback of Notre Dame
3. Luca
4. The Little mermaid 2
5. Maleficent (2014)
6. Coco
7. Turning Red
8. The Lion King
9. Moana
10. Treasure planet
Went a little back and forth on these, to be honest😅. Almost all of the Disney movies I've seen are so good👍🏽😍. I'll admit, some of these got picked because of their songs. Others for the animation style. And others for both. Each of these 10 movies have a special place in my heart, and now I'm curious about which movies you like. It doesn't have to the same as mine, we all have different taste. So I can promise you, here and now, I won't judge your pick of movies. I care for you too much to hate you😘😘
Can't wait to see your next video🤩😍😎
@@williamneil6208 it was 702K when I commented at the video. But 703K is a great number. Thanks for the notice😁
Mei's nightmare really gave me the creeps, but i will admit it was a pretty well animated and executed scene!
The nightmare doesn't scare me.
Same
same
Yeah it was so weird and creepy but it was very well done.
@@tamaralewis9258 no one asked
I also think the snake coming out of the donkey symbolism makes more sense when you realize that Mei was born in the year of the snake, 1989, and the year that the movie is set in, 2002, was the year of the horse.
holy shoot never thought of it that way :O
Ah yes… 2002, the year I was born…
@@MikaelaKMajorHistory cool
@@MikaelaKMajorHistory Same here, but I missed Pandapocolypse. And I don’t live in Canada.
2002 was the year of the horse!!?? I was born within that year! In September!
Going to point out that in terms of the Nightmare, as an Canadian girl, she probably felt like the red in the dream was more like the western version, when the reality of the symbolism was more of an Eastern one. But that's just my observation.
The part where 4 town are flowers really freaked me out 😱 😨
And also Devon as a mermaid where see his face upclose
@jf k yeah
@@elisabthmekonnen4913 those exact two scenes gave me the creeps
Me too, they really jumpscare me.😨😨😨
i wonder if its a consistent thing that the women of her family tend to fall under that same large amount of stress that causes them to get the panda in the first place and what caused her moms to be so large was the amount of stress they actually feel in the situations themselves.
The nightmare scene was a little creepy to me and I'm like holy s*** they let his in a Pixar movie?
Eh mature themes have been present in Disney movie before and this is no different. Fantasia with Cheribog, Mufasa being Murdered, The Trip scene in Alice in Wonderland(animated), Frollo in front of the fire place. Mickey's nightmare when he thought he was almost cut into in two in the old black and white shorts.
It's symbolism and how it tells the story and how one understand it is what's important.
Bro I just watched The Hunchback of Notre Dame last night for the first time and I was shocked
Also also, Pixar just has alot of nightmare fuel in most of their movies anyway. The mutant toys from toy story creeped a lot of my friends out (Babyface is may favorite character tbh), the barracuda from Finding Nemo, Hopper (he is terrifying, especially when I was a kid), Randell strangling Sully, the weird headlight eyed car in Cars 2, etc. hell, they’ve referenced horror films in many Pixar movies, so they’re clearly horror fans anyway. I’m waiting for the day they just straight up make an animated horror movie. I would sooo love it, and you know it would be good!
i was terrified of the step mothers transformation from snow White well into my teen years. and my younger brother would cry and fastforward when that same witch cackled and kicked the water jug at the skeleton.Disney is full of them.
Agreed..
To me. This is the most accurate representation on what a nightmare is. Its constant disturbing nonsensical things appearing right infront of you with no reason. It just happens. Mei's dream was freaking terrifying. I'm glad they didn't do a classic nightmare where a character would have a nightmare and something bad happens to them and they wake up and the message from the dream is clear. Thats not a accurate representation of a nightmare. This is. Nothing making sense, Disturbing visuals, generally unnerving, being unable to move and the message from the dream being so vague. That is what a nightmare is. Also something about Devon being a fish. Is so disturbingly accurate. Of course him being a fish unable to breath and flopping around is terrifying on its own. But I don't know something about that scene just gave me more chills then just that. It felt like if I saw something similar in my own dream. Which I think I have. I remember I was stuck on the ground and some headless mannequin was hoping towards me. worst part I couldn't move and it was just getting closer. Or another one where some strange creature that was a hat with two legs coming out from the bottom and large nose. It was kinda small but it walks really fast and the way it walks with its feet was just disturbing. Of course this is just my perspective.
BROOOOOOOOOOOO!!! AT THE END OF MY DREAMS I WAS ALWAYS STUCK (I couldn't move) AND A SINGLE FILE LINE OF HEADLESS MANNEQUINNS WOULD COME MARCHING TOWARDS ME AND THE DREAM WOULD END WHENEVER THEY WERE A METRE AWAY FROM ME!!! Sorry about all the caps I just feel you with the whole Mannequin thing lol, they are freacking creepy in dreams. So far you're the only one I know that has dreams similiar to me!!! SO COOL!!!
@@snapperchapper13 Nice to know i'm not the only one lol.
This was like something you'd see in a Horror Movie or Scooby-Doo.
True! There were totally some Scooby Doo creepy type visuals!
@@IsaacCarlson I don't mind of Mei's dream wanted to somewhat go that Route in the film!
@@IsaacCarlson thank you ☺️ Issac I was thinking 🤔 of this video
@@micahbirdlover8152 Cool
@@IsaacCarlson here’s an idea for a series you could start. It’s a what if series that goes through how different a movies story could be if something went different. If you like the idea which I hope you do I already have a request about a what if I have wondered. What would have happened if Judy never found out the truth about nighthowlers and stopped bellwether in zootopia? How would it have affected predators not only in zootopia but the entire world? Would bellwether expand her operations darting predators around the country? Would the shock collars from zootopia’s original script have become a thing?
This nightmare was so trippy I was half convinced I accidently changed the channel on my TV. I was wrong 🤣
Me’s nightmare could mean a lot of things like for example she was seeing what could happen if she couldn’t control the panda and she was seeing what she could do if she controlled the panda.
It’s like in Frozen at the beginning when Elsa was told her power could bring great joy but also great fear and danger and that the fear would be her enemy if much like Mei, if she didn’t find out how to control her panda.
For me it something I should continue to be who I am and follow my heart and dreams too
but this was before she first transformed tho?
@@theresivy I meant it as a foreshadowing
I didn't see most of those images in the movie cuz they went so fast. But your explanation was amazing and it gave me goosebumps. Thank you for this video.
Could be a representation of her struggling life to her path of becoming a red panda.
What about the fact that Mei transformed earlier then usual? Since Men's mother said she thought she still had time till the transformation.
I thought she was talking about her period.
@@junjunjamore7735 from the one time I watched it, the mom said it after she learned that Mei transformed..?
@@Sumire_Extras Maybe we're talking about different scenes. I was thinking about "the red peonies bloom?" I watched it once too.
I think that was more her mother just trying to convince herself that Mei wasn't "old enough" yet to keep her the same, and to ignore the coming stress they'd have to deal with. I get the feeling Mei's father knew the time was coming soon, but her mother was trying to ignore it and pretend she had more time to prepare and enjoy her time with her daughter pre-panda.
It also explains why mei's mom also looks a bit older when you see her as a kid.
my thoughts on part of Mei's nightmare: I saw the doors opening, the "flood of pandas", and the explosion of red energy from the statues as symbolic of her first "flow" happening. I'm not sure how to put it delicately but you probably get what I'm saying. Kids won't get it but adults will.
I don’t think periods have anything to do with the story. It’s just a joke.
So much went into this. I'm so greatful that Disney is pushing towards more care in the cultures it surrounds. And going in to research it yourself was awesome. Thank you
Before I knew others theorized this.. When I watched the movie I felt it was pretty clear that the Red Panda symbolizes not only menstruation, but puberty. Including and not limited to all the awkwardness that comes with it for a girl at 13. Those who loved it know.. Because truthfully in a way the Red Panda also is symbolizing the raw nature of feminine power. Which is not always this “delicate” flower like energy. But, can easily be just as powerful and have emotional levels to it. I felt it was pretty blunt and in your face throughout the movie.
Congratulations on having 702,000 subscribers, Isaac! It is a concrete reflection of what a successful and highly entertaining you-tuber you are. Keep spreading the magic as we continue to follow your channel.
hes so underated he should have well over a milion by now
Mei's nightmares really scared me when I saw it I thought it was something was to happen to her in the bad way but it was scary and to be honest the animation and executed of that scene is very pretty well they nailed it.
I like how Mei's nightmare is very distorted and she didn't really get any message from it because of its ambiguity. Most nightmares are like that; and I can imagine how you must’ve paused this scene so many times to get the imagery and research on it, Isaac. Way to go!
I think out of all the imagery in the nightmare, the collage of ancestors is the most eerie to me, idk why
Think it's because it looks like a legit horror movie. Cos in alot of asian horror movies/games, such imagery (Like such formal fronts portrait photos), r usually used to show clues to the ghost character or something, and they usually appear at funerals and stuff
Her nightmare looks like an actual nightmare bruh I can actually imagine having that nightmare 😭
Congratulations on 702,000 subscribers, Isaac! What a concrete indication that you are a successful and highly entertaining CZcamsr. Love your Chanel!
703k*
705k*
you deserve well over a milion
Oh yeah, I remember Jing saying that red is a lucky colour.
The Zone seems like something inside out should have done is the zone the spirit world or islands of personality or both in one
i really loved the folding fan with Ming's reflection sequence
3:31, this reminds me of Ballora from Sister Location.
With the boys from 4Town coming out of the flowers and looking kind of creepy gave me the vibe, that Mei had felt lust for the first time, and couldn't deal with it yet. She felt it, but wasn't ready to receive it. I had similar feelings when my sexuality awakened. After my first kiss I listened to Bob Marley's "Could you be loved" and answered the question with no - I was not ready to go further than that and be loved physically.
About Time I got some Context for her Nightmare!!!
I Never Really Understood it; and Found it odd that she had a Nightmare JUST before she finally became a Red Panda. . .
Pixar just has alot of nightmare fuel in most of their movies. The mutant toys from toy story creeped a lot of my friends out (Babyface is may favorite character tbh), the barracuda from Finding Nemo, Hopper (he is terrifying, especially when I was a kid), Randell strangling Sully, the weird headlight eyed car in Cars 2, etc. hell, they’ve referenced horror films in many Pixar movies, so they’re clearly horror fans anyway. I’m waiting for the day they just straight up make an animated horror movie. I would sooo love it, and you know it would be good!
You’re totally welcome for all the support and subscribers you got also you should totally discuss the ritual in Turning red for when Mei was trying to separate from the panda but doesn’t cause it’s apart of her!
2 videos I’d like you to do:
1. King Harold and Queen Lillian’s Love Story aka the Shrek version of the Frog/Human Prince
2. A video explaining the alternate timeline in Cinderella 3
It’s no wonder why a lot of people are scared of 3 am.
I feel like you do, I began with 244 and now I'm up to 944. The numbers keep growing and I feel like it'll only expand the sooner I branch out into animation, stop motion, song mixing, playthroughs and storytelling. Congrats on your 705K. That's unreal. Also, I think that the whole nightmare sequence was absolutely brilliant. Not only was it terrifying, but it gives us clues as to what Mei will experience or is presently experiencing as a teenager.
I’d say you nailed EVERYTHING as far as symbolism in Mei’s dream! I don’t have any other ideas to further expand upon the insanely awesome imagery, except maybe the 4town boys faces in the daisies possibly being somewhat inspired from Undertale, but that’s just my guess.
Also from one content creator to another, congrats on 700K subs!! That’s HUGE and I’ll sub too! Keep it going and hit that million!
Are you gonna make a video about kung fu panda the dragon knight?
Congrats on having 702K subscribers and went to 703K subscribers! I gotta admit, the whole nightmare was kinda scary. Thanks for explaining your theory about Mei's nightmare! Hope you get 1 million subscribers soon!
This is such an in depth explanation; my favorite type of analysis. And congrats on 702k (or now currently 703k) subscribers!
I'm wondering was there ever a time like an encanta with Mirabelle. That's a female did not inherit the red panda ♥️
I know. I've been wanting to do it ever since I watched the movie!
@@IsaacCarlson Now it has come
Sounds like an interesting story idea
Isaac, remember Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure celebrates its 5th anniversary! 🥳
How do humans know what aliens look like .maybe boo was soul survivor of the ship that crashed into planet Ownard were she learned magic when got back to earth she brought those creatures to earth legand
Thanks for that, because I was kinda confused when I first watched It, so thank you.
I was too. I literally had no clue what was going on when I first started watching it.
@@IsaacCarlson And I thought the Pink Elephants from Dumbo were something strange
Great explenation, both this and the Ming video are superb, keep up the excellent work.
And this scene also had controversy. Thank you Isaac for explaining it to everybody.
I can admit the nightmare was a bit creepy
I was honestly completely shocked when I saw it and started going through it frame by frame!
@@IsaacCarlson If this happened to me, I won't be able to sleep for a year
@@IsaacCarlson and also Issac your channel is freaking awesome and I have a idea for another turning red video
So funny how this freaked people out
I can imagine this scary me as a kid
3:00, Face of Horrors if I ever saw it
I loved seeing your older footage. You’re awesome Isaac, and some day….you’ll be at a million. You are that good!!
Do this for httyd
How every species and all populations of dragons migrated to the hidden world and how did they live together under toothlesses rule and how does it lead to 9 relms series
what a great deep dive, awesome work on the symbology break down.
Imagine if Gaston deals with Mei, and her family.
No one deals with Red Pandas like Gaston!
Well let's say Gaston might get a bone broken if he gets too mean around Mei lol
@@kyripiro224 Lol
The flower heads made me laugh for some reason
I did not see half of this stuff. You must've had to pause it every second to get all of this
am I the only one who thought of Piggy from Lord of the Flies when the shattered glasses appeared?
Good job on the explanation, been on the look out for someone who would help break down the dream since seeing the film the first time
her nightmare made me stay awake until 2.39 in the morning
I hadn't watched Turning Red until recently when it finally came to cinemas, though I had been planning to watch it at some point. This scene caught me off-guard during my first watch. I did randomly read somewhere that there was a nightmare sequence at some point in the film, though all I knew was that it ended with a jumpscare. As a result, the Surrealist Horror genuinely surprised and scared me (though Merman Devon flopping around did make me laugh, albeit unnervingly). Honestly, this scene might just be one of the scariest scenes I have seen in any animated movie!
Pixar sure know how to play with emotion.
Lowkey had to take pauses in between when watching this movie mainly bc my dad was in the living room and with all the weird spiritual aspects of the show and the amount of red lighting in it would come off to them as demonic, which in my household most likely was.
Your explaining videos are truly fascinating
That is interesting yet amazing and big congrats 👍🏼✨
This is one of the scenes where I was like "What the hell is happening?!"
I remember when I was like five years old and I watched your videos when you were at like 100,000 sub's and now you're here
CONGRATS ON 703K ISAAC!!!!🥳🥳
YOU RULE DUDE!!!🎉🎉🎉
I really agree with your theory, it seems like it really fits in with the stuff this film is portraying and really goes alot more in depth with this movie and Mei's character specifically.
I don't remember this scene the first few times I've watched it, and I tried to watch it with my younger nephew and had to turn it off at the nightmare scene.. just a little disturbing for a child to be watching. It creeped me out too and I grew up on Coralie..
The link between the zone.
Mei’s nightmare soon became my nightmare
Absolutely love all your videos! Keep doing what you're doing and have fun doing it! 😁 Disney is one of my favorites!
Thank you for posting the video. And congratulations on 702,000 subscribers.
Congrats on 702k Isaac!! Keep the magic going 💫
Anyone besides me try to imagine Turning Red like Inside Out, trying to imagine Mei’s emotions at a control panel as she goes through all this panda stuff?
I wonder if she would have s "turn into panda" button?
Ok yes we need to discuss this it was surreal
Right? It was so wild especially the first time I saw it!
Hi I love Disney to
I thought the nightmare scene was creepy but funny
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle and a ringed tail. Its head-to-body length is 51-63.5 cm (20.1-25.0 in) with a 28-48.5 cm (11.0-19.1 in) tail, and it weighs between 3.2 and 15 kg (7.1 and 33.1 lb). It is well adapted to climbing due to its flexible joints and curved semi-retractile claws. The red panda was first formally described 198 years ago in 1825. The two currently recognised subspecies, the Himalayan and the Chinese red panda, genetically diverged about 250,000 years ago. The red panda's place on the evolutionary tree has been debated, but modern genetic evidence places it in close affinity with raccoons, weasels, and skunks. It is not closely related to the giant panda, which is a bear, though both possess elongated wrist bones or "false thumbs" used for grasping bamboo. The evolutionary lineage of the red panda (Ailuridae) stretches back around 25 to 18 million years ago, as indicated by extinct fossil relatives found in Eurasia and North America. The red panda inhabits coniferous forests as well as temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, favouring steep slopes with dense bamboo cover close to water sources. It is solitary and largely arboreal. It feeds mainly on bamboo shoots and leaves, but also on fruits and blossoms. Red pandas mate in early spring, with the females giving birth to litters of up to four cubs in summer. It is threatened by poaching as well as destruction and fragmentation of habitat due to deforestation. The species has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2015, which was 8 years ago. It is protected in all range countries. Community-based conservation programmes have been initiated in Nepal, Bhutan and northeastern India; in China, it benefits from nature conservation projects. Regional captive breeding programmes for the red panda have been established in zoos around the world. It is featured in animated movies, video games, comic books and as the namesake of companies and music bands.
aye love your videos!! finally a theory on this!!
Congratulations on the subscribers!!! I'm happy to be one of them
Red is a lucky colour
~Jin Lee (2002/2022)
On top of the 4 town member having been shown helping injured birds.
I did not notice the fan!!!! Holy frikk
How would the Super Hero protection agency react to may Outing herself . Then again why did the supers have hide their powers.
The promise was to never return to hero work but do their powers have other applications
The flower with BT’s that persons um so creepy ahhhh it gave me creeps but is fine
I have such a weird relationship with this movie on one hand I do like Mei and her friends (including Tyler) but it’s her mother and grandmother I can’t stand…
When I first heard of this film people were bashing it but when it came out folks seem to love it.
Congrats on 702k!! We’re on the road to 1million! ❤️✨
Her Nightmare will Haunt me until the day I die.
😂 true
@@miyatadeen7593 We cannot deny that this scene in the film is Creepy
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 it is
@@miyatadeen7593 No kidding
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 what
First like, first comment and first view. Well done Isaac keep grinding my bro. Make wotso great again and restore the title pls
How come when something is passed down to only the woman I'm the family like physic abilities or elemental powers it's positive or should be seen as positive when something is passed down on Y . It's like turning into a werewolf or Simpson gene or Murphy's Law it's negative
You can think in two ways: location and culture. As immigrants, you can be proud of your traditions in motherland, but when you go to a new place you are seen as “devils” and questioned. Here, Mei’s family immigrated to Canada some time ago, as the powers became “inconvenient.” On top of it, some cultures see the male equivalent as “super” because “men are superior” and “women naturally are weak.”
Another way is that Females get periods, and have been “shamed” and it became “taboo subject” (as you can see online LOL). It depends where you are in the world, how women’s health is valued, and what reproductive health is allowed. I saw “allowed” because in USA the talk of “sex education” in schools is usually shot down by very specific groups that are very conservative on talking about the subject matter.
Hope this helps 🌟
@@StarsinRain what that do with my question.
And states with more sex ED have higher rates of STDs. Texas at least has higher rate of STDs then Texas's and least.
They also have higher rates of sexual assault. .
Parents get kicked out school board meetings reading the school's own croliculum
@@sentientfetus3894 They did answer your question men are seen as superior in most cultures, so when women are the one's to get the power it's seen as a good thing because they hardly do in the grand scheme of things.
Hope you get to one million subscribers soon!
Omggg I love yo videos and Congratulations 🎉🍾
Congratulations on the 7 Thousand subscribers
I love this movie and she is so fluffy
Was I the only one a bit creeped out by this scene?
Take note director of Mulan 2020, Red is not the color of luck in Chinese culture, not passion.
Why in my opinion the fan looks cursed
You said that Red is Chinese culture is believed to ward off evil. If there is a sequel, I’d love to see Mei, in panda form, battling a villain Incredibles style
Amazing video 😍
In meis notebook there is a sticker of a bunny that is a Pixar short
My 4y kid always ask me to skip the nightmare part 😅
This is a GREAT theory
Can I use your video for my story focus one? It's for my AU.. I will credit you
Btw, congrats dude!!!