#johnratzenberger

A good luck charm could be a stuffed animal or a pair of socks but for Pixar it used to be John Ratzenberger. 

John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) has appeared in almost every Pixar film. From Hamm in Toy Story to Construction Worker Fennwick in Onward. His favorite character to voice was P.T. Flea in a Bug's Life. He  is an American actor, voice actor, and entrepreneur who has appeared in 21 Pixar films, the most of any other voice actor. It was said that he was a good luck charm for Pixar. He did not voice any characters in the film Soul or Luca either. Ratzenberger is a team member of the Pixar Softball Team. He even hosted the documentary film Pixar: 20 Years of Animation and Counting. Ratzenberger is best known for playing Cliff Clavin on the TV show Cheers. He will also not be voicing a character in Turning Red.  Which leaves me to believe Pixar/Disney is moving away from their so-called good luck charm. As the years have gone by his animated characters are getting less screen time and he is getting less lines to say. As a fan of Pixar and Ratzenberger this is a sad thing to hear. The fun thing about Pixar movies are the Easter eggs and finding John Ratzenberger in the movie. Pixar's most notable traditions other than Ratzenberger are the appearance of the Pizza Planet truck, references to other Pixar movies past and present and “A113” hidden somewhere, and the  Easter egg teasing Pixar's next movie.

My favorite Ratzenberger quote from Monsters, Inc

“Adorable Snowman: "Snow cone?"

Mike: "Yuck."

Abominable Snowman: "No, no, no, don't worry. It's lemon."”

Another favorite quote of his from Toy Story 2

 Hamm: "All right. Let's review this one more time. At precisely 8:32-ish, Exhibit 'A,' Woody, was kidnapped. Exhibit 'B,' a composite sketch of the kidnapper."

Bo Peep: "He didn't have a beard like that."

Hamm: "Fine. Etch, give him a shave."

Slinky Dog: "The kidnapper was bigger than that."

Hamm: "Oh, picky, picky, picky."

Mr. Potato Head: "Let's just go straight to Exhibit 'F.' The kidnapper's vehicle. Now, the vehicle fled the scene in this direction."

Hamm: "Your eyes are in backwards. It went the other way. "

Potato Head: "Hey, put a cork in it."

Rex: "How do you spell 'FBI'?" (destroys the "crime scene")

Potato Head: "My crime scene!"

Hamm: "Oh, why don't you watch where you're going, 'Godspilla'?"

Rex: "I didn't know there was a crime scene."

List of Pixar appearances by John Ratzenberger 

1995 Toy Story    Hamm

1995 Toy Story Activity Center

1995 Toy Story: Animated Storybook

1996    Toy Story Treats

1998    A Bug's Life    P.T. Flea, Fly in Bug Bar

1999    Toy Story 2    Hamm

 Toy Story 2: The Video Game

2001    Monsters, Inc.    Yeti

2003    Finding Nemo    Moonfish

2004    The Incredibles    The Underminer

2006    Cars    Mack / Car versions of Hamm, Yeti, and P.T. Flea

 Cars: The Video Game    Mack

2007    Ratatouille    Mustafa

2008    WALL•E    John

2009    Up    Construction Foreman Tom

Toy Story Mania!    Hamm

Cars Race-O-Rama    Mack

2010    Toy Story 3    Hamm

Toy Story 3: The Video Game

2011    Cars 2    Mack

Hawaiian Vacation    Hamm

Small Fry

2012    Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure

Brave    Gordon

Partysaurus Rex    Hamm

2013    Monsters University    Yeti

Disney Infinity    Hamm

2015    Inside Out    Fritz

The Good Dinosaur    Earl

2016    Finding Dory    Bill

2017    Cars 3    Mack

Coco    Juan Ortodoncia

2018    Incredibles 2    The Underminer

2019    Toy Story 4    Hamm

2020    Onward    Construction Worker Fennwick