Is he still Disney's good luck charm
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
2021 Monsters At Work Yeti
