Keanu Reeves' TOY STORY 4 Character, Duke Caboom, Actually Appeared in THE INCREDIBLES 2
It looks like our first look at Keanu Reeves’ Toy Story 4 character, Duke Caboom, was shared in The Incredibles 2. Obviously we all missed it because we didn’t really know what to look for. But, it’s a pretty fun Easter egg. Pixar loves doing stuff like this!
It was previously revealed that Duke Kaboom “hails from a place where discontinued toys are sent.” Apparently, before Bo Peep (Annie Potts) falls victim to a yard sale, she turns to Duke for help after her sheep have been taken from her. The character is obviously a riff on Duke Nukem.
Before Incredibles 2 came out, set supervisor Nathan Fariss teased the little cameo and while talking BuzzFeed said that there’s a Toy Story 4 Easter egg hidden somewhere in the movie, but that “it probably won’t make any sense until Toy Story 4 comes out. I didn’t even know anything about it before. You might see it and go, ‘What the heck is that?’ And then move on.”
As far as where the character can be found and what he looks like, here a couple screenshots thanks to Uproxx. Look in the crib:
Close up!
So, that’s Reeves’ rugged looking character. It looks like a vintage spaceman action figure of sorts from the late 60s. When previously talking about joining the Toy Story franchise, Reeves said:
“I got a call which was really cool out the blue from the lovely people at Pixar and the creators of this number, this edition, or continuation of the story. They pitched the character to me and then we spoke and they allowed me to kind of riff on it.”
When Tim Allen talked about the character, he offered the following details:
“Actually, a little inside story: Even [Reeves] said — gentle, wonderful guy that he is — ‘This sounds too much like Buzz Lightyear.’ And his character does have an edge to that. And the guy said, ‘So we calmed him down a little bit,’ and they reminded me his toy is only that big.”
Here’s the synopsis for Toy Story 4:
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Toy Story 4 is being directed by Josh Cooley and also stars Tom Hanks, Patricia Arquette, Joan Cusack, Keanu Reeves, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Tony Hale.
Toy Story 4 is set to be released in theaters on June 21, 2019.