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Pixar's viral lizard Tom started as a D23 pitch Disney turned down
Hoppers director Daniel Chong says Disney passed on the “lizard” gag for D23.
A new article shared by Cartoon Brew details the story of how Tom the Lizard went from being a throwaway gag to becoming the viral spokesanimal for Pixar's Hoppers.
If you've been wondering why a cartoon lizard, smacking a smart phone for emojis of a lizard while a Siri-type voice says "lizard" each time the lizard in question hits said emoji, is everywhere, you ...
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The story behind Tom the lizard from Pixar's “Hoppers”, the internet's favorite crash-out meme
"Hoppers" director Daniel Chong shares everything you could possibly want to know about the internet's favorite crash-out lizard. Around June of 2025, the team behind Pixar's Hoppers was in the thick ...
A mysterious cartoon lizard has become TikTok’s latest rising star. The green reptile, standing in a pitch-black room with a somewhat dazed smile, is repeatedly smacking a small lizard icon on a ...
It’s not often that a character from a movie becomes a viral meme before anyone even knows the name of the film he’s from, but that happened with Tom the Lizard ahead of Disney-Pixar’s Hoppers. Set to ...
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