A113

A113 (sometimes A-113, A1-13 or A11-3) is an inside joke and Easter egg in media created by alumni of California Institute of the Arts, referring to the classroom used by graphic design and character animation students including John Lasseter, Tim Burton, Michael Peraza, and Brad Bird. Bird first used it for a license plate number in the "Family Dog" episode of Amazing Stories. It has appeared in other Disney movies and almost every Pixar movie.

For the A113 road in England, see A roads in Zone 1 of the Great Britain numbering scheme.

The door of Room A113 c. 2005

Bird said, "I put it into every single one of my films, including my Simpsons episodes—it's sort of my version of [caricaturist Al] Hirschfeld's 'Nina.'"[1]

Classroom A113 is currently the first-year graphic design studio.

A113 appearances

Television animation

• Amazing Stories – "Family Dog" (season 2, episode 16): It is on the license plate of the red van, and also on the top of the clipboard the cop holds.[2]
• American Dad!:
  • "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man" (season 1, episode 7): Stan's neighbor's license plate when he pulls into church.[3]
  • "Love, American Dad Style" (season 9, episode 1): It is the license plate of the red 'Hummer' car.[3]
  • "Permanent Record Wrecker" (season 9, episode 18): Seen on a boxcar rode by a hobo/former co-worker of Stan's.[3]
  • "A Star is Reborn" (season 12, episode 10): The number can be seen on the clapperboard during the production of Marble Trouble.
  • "The Shrink" (season 12, episode 12): The number on the side of the second carriage of the miniature train.
  • "Whole Slotta Love" (season 14, episode 8): The license plate number of a passing car.
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force – "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (season 11, episode 9): Carl's prison number.
• Bobby's World – "The Visit to Aunt Ruth's" (season 1, episode 1): The number on the card of Bobby's imaginary mugshot.[4]
• BoJack Horseman – "Downer Ending" (season 1, episode 11): During BoJack's drug trip, the number is seen on a classroom door.[5]
• Family Guy:
  • "The Simpsons Guy" (Season 13, episode 1): A113 is a license plate number for Chief Wiggum's cruiser at the car wash held by Homer and Peter to find the Griffins' stolen car.
  • "A Lot Going on Upstairs" (Season 14, episode 15): The number is shown on Lois' driver license that Stewie brings to preschool in his dream.
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law – "Deadomutt Part 1" (season 1, episode 7): Birdman is moved to office 113-A (which is really a restroom).
• The Loud House – "Tea Tale Heart" (episode 121), "The Loudest Thanksgiving" (episode 122) and "Friended! with the Casagrandes" (episode 133): A113 can be seen.
• McGee and Me! – "The Big Lie" (season 1, episode 1): A113 is seen as the license plate number for the paddy wagon that takes away a small child in an animated vignette.
• Rocko's Modern Life – "Static Cling": During the premiere of the new Fatheads special, Ed watches a moment with Mr. Fathead and Baby Fathead (with the same thing with Ed and his newborn son, later daughter), the "A113" appears as a tower of blocks.
• Rugrats – "Little Dude" (season 1, episode 4B): The room number of the Home Economics class.[6]
• The Simpsons:
  • "Krusty Gets Busted" (season 1, episode 12): Krusty the Clown's prison uniform number.[7]
  • "Cape Feare" (season 5, episode 2): Sideshow Bob's mugshot number.[7]
  • "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (season 7, episode 9): Sideshow Bob's prison uniform number.[7]
  • "Do the Bartman": The number on Bart's mugshot.[7][8]
• South Park – "Prehistoric Ice Man" (season 2, episode 18): "A-113" is clearly visible on the side of a helicopter.
• Tiny Toon Adventures, "How I Spent My Vacation": When Plucky and Hamton arrive at Happy World Land, a license plate reads "A-113" on one of the cars in the parking lot.[9]
• Uncle Grandpa – "Doctor Visit" (season 4, episode 25) and "Broken Boogie" (season 5, episode 10): A113 can be seen.
• We Bare Bears – "Money Man" (season 4, episode 15): A classroom is labeled "A113".
• Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? – "Work" (season 2, episode 3B): Robot enters a Gym and matches the unit number of the spotter robot he is to help remove with the unit number on his checklist, "A113".
• The Zeta Project – "Remote Control" (season 1, episode 3): Bucky has a rocket ship labeled A113 in his room.[10]
• The Casagrandes – "Miss Step" (episode 21) and "Guess Who's Shopping for Dinner?" (episode 22): A113 can be seen.

Other TV series

• Doctor Who – "Flatline" (series 8, episode 9): The first train carries the headcode A113.[11]
• Firefly – "The Train Job" (episode 2): The registry number of the train is A113.
• Star Trek: Discovery – "An Obol for Charon" (season 2, episode 4): When Pike and Number 1 are discussing Spock, the replicator station Pike is next to is A-113 (around 2 mins 48 seconds).
• Star Trek: Short Treks - "Calypso" (season 1, episode 2): The ID number of the food replicator from which Craft got a drink is A-113 (time mark 5:36).
• Supernatural – "Sympathy for the Devil" (season 5, episode 1): The number of the hospital room where Bobby is recovering is 113A.
• Quantico – "Run" (season 1, episode 1): The room which Caleb Haas was staying in before he flunked out was numbered 113A.
• Terra Nova – "Genesis (Part One)" (episode 1): The security camera showing Jim Shannon in unauthorized areas is labeled "CAM A113".
• Jane the Virgin – "Chapter Eighty-Six" (season 5, episode 5): The security footage showing Petra firing Travis the busboy is labeled "CAM A-113".
• The Capture – "Blind Spots" (episode 4): The final scenes occur near the fictional road, the "A113".

Pixar

• Toy Story series:
  • License plate number on Andy's mom's cars (a minivan in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, and a crossover in Toy Story 3).[12]
  • Toy Story 2: Airport announcement for "LassetAir Flight A113" (also a reference to director John Lasseter).
  • Toy Story 4: It can be seen on Bonnie's family truck, and on the carpet design of Second Chance Antiques.
• A Bug's Life: Code on cereal box as Flik enters the bug city.
• Monsters, Inc.: Notably, Monsters, Inc. is the only Pixar film to not include the Easter egg. However, a few things come close; for instance, the clock above scarefloor A reads 2:26 — 113×2.
  • Monsters University – The lecture hall where Mike and Sulley have their first class has this number on the door.[8]
• Finding Nemo: The model number of the underwater camera used by the scuba diver.[13]
  • Finding Dory: The license plate for the cargo truck that is taking the animals to Cleveland has the license plate "CALA113". Also, the tags of the two sea lions, Fluke and Rudder, are labeled "A1" and "13" respectively.
• The Incredibles: The trap conference room number in Syndrome's lair (not seen but mentioned by Mirage).[14][15] The prison level and cell where Mr. Incredible is held is "Level A1" in Cell #13 (A1 & 13). The power level control room monitors "Level A1", section "13", which is where the rocket is located. The office number of superhero costume designer Edna Mode. (The building she is in is the entranceway to CalArts.)
  • Incredibles 2: At the end of the film, the Parrs are about to drop Violet and Tony off at a movie. On the marquee, the film is called Dementia 113, but one side makes it appear to read Dementi A113, which is a reference to Francis Ford Coppola's directorial debut Dementia 13. Also, the room where Elastigirl checks The Screenslaver footage at DevTech is room A113. The model number for the out-of-control hovertrain includes A113. The International Superhero Accord document number is ISHA CA-A113. The number spray painted on a dumpster is BUNI-A113.
• Cars franchise:
  • Cars: It is the number on Trev Diesel, the freight train that Lightning McQueen outruns before he first arrives at the town of Radiator Springs. Trev Diesel was also made as a carrying case for the die-cast line and has A113 on it.[16]
  • Mater and the Ghostlight and Cars Toons: It is Mater's license plate number. Minor character Dexter Hoover's diecast version has license plate number "A113CA". And the beginning of the image file name for the leader of the lemon cars.
  • Cars 2: It is the number on Siddeley's tail (shown as A113), as well as on Mater's license plate again. On the tail of the plane in the airfield that Mater and McMissile escape on.
  • Cars 3: The number is used as a room number placed on the sliding door of Sterling's office.[17]
• Ratatouille – Git, the lab rat, has a tag on his left ear that reads "A113". Also, when Linguini is asleep in front of the TV, A113 appears on a train behind the love couple.[18]
• WALL-E – The code for the directive given to AUTO to never return to Earth, the first (and currently, only) time A113 had any real significance to a Pixar film's plot. It also seems to spell out part of WALL-E's name, WA11-3 (partial Leet).[19][20] Also, when EVE and WALL-E arrive on the Axiom, as they leave the docking bay, the doors are marked Deck A-224 — 1 added to each digit of the reference.[21]
• Up – The number of the courtroom that Carl goes to after he accidentally hits a construction worker to protect his mailbox.[22]
• Brave – Written in Roman numerals (ACXIII) above the interior of the witch's cottage door.[23]
• Inside Out: When Riley heads to her new school in San Francisco, she is put in room A113.[24] Later, when Riley is heading towards the bus, she stops to see who is calling her. A building in the background has "a113" written in graffiti.
• The Good Dinosaur: When the bird chases Arlo out of his feeding area, "A113" is formed by sticks along the fence in the right side of the frame.
• Coco: The number appears on the Bureau of Family Grievances door and on the cover of one of Ernesto de la Cruz's albums.
• Onward: The number is spoken in this instance; the police radio can be heard stating "a 113 is in progress".

Other films

Disney

• Lilo & Stitch (2002) – License plate number on all vehicles, including Cobra Bubbles' rental car, Captain Gantu's spaceship, Nani's car, fire truck, tanker truck and license plate in Lilo's room (used in Stitch's model of San Francisco). Also in television film Leroy & Stitch (2006).[25]
• Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) – The license plate number of the carriage that has Mickey held as captive.[25]
• Meet the Robinsons (2007) – The license plate of Cornelius 'Lewis' Robinson's adoptive parents.
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) – A trolley is labeled number A113.[25]
• The Avengers (2012) – A113 can be seen in the top left corner of all news clips near the end of the film, when the world reacts to the revelation of the Avengers. Also seen in the bottom right hand corner of Nick Fury's Helicarrier Glass Screens.[26]
• Saving Mr. Banks (2013) – Walt Disney looks at the travel itinerary of P. L. Travers as she flies from Los Angeles to London. Her flight number is BTA-113.
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - A113 can be seen on a monitor on Groot's analysis.- A113(22) can be seen on Rocket Raccoon molecular make up upon arrest.
• Big Hero 6 (2014) – Appears as a part number on the schematics for Wasabi's energy blades as Hiro builds it.[27]
• Tomorrowland (2015) – At the start of the film when the screen reads: "An A113 Production".
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) - A113 appears above a door while Vanellope von Schweetz is trying to escape from Stormtroopers.
• Avengers: Endgame (2019) – A113 can be seen on a monitor while the Hulk is running tests.

Various

• The Brave Little Toaster (1987) – The apartment number where "The Master" lives.[28]
• Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991) – In the Key Witness scene, one of the videos the Witness shows is "Satellite View A-113".
• The Truman Show (1998) – On a numbered plate displayed below one of the monitors showing camera feeds from inside Truman's dome.
• The Iron Giant (1999) – License plate on car partially eaten by the Giant; the 3 is bitten off. Also in Dean's house there is a painting which has A113 on it.[8]
• Terminator Salvation (2009) – Seen on the computer screen (as a login override code) during the assault on a Skynet base. Timeframe – 00:09:32
• Planet 51 (2009) – License plate on Lem's car is A113.
• Alpha and Omega (2010) – On the back of Garn and Debbie's truck, seen when Humphrey is talking to Marcel and Paddy.
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - A113 can be seen at one point.
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) – Hanaway's weaponized "class ring" has A113 emblazoned on the side. It is Ethan Hunt's extraction access code given over the phone and is on the plate of a car in front of the Kremlin during the big explosion,[29] time at which the bomb's deactivation button is pushed "1.13 seconds".
• The Colony (2013) – Inside the storage area, a box has A113 as its registration number.
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) – At the bottom right corner of the monitor when President Coriolanus Snow is watching Katniss Everdeen decide whether to kill someone in the arena.[8]
• Neighbors (2014) – When Mac and Teddy fight, it is visible on the transmission box.
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) – The virus that wipes out most of humanity is called ALZ-113.
• The Book of Life (2014) – At the beginning of the film, one of the school buses is numbered A113.
• Sausage Party (2016) – License plate on the back of Druggie's car along with the sticker "DIXAR".
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – A113 can be seen in the top left of the Spider Drone HUD when it is first initiated at Washington Monument.
• Klaus (2019) - A113 can be seen on the trunk of Jesper's carriage.
• The Call of the Wild (2020) - A113 can be seen on a bulletin board in the village.

Video games

• In Back to the Future: The Game, it is a convention booth.
• In Beyond: Two Souls, it is the number of a room in the building Jodie grows up in.
• In Destiny, it is the name of an unknown area on the Dead Orbit Ghost fragment Grimoire card.[30]
• In Fallout 4, it can be seen on one of the gas station signs in the gameplay demo and in the Brotherhood of Steel Cambridge computer logs.[31]
• In Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, it is on a license plate in the 'Day Care' part of the game.
• In Kingdom Hearts III, A113 can be seen as the number of the license plate of Andy's Mom's Mini Van, and a street name sign in the Toy Story world "Toy Box", as well as being seen above a shutter door in the Monsters, Inc. world "Monstropolis".
• In Lego The Incredibles, it can be seen on numerous buildings fronts both in Municiberg and New Urbem, as well as on the side of the ship where the Anchor-Man is hiding.[32]
• In Mortal Kombat 11, one of the customization options for the character Frost is a Frozen Core called Axiom A113. (This is likely a reference to the film WALL-E referenced previously: Axiom is the name of the vessel housing Earth's human population in the film; "A113" was the code for the order sent to the ship's autopilot not to return to Earth.)
• In Outlast, it is the name of a locked room in the earliest stage of the game.
• In Prototype, the poison Bloodtox is officially written as Substance A-113A though pronounced A1-13 Variation A.
• In Sunset Overdrive, it is seen while Walter is working on his glider during a cutscene. The easter egg is once again encountered in the game's DLC, where it can be seen on the new glider in the end of the introduction mission cutscene.
• In Supertuxkart, A1-13 can be seen written on the entrance door of Oliver's math class one of the race track.
• In A Vampyre Story, it is the position of Mona's grave.
• In War Thunder, it was included as a decal with certain event vehicles.[33]

Web series

• In Annoying Orange, Orange has a sticker labeled A113 on the back of him in HOW2: How to Register to Vote!
• In Hazbin Hotel, two eggs are labeled #A1 and #13. It can be seen while Sir Pentious is being buried by them.

See also

• List of Pixar film references
• List of filmmaker's signatures
• 42 – The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, first used by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, often used as an in-joke
• Goroawase, a common Japanese language stylistic recourse in which numerical codes representing words are created with syllables that can be used to pronounce each numeral.

References

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17. Mater and the Ghost Light (Short). Emeryville,CA: Pixar. 2006-11-07. Event occurs at 4:58.
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26. "Jayse Hansen Portfolio | Avengers Helicarrier Fury's Glass Screens | Jayse Hansen Portfolio". jayse.tv. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
27. "Big Hero 6 – Walt Disney Studios Animated Features". findingmickey.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
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29. "A-113 Easter Egg in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol". blog.bcdb.com, May 13, 2014
30. "Ghost Fragment: Dead Orbit – City Factions". Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
31. "Dawes (Fallout 4)". The Vault - Fallout Wiki.
32. "LEGO The Incredibles Pixar Easter Eggs". Bricks To Life. June 18, 2018.
33. "Grant Mk.I". warthunder.com.

External links

• Media related to A113 at Wikimedia Commons
• Pixar Did You Know: A113 | Disney•Pixar