Andre & wally B.

 
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There's nothing like a restful nap in a pleasant wooded valley. But when André awakens and is greeted by a pesky yellow-and-black striped insect with a nasty stinger, he ends up taking a quick (and painful) hike.


André thinks he's a clever guy, able to outsmart and outrun a bee. But like all stinging insects, Wally B. knows better and can chase down any target in a matter of seconds.

Though this film was made at Lucasfilm, Pixar is featuring it here because it was the first time John Lasseter worked on a 3D animated film. "André and Wally B." was very restrictive—only geometric shapes could be animated—but Lasseter pushed the envelope by asking the tech team for a teardrop shape that could be bent several ways, thus creating Wally B.