Knick Knack

Knick Knack


Knick Knack is Pixar's fifth short film that was released in 1989. It was

the last pre-Toy Story short and the first one to be originally shot in 3D.

Plot
In the short, a snowman in a snow globe wants to get to a pretty woman on an ashtray knick knack that says Sunny Miami on it. He tries various methods to escape. First he tries to bust the dome with the igloo in the globe. Being flat plastic, it just floats to the bottom. Next, he tries using his carrot nose as a spike with a hammer on the dome wall. This just get his nose out of joint in that it ends up bent. Next, he tries to jackhammer through the globe floor. This just results in all his facial features being vibrated off. Finally, he sets up a large stack of explosives and hides behind the upturned igloo. This results in everything, him, the igloo and snow, getting swirled around the globe. During all of these, the pretty woman looks more and more bored while the other knick knacks look on. After the swirling stops, he notices his snow globe is partly over the edge of the shelf. He looks down at the edge and this tips him over the edge, literally. He tries running in the globe in panic but this just rotates the globe. Soon, he notices a hatch in the floor of the globe, which is now above him. This gets him free from that watery prison. He falls off the screen and you hear a plop sound. You then see he has fallen into a fish aquarium. He is still in water, staring crossly at the camera. He looks to his left and sees a pretty mermaid sitting on a rock with the words Sunny Atlantis on it. He gets a lusty look on his face and begins walking towards her. At this point, the snow globe falls into the water, putting him inside through the hatch, which then closes. He, entranced by the mermaid, doesn't notice until he bumps into the dome wall, at which point he looks around and, realizing where he is, again looks crossly at the camera.