Hoppers embraces the messy reality of nature – and shows why diversity matters in environmental storytelling
The article discusses Pixar's film 'Hoppers' and its environmental themes, highlighting the film's portrayal of complex ecological systems and its approach to environmental storytelling. It mentions the character Mabel as an environmentalist and notes the film's nuanced treatment of social-ecological systems. The article also addresses representation, pointing out the inclusion of an East Asian woman in the story and its significance for diversity in environmental narratives.
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“Pixar’s new film Hoppers follows Mabel Tanaka, a young environmentalist who grew up exploring a forest glade with her grandmother.”
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— Hoppers is a 2026 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Daniel Chong and written by Jesse Andrews from a story by Chon…
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— Hoppers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2026 Disney/Pixar film Hoppers directed by Daniel Chong. The original score is composed by Mark Mothersbaugh and featured an…
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— Piper Joy Curda (born August 16, 1997) is an American actress and singer. She had her breakthrough with Disney Channel, portraying Kennedy in the comedy series A.N.T. Farm (2013–2014), Jasmine Kang in…
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“When the city of Beaverton’s mayor announces plans to demolish the glade for a new highway, Mabel’s attempts to stop him go nowhere.”
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“Scientists in the lab have developed a technology that transfers human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to experience the world from an animal’s perspective.”
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“Mabel (Piper Curda) hops into a robotic beaver to rally the creatures of the glade.”
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“The film’s central line is spoken by Grandma Tanaka (Karen Huie) as she and Mabel sit quietly in nature: 'It’s hard to be mad when you feel like you’re part of something big.'”
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“Hoppers arrives 17 years after Wall-E, Pixar’s last overtly environmentally themed film.”
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— Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI film production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. Pixar has produced 30 feature films, which were all released by Walt Disney Studios M…
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— Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a …
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— The Bride! is a 2026 American Gothic romance film directed and written by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley (in a dual role), Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenha…
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“Mainstream western-centric animation has favoured anthropomorphic sentimentality over ecological realism.”
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“Hoppers signals a shift toward more complexity, where animals eat one another and humans are not simple villains.”
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“The film is populated by angry characters: Mabel at the destruction of nature; Mayor Jerry (Jon Hamm) at Mabel’s obstruction of his superhighway; the Monarch butterfly insect queen (Meryl Streep) at human disrespect for wildlife; and her heir Titus (a caterpillar voiced by Dave Franco) at humans and animals alike for disrespecting insects.”
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“King George (Bobby Moynihan) whose 'pond rules' offer a quietly radical alternative. He knows every creature in the pond by name, down to the earthworms.”
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“George embodies what environmental researchers call relational values: the connections that link humans to nature and to other humans, which shape who we are as people.”
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“Mayor Jerry is not just an evil developer. He is, by most measures, a well-liked and good mayor. He simply fails to care for the wildlife.”
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“Hoppers’ argument is that the rhetoric of 'us versus them' has never resolved any environmental crisis, or any global crisis. Anger and fear divide people. A sense of shared belonging connects us.”
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“Hoppers does something else that matters. It puts an east Asian woman at the centre of an ecological story.”
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“In the UK, 95% of the environmental sector identifies as white.”
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