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[[File:Room A113, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California - 20050723.jpg|thumb|The door of Room A113 c. 2005]]
'''A113''' and its variants are an [[inside joke]] and [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] in media developed by alumni of [[California Institute of the Arts]], referring to the classroom used by graphic design and character animation students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/a113-hidden-in-disney-movies-2018-6 |title=Disney has been hiding a secret message in its movies for years|publisher=Business Insider}}</ref> 

==History==
Students who have used the classroom include [[John Lasseter]], [[Pete Docter]], [[Chris Sanders]], [[Tim Burton]], [[Michael Peraza]] and [[Brad Bird]]. It has appeared in several [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] films and almost every [[Pixar]] movie.<ref name="Shaffer2017" />

Brad Bird first used it for a license plate number in the "[[Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog]]" episode of ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'': "I put it into every single one of my films, including my ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episodes—it's sort of my version of caricaturist [[Al Hirschfeld]]'s '[[Al Hirschfeld#Nina|Nina]]'."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/08/05/bird/index.html |title=Iron without irony |access-date=2007-04-27 |first=Michael |last=Sragow |date=1999-08-05 |work=Salon Arts & Entertainment |publisher=Salon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423002145/http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/08/05/bird/index.html |archive-date=2007-04-23 |quote=A113 was our classroom number. On "Family Dog" I put it on the license plate of the thieves' car. And I put it into every single one of my films ... |url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> It also appears in ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[American Dad!]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and the SPA Studios animated film ''[[Klaus (film)|Klaus]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Citation |title=KLAUS {{!}} FUN FACTS |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtsBQwDgaRA |language=en |access-date=2022-11-29}}</ref> The first movie Bird used it in was ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' (1987), in which he worked on as an animator.<ref name="Shaffer2017">{{cite book|last=Shaffer|first=Joshua C|title=Discovering the Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide – Second Edition|date=July 17, 2017|publisher=Synergy Book Publishing|isbn=978-0-9991664-0-6|page=164}}</ref> It can be seen as The Master's apartment address when Toaster and his friends knock on the door. It also appears in ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]'' on an agent's poison ring and in the script when Ethan Hunt requests evac at rendezvous point Alpha 113.

Brad Bird's film [[Tomorrowland (film)|''Tomorrowland'']] (2015) was produced by A113 Productions.

=== Other appearance examples ===

In ''[[The Truman Show]]'', when the cameras on Truman's set are shown, one is labeled "A113".

The series finale of the children's show ''[[Arthur (TV Series)|Arthur]]'' features a door labeled "A-113".

In the ''[[American Dad!]]'' episode "[[American Dad! season 14|Roger's Baby]]", a television-studio production van may be seen pursuing two characters while featuring a license plate labeled "A113".

In ''[[WALL-E]]'', it is the [[code name]] of a directive that prevents autopilots of generational star-liners from returning to Earth with its passengers.

In ''[[The Wild Robot (film)|The Wild Robot]]'' Roz's processor is the Alpha-113.

In the video game [[Fallout 4]], on the Brotherhood of Steel's Gladius Personal Terminal in Cambridge Police Station, in Paladin Danse's Personal Logs Entry 072287-5, it is noted that a casualty was sustained at "grid reference A113".

==See also==
* [[List of Pixar film references]]
* [[List of filmmaker's signatures]]
* [[Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything (42)|42]] – ''The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything'', first used by [[Douglas Adams]] in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', often used as an in-joke.
* [[47 (number)#In popular culture]]
* [[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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==Bibliography==
* {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrrZqPI42I |title=Pixar Did You Know: A113 - Disney•Pixar |date=2017-09-29 |author=Pixar |website=[[YouTube]] }}

==External links==
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