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Next time you watch Monsters, Inc (which we definitely recommend you do soon) keep an eye out for this subtle reference.
No matter your age, the reality is you're never too old to sit on the sofa and watch Mike Wazowski and Sulley befriend the adorable Boo. But, there are many details of the childhood classic that you may have missed when you were younger, including the secret message behind '23-19'.
To refresh your memory, when monster George Anderson comes out from a kids room with a white sock stuck on his back - one of his colleagues declares: "We have a 23-19" - which results in George being taking to be decontaminated after being in contact with the human world. Now, one woman named Fyiya has figured out what the code meant.
Taking to TikTok back in 2022 she shared her realisation. In the clip, she says: "Oh my god. I was today years old when I realised when I used to watch Monsters, Inc. I used to be like 'what the hell is a 23-19?'
"The 23rd letter in the alphabet is W and the 19th letter is S. Standing for white socks. Yep." Her video quickly went viral, amassing hundreds of thousands of likes and swathes of comments from Pixar fans.
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Many viewers were inn disbelief that they too hadn't realised this sooner. One replied: "I'm also today years old." Another said: "I did not know that." While a third added: "You learn something new every day."
"That just blew my mind," proclaimed a fourth. A few others shared more interesting facts about the significance of the numbers as well.
Someone else posted: "2319 is in all Pixar movies because it's the Studio number that the producers start off in." A different user added: "It's also the code for copyright infringement law and hidden in lots of movies that have broken it." Guess we'll have to start looking out for these numbers in more Disney Pixar films now!
A version of this story was first published on June 12, 2022.