O'Brien, Cormac (July 13, 2021). "Pixar's Next Animated Film Is Stuffed Full Of Early 2000s Canadian Nostalgia (VIDEO)". Narcity. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021 . Retrieved July 13, 2021. a b c Barnes, Brooks (March 7, 2022). "With Turning Red, a Big Red Panda Helps Break a Glass Ceiling". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022 . Retrieved March 9, 2022. Thus, it also marks Ludwig Göransson's first music score in an animated feature film, after previously scoring the Walt Disney Animation Studios short film, Inner Workings and producing songs for DreamWorks Animation's Trolls World Tour. Aaron T.’s sideways blue cap looks a lot like James Stone’s sideways blue cap from the 1997 Disney comedy series Recess. According to the "Making Of" video, the film had various developmental names, some of the pun-based title variety. Such examples include: Notorious RPG (Red Panda Girl), My Neighbor Toronto, PMS (Panda Mayhem Syndrome), Girl In Red, Panda Prime, Anything But Red, Big Deal, and Fei-Fei/Fei Li and A Panda.

When we first met Priya, she is holding a romantic fantasy novel called "Nightfall: The Final Chapter". The book cover with a vampire and three women is a homage to the Twilight saga. When the Lee family perform the ceremony to separate the red panda spirit from Mei's body, Mr. Gao explains that their opening up a door to the astral realm, and draws a circle around Mei. This is a reference to Pixar's 2020 film Soul, where Moonwind opened up a portal for Joe Gardner into the body of a cat called Mr. Mittens and 22 into Joe's human body.

There's also squiggly writing on the first bathroom stall that spells "Kitbull", which is a nod to a 2019 Pixar short, Kitbull. When Mei is walking through the school hallway, a young boy is wearing a t-shirt with an orange one-eyed monster from Monsters, Inc.' on it. Billboard 200: Week of April 9, 2022". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022 . Retrieved April 5, 2022. As stated in some articles, famous The Voice star Anne-Marie makes a cameo in the UK version of the film.

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This is the third Pixar film (and possibly the final) to be released exclusively on Disney+ after Soul and Luca. Near the start of the film, a restaurant named " Bao Restaurant", with the same writing as the short's logo, can be seen. Yossman, K.J.; Ravindran, Manori (February 19, 2023). " All Quiet on the Western Front Dominates BAFTA Awards With Record-Breaking Seven Wins". Variety. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023 . Retrieved February 20, 2023.

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This is Domee Shi's first feature-length Pixar film. and her directional debut. She previously directed the 2018 Disney short, Bao. Adlakha, Siddhant (March 7, 2022). "Turning Red Review". IGN. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022 . Retrieved March 14, 2022.