Boundin'

Boundin' is an animated short film made by Pixar in 2003. It was written and directed by Bud Luckey. In the West lives a sheep whose pride and joy is his wool. When a man comes and shears him, the sheep becomes depressed. It takes a Jackalope to teach him to bounce back from life's troubles.

Trivia

 * This is the first theatrical short to have dialogue. To date, this is the only Pixar short to feature dialogue that isn't based on a pre-existing property.
 * Bud Luckey, who performed all the voices, played Rick Dicker in The Incredibles. He also worked on Sesame Street as the Alligator King in an animated short.
 * In the first draft, Rick Dicker was going to sit on a chair and tell the story.
 * The car that the man drives is Stanley from Cars. There is a statue of that car in the film. The hand belongs to the dentist from Finding Nemo.
 * The Cars DVD and Blu-Ray contain a version of Boundin' with Mater as the Jackalope and Lightning McQueen as the sheep. Guido is also seen briefly as the groundhogs.