S1 Round 6: The Greatest Pixar Movie of All Time

Taylor Gaines and Tyler B. Commons gather for the final time to reveal the champion of the Natural Selection bracket.

First, they unveil their individual rankings of all 20 Pixar movies. Then, they announce the winner of the heavyweight match-up for the title of greatest Pixar movie ever made.

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S1 Round 5: The Championship

Taylor Gaines and Tyler B. Commons finally reveal the championship match-up of the Natural Selection bracket on this week’s episode.

First, they break down the trailer for Pixar’s upcoming film “Onward,” sort through their individual algorithmic rankings they never knew they were creating, and listen to Taylor talk “Coco” with Patrick A. Jackson in this week’s “Unnatural Opinions” segment. Later, they announce the winners from Round 4 and dive deep on the Battle for the Crown.

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S1 Round 4: The Final Four

Taylor Gaines and Tyler B. Commons narrow things down to four in this week’s ultra-important episode of Natural Selection.

First, they offer an analysis of the latest “Toy Story 4” trailer and take a look at their Rewatchability scores before Taylor talks “Incredibles” with Christian Torres in this week’s “Unnatural Opinions” segment. Then, they announce the winners from Round 3 and break down the unbelievable Final Four match-ups.

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S1 Round 3: Sixteen to Eight

Taylor Gaines and Tyler B. Commons announce the Elite Eight Pixar movies in this week’s scientifically superior episode of Natural Selection.

First, they break down the individual films’ “Pixar Scores,” welcome friend of the pod Sam Hensel to debate the merits of “Cars” in “Unnatural Opinions,” and parse the Theme scores. Finally, they reveal the winning movies from Round 2 and dive into the four match-ups of Round 3.

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S1E8: Ratatouille

Taylor Gaines and Tyler B. Commons study abroad for the eighth episode of “Natural Selection,” diving deep into the recipe book for 2007’s “Ratatouille.”

For Brad Bird’s counter-cleanliness classic, the guys discuss Pixar’s trademark research trips, pet rats, the late Anthony Bourdain’s opinion of the film, making rats cute, and shooting up your own home. They also talk about the strangest split-second of any Pixar movie, vampire food critics, making a movie about rats and humans where the audience is rooting for the rats, and criticism’s presentation in movies.

Featuring: An exciting update to the Natural Selection rankings and a DRAMATIC READING.

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