Your Friend the Rat

Your Friend the Rat (2007) is a Pixar short you can watch online on iFILM. It runs barely eleven minutes, yet it crams a whole sweep of human history into one cheeky public-service announcement narrated by rats.

Remy and his reluctant brother Emile step up to speak for rodents everywhere. They march through the centuries — the plague, the superstitions, the centuries of bad press — and make their pitch: maybe people and rats could finally get along. Patton Oswalt and Peter Sohn return as the voices, with Ratatouille animator Jim Capobianco directing his first film here.

The mix of collage, stop-motion puppets and hand-drawn cartoon turns it into a small experiment rather than a throwaway DVD extra. Best for anyone who loves Pixar at its most playful. Stream Your Friend the Rat (2007) online on iFILM.