I'm not sure this belongs in the Handgag Thread or not, but one of these scenes is close enough to a "traditional" DiD scene that I figured it deserves its own thread.
Pixar's newest movie "Turning Red", which is now available on Disney+, has a couple of excellent scenes for Mei's friends.
A quick mention of the one you already know about from the trailer with the popular girl getting a faceful of panda palm, that's not one of the scenes I'm talking about, but I will mention it just to say that it's exactly the same as in the trailer and there's nothing more to it.
Now for the good stuff.
First is another trailer scene, where Mei grabs her three friends and pulls them into her bedroom while she's the panda. What the trailer doesn't show is that after doing this, she holds all three of them to her in such a way that their arms are pinned and their mouths are smashed against her. While she's doing this (and she does it for a decent amount of time), the three of them are flailing around and mmphing like crazy, eyes wide as Mei tries to get them to calm down. It's the closest we've ever had to a full-treatment scene with girls in a Pixar movie, and it's quite cute, it takes about 30 seconds or so before they finally calm down enough for her to release them.
Second is a scene toward the end of the film, where Mei's friend Miriam is upset with her, the other two (Priya and Abby) mention something to indicate otherwise, and Miriam, still trying to pretend like she's really upset with Mei, handgags them both for about 10-15 seconds as she tries to deny it. Abby is mmphing loudly behind Miriam's hand, while Priya stays silent until she lets them go.
So yeah, some quality scenes of this kind in a Pixar film, not the kind of film I would've expected to see a full treatment from, even if it's not a "traditional" full treatment scene or even a "distress" scene (though Mei's friends definitely act distressed during the first one!).
Turning Red
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