Edward Scissorhands Trivia
By the Numbers
Character Parallels
Event Parallels
Edward Pixarhands
100

Edward accidentally pokes this household item with his scissor hands when he and Kim startle each other

What is a waterbed (or Kim's waterbed)?

100

The number of years Wall-E has stayed on Earth to clean up the planet

What is 700? (that's a lot!)

100

Wall-E and Edward are both artificial beings with innocent, childlike personalities who are isolated from society and long for connection. They also both happen to be mainly nonverbal, as this is Edward's first line when Peg first finds him in the mansion.

What is "don't go"?

100

While Edward works his magic and makes an ice sculpture of an angel, Kim, in her white dress, dances in the snow shavings. While Wall-E and Eve twirl and swoop romantically in space, the Captain coincidentally asks his computer to define this word.

What is "dancing"?

100

Bill Boggs once said, "You can't buy the necessities of life with cookies." Also, in a flashback, we see how the Inventor used a robotic assembly line to make cookies. Why am I talking about cookies? Well, they happen to be the favorite snack of this Pixar character.

Who is Jack-Jack?

200

This character lies and tells the mob that Edward and Jim killed each other near the end of the film

Who is Kim?

200

This is how old Edward Scissorhands will turn this year (2025). 

What is 35?

200

Joyce is one of the manipulative, gossipy housewives who pretends to admire Edward. On the Axiom, this small but ruthless bot knows everything that happens aboard the ship -- and also happens to assist Auto!

Who is GO-4?

200

During the break-in, Edward gets locked inside Jim's house and struggles to open the doorknob. When Wall-E's escape pod blasts off with him and the plant, after multiple button-pressing attempts, Wall-E finally uses this object to escape.

What is a fire extinguisher?

200

Kim's younger brother happens to share a name with a feathered character from this Pixar film

What is Up?

300

During the cookie factory flashback, a robot resembling Jack Skellington can be seen wielding these two COOKING utensils (not scissors) as hands.

What are whisks?

300

You do the math! This is the number of years apart between the releases of Wall-E and Edward Scissorhands.

What is 18?

300

Peg's role as a local Avon sales representative makes an excellent parallel to PR-T, a beautician-bot on the Axiom with this many arms.

What is 8?

300

John thought Wall-E was a drink-bot when he bumped into him, but Wall-E didn't know he was supposed to take John's cup. Similarly, Bill gives Edward an alcoholic beverage telling him it is this. 

What is "lemonade"?

300

The family that adopts Edward shares a surname with the antagonist of this Pixar film

What is Monsters, Inc. ?

400

During the talk show scene, this is the one question Edward refuses to answer, accidentally shocking himself with a microphone instead

What is "Do you have a girlfriend?"

400
During the scene when Edward breaks into Jim's house, Edward is seen wearing a cap with the one-letter Roman numeral for this number.

What is 5?

400

Just like the Captain and human passengers in Wall-E, this Edward Scissorhands character is at one point seen in a chair holding a drink and watching a television screen. 

Who is Bill?

400

Before the hyperjump, the Captain surprises the Axiom passengers by doing something he's never done before: standing up and walking for the first time in order to shut off Auto. Remind me, what caused Jim to fall off the tower of the mansion again?

What is a stab (by Edward)?

400

The real-life Floridian city where Edward Scissorhands was filmed shares a name with this Elemental character

Who is Lutz?

500

The name of the first dog Edward trims

Who is Alexis?

500
The year when Captain B. McCrea became Captain

When is 2775?

500

FOREIGN CONTAMINANT! Short-statured M-O can't take his holographic eyes off Wall-E's dirtiness, but he later accepts him once he realizes Wall-E's true personality. Kevin initially stares at Edward due to his unusual hands, but later accepts him as well. Tell me, does Kevin ever try to clean Edward in the film?

What is yes?

500

Edward makes a lot of art throughout the film, from topiaries to scherenschnitte to an ice sculpture of Kim. When Wall-E makes a sculpture of Eve from trash in order to flirt with her, he uses this infamous Pixar object as one of her arms.

What is Luxo Jr. (or the Luxo lamp)?

500

Before Johnny Depp was cast, one of Tim Burton's contenders for the role of Edward Scissorhands was a certain man, who would go on to voice this iconic Pixar character.

Who is Woody?