Director and writer Bobby Rubio took a feature-based approach to make the characters Filipino American. The father has darker skin and a flatter nose.
The sixth Pixar short film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Party Central (2013), Sanjay's Super Team (2015), Purl (2018), Smash and Grab (2019), and Kitbull (2019).
Eli Fucile's first voice acting role outside The Incredibles franchise.