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42 free Turning Red trivia questions with answers. Turning Red is Pixar's 2022 story of Mei Lee, a 13-year-old in 2002 Toronto who turns into a giant red panda whenever her feelings run high. This quiz covers the plot from the temple to the SkyDome, the friends, the boy band 4*Town and its Billie Eilish songs, and the tug-of-war between Mei and her mother Ming. It also goes behind the scenes: director Domee Shi's pitch, the anime influences, the record-setting Disney+ debut, the awards and the voice cast led by Rosalie Chiang and Sandra Oh. Younger fans will find plenty of easy questions, and there are harder ones for anyone who has watched the making-of documentary. Every answer is checked against the film's reference pages.
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Q 01What animal does Mei Lee turn into when she gets emotional in Turning Red?
A giant red panda
The transformation is a hereditary gift passed down from an ancestor to every woman in the family.
Q 02Who directed Turning Red, becoming the first woman to solely direct a Pixar feature?
Domee Shi
She had won an Oscar for the short film Bao, which played before Incredibles 2.
Q 03In which city and year is Turning Red set?
Toronto in 2002
The director grew up in the city; a giant statue of panda Mei was placed next to the CN Tower for the release.
Q 04How old is Mei Lee in the film?
13
Her voice actress was only 12 when Pixar hired her to record scratch vocals in 2017.
Q 05Who voices Mei's strict, overprotective mother Ming?
Sandra Oh
She was the director's top pick, partly as a fellow Canadian who could handle Ming's complicated emotions.
Q 06Who voices Mei?
Rosalie Chiang
Pixar's creative chief Pete Docter personally approved keeping the local child actor whose scratch vocals the filmmakers had fallen in love with.
Q 07What is the name of the boy band Mei and her friends are obsessed with?
4*Town
Despite the name, the group has five members: Robaire, Jesse, Aaron Z., Aaron T. and Tae Young.
Q 08Which sibling duo wrote the boy band's original songs for the film?
Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
Finneas also voices Jesse, one of the band members.
Q 09Which of these is one of the original songs performed by the boy band in the film?
"Nobody Like U"
The other two are "1 True Love" and "U Know What's Up".
Q 10Who composed the score for Turning Red, his first animated film?
Ludwig Göransson
The Black Panther and Oppenheimer composer recorded it in a two-week window after COVID lockdown rules relaxed.
Q 11What are the names of Mei's best friends?
Miriam, Priya and Abby
Miriam is a tomboy with braces, Priya is deadpan and Abby is the short, aggressive one.
Q 12Which Never Have I Ever star voices Priya?
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Priya is described as a mellow, deadpan Indo-Canadian girl.
Q 13Who is Mei's secret crush at the start of the film?
Devon, a convenience-store clerk
Ming finds Mei's drawings of him and humiliates her at the store.
Q 21Which veteran actor voices Mr. Gao, the elder and shaman who leads the ritual?
James Hong
Hong, then in his 90s, had also voiced Mr. Ping in the Kung Fu Panda films.
Q 22What is the name of Mei's middle school?
Lester B. Pearson
Her teacher Mr. Kieslowski is voiced by Sasha Roiz.
Q 23Which earlier Pixar short by the same director won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film?
Bao
It played before Incredibles 2 and tells of a mother whose dumpling comes to life.
Q 24Roughly how long did Turning Red take to make, the fastest production for a Pixar feature?
Q 14What is the name of the ancestor whose temple Mei's family maintains?
Sun Yee
She was granted the panda transformation to protect her daughters and village in wartime.
Q 15What celestial event is needed for the ritual to seal Mei's red panda spirit?
A lunar eclipse
It falls, unluckily, on the same night as the boy band's concert.
Q 16What does Mei's mother initially assume is happening when Mei hides in the bathroom?
Her first period
The director said the title is an allegory for menstruation and the team feared executives would cut those scenes.
Q 17What does Mei wear to school to hide her newly red hair?
A toque
Concentrating on her friends is what lets her control the transformations.
Q 18Which classmate's birthday party does Mei attend as the red panda to raise the last $200 for tickets?
Tyler's
She attacks him when he insults her family; by the end of the film he is part of the friend group.
Q 19Where is the boy band's concert held?
The SkyDome
One year later the Lee family is still raising money to repair the damage Ming's giant panda form did to it.
Q 20Who voices Mei's quiet, supportive father Jin?
Orion Lee
In the post-credits scene he is caught listening to the boy band in the basement.
Four years
The budget was around $175 million and the working title was simply "Red".
Q 25Turning Red was released in the US on which platform in March 2022?
Disney+
The Omicron surge pushed it to streaming; it finally got a US theatrical run in February 2024, paired with the short Kitbull.
Q 26Which type of animation influenced the film's look, with hand-drawn 2D effects layered on the 3D?
Anime
The director cited Doraemon, Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, Fruits Basket and Inuyasha as inspirations.
Q 27Which Studio Ghibli film inspired the idea of an "iconic grabbable giant animal"?
My Neighbor Totoro
The team also studied real red pandas at a California zoo, one of which was renamed Meilin on release day.
Q 28The director compared the film's plot to which 1995 animated film about a parent and child bonding at a pop concert?
A Goofy Movie
Nintendo games like EarthBound, Pokémon and Zelda also shaped the film's chunky, cute world.
Q 29How many concepts did the director pitch to Pixar in October 2017, one of which became Turning Red?
Three
All three were coming-of-age stories about teenage girls; producer Lindsey Collins said Mei and Ming were the clearest characters.
Q 30Which country refused to distribute Turning Red over its depictions of puberty?
Kuwait
Elsewhere without the streaming service, the film went to cinemas and grossed over $21 million.