With the right pair, the sky's the limit.

Ty, a misguided, one-of-a-kind designer sneaker, doesn’t know life outside the comforts of his velvet-lined shoebox. After his sister is stolen by a shady collector, Ty must venture into New York City to find and rescue her. In his adventure, Ty meets a ragtag group of footwear friends from all walks of life who help him find the courage to step outside of his shoebox and find his sole-mate.
In Sneaks, consciousness is carried by toys and objects — a plane of “sentient footwear world”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, belonging, consumerism, exploitation, courage.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Toy Story 5 (2026)E8/E9 · belonging, consumerism
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023)E8/E9 · belonging, consumerism
Life-Size (2000)E8 · belonging, consumerism
Barbie (2023)E8/E9 · consumerism, identity
The Happytime Murders (2018)E8/E9 · exploitation, identity
Christopher Robin (2018)E8/E9 · exploitation, identityOther films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Toy Story 4 (2019)consciousness in objects · toy-shelf world
Toy Story 2 (1999)consciousness in objects · toy-shelf world
Toy Story (1995)consciousness in objects · toy-shelf world
Toy Story 3 (2010)consciousness in objects · toy shelf world
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)consciousness in objects · toy-brick multiverse
UglyDolls (2019)consciousness in objects · toy societyThe same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)consciousness in machines · belonging, exploitation
Minions (2015)consciousness in monsters · belonging, exploitation
Bolt (2008)consciousness in animals · belonging, exploitation
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)consciousness in animals · belonging, exploitation
The Smurfs 2 (2013)consciousness in monsters · belonging, exploitation
The Emoji Movie (2017)consciousness in machines · consumerism, identity