# In Pixar's "Up", Did Russell Have Downs Syndrome? \[spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804 "2010-02-20T20:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804/21 "2010-02-21T04:57:42Z")
Unquestionably Asian. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804/22 "2010-02-21T05:36:24Z")
Why do you hate Sarah Palin?!! But yeh, instantly recognizable as Asian to me. Never even questioned it. As for Down Syndrome… haven’t been around little kids much, huh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804/23 "2010-02-21T11:28:40Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > He was Asian? I didn’t get that at all. I think you’re just confusing [this popular internet picture](http://www.buzzfeed.com/reddit/its-a-real-life-russell-from-up) with the film. Even from that point of view, doesn’t it say something that the picture incidentally has an asian kid for the double? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804/24 "2010-02-21T11:46:50Z")
> [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > Even from that point of view, doesn’t it say something that the picture incidentally has an asian kid for the double? Actually, it says a lot less now that I know what **Leiko** said in post #10. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804/25 "2010-02-21T16:20:30Z")
Didn’t realize until this thread that he was supposed to be asian. He was fat and a cartoon-ish looking kid, didn’t think about assigning a race to him. I took the squinting to mean it was too bright in the jungle or something. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804/26 "2010-02-21T22:29:42Z")
> [@Captain\_C](#): > > Didn’t realize until this thread that he was supposed to be asian. He was fat and a cartoon-ish looking kid, didn’t think about assigning a race to him. I took the squinting to mean it was too bright in the jungle or something. I think that’s the Pixar way. He’s Asian, but it doesn’t really matter in any way so I’m sure plenty of people didn’t notice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-pixars-up-did-russell-have-downs-syndrome-spoilers/529804.md?page=1)