Why does a crayon color things? To give its existence meaning.

"Its seems as if the whole film is set in magical colour land, so what is the point of the whole set-up of little Billy going to bed in the real world?"

Because that's when they come alive. Fucking a, were you not paying attention???

@Solro. So the crayons *must* colour or face an existential crisis? This *is* arty!

Every line made is one line closer to death. Holy shit.

I think they included that set-up so that children can better identify with the film. If it's just a magical color land that exists in it's own self-contained universe, then OK, that's nice and all, but who cares? However, if the film demonstrates that the crayons exist in both the real world AND the magical color world, then it will get children thinking, "hey, maybe MY crayons go on adventures in a magical color land, too!" This was one of the reasons why things like Toy Story, The Velveteen Rabbit, or even Narnia worked so well.

Leaving out the real world would also invalidate the five-hour time constraint placed upon the crayons, giving the action less of a sense of urgency, and drawing us even further out of the story.

Little Billy is actually watching all of this. He brought them to life, much like that little kid in the Twilight Zone. At the end he declares himself their god and tells them about the inevitability of existence as their color slowly fades along with their sentience.

I'll go with the urban myth doraemon method; little billy is actually mentally damaged.

They will never reattain those halcyon days of Hobo with a Shotgun

Crayon or not, I would still fuck Christina Ricci.

daaaaaaamn. I'll take Rosie Perez

It even has Wayne Brady and the same god damn premise.

You mean "let's transparently rip off Toy Story?"

don't worry, it's not actually 'black'...notice the non-threatening blue Arian eyes!

YOU MUST BLUELIEVE IN YOURSELF AMIRITE