The phrase generally refers to a section of the closing credits of films, listing the babies' given names.
The first list of production babies was included by Pixar[2] in the credits of their first full-length movie Toy Story in 1995.
Disney film director Byron Howard cites the listing of production babies as a pointer to the depth of personal relationships established during collaboration on an animated movie.
[6] In 2009, Ari Folman dedicated his Golden Globe Award to the eight production babies born during the making of Waltz with Bashir, an animated anti-war documentary, and expressed hope that their lives would have no contact with the realities of conflict depicted in the film.
[7] Reviewers have noted that "production babies" credits indicate the creativity of film people in giving some unusual names to their children.