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Once Upon a Snowman

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What Olaf got up to between coming to life and meeting Anna

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Do you need to watch it before Frozen III?

Not required. It's a separate adaptation outside the main timeline and only shows up in Everything.

Where it falls in the order

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Quick recap

Olaf comes to life in the middle of "Let It Go," as Elsa walks off to build her ice palace, and he's left alone on the mountain with no idea who he is. Curious about everything, he heads down into the world to figure out what he likes and what he's missing, starting with a nose. Along the way he gets into trouble only a snowman could manage and falls for the idea of summer, which he has never seen. The short ends right where Olaf meets Anna, Kristoff and Sven in the woods, the meeting Frozen already showed.

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  1. ReferenceIt starts in the middle of Let It Go

    The short opens the moment Elsa builds Olaf during "Let It Go." The film's camera follows Elsa; this one stays with the snowman she left behind.

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  2. ReferenceHis summer crush gets an origin

    In Frozen, Olaf sings about summer without ever having seen one. The short shows where that obsession came from.

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  3. Behind the scenesDirected by Olaf's animator

    Trent Correy, who animated Olaf in the films, directed the short with Dan Abraham. Josh Gad returned as the voice.

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