Violetward/Trivia

The following is the trivia for the 2011 Studio 4 film *Violetward*.

## Cultural references

* The plot elements, especially in many scenes were later reused in 2020's DreamWorks films, like *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* and *Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken*.
* The Bluey's designs were based on the pills from the 1983 ad “We’re Not Candy”, which actually was said that the director plagiarised them.

### References to The Incredibles

* After Violet and Tony break in, Red yells "What are you doing here, Tony loaf!", Which calls back to the dinner scene when Dash whispers “She’d eat if we were having "Tony loaf".

### References to Incredibles 2

* Voyd and He-Lectrix, who make appearances in *Incredibles 2*, appeared in the movie as well, but replaced by substitutes.
* The Screenslaver was instead mentioned as The Technomancer by Louise.

## Fun facts

* Several poses are re-used in some scenes in order to cut the film's budget and save time during animation work, especially the sprites in fight scenes, similar to how it was used in their most critically acclaimed film Pingu, although not as much as said film.
* Before Spider-verse was released, the film was given a more stylized look, with a combination between 3D and 2D, and a bit of stylized animation in scenes that could potentially boost up the budget, funny enough, they spent time on the movie to not only look as realistic as possible, but to also blend it in with limited animation / full animation reminiscent to Madagascar, only with the animals.
* Amber Lee Connors, Josh Grelle and Jeannie Tirado later all allegedly co-starred in the English dub of the 2015 Chinese film, Legend of a Rabbit: The Martial of Fire.
	+ On the other side, Gregory Smith, Zooey Deschanel and Billy West previously co-starred in Dusk and Dawn 2 (2008).
	+ This would've almost been Jeannie Tirado's only acting role to date, if it weren't for her restarting her casting job in 2015, but according to her, she was part of the casting call to the film, claiming she was new to being the actress in films.
* Nicole Provost was originally casted in the film to provide the vocals for character Voyd, but the role was instead given to Jeannie Tirado as part of the casting call after Provost denied his choice.
* In some promotional material, Tony is wearing his civilian clothes, at times he is shown wearing his superhero costume.
* 3D artist Paul Siciliano worked on eight shots in the film as a freelance animator.
* It was infamously considered as "the worst animated film of all time", however, it would've been worse if Brannon was alive today and decided what he wanted to do in post-production.

## Cameos

* Originally, they were supposed to include mascots from Australian Clients like Chicken Nick from Chicken Treat and the YoGo Bird, however it was cancelled since Australian 3D Artist Paul Siciliano didn't want to include them in the film because of the rights of the characters, fearing that the studio might receive a lawsuit, however, the studio was still a target for Brad Bird, funny enough, he modelled the mascots for their commercials since 2009.
* The crowd in the marriage scene also consisted of characters from *Elephant's Dream*, *Big Buck Bunny*, *Sintel*, *The Broadways* and *Horton Hears a Who!*

## Trivia

* The only Incredibles film to…
	+ Not have composer Michael Giacchino, who would usually score its projects, minus this one.
	+ Receive a duration of 92 minutes, making it the shortest Incredibles film to date.
	+ Not have the entire cast reprising their roles, minus Richard McGonagle and E.G. Daily, only reprising their roles as Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl from the first Incredibles game.
	+ Portray civilian character Tony Rydinger as a superhero.
	+ Have a crossover with Luca, the titular character and Giulia make an appearance in the film when Elastigirl on drugs spies on him, having her nefarious plans failed when Giulia kills her and rescues Luca.
* The final Studio 4 Animation film before being eventually acquired by Riverbank Films.
	+ This is also the last Studio 4 Animation project in its official entry.
* The final film directed by Michael Brannon, albeit posthumously.
* The only two Studio 4 Animation films, alongside *The Broadways* to use opening credits.
* The only Studio 4 Animation film to make an A113 reference with Red’s ship’s code name “Project A113”.
* The only two Studio 4 Animation films, alongside The Matrix: Remastered to be shot in 2:35.1.
* The only Studio 4 Animation film to be rated R, especially with the appearance of characters who are apparently underaged, between 14-10-year-olds, which this choice gained controversy.
	+ Also, the only film from The Incredibles franchise to receive an R rating.
	+ It gets even worse when the film was also opposed targeted towards children despite his plans to have mature scenes, which got cut altogether due to the director's death and executive meddling.
* The only Studio 4 Animation film to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, until *Horton Hears a II!* was acquired by the distributor, which also acquired the entire 21st Century Fox library.