Puppet Pals/Trivia

## Cultural references

* In a scene where the Puppet Pals perform a raid on Rosie Storm's palace, The three Smileys are tasked with setting up a security camera system. Meanwhile, a Smile attempts to program the TV to the security camera's signal during the raid, he accidentally tunes into the wrong input, where a THX logo (along with its "Deep Note" audio theme) is shown, which it shakes the whole house, and the force of it blowing off the Smiley's underwear. The two other Smileys then quickly change the channel to the camera video on the wiring, which stops the loudness. This is notably the second time that THX had appeared within a film after *Over the Hedge* (2006).
	+ Coincidentally, a THX trailer with the characters of Puppet Pals debuted at THX theaters with this film.
* When Nathan is selecting a movie for the movie premiere, the DVDs with real titles are all Disney, Paramount, DreamWorks, Universal, Warner Bros. and Fox animated movies.

## Cameos

* In the scene where Nathan discovers Tinywood for the first time, a citizen is reading a newspaper that has a *Kate & Chris* comic strip on it.
* A family portrait of *The Simpsons* appears on the front door of Rosie Storm's giant melter when trying to melt Nathan Ritter, Toby the Lizard, and Anna Dawson with lava.
	+ Coincidentally, Rich Moore (the film's co-director and Simpsons episode director) considers this as a Easter egg, making it an allusion to *The Simpsons Movie*.

## Trivia

* This is 20th Century Fox's fourth fully CGI animated film, after *Ice Age*, *Robots*, and *Ice Age: The Meltdown*.
* The fifth animated movie of 2006 to have a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after *Curious George*, *Ice Age: The Meltdown*, *The Wild*, and *Over the Hedge*.
* Some of the ideas in the sequels were intended to be in this film but were scrapped and used later.
* Fox Animation Century City's first full CGI animated feature.
* Often considered to be the best *Puppet Pals* film.
* A VHS of the film was released in select countries, such as Argentina, Italy, and Japan.
	+ A rare demo VHS of the film also was released in the United States in select stores.
* The film's success helped many fans grant a fanbase.
* 20th Century Fox launched it on the home market with a marketing budget of $150 million, the largest amount they had spent up on a DVD release.
* The second Fox Animation film to be released in June, after *Titan A.E.*
* The eighth Fox's animated film of 2000s to be rated PG by the MPAA, after *Titan A.E.*, *Ice Age*, *Future NX*, *The Alaina Gleen Movie*, *Robots*, *and* *Ice Age: The Meltdown*.
* The third Fox Animation film of 2000s to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after *Mice Tales*, and *Future NX*.
* The eighth Fox's animated film of 2000s to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after *Mice Tales*,  *Ice Age*, *Jose Maldonaldo: The Biggest Movie Ever*, *The TeenV Movie*, *The Alaina Gleen Movie*, *Robots*, and *Ice Age: The Meltdown.*
* *Puppet Pals* was originally intended to be used for an animated television series, but it ended up being a CGI animated film instead.
	+ Coincidentally, An early 2004 teaser was released with the animated television series pilot with the original release of November 18, 2005.
	+ A sneak peek with the original release date of the film was on the 2004 VHS and DVD release of *History Island*.
* Many love this film for its concept and its well-written and likable characters.
* The film took 7 years in development.
* The film was a huge blockbuster success, making $662 million on its $90 million budget.
* Was the second highest-grossing film of 2006, as well as the highest-grossing animated film of that year behind *Ice Age: The Meltdown* and *Cars*.
* The film was originally going to be short, but it became longer due to the idea of the script being a full movie.
* While critics did give the film positive reviews, the audience loved the film even more.
* As mentioned above, Nathan also was supposed to have his owners, Dennis and his parents, Johnny and Mavis, and goldfish pets by the names of Skippy and Aliana, if what was expected in the teaser trailer to be true. They're only in the video game. They were removed because it wouldn't make sense for them to be in the plot of Nathan being a lonely. Johnny and Mavis were first seen in *Hotel Transylvania* (2012), and their son Dennis was seen in *Hotel Transylvania 2* (2015).
* The film's success helped many fans grant a fanbase.
* Sarah Vowell, Zach Braff, Patton Oswalt, and Jason Lee each did voice work at Pixar.
* Anne Hathaway's second animated voice film role, after *Hoodwinked!*.
* Jesse McCartney's second voice-acting role after *Computeropolis*.
* Seth Rogen and Isla Fisher's first animated voice film roles.
* Josh Peck's third voice role after *Dusk and Dawn* and *Ice Age: The Meltdown*.
* Cedric the Entertainer's third animated voice film role, after *Ice Age* (2002) and *Madagascar* (2005).
* Sarah Vowell and Jason Lee previously co-starred in the 2004 Pixar film *The Incredibles*.
* Shia LaBeouf, Zach Braff, Ashton Kutcher, Andy Samberg, and Owen Wilson were considered for the role of Nathan Ritter.
* Jennifer Tilly, Jodi Benson, Bonnie Hunt and Ellen DeGeneres were considered for the role of Anna Dawson.
* Amy Poehler, Cameron Diaz, and Mandy Moore were considered for the role of Princess Joanna.
* Johnny Knoxville, Dave Foley, Adam Sandler, and Jack Black were all considered for the role of Toby the Lizard.
* David Schwimmer was considered for the role of Rob Storm.