Puppet Pals/Trivia

## 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 Princess Joanna 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 Fox Animation Century City's first fully CGI animated film.\*\* This is also 20th Century Fox's fourth fully CGI animated film, after *Ice Age*, *Robots*, and *Ice Age: The Meltdown*.
* This is the first Fox Animation Century City film to be released in June.
* The second Fox Animation Century City film to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after *Mice Tales*.
* The second Fox Animation Century City film of 2000s to be rated PG by the MPAA, after *History Island*.
* The sixth animated movie of 2006 to have a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after *Curious George*, *Ice Age: The Meltdown*, *The Wild*, *Over the Hedge*, and *Aparkalypse*.
* Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Warburton previously co-starred in the 2005 MGM film *Ruby Rivest*.
* Jesse McCartney, Seth Rogen, and Isla Fisher would all later co-star in the 2008 Blue Sky Studios animated film *Horton Hears a Who!*.
* Some of the ideas in the sequels were intended to be in this film but were scrapped and used later.
* While critics did give the film positive reviews, the audience loved the film even more.
* The film was a huge blockbuster success, making $559 million on an $90 million budget.
* *Puppet Pals* was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2006, as well as the second highest-grossing animated film of that year behind Fox's own *Ice Age: The Meltdown*.
* This film (as well as its spin-off *Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms*) are often considered to be the best *Puppet Pals* films.
* The film's massive success helped launch Fox Animation Century City into a successful (computer) animation studio.
* Many love this film for its concept and its well-written and likable characters.
* The film's success helped many fans grant a fanbase.
* A test screening of the film was held at the Regal Continental theater in Denver, Colorado on June 18, 2006, at which a Fox representative was present to collect viewer feedback.
* 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.
* 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.
* One of Nathan's lines, "There's no place like home! There's no place like home! There's no place like home!" (a reference to one of Dorothy's lines from The Wizard of Oz), was heard in one of the trailers and TV spots for the film, but it never did in the final film.
* Jesse McCartney's first animated voice film role.
* Anne Hathaway's second animated voice film role, after *Hoodwinked!*, which was released nearly seven months before *Puppet Pals*.
	+ Ironically, both films starred both Hathaway and Patrick Warburton.
* Josh Peck's second animated voice role after *Ice Age: The Meltdown*.

* Jason Lee's second animated voice role after *The Incredibles*.
* 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.