Arlo the Alligator Boy

***Arlo the Alligator Boy*** is an American animated 2D adventure musical film produced for Netflix. It was directed by Ryan Crego in his directorial debut. It was released to Netflix in the United States on April 16, 2021. It serves as the pilot to *I ♥ Arlo and it was presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.*

## Summary

The film opens with scenes of New York City at night, as a musical number sets the tone of its various surroundings and atmosphere.

The scene then shifts to Arlo Beauregard, a half-human, half-alligator hybrid who had recently been born, alone in the sewers under Bellevue Hospital. Arlo's actions cause his basket to wobble until it falls into the sewage water, being dragged out of the pipe the following day, and floating right out to sea. He is spotted by various beach folk, attacked by a sea monster, fed by a seagull, among other things. The basket eventually ends up in a swamp in Louisiana, ending at the front porch of a shack belonging to swamp hermit Edmée. Hearing something suspicious, she bursts out of the shack, only to spot Arlo on the porch catching sight of her, and she coos, "Well... rickety biscuit."

Over the years, Edmée rears Arlo in as her own, and Arlo grows into a fun-loving boy and gains a passion for music, as well as curiosity over the world outside the swamp. One day when Arlo is fifteen years old, Edmée allows him to go exploring, but warns him not to go too far and mess around with the various riverboat tours. Arlo, along with his pet frog Jeromio, explores the swamp and tries to get attention, but the other animals of the swamp didn't seem to take too kindly toward him because of his half-gator appearance. Feeling secretly lonely and wanting to have friends, Arlo begins singing over how he wants More More More.

Eventually, Arlo hears the sound of a riverboat and goes to see it against Jeromio's wishes. Astounded by the sight of it and the various nice people partying aboard, Arlo imagines himself mingling with them and becoming famous. When spotted by one of them, a little boy named Sansavelt, Arlo freaks out and retreats, fearing the humans won't like his appearance like the animals. He is soon summoned back to the shack by Edmée, realizing he got off-track, and starts gathering up some random grub for their dinner.

Upon arrival back at the shack, Edmée asks Arlo to show the grub he hustled for their stew later; when she sees he took a snail which he hates, she grows suspicious and asks him to taste its underbelly to see if it's ripe, much to Arlo's disgust. Once he had done so, Edmée immediately sees through Arlo's nervousness and asks how many riverboats he saw; he only saw one but retreated when Sansavelt noticed. He tells her that despite the fact he's not allowed to leave the swamp and mess around with the riverboats, he has secretly longed to explore the world outside. In addition, the swamp animals have hated him over the years and felt like he doesn't belong. Edmée understands his sadness, as it's all natural for people his age. She then tells Arlo to set the snail loose, as there's a special gift, she's been wanting to give him all this time.

Once inside, Edmée gets out an old box which is a gift for Arlo; he refuses to open it though, unless it's his birthday today, despite his birthday was forty-two days ago. Feeling pressured to prove it for the sake of him, Edmée decides to give him a late birthday party and begins launching into a ritual where she gets a homemade birthday cake out of the fridge, gives Arlo a special straw hat, and starts singing a birthday song she wrote which he loves. At the end of the song, she smashes her banjo, spits, and sets off fireworks outside, before giving Arlo a kiss.

Now fully convinced, Arlo opens the box to reveal an ID bracelet with the name of "Arlo Beauregard". Edmée reveals that's his full name and he was wearing it when he showed up on the porch years ago, admitting he's been adopted but didn't tell him because she wanted him to feel like he belonged with her. Arlo then reads the bracelet further, discovering he came from Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and Edmée shows him a page of what the city is like in a book she's kept. Realizing he's not from the swamp but from the city, Arlo believes his biological parents may still be around; he reads further and gets the father's name, Ansel T. Beauregard, but the mother's name is not listed. When Arlo finds it amusing to hear of a mother with no name, a petrified Edmée feels it's not the time to mention that and launches into her birthday routine again.

Later that evening, Arlo gets a visit from Jeromio in his bedroom and lets him in on his true heritage but was upset Edmée never told him the truth after all those years. Listening to Jeromio's advice, Arlo concludes he has to leave the swamp and go to New York to meet his birth father but is uncertain and curious all at once. After Jeromio leaves, Arlo begins singing about life Beyond These Walls, and how much he longs to see and embrace, and to be accepted by everyone in return. The following day after the song, Arlo rips out a page of New York from Edmée's book and places it in his pants pocket as a keepsake.

Arlo meets up with Edmée on the porch, trying to catch some fish for breakfast but had no luck. Just before Arlo could break out his desire, Edmée goes ahead of him and declares it's time to leave the swamp for his real home in the outside world. Despite Arlo's nerves, Edmée admits the reason she kept him isolated for so long is because she was worried not for what it would do to him, but what it would do to her. Now that he's all grown up and making the right decision, he is officially released from her care and the world is ready for him to enter society. Arlo invites Edmée to come with him, but she'd rather stay back as this is his adventure, and also to avoid getting arrested by the Feds. After a heartful advice to follow the voice in his heart when alone, Arlo gets in the rowboat Edmée set up for him and she sends him off, and Arlo says his last goodbyes to everyone and everything in the swamp, and Edmée sees him off with only Jeromio to keep her company.

Once Arlo finally gets to dry land, he is excited to see his new surroundings. He first comes upon a couple in their car on a hill, Sandra June and Bradley, and inadvertently scares them away while leaving the car behind, mistaking it for generousness. Arlo enjoys sitting in the "land boat" but cannot get it to move; he eventually does get it to roll backwards down the hill past the panicking couple who don't bother about it.

Arlo then ends up in the 50s-style community of Willow Button, where he drives recklessly all over the streets, shocking passersby, before flying out and into Gil's Sweets, where he swallows a large amount of ice cream and experiences a sugar rush. Exiting and singing wild and crazy, Arlo ends up scaring the townsfolk while goofing around. Unbeknownst to him, a man is spying on him from inside the sweet shop.

In an unknown part of the swamp, a hunter named Ruff and his partner Stucky are owning a failing museum called *Gator X-Perience*. Ruff is showing a visiting tourist boy a fake alligator which he doesn't find at all interesting; to make matters worse, the couple's tour boat is broken down so they can't show any real alligators. Stucky suggests the tourist play with a creature known as "The Beast" if he wants things scarier, but the tourist refuses and tries to sue them, which he is unable to due to the couple going broke. Ruff soon receives a call from Lawrence, the man from the sweet shop, who is spying on Arlo and lets him in on his half-gator appearance. The tourist overhears of Arlo and declares he would pay a ton of money to see something like him, which inspires the hunters to strike up a plan to capture Arlo and use him as their newest attraction to become rich.

Back in Willow Button, Arlo has mistaken a mailbox for a "mobile home" and scared off the mailman trying to put a delivery in. When chasing after him, Stucky and Ruff appear before him and corner him against a bus, but he manages to slip off into a trainyard as they chase after. Just before Stucky could capture Arlo with her net, the hunters are punched into the air by a fist belonging to a giantess, Bertie, who stands them down and protects Arlo, fascinated by her. Before the hunters could pursue them again, Bertie manages to catch a nearby train which the two use to leave them behind. But the hunters refuse to give up, and vow to follow after them.

Once on the train, Arlo is astounded by the travel, wondering if it will stop or go on forever and ever. Arlo then introduces himself to Bertie, who says she's from nowhere special, which he disapproves of as he's the most special person he ever met. When he tells her of his journey to meet his dad, he also invites her to come to New York with him which she's uncertain of at first. In the process, she calls Arlo "friend", which he takes well as no one has ever called him a friend back in the swamp. With that Bertie agrees to come with him, but the train is soon halted by Ruff and Stucky following after them. The two escape just in time for the hunters to miss them by a second, but the Beast happens to track down Arlo's footprints.

Having escaped from the train, Bertie suggests they stay someplace to lay low for the night; Arlo suggests a nearby barn. Once inside, a wrestling match is going on between a mean farmer and his opponent, a sassy and flamboyant puffball named Furlecia. During the match, Furlecia's partner, a miniature elf-rat creature named Teeny Tiny Tony, begins bribing the farmers in the audience out of their cash if they bet, she will win. Arlo eventually wanders into the middle of the ring, not understanding the meaning of the fight and believing Furlecia needed help. Furlecia soon wins, and it was that moment the barn folk realize they've been scammed, to which they start to pursue Tony all over the barn. Tony eventually leaves his money with Arlo before escaping, but he doesn't know what to do about it.

The two escape the barn as a bus pulls up, revealing their driver, a tigress named Alia. But when Bertie warns them that Arlo is still inside with the cash, Tony tells Alia to wait until the cash comes out. Inside, Arlo is cornered by the barn folk and is about to get a beating; he manages to calm them down by introducing himself and saying he's from the swamp. The opponent soon softens and accepts him as one of them, but the second Arlo mentions he's really from New York City, the barn folk turn against him again and return to the attack, just before Bertie comes in to save him. Outside, Alia takes off the instant Bertie emerges with Arlo with the barn folk forming an angry mob behind them. Furlecia sees them and manages to grab them aboard thanks to Alia's reckless driving.

Once on the bus, Tony walks up to Arlo and asks for the cash, but Arlo reveals he gave the cash back to the farm folk despite them still angry after doing so, much to Tony's displeasure. Bertie manages to stick up for Arlo, but Tony is still unforgiving over losing his one shot of being rich; Furlecia shrugs him off and knows that despite having a temper, he still has a big heart. The crew then introduce themselves to Arlo and Bertie, with Alia adding she has her learner's permit and is practicing. When Arlo shows the page of New York City, Tony bonds with him and reveals he has a father there living in Little Italy. Arlo excitedly asks the gang to drive them there, but Tony refuses, upon not having the feel for a charity trip. This disappoints Arlo, asking them to drop him off at the next stop, but Tony sees Arlo is half-alligator and decides to take him to New York under one condition, to use his swimming skills to free their fish friend Marcellus who has been trapped in an aquarium in North Carolina. Bertie is reluctant, but Arlo happily accepts, on account he has a whole group of friends now.

Back at the barn, Ruff and Stucky have arrived and confront the opponent over their experience with Arlo, and demand that they tell them what happened. When he refuses, the Beast, acting as their associate, barges in and threatens more harm unless they tell. The opponent gives in and lets them in on where Arlo went and where he is going, but still refuses to say his name, prompting the Beast to come in and attack. With no other choice, the opponent finally tells the hunters Arlo's name.

In North Carolina, the bus pulls up before the aquarium where Marcellus is held. Tony then gives Arlo a clown's mask to hide his identity, which doesn't fit him due to the size of his snout. Arlo sneaks in but is seen, but nevertheless frees Marcellus in no time, and the bus escapes just before the cops arrive. The reunited crew celebrates on the bus with a dance party (which Bertie finds uncomfortable), but when Arlo brings up the aquarium, this leaves Marcellus in a state of shock. Later on, when taking a rest stop at a beach, Marcellus tells the gang his time at the aquarium was a nightmare and didn't like visiting tourists passing by and staring at him, especially children which he has a hatred over. Nevertheless, Tony and the others are glad that he's safe with them again, and everyone turns in for the night.

In the middle of the night, Arlo awakens and notices Bertie missing; he goes and sees her on the beach looking out to the ocean, saying she couldn't sleep due to her past. She reveals to Arlo because of her size, she never stayed around the same people for so long. Arlo denies that, now that he has a whole group of friends with his dad coming into the picture soon, and Bertie makes a solemn promise that she'll get him to his dad no matter what, but once she does so, it'll be time for her to move on. Arlo understands her sadness and encourages her to express her feelings like him -- by singing. Through the song Follow Me Home, Bertie talks more about her past and how she doesn't have a place to truly call home, while Arlo reassures her that she's better than she thought. After the song, Arlo spots a seashell in the sand and gives it to Bertie, calling it a "best friend rock"; when Bertie corrects him and opens it to reveal the pearl inside, he tosses that away and breaks the shell in half, now that they have matching ones, which she immediately loves.

The following day, the bus finally reaches New York City, and the gang is fascinated by its surroundings and aspects. Thanks to Alia not driving, the bus ends up disturbing some of the citizens before parking. Once off, Alia is worried that she parked the bus in a no parking zone, but the others shrug it off and they leave, not noticing the bus getting towed away behind them. A musical montage follows, showing the gang checking out the city in different places: Bertie tries to blend in with the walking city Goers, Tony indulges himself with pizzas he found in a restaurant, Alia sneaks in on a cat woman before getting shooed, Marcellus scares a child, Furlecia gets a new haircut, and Arlo spots what he thinks is his dad, but turns out to be a bongo player to his disappointment; said player then cheers him up by having him dance while he performs for a crowd. Unknown to the gang, Ruff and Stucky have also reached the city, causing a traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge behind them as they are distracted by the sight of it.

Regrouping in Times Square, Arlo's friends tell him they've found no information about his dad, but they did lose the bus. Bertie wonders what Arlo's dad looked like, and Arlo begins losing hope as there's too many people in the city, just before an interview appears on the big screen of One Times Square. Furlecia sees it and lets Arlo know the man being interviewed -- Ansel Beauregard -- shares Arlo's surname, and is the same man as written on Arlo's bracelet, which gets Arlo excited. In the interview, Ansel has chosen an old run-down boardwalk neighborhood called Seaside by the Seashore as part of his next big project which he'll announce at the upcoming Met Gala. Tony offers to help Arlo find out where Ansel lives and gets a call from a partner he knows which he gets the address from. Unfortunately, Arlo doesn't know where the address is, and Tony reveals it's uptown, way uptown, which can be literally accessed by a subway going in that direction. Behind them, Ruff and Stucky are already searching the city for Arlo when they notice Ansel's video with his surname visible.

The gang reach Ansel's residence -- a lavish apartment building on 1934 Lexington Avenue. When Arlo asks everyone to come with him, Bertie lets him know this is his journey and it's time they depart. They share a final group hug and Arlo goes on his way, but Tony lets them know he won't get to see his dad unless he gets past the doorman. To his surprise, the doorman is enamored by Arlo and allows him access, and the group quietly departs.

Ascending to the building's penthouse where Ansel is living, Arlo enters and encounters Ansel in person, who is confused upon his appearance. Arlo lets Ansel in on his claims that he is his dad, but Ansel denies it and shrugs it off as an improbable situation. When Arlo shows him the bracelet with his name however, Ansel is surprised, only to snap out of it and dismiss him, thinking it's a big mistake. Arlo believes the same thing, bringing up the time he floated all the way to the swamp as a baby. Ansel, seemingly not believing one word Arlo said, claims his "son" is gone and he is not his father, and cannot be. Arlo doesn't agree, as he has nowhere else to go. Reluctantly, Ansel decides to help Arlo out.

Taking him into his library, Ansel shows Arlo the project he is working on: Seaside by the Seashore, the boardwalk mentioned in the interview which also happens to be his old neighborhood, is going to be torn down and replaced with a city expansion. In song, he shows Arlo what it was like for him as a successful businessman and how he changed himself and strove for a Better Life. He also has Arlo switch his regular swamp clothes for a loose-fitting suit that's too big for him. At first Arlo is content and enjoys Ansel's company, but when being hustled out, Arlo realizes Ansel was only trying to distract him from what's important and was trying to get him to change if he wants to fit in, as that's all the advice he can give him.

Upset at his potential new image, Arlo confronts Ansel, saying he made it all this way to meet him, so he'd be happy to see him after all these years. Ansel mournfully tells Arlo that he is not his father, passing him off as a kid from the foundation after he is sent back down the elevator. With no place left to go, and with his friends having gone, Arlo begins lamenting in song over everything that has happened and believing his journey was in vain. Stripping himself of the suit Ansel gave him, he falls into a lake in Central Park and lets it carry him into a sewer grate like what happened to him the night of his birth. Pleading to Wash the Hurt Away, he has visions of what his life would have been, as well as those of the memories he had lost, before sinking and succumbing to whatever fate awaits him.

Arlo eventually washes up on a beach near a boardwalk in Brooklyn somewhere, where his friends have spent the night. Bertie is having a talk with Tony when she soon notices Arlo's half of the shell he gave her the other night, prompting her that Arlo is somewhere, and finds him. Arlo wakes up, dazed, Tony thinking he got bonked on the head before leaving them be. Arlo tells Bertie about the issue with Ansel and because of such, doesn't even know who he is now, and probably never will. Bertie reminds Arlo that being different is sometimes the best thing one can be and lets him in on her background as a formally normal person before growing endlessly as she got older. Since then, she began to realize people avoided her and thus, decided she has no place to call home and began wandering around herself. However, Arlo became the first person to accept her for who she is, and he begins to feel a little better.

However, Arlo is still upset he didn't get the answers he was looking for and begins to consider Ansel might not be his dad after all, and even if he is, he wouldn't admit it. Suddenly, Arlo realizes they're at Seaside by the Seashore -- the same boardwalk neighborhood from the interview and model -- which is going to be torn down very soon. Furlecia reminds Arlo that since he met her and Tony's gang, their lives have changed, especially Tony who no longer cares about just money and pizza, having been taught the value of friendship. Alia then discovers in the trash an advertisement for the Met Gala that night, which Ansel is hosting, and Bertie takes this as Arlo's chance to finally learn the truth about Ansel. At first Arlo is uncertain, not wanting to handle being rejected again, but his friends have the utmost confidence in him and promise to stick by his side. Marcellus, however, promises to go as long as there aren't any kids present.

That evening, the Met Gala is on, and various celebrities arrive from all rounds wearing their themed costumes, one in particular being a trio of pre-adolescent boys known as "Kids Thing", much to Marcellus' chagrin. To get inside, Bertie breaks down the back door for the gang to pass right through. However, Ruff and Stucky have also arrived at the gala with the Beast alongside them; when trying to get in though, Stucky gets distracted by the paparazzi, as does Ruff, but the Beast gets blinded by the flashes and attacks.

Arlo and the gang reach the ballroom where the gala is taking place, astounded by its atmosphere. Onstage, Ansel gets over some stage jitters before heading out, not noticing Ruff, Stucky and the Beast behind him. Ansel begins his presentation, showing his project to replace Seaside by the Seashore, just before Arlo interrupts, with Bertie holding him over the crowd. However, Arlo is too nervous and worried to get one sentence out, as the gala guests criticize him, leading Ansel to continue on. Bertie reminds Arlo of the advice to sing his feelings -- just as he told her back at the beach -- and this gives him the confidence to reach out to Ansel and try to get answers through the song Something's Missing. At the same time though, Ansel begins expressing a similar problem of his own which involves a big secret he's been keeping, which he worries would upset Arlo more if he reveals the truth. Arlo and the audience hear, the guests voicing whispers of concerns before Ansel flees the gala in fright, leaving Arlo to chase him.

Once Arlo catches up with Ansel in an armory wing, he stops at nothing to get Ansel to turn around and see him, Ansel breaking down at the same time thinking it's too hard to suppress himself any longer. Ansel initially accuses Arlo of ruining his project, but Arlo says he does get what Ansel went through and risked everything to be with him. Ansel is momentarily impressed by Arlo's determination, and Arlo promises to leave him alone but needs to know the truth so he can stop thinking about it. Responding to Arlo's pleas, Ansel finally turns and sees Arlo, ready to reveal the truth about his life, but their moment is interrupted by the arrival of Ruff, Stucky and the Beast, having finally caught up with him. Stucky offers to let Arlo go for a price and gives Ansel an ultimatum of what he would want with an alligator boy; Arlo gives in and says he doesn't have to and doesn't belong here at all. The hunters drag Arlo away and prepare to turn him into their newest attraction, as Ansel is left alone, realizing how awful of what has become of him.

Back at the gala, Marcellus is intimidating Kids Thing by throwing a lobster at one of the members. Bertie suddenly notices Arlo getting taken away by the hunters and goes out to save him but is held back by the Beast which she takes down. Ruff and Stucky are soon close to taking Arlo away unguarded but are interrupted by the sound of a shrill cry from above the gala. Above the stage, a shadowed, winged figure thrusts down from the sky, attacks the hunters and saves Arlo, astounding the guests, Bertie, and Tony's gang, and the second he is brought back to the stage, Arlo discovers the winged figure is Ansel, who winks at him; Ansel then rips off his pants, exposing bird legs on perches coming out of his shoes, and steps into the full light. Ansel reveals his true self as a birdman, and Arlo is his son, whom he had forsaken.

Ansel admits to Arlo he had wronged him by letting go of his past and begins telling his life story. Long ago, he grew up in Seaside by the Seashore as a young boy but was bullied by the kids over his half-bird appearance. This upset him to the point that once he got older, he swore then he would hide his true self, passing off as a normal human being, and dedicate his life to gaining wealth and power, until he would be powerful enough to "tear it all down". Over the years, he became a success in the business world while blending in amongst the townsfolk, which later led to big events in his life such as gaining his penthouse and meeting the woman who would become Arlo's mother. On the night Arlo was born though, he feared Arlo's half-alligator appearance would expose his true form, thus this resulted in Ansel making the biggest mistake of his life, by disowning Arlo and abandoning him into the sewers. He begs Arlo for forgiveness, which Arlo immediately accepts, and the two officially reunite.

Ansel then asks Arlo to give him another chance and move back in with him. Arlo is excited at first, but the second his friends join him onstage, he politely turns him down, saying he has found a new family in them, and they need him more. Ansel tries not to handle being lonely about it, but Furlecia pulls him into the group hug they're having and officially consider themselves a family. The whole audience finds this special, even Ruff and Stucky who realize it was wrong of them to capture Arlo and embrace. Arlo then reveals to Bertie what was missing from him the whole time: it was all the friends he made. He promises they can keep moving if she isn't ready to stay in one place, and Bertie decides she doesn't need to be anywhere except with the whole gang, officially calling them her special place.

As the group embraces their official formation, Ansel comes over, his son's thoughts on Seaside by the Seashore having given him second thoughts about his project. Instead of destroying it, he asks Arlo and his new gang of friends to build it back up and reopen it and make it their home. Arlo happily accepts and leads everyone in the song Beautiful Together, embracing he finally found his true home.

The following day, Arlo, along with his friends and all the city Goers, work and restore the boardwalk back to its former glory, in addition to Tony getting his own pizza parlor, Alia getting her bus back and refurbishing it, Ansel giving the Beast a ride home, and Arlo and his friends settling into their own homes together. Arlo and Bertie are then seen on the beach, embracing the boardwalk as their home and where they officially belong.

In a mid-credit's scene, the mailman whom Arlo scared off in Willow Button comes to the doorstep of Edmée's shack, only to be scared away again when she bursts out suspiciously, thinking the Feds have come. She then sees a postcard from Seaside by the Seashore the mailman dropped, which contains a letter from Arlo hoping she could come visit, along with a photo of him and his friends, and Edmée happily declares, "Well... rickety-biscuit."

## Cast

### Main voices

* Michael J. Woodard as Arlo Beauregard
* Mary Lambert as Bertie
* Brett Gelman as Marcellus
* Jonathan Van Ness as Furlecia
* Tony Hale as Teeny Tiny Tony
* Hailey Tju as Alia/Rich Woman
* Annie Potts as Edmée
* Vincent Rodriguez III as Ansel Beauregard
* Flea as Ruff
* Jennifer Coolidge as Stucky

### Additional voices

* Ryan Crego as Jersey Shore Guy/Mailman/Businessman/Little Bittie Louie
* Dee Bradley Baker as Seagull/Purple Shirt Guy
* Fred Tatasciore as Jeromio/The Beast/Muscly Farmer/Barn Folk 1/Doorman
* Michelle McMillan as Shirley Ray/Momma/Cabby
* Judah Mackey as Sansavelt
* Eric Bauza as Bradley Alouicious/Barn Folk 2/Butler/Photographer
* Katherine Palardy as Sandra June/NY Granny/Cat Lady
* Phil LaMarr as Willow Button Guy/Gill/Barn Folk 3/Rich Man
* Mark Whitten as Lawrence/Barn Folk 4/Robber/Flyer Man/Kid Bully 3
* Jakari Fraser as Tourist Kid
* Sarah Hagan as Barn Folk 5/Kid Bully 1
* Eric Vesbit as Times Square Commercials/Gasper/Met Gala Announcer
* Ana Ortiz as Stroller Mom/Michelle the Interviewer/Rich Woman
* Gweneth Crego as Baby
* Atticus Shaffer as Ice Cream Kid/'Kids Things' Kid/Kid Bully 2

## Music

* "New York, My Home"
* "More More More"
* "Happy Birthday to Ya"
* "Beyond These Walls"
* "Follow Me Home"
* "Right There With You"
* "Better Life"
* "Collage of Broken Dreams"
* "Wash the Hurt Away"
* "Something's Missing"
* "Beautiful Together"

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## Trivia

* This Arlo the Alligator Boy film and I Heart Arlo series are formatted in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.
* This film marks the acting debut of singer Mary Lambert and *American Idol'*s Michael J. Woodard.
* This film marks the directorial debut of Ryan Crego.
* In the original script, Alia lived in the sewers with a psychic pumpkin-headed boy named Gordy. Though the script was changed, Gordy makes a cameo during "Beautiful Together" messing with Marcellus.
* Jonathan Van Ness, who voices Furlecia, helped design her from costuming to hair; the wristbands Furlecia wears are a nod to her being a wrestler.
* Over thirty songs were written for the film before settling with the batch that made it into the final product.
* Seaside by the Seashore is based on Coney Island, a boardwalk and neighborhood in Brooklyn.
* Just before Ansel's interview appears on the big screen in Times Square, there is a brief report of Marcellus' breakout from the aquarium, aptly titled "Fish Flops Free".
* The painting that gets shaved into a woman's drink at the Met Gala is based on the self portrait of Vincent van Gogh with a straw hat, which can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art itself.
* The town of Willow Button appears to be deliberately stuck in the past, with the 50s at the earliest. If one looks closely, there is no modern-day technology there.
* Sandra June and Bradley, the couple from Willow Button that Arlo scared off, can be seen driving their car along the coast at the beginning of the beach campout scene. According to Crego, Arlo scaring them inspired them to go outside their small town.
* In "The Uncondemning", it was revealed Arlo leaving the swamp angered a creature called the Bog Lady who secretly protected Arlo all his life and devised a plan to lure him back and force him to stay forever.
* Arlo mentions being a seed coming from a tree twice in two different songs in a row:
	+ In "Wash the Hurt Away", he sings, "You still can't believe I'm the seed that came from your tree."
	+ In "Something's Missing", he sings, "I'm a floating seed far from my family tree."
* Some of the sound clips from the movie are reused a few times in the series:
	+ Arlo's sigh before "Beyond These Walls" begins is used in "Goin' It Arlone" when he cannot sleep, and twice in "The Uncondemning" when he is moping on the yacht, and when he sees Edmée trapped by the Bog Lady.
	+ Arlo's "Rickety biscuit!" after scaring Sandra June and Bradley away is used in "The Shedding" when he and Alia witness the king seagull with Arlo's skin head for Tony and Furlecia.
	+ Tony's "Ba-goo-ma-Mia!" when Arlo reveals he gave the money back to the barn folk is used in "Tony Baloney" when he sees his sign broken.