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40 Bits of Trivia About Your Favorite Animated Shows and Movies

October 30, 2024

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Disney Lawsuit

EMPLOYEES SUED DISNEY FOR $100 MILLION. IN 2017, DISNEY SETTLED. The employees claimed Disney and other big animation studios colluded using anti-poac

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Animaniacs

The Animaniacs were ducks at first. The Warner siblings ANIMANIACS were conceived as cartoon ducks. This was dropped in pre- production because TV had

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Adventure Time

Both the old and adult version of Finn on Adventure Time was voiced by none other than... Jonathan Frakes aka Wiliam To Riker of the Star Trek franchise. CRACKEDOON

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Easter Eggs of Oscar-winning movies 2019 Animated Feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Miles Morales was animated at half the frame rate to make him look jittery and off-beat, as he's still getting comfortable in his skin. CRACKED.COM — Sources: The Gamer, Variety

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Superman

40 Bits of Trivia About Your Favorite Animated Shows and Movies

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Moana

Disney resorted to changing the film title Moana to Oceania in ltaly... CLANIA DisNEY ...in order to avoid connotations of Moana Pozzi, Italy's most p

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The Rugrats Movie

Reptar from The Rugrats Movie was actually voiced by... .Busta Rhymes. ORACKEDCO COM

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The Simpsons

Our favorite yellow family has broken a lot of records THE Duff BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS It holds the records for longest-running animated sitcom, the most Emmy Awards won for an animated TV series, the most guest stars featured in an animated series, the most People's Choice Awards by an animated series, and the most liked TV show on Facebook. CRACKED.COM — Source: Guinness Book of World Records

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Dante's Inferno

The Dante's Inferno anime was animated in a different style for each layer of Hell. The film is divided into 6 parts, which were each animated by a different studio to depict each of the six circles of Hell that are featured in the movie. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Dread Central

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DuckTales

CRACKED c Don Cheadle voiced Donald Duck in the season one finale of DuckTales when Donald swallowed a voice modulator that made him able to speak with a normal voice.

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Captain Planet

LeVar Burton, AKA Geordi LaForge on Star Trek: The Next Generation, voiced Captain Planet's Kwame. CRACKED COM

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Mickey Mouse

Disney behind the scenes walt Disney never drew Mickey Mouse. When asked to do it at a party, he just handed the paper to Ub Iwerks, who actually drew Mickey. It lead to a fallout that almost broke Disney. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Rest is History

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Spider-Man: The Animated Series

CRACKED.COM spider Man Animated George Takei Takei portrayed Wong, the MCU's current Sorcerer Supreme,in Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

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Batman: The Animated Series

Kevin Conroy's favorite moment recording Batman: The Animated Series was in the episode Perchance to Dream. Batman's voice actor found that playing

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The Good Dinosaur

Pixar fired Bob Peterson from directing The Good Dinosaur in 2013. Apparently, according to Pixar insiders, that was just a pretty routine internal reshuffle, and Pixar projects have input from lots of regular directors anyway. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pixar

Pixar began as a computer graphics group owned by Lucasfilm. In 1986 Steve Jobs bought Pixar for $5 million. P X A R ANIMATION STUDIOS In 2006 Disney

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Monsters, Inc.

PIXAR MOVIES MONSTERS, INC. LOOKS A LOT LIKE LITTLE MONSTERS. Pixar can surely be forgiven for occasionally borrowing things from other films - like, say, the plot of 1989's Little Monsters. CRACKED.COM — More: 5 Famous Movies That Shamelessly Ripped Off Obscure Ones

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Soul

A regular Pixar driver figured out early on that Pixar was making a Black movie. Soul PIXAR Disney PIX Pixar uses a car service to pick up visitors, and a driver (who was Black) figured out Soul was a Black movie because he was driving so many Black people. CRACKED.COM — Source: NPR

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Pixar’s Pizza Truck

CRACKED.COM CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS PIXAR MOVIES The Pizza Planet truck appears in pretty much every movie made by Pixar. PISTON CUP Chick — Source

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Cars

Cars' Lightning McQueen is an homage to a pixar animator who passed away. His name was Glenn McQueen, and he worked at Pixar from 1994 to his death in 2002. Pixar also dedicated its 2003 movie (Finding Nemo) to him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Pixar Times

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Weird Al

cartoon celebrities Close Enough Batman: The Brave and the Bold weird Al Yankovic Is there any celeb more suited than Weird Al to be a cartoon? He's rescued by Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and not rescued from a bear in Close Enough, among many other animated appearances. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sealab 2021

The Adult Swim cartoon Sealab 2021 was started thanks to a theft. Creator Adam Reed worked at Cartoon Network for a while, and stole the master tapes for Sealab 2020 - and used those to pitch Sealab 2021 to Adult Swim. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Berenstain Bears

CRACKED.COM Cartoon Bears THE BERENSTAIN BEARS WERE GODFATHERED BY DR. SEUSS. Before starring in several animated specials, the Berenstain Bears had their first book edited and published by Theodore Geisel, А.К.А. Dr. Seuss. — Source: Home of the Berenstain Bears

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Rugrats

Spike, the Pickles' family dog in Rugrats, is voiced by Bruce Willis in Rugrats Go Wild. NICKELODEON RuGRatS CRACKED.COM — Source: 37 Celebs Who Secretly Voiced Animated Characters

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Steven Universe

Nicki Minaj Steven Universe Nicki Minaj voiced Sugilite, a menacing, four-armed fusion of the Gems Amethyst and Garnet (think Voltron) first introduced in the episode Coach Steven. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rick and Morty

Stephen Colbert Rick and Morty The prolific talk show host and The Daily Show alum appeared in the episode The Ricks Must Be Crazy as the most intelligent member of the species whose sole purpose is to power Rick's spaceship. Fellow Daily Show alum and talk show host John Oliver makes an appearance in the episode Anatomy Park. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Brother Bear

CRACKED COM Cartoon Bears BROTHER BEAR KEPT A FLUB. Kenai misremembers his friend Bucky' name as Binky, and Koda corrects him. Joaquin Phoenix actually messed up his line, and Jeremy Suarez corrected him in character. They kept the mistake in the movie, as it helped establish the bears' relationship. — Sources: CBR, WatchMojo

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South Park

S C Cartoon Bears PEETIE THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT PANDA IN SOUTH PARK IS SANTA CLAUS. Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed in a DVD commentary that the panda was actually Santa Claus, as both characters have red underwear and the same voice. CRACKED.COM — Source: South Park Archives

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Brooke Shields

BROOKE SHIELDS had to hand it to Grandpa Simpson It's the Annual Cartoon Awards and Abe Simpson (taking credit for Bart and Lisa's work) wins for Outstanding Writing in a Cartoon Series. Brooke presents the award to Grandpa, planting a victory kiss on his cheek. — CBS News

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Toy Story 3

CRACKED.COM Cartoon Bears LOTS-O'-HUGGIN' BEAR GOT DISNEY INTO A LAWSUIT. The Toy Story 3 antagonist drew the ire of Diece- Lisa Industries, a company that owns a trademark to Lots of Hugs and licenses it for stuffed bears. They're still technically in litigation. — Sources: /Film, The Hollywood Reporter

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The Care Bears

CRACKED.COM Cartoon Bears THE CARE BEARS MOVIE WENT TO THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL. While it was released months before the event, the movie was shown at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, with people dressed as bears promoting the screening. — Sources: Los Angeles Times, Mental Floss

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Jennifer Love Hewitt

cartoon celebrities The Weekenders Family Guy Jennifer Love Hewitt Hewitt isn't afraid to poke fun at her celebrity, voicing a version of herself on the raunchy Family Guy and also cameoing in the children's cartoon The Weekenders. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Powerpuff Girls

Ringo Starr Powerpuff Girls The 2013 special Dance Pantsed saw villain Mojo Jojo kidnap the fictional Fibonacci Sequins, who is voiced by none other than The Beatles' stickman. Starr also contributed an original song calledI Wish I Was a Powerpuff Girl. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mr. T

cartoon celebrities Mister T Mr. T The tough '80s icon made several animated appearances as himself over the past 40 years, including his own animated show that aired from 1983 to 1985. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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His Dark Materials

Cartoon Bears IOREK BYRNISON WAS DESIGNED TWICE BY THE SAME VFX STUDIO. The armored talking bear from 2019's His Dark Materials was animated to life by Framestore, the same studio that designed and animated him for 2007's The Golden Compass. CRACKED.COM — Source: Winter is Coming

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Batman: The Animated Series

Harley Quinn was created by the animated series BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Before she was a comic book character, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm created Harley Quinn as a minor character for the animated show. She was initially going to be a one-off character but ended up sticking around. CRACKED.COM — Source: Polygon

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Rick and Morty

COMEDY DG NERD CRACKED.COM RICK AND MORTY WAS AN X-RATED BACK TO THE FUTURE Co-creator Justin Roiland invented The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti, a perverse animated parody of Back to the Future, for a short film festival. Dan Harmon loved it and enlisted Roiland to help create Rick and Morty. — Mental Floss

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New Warriors

MILANAVAYNTRUB almost played a live Squirrel Girl MIXED NUTS NUTs CRACKEDGONN Marvel canceled plans for a live- action New Warriors with Milana cast as Squirrel Girl (who she voiced in animation). There are times in the comics where Doreen Green summons hundreds of thousands of squirrels, she said. I would — SyFy

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

They used cellophane for the animated water. — Source: GeekWire

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Young Justice

ALYSSA MILANO IS THE VOICE OF POISON IVY... in the series Young Justice.

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