just when it seemed like animated movies weredone surprising audiences, disney's zootopia arrived to blow the doors off of disney'sopening weekend numbers, proving how hard it is to judge an animated book by its cover.but most audiences will never know about the work that goes into these films months, oreven years ahead of time. to help solve that problem, we're back with another rapid-firedose of movie trivia, giving a peek behind the scenes of some of hollywood's biggestanimated hits in the latest installment of know your movies: 20 awesome facts about animatedmovies. zootopia the movie begins when emmet otterton is reportedmissing, but most viewers are too young to
realize that the writers are quietly concludingthe story of the star of "emmet otter's jug band christmas," a children's book publishedin 1977, and adapted into a tv special with help from jim henson.as a young police officer out to prove her skills, officer judy hopps does her namesakeproud. the inspiration is obviously officer judyâ hoffs, holly robinson's character on21 jump street, the late-80s tv show following an entire cast of fresh-faced young cops. frozen star kristen bell only appears fora single scene, but her cameo as a sloth working zootopia's dmv is probably one of her favoriteroles to date, since the actress' crippling love of the slow-moving mammals is well-documented- she even owns one.
big hero 6the robot hero of the movie, baymax, manages to emote even with an expressionless face.but his look actually comes from the japanese bell known as suzu - the same bell that thepokemon ching ching is inspired by. most fans won't realize that big hero isn'tjust set in a futuristic city, but an alternate future dreamed up by the writers. in the movie'sversion of history, the 1906 earthquake that destroyed 80% of san francisco was rebuiltby japanese immigrants, explaining the architecture, and the new name: san fransokyo. tangledthe first cg fairy tale from disney was a massive hit, but it actually began as a sort-ofsequel to enchanted, a movie about a cartoon
disney princess thrown into the real world.rapunzel would have been turned into a squirrel just like enchanted's pip, with a girl fromthe real world being thrown into her place in the animated one. thankfully, some changeswere made. the little mermaidthe movie, and the studio, owed most of its success to one of its most lovable leadingladies: ariel. but most fans don't know that her quirks, ticks, or endearing personalitycame from copying actual scenes performed by sherri lynn stoner, whose natural improvisationswound up being etched in disney stone. frozenthe production team headed for norway to do all their research before creating frozen'skingdom of arendelle - including some stranger
local stories. you might just ignore the twosubjects arguing over the right way to stack firewood, but it's a nod to a real controversythat struck norway in 2013, when a tv live feed of a fireplace received dozens of complaintsthat the wood was placed incorrectly - completely split between bark up, or down. talk aboutan inside joke. the lion kingthe name of the movie seems pretty straightforward, but its original title was actually "kingof the jungle." marketing materials and merchandise had even been made before the studio realized...lions don't live in the jungle. since the movie was pitched to the screenwriter as "bambiin africa meets hamlet," there as another working title, too: "bamlet," for short.
wreck-it ralphfor all the video game companies that gave rights to disney for this retro adventure,the makers of the mortal kombat series weren't as willing. from the red eye, robot arm andtribal tattoos, fans may think they spot the classic character kano in the bad-anon meeting,but he's actually credited as "cyborg" for legal reasons. even though he still executesthe fighter's signature finisher. there are almost too many video game eastereggs to count in the movie, but one stands apart. pay close attention to the fix-it felixarcade cabinet, and you'll notice the high score of 120501 - or december 5th, 1901 - thebirthday of walt disney himself. who knew? how to train your dragonaudiences didn't know what to make of toothless,
the movie's titular dragon, since he doesn'tfit the usual design of the flying fire-breathers. he was originally going to look more likea wolf, and closer to a traditional dragon - but when a team member's screensaver ofa black leopard popped up, the design was changed immediately. it's no surprise that toothless looks morethan a little like the alien star of disney's lilo and stitch. but for all the movie's fans,pixar boss john lasseter wasn't among them. when he took the reins for disney animation,he let the directors go. dreamworks swooped in, landing the duo, and one of their mostsuccessful properties to date. despicable meagainst all odds, the reformed super villain
gru wound up becoming a household name foryoung fans of the movie. but the movie actually reveals, thanks to his adoption paperwork,that gru is his last name - his first name is "felonius." considering how famous thecharacter really is, and what a catchy name it is in total, felonius monk should lookout. the language of the minions might sound likegibberish, but the production team really did write out all the dialogue, translatingeach and every word into minion-ese. since the crew spanned the united states, france,spain, and beyond, the blend of languages that seem to be spoken by the yellow goonsmakes perfect sense. kung fu pandait's fair to say that this martial arts movie
turned out far better than most expected,and that's mainly due to the years of research the team put into learning martial arts filmmaking,and chinese history in general. the result was so respectful and accurate, the movieactually urged heads of chinese cultural and government groups to try to find out why theyhadn't made something close to it themselves. the lego movienobody predicted that this toy-turned movie would be as good as it was, but the peopleactually making it didn't cut any corners. when it came time to record music for themovie's old west land, composer mark mothersbaugh didn't settle for just an homage to legendarydirector ennio morricone, but tracked downâ alessandro alessandroni, the man who delivered the famouswhistling notes to record some for the movie.
there were a ton of jokes that only adultscould appreciate, but one actually had to be cut. lord business runs a tight operation,but one scene showed that a team of scuba cops was spending their time getting romanticwith mermaids instead of doing their job. it was one of the only things test audiencesthought was a littleâ tooâ adult for kids, and was cut (along with... not much else). happy feeteveryone knows the story of mumble, the penguin who couldn't sing, but could dance like aregular fred astaire - literally. plenty of fred astaire's footwork was drawn upon forthe motion capture dancing, but even mumble's design was tweaked to resemble the famousdancing actor. there's the suggestion of a
bowtie on mumble's neck, and even three blackspots on his ankle to subconsciously pay homage to spats worn in old hollywood musicals. the iron giantit became a criminally underrated sci-fi story, but the iron giant was almost a musical fromthe who's lead guitarist, pete townshend. townshend had been working for years on anadaptation of the same novel, "the iron man," planning a concept album alongside it. hisproducing partner thought animation might be better, and successfully pitched the storyto warner bros., with townsend staying on to executive produce.â those are the bits of trivia, easter eggsand behind-the-scenes secrets we found for
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