This is a list of trivia the 2006 film, Flushed Away.
General[]
- The reason why the film was animated in CGI instead of stop-motion is because the film heavily features water, whis would've been extremely difficult to replicate in stop-motion.
- In Tabetha's room, there is a large doll resembling Gromit from the Wallace and Gromit franchise.
- Originally, the film was going to be about pirates, but DreamWorks told Aardman that pirate films aren't marketable anymore. This was before Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films came out in the theaters.
- Aardman's third feature film.
- This is the first Aardman's computer animated film.
- This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to have the the words "DreamWorks" form under the boy on the moon in the logo.
- This is the first Aardman film to be rated PG by the MPAA.
- The third DreamWorks Animation film to not feature any humans, after Antz and Shark Tale.
- This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be released in November, followed by Bee Movie.
- The last DreamWorks Animation film to be co-produced by Aardman.
Trivia[]
- This movie was done in Aardman Animations' house style of clay animation, but using DWA’s CGI animation as the extensive flowing-water shots would have been unfeasible if not impossible in actual clay animation.
- This is the 2nd DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Paramount Pictures (the first being Over the Hedge). It is also the only Aardman film to be distributed by them.
- This is the first Aardman film made in CGI.
- They used software developed for Wallace & Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit which deliberately reproduces flaws in clay animation, such as finger marks. This is similar to the way Pixar uses software which reproduces flaws in cinematography, such as lens flare.
- Tabitha's stuffed toys include Gromit from the Wallace and Gromit franchise, and Alex from the Madagascar franchise.
- Geoffrey Palmer was cast as the deleted role Gilbert. Simon Callow was cast as Sullivan.
- This film reunites LOTR cast members Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis.
- Gilbert and Sullivan are a reference to two popular 19th-century comic-opera composers.
- This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be released in November.
- This is Aardman's last film for their partnership with DreamWorks Animation.
- This is also the only film for their partnership to have DWA produced the film along with Aardman, unlike the previous two films that had the company be released by them.
- The DVDs featured in the opening include all previous DreamWorks & Aardman animated movies, several live-action DreamWorks movies, and parodies of non-DreamWorks movies.
- One of the outfits Roddy pulls out of his closet is the sweater and shirt worn by Wallace from the Wallace and Gromit franchise.
- This is the fifth DreamWorks Animation film to be promoted by mentioning Shrek in the advertisements, following Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shark Tale, Madagascar, & Over the Hedge.
- This is also the second DreamWorks Animation film to be promoted by mentioning Madagascar in the advertisements, first being Over the Hedge.
Goofs[]
- The flag shown on screen during the soccer match is the British flag, not the English one.
- The time of play in the soccer match is shown counting down. Time in soccer matches is actually kept counting up, not down.