History Trivia / CorpseBride

** The original solution to the complication with Emily's marriage to Victor did not require his death. The vows weren't binding merely because Emily had not said her own in response to his. They just needed to return to the Land of the Living so she could. Upon learning this, Emily had to hastily come up with an excuse to get there without Victor finding out the truth as she was afraid that if he knew they weren't truly bound to one another at all, he'd simply leave her.

** In an early draft of the script, [[spoiler:Barkis]] was not Emily's former fiancé, but a highwayman who robbed her on the way to her wedding and choked her to death. Emily recognized the ring he gave Victoria as her own that was stolen. [[spoiler:Barkis]] also was merely imprisoned for his crime, with the dead promising to deal out a punishment when he eventually crossed over to their world.

* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit in WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', another stop-motion animated film starring Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter. By all accounts, however, the two parties were hugely supportive of one another.

** A very glaring one right at the beginning of the film involving Lord Barkis' entrance. During the opening sequence, as two old men greet each other and walk by, Barkis... ''appears'' out of nowhere.
* TheDanza: Averted - Emily Watson voices the role of Victoria while Emily the Corpse Bride is voiced by Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter.

* FakeBrit: American Johnny Depp as Victor, Victorian British gentleman.

* PlayingAgainstType: Anyone who is introduced to Johnny Depp via his role in this movie as the shy and soft-spoken Victor Van Dort will be surprised to find that he usually plays characters that are practically the [[CloudCuckoolander exact]] [[LargeHam opposite]] (a good example being [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]]).

* TypeCasting: Emily is essentially an animated version of Helena Bonham Carter's dark nutcase characters she played in live action (see below).

** As stated on the main page in the InkSuitActor entry, Helena Bonham Carter was originally going to voice Victoria. She asked to voice Emily instead, since she already played characters similar to Victoria in live-action.
** Bonejangles was originally written for another musician to sing. But after they couldn't find a voice that fit, Tim Burton asked Danny Elfman to sing it himself.

* ProductionPosse: Even if it's animated, it's still one of ''many'' Creator/TimBurton films to star Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter and, to a lesser extent, Creator/ChristopherLee, with a soundtrack by, you guessed it, Music/DannyElfman.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As stated on the main page in the InkSuitActor entry, Helena Bonham Carter was originally going to voice Victoria. She asked to voice Emily instead, since she already played characters similar to Victoria in live-action.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As stated on the main page in the InkSuitActor entry, Helena Bonham Carter was originally going to voice Victoria. She asked to voice Emily instead, since she already played characters similar to Victoria in live action.

* PlayingAgainstType: Anyone who is introduced to Johnny Depp via his role in this movie as the shy and soft-spoken Victor Van Dort will be surprised to find that he usually plays characters that are practically the [[CloudCuckoolander exact]] [[LargeHam opposite]] (a good example being [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]]).

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** [[AllStarCast The cast is well-known]], starting with Creator/JohnnyDepp as Victor, Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter as the title character, Creator/EmilyWatson as Victoria, and continuing from there.
** Victor's parents are [[Series/TheFastShow one of the "Suit You" guys]] and the hostess of the original platform for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. (So are Mayhew the coachman and Victoria's maid Hildegarde, respectively.)
** Victoria's parents are [[Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling Tom Jones]][[note]] the Fielding character, not the singer[[/note]] and [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Patsy Stone]]. (The Black Widow spider is [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Bubble]].)
** Elder Gutknecht is [[Film/{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]].
** Lord Barkis is [[Film/WithnailAndI Withnail]].
** [[Creator/ChristopherLee Saruman]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings the White]] performs weddings?!
** Bonejangles doesn't just sound like Creator/DannyElfman, he even has shades of his appearance and mannerisms.

* {{Blooper}}: As impressive as the stop-motion animation is, it's still not without its occasional goofs. Some are rather minor and very unlikely to notice. Others, not so much. A few examples...

** Victor's parents are [[Series/TheFastShow one of the "Suit You" guys]] and the hostess of [[Series/TraceyUllmanShow the original platform]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. (So are Mayhew the coachman and Victoria's maid Hildegarde, respectively.)

* TheDanza: Averted - Emily Watson voices the role of Victoria while Emily the Corpse Bride is voiced by HelenaBonhamCarter.

** [[AllStarCast The cast is well-known]], starting with JohnnyDepp as Victor, HelenaBonhamCarter as the title character, EmilyWatson as Victoria, and continuing from there.
** Victor's parents are [[TheFastShow one of the "Suit You" guys]] and the hostess of [[Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow the original platform]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. (So are Mayhew the coachman and Victoria's maid Hildegarde, respectively.)

** [[ChristopherLee Saruman]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings the White]] performs weddings?!
** Bonejangles doesn't just sound like DannyElfman, he even has shades of his appearance and mannerisms.

** [[AllStarCast The entire cast is well-known]], starting with JohnnyDepp as Victor, HelenaBonhamCarter as the title character, EmilyWatson as Victoria, and continuing from there.

** Victoria's parents are [[Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling Tom Jones]][[note]] the Fielding character, not the singer[[/note]] and [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Patsy Stone]]. (On a similar note, the Black Widow spider is [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Bubble]].)
** Elder Gutknecht is [[{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]].

** Pretty much the entire cast, starting with JohnnyDepp as Victor, HelenaBonhamCarter as the title character, EmilyWatson as Victoria, and continuing from there.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Pretty much the entire cast, starting with JohnnyDepp as Victor, HelenaBonhamCarter as the title character, EmilyWatson as Victoria, and continuing from there.

** Victoria's parents are Literature/TomJones[[note]] the Fielding character, not the singer[[/note]] and [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Patsy Stone]]. (On a similar note, the Black Widow spider is [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Bubble]].)

** Bonejangles doesn't just sound like DannyElfman, he even has shades of his appearance and mannerisms.

** Victor's parents are [[TheFastShow one of the "Suit You" guys]] and the hostess of [[TheTraceyUllmanShow the original platform]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. (So are Mayhew the coachman and Victoria's maid Hildegarde, respectively.)

** [[ChristopherLee Saruman]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings the White]] performs weddings?!

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[ChristopherLee Saruman]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings the White]] performs weddings?!