History Trivia / FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin

* GenreKiller: The film's failure ([[WesternAnimation/TitanAE alongside]] [[WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado other]] [[WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire Western-made]] [[WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet animated films]] [[WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas from the time]]) made sure that DarkerAndEdgier teen-oriented adventure animated films, and the more serious animated films that made up UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation would die out as a trend, in favor of DenserAndWackier family-friendly animated comedy films such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $135-167 million. Box office, $85,131,830. Lost over $100 million. One of the reasons why Square Pictures was discontinued...

** Creator/AlecBaldwin as Gray, Creator/DonaldSutherland as Cid, Creator/JamesWoods as General Hein and Creator/SteveBuscemi as Neil.

** Aki's original design was a more typical HotScientist. In order to make her seem more realistic, they removed her makeup and shortened her hair. Her spread in ''Maxim'' is closer to the original design.

* CreatorKiller: The film's bombing is commonly cited as the reason Hironobu Sakaguchi resigned from Square. The Square Pictures division also closed down after the film bombed. And while it didn't kill Square ''itself'', it came close enough that they were forced to merge with longtime competitor Enix shortly afterwards. Additionally, the amount of focus and money Square put into ''The Spirits Within'' also resulted in the departure of the team behind ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', who went on to form Creator/MonolithSoft under Namco.

* DarkHorseCasting: Ming-Na Wen was an unconventional choice to voice Aki as she was neither a bankable star - only in a recurring role in ''{{Series/ER}}'' - nor an established voice actress (with only ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' to her name).

** Aki Ross was originally going to be an [[AnimatedActor Animated Actress]] that was going to appear in other films. Since the movie tanked at the box office and Square Pictures was discontinued, the only remnants of this was a Maxim Poster of her in a bikini and footage of her [[RogerRabbitEffect interacting with live action actors on the DVD.]] Ming-Na Wen said she was open to continuing to provide the voice for Aki, but it's never been said whether she would have had the same voice actor.

* NamesTheSame: The Phantoms here have nothing to do the monsters from ''Series/KamenRiderWizard''.

* CreatorKiller: The film's bombing is commonly cited as the reason Hironobu Sakaguchi resigned from Square. The Square Pictures division also closed down after the film bombed. And while it didn't kill Square ''itself'', it came close enough that they were forced to merge with longtime competitor Enix shortly afterwards.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The Twin Towers are nowhere to be seen in the ruins of New York.

* CreatorKiller: The film's bombing is commonly cited as the reason Hironobu Sakaguchi resigned from Square. The Square Pictures division also closed down after the film bombed.

* InspiredBy: The technological aesthetics of ''Franchise/MassEffect'''s human armor and omni-tools were lifted from ''The Spirits Within'', as the game's art director was a fan of the movie's style. Ironic, considering shortly after the release of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', in a PR move, Bioware executives publicly dissed the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise.

** Aki Ross was originally going to be an [[AnimatedActor Animated Actress]] that was going to appear in other films. Since the movie tanked at the box office and Square Pictures was discontinued, the only remnants of this was a Maxim Poster of her in a bikini and footage of her [[RogerRabbitEffect interacting with live action actors on the DVD.]]

* NoFlowInCGI: Aki's hair is a deliberate aversion of this trope, and there are plenty of shots where she just flips her hair about to show it off. Elsewhere it's played straight by the council woman having PowerHair, and Jane's being short and tied up (although being in the military, she'd be required to have it tied back anyway).

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Happened while they were making the film (a four year process). And they had to re-render the earlier footage, because it didn't match the new technology any more.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/AlecBaldwin as Gray, Creator/DonaldSutherland as Cid, Creator/JamesWoods as General Hein and Creator/SteveBuscemi as Neil.

* PreviewPiggybacking: The soundtrack and DVD contained a preview for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''.

* CreatorKiller: The film's bombing is commonly cited as the reason Hironobu Sakaguchi resigned from Square. The Square pictures division closed down after the film bombed and Square-Enix never made another theatrical movie again.

* CreatorKiller: The film's bombing is commonly cited as the reason Hironobu Sakaguchi resigned from Square.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Alec Baldwin as Gray, Donald Sutherland as Cid, James Woods as General Hein and Steve Buscemi as Neil.