History Trivia / HortonHatchesTheEgg

* DisownedAdaptation: Whether or not he liked the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' adaptation is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights! [[MoneyDearBoy This is supposedly the reason]] why Seuss was so weary of Hollywood adaptations of his works for a while. In 2022, Creator/BobClampett's daughter, author Ruth Clampett, [[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-80th-anniversary-of-merrie-melodies-horton-hatches-the-egg/ weighed in on the matter]], writing, "I do know that [Geisel] appreciated how the characters in the cartoon looked and acted very true to the book. It was the first Dr. Seuss animation ever done."

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg'' came about when Seuss was doodling out random things on transparent paper, and happened to overlay a drawing of an elephant over a tree so that it looked like the elephant was sitting in the tree, which started him thinking how it might have come about.

* DisownedAdaptation: Whether or not he liked the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' adaptation is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights! This is supposedly the reason why Seuss was so weary of Hollywood adaptations of his works for a while. In 2022, Creator/BobClampett's daughter, author Ruth Clampett, [[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-80th-anniversary-of-merrie-melodies-horton-hatches-the-egg/ weighed in on the matter]], writing, "I do know that [Geisel] appreciated how the characters in the cartoon looked and acted very true to the book. It was the first Dr. Seuss animation ever done."

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg'' came about when he was doodling out random things on transparent paper, and happened to overlay a drawing of an elephant over a tree so that it looked like the elephant was sitting in the tree, which started him thinking how it might have come about.

* DisownedAdaptation: Whether or not he liked the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' adaptation is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights! This is supposedly the reason why Seuss was so weary of Hollywood adaptations of his works for a while. In 2022, Bob Clampett's daughter, author Ruth Clampett, [[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-80th-anniversary-of-merrie-melodies-horton-hatches-the-egg/ weighed in on the matter]], writing, "I do know that [Geisel] appreciated how the characters in the cartoon looked and acted very true to the book. It was the first Dr. Seuss animation ever done."

** Plans were for a film adaptation to be a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', but due to unknown reasons, the idea was scrapped before the previous film premiered.

* CreatorBacklash: Whether or not he liked the ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' adaptation is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights! In 2022, Bob Clampett's daughter, author Ruth Clampett, [[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-80th-anniversary-of-merrie-melodies-horton-hatches-the-egg/ weighed in on the matter]], writing, "I do know that [Geisel] appreciated how the characters in the cartoon looked and acted very true to the book. It was the first Dr. Seuss animation ever done."

* CreatorBacklash: Whether or not he liked the ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' adaptation is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights!

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In Seuss's original draft, Horton and Mayzie's attitudes about the agreement were a complete reversal of how they ended up in the final draft; instead of a reluctant Horton being pressured by a shiftless Mayzie to watch her egg, Horton ''volunteered'' for the task and ''Mayzie'' was reluctant.
** Plans were for a film adaptation to be a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', but due to unknown reasons, the idea was scrapped before the previous film premiered.

** Plans for a film adaptation to be a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' was made but due to unknown reasons, the idea was scrapped before the previous film premiered.

* CreatorBacklash: Whether or not he liked the Looney Tunes adaptation is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights!

** Plans for a film adaptation to be a sequel to WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho was made but due to unknown reasons, the idea was scrapped before the previous film premiered.

* CreatorBacklash: Whether or not he liked the film is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights!

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In Seuss's original draft, Horton and Mayzie's attitudes about the agreement were a complete reversal of how they ended up in the final draft; instead of a reluctant Horton being pressured by a shiftless Mayzie to watch her egg, Horton ''volunteered'' for the task and ''Mayzie'' was reluctant.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In Seuss's original draft, Horton and MAyzie's attitudes about the agreement were a complete reversal of how they ended up in the final draft; instead of a reluctant Horton being pressured by a shiftless Mayzie to watch her egg, Horton ''volunteered'' for the task and ''Mayzie'' was reluctant.

* CreatorBacklash: Whether or not he liked the film is unknown, but Creator/DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights!

* CreatorBacklash: Whether or not he liked the film is unknown, but DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights!

* AccidentallyAccurate: Elephant birds [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_bird were real]], though they looked nothing like the one in the book.

CreatorBacklash: Whether or not he liked the film is unknown, but DrSeuss was severely ticked off for only being paid ''$50'' for the rights!