History Trivia / HotelTransylvania

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Quebecois dub: Creator/AlainZouvi (Dracula) and Creator/EliseBertrand (Eunice) have also dubbed ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' as Mr. Kieslowski and Auntie Chen, respectively.
** Japanese dub: Creator/KoichiYamadera (Dracula) and Creator/NorioWakamoto (Griffin) traditionaly had voiced characters that are mortal enemies to each other, like [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel and Vicious]], [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries Cyclops and Mr. Sinister]], [[VideoGame/{{Catherine}} Vincent Brooks and the Boss]] and [[Franchise/DragonBall Beerus and Cell]]. The film series is one of the first time their characters are allies rather than bitter enemies.

** With Creator/AdamSandler playing as the owner of Hotel Transylvania, {{Dracula}}. As Dracula bears more than a passing resemblance to Sandler himself, this overlaps with InkSuitActor.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Quebecois dub: Creator/AlainZouvi (Dracula) and Creator/EliseBertrand (Eunice) have also dubbed ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' as Mr. Kieslowski and Auntie Chen, respectively.

* Creator/GenndyTartakovsky is one of two veterans of Creator/CartoonCartoons to make his feature debut in 2012, the other being former ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' writer Creator/SethMacFarlane with ''Film/{{Ted}}''.[[note]][=MacFarlane=] had also written a couple of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.[[/note]]

* RealLifeRelative: Not only does Creator/AdamSandler voice {{Dracula}} but wife [[Film/BigDaddy Jacqueline]] [[WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights "Jackie Titone"]] [[Film/JustGoWithIt Sandler]] voices Martha, [[TheLostLenore Drac's wife]] and their daughter [[Film/BedtimeStories Sadie]] voices Winnie (the werewolves' only daughter) and also young Mavis.

* FanNickname: ''' Dr. Orpheus: The Movie''' from those who noticed a comparison between Dracula and Mavis to Dr. Orpheus and his daughter Triana from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. Both are single dads with a LargeHam nature, Orpheus has been mistaken for Dracula, both daughters are a PerkyGoth with short hair, a short skirt, and striped stockings, and both girls have an Adorkable love interest.

* FanNickname: '''Dr. Orpheus: The Movie''' from those who noticed a comparison between Dracula and Mavis to Dr. Orpheus and his daughter Triana from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''. Both are single dads with a LargeHam nature, Orpheus has been mistaken for Dracula, both daughters are a PerkyGoth with short hair, a short skirt, and striped stockings, and both girls have an Adorkable love interest.

** In the first trailer, when Jonathan first enters the hotel, he loudly says "Hello?", a shocked Dracula says "A human!" and Jonathan says "What is this place?" In the movie the animation is the same, but the characters don't say anything until Dracula traps Jonathan in the revolving door.

** One trailer showed the scene where one of the suit of armor gets [[GroinAttack kicked between the legs]], making it look like Jonathan did it when it actually was Quasimodo.

* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/GenndyTartakovsky has made no secret that the only reason he took the job initially was because he needed work after ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' was canceled, although he has also said he's happy with the movie and was excited to do the sequel.

* ProductionPosse: Though not made by Adam Sandler's production company Creator/HappyMadisonProductions, it ''is'' a production by its distribution partner at the time, Creator/ColumbiaPictures, and many of his regular collaborators are present, including co-stars Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/KevinJames, as well as writer Robert Smigel.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was first pitched in 2002 and was one of the first ideas pitched to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation around the time, started development in 2006, and went through 5 other directors before Genndy was brought, by which point so much had already been rendered that it was, as he put it, "like coming onto a live-action set." He was given the task of rewriting, redesigning the characters, and re-supervising the animation all in under a year. The DVD commentary mostly consists of Genndy explaining all the creative hurdles they had to do when recycling pre-existing set pieces for new scenes, since they had no time to create new models. When he was made director, the film finally started to come together and was given a release date in 2012.

** Jonathan was intended at one point to be the last descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, which would have created an even bigger conflict between him and Dracula. There's no word as to why this was dropped, but it was eventually put to use in the third film, which was about Dracula falling in love with Van Helsing's great-great granddaughter.

** As seen in early promotional material Griffen (The Invisible Man) was originally going to share clothes but the idea was scrapped to just waring glasses in the final.

** Jonathan was intended at one point to be the last descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, which would have created a even bigger conflict between him and Dracula. There's no word as to why this was dropped, but it was eventually put to use in the third film, which was about Dracula falling in love with Van Helsing's great-great granddaughter.
** As seen in early promotional material Griffen (The Invisible Man) was originally going to share clothes but the idea was scrapped to just his glasses in the final.

* ProductionPosse: Though not not made by Adam Sandler's production company Creator/HappyMadisonProductions, it ''is'' a production by its distribution partner at the time, Creator/ColumbiaPictures, and many of his regular collaborators are present, including co-stars Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/KevinJames, as well as writer Robert Smigel.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was first pitched in 2002, started development in 2006, and went through 5 other directors before Genndy was brought, by which point so much had already been rendered that it was, as he put it, "like coming onto a live-action set." He was given the task of rewriting, redesigning the characters, and re-supervising the animation all in under a year. The DVD commentary mostly consists of Genndy explaining all the creative hurdles they had to do when recycling pre-existing set pieces for new scenes, since they had no time to create new models. When he was made director, the film finally started to come together and was given a release date in 2012.

** Creator/MileyCyrus was originally cast as Mavis but was fired after buying Liam Hemsworth a lewd birthday cake.

* ProductionPosse: Though not not made by Adam Sandler's production company Creator/HappyMadisonProductions, it ''is'' a production by it's parent studio, Creator/ColumbiaPictures, and many of his regular collaborators are present, including co-stars Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/KevinJames, as well as writer Robert Smigel.

* ProductionPosse: Though not not made by Adam Sandler's production company Creator/HappyMadisonProductions, it's still a film by the company's parent studio Creator/ColumbiaPictures and features many of Adam Sandler's regular co-stars like Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/KevinJames, as well as writer Robert Smigel.

* ProductionPosse: Though not not made by Adam Sandler's production company Creator/HappyMadisonProductions, it's still a Creator/ColumbiaPictures production and features many of Adam Sandler's regular co-stars like Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/KevinJames, as well as writer Robert Smigel.

* ProductionPosse: Though not a Creator/HappyMadison production, it still features many of Adam Sandler's regular co-stars like Steve Buscemi, David Spade and Kevin James, as well as writer Robert Smigel.

* ProductionPosse: Though not a Creator/HappyMaddison production, it still features many of Adam Sandler's regular co-stars like Steve Buscemi, David Spade and Kevin James, as well as writer Robert Smigel.

** Jonathan was intended at one point to be the last descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, which would have created a even bigger conflict between him and Dracula. It is not known when this plot point was dropped, and due to ''3'' involving Dracula falling in love with a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, it most certainly won't ever resurface.

* TheOtherMarty: Music/MileyCyrus was originally cast to voice Mavis, but she left the project to concentrate on her music, and was replaced with Music/SelenaGomez.

* ActorAllusion:
** Both [[Music/CeeLoGreen Murray]] and [[Music/SelenaGomez Mavis]] singing at the end.
** [[Creator/AdamSandler Dracula]] singing and [[Music/TheLonelyIsland Jonathan]] rapping.
** This isn't the first animated film where Steve Buscemi [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc voiced a monster]].

** Jonathan was intended at one point to be the last descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, which would have created a even bigger conflict between him and Dracula. It is not known when this plot point was dropped, and judging by the premise of ''3'' involving Dracula falling in love with a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, it likely won't ever resurface.

* RealLifeRelative: Not only does Creator/AdamSandler voice {{Dracula}} but wife [[Film/BigDaddy Jacqueline]] [[Film/EightCrazyNights "Jackie Titone"]] [[Film/JustGoWithIt Sandler]] voices Martha, [[TheLostLenore Drac's wife]] and their daughter [[BedtimeStories Sadie]] voices Winnie (the werewolves' only daughter) and also young Mavis.

* Creator/GenndyTartakovsky is one of two veterans of WesternAnimation/CartoonCartoons to make his feature debut in 2012, the other being former ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' writer Creator/SethMacFarlane with ''Film/{{Ted}}''.[[note]][=MacFarlane=] had also written a couple of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.[[/note]]

** This isn't the first animated film where Creator/SteveBuscemi [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc voiced a monster]].

* CreatorBacklash: A minor one. Genndy Tartakovsky hasn't exactly spoken ill of these movies, but admits that he doesn't care much for CGI, due to it's homogeneity, and vastly prefers hand-drawn animation.

** Jonathan was intended at one point to be the last descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, which would have created a even bigger conflict between him and Dracula. It is not known when this plot point was dropped, and judging by the premise of ''3'' involving Dracula falling in love with a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, likely won't ever resurface.

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* Creator/GenndyTartakovsky is one of two veterans of WesternAnimation/CartoonCartoons to make his feature debut in 2012, the other being Creator/SethMacFarlane with ''Film/{{Ted}}''.[[note]][=MacFarlane=] had written a couple of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''.[[/note]]