History Trivia / KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Asher is non-binary, just like their voice actor Rhea Butcher.

* TheOtherDarrin: In her debut appearance, Camille is voiced by Joan Jett. When she returns in Season 3, (most likely for budget reasons,)[[Creator/GreyDelisle Grey Griffin]] voices her.

** When Jamack is exiled from the Mod Frogs, they cut off his tie. Originally, the creators were going to have his [[TongueTrauma ''tongue'']] cut off, but they ultimately decided it would be too dark and brutal.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Asher is non-binary. Their voice actor Rhea Butcher is also non-binary.

* WordOfGay: As shown [[https://spidaerman.tumblr.com/post/621465710235877376/i-dont-think-i-saw-anything-about-asher-on-tumblr here]], Asher is non-binary.

** The show's artsyle is also a result of this. The animators were originally ''against'' Sechrist's street art aesthetic, deeming it too difficult to put into motion. There were plans to switch to a more "anime" appearance to appease Creator/StudioMir before the same executive that greenlit the show demanded that the original art direction be kept.

* ShrugOfGod: The nature of the apocalypse that occurred 200 years before the beginning of the show. Sechrist states he and all the writers have their own separate theories concerning it, and that no one in-universe knows any details either. There are also no plans to ever explore it, since whatever they'd decide on would inevitably be [[PlotDetour too divorced from the main plot to matter]], and Wolkoff additionally noted that [[LeaveThePlotThreadsHanging no answer would satisfy all the fans anyway]].

* ShrugOfGod: The nature of the apocalypse that occurred 200 years before the beginning of the show. Sechrist states he and all the writers have their own separate theories concerning it, and that no one in-universe knows any details either. There are also no plans to ever explore it, since whatever they'd decide on would inevitably be [[PlotDetour too divorced from the main plot to matter]] and [[LeaveThePlotThreadsHanging no answer would satisfy all the fans anyway]].

* ShrugOfGod: The nature of the apocalypse that occurred 200 years before the beginning of the show. Sechrist states he and all the writers have their own separate theories concerning it, and that no one in-universe knows any details either. There are also no plans to ever explore it, since whatever they'd decide on would inevitably be [[PlotDetour too divorced from the main plot to matter]].

** At one point, the creators considered making Scarlemagne a vampire bat mute who collected humans and regularly bleed them out, storing their bodies in wine bottles in an underground cellar. In the process of pitching this incarnation of the character, they realized from the reaction of the executives that such a character was [[MoodWhiplash far too dark]] for the show's intended tone and went back to him as a monkey.%%The Animation Station Podcast Episode 219

** Before Scarlemagne was created, Tad Mulholland was created with the intent of him being the BigBad. The idea was scrapped upon realizing he didn't serve as a good {{foil}} to Kipo.%%The Animation Station Podcast Episode 219

** In addition to being an artificially-created Mute, Hugo was cloned from a library of genetic samples of normal animals that were preserved by scientists when humanity first went underground.%%https://www.reddit.com/r/KipoAndTheAgeOfWB/comments/hcmbng/kipo_q_and_a/

* WholePlotReference: A human child emerges from an [[UndergroundCity Apocalypse Bunker]] after their home is attacked and subsequently has adventures in the RuinsOfTheModernAge, which are populated with (among other things) various groups of [[AnthropomorphicTransformation anthropomorphic animal]] {{mutants}}. ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' may have been the main inspiration, but are we sure ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' wasn't an influence here?

** The reason characters never comment on Kipo's skin tone is that no one noticed it was unusual... both in-universe and on the show's crew.%%https://www.reddit.com/r/KipoAndTheAgeOfWB/comments/hcmbng/kipo_q_and_a/

** Sechrist has ideas for more ''Kipo'' stories once he's completed a current film project, such as a film focusing on a teenage Wolf encountering her old wolf father raising a new pack.%%https://twitter.com/RadSechrist/status/1272255804029059072

* WholePlotReference: A human child emerges from an [[UndergroundCity Apocalypse Bunker]] after their home is attacked and subsequently has adventures in the RuinsOfTheModernAge, which are populated with (among other things) various groups of [[AnthropomorphicTransformation anthropomorphic animal]] {{mutants}}. The creators keep mentioning works like ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', but are we sure ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' wasn't the biggest influence here?
* WordOfGod: Via a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KipoAndTheAgeOfWB/comments/hcmbng/kipo_q_and_a/ Reddit AmA with the series creator]] and assorted writers:
** The reason characters never comment on Kipo's skin tone is that no one noticed it was unusual... both in-universe and on the show's crew.

** While their ages are never stated in the series, Benson is 16 and Wolf is 10.
** While the exact details of the UnspecifiedApocalypse that resulted in the show's setting are unknown, the events themselves began around October 23rd, 2020, placing the show's events in the 23rd century.
** In addition to being an artificially-created Mute, Hugo was cloned from a library of genetic samples of normal animals that were preserved by scientists when humanity first went underground.
** The show finished production before Season 1 premiered.

* WholePlotReference: Human child emerges from an [[UndergroundCity Apocalypse Bunker]], has adventures in the RuinsOfTheModernAge, which are populated with (among other things) [[AnthropomorphicTransformation anthropomorphic animal]] {{mutants}}. The creators keep mentioning works like ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', but are we sure ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' wasn't the biggest influence here?

* WholePlotReference: Human child emerges from an [[UndergroundCity Apocalypse Bunker]], has adventures in RuinsOfTheModernAge populated with, amoung other things, [[AnthropomorphicTransformation anthropomorphic animal]] {{mutants}}. Is this Kipo or ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}?