History Trivia / KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts

* TheWikiRule: [[https://kipo.fandom.com/f Right here.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Dreamworks considered telling ''Kipo'' as a feature film, but it was decided it would have been better suited for a television series due to its potential for worldbuilding.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/radsechrist/art/Minji-v01-451653075 Kipo]] was originally named Minji.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/radsechrist/art/Mandu1-451653485 Mandu]] was originally the name of the character that would become Wolf. Wolf was also conceptualized as white or Asian.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/radsechrist/art/Kipo-poster-583811503 This concept poster]] depicts Wolf with another different design.
** In the original webcomic, Benson was a muscular, older white man who wielded a large sword. Executives pushed for the entire group to be children/teenagers, so he was aged down.
** The Newton Wolves were called the Sagan Wolves in concept art. This still carries over into the show because they wear turtlenecks and blazers, which Carl Sagan often wore.
** The Timbercats were originally going to be called the Lumbercats.
** Scarlemagne’s Nobles were originally going to consist of more primates, including gorillas, baboons, and De Brazza monkeys. The only primates that remain in the finalized show are orangutans, tarsiers, spider monkeys, and marmosets.
** A few mute designs ultimately went unused. These include designs for a hippo chef, a silkworm tailor, a luchador budgerigar, and a bearded dragon with a cap.
** Before Scarlemagne was created, Tad Mulholland was intended to be the BigBad. The idea was scrapped upon realizing he didn't serve as a good {{foil}} to Kipo.%%The Animation Station Podcast Episode 219
** At one point, the creators considered making Scarlemagne a vampire bat mute who collected humans and regularly bleed them out, storing their bodies in giant wine bottles in an underground cellar. In the process of pitching this incarnation of the character, they realized from [[StunnedSilence 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
** 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.
** Ben Mekler stated Wolf’s backstory was not intended to be seen in the first season, but to fully understand why she was so hostile about mutes and pushed Kipo away after discovering she was part mute, the audience would need to get a clear understanding of Wolf’s situation so she could be sympathetic.
** There were a number of jokes scrapped from the show.
*** After finding out Jamack let the burrow girl and her friends escape, Scarlemagne would have told one of his human slaves to "eat a chandelier".
*** One scenario would have Dave molting into two Daves, which would make them do a rock-paper-scissors game to see who would stay with the group. When the other Dave left, Kipo’s group would go back to what they were doing as if nothing happened.
** Rad Sechrist and Bill Wolkoff admitted that instead of [[spoiler: Yumyan being cured and turning into a non-sapient animal, Jamack was originally considered to be cured. They said that while it would be a GutPunch, they thought curing Yumyan would be more effective because he befriended Kipo earlier in the series and was the leader of an entire faction, which would make it more hard hitting to see him go]].

* WordOfGod: Sechrist is openly talks about the show with fans on Twitter, Discord, and Reddit.
** 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/
-->"You know honestly we thought the pink hue was subtle enough you wouldn’t notice, but maybe that was a mistake?"
** While their ages are never stated in the series, Benson is 16 and Wolf is 10.%%https://www.reddit.com/r/KipoAndTheAgeOfWB/comments/hcmbng/kipo_q_and_a/
** 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.%%https://www.reddit.com/r/KipoAndTheAgeOfWB/comments/hcmbng/kipo_q_and_a/
** In addition to being an artificially-created Mute, Hugo was cloned from preserved mandrill tissue from a library of pre-mutation genetic material from when humanity first went underground.%%https://twitter.com/flying_lobster/status/1275156565054550016
** The show finished production before Season 1 premiered.%%https://www.reddit.com/r/KipoAndTheAgeOfWB/comments/hcmbng/kipo_q_and_a/
** Sechrist confirmed that both Lio Oak and Song Oak are clones of their parents. He stated this was to provide a bigger population of people in their home burrow.
** Sechrist has ideas for more ''Kipo'' stories once he's completed a current film project, such as a movie about a teenage Wolf encountering her old wolf father raising a new pack.%%https://twitter.com/RadSechrist/status/1272255804029059072
*** He’s even discussed a spin-off story revolving on the origins of Yumyan Hammerpaw and an adventure with Benson and Troy looking for a rare Oz the Originator mixtape.
** Fun Gus took the form of Liam, forcing Emilia to [[https://twitter.com/radsechrist/status/1317233816486903808 confront her past every day]]

** The Newton Wolves were called the Sagan Wolves in concept art. This still carries over into the show because they dress in turtlenecks with jackets, which Carl Sagan often wore.

** A few mute designs ultimately went unused. These include designs for a hippo chef, an inchworm tailor, a luchador budgerigar, and a bearded dragon with a cap.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Creator/KarenFukuhara and Sydney Mikayla both worked together in ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' with Karen voicing the Sewer Queen and Alexis while Sydney voices Maya.

** Sechrist has ideas for more ''Kipo'' stories once he's completed a current film project, such as a movie about a teenage Wolf encountering her old wolf father raising a new pack.%%https://twitter.com/RadSechrist/status/1272255804029059072 He’s even discussed a spin-off story revolving on the origins of Yumyan Hammerpaw and an adventure with Benson and Troy looking for a rare Oz the Originator mixtape.

** Scarlemagne’s Nobles were originally going to consist of more primates, including gorillas, baboons, and De Brazza monkeys. The only apes in the finalized show are orangutans, tarsiers, spider monkeys, and marmosets.

*** After finding out Jamack let the burrow girl and her friends escape, he would have told one of his human slaves to "eat a chandelier".
*** One scenario would have Dave molting into two Daves, which would make them do a rock-paper-scissors game to see who would stay with the group. When the other Dave left, Kipo”s group would go back to what they were doing as if nothing happened.

** Sechrist has ideas for more ''Kipo'' stories once he's completed a current film project, such as a movie about a teenage Wolf encountering her old wolf father raising a new pack.%%https://twitter.com/RadSechrist/status/1272255804029059072
*** He’s even discussed a spin-off story revolving on the origins of Yumyan Hammerpaw and an adventure with Benson and Troy looking for a rare Oz the Originator mixtape.

** Sechrist has ideas for more ''Kipo'' stories once he's completed a current film project, such as a movie about a teenage Wolf encountering her old wolf father raising a new pack.%%https://twitter.com/RadSechrist/status/1272255804029059072 He’s even discussed a spin-off story revolving on the origins of Yumyan Hammerpaw and an adventure with Benson and Troy looking for a rare Oz the Originator mixtape.

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

* WordOfGay: As shown [[https://spidaerman.tumblr.com/post/621465710235877376/i-dont-think-i-saw-anything-about-asher-on-tumblr here]], Rad Sechrist -- the creator of ''Kipo'' -- confirmed that Asher is non-binary. **Troy was also confirmed to be pansexual.

* WordOfGay: As shown [[https://spidaerman.tumblr.com/post/621465710235877376/i-dont-think-i-saw-anything-about-asher-on-tumblr here]], Rad Sechrist -- the creator of ''Kipo'' -- confirmed that Asher is non-binary.
Troy was also confirmed to be pansexual.

* 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]].[[note]]Sechrist's theory is that it was an attempt at solving world hunger gone wrong, while Wolkoff thinks it may have been a supernatural act of nature pushing back against humanity's reign and influence.[[/note]]

* FakeNationality: Japanese American actress Creator/KarenFukuhara voices Kipo, who is of mixed black and Korean descent

* ActingForTwo: As usual, Grey Griffin voices multiple characters.

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