History Trivia / OsmosisJones

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/455/495/00b.jpg this post]] points out, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] makes a split-second cameo in a crowd scene. There [[AluminumChristmasTrees actually is a protein]] called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin Pikachurin]], but it wouldn't be discovered [[HilariousInHindsight until 2008 7 years after the film premiered.]]

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/455/495/00b.jpg this post]] points out, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] makes a split-second cameo in a crowd scene. There [[AluminumChristmasTrees actually is a protein]] called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin Pikachurin]], but it wouldn't be discovered [[HilariousInHindsight until 2008.]]

*** [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/36185771@N06/8662220576/in/photostream/ The thread also reveals some different designs for the characters]]. Drix was going to have legs, and Thrax (originally named We-Khan) was originally meant to look less humanoid and more virus-like, with three legs, a pointy head, and a large body.

* HarsherInHindsight: Here and in ''Manga/CellsAtWork,'' medicines are depicted as MechaMooks. However, in C@W!, they're [[KillerRobot mindless killing machines]], whereas here, they're shown to be self-aware.

* BoxOfficeBomb: With a gross of $14,026,418 against a $75m budget, ''Osmosis Jones'' was one of the more expensive bombers from 2001. Fortunately, it recouped its loses on home video.

** One thing that was ''not'' cut out: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a statue of a sperm with the inscription "OUR FOUNDER"]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the original script and in early cuts of the movie, a scene was featured when Osmosis and Drix go to the Gonad's Gym. It involved them talking to the "exercising" sperm cells. The scene was cut in order to stay family friendly. The Gonad's Gym logo does appear on Drix's suitcase during a scene in the police station locker room.

* ActorAllusion: In the climactic fight scene between Ozzy and Thrax, the camera briefly freezes and rotates around them; a la ''TheMatrix''. Thrax is voiced by Creator/LaurenceFishburne, who played Morpheus.
** Thrax's outfit is similar to Morpheus's, as well, right down to the BadassLongcoat and CoolShades.

* GeniusBonus:
** They visit the Chicken Pox virus at one point. Varicella zoster, the virus that causes chicken pox, can linger in the human body for years and cause shingles in some adults.
** The Pikachu cameo in the scene in the bladder is possibly a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin Pikachurin]], a protein found in the human nervous system.

* GeniusBonus: They visit the Chicken Pox virus at one point.

* StarDerailingRole: This movie and ''Pootie Tang'' did Chris Rock's acting career no favors until ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''. Most of his roles in-between have been in films he's conceived and directed himself.

* StarDerailingRole: This movie and ''Pootie Tang'' did Chris Rock's acting career no favors until ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar''. Most of his roles in-between have been in films he's conceived and directed himself.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The movie was originally planned to be PG-13, but all swearing, a scene of Ozzy visiting sperm cells, and several more violent scenes were cut to be more kid friendly. This is considered by fans to be '''''the worst''''' decision made in production. Some have questioned on what the movie [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been]] if it was PG-13. Some have believed that Warner Bros had trouble on deciding to market this as an animated comedy for adults or an animated kids' movie.

* StarDerailingRole: This movie and ''Pootie Tang'' did Chris Rock's acting career no favors. Most of his roles since have been in films he's conceived and directed himself.

* StarDerailingRole: This movie and ''Pootie Tang'' did Chris Rock's acting career. Most of his roles since have been in films he's conceived and directed himself.

* StarDerailingRole: This movie and ''Pootie Tang'' did Chris Rock's reputation no favors. Most of his roles since have been in films he's conceived and directed himself.

* BoxOfficeBomb: With a gross of $14,026,418 against a $75m budget, ''Osmosis Jones'' was one of the more expensive bombers from 2001.

** Also, the script reveals that Osmosis went to a family reunion when he was young. At that time Frank went to the doctors to have some blood removed, possibly in a blood drive. The needle drew out all of Ozzy's relatives, apparently leaving him all alone, which adds to his lone wolf status in the film. The ending has Frank getting a blood transfusion to save his life, with [[ChekhovsGun his own prior blood]]. And Ozzy's family returned to Frank, in a parody of the abductees returning in ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''. This was revealed in the DVD commentary.

*** [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/36185771@N06/8662220576/in/photostream/ The thread also reveals some different designs for the characters]]. Drix was going to have legs, and Thrax (originally named We-Khan) was originally meant to look less humanoid and more virus-like, with three legs, a pointy head, and a large body.
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* StarDerailingRole: This movie and ''Pootie Tang'' did Chris Rock's reputation no favors.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The movie was originally planned to be PG-13, but all swearing, a scene of Ozzy visiting sperm cells, and several more violent scenes were cut to be more kid friendly. This is considered by fans to be '''''the worst''''' decision made in production. Some have questioned on the movie [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have been]] if it was PG-13. Some have believed that Warner Bros had trouble on deciding to market this as an animated comedy for adults or an animated kids' movie.

* ActorAllusion: In the climactic fight scene between Ozzy and Thrax, the camera briefly freezes and rotates around them à la ''TheMatrix''. Thrax is voiced by Creator/LaurenceFishburne, who played Morpheus.
** Thrax's outfit is similar to Morpheus's, right down to the BadassLongcoat and CoolShades.

** Not to mention that Thrax's outfit is similar to Morpheus's, right down to the BadassLongcoat and CoolShades.

*** [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/36185771@N06/8662220576/in/photostream/|The thread also reveals some different designs for the characters]]. Drix was going to have legs, and Thrax (originally named We-Khan) was originally meant to look less humanoid and more virus-like, with three legs, a pointy head, and a large body.

*** The thread also reveals some different designs for the characters. Drix was going to have legs, and Thrax (originally named We-Khan) was originally meant to look less humanoid and more virus-like, with three legs, a pointy head, and a large body.