History Trivia / Pacificrim

* BoxOfficeBomb: Double subverted. It did not do well domestically taking in [[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm $101 million on a $190 million budget]], with every sign of this trope happening. However the overseas market unexpectedly pulled in $309 million with a huge $111 million return from China coming as a complete surprise. Including marketing and the less profitable ratios for overseas releases though means [[DoubleSubversion it still didn't become profitable in theaters]]. Did not stop the [[Film/PacificRimUprising sequel]] from getting the green light, though.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The entire film was shot in Toronto, Ontario with the exception of the Jaeger factory, which was shot in Germany.

* DarkhorseCasting: Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi and Idris Elba are pushed into the top billing as the protagonists. Elba is already famous thanks to his role as the titular character in ''Series/{{Luther}}'' and Heimdal in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse while Kikuchi is only known for her Oscar-nominated role in ''Film/{{Babel}}''. Unless one watches ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', mainstream audiences don't know who Charlie Hunnam is. Asides from Elba, Creator/RonPerlman is another recognized name in the movie.

** Inverted with young Mako, who was played by a then-seven-year-old actress despite being thirteen during Onibaba's attack on Tokyo according to the official timeline.

** Newt's introduction was originally longer with him and Raleigh antagonizing one another.
** Another cut scene focuses Chuck and his father Herc after the fight between Chuck and Raleigh. Herc chastises Chuck for his behavior only for Chuck to retaliate by claiming that Herc was a bad or at least often absent father and saying that they wouldn't have anything to do with each other at all if it weren't for their drift compatibility. Without this scene Stacker's line about Chuck having "daddy issues" becomes more random and ultimately makes Chuck a less sympathetic character than he could have been.

** The Russian pilots, Aleksis and Sasha Kaidanovsky of the Russian Jaeger, Cherno Alpha are played by the very Canadian [[Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} Robert Maillet]] and Heather Doersken.
** The Australian father-son duo of Herc Hansen and Chuck Hansen are played by Max Martini and Robert Kazinsky who are an American and a Brit respectively.

** Due to controversy over the word "Gipsy", some fans prefer to call the main Jaeger "Lady Danger".

** Crimson Typhoon was originally going to have ''four'' arms and be piloted by quadruplets, but it was already hard enough to find the Chinese triplets who were cast in the role so Typhoon's arms were reduced to three. In another draft, they were all female.

* ApprovalOfGod: During the ''Pacific Rim'' panel at Wonder Con, Creator/GuillermoDelToro gave a shoutout to the this fan-created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRAqvsD1uxw sweded trailer]].

* CreatorsFavorite: Travis Beacham, ''Film/PacificRim'' screenwriter, [[http://travisbeacham.tumblr.com/post/58697574903/so-i-noticed-you-reblog-a-lot-of-what-people-post-of claims]] his favorite characters are Mako Mori and [[AllThereInTheManual Caitlin Lightcap]].

* LineToGod: Travis Beacham, co-writer for ''Pacific Rim'', [[http://travisbeacham.tumblr.com/ has a tumblr]] and answers questions, posts comments about the canon, and various other things relating to the film.

*** The Russian pilots, Aleksis and Sasha Kaidanovsky of the Russian Jaeger, Cherno Alpha are played by the very Canadian [[Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} Robert Maillet]] and Heather Doersken.
*** The Australian father-son duo of Herc Hansen and Chuck Hansen are played by Max Martini and Robert Kazinsky who are an American and a Brit respectively.
*** The German scientists Newton Geiszler and Herman Gottlieb -- Charlie Day is American and Burn Gorman is British (but was born in the US).
*** Clifton Collins, an American actor of Mexican and German descent, plays the Chinese-Peruvian Tendo Choi.
*** The Wei Tang triplets are played by the Vietnamese/Chinese-Canadian Luu triplets.
*** The British Charlie Hunnam as the American Raleigh Becket.

* CastingGag:
** Instead of having Rinko Kikuchi dub over Mako's lines in the Japanese dub, Mako is instead voiced by Creator/MegumiHayashibara. In other words, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]] is playing the ReiAyanamiExpy.
** That's not the only one, since [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray and Char]] are Dr. Newton Geiszler and Herc Hansen respectively.
** In the Spanish dub, Pentecost was voiced by Juan Carlos Gustems, who voiced Gendo Ikari in the original ''Evangelion'' anime.

* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Creator/IdrisElba has said he takes roles in films like ''Pacific Rim'' because his daughter is a big fan of those types of movies.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: The Visual Effects Art Director on the film at ILM is named Alex ''Jaeger''.
* TruthInTelevision: Yes, [[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729025.600-mindmeld-brain-power-is-best-for-steering-spaceships.html#.Ui7uX0CpfV4 "sharing the neural load" is actually a thing]].

* WhatMightHaveBeen:

* BigNameFan: Although the film was relatively unsuccessful in Japan, many big names of the mecha/kaiju genres loved it, particularly Creator/GoNagai (''Manga/MazingerZ''), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/GunBuster''), Creator/HideoKojima (''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'') and Fumito Ueda (''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''). Sadamoto's colleague Creator/HideakiAnno found it "not so interesting", although he admitted the things he finds interesting in the mecha genre are very hard to do in live action cinema.

* DarkhorseCasting: Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi and Idris Elba are pushed into the top billing as the protagonists. Elba is already famous thanks to his role as the titular character in ''Series/{{Luther}}'' and Heimdal in the Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse while Kikuchi is only known for her Oscar-nominated role in ''Film/{{Babel}}''. Unless one watches ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', mainstream audiences don't know who Charlie Hunnam is. Asides from Elba, Creator/RonPerlman is another recognized name in the movie.

** Mako is voiced in the Japanese dub by Creator/MegumiHayashibara. In other words, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]] is playing [[{{Expy}} Rei Ayanami]].

*** Newt's introduction was originally longer with him and Raleigh antagonizing one another.
*** Another cut scene focuses Chuck and his father Herc after the fight between Chuck and Raleigh. Herc chastises Chuck for his behavior only for Chuck to retaliate by claiming that Herc was a bad or at least often absent father and saying that they wouldn't have anything to do with each other at all if it weren't for their drift compatibility. Without this scene Stacker's line about Chuck having "daddy issues" becomes more random and ultimately makes Chuck a less sympathetic character than he could have been.

* BoxOfficeBomb: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. It did not do well domestically taking in [[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm $101 million on a $190 million budget]], with every sign of it. However the overseas market unexpectedly pulled in $309 million with a huge $111 million return from China coming as a complete surprise. Including marketing and the less profitable ratios for overseas releases though means [[DoubleSubversion it still didn't become profitable in theaters]]. Did not stop the [[FIlm/PacificRimUprising sequel]] from getting the green light, though.

* DawsonCasting: If you do the math, Mako, Raleigh, and Chuck are all quite a bit younger than their actors.

* DeletedScene: A couple of scenes were deleted from the film, now available for viewing on DVD and Blu-Ray special features. Newt's introduction was originally longer with him and Raleigh antagonizing one another, and later on there was a scene between Chuck and his father Herc after the fight between Chuck and Raleigh where Herc chastises Chuck for his behavior only for Chuck to retaliate by claiming that Herc was a bad or at least often absent father and saying that they wouldn't have anything to do with each other at all if it weren't for their drift compatibility. Without this latter scene Stacker's line about Chuck having "daddy issues" becomes more random and ultimately makes Chuck a less sympathetic character than he could have been.

* FakeNationality: The Russian pilots, Aleksis and Sasha Kaidanovsky of the Russian Jaeger, Cherno Alpha are played by the very Canadian [[Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} Robert Maillet]] and Heather Doersken. The Hansen father-son duo of Herc Hansen and Chuck Hansen are played by Max Martini and Robert Kazinsky who are an American and a Brit respectively. As are the two actors portraying the German scientists Newton Geiszler and Herman Gottlieb -- Charlie Day is American and Burn Gorman is British (but was born in the US). Clifton Collins, an American actor of Mexican and German descent, plays the Chinese-Peruvian Tendo Choi. The Wei Tang triplets are played by the Vietnamese/Chinese-Canadian Luu triplets. And, of course, the British Charlie Hunnam as the American Raleigh Becket.

** Writer Travis Beacham came up with the idea that Rinko Kikuchi's character Mako Mori was going to speak entirely in Japanese for the first half of the movie and her partner Raleigh wouldn't understand her. Then when they finally got their connection calibrated in the Jaeger he would hear her in English. Despite him seeing it as a good idea, he realised it would have been a chore to have the two leads speaking in different languages for the first half of the movie.

** One of the earlier outlines had less diversity, with the Russian, Chinese and Australians swapped out for more Japanese pilots and the Shatterdome being in Japan. Also, Knifehead's death was going to be more akin to [[spoiler:[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji blacking out and Eva 01 going berserk]]]]

* WordOfGay: Charlie Day has [[https://nerdist.com/pacific-rim-uprising-charlie-day-burn-gorman-newmann-newton-geiszler-hermann-gottlieb/ repeatedly]] [[https://twitter.com/oceanyia/status/976661449241186304?s=19 said]] in interviews for Film/PacificRimUprising that he plays Newt as being in love with Hermann, and implies that Newt's feelings existed in the first film as well.

* WordOfGay: Charlie Day has [[https://nerdist.com/pacific-rim-uprising-charlie-day-burn-gorman-newmann-newton-geiszler-hermann-gottlieb/ repeatedly]] [[https://twitter.com/oceanyia/status/976661449241186304?s=19 said]] that he plays Newt as being in love with Hermann.

* WordOfGay: Charlie Day has [[https://twitter.com/oceanyia/status/976661449241186304?s=19 said]] that he plays Newt as being in love with Hermann.

** Greece and Hungary: ''The Ring of Fire''

* BigNameFan: Although the film was relatively unsuccessful in Japan, many big names of the mecha/kaiju genres loved it, particularly Creator/GoNagai (''Manga/MazingerZ''), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/GunBuster''), Creator/HideoKojima (''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'') and Fumito Ueda (''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''). Ironically, Sadamoto's colleague Creator/HideakiAnno found it "not so interesting", though he admitted the things he finds interesting would be very have been difficult to do in live action cinema.

* CastingGag: Mako is voiced in the Japanese dub by Creator/MegumiHayashibara. In other words, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]] is playing [[{{Expy}} Rei Ayanami]].

* FanNickname: Some fans has called this movie ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis]] [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundam]]: [[VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative Alternative]]''

* BoxOfficeBomb: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted case.]] It did not do well domestically taking in [[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm $101 million on a $190 million budget]], with every sign of it. However the overseas market unexpectedly pulled in $309 million with a huge $111 million return from China coming as a complete surprise. Including marketing and the less profitable ratios for overseas releases though means [[DoubleSubversion it still didn't become profitable in theaters]]. Did not stop the [[FIlm/PacificRimUprising sequel]] from getting the green light, though.

* BoxOfficeBomb: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted case.]] It did not do well domestically taking in [[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm $101 million on a $190 million budget]], with every sign of it. However the overseas market unexpectedly pulled in $309 million with a huge $111 million return from China coming as a complete surprise. Including marketing and the less profitable ratios for overseas releases though means [[DoubleSubversion it still didn't become profitable in theaters]]. Nevertheless, [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Pacific-Rim-2-Sequel-Still-Happening-42160.html a sequel has been greenlit]].

* DarkhorseCasting: Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi and Idris Elba are pushed into the top billing as the protagonists. Elba is already famous thanks to his role as the titular character in ''Series/{{Luther}}'' and Heimdal in the Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse while Kikuchi is only known for her Oscar-nominated role in Film/{{Babel}}. Unless one watches ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', mainstream audiences don't know who Charlie Hunnam is. Asides from Elba, Creator/RonPerlman is another recognized name in the movie.
* DawsonCasting: If you do the math, Mako, Raleigh, and Chuck are quite a bit younger than their actors.

* FakeNationality: The Russian pilots, Aleksis and Sasha Kaidanovsky of the Russian Jaeger, Cherno Alpha are played by the very Canadian Robert Maillet and Heather Doersken. The Hansen father-son duo of Herc Hansen and Chuck Hansen are played by Max Martini and Robert Kazinsky who are an American and a Brit respectively. As are the two actors portraying the German scientists Newton Geiszler and Herman Gottlieb -- Charlie Day is American and Burn Gorman is British (but was born in the US). Clifton Collins, an American actor of Mexican and German descent, plays the Chinese-Peruvian Tendo Choi. The Wei Tang triplets are played by the Vietnamese/Chinese-Canadian Luu triplets. And, of course, the British Charlie Hunnam as the American Raleigh Becket.

** Spanish world: ''Pacific Titans''

** Spanish world: ''Pacific Giants

* DarkhorseCasting: Charlie Hunman, Rinko Kikuchi and Idris Elba are pushed into the top billing as the protagonists. Elba is already famous thanks to his role as the titular character in ''Series/{{Luther}}'' and Heimdal in the Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse while Kikuchi is only known for her Oscar-nominated role in Film/{{Babel}}. Unless one watches ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', mainstream audiences don't know who Charlie Hunman is. Asides from Elba, Creator/RonPerlman is another recognized name in the movie.

* InvisibleAdvertising
** This trope is the reason why ''Film/PacificRim'' only reached #3 in the US box office. As explained in [[http://www.businessinsider.com/why-pacific-rim-didnt-make-more-money-opening-weekend-2013-7 this article]], Warner Bros. apparently screwed up the marketing. Fortunately, thanks to word-of-mouth, a sequel is in works though it's now handled by Universal Studios.
** This happens in Japan as well. Despite that Creator/GuillermoDelToro visited the country with Creator/RinkoKikuchi and Mana Asado with the latter being more popular and well-known to the native Japanese than former, the movie debuted to #5 in the Japanese box office. It doesn't help that it's in competition with Hayao Miyazaki's [[Film/TheWindRises last movie]]. that [[Film/WorldWarZ Brad Pitt movie]] and Film/MonstersUniversity.

** That's not the only one, since [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray and Char]] are Herc Hansen and Dr. Newton Geiszler respectively.

* BoxOfficeBomb: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted case.]] It did not do well domestically taking in [[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm $101 million on a $190 million budget]], with every sign of it. However the overseas market unexpectedly pulled in $309 million with a huge $111 million return from China coming as a complete surprise. Including marketing and the less profitable ratios for overseas releases though means [[DoubleSubversion it still didn't become profitable in theaters]]. It was at least an AcclaimedFlop however and did enough business to [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Pacific-Rim-2-Sequel-Still-Happening-42160.html warrant a sequel]].

* ChannelHop: For the sequel, in terms of its distributor. Due to Creator/LegendaryPictures' contract with Creator/WarnerBros having expired in 2014, it will now be distributed by Creator/{{Universal}}. Universal and Legendary Pictures signed a 5-year contract in 2013.