History Trivia / ParaNorman

* TheWikiRule: [[https://paranorman.fandom.com/wiki/Paranorman_Wiki ParaNorman Wiki]].

* AcclaimedFlop: Like most of Laika's output, the movie earned great reviews but didn't make much money, not reaching its $60 million budget domestically, and failing to double with $107 million worldwide.

** Early in production, Tomm Moore, director of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'', was invited to Creator/{{Laika}} to offer some input on the visual look of the film.

* TheMerch: In-universe. The legend of the witch's curse has 'inspired' several witch-themed businesses, including a casino and a stand selling 'Witch Weinies.'
* MissingTrailerScene: In the finished film, the aerobics instructor's buttocks aren't as... Detailed as they were in the trailer.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: During the school play sequence, everyone in the crowd are using camcorders. These days, most people are using smartphones for filming.

** Japan: ''[=ParaNorman=]: The Mystery of Blithe Hollow''

** Japan: ''ParaNorman: The Mystery of Blithe Hollow''

** Kodi Smit [=McPhee=] seems to have made a name for himself as [[Film/LetMeIn a lonely bullied kid in danger with an undead girl.]]

* CrossDressingVoice: While it is averted in the original version as Norman was voiced by a 16-years-old boy, it is played straight in the Japanese dub where Creator/HanaTakeda voices him.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] (the voice of Norman) has recalled in interviews that for certain scenes [[spoiler:(such as the bathroom scene and car chase scene)]] he would have to shake himself in his chair or even stand up to achieve the desired effect.
* FakeAmerican: The [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] and Canadian Jodelle Ferland as Massachusetts natives Norman and Aggie.

** Japan: ''[=ParaNorman=]: Bryce Hollow Mystery''

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* EnforcedMethodActing: Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] (the voice of Norman) has recalled in interviews that for certain scenes [[spoiler:(such as the bathroom scene and car chase scene)]] he would have to shake himself in his chair or even standing up to achieve the desired effect.

** Kodi Smit [=McPhee=] seems to have made a name for himself as [[Film/LetMeIn a kid in danger with the undead.]]

* FakeAmerican: The [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] as Massachusetts native Norman.

** Kodi Smit [=McPhee=] seems to have made a name for himself as a kid in danger with the unknown.

* TheMerch: The legend of the witch's curse has 'inspired' several witch-themed businesses, including a casino and a stand selling 'Witch Weinies.'

** Early in production, Tomm Moore, director of WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells, was invited to Creator/{{Laika}} to offer some input on the visual look of the film.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ChristopherMintzPlasse, who is best known for playing nerdy outcasts in movies like ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and ''Film/RoleModels'', voices the ''school bully'' in this one.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc John Goodman]] as Uncle Prenderghast.
** Creator/AnnaKendrick is Courtney.
** Mitch is part of [[Film/OceansEleven a crew of expert thieves]].
** Alvin spent his previous life [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon as a Viking geek]]. And in the life before that, [[Film/{{Superbad}} McLovin, the 25-year-old Hawaiian organ donor]].
** Judge Hopkins is [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Theoden]] when he's not making zombie noises.
** When not cursing those who wronged her, [[spoiler:Agatha/Aggie]] is either a ghost of murdered girl [[Series/KingdomHospital Mary Jenson]] who's haunting a fictional hospital in Lewiston, Maine or human turned vampire [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bree Tanner]], created by Victoria as a part of the newborn army.
** Norman's father Perry is [[WesternAnimation/WallE captain of the Axiom]].
** [[Series/ThirtyRock Jack's mom]] got a lot nicer after she died.
** Before being married and having Courtney and Norman, Sandra was rescued by her [[Film/TheCableGuy boyfriend from a lonely stalker with a crush]].
** Neil trades his kite with [[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks another Alvin]] for [[FoodAsBribe a plate of donuts]] while vacationing on the Carnival Dream cruise ship.
** [[WesternAnimation/SkeletonWarriors Aracula]] has become a low-grade movie zombie.
** Creator/BridgetHoffman, Creator/ScottMenville, Creator/ArielWinter, and Creator/CamClarke voice some of the Blithe Hollow townspeople.
** Creator/NicholasGuest ([[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold The Question, Martian Manhunter]]) is the hippie guest and the greaser ghost.
** [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn]] is one of Alvin's cronies.
** [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] Courtney is [[Disney/WreckItRalph Taffyta Muttonfudge]].
** UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}} and UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}: Neil is [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Gumball Watterson]].
*** In fact, Italy sends Salma, Neil, and Aggie to [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Pahkitew Island]], as Sky, Dave, and Samey.