History Trivia / PinocchioAndTheEmperorOfTheNight

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $10 million, the film cost around $4.5-5 million to make, with the rest of it due to the below-mentioned lawsuit against Disney. Box office, $3,261,638.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/WilliamWindom voices both Puppetino and the doorman, while Creator/JamesEarlJones voices the titular Emperor of the Night, along with the gondolier.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The whole MalignantPlotTumor of the visit to Grumblebee's village was in fact a BackdoorPilot. Gee Willikers was supposed to get his own Filmation TV series called ''Bugzburg'', centering around him and his insect friends. But, when Group W sold Filmation to a group led by L'Oreal after shutting down the studio, the series was cancelled, despite having been sold to TV stations around the country and being near completion. Similarly, a spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/BraveStarr'' called ''Bravo'', which was about people who live underground, was also cancelled, half finished.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $10 million, the film cost around $4.5-5 million to make, the rest of it is due to the below-mentioned lawsuit against Disney. Box office, $3,261,638.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $10 million. Box office, $3,261,638.

* StillbornFranchise: This and ''Happily Ever After'', which was a "sequel" to ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', were intended to be the first two films in a whole line of "Disney sequels". The implosion of both movies and Filmation declaring bankruptcy ended those plans, which would have been jeopardized anyway when Disney made their own sequels to films in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Gee Willikers was supposed to get his own Filmation TV series called ''Bugzburg'', centering around him and his insect friends. But, when Group W sold Filmation to a group led by L'Oreal after shutting down the studio, the series was cancelled, despite having been sold to TV stations around the country and being near completion. Similarly, a spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/BraveStarr'' called ''Bravo'', which was about people who live underground, was also cancelled, half finished.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Between the poor box-office performance of this film, Filmation's demise, and Disney being really unimpressed with this film's creation, the chances of a DVD release are slim. Apart from a R2 release.
** However, the entire film is available for viewing on Website/YouTube.

** However, the entire film is available for viewing on YouTube.

* StillbornFranchise: This and ''Happily Ever After'', which was a "sequel" to ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', were intended to be the first two films in a whole line of "Disney sequels". The implosion of both movies and Filmation declaring bankruptcy ended those plans, which would have been jeopardized anyway when Disney made their own sequels to films in the DisneyAnimatedCanon.

** However, the entire film is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm9MtQgR4lk available for viewing]] on YouTube.

* CreatorKiller: This sent Filmation's business into the wood-chipper; they had to shutter in 1989 with ''Happily Ever After'' as the only other movie they had left.

* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[TheMaryTylerMooreShow Mr. Grant]] (or [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Hudson]]) and [[Creator/FrankWelker Abu]] ([[Disney/{{Aladdin}} what did you expect?]]) are [[ThoseTwoGuys the two con men]], [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife]] is Gee Willikers, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Commodore Decker]] is Puppetino, and the Emperor of the Night is, of course, [[Creator/JamesEarlJones Darth Vader]]. Linda Gary also appears.
** Believe it or not, that is indeed future [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Steve Smith]] playing Pinocchio
*** Let's not forget about [[Series/LostInSpace Dr. Smith]] being Grumblebee.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Between the poor box-office performance of this film and Filmation's demise, the chances of a DVD release are slim. Apart from a R2 release.

* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[TheMaryTylerMooreShow Mr. Grant]] (or [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Hudson]]) and [[Creator/FrankWelker Abu]] ([[Disney/{{Aladdin}} what did you expect?]]) are [[ThoseTwoGuys the two con men]], [[TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife]] is Gee Willikers, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Commodore Decker]] is Puppetino, and the Emperor of the Night is, of course, [[Creator/JamesEarlJones Darth Vader]]. Linda Gary also appears.