History Trivia / TheNutJob

** This is also the case when the film transitioned from the original "Surly Squirrel" short; with the original voices for Surly and Buddy - Creator/BruceHunter and Creator/EricBauza - being replaced.

** This is also the case when the film transitioned from the original "Get Nutty" short; with the original voices for Surly and Buddy - Creator/BruceHunter and Creator/EricBauza - being replaced.

* TheOtherDarrin: The sequel sees American voice actors Creator/TomKenny and Creator/KariWahlgren replacing Canadian voice actors Creator/RobertTinkler and Creator/AnnickObonsawin as Buddy and Jamie.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: ''The Nut Job'' dated itself right out of the gate by using "Gangnam Style" (complete with an animated Music/{{Psy}} in the credits!) nearly two years after the song's heyday (the movie came out in January 2014).

* YouMightRememberMeFrom: Creator/JamesRankin, a Canadian voice actor and puppeteer who had roles on famous preschool shows from the 1990's such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', got back into the voice-acting business again after the success of this film, in which he played a burglar named Fingers.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: While Surly being purple is more likely just an artistic decision, purple squirrels have been sighted in the UK and the U.S. with little explanation to their coloring.

* TheOtherDarrin: The sequel sees Tom Kenny and Kari Wahlgren replacing Rob Tinkler and Annick Obonsawin as Buddy and Jamie.

* YouMightRememberMeFrom: James Rankin, a Canadian voice actor and puppeteer who had roles on famous preschool shows from the 1990's such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', got back into the voice-acting business again after the success of this film, in which he played a burglar named Fingers.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: There are a lot of stars in the cast, but of note is Katherine Heigl as Andie, in her first voice acting role.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Nut Job dated itself right out of the gate by using "Gangnam Style" (complete with an animated Psy in the credits!) nearly two years after the song's heyday (the movie came out in January 2014).
* YouMightRememberMeFrom: James Rankin, a Canadian voice actor and puppeteer who had roles on famous preschool shows from the 1990's such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', got back into the voice-acting business again after the success of this film, in which he played a burgler named Fingers.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: While Surly being purple is more likely just an artistic decision, purple squirrels have been sighted in the UK and the US with little explanation to their coloring.
* BoxOfficeBomb: The sequel cost $40,000,000 to make. So far, it's only grossed about $18,000,000.

* DuelingDubs: There's two dubbed versions of the film in Latin America: One dubbed in Mexico for that country and the rest of Latin America in theaters and {{Netflix}}, and another one used exclusively in Chile with Chilean voice actors. The Mexican dub, for obvious reasons, is the most well-known one.

* YouMightRememberMeFrom: James Rankin, a Canadian voice actor and puppetter who had roles on famous preschool shows from the 1990's such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', got back into the voice-acting business again after the success of this film, in which he played a burgler named Fingers.

* YouMightRememberMeFrom: James Rankin, a Canadian voice actor and puppetter who had roles on famous preschool shows from the 1990's such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', got back into the voice-acting business again after the success of this film, in which he played a burgaler named Fingers.

* YouMayRememberMeFrom: James Rankin, a Canadian voice actor and puppetter who had roles on famous preschool shows from the 1990's such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' and ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', got back into the voice-acting business again after the success of this film, in which he played a burgaler named Fingers.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Nut Job dated itself right out of the gate by using "Gangnam Style" (complete with an animated Psy in the credits!) nearly two years after the song's heyday (the movie came out in January 2014).

* AccidentallyAccurate: While Surly being purple is more likely just an artistic decision, purple squirrels have been sighted in the UK and the US with little explanation to their coloring.

* AccidentallyAccurate: While Surly being purple is more likely just an artistic decision, purple squirrels have been sighted in The UK and the US with little explanation to their coloring.

* DuelingMovies: Subverted. Vanguard Animation (the studio behind ''WesternAnimation/SpaceChimps'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/HappilyNEverAfter'') had also proposed a squirrel-based heist movie called ''The Nut House'' around the same time that ''The Nut Job'' was first announced, but Vanguard instead went out of business with ''The Nut House'' and several other projects still in the can.

* DuelingMovies: Subverted. Vanguard Animation (the studio behind ''WesternAnimation/SpaceChimps'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/HappilyNEverAfter'') had also proposed a squirrel-based heist movie called ''The Nut House'' around the same time that ''The Nut Job'' was first announced, but Vanguard instead went out of business with ''The Nut House'' and several other projects still in the can.
* HeyItsThatVoice: There are a lot of stars in the cast, but of note is Katherine Heigl as Andie, in her first voice acting role.

* HeyItsThatVoice: There are a lots of stars in the cast, but of note is Katherine Heigl as Andie, in her first voice acting role.

* HeyItsThatVoice: There are a lots of stars in the cast, but of note is KatherineHeigl as Andie, in her first voice acting role.