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** MGM/UA took over the distribution late in its production, after Warner disowned Bluth's studio because of the combined failures of ''Thumbelina'' and ''A Troll in Central Park'' (for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers contractual reasons]], Warner still had to release it globally). Scenes were then cut, characters removed and voices re-recorded. Bluth was so upset with the results that he opted to have his name taken off the credits, and accepted an offer to work for Fox Animation, where he [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} finally had a brief change of fortune]].

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** MGM/UA took over the distribution late in its production, after Warner disowned Bluth's studio because of the combined failures of ''Thumbelina'' and ''A Troll in Central Park'' (for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers [[ContractualObligationProject contractual reasons]], Warner still had to release it globally). Scenes were then cut, characters removed and voices re-recorded. Bluth was so upset with the results that he opted to have his name taken off the credits, and accepted an offer to work for Fox Animation, where he [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} finally had a brief change of fortune]].

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* ChannelHop: At least internationally. MGM handled North American distribution, but Creator/WarnerBros distributed it internationally due to Bluth's studio having a seven-year deal with them (WB had released ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' stateside). When the deal expired, all international rights went to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, as then-owner UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch had purchased Media Assets, who bankrolled all three. As of 2020, Creator/{{Disney}} (ironically) owns the international rights to ''Pebble'' through 20th, while MGM retains all domestic rights.
* CreatorBacklash: Bluth disowned the film, primarily for its terrible animation. He wouldn't even draw any of the characters at conventions, especially not Hubie. He actually got wholly fed up with the production towards the end of it and he and Gary Goldman outright ''[[UncreditedRole aban]][[ScrewThisImOutOfHere doned]]'' it for Fox as it continued to crash and burn. In the November 2001 issue of "Toon Talk", he had this to say about it;

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* ChannelHop: At least internationally. MGM handled North American distribution, but Creator/WarnerBros distributed it internationally due to Bluth's studio having a seven-year deal with them (WB had released ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' stateside). When the deal expired, all international rights went to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, as then-owner UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch had purchased Media Assets, who bankrolled all three. As of 2020, Creator/{{Disney}} (ironically) owns the international rights to ''Pebble'' through 20th, while MGM retains all domestic rights.
rights. Despite this, MGM is actually credited on the international DVD release of the movie, due to Fox utilizing the 2007 "Family Fun Edition" transfer for their release and due to them holding the worldwide home video rights to MGM catalog at the time.
* CreatorBacklash: Bluth disowned the film, primarily for its terrible animation.animation and the studio interference that hindered the movie's production. He wouldn't even draw any of the characters at conventions, especially not Hubie. He actually got wholly fed up with the production towards the end of it and he and Gary Goldman outright ''[[UncreditedRole aban]][[ScrewThisImOutOfHere doned]]'' it for Fox as it continued to crash and burn. In the November 2001 issue of "Toon Talk", he had this to say about it;


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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The film was unavailable on DVD outside of the United States for several years, likely due to rights related reasons with the distributors. It eventually saw an international DVD release in 2012, nearly 20 years after the movie first came out.
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* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to production staffers Michael Carey and David Corbally.
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* NamesTheSame: Not to be confused with ''[[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife that]]'' Rocko.
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