History Trivia / TheRoadToElDorado

* Funnily enough both Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh, the lead voice actors have each starred in an adaption of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

** Miguel is voiced by the well-known Shakespearean actor, KennethBranagh, who besides being credited for directing/starring in an all-star adaptation of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsn9opKuWbs Hamlet]], was also [[{{Jerkass}} the fantastic asshole]] Gilderoy Lockhart in the Film/HarryPotter movies.

** Miguel is voiced by the well-known SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR, KennethBranagh, who besides being credited for directing/starring in an all-star adaptation of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsn9opKuWbs Hamlet]], was also [[{{Jerkass}} the fantastic asshole]] Gilderoy Lockhart in the Film/HarryPotter movies.

** Miguel is voiced by the well-known SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR, KennethBranagh, who besides being credited for directing/starring in an all-star adaptation of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsn9opKuWbs Hamlet]], was also [[{{Jerkass}} the fantastic asshole]] Gilderoy Lockhart in the HarryPotter movies.

** Try watching WildWildWest sometime. [[MindScrew OFMG,]] DitzyGenius Tulio is teaming up with WillSmith to save 19th-century America from Miguel in a pimped-out wheelchair!

** The deep voice of Cortez is most commonly recognized as the voice of [[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]. Took a bit of digging to find that one, but it's completely obvious once you know.
*** ''[[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]?'' [[JimCummings You]] [[WinnieThePooh don't]] [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog watch]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}} many]] [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck cartoons]], [[BumpInTheNight do]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM you]] [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} now]][[CatDog ?]]

** [[MadeMyselfSad I'm sad now...]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Let's be serious. Excluding the presence of fairies and talking worms, this resembles Cortez's campaign as much as ''TheMagicVoyage'' resembles Columbus' first travel. Though, of course, [[RuleOfCool that's not the point.]]
* EasterEgg: When Tzekel-Kan is flicking through his [[TomeOfEldritchLore codex]], one of the pictures is [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation a boy fishing from a moon.]]

** Tulio is voiced by Kevin Kline, who, besides his roles in [[AFishCalledWanda live]][[WildWildWest -action]] [[Film/SophiesChoice film]], also voiced Captain Phoebus in ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' and Andre in ''TheTaleOfDespereaux''.

*** ''[[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]?'' [[JimCummings You]] [[WinnieThePooh don't]] [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog watch]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}} many]] [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck cartoons]], [[BumpInTheNight do]] [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog you]] [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} now]][[CatDog ?]]

** Try watching WildWildWest sometime. [[MindScrew OFMG,]] DitzyGenius Tulio is teaming up with WillSmith to save 19th-century America from CompleteMonster Miguel in a pimped-out wheelchair!

** Edward James Olmos, who also played [[BattlestarGalactica William Adama]] and [[Film/BladeRunner Gaff]], voices the chief of El Dorado.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The film depicts Hernan Cortez as searching for El Dorado somewhere in Central America, yet the Legend starts way after the subduing of Mesoamerica, and in a very different place: The Lake of Guatavita, in modern Cundinamarca, Colombia, homeland of the Muisca people, specifically the Bacata confederacy. Here the coronation ceremony of the ruler (called Zipa) was held, in which he would reach the centre of the lake accompanied by the High Priest, jump into the lake while completely covered in gold dust, while the spectators threw their most valuable goldcraft into the lake as an religious offering. Witnessed by the Spaniards, this ceremony sprawled the legend. Note that the Muiscas were a people (and nation) different from the Aztecs and Incas, both geographically and culturally.
** Also many expeditions were taken across all of northern South America, one of them even discovering the Amazon river. Not too close to Mayan pyramids, huh?
** Notably, the currency of the ''peseta'' is mentioned throughout the movie, but it wasn't introduced until about 350 years later.
** Cortez is portrayed as some kind of powerful/feared figure sailing from Spain to conquer the New World "for gold", in pure conquistador-as-told-in-the-Public-School fashion. But in reality he was fairly obscure when he sailed from Cuba, where he had been living for ''a decade'', under orders of Governor Diego Velazquez to ''set a trading post'' off the coast of Mexico. He only discovered the mainland was rich in gold and decided to go for a conquest campaign when he was already there, and the rest is History. Not to mention he actually had to defeat a Spanish counter-expedition sent by the less than pleased Velazquez to stop him before having his hands free to topple the Aztecs (who don't even appear in the movie).
*** Additionally, he is portrayed as a massively tall, muscular, menacing and intimidating figure...when in RealLife he was actually of average height, fairly unattractive, and (thanks to a childhood injury and having suffered syphilis) slightly deformed and hunchbacked. Of course, a lionized portrayal of him is hardly a new event, and in this case the upgrade was clearly to present a more dangerous and ominous villain.
** Prime example of a Mayincatec medley: the High Priest appears to worship Quetzalcoatl and wants to sacrifice human lives (very Aztec), but Xibalba and the dual gods creating the world in the beginning (presumably Tepeu and Gucumatz) are directly from the Popol Vuh - a Mayan text.
*** Quetzalcoatl was the one Aztec god to whom human sacrifices were ''not'' given.

* EasterEgg: When Tzekel-Kan is flicking through his [[TomeOfEldritchLore codex]], one of the pictures is [[DreamworksAnimation a boy fishing from a moon.]]

** Miguel is voiced by the well-known SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR, KennethBranagh, who besides being credited for directing/starring in an all-star adaptation of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsn9opKuWbs Hamlet]], was also [[{{Jerkass}} the fantastic asshole]] Gilderoy Lockhart in the [[HarryPotter Harry Potter]] movies.
** Edward James Olmos, who also played [[BattlestarGalactica William Adama]] and [[BladeRunner Gaff]], voices the chief of El Dorado.

*** ''[[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]?'' [[JimCummings You]] [[WinnieThePooh don't]] [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog watch]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}} many]] [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck cartoons]], [[BumpInTheNight do]] [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog you]] [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} now]][[CatDog ?]]

** [[{{MadeMyselfSad}} I'm sad now...]]
** Supposedly, the original script would also have Miguel and Tulio's AmbiguouslyGay HoYay played up more with them [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar behaving more blatantly like a gay couple.]] Obviously, this wouldn't work out.

** Supposedly, the original script would also have Miguel and Tulio's AmbiguoslyGay HoYay played up more with them [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar behaving more blatantly like a gay couple.]] Obviously, this wouldn't work out.

*** Additionally, he is portrayed as a massively tall, muscular, menacing and intimidating figure...when in RealLife he was actually of average height, [[YourMileageMayVary fairly unattractive]], and (thanks to a childhood injury and having suffered syphilis) slightly deformed and hunchbacked. Of course, a lionized portrayal of him is hardly a new event, and in this case the upgrade was clearly to present a more dangerous and ominous villain.

*** ''[[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]?'' [[JimCummings You]] [[WinnieThePooh don't]] [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog watch]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}} many]] [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck cartoons]], [[BumpInTheNight do]] [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog you]] [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} now]]?

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]:

*** ''[[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]?'' [[JimCummings You]] [[WinnieThePooh don't]] [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog watch]] [[{{Bonkers}} many]] [[DarkwingDuck cartoons]], [[BumpInTheNight do]] [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog you]] [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} now]]?

** Tulio is voiced by Kevin Kline, who, besides his roles in [[AFishCalledWanda live]][[WildWildWest -action]] [[Film/SophiesChoice film]], also voiced Captain Phoebus in ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' and Andre in ''TheTaleOfDespereaux''

*** ''[[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]?'' [[JimCummings You]] [[WinnieThePooh don't]] [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog watch]] [[{{Bonkers}} many]] [[DarkwingDuck cartoons]], [[BumpInTheNight do]] [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog you]]?

** Tulio is voiced by Kevin Kline, who, besides his roles in [[AFishCalledWanda live]][[WildWildWest -action]] [[SophiesChoice film]], also voiced Captain Phoebus in ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' and Andre in ''TheTaleOfDespereaux''

*** ''[[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Ultralord]]?'' [[JimCummings You]] [[WinnieThePooh don't]] [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog watch]] [[{{Bonkers}} many]] [[DarkwingDuck cartoons]], [[BumpInTheNight do]] [[SatAM you]]?

* YouFailHistoryForever: Let's be serious. Excluding the presence of fairies and talking worms, this resembles Cortez's campaign as much as ''TheMagicVoyage'' resembles Columbus' first travel. Though, of course, [[RuleOfCool that's not the point.]]