History Trivia / TreasurePlanet

* GenreKiller: The film's massive failure against several [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 successful]] [[WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius computer]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAge1 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc films]] proved to be the final nail in the coffin for hand-drawn animation at Disney. They and their rival [=DreamWorks=] Animation dropped the medium a couple years later and Disney's [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog two]] [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011 efforts]] to bring it back at the end of the decade proved similarly unsuccessful.

*** Jim has a "fire breath" attack (blaster) and a "charge" attack (sword), and enemies and containers which can be defeated by either of them or both. He also has a "headbash" attack which he performs by jumping and striking his sword against the floor.

** The PlayStation2 version is one to ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorsLegacy''.

** The Platform/PlayStation version's gameplay is ''very'' reminiscent of ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'', although it came from a different developer. Features of the PlayStation trilogy were split between this and ''VideoGame/MuppetMonsterAdventure'':

* ThrowItIn: The conversation between Jim and Silver trying to coax Morph into giving them the map was improvised.

** Music/AlanSilvestri was attached to score the film but pulled out to do ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' instead.

* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds sold a set of eight figures in their Happy Meals; Jim Hawkins, B.E.N., Mr. Arrow, John Silver, Morph, Scroop, Dr. Doppler, and Captain Amelia. Each figure came with a piece of the titular planet, and collecting all eight figures would allow one to build said planet. The Mighty Kids Meal, which was aimed at slightly older children, featured a set of three CD-Rom games; ''Treasure Racer'', ''Etherium Rescue'', and ''Broadside Blast''.

** The sad part is neither film won; in fact both ended up tanking their respective studios because of divided profits. Both were good movies in their own right but couldn't hold up with competition. Don Bluth hasn't produced a movie since (though he's hoping for a theatrical adaptation of ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'') and this was almost the end of traditional animation for Disney.

* {{Lzherusskie}}: One of the gunners.
-->''We are wanting to move!''

* DevelopmentHell: Musker and Clements had proposed "Treasure Island RecycledInSpace" in the mid-80's before ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' came out, but Disney kept assigning them to shepherd other films and it was only after ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' they got the go-ahead.

* DevelopmentHell: Musker and Clements had proposed "TreasureIsland RecycledInSpace" in the mid-80's before ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' came out, but Disney kept assigning them to shepherd other films and it was only after ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' they got the go-ahead.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://treasure-planet.wikia.com/wiki/Treasure_Planet_Wiki The Treasure Planet Wiki]].

* GenreKiller: The film's massive failure against several successful [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 computer]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAge1 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc films]] proved to be the final nail in the coffin for hand-drawn animation at Disney. They and their rival [=DreamWorks=] Animation dropped the medium a couple years later and Disney's [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog two]] [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011 efforts]] to bring it back at the end of the decade proved similarly unsuccessful.

* CreatorKiller: Very nearly became this for John Musker and Ron Clements, the ''Little Mermaid/Aladdin'' director duo who also helmed this film, as they did not work another movie until the end of the decade. The ExecutiveMeddling involved with Disney and the film's bombing led to them temporarily resigning from Disney, and they also considered reuniting with former boss Jeffrey Katzenberg at Creator/DreamWorksAnimation before the management shift in 2005 led to Katzenberg's own former boss Michael Eisner having to resign from Disney himself. Musker and Clements were brought back to Disney by John Lasseter circa 2006, and they moved on to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', briefly reviving traditional animation at the studio.

* GenreKiller: The film's massive failure against several successful [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} computer]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAge animated]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc films]] proved to be the final nail in the coffin for hand-drawn animation at Disney. They and their rival [=DreamWorks=] Animation dropped the medium a couple years later and Disney's [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog two]] [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011 efforts]] to bring it back at the end of the decade proved similarly unsuccessful.

-->Fatherless boy tries to solve his [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]] by going on a space voyage in search of a long-lost treasure, hidden on a BigDumbObject, with a [[IncrediblyLamePun less-than-stellar]] crew of galactic {{Beast M|an}}en, one of whom is a ParentalSubstitute, [[spoiler:but proves to be TheMole,]] using a [[ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin starmap]] [[YouWillKnowWhatToDo only he]] [[LivingMacGuffin can read]]. The villain [[spoiler:redeems himself in a TakeMyHand moment]] while trying to activate/deactivate the {{forgotten| phlebotinum}} DoomsdayDevice. Both films were deliberately marketed to single-parent Gen-X kids, with an uplifting {{Grunge}} soundtrack. One is about {{Pirates}} in a SteamPunk-ish/CyberPunk-ish AlternateUniverse, based on a [[Literature/TreasureIsland classic novel]]. The other is about SpacePirates AfterTheEnd, inspired by ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}''. Both films got an EarthShatteringKaboom.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: 1982 Bulgarian movie, ''Animation/PlanetataNaSakrovishtata'' is also known as ''Treasure Planet''. Both movies are ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' RecycledInSpace''.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $140–180 million. Box office, $109,578,115. This was a well-below-average gross for any Disney animated film, coming in for an extremely ambitious movie with a well-above-average budget, combining to result in the first film in the canon since ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' to fail to even make up its production budget in theaters. Its underperformance pretty much erased most of the profits Disney made from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' earlier in the year and helped ensure the end of traditional animation at the studio (their [[WesternAnimation/BrotherBear next]] [[WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange two]] projects both being well into development when this film cratered).

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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There's a rumor that Captain Amelia was shown bleeding in the original theatrical cut of the film, but later re-releases censored the scene. But with the film's relatively obscurity, it's highly unlikely that Disney will confirm or deny these rumors any time soon.

** SkyFace

* GeniusBonus: Space in the film is refered to as the Aetherium. Luminiferous aether (or ether) was a proposed matter that light was believed to travel through up until 1887, when it was disproven. Before Einstein, light was believed to be a wave, like sound, and thus would need a matter to travel through.