History Trivia / Violetta

* BillingDisplacement: Despite the fact the show is titled after and centers around Violetta Castillo, Violetta's actress Marina Stossel is credited second in the opening title sequence, after Diego Ramos (German Castillo). It's notable given that the lead teen character is usually the one whose portrayer gets top billing in most Disney Channel series (U.S. or abroad), with few exceptions.

** The show then ''finally'' made its English-language debut in America via Netflix on July 10th, 2015. The first two seasons were put up dubbed and subbed as more telenovelas were being made available in the US.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The first piece of media of the show to make it to the US... were songs that were available for purchase in the game ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS5HtG4V5H8 Tap Tap Revenge Tour]]'' in March 2013. The [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed game for the 3DS]] was also released digitally on the Nintendo eShop in North America in December 2014, but it's downplayed since the show was airing on a network at the time.

** Some additional material released in Europe, such as the documentary ''Violetta: The Journey'' and the aforementioned cooking show, were never released in Latin America despite being filmed in Spanish.
** A fair amount of the albums released for the show are not available worldwide. Only a [[BadExportForYou compilation album of some season one songs]], ''Gira mi canción'', and the live album are available digitally in the United States.
** The only markets that Disney never attempted to bring the show to were Japan, Korea, and India.

** In the English dub, most the characters don't have the same singing voice as the same dubbing voice. The voices for Napo and Tomas even sang for each other's characters. However, the version of the dub Netflix has available had Violetta's voice actress singing for her in episode two, meaning [[WhatCouldHaveBeen this wasn't going to be the case]]. The singing in season one was done in Los Angeles, but it was moved to Europe for seasons 2 and 3.

* SequelFirst: The movie released in Canada at the same time as it did in the US. The show itself, however, would not officially release in the country until Creator/DisneyPlus's launch in 2019.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Violetta has gotten into a good bit of controversy over possibly plagiarized music, strangely all of them being from Kpop. ''Voy Por Ti'' has been compared to [[Music/SuperJunior SUPERJUNIOR's]] ''Sorry, Sorry'', ''Euphoria'' has been compared to Music/{{Shinee}}'s ''Dream Girl'', and CutSong ''Queen of the Dance Floor'' out right uses the same instrumental as {{Music/INFINITE}}'s ''Come Back Again''.
** In a rare non-Kpop example, some have accused ''Mi Princesa'' of sounding near identical to ''Kiss You'' by Music/OneDirection.

** The first scene that takes place in Spain was really filmed in Argentina. This would be averted in seasons 2 and 3, where the show actually films on location in Spain.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The first piece of media of the show to make it to the US... were songs that were available for purchase on the game ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS5HtG4V5H8 Tap Tap Revenge Tour]]'' in March 2013. The [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed game for the 3DS]] was also released digitally on the Nintendo eShop in North America in December 2014.

** A fair amount of the albums released for the show are not available worldwide. Only a [[BadExportForYou compilation album of some season one songs]] and ''Gira mi canción'' are available digitally in the U.S.

** The entire cast of the English dub of the TV series is replaced for the English dub of the movie, due to utilizing a different recording studio.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Violetta has gotten into a good bit of controversy over possibly plagiarized music, strangely all of them being from Kpop. ''Voy Por Ti'' has been compared to [[Music/SuperJunior SUPERJUNIOR's]] ''Sorry, Sorry'', ''Euphoria'' has been compared to Music/{{Shinee}}'s ''Dream Girl'', and CutSong ''Queen of the Dance Floor'' has been compared to {{Music/INFINITE}}'s ''Come Back Again''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Malena Ratner ([[Series/SoyLuna Delfi]]) and Micaela Diaz ([[Series/{{BIA}} Daisy]]) appeared as extras at the Studio before becoming prominent characters in the series' [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successors.]]

* RelationshipVoiceActor: The English dub shares many of the same voice actors as the English dub of the VisualNovel/DanganRonpa series. [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Monaca]], [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Makoto]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Hajime]], [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Chiaki]], [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Kyoko]], [[Creator/GrantGeorge Shuichi]], and [[Creator/WendeeLee Akane]] all appear throughout the show and that isn't even all of them. Somewhat of a retroactive example as Violetta's dub premiered before the release of the Danganronpa English localization.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/SamRiegel voices León in the English dub of the first season, with Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas taking over for the last two. Interestingly, this isn't the first time [[WesternAnimation/WinxClub the two shared a role]].

* SameActorMultipleLanguages:

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Disney Channel Latin America and EMEA love the show very much, but the Italian division is ''obsessed'' with it. They produced ''Angie e le ricette di Violetta'', a cooking show with Clara Alonso (Angie) and Mirta Wons (Olga) hosting in character that hasn't aired outside of Europe or Africa, a short series teaching Spanish to Italian audiences with Violetta clips, and two full-length specials that summarized the first season that Latin America hasn't gotten either. They also held more promotions and sell more merchandise exclusive to that region.

* ContestWinnerCameo: The winner of the Italian contest "Che Musica Sei?" made an appearance in season 2 as a cousin of Francesca's.

* LateExportForYou: As the show was a bit of an experiment for Disney, they took their time rolling it out to other countries. One of the last places to receive it was the US, despite already having an English dub. One of the few reasons why might be because of its TeenDrama nature, which would look out of place on the US channel's KidCom-laden shows (though given that there are comedic plots within the show, this is debatable). Another might be because of its length, 240 episodes across 3 seasons that are all around an hour long, as well as the fact that it's supposed to be aired on a daily basis.

** Some additional material released in Europe, such as the documentary ''Violetta: The Journey'' and the aforementioned cooking show were never released in Latin America despite being filmed in Spanish.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/SamRiegel voices León in the English dub of the first season, with Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas taking over for the last two. Interestingly, this isn't the first time [[WesternAnimation/WinxClub the two shared a role]].

* AllStarCast: The English dub has a lot of recognizable names in the voice over industry, which is funny given the [[GirlShowGhetto nature]] [[LateExportForYou of]] [[PopCultureIsolation the]] [[{{Telenovela}} show]].

** Then, the show started to become an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] from that point onward. Season 3 was available in the U.S. before other countries airing it in English were finished with it, and TheMovie was released digitally in a relatively timely manner as well.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The first piece of media of the show to make it to the US... were songs that were available for purchase on the game ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS5HtG4V5H8 Tap Tap Revenge Tour]]'' in March 2013. The [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed game]] was also released digitally on the Nintendo eShop in North America in December 2014.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Malena Ratner ([[Series/SoyLuna Delfi]]) and Micaela Diaz ([[Series/BIA Daisy]]) appeared as extras at the Studio before becoming prominent characters in the series' [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successors.]]

* CaliforniaDoubling: The first scene that takes place in Spain was really filmed in Argentina. Averted in seasons 2 and 3, where the show actually films on location in Spain.
* ContestWinnerCameo: The winner of the contest "Che Musica Sei?" makes an appearance in season 2 as a cousin of Francesca's.
* CutSong: ''Queen of the Dance Floor'', which was in the original print of the "Gira Mi Cancion" album. Newer prints and international versions are missing the song, meaning it won't appear in the series either. This likely has to do with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sounding]] [[{{Sampling}} like]] {{Music/INFINITE}}'s song, "Come Back Again".

* DuelingShows: With Nickelodeon's telenovelas, especially ''Grachi'', which were a result of Nickelodeon wanting to compete with Disney Channel airing reruns of Argentine novelas like ''Patito Feo'' and ''Floricienta''.
** In The United Kingdom, around 6 months after Disney started airing the show, Nickelodeon started to air ''The Greenhouse'', a dubbed Israeli show that's also meant to air in telenovela format.

** Nickelodeon likely aired ''Chica Vampiro'', a Colombian novela, in The Netherlands and Poland to take advantage of Violetta's success there.
* NoExportForYou: In the US, despite having a English dub. One of the few reasons might be because of its TeenDrama nature, which would look out of place on the US channel's KidCom- laden shows (though given that there are comedic plots within the show, this is debatable). The original Spanish version of the series made its U.S. debut on broadcast network Azteca in September 2014, making it a case of NoDubForYou.
** MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As of December 4th, 2014, the LicensedGame was available exclusively on Nintendo's eShop in North America, there must be chances for the English dub to appear.
** The show has [[AvertedTrope finally]] made its English language debut in America on the US Netflix service on July 10th, with the first two seasons both dubbed and subbed as more telenovelas are being put up in the region's service. Season 3 debuts on December 31st in the same year as well.
*** An OST was also made available as a digital release, but it only contains [[BadExportForYou a handful of the songs from the first two albums released in the rest of the world.]] As with the UK, it seems the only advertising the show will get is from social media accounts.
** The aforementioned cooking show with Angie hasn't aired in Latin America (or Spain, for that matter), despite being filmed in Spanish.
** This series is yet to be shown in Japan.

** In the English dub, most the characters don't have the same singing voice as the same dubbing voice. The voices for Napo and Tomas even sang for each other's characters. However, the version of the dub Netflix has available had Violetta's voice actress singing for her in episode two, meaning [[WhatCouldHaveBeen this wasn't going to be the case]]. The singing in season one was done in Los Angeles, but it was moved to Denmark for seasons 2 and 3.

** Season 2 took over 9 months to air after season 1 ended, airing June 1st with the sightly earlier timeslot of 10:10pm, new episodes airing every day. The only promotion the show got was through social media accounts. Season 3 does not appear to be airing any time soon.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The season 1 plot was setting up the OfficialCouple to be Violetta and Tomás. However, with [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Pablo Espinosa deciding to leave the show]], it was changed so that Violetta would end up with neither him, nor León at the end of the season, and the love triangle plot started over in the next season with the addition of Diego. The dynamic of the triangle was preserved by making León LighterAndSofter and Diego being a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute substitute]] for his DarkerAndEdgier personality from season 1 (see WhatCouldHaveBeen on the trivia page for more).

* NonSingingVoice: In the English dub, all the characters don't have the same singing voice as the same dubbing voice. The voices for Napo and Tomas even sang for each other's characters. However, the version of the dub Netflix has available had Violetta's voice actress singing for her in episode two, meaning [[WhatCouldHaveBeen this wasn't going to be the case]]. The singing in season one was done in Los Angeles, but it was moved to Denmark for seasons 2 and 3.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Malena Ratner ([[Series/SoyLuna Delfi]]) and Micaela Diaz ([[Series/BIA Daisy]] ) appeared as extras at the Studio before becoming prominent characters in the series' [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successors.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/SoyLuna Malena Ratner (Delfi)]] and [[Series/BIA Micaela Diaz (Daisy)]] appeared as extras at the Studio before becoming prominent characters in the series' [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successors.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The season 1 plot was setting up the OfficialCouple to be Violetta and Tomán. However, with [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Pablo Espinosa deciding to leave the show]], it was changed so that Violetta would end up with neither him, nor León at the end of the season, and the love triangle plot started over in the next season with the addition of Diego. The dynamic of the triangle was preserved by making León LighterAndSofter and Diego being a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute substitute]] for his DarkerAndEdgier personality from season 1 (see WhatCouldHaveBeen on the trivia page for more).

* StuntCasting: [[Film/{{Descendants}} Sofia Carson]] as Melanie, one of the antagonists of TheMovie. Downplayed a bit since the only countries showing the movie in theaters were the ones where the show it's based off of had seen success in.

* StuntCasting: [[Film/{{Descendants}} Sofia Carson]] as Melanie, one of the antagonists of TheMovie. Downplayed a bit since the only countries showing the movie were already at least familiar with the show it's based off of.

** Season 2 took over 9 months to air after season 1 ended, airing June 1st with the sightly earlier timeslot of 10:10pm, new episodes airing every day. The only promotion the show got was through social media accounts.
** For Southeast Asian viewers, they blame this show for less airings of Austin & Ally and Jessie.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The English Dub has these to boot, thanks to the dubbers at Creator/BangZoomEntertainment or Studiopolis:
** [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Violetta]] is [[LyricalNanoha Nanoha Takamachi]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi]], [[Manga/KOn Mio Akiyama]].
** [[Creator/SamRiegel Leon]] is [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou Emiya]], [[Manga/BlueExorcist Mephisto Pheles]], and [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Mori Motonari]].
** [[Creator/LucienDodge Tomas' speaking voice]] is [[LightNovel/FateZero Waver Velvet]] and [[LightNovel/AccelWorld Takumu Mayuzumi aka Cyan Pile]], while [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch his singing voice]] is [[{{Manga/Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]] and [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]].
** [[Creator/MelissaFahn Ludmila]] is [[{{Neptunia}} Neptune]], [[Anime/DigimonTamers Rika Nonaka]], and [[NurarihyonNoMago Hagoromo Gitsune]].
** [[Creator/WendeeLee Angie]] is [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya]], [[{{Neptunia}} Blanc/ White Heart]], [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Umi Ryuuzaki]] and [[WomanOfAThousandVoices many more]].
** [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Jade]] is [[{{Neptunia}} Noire/ CPU Black Heart]], [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Sona]], and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Chie Satonaka]].
** [[Creator/StephanieSheh Elsa]] is [[Anime/StrikeWitches Gertrude]], [[Manga/KOn Yui Hirasawa]], and [[SwordArtOnline Yui]].
** [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Maxi]][[note]]when he's speaking and rapping, anyway, Bryce himself has confirmed that he doesn't sing for the character[[/note]] is [[Manga/BlueExorcist Rin Okumura]], [[SwordArtOnline Kirigaya "Kirito" Kazuto]], and [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} Masaomi Kida]].
** And as for the original Latin American cast, viewers have recognized Clara Alonso (Angie) as the voice of Bea in the Spanish dub of Main/FishHooks.
** Those who saw the Spanish and Italian music videos of "Let It Go" on the ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' US Blu-Ray will definitely recognize the lead actress singing them, Martina Stoessel. (It's even mentioned in the box!)

** For Southeast Asian viewers, they blame this show for less airings of Austin & Ally and Jessie.