Line #0 Trivia/ATrollInCentralPark


1	* BoxOfficeBomb: One of the biggest percentage-wise in the history of filmmaking. The film had a budget of $23 million and grossed a mere ''[[EpicFail $71,368]]'' domestically, which is less than one-third of 1% of its budget, making it one of the biggest {{box office bomb}}s in the history of animation (formerly ''the'' biggest until ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}''). Warner Bros. gave both a limited release and InvisibleAdvertising, because [[SelfFulfillingProphecy they expected it to flop]].
2	* ChannelHop: Warner Bros. released the film originally, but is now distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox due to UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch's ownership of Media Assets, the company that owned the film. It's now owned by Creator/{{Disney}}, for what it's worth.
3	* CreatorBacklash:
4	** In the July 2001 issue of ''Toon Talk'', Bluth admitted ''A Troll in Central Park'' was a terrible film, and apologized for how badly it turned out;
5	--->"As it is never a good thing that a child is born prematurely, so it is with producing a film. Development of a script is like the development of a child in the womb, it takes time and must be done right. Building the movie, ''A Troll In Central Park'', taught us this lesson, but indeed, the hard way. I tell you all this in the hope that you might benefit from our foolish mistakes. Scrutinizing your own work is so important, but let's face it, we all are afraid of not measuring up, so we stubbornly cling to our own opinions, shutting out all others. Stanley could have been a richer character with more levels to his personality. Maybe he could have had a dark side, a troll side that he struggled with."
6	** Gary Goldman stated he agrees with Bluth with not being impressed with doing this film.
7	* CreatorKiller: This was the second-to-last feature from the animation studio Bluth founded after he left Disney on really bad terms, and the last one to actually credit him ([[UncreditedRole he ordered his name removed]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin''). The film's [[SweetnessAversion Defcon-1 sweetness level]] and the fact that it directly contrasted his earlier work effectively soiled the studio's reputation for good.
8	* DuelingWorks:
9	** With Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'' in that both films are animated musicals about an exile living in banishment from a kingdom. Needless to say, ''Lion King'' easily defeated ''Troll'' in 1994, seeing as how the former became the highest-grossing traditionally animated movie, while the latter became the biggest animated BoxOfficeBomb until ''Delgo'' in 2008.
10	** It was also this with the American theatrical and VHS releases of ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', which also involves two siblings who discover a nature-related creature and go on an adventure with it, which came out around the same time as this. In that case, ''Totoro'' won because it's more fondly remembered by kids from that decade than ''Troll'' was.
11	* ExecutiveMeddling: Bluth and Warner Bros. made the mistake of [[ChristmasRushed shortening production]], hoping that it would inspire more spontaneity among his crew. It wound up being his worst-reviewed film.
12	* FakeAmerican: The parents, [[QuestionableCasting who for some reason are voiced by none other than]] Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/HayleyMills. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping They don't do a very good job of hiding their British accents.]]
13	* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was completed in 1992 and then sat on the shelf for two years.
14	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
15	** Bluth has said that, had they not rushed their production, he would have wanted Stanley to be a much darker character with more abundant flaws.
16	** Creator/BuddyHackett was initially the voice for Stanley, but Bluth ended up replacing him with [=DeLuise=] because he was easier to work with (for example, Buddy's contracts demanded a limited number of takes per line, while Dom was more than willing to do multiple takes).

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