Line #85 Trivia/AlvinAndTheChipmunks


1	!!General
2	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: To further distinguish chipmunk from chipmunk during the first part of the movie, Alvin and Theodore's eyes are recolored brownish-amber and green, respectively, while Simon keeps his blue eyes. Blue eyes are said to be the weakest common eye color and more likely to need glasses than green or brown.
3	* ActingForTwo:
4	** Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and David Seville were all voiced by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. starting with "The Chipmunk Song" all the way through ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'' and the Chipmunks albums up to 1964, when he started having session singers handle the Chipmunk singing, while he still did their speaking voices.
5	** Since the '80s, Alvin, Simon, and Dave have been voiced by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., while Theodore and all three Chipettes are voiced by his wife, Janice Karman.
6	** Later still, when the series switched to [=DiC=] for animation, almost all of the additional one-shot characters were voiced by their associate producer Thom Watkins, with Ross occasionally stepping in for other additional male characters, while Janice voiced most additional female characters.
7	** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the LiveActionAdaptation, where each chipmunk is voiced by a different actor.
8	** On the second-draft ConceptAlbum ''Chipmunk Punk'', each chipmunk is sung by a different singer as well: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. was Alvin, Steve Vining was Simon and Dave Adams of Glass Moon was Theodore.
9	** PlayedForLaughs on one compilation album in which Alvin "interviews" Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
10	* ApprovalOfGod: Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. asked Music/TheBeatles for permission to record ''The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits'' in 1964. The Fab Four said yes, but on the condition that the Chipmunks would just sing the songs straight without any comedic gimmicks, so they did.
11	* FanCommunityNickname: Some fans call themselves "Chipaholics," though there really isn't (so far) an actual community nickname for the fandom.
12	* FollowTheLeader: In the immediate aftermath of "The Chipmunk Song" there was the emergence of other sped-up musical productions like Music/TheNuttySquirrels and "The Happy Reindeer" by Dancer, Prancer and Nervous, a moderate Christmas novelty hit in 1959. In TheSeventies there was Shirley & Squirrely, who jumped on the HollywoodCB bandwagon and scored a Top 40 hit on the CountryMusic chart with “Hey Shirley (This Is Squirrely)”. In 1975 there was also a point-for-point CoverVersion of "The Chipmunk Song" credited to The Whales, using the exact opposite gimmick of slowing voices down to give them a [[MediaNotes/VoiceTypes basso profundo]] sound, though it wasn't a hit.
13	* HeAlsoDid: In the early years of the franchise, before their basic designs were formalized for ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', Ross Bagdasarian would do variety show appearances with rotating sets of Chipmunk puppets, with one set designed by none other than Creator/BobClampett (during his ''[[WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil Time for Beany]]'' era).
14	* KidsMealToy:
15	** KFC released figures of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore in the 1990 and 1991 holiday seasons. The 1991 set had articulated figures of Alvin on guitar, Simon on saxophone, and Theodore on drums.
16	** UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of four figures with accessories in their Happy Meals in 1991. Alvin had a rock guitar, Simon had a movie camera, Theodore had a turntable, and Brittany had a jukebox.
17	** Dairy Queen released a set of four musical instruments in 1994. These consisted of an Alvin pan flute, a Simon maraca, a Theodore kazoo, and a Chipmunks tambourine.
18	* MarketBasedTitle: In Poland, the franchise is referred to as ''Alvin i wiewiórki'' (literally ''Alvin and the Squirrels''). This might have something to do not only with chipmunks not being present in nature in Europe (unlike squirrels), but also because ''Alvin i pręgowce amerykańskie'' doesn't roll off the tongue that easily...
19	* OutlivedItsCreator: The franchise well outlived Ross Bagdasarian Sr., who passed away in 1972. His son, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., revived the franchise in TheEighties, starting with the 1980 album ''Chipmunk Punk''.
20	* SleeperHit: David Seville had already scored a #1 novelty hit in 1958 with "Witch Doctor", but no one expected that "The Chipmunk Song" (Christmas, Don't Be Late)" would become one of the biggest selling singles in the history of recorded music up to that point, with over 6 million copies sold. According to Creator/LibertyRecords, it sold 600,000 copies ''in a single day'' in December of '58, with even places like flower shops and cigar shops stocking the single. It had one of the fastest climbs of its era on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, hitting #1 in just its fourth week on the chart (debuting at 62 and jumping to 37, then 10, then 1). It's also credited with singlehandedly saving Liberty from bankruptcy.
21	* TechnologyMarchesOn: Many times you see Simon referencing the latest computers as being incredible, despite graphics which have ''visible'' pixels and being roughly the size of a microwave oven. Audio equipment is similarly outdated, using reel-to-reel recording devices instead of digital media which was gaining popularity even in the late eighties when this show was produced. "Back to Our Future" [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this phenomenon by having the '60s Chipmunks all amazed at the advances in technology.
22	-->'''[='60s=] Alvin:''' Incredible! There's music coming from [[BuffySpeak these little silver thingies!]]\
23	'''[='60s=] Simon:''' And this computer has as much information on it as the public library!\
24	'''[='60s=] Theodore:''' Look at this TV! It's color! And it has more than three channels!
25	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
26	** The entire franchise almost didn't happen. After writing "The Chipmunk Song" in 1958, Ross Bagdasarian recognized that it had a catchy melody, but wasn't sure if the public would buy the "chipmunk" concept, so he attempted to rework it as both an {{Instrumental}} and a straight pop song called "In a Village Park", before deciding that the chipmunk version worked the best.
27	** An art portfolio of Creator/DanHaskett's has a series of drawings of the Chipettes all grown up, which might possibly lead to an animated Chipmunks movie where the Chipmunks and Chipettes grew up.
28	* WordOfGod: When [[http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/202/9/a/rossjr_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ei5so.png Ross (Jr.)]] took the ‘Dave Seville’ mantle, Janice Karman wanted the character to be based on her husband, well, take a look at all the incarnation from [[http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/202/7/a/christmasdave_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ehtlk.png A Chipmunk Christmas]], episodes done by [[http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/202/b/f/rubyspearsdave1_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ei7w8.png Ruby]]-[[http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/202/e/0/rubyspearsdave2_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ei7zz.png Spears]], [[http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/202/f/6/chipmunkadventuredave_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ei6ty.png The Chipmunk Adventure]], episodes done by [[http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/202/f/6/dicdave_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ei1sh.png DiC]], [[http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/202/6/8/frankensteindave_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ei1i2.png AATC meet Frankenstein]] and [[http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/202/5/4/wolfmandave_by_spring_heel_jackie-d6ei761.png AATC meet the Wolfman]].
29	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Bagdasarian chose chipmunks for the "sped up" voice on his novelty records after a chance encounter with a feisty chipmunk he braked for while out for a drive, who seemed to egg him on.
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31
32	!!For ''[[ChristmasEpisode A Chipmunk Christmas]]'':
33	* CrossDressingVoice: See {{the other Darrin}}.
34	* TheOtherDarrin:
35	** This special's the first time both Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman took over the vocal roles of Dave Seville and the Chipmunks [[note]]Ross Bagdasarian Jr. voicing Alvin and Simon with Janice Karman voicing Theodore[[/note]] and would be throughout the franchise until the live action/CGI movies with Creator/JasonLee. [[note]] Though Ross still provides Alvin's singing voice, Janice does Theodore and the Chipettes' singing voice and Steve Vining for Simon[[/note]]
36	** Charles Berendt voices Clyde Crashcup instead of Shepard Menken here.
37	* RealLifeRelative: Husband and wife Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman picked up the franchise. Then later on, their kids Vanessa and Michael started helping them.
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39	!!For ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''/''The Chipmunks'':
40	* ActingForTwo:
41	** In the original Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MariaFernandaMorales voiced both Alvin and Brittany.
42	** Really taken to new levels during the Creator/{{DiC\|Entertainment}} era of the show; by then, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman did almost all of the voices themselves (notice an increase in characters who sound almost like Dave, and all the female characters have the same voice), while their associate producer, Thom Watkins, did the rest. By then, the only characters who ''weren't'' voiced by Bagdasarian, Karman, or Watkins were Miss Miller (Dody Goodman) and Lilly the puppy (Frank Welker).
43	* BeamMeUpScotty: A rare visual example. For many years, fans believed that the infamous "Sploosh" episode had [[TheBigDamnKiss Simon and Jeanette kissing]] (mostly thanks to the few screencaps from the episode circulating around the internet including a cap of them leaning in for a smooch). When the episode ''finally'' surfaced briefly on Website/YouTube in 2011, and officially released on DVD later that same year, it turns out TheBigDamnKiss was nothing more than an AlmostKiss.
44	* CreatorBacklash: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. is not very fond of the Ruby-Spears -produced episodes of the series, which are the first five seasons.
45	* CrossDressingVoice:
46	** Janice Karman as Theodore.
47	** The Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore) for the Italian and Japanese dubs.
48	** A somewhat bizarre example happens in the Latin American Spanish dub: In the first half of the series, Alvin is voiced by Creator/MariaFernandaMorales, a woman, but in the rest of the series, she was replaced by Jesse Conde, a male voice actor who normally voice ''old men'' rather than kids (like ComicBook/{{Asterix}}, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kozo Fuyutsuki]] and being also Creator/StanLee's voice in many of his cameos), albeit this is not very notable in this case, because his voice, just like the rest of the chipmunks, was sped-up. The same happens with Simon as well.
49	* TheDanza: [[RealLifeRelative Michael Bagdasarian]] (probably) voiced Michael in "Trick or Treason".
50	* DuelingShows: With ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', a SliceOfLife series featuring pre-teen characters who also happened to cover popular songs.
51	* EditedForSyndication: 65 episodes were syndicated by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1988. They were the first five seasons, both Valentines and Reunion primetime specials, and the 11 Murakami-Wolf-Swenson episodes from season 6. In most markets, almost every episode from the first three seasons, as well as a handful from the fourth are sped up (similar to PAL) to conserve time for longer commercial breaks. Some season 3 episodes left the speed alone, but trimmed certain scenes out. In the U.S., a later broadcast on the Cartoon Network left out the the individual episode title cards from the Ruby-Spears episodes, though international markets always retained them. These title cards were originally narrated by Casey Kasem (the announcer for NBC's Saturday Morning programming at the time), but were replaced with Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.'s voice-overs for Dave and Alvin. New commercial bumpers were also added (also narrated by Ross Jr. performing as Dave and Alvin), and a Lorimar-Telepictures logo was inserted at the end of each episode from this package.
52	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
53	** While there have been plenty of [=DVD=]s featuring episodes from the show, many episodes have yet to be rereleased on video thanks to the show not receiving a full rerelease. It doesn't help that Bagdasarian Productions has a habit of re-releasing the exact same compilation [=DVD=]s (with maybe an additional entry or two with certain releases) year after year, under different titles.
54	** Different episodes, in different forms, continually pop up on various different video sharing sites, such as Website/YouTube or Dailymotion, though they do suffer from being pulled for copyright, whether from Bagdasarian Productions, or other companies such as Creator/WarnerBros (particularly uploads from Creator/CartoonNetwork recordings).
55	* LongRunners: While most Saturday Morning cartoons lasted a season or two at best, this cartoon lasted for eight seasons, with over 100 episodes, and spawning a number of TV specials associated with it.
56	* MissingEpisode: "Cookie Chomper III" was rarely rerun after its' initial airing due to its' subject matter.
57	* NoExportForYou: The Japanese dub aired select episodes of the series. For example, ''[[Film/KingKong1976 Kong!]]'' and ''[[Film/RoboCop1987 Robomunk]]'' were the only episodes from ''The Chipmunks Go To The Movies'' (the final season) to be dubbed and aired in Japanese.
58	** The Hungarian dub only aired the first two seasons.
59	* TheOtherDarrin:
60	** Grandma Seville seems to gain a new voice each time she appears and Ross Jr. replaced AlanYoung as Grandpa Seville in his last appearance.
61	** Janice Karman voices Vinny instead on Creator/JuneForay in her second appearance.
62	* RealLifeRelative: In the first Italian dub (in which Cooperativa Doppiatori Cinematografici (CDC)[[note]]Film Dubbing Cooperative in Italian[[/note]] covered the Ruby-Spears episodes, seasons 1-5), Dave Seville was voiced by Vittorio Stagni, the real-life father of Creator/IlariaStagni (who voiced Alvin since season 2). For the Chipettes, Barbara De Bortoli (who voiced Brittany since season 2) is sisters with Creator/FedericaDeBortoli (Eleanor Miller).
63	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Cookie Chomper III". See {{write who you know}} example below.
64	* RecycledScript: "Home Sweet Home" (season 7, episode 2a) parallels "My Pharoah Lady" (season 5, episode 2b). In the former, Alvin claims that Michael Jackson will visit the school in exchange for votes for Carnival King (in which Ricky is also campaigning for). In the latter, Brittany bets Missy Snootson that if King Rutintootin was not real, then Brittany would resign from running from Carnival Queen. Unlike "Pharoah Lady" (where Brittany loses the bet at the end), Alvin's fate for Carnival King is inconclusive.
65	* RoleReprise:
66	** Despite Jason Lee being the new Dave Seville, Ross Jr. still provides his vocals on a couple of soundtracks.
67	** Goodman reprised her role of Miss Miller in ''Meet Frankenstein'' as well as ''Meet the Wolfman'' nine years after the 80s/90s series.
68	** Janice Karman still provides the singing voices of Theodore and the Chipettes as well as doing their voices in two of the video games. She fully reprises her role for the 2015 series.
69	%%** Menken in the “''Back to Our Future''” episode.
70	* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: In their debut episode, The Chipettes don matching pleated yellow dresses for concerts and public appearances. It was the only episode of the series to feature them in these dresses. However, when The Chipmunks Posable Play Pals line was released, figures of The Chipettes wearing the dresses were released.
71	* WriteWhoYouKnow: In "Cookie Chomper III", [[spoiler: the dog the Chipmunks adopted is named Lilly, who was named after Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman's dog, Tiger Lily. She served as the real-life inspiration for this episode, and like Cookie Chomper III, Tiger Lily was also run over by a car and died.]]
72	** This incident also served as inspiration for elements of the ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' episode "Mighty's Benefit Plan," which features a Chipmunk parody called Elwee and the Tree Weasels. Producer-director Ralph Bakshi sublet studio space from the Bagdasarians, and witnessed the event in question. How Bakshi incorporated it into ''Mighty Mouse'' is in questionable taste, but consistent with his sense of humor.
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74
75	!!For the [[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Live-Action/CGI films]]:
76	!!!First Movie
77	* ChristmasRushed: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. agreed to the project when he thought that it would be released in 2008, just in time for the Chipmunks' 50th anniversary. By the time he signed on, Fox informed him that they wanted it ready by that coming Christmas.
78	* TheDanza: In Italy, Simon Seville is voiced by Creator/SimoneCrisari.
79	* ExecutiveMeddling: Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman were set to voice the characters for the first film, (they had already done some of the voices in the trailers), and Ross was even going to play Dave, however, Twentieth Century Fox rejected this, and insisted that younger people do the voices and a younger actor for the role of Dave... though, there ''is'' speculation that Fox made this move because they wanted more marketable names attached to the movie.
80	* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/DavidCross has made it no secret that he is only in these movies for the paycheck, publicly noting in an interview that his salary from the first film was larger than any other project he had been working on and helped him pay for a new house. He seems to have had enough with ''Chipwrecked'' though, which he called "literally, without question, the most unpleasant experience I've ever had in my professional life".
81	* TheOtherDarrin:
82	** Seeing that this has been going for over fifty years, it’s understandable. Although, the reason why Jason Lee was cast as Dave Seville for the live-action movies is because the makers wanted a younger actor at the time instead of the older Ross Bagdasarian Jr..
83	** Initially, Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman reprised their roles as Alvin, Simon and Theodore in the film, but were replaced at the studio's insistence with younger actors Creator/JustinLong, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse [=McCartney=] respectively.
84	** Simon's singing voice is provided by Steve Vining and it’s not known if he provides the singing as well as voice on new soundtracks, though either he or Matthew Gray Gubler provided one line on the ‘Ho, Ho, Ho,’ song on the ''Undeniable'' soundtrack.
85	* TheOtherMarty: Ross Bagdasarian and Janice Karman recorded all the lines for Alvin, Simon and Theodore.
86	* RoleReprise: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/RicardoMendoza voices Dave Seville, reprising his previous role from the 1997 re-dub of ''The Chipmunk Adventure''.
87	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
88	** Ross Bagdasarian Jr. was originally set to portray David Seville; however, due to his age (58 at the time of filming), the younger Creator/JasonLee was chosen.
89	** Both he and Janice recorded their lines for the Chipmunks but were replaced by younger actors for promotional reasons.
90	** Creator/TimAllen, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/BenStiller and Creator/JohnTravolta were all offered and declined the role of Dave Seville.
91	** Creator/TomCruise, Creator/PattonOswalt and Creator/BrianPosehn were offered but rejected the role of Ian Hawke.
92	** Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, Creator/SalmaHayek and Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt were considered for Claire Wilson.
93	** Creator/{{Universal}} (under the same licensing deal that resulted in the ''Frankenstein'' and ''Wolfman'' movies) was set to release a live-action film directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis, [[http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/12/business/fi-19557 but production was halted.]]
94	* WordOfGod:
95	** According to Ross Bagdasarian Jr. (and Creator/ZacharyLevi) the piano seen in the movie is the actual piano Ross Bagdasarian Sr. used to write and perform "The Chipmunk Song" as well as "The Witch Doctor" that launched the Chipmunks franchise.
96	** Dave's house number is 1958, the year Ross Bagdasarian created the Chipmunks and released "Witch Doctor" and the "Chipmunk Song."
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98	!!!The Squeakquel
99	* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of six talking figures in their Happy Meals. These consisted of Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor.
100	* RealitySubtext: ''The Squeakquel'' involved Brittany being elevated to the front of the band against their wishes. Reminiscent of the naming of "Alvin and the Chipmunks" no doubt, but what song are they rehearsing? "Single Ladies" by Music/{{Beyonce}}, who went through this in RealLife.
101	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Creator/ZacharyLevi's reason for doing ''The Squeakquel'' was so once he had kids of his own, he could watch this film with them.
102	* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/AmyPoehler, Creator/AnnaFaris and Creator/ChristinaApplegate replace Janice Karman for the voice of the Chipettes.
103	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dave was supposed to have a larger role in ''The Squeakquel''. However, his screentime was shortened, due to scheduling conflicts with Creator/JasonLee's lead role in the fourth and final season of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', and ultimately changed to Alvin accidentally injuring Dave and leaving him hospitalized for days. His caretaker role was taken over by Creator/ZacharyLevi, Dave's lazy cousin Toby.
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105	!!!Chipwrecked:
106	* CreatorBacklash: Actor Creator/DavidCross has said that the third film was the most unpleasant experience he's had in his life as a professional. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Perhaps not too surprisingly, the paycheck was not good enough to convince him to stick around for any more sequels after the fact.]]
107	* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of eight figures in beach gear in their Happy Meals. These consisted of Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, Eleanor, and two different variants of Alvin and Simon.
108	* TheOtherDarrin: [[spoiler:Alan Tudyk replaces Matthew Gray Gubler (for reasons unknown) when Simon gains the French accent, but Steve Vining still does the singing. Then when Simon’s back to normal, he’s voiced by Gubler once again.]]
109	* RecycledScript: The film is likely based on the episode, from the '80 animated show, "Island Fever" where The Chipmunks and The Chipettes go to perform on a high class cruise ship, the Island Lady and, because of Alvin, they drift in the ocean until they shipwreck on an desert island.
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111	!!!The Road Chip:
112	* AdoredByTheNetwork: And how! Creator/CartoonNetwork ''loved'' airing this movie in 2018 and 2019 to the point where they would air it twice in just one day. There was one point in 2018 where it aired '''[[https://cnschedulearchive.tumblr.com/post/172246756980/heres-the-cartoon-network-schedule-for-monday every weekday]]'''.
113	* DawsonCasting: Miles is apparently a teenager, but is played by the 23-year-old Josh Green.
114	* FranchiseKiller: While the previous three Chipmunks films did well at the box office (although they all had a poor critical reception), Twentieth Century Fox, originally planning a December 23rd release for the fourth installment of the series, decided to cash in on counter-programming [[ReleaseDateChange by bumping it up to a]] Dec. 18th date, putting it in direct competition with the highly anticipated ''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens]]'' from former longtime partner Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}, who disassociated themselves from Fox after being bought by Creator/{{Disney}}. ''The Road Chip'' didn't stand a chance -- ''The Force Awakens'' proceeded to [[CurbStompBattle utterly demolish it]] at the box office, raking in a record-breaking $100 million on opening day ''alone'' and over $1 billion worldwide just barely after its first week, making it ''the highest-grossing film of the 2010s''. ''The Road Chip'' crashed and burned at a meager $14,287,159 on the same weekend, limping to $47,539,910 the same week, then $64,050,442 worldwide. On top of that, ''The Force Awakens'' was universally lauded by critics as a true-to-form comeback for the ''Star Wars'' franchise, while ''The Road Chip'' was utterly eviscerated by critics. In all likelihood, the film's resounding failure brought the Chipmunks film series to an end, being the second negative business-changing bust of the year for Fox after [[Film/FantasticFour2015 the attempted Fantastic Four reboot]]. Fortunately, ''ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks'' did well enough to escape this fate.
115	* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/AmyPoehler doesn't reprise her role of Eleanor in this film (due to her being too busy with Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''); Creator/KaleyCuoco takes over.
116	* ReleaseDateChange: The film was originally targeted for a December 23, 2015 release, but Fox changed it to the same date as [[CashCowFranchise the highly-anticipated seventh]] ''[[CashCowFranchise Star Wars]]'' [[CashCowFranchise movie]] in an attempt to cash in on counter-programming. While not making as much money as previous films in the series, it's surprisingly done rather well, with a worldwide gross of $171,423,832 as of February 9th.
117	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: If Website/IMDb trivia is to be believed, one early draft of the script featured Claire from the first movie [[TheBusCameBack returning]] and fulfilling the role taken by Samantha in the final film.

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