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1* ActingForTwo:
2** Creator/DannyMann voiced Ash (one of the Beetle Boys) and the radio dispatcher.
3** In the European Spanish version, ''ALL the characters in the film'' are voiced by one person, comedian Ángel Garó, who did 32 different voices. It set a record for most voices done by a single person in a film.
4* CelebrityVoiceActor:
5** Creator/RobinWilliams as Batty, Creator/SamanthaMathis as Crysta, Creator/ChristianSlater as Pips, Creator/ToneLoc as Lou, and Creator/TimCurry as Hexxus.
6** The Swedish dub has [[Music/{{ABBA}} Anni-Frid Lyngstad]] as Magi Lune.
7* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
8** In Japan, the film's had a variety of titles over the years. The title of the theatrical release was ''[=GreenGully=]: Eien no Nettai Urin''[[note]][=GreenGully=]: The Eternal Tropical Rainforest[[/note]], a satellite TV version was titled ''Mori no Yōsei Crysta''[[note]]Fairy of the Forest Crysta[[/note]] and a VHS release was titled ''Little Fairy: Fushigi no Mori no Yōseitachi''[[note]]Little Fairy: The Fairies of the Mysterious Forest[[/note]]. Current releases go by the VHS title minus the ''Little Fairy'' part.
9** The film is titled ''[=FernGully=]: Las aventuras de Zak y Crysta''[[note]]The Adventures of Zak and Crysta[[/note]] in Latin America.
10** The French title is ''Les Aventures de Zak et Crysta dans la Forêt Tropicale de Fergully''[[note]]The Adventures of Zak and Crysta in the Tropical Forest of Fergully[[/note]].
11* CreatorCouple:
12** Diana Young, who created the ''[=FernGully=]'' stories, is the wife of producer Wayne Young.
13** The first film was directed by animator Bill Kroyer. His wife, Susan, was the artistic coordinator.
14* DirectedByCastMember: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Francisco Colmenero was the ADR director as well as the voice actor for Hexxus, Crysta's father and Goanna.
15* DVDCommentary: For the DVD release, Bill and Susan Kroyer (the respective director and coordinating art director for the film) as well as art director Ralph Eggleston recorded a commentary detailing the history of the film.
16* ExecutiveMeddling: Attempted by another studio! Creator/{{Disney}}'s Jeffrey Katzenberg implored Creator/RobinWilliams not to voice Batty Koda since he was also the voice of the Genie for ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', but Williams refused. Katzenberg had already broken his promise to not over-market the Genie or Williams' presence in the film, so Williams didn't especially take kindly to interference in another production that had nothing to do with Disney.
17* HeAlsoDid: Producers Peter Faiman and Wayne Young were the respective director and associate producer on ''Film/CrocodileDundee''.
18* InternationalCoProduction: The first film was produced by Creator/KroyerFilms, who were assisted by several companies both domestic (including Creator/CharacterBuilders and Creator/PacificTitle) and overseas (Creator/AFilm in Denmark, Creator/WangFilmProductions in {{UsefulNotes/Taiwan}} and {{Creator/Saerom}}, Creator/RoughDraftStudios, Creator/HanhoHeungUp and Creator/LukFilm in UsefulNotes/SouthKorea).
19* KidsMealToy: Pizza Hut sold a set of three collectible cups with illustrations of Crysta, Pips, and Batty Koda, as well as packets of seeds for growing real plants.
20* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Wayne and Diana Young came up with the idea of developing the ''[=FernGully=]'' stories into a film back in the late 1970s. However, it wouldn't be until the turn of TheEighties when they finally decided to travel to Los Angeles to pitch the film.
21* SerendipityWritesThePlot: FAI Insurance chief executive Rodney Adler wanted to send a positive message for future generations. So, he formed its film division FAI Films to fund ''[=FernGully=]''.
22* VoicesInOneRoom: Samantha Mathis, the voice of Chrysta, and Jonathan Ward, the voice of Zak, recorded their dialogue together.
23* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In Jim Cox's script for ''[=FernGully=]'', the opening scene was going to be filmed in live-action before it turned into animation. Some other ideas were storyboarded by the animators, but Bill Kroyer made a last-minute decision to introduce the story using rock art paintings inspired by the art of the First Australians.

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