Line #8 Trivia/TreasurePlanet


1	!!Film
2	* AcclaimedFlop: Has a respectable 69% on Website/RottenTomatoes but didn't make back its $140 million budget, which was already a pretty massive tally for an animated film. Its performance wasn't helped at all by the fact it came out against ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' and had a [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil ridiculously spoilerific trailer]] for the kids, to say nothing of a spoileriffic name for the adults.
3	* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $140 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).
4	* BudgetBustingElement: At the time, this was the most expensive animated film in history, with a budget of $140 million. Because it was the first Disney film released with an Creator/{{IMAX}} release in mind, most of that budget was dedicated to integrating CGI and hand-drawn elements and creating immaculate line-work suitable for such a high-quality screen. The film was a financial failure, only grossing $109 million.
5	* 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, and even after the studio fully shifted to CGI animation they went on to direct ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' before leaving Disney again. They are currently trying to develop an animated film for Creator/WarnerBros based on the ''ComicBook/MetalMen'' comics from [[Creator/DCComics DC]].
6	* DeletedScene:
7	** The prologue was going to be narrated by an older Jim Hawkins and start the film properly at the time Jim got arrested.
8	** Dr. Doppler was originally going to end the movie as a MrSeahorse with Amelia; Disney execs apparently nixed that idea pretty quickly.
9	* DoingItForTheArt: Musker and Clements spent ''sixteen years'' trying to get this movie made, first pitching it after the success of ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' and immediately following each successive movie they directed. They've openly admitted that the only reason they directed ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' was because the studio heads flat-out promised that they would give it the green-light if they made one more financially successful movie.
10	* DevelopmentHell: Musker and Clements had proposed "Treasure Island RecycledInSpace" in the mid-80's before ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' came out, but Disney kept assigning them to shepherd other films and it was only after ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' they got the go-ahead.
11	* DuelingMovies: One of the most [[PyrrhicVictory destructive]] duels ever, in its race to be released before the long-delayed ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE''. Both animation teams were constantly looking over their shoulder at each other, according to WordOfGod:
12	-->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 [[{{Pun}} 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.
13	** Eventually, 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.
14	* ExecutiveMeddling: The film was conceived as far back as 1985's ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' and was was first pitched by Musker and Clements in the same meeting as ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. Jeffery Katzenberg ruled in favor of ''Mermaid'' and skipped over it again on two separate occasions, in the end promising to give it the green light if ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' was successful. Then, when it was finally produced, it was given a TotallyRadical [[NeverTrustATrailer marketing campaign]] that completely turned off audiences, ensuring that it would never be seen.
15	* FakeRussian: One of the gunners.
16	-->''We are wanting to move!''
17	* TheForeignSubtitle: In France, the movie is known as ''The Treasure Planet: a New Universe''.
18	* GenreKiller: The film's massive failure against several [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 successful]] [[WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius computer]] [[WesternAnimation/IceAge1 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 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.
19	* 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 map, and collecting all eight figures would allow one to build said map. 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''.
20	* MissingTrailerScene: Missing dialogue from the theatrical trailer:
21	--> '''Silver:''' You think a pup like you can take on the likes of me?!
22	--> '''Jim:''' Watch me!
23	* 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 relative obscurity, it's highly unlikely that Disney will confirm or deny these rumors any time soon.
24	* RealitySubtext: Emma Thompson was pregnant during many of the recording sessions. [[spoiler: Amelia has babies with Dr. Doppler at the end of the film.]].
25	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Disney was utterly un-supportive of this movie as the execs felt that it didn't fit the company's image, added to the fact it was coming out in a time when Disney wanted to shift the focus over to 3D animated movies. It got very little advertisement pre- and post-release, got released alongside big shot movies like the second ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' movie and Disney's own ''Film/TheSantaClause 2'' (instead of what normally would have been done and delaying ''Treasure Planet'' not to get overshadowed by those releases), all of which ensured its failure at the box office and has gotten no mention by Disney since then. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9sycdSkngA This video]] explains the whole ordeal quite thoroughly.
26	* SequelFirst: The video game sequel, ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'', was released nearly a month prior to the film (31st of October, 2002 for Battle at Procyon, 27th of November, 2002 for Treasure Planet).
27	* SerendipityWritesThePlot: They mention in the DVDCommentary that they decided to kill off the pirates that were hardest to animate as early as possible.
28	* SimilarlyNamedWorks: 1982 Bulgarian movie, ''Animation/PlanetataNaSakrovishtata'' is also known as ''Treasure Planet''. Both movies are ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' JustForFun/RecycledInSpace''.
29	* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was planned with hopes of more sequels and even a [[RecycledTheSeries series]], but it was cancelled when the film underperformed.
30	* SwanSong: This movie is the last film actor Creator/PatrickMcGoohan (the voice of Billy Bones) ever did.
31	* ThrowItIn:
32	** The conversation between Jim and Silver trying to coax Morph into giving them the map was improvised.
33	** Also, Creator/DavidHydePierce improvised the "Go Delbert, Go Delbert" line.
34	* VindicatedByCable: When released, ''Treasure Planet'' found itself overshadowed at the Box Office by ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''. It ended up being a colossal flop that ended up [[GenreKiller turning Disney off of traditional animation.]] Several years later, separated from being overshadowed by ''Harry Potter'', ''Treasure Planet'' finally found its audience on cable.
35	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
36	** Music/JohnWilliams was considered to do the score for the film, but due to tight scheduling that never came to fruition.
37	*** After Williams was unable to do the score, Music/AlanSilvestri was attached to score the film but pulled out to do ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' instead.
38	** There's a line cut from the ending that would have revealed it was [[MisterSeahorse Doppler]] who gave birth to the babies.
39	** There was going to be a sequel that would pick up where the first movie left off, featuring Creator/WillemDafoe as a robot pirate named Ironbeard. It would have involved Jim reuniting with Silver and meeting (and later falling in love with) a classmate named Kate. More information [[http://animatedviews.com/2014/buried-treasure-the-ill-fated-voyage-to-treasure-planet-2 here.]]
40	** Originally, Jim would have fought Hands on the RLS Legacy instead of Scroop. Thomas Schumacher said to change it to Scroop because he's more menacing and they had too many characters in the film.
41	** Captain Amelia was originally going to be a Medusa before being changed to a CatGirl because her hair was too hard to animate. She was also going to have black hair, but ended up having red instead.
42	** Information from the DVD commentary:
43	*** Originally, a now-grown Jim was supposed to have narrated the prologue.
44	*** In one version, Jim and Silver's big confrontation in the climax was supposed to take place at a snowy planet, after the two had escaped through one of the portals. In another version of the same scene, Silver would've been actually unable to let go of the treasure due to his arm getting stuck, so he had to take off the whole thing, leaving him truly one armed. This was cut due to reminding the crew too much of ''Series/TheFugitive''.
45	* WordOfSaintPaul: [[http://steamcommunity.com/app/331970/discussions/0/618463738403378311/ In a Steam forum thread]] on the ''VideoGame/BattleAtProcyon'' game, one of the game's developers stated that while the RLS prefix was chosen for Creator/RobertLouisStevenson, the game's development team came up with the idea that it stood for Royal Light Ship.
46	* WorkingTitle: ''Treasure Island in Space''.
47	* YouMightRememberMeFrom: Billy Bones was voiced by Creator/PatrickMcGoohan in his last role.
48	!!Video game
49	* SpiritualSuccessor:
50	** 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'':
51	*** Drubloons are the equivalent of gems.
52	*** Treasure Planet Tokens are the equivalent of trapped dragons, orbs and eggs.
53	*** 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 [[SwordPlant striking his sword against the floor]].
54	*** Jim also has a superflame equivalent in the form of the plasma cannon.
55	*** Jim can also glide by having Morph turn into a hang-glider.
56	*** Jim has to pay some people to advance, similar to how Spyro paid Moneybags.
57	** The Platform/PlayStation2 version is one to ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy''.

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