* ActingForTwo: Creator/TressMacNeille voices many different characters, including the turkey.
* CreatorBacklash:
** Creator/RodneyDangerfield was apparently unhappy with the film and was said to have quietly excused himself from the premiere halfway through.
** ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' creator Jeff Smith worked on the film as an animator and later called it "a really bad movie."
* DescendedCreator: In addition to playing the lead, Creator/RodneyDangerfield co-wrote and produced the film, and even wrote the lyrics to the songs.
* ExecutiveMeddling: According to animation historian Jerry Beck, ''Rover Dangerfield ''was originally conceived as an R-rated comedy which more accurately captured Dangerfield's standup routine, but was [[LighterAndSofter retooled as a kid-friendly version]] to compete against Creator/{{Disney}}.
* FollowTheLeader: Attempted to one-up Disney when the executives got involved, even with many aspects of the original material still present in the final cut.
* RealLifeRelative: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/VictorUgarte voiced Danny, while his uncle Eduardo Fonseca voiced many roles in the film, mainly Mugsy, Lem and the wolves.
* ReferencedBy: One episode of WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction has a stuffed animal of Rover in the background of a carnival game.
** The WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy episode The Woof of Wall Street has Rover make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca4WTH8Lnms cameo in a cut away gag]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Again, this was originally conceived as an R-rated animated film that would have more faithfully captured Rodney's raunchier stand-up material. Considering that this was a few years before ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' would [[AnimatedShockComedy define what counted as animation specifically made for adults]], one wonders what kind of impact a film like that could have had.
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