Trivia / Ark: The Animated Series

• Actor-Shared Background: John is a Lakota man, like his voice actor Zahn McClarnon.
• All-Star Cast: The animated series features a wide array of notable stars, with Madeleine Madden, David Tennant, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Butler, and Vin Diesel playing characters originally in Survival Evolved, and Devery Jacobs, Cissy Jones, Deborah Mailman, Zahn McClarnon, Malcolm McDowell, Juliet Mills, Elliot Page, Ragga Ragnars, Alan Tudyk, Karl Urban, Jeffrey Wright, Ron Yuan, Russell Crowe, and Monica Bellucci joining in as a myriad of new characters.
• Ascended Fanon: "Beach Bob" was the Fan Nickname for new survivors in the game. The animated series would introduce a character played by Karl Urban, a newcomer to the Island named Bob, making him an actual "Beach Bob".
• The Danza: Deborah Mailman voices Deborah Walker, the mother of Helena Walker.
• Fake Nationality: Inuit teenager Alasie is voiced by Canadian Mohawk actress Devery Jacobs.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Helena's wife Victoria is voiced by Elliot Page, who is queer and nonbinary, going by he/they pronouns.
• Surprise Release: It was originally announced at the 2020 Game Awards, only for the project to go radio silent for over the years... until it suddenly dropped on Paramount+ on March 21, 2024.
• What Could Have Been: The series was confirmed to comprise of 14 half-hour episodes when it was first announced in 2020 before it ultimately ended up with 13 episodes with the planned first two episodes now becoming an hour-long episode as well as the sixth episode becoming an Extra-Long Episode.