History Trivia / ATrollInCentralPark

* BoxOfficeBomb: One of the biggest percentage-wise in the history of filmmaking. The film had a budget of $23 million and grossed a mere ''[[EpicFail $71,368]]'' domestically, which is less than one-third of 1% of its budget, making it one of the biggest {{box office bomb}}s in the history of animation (formerly ''the'' biggest until ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}''). Warner Bros. gave both a limited release and InvisibleAdvertising, because [[SelfFulfillingProphecy they expected it to flop]].

-->As it is never a good thing that a child is born prematurely, so it is with producing a film. Development of a script is like the development of a child in the womb, it takes time and must be done right. Building the movie, ''A Troll In Central Park'', taught us this lesson, but indeed, the hard way. I tell you all this in the hope that you might benefit from our foolish mistakes. Scrutinizing your own work is so important, but let's face it, we all are afraid of not measuring up, so we stubbornly cling to our own opinions, shutting out all others. Stanley could have been a richer character with more levels to his personality. Maybe he could have had a dark side, a troll side that he struggled with.

* FakeAmerican: The parents, [[WTHCastingAgency who for some reason are voiced by none other than]] Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/HayleyMills. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping They don't do a very good job of hiding their British accents.]]

** In the July 2001 issue of ''Toon Talk'', Bluth admitted the film was disappointing, and regretted how it turned out;

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Gus (Philip Glasser) and Stanley (Creator/DomDeLuise) were Fievel and Tiger respectively in ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.

* TalkingToHimself: In the Italian dub, Gus and Rosie are ''both'' voiced by Creator/DomitillaDAmico.

* NamesTheSame: Gnorga's VillainSong "Queen of Mean" is not to be confused with the song of the same name in ''Film/Descendants3''.

* BoxOfficeBomb: One of the biggest percentage-wise in the history of filmmaking. The film had a budget of $23 million and grossed a mere $71,368 domestically, which is less than one-third of 1% of its budget, making it one of the biggest {{box office bomb}}s in the history of animation (formerly ''the'' biggest until ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}''). Warner Bros. gave both a limited release and InvisibleAdvertising, because [[SelfFulfillingProphecy they expected it to flop]].

* FakeAmerican: The parents, [[WTHCastingAgency who for some reason are voiced by none other than]] Creator/JonathanPryce and Creator/HayleyMills. [[OohMeAccentsSlipping They don't do a very good job of it.]]

* BoxOfficeBomb: One of the biggest percentage-wise in the history of filmmaking. The film had a budget of $23,000,000 and only grossed $71,368 domestically, which is less than one-third of 1% of its budget, making it one of the biggest {{box office bomb}}s in the history of animated films (formerly ''the'' biggest until ''WesternAnimation/{{Delgo}}'' came along). Creator/WarnerBros gave it both a limited release and InvisibleAdvertising, because [[SelfFulfillingProphecy they expected it to flop]].
* ChannelHop: Warner Bros. released the film originally, but is now distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox due to UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch's ownership of Media Assets, the company that owned the film. It's now owned by Disney, for what it's worth.

** In the July 2001 issue of "Toon Talk", Don Bluth admitted the film was disappointing, and regretted how it turned out;

* CreatorKiller: This was the second-to-last film from the animation studio Creator/DonBluth founded after he left Creator/{{Disney}} on really bad terms, and the last one to actually credit him ([[UncreditedRole he ordered his name removed]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin''). This movie's [[SweetnessAversion Defcon-1 sweetness level]] and the fact that it directly contrasted his earlier work effectively soiled the studio's reputation for good.

** With Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' in that both films are animated musicals about an exile living in banishment from a kingdom. Needless to say, ''The Lion King'' easily defeated ''A Troll in Central Park'' in 1994, seeing as how the former became the highest-grossing traditionally animated movie, while the latter became the biggest animated BoxOfficeBomb until ''Delgo'' in 2008.
** It was also this with the American theatrical and VHS releases of ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', which also involves two siblings who discover a nature-related creature and go on an adventure with it, which came out around the same time as this. In that case, ''Totoro'' won because it's more fondly remembered by kids from that decade than ''A Troll In Central Park'' was.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/DonBluth and Creator/WarnerBros made the mistake of [[ChristmasRushed shortening production]], hoping that it would inspire more spontaneity among his crew. It wound up being his worst-reviewed film.

** Creator/BuddyHackett was initially the voice for Stanley, but Bluth ended up replacing him with Creator/DomDeLuise because he was easier to work with (for example, Hackett's contracts demanded a limited number of takes per line, while Dom was more than willing to do multiple takes of his lines).

* CreatorBacklash: In the July 2001 issue of "Toon Talk", Don Bluth admitted the film was disappointing, and regretted how it turned out;

* CreatorKiller: This was the second-to-last film from the animation studio Creator/DonBluth founded after he left Creator/{{Disney}} on really bad terms, and the last one to actually credit him ([[UncreditedRole he ordered his name removed]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin''). This movie's [[TastesLikeDiabetes Defcon-1 sweetness level]] and the fact that it directly contrasted his earlier work effectively soiled the studio's reputation for good.
* DuelingWorks: With Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' in that both films are animated musicals about an exile living in banishment from a kingdom. Needless to say, ''The Lion King'' easily defeated ''A Troll in Central Park'' in 1994, seeing as how the former became the highest-grossing traditionally animated movie, while the latter became the biggest animated BoxOfficeBomb until ''Delgo'' in 2008.

* ExecutiveMeddling / TroubledProduction: Creator/DonBluth and Creator/WarnerBros made the mistake of [[ChristmasRushed shortening production]], hoping that it would inspire more spontaneity among his crew. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero It wound up being his worst-reviewed film]].

* OldShame: Gary Goldman stated that he and Creator/DonBluth were not impressed with doing this film.

* TalkingToHimself: In the Italian dub, Gus and Rosie are ''both'' voiced by Domitilla D'Amico.

* ChannelHop: Warner Bros. released the film originally, but is now distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox due to UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch's ownership of Media Assets, the company that owned the film.

* ChannelHop: Warner Bros. released the film originally, but is now distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (now a part of Creator/{{Disney}}, ironically) due to UsefulNotes/RupertMurdoch's ownership of Media Assets, the company that owned the film.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Twin Towers remain visible in a number of scenes.

* CreatorCameo: Bluth himself voices the radio announcer at the end.

* ExecutiveMeddling/TroubledProduction: Creator/DonBluth and Creator/WarnerBros made the mistake of [[ChristmasRushed shortening production]], hoping that it would inspire more spontaneity among his crew. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero It wound up being his worst-reviewed film]].

* ExecutiveMaddling/TroubledProduction: Creator/DonBluth and Creator/WarnerBros made the mistake of [[ChristmasRushed shortening production]], hoping that it would inspire more spontaneity among his crew. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero It wound up being his worst-reviewed film]].

* TroubledProduction: Creator/DonBluth made the mistake of [[ChristmasRushed shortening production]], hoping that it would inspire more spontaneity among his crew. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero It wound up being his worst-reviewed film]].

* CreatorKiller: This was the second-to-last film from the animation studio Creator/DonBluth founded after he left Creator/{{Disney}} on really bad terms, and the last one to actually credit him ([[AlanSmithee he ordered his name removed]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin''). This movie's [[TastesLikeDiabetes Defcon-1 sweetness level]] and the fact that it directly contrasted his earlier work effectively soiled the studio's reputation for good.