Trivia / Mira, Royal Detective

• Actor-Shared Background:
  • Almost everyone in the main cast is of Indian or Southeast Asian descent. Fittingly enough, DQ Entertainment (the studio animating this series) is also stationed in India.
  • Pinky is shown to be very fond of animals, much like Hannah Simone herself.
• Channel Hop: Near the end of season one, new episode premieres moved solely to the Disney Junior channel.
• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: The synopsis for "Mystery At The Cooking Contest" mentions Pinky's dishes being messed with when it's actually Kamala's dish.
• Creator's Favorite Episode: One of Leela Ladiner's favorite episodes is "The Undercover Princess Mystery".
• Darkhorse Casting: Leela Ladnier was relatively unknown until she was cast as Mira.
• Dawson Casting:
  • Mira, who is 8, is voiced by Leela Ladnier, who is 16.
  • Some of the child characters, Priya, Neel and Veer for example, are voiced by actors in their teens or 20s; Meena and Pinky are voiced by women who are at least 30 and 40.
• Fake American: English actor Jameela Jamil voices the American-accented Auntie Pushpa.
• He Also Did:
  • Series creator Becca Topol wrote for Elena of Avalor .
  • Sascha Paladino, the executive producer, created Miles from Tomorrowland and wrote for Doc McStuffins and Henry Hugglemonster.
  • Voice director Allyson Bosch has also worked on Sheriff Callie's Wild West and Puppy Dog Pals
  • Theme song composers Matthew Tishler and Jeannie Lurie also composed the theme songs to I Am Frankie and Butterbean's Cafe. Matthew, on his own, also does the music on Fancy Nancy . Jeannie, on her own, also co-composed the theme song to School of Rock.
• Meaningful Release Date: May 2020 was Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Naturally, there would be some new episodes for a show like that.
• Renewed Before Premiere: The show was renewed for season 2 before airing.
• Screwed by the Network: Although it never suffered any ratings or timeslot issues, it was still cancelled after only two seasons.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Mira went through a few different designs before being given her blue dress. She once wore a blue and pink outfit with yellow pants, and blue and yellow outfit with pink pants. She also sported longer, flowing hair.
  • Prince Neel was originally going to wear a green shirt, then white, and then light blue before he settled on teal.

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