Trivia / Robbie the Reindeer

• Acting for Two: In the original, impersonator Alistair McGowan voices both Alan Snowman and Des Yeti.
• No Export for You: The third special hasn't been released in the USA. It was released on DVD in the UK, exclusively as part of a trilogy set.
• Edited for Syndication: In addition to the dub, the first two films have been shown as a single-hour long (45 minutes and advertisements) special on CBS since 2002, cutting around fifteen minutes of material from the original versions. One of the most obvious edits is the removal of the scene where Robbie actually discovers the Vikings in the first place. The edited and redubbed versions of "Hooves of Fire" and 'Legend of the Lost Tribe" premiered on CBS on December 13, 2002.
  • The UNCUT version of the dub is featured on the 2003 American DVD, with the original British version as an alternate audio track.
    • Prior to CBS getting the rights, the first special had aired on Fox Family (and Fox Kids, as it turns out) uncut. Even after CBS got the rights to the first two specials, however, they also aired on Nicktoons Network uncut and with British dialog.
  • This would also count as a Compilation Movie, as it uses a single credits sequence and adds a "A couple years later" caption to the opening of the second short, although the individual titles still appear (even when the scene it originally appeared in is cut). This version also includes footage of the US cast recording their lines during the credits, which isn't included on the US DVD release.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The first two shorts, "Hooves of Fire" and "Legend of the Lost Tribe" suffered this for a while in the United States.
  • The original UK version of "Hooves of Fire" aired on Fox Kids and Fox Family in 2000 and 2001 (albeit with a few scenes cut for time). Then in 2002, CBS bought the rights to the short and "Legend of the Lost Tribe", dubbed them over with American stars, and besides the 2003 DVD (which includes both the UK and US dubs of the film, though with the US dub as the default audio track), this was the only way to view the "Robbie the Reindeer" shorts on TV for a few years. After airing on Nicktoons in 2006 and 2007, the specials disappeared from American TV completely before CBS brought the dubbed versions back in 2016.
  • The third short, "Close Encounters of the Herd Kind", aired exactly once on BBC, is only available on the UK-exclusive "Whole Herd" DVD and nowhere else. Never aired in the United States, impossible to find/watch outside the aforementioned UK DVD release, though given the quality of the short in comparison to its predecessors, probably for good reason.
• Orphaned Reference: The British version of Legend Of The Lost Tribe includes footage of the actors recording their lines during the credits. These visuals were removed from the US DVD, meaning that (on the British audio track) random dialogue plays over the credits without any context.