History Trivia / SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron

* ReferencedBy: In ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'', a man in a theater is watching ''Spirit: Stallion of The Cimarron.''

** Creator/GeneHackman were considered for the role of the Colonel.

** Another version of the story had the Colonel successfully break Spirit, who would then go on to serve as his mount for a time.

** The over birds-eye shot near the end of the film in which we see Spirit jump the gorge was originally designed to have an eagle's shadow appear across Spirit to give the greater illusion of him flying, but it was deemed unnecessary and left out of the final cut.

** Spirit would originally have fought another stallion for his herd before it was changed to fighting a cougar to protect the foals instead. Brief animations of his fight with the stallion can be seen on youtube.

** The first version of the story was ''much'' [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]], playing out in a manner very similar to ''Literature/BlackBeauty'' with Spirit being passed from one owner to the next, each time ending up in a worse situation than he'd been in before. This culminated in him working in a mine with little to no chance to see daylight, and getting trapped underground with several other horse following a cave-in.

* ReferencedBy: In ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'', a man in a theater is watching ''Spirit Stallion of The Cimarron.''

* CutSong: At least three: "Brothers Under the Sun", "Nothing I have Ever Known", and "The Long Road Home". The music for both appears in the film proper, and they're on the soundtrack (and "Brothers Under the Sun" also plays at the very end of the end credits). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKgWBw9S4KI Nothing I Have Ever Known]] however is not in the movie properly, not even in the credits. However the instrumental version can be heard during Spirit and Rain's romance scenes.

** The over birds-eye shot near the end of the film in which we see Spirit jump the gorge was originally designed to have a pair of imaginary wings appear across Spirit to give the greater illusion of him flying, but it was deemed unnecessary and left out of the final cut.

* BreakawayPopHit: Music/BryanAdams had a minor radio hit with the pop remix of "Here I Am," which still shows up on easy listening stations from time to time while the films has largely faded into obscurity.

* BreakawayPopHit: Music/BryanAdams had a minor radio hit with the pop remix of "Here I Am."

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based on the film's time period and setting, the unnamed Colonel (voiced by Creator/JamesCromwell) is clearly meant to be Union Calvary officer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer George Armstrong Custer]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rain was originally slated to be KilledOffForReal.

* CreatorKiller: This is the last time Jeffrey Katzenberg would attempt to directly write a story for a theatrical film. After his sitcom ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' bombed a couple of years later, he decided to remain strictly in his executive role. This is also the semi-last hand-drawn animated film from [=DreamWorks=] before the switch to full-CGI films starting with ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale''.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based on the film's time period and setting, the unnamed Colonel (voiced by Creator/JamesCromwell) is clearly meant to be Union Calvary officer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer George Armstrong Custer].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based on the film's time period and setting, the unnamed Colonel (voiced by Creator/JamesCromwell) is clearly meant to be Union Calvary officer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer George Armstrong Custer).