Trivia / The Little Engine That Could

The 1991 Wesh-American Direct to Video Featurette

• Acting for Two: Considering that the cast is largely comprised of some of the most respected voice actors of the 80s, 90s, and beyond, it should come as no surprise that many of them have multiple roles, some of whom alk to one another.
  • Kath Soucie (in one of her first major character roles, no less) is Tillie, Missy (the Russian ballerina doll) and the little wolf.
  • Frank Welker has the most roles of everyone with seven: he's Farnsworth, Jebediah, Rollo the clown, Perky, the eagle, Jeepers the monkey and the big wolf.
  • Neil Ross is Tower, Doc and Handy Pandy the panda.
  • Peter Cullen is Pete and the cave.
  • Scott Menville as Chip the bird and Stretch the basketball player.
• Celebrity Voice Actor: Kath Soucie, and Frank Welker.
• The Danza: Peter Cullen as Pete.
• He Also Did: Kalisto Studios, who created the film, and Mike Young, who produced it, had previously created (with Hanna-Barbera) Fantastic Max. Young has since had an extremely prolific career as a producer, though his eponymous company, of several animated shows, many of which are considered classics (including 2000s adaptations of The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus and Clifford the Big Red Dog, as well as Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks), and others not to much (the notorious Norm of the North and it's sequels).
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Despite being a reasonably popular VHS title upon its original release, it was never re-released on DVD, though it did eventually make it to Prime Video.

The 2011 film

• All-Star Cast: For the 2011 film, we have Alyson Stoner, Corbin Bleu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brenda Song, Jodi Benson, Patrick Warburton, Jim Cummings, Jeff Bennett, Charlie Schlatter, and Whoopi Goldberg.