History Trivia / TheThreeCaballeros

* {{Blooper}}: Aurora Miranda couldn't speak English as well as her sister, Carmen, so when she says "Hello" in English to José, it is clearly dubbed in.

* ActorSharedBackground: José was voiced by Brazilian musician José Oliveira and Panchito was voiced by Mexican-American actor Joaquin Garay, mostly avoiding the FakeNationality that was often employed with Latin American characters in 1940s Hollywood.

* CreatorsFavorite: Panchito is one of the favorite characters Creator/ToshioFurukawa, his Japanese voice actor, likes to voice.

* FirstAppearance: Of Panchito Pistoles.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Brazil it [[TitledAfterTheSong takes the name of one of the featured tracks]], ''Você Já Foi a Bahia?''

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Somehow this became the first of Disney's post-Golden Age 1940s package films to have all of its [=DVDs=] go out of print. However, it does have an official Digital HD release, and a Disney Movie Club-exclusive CompilationRerelease Blu-ray with ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos''. It is also available on the Disney+ streaming service.
* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Joaquin Garay dubbed himself as Panchito in the Mexican Spanish dub, but only in the songs. Clarence Nash also dubs Donald for the Mexican Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dub, as does José Olivera for both the Brazilian Portuguese and Mexican Spanish dubs. Also, all three of them dubbed themselves in the Italian dub.

** There was another planned film for the Caballeros. It would have not only introduced the fourth Caballero, but also would have taken place in Cuba. The book ''The Disney that Never Was: Stories of Unproduced Animation'' talks about it. And designs of the fourth Caballero [[http://blackwingdiaries.blogspot.com/2006/06/fred-moorecharacter-designs-for-unmade.html show that]] he is Cuban.

* ActorSharedBackground: José was voiced by Brazilian actor José Oliveira and Panchito was voiced by Mexican-American actor Joaquin Garay, mostly avoiding the FakeNationality that was often employed with Latin American characters in 1940s Hollywood.

* ActorSharedBackground: José was voiced by Brazilian actor José Oliviera and Panchito was voiced by Mexican actor Joaquin Garay, avoiding the FakeNationality that was often employed with Latin American characters in 1940s Hollywood.

* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Joaquin Garay dubbed himself as Panchito in the Mexican Spanish dub, but only in the songs. Clarence Nash also dubs Donald for the Mexican Spanish dub, as does José Olivera for both the Brazilian Portuguese and Mexican Spanish dubs. Also, all three of them dubbed themselves in the Italian dub.

* NamesTheSame: This Pablo may be a penguin, [[WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans but he never knew any Uniquas]].

** Almost all of the songs featured in this movie are already existing songs. The only song originally written for this movie is the song simply known as “Mexico.”

* RealSongThemeTune: The Three Caballeros theme song uses the same tune as an existing song, ''Ay Jalisco no te Rajes''. In fact, when Panchito begins singing in Spanish, he's actually singing a verse from the original song.
** The other songs featured in this movie are also already existing songs. The only song originally written for this movie is the song simply known as “Mexico.”

** As mentioned above, there was another planned film for the Caballeros. It would have not only introduced the fourth Caballero, but also would have taken place in Cuba. The book ''The Disney that Never Was: Stories of Unproduced Animation'' talks about it. And designs of the fourth Caballero [[http://blackwingdiaries.blogspot.com/2006/06/fred-moorecharacter-designs-for-unmade.html show that]] he is Cuban.

* FanNickname: Back in his homeland of Brazil, José is endearingly known as "Zé Carioca".

* ThrowItIn: Animator Ward Kimball was never given any real direction for the titular song, so he just threw in whatever crazy images his mind could conjure up. He was surprised when Walt approved of it.

* TheDanza: José is still voiced by José Oliviera, while Professor Holloway (Narrator of ''The Cold-Blooded Penguin) is voiced by Creator/SterlingHolloway.

* PoorMansSubstitute: The dancer is not Carmen Miranda, but her sister Aurora.

** There was a planned segment to be titled ''The Pelican and the Snipe'', but it ended up being released as [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts a separate short]].

* FanNickname: Back in his homeland of Brazil, José is [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales endearingly]] known as "Zé Carioca".

** As mentioned above, there was another planned film for the Caballeros. It would have not only introduced the fourth Caballero, but also would have taken place in Cuba. The book ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Disney-That-Never-Was-Unproduced/dp/0786860375 The Disney that Never Was: Stories of Unproduced Animation]]'' talks about it. And designs of the fourth Caballero [[http://blackwingdiaries.blogspot.com/2006/06/fred-moorecharacter-designs-for-unmade.html show that]] he is Cuban.

* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Joaquin Garay dubbed himself as Panchito in the Mexican Spanish dub, but only in the songs. Clarence Nash also dubs Donald for the Mexican Spanish dub, as does José Olivera for both the Brazilian Portuguese and Mexican Spanish dubs.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Somehow this became the first of Disney's post-Golden Age 1940s package films to have all of its [=DVDs=] go out of print. However, it does have an official Digital HD release, and a Disney Movie Club-exclusive CompilationRerelease Blu-ray with ''Disney/SaludosAmigos''. It is also available on the Disney+ streaming service.

* FakeNationality: Averted (impressively by 40's standards) with José and Panchito, who were voiced by actual Brazilian and Mexican José Oliviera and Joaquin Garay, respectively.

* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Joaquin Garay dubbed himself as Panchito in the Mexican Spanish dub, but only in the songs.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Somehow this became the first of Disney's post-Golden Age 1940s package films to have all of its [=DVDs=] go out of print. However, it does have an official Digital HD release, and a Disney Movie Club-exclusive CompilationRerelease Blu-ray with ''Disney/SaludosAmigos''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Somehow this became the first of Disney's post-Golden Age 1940s package films to have all of its [=DVDs=] go out of print, although it does have an official Digital HD release.
** As of February 2018, it has been given a CompilationRerelease with ''Disney/SaludosAmigos'' on DVD and, for the first time ever, UsefulNotes/BluRay as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive.

* SameLanguageDub: Joaquin Garay dubbed himself as Panchito in the Mexican Spanish dub, but only in the songs.