History Trivia / Turbo

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Cut [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5siquV5CPF0 dialogue]] from Bill Hader's recording session as [[spoiler: Guy Gagne]] suggests the character would've been more openly antagonistic before or after being revealed to be EvilAllAlong.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Cut [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5siquV5CPF0 dialogue]] from Bill Hader's recording session as Guy Gagne suggests the character would've been more openly antagonistic before or after being revealed to be EvilAllAlong.

** On a lighter note however the Turbo franchise was still considered to be profitable by DreamWorks due to the popularity of the series

* DuelingMovies: With Disney's ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, who inspired this film (which is Ironic seeing that the few early incarnations of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 sonic movie]] was going to be under the Dreamworks banner), involved car racing, and had a character [[spoiler:who was the secret BigBad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings]]. Coincidentally, said character is also named Turbo. ''Turbo'' loses.

* AllStarCast: The film stars Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/PaulGiamatti, Creator/MichaelPena, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Luis Guzman, Creator/BillHader, Creator/RichardJenkins, Creator/KenJeong, Creator/MichelleRodriguez, Music/SnoopDogg, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Ben Schwartz.

For tropes relating to the follow-up series ''WesternAnimation/TurboFAST'', see [[Trivia/TurboFAST here]].

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!!For the television series
* TheOtherDarrin: As with most animated shows based off popular movies, the entire cast of [[CelebrityVoiceActor Celebrity Voice Actors]] are replaced with veteran voice actors and TV actors. The two main exceptions are Michael Patrick Bell as White Shadow and Ken Jeong as Kim-Ly.
* ProductionPosse: The crew is mostly made of former ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' workers.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally planned to be a stand-alone special, it was later decided to be a full-length series due to [=DreamWorks=] Animation being impressed by Titmouse's work on ''Motorcity''.

* DuelingMovies: With Disney's ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, who inspired this film (which is Ironic seeing that the few early incarnations of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 sonic movie]] was going to be under the Dreamworks banner), involved car racing, and had a character [[spoiler:who was the secret BigBad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings]]. ''Turbo'' loses.

* DuelingMovies: With Disney's ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, who inspired this film (which is Ironic seeing that the few early incarnations of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 sonic movie]] was going to be under the Dreamworks banner), involved car racing, and had a character named "Turbo" [[spoiler:who was the secret BigBad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings]]. ''Turbo'' loses.

* DuelingMovies: An odd one with Disney's ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, who inspired this film (which is Ironic seeing that the few early incarnations of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 sonic movie]] was going to be under the Dreamworks banner), and had their own Turbo character, [[spoiler:who was the secret BigBad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings]]. ''Turbo'' loses.

* DuelingMovies: An odd one with Disney's ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, who inspired this film (which is Ironic seeing that the few early incarnations of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 sonic movie]] was going to be under the Dreamworks banner), and had their own Turbo character, [[spoiler:who was the secret BigBad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings]]. ''Turbo'' loses.

* DuelingMovies: An odd one with Disney's ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, who inspired this film (which is Ironic seeing that the few early incarnations of the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog sonic movie]] was going to be under the Dreamworks banner), and had their own Turbo character, [[spoiler:who was the secret BigBad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings]]. ''Turbo'' loses.

* DuelingMovies: An odd one with Disney's ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', which was also scored by Henry Jackman, featured Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, who inspired this film, and had their own Turbo character, [[spoiler:who was the secret BigBad, something that didn't become known until critic screenings]]. ''Turbo'' loses.

* AllStarCast: The film stars Creator/RyanReynolds, Creator/PaulGiamatti, Creator/MichaelPena, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/BillHader, Music/SnoopDogg, Creator/MayaRudolph, and Ben Schwartz.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/MichelleRodriguez plays a WrenchWench, as she did in [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious another movie about car racing]].

* CastingGag: ''Turbo FAST'' has Reid Scott replace Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Turbo. This alludes to ''WesternAnimaton/{{Motorcity}}'', another Chris Prynoski executive produced show where he voiced the lead.

* TheOtherDarrin: As with most animated shows based off popular movies, the entire cast of [[CelebrityVoiceActor Celebrity Voice Actors]] are replaced with veteran voice actors and TV actors. The two main exceptions are Michael Patrick Bell as White Shadow and Ken Jeong as Kim-Ly.

* TheOtherDarrin: As with most animated shows based off popular movies, the entire cast of [[CelebrityVoiceActor Celebrity Voice Actors]] are replaced with veteran voice actors and TV actors. The two main exceptions are Michael Patrick Bell as White Shadow and Ken Jeong as Kim-Ly.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Katzenberg's attempt to gain some good press by stating the film would still be profitable despite the disappointing opening led to him being sued by his own shareholders when ''Turbo'' took its writedown. This suit has since been dismissed.

* TheOtherDarrin: As with most animated shows based off popular movies, the entire cast of [[CelebrityVoiceActor Celebrity Voice Actors]] are replaced with "actual" voice actors. The two main exceptions are Michael Patrick Bell as White Shadow and Ken Jeong as Kim-Ly.

* AcclaimedFlop: Ended up losing [=DreamWorks=] $13.5 million, plus an additional $2 million when the Blu-ray sales tanked. Budget, $135 million. Box office, $83,028,128 (domestically), $282,570,682 (worldwide). That being said, the reviews were generally positive and it has a 67% (Fresh) rating on RottenTomatoes.

* Casting Gag: The TV series Turbo FAST has Reid Scott replace Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Turbo. This alludes to Motorcity, another Chris Prynoski executive produced show where he voiced the lead.

* TheOtherDarrin: As with most animated shows based off popular movies, the entire cast of CelebrityVoiceActor[=s=] are replaced with "actual" VoiceActor[=s=]. The two main exceptions are Michael Patrick Bell as White Shadow and Ken Jeong as Kim-Ly.