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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Keiko's first two names were "Siggi" and "Kago". If either of those names had stuck before the filming of ''Free Willy'' began, then the name "Keiko" would've been largely forgotten to history.
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** Keiko's first two names were "Siggi" and "Kago". If either of those names had stuck before the filming of ''Free Willy'' began, then the name "Keiko" would've been largely forgotten to history.
** Keiko's first two names were "Siggi" and "Kago". If either of those names had stuck before the filming of ''Free Willy'' began, then the name "Keiko" would've been largely forgotten to history.
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!! The 1994 animated series:
* IncidentalMultilingualWordplay: The villain got his WeCanRebuildHim level injuries when attempting to destroy a ship carrying [[CorruptCorporateExecutive illegal cargo with his company's ''logos'']], because his DumbMuscle servants misunderstood the order to remove those as an order to remove ''logs''. In Hebrew, "Bul'" means ''stamp'' while a log is "Bul' ets", so that's what the dub used.
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* MarketBasedTitle: In Quebec, the movie is titled ''Mon Ami Willy'' ("My Friend Willy").
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* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/FreeWilly See here]].
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", Homer is the only member of the Springfield Jury who votes innocent in the Freddy Quimby trial, [[RightForTheWrongReasons not because he believes that Freddy really is innocent, but because the deadlock would allow him to spend the night in a five-star hotel with free HBO]]. When Homer is in the hotel, he is seen watching a ReCut version of ''Free Willy'' where instead of making the famous jump over the seawall, Willy doesn't and ends up crushing Jesse to death.
--->'''Homer''': Oh, I don't like this new director's cut.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresSpringBreakSpecial'': As a killer whale is freed, it jumps over a gate and lands on Elmyra, with Babs singing "Will U B Hare", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There".
** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", Homer is the only member of the Springfield Jury who votes innocent in the Freddy Quimby trial, [[RightForTheWrongReasons not because he believes that Freddy really is innocent, but because the deadlock would allow him to spend the night in a five-star hotel with free HBO]]. When Homer is in the hotel, he is seen watching a ReCut version of ''Free Willy'' where instead of making the famous jump over the seawall, Willy doesn't and ends up crushing Jesse to death.
--->'''Homer''': Oh, I don't like this new director's cut.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresSpringBreakSpecial'': As a killer whale is freed, it jumps over a gate and lands on Elmyra, with Babs singing "Will U B Hare", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There".
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", Homer is the only member of the Springfield Jury who votes innocent in the Freddy Quimby trial, [[RightForTheWrongReasons not because he believes that Freddy really is innocent, but because the deadlock would allow him to spend the night in a five-star hotel with free HBO]]. When Homer is in the hotel, he is seen watching a ReCut version of ''Free Willy'' where instead of making the famous jump over the seawall, Willy doesn't and ends up crushing Jesse to death.
--->'''Homer''': Oh, I don't like this new director's cut.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresSpringBreakSpecial'': As a killer whale is freed, it jumps over a gate and lands on Elmyra, with Babs singing "Will U B Hare", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There".ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/FreeWilly See here]].
** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", Homer is the only member of the Springfield Jury who votes innocent in the Freddy Quimby trial, [[RightForTheWrongReasons not because he believes that Freddy really is innocent, but because the deadlock would allow him to spend the night in a five-star hotel with free HBO]]. When Homer is in the hotel, he is seen watching a ReCut version of ''Free Willy'' where instead of making the famous jump over the seawall, Willy doesn't and ends up crushing Jesse to death.
--->'''Homer''': Oh, I don't like this new director's cut.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresSpringBreakSpecial'': As a killer whale is freed, it jumps over a gate and lands on Elmyra, with Babs singing "Will U B Hare", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There".
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", Homer is the only member of the Springfield Jury who votes innocent in the Freddy Quimby trial, [[RightForTheWrongReasons not because he believes that Freddy really is innocent, but because the deadlock would allow him to spend the night in a five-star hotel with free HBO]]. When Homer is in the hotel, he is seen watching a ReCut version of ''Free Willy'' where instead of making the famous jump over the seawall, Willy doesn't and ends up crushing Jesse to death.
--->'''Homer''': Oh, I don't like this new director's cut.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresSpringBreakSpecial'': As a killer whale is freed, it jumps over a gate and lands on Elmyra, with Babs singing "Will U B Hare", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There".
** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", Homer is the only member of the Springfield Jury who votes innocent in the Freddy Quimby trial, [[RightForTheWrongReasons not because he believes that Freddy really is innocent, but because the deadlock would allow him to spend the night in a five-star hotel with free HBO]]. When Homer is in the hotel, he is seen watching a ReCut version of ''Free Willy'' where instead of making the famous jump over the seawall, Willy doesn't and ends up crushing Jesse to death.
--->'''Homer''': Oh, I don't like this new director's cut.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresSpringBreakSpecial'': As a killer whale is freed, it jumps over a gate and lands on Elmyra, with Babs singing "Will U B Hare", a parody of Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There".
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* ColbertBump: Modern audiences today know the movie thanks to one or both of these sources: the song [[Music/MichaelJackson composed for this film]], or the [[WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic’s review of the movie]].
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* ColbertBump: Modern audiences today know the movie thanks to one or both of these sources: the Music/MichaelJackson song [[Music/MichaelJackson composed for this film]], "Will You Be There" (helped by a VideoFullOfFilmClips), or the [[WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic’s review of the movie]].WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic review.
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* DevelopmentHell: The film had been penned as far back as the early 80's before being filmed and released in 1993.
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** The role of Dial was offered to Creator/JackNicholson, but he turned it down due to the low pay salary.
** The original script of the film was ''much'' different: Jesse was younger, mute, and living with nuns, and it was much more lighthearted to the point that a producer later mentioned it in an interview as "too mushy". A rewrite was ordered from a different writer to give what ended up being used for the film.
** The original script of the film was ''much'' different: Jesse was younger, mute, and living with nuns, and it was much more lighthearted to the point that a producer later mentioned it in an interview as "too mushy". A rewrite was ordered from a different writer to give what ended up being used for the film.
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* [[VindicatedByCable Vindicated by Video]]: While the movie did great at the theater alone, it can't be understated how wildly successful it was on home video; The DVD releases of the film were still appearing in the monthly top selling charts as late as ''2010''.
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* SleeperHit: The movie had a decent opening weekend on release, coming in at 5th just behind ''Film/HocusPocus''. It kept a steady place in the box office over the summer however, especially due to the lack of new family films opening over the next couple of months, and by the end of the year was the 11th highest grossing film.
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* ColbertBump: Modern audiences today know the movie thanks to one or both of these sources: the song [[Music/MichaelJackson composed for this film]], or the [[WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic’s review of the movie]].
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MichaelMadsen, known for playing grizzled hard-asses, plays a nice family man for a change.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MichaelMadsen, known for playing grizzled hard-asses, plays a nice family man for a change. Madsen later joked that when he first received the script he looked for a part where Glen cut Willy's head off.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The first 13 episodes of the animated series have been available to purchase digitally, but the remaining 8 episodes have yet to see an official release of any kind.
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