History Trivia / Jumanji

* ActorAllusion: Creator/JonathanHyde playing both Van Pelt and Alan's father could be one to Creator/RobinWilliams' role as Peter Pan in ''Film/{{Hook}}, as most theatrical productions of ''Theatre/PeterPan'' have Wendy's father and Hook played by the same person.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/JonathonHyde playing both Van Pelt and Alan's father could be one to Creator/RobinWilliams' role as Peter Pan in ''Film/{{Hook}}, as most theatrical productions of ''Theatre/PeterPan'' have Wendy's father and Hook played by the same person.

* BillingDisplacement: Sort of. Robin Williams is billed first, yet doesn't appear until nearly a half hour into the film.

* DeletedScene: The novelization contains an explanation for why Nora had to talk with the principal after Peter and Judy's first day: the realtor's son called Judy out on her lies, and Peter started a fight with him.
** The recent Blu-ray release revealed that Carl eventually became the president of Parrish Shoes. Also, the Christmas gifts Alan gave to Peter and Judy were pairs of sneakers inspired by the game, complete with Jumanji imprinted on the bottoms.

* ActorAllusion: Aunt Nora in the movie is a pretty normal woman, played by Bebe Neuwirth. In the cartoon, she's basically [[Series/{{Cheers}} Lilith]][[Series/{{Frasier}} Sternin]], in attitude and appearance.

* ActorAllusion: Aunt Nora in the movie is a pretty normal woman, played by Bebe Neuwirth. In the cartoon, she's basically [[{Series/{{Cheers}} Lilith]][[Series/{{Frasier}} Sternin]], in attitude and appearance.

* ActorAllusion: Aunt Nora in the movie is a pretty normal woman, played by Bebe Neuwirth. In the cartoon, she's basically [[Series/{{Frasier}} Lilith Sternin]], in attitude and appearance.

* SequelGap: [[Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle A sequel]] is set to be released 22 years after the original.

* FakeAmerican: Australian-born Jonathan Hyde plays Sam Parrish and Van Pelt.

* LyingCreator / TrollingCreator: Creator/RobinWilliams would often give fake answers to people who asked him what the title meant. "I tell them it's an island in the Caribbean. Book your travel there early".
* RealitySubtext: The gun shop owner asking Van Pelt if he's a postal worker. Around the time of the movie, there had been a lot of news stories about postal workers going crazy and shooting up their workplaces, from which we get the expression "GoingPostal."

* SequelGap: A sequel is set to be released 22 years after the original.

** Special effects artist Ken Ralston says on the DVD commentary that there were plans to do a sequel in 1999, which unfortunately never got off the ground.

** Trader Slick was intended to have a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny like New York accent.
** In the book, the last roll produced a [[LethalLavaLand volcanic eruption]].
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** Alan's parents wanted to send him to boarding school for a different (and better) reason than in the final draft. AFter Alan was beaten up by Billy Jessup and his gang, Alan's parents finally realized that Alan was not fitting in with the other children in Brantford, correctly guessing that it was because they were jealous of Alan's wealth and status as a Parrish. Therefore, they believed he would fit in better with boys at Cliffside (or "Boden" as it was called in the original draft) because they were more "his status." The end result was still the same with Alan though.

** Alan's parents wanted to send him to boarding school for a different (and better) reason than in the final draft. AFter Alan was beaten up by Billy Jessup and his gang, ALan's parents finally realized that Alan was not fitting in with the other children in Brantford, correctly guessing that it was because they were jealous of Alan's wealth and status as a Parrish. Therefore, they believed he would fit in better with boys at Cliffside (or "Boden" as it was called in the original draft) because they were more "his status." The end result was still the same with Alan though.

* ActorAllusion: Aunt Nora in the movie is a pretty normal woman, played by Bebe Neuwirth] In the cartoon, she's basically [[Series/{{Frasier}} Lilith Sternin]], in attitude and appearance.

* {{Defictionalization}}: A ''Jumanji'' board game was released when the movie came out. It shared many elements with the game in the movie, aside from the supernatural elements (like sucking-in-small-children) ... at least as far as we know. It also used cards, not even attempting to copy the magic-8 ball style interface. It came full-circle again when ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' came out, which used cards.

** Tim Curry auditioned for Van Pelt before being cast as Trader Slick.
** Trader Slick was intended to have a Bugs Bunny like New York accent.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Aside from the three most obvious, Mr. Parrish/Van Pelt is played by [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} Jonathan]] [[Film/{{Anaconda}} Hyde]], David Allen Grier plays Carl, and Creator/BebeNeuwirth plays Aunt Nora.
** [[Film/LegallyBlonde Laura Bell Bundy]] plays the young Sarah.
** Elder Sarah is [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Rosie]] and [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Dolly]].
** Peter is [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Chip]] and [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM Tails]].
** [[Film/SpiderMan1 Mary Jane]] is Judy.
** The gun shop owner used to be a [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry Romulan ambassador]].

* HeyItsThatVoice
** Alan is [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Broadway]] and [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick]].
** And Creator/TimCurry is Trader Slick. And how.
** Aunt Nora is [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Didi Pickles]].
** Professor Ibsen is [[Film/BladeRunner JF Sebastian]] and [[{{Series/Deadwood}} EB Farnum]]
** Van Pelt is [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Blight]] and [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlack Buzzard]].
** Captain Squint is [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Duke Phillips]] and [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlack Zed]].
** Dee Bradley Baker makes a guest appearance as the voice of Mudboy, not suprising considering his other work.
** Judy is [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]
** Peter [[Creator/AshleyJohnson is]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Gretchen Grundler]]
** The Sand King is Creator/JimCummings
** Both Ant Queens are [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Wuya]]

** Peter is [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Chip]] and [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Tails]].

* ActingForTwo: Jonathan Hyde played both Alan's father and Van Pelt. A common theory is that Jumanji conjures up Van Pelt by taking the form of the person you had dreaded the most, and for Alan, it was his father - especially since Van Pelt spouts out the same criticism as his father.