History Trivia / Madeline

* FridgeBrilliance[=/=]ShownTheirWork: Amidst the errors in the episode ''Madeline and the Mummy'', most Muslim countries, Egypt included, do close for extended lunches on Fridays, due extended Islamic prayers/sermons being held on Friday afternoons.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Ludwig Bemelmans passed on in 1962, leaving ''Madeline in America'' unfinished (the story has already been completed, but the illustration hasn't). Bemelmans' grandson, ''John Bemelmans-Marciano'', eventually completed the illustrations and the book was posthumously published. He has worked on all new Madeline books published since.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Ludwig Bemelmans passed on in 1962, leaving ''Madeline in America'' unfinished (the story has already been completed, but the illustration hasn't). Bemelmans' grandson, ''John Bemelmans-Marciano'', completed the illustrations, and have worked on all new Madeline books published since.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Ludwig Bemelmans passed on in 1962, leaving ''Madeline in America'' unfinished (the story has already been completed, but the illustration hasn't). Bemelmans' grandson, ''John Bemelmans-Marciano'', completed the illustrations and worked on all new Madeline books published since.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Ludwig Bemelmans passed on in 1962. ''Madeline in America'' was posthumously published. However, his grandson, ''John Bemelmans-Marciano'', now handles the illustration and writing of new Madeline books.

** Chloe's first voice actress was none other than Creator/TaraStrong.
** Madeline's fourth VA was Creator/ChantalStrand, who went on to play Cassie in ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' and Bijou in ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}''.

** Creator/KellySheridan was Danielle's first voice actor. Ingest that.

** However, while the specials are finally released, they are only available from digital download stores, which are [[RegionCoding region-locked]] and thus pushes the official releases into NoExportForYou territory.

*** All six of the specials were released on DVD by Creator/MillCreekEntertainment on September 2013.
* NoExportForYou: While the episodes (and some of the specials) are receiving DVD releases thanks to Shout! Factory, some of the 1988-1993 specials are still this- since they're only released as a digital download on region-locked online stores. Most notably, ''Madeline's Christmas'', which for some reason isn't on the Creator/ShoutFactory DVD of the same name and is only available for download off Amazon.com Unbox, which blocks out non-US downloaders.

** And then Whoopi Goldberg as ''Miss Clavel'' in ''My Fair Madeline''.

** Hulu has 59 episodes, but none of the specials. Also, did we mention that Hulu will not let you have a crack at the videos if you're neither in the US nor Germany?
*** All six of the specials were released on DVD by Mill Creek on September 2013.

** KellySheridan was Danielle's first voice actor. Ingest that.

* NoExportForYou: While the episodes (and some of the specials) are receiving DVD releases thanks to Shout! Factory, some of the 1988-1993 specials are still this- since they're only released as a digital download on region-locked online stores. Most notably, ''Madeline's Christmas'', which for some reason isn't on the Shout! Factory DVD of the same name and is only available for download off Amazon.com Unbox, which blocks out non-US downloaders.
* RelationshipVoiceActor

* TheOtherDarrin: Madeline has changed voice actors no less than 4 times, once a season (Marsha Moreau was Madeline #1. Tracey-Lee Smythe was Madeline #2. Creator/AndreaLibman was Madeline #3. And Creator/ChantalStrand was Madeline #4). And none of them played Madeline in the live action movie, either. Come to think of it, most of the characters changed voice actors at least once in the entire run.

** [[TheOtherDarrin Third Madeline and Fourth Madeline]] would later appear together as Emmy and Cassie in DragonTales. Then even later as [[TalkingToHimself Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie]], and Diamond Tiara in ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''

* TheOtherDarrin: Madeline has changed voice actors no less than 4 times, once a season (Marsha Moreau was Madeline #1. Tracey-Lee Smythe was Madeline #2. AndreaLibman was Madeline #3. And ChantalStrand was Madeline #4). And none of them played Madeline in the live action movie, either. Come to think of it, most of the characters changed voice actors at least once in the entire run.

** Chloe's first voice actress was none other than TaraStrong.
** Madeline's fourth VA was ChantalStrand, who went on to play Cassie in DragonTales and Bijou in ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}''.
** Madeline's third VA was AndreaLibman, who later went on to voice Emmy in DragonTales and [[CareBears Harmony Bear]]. Most recently, she was spotted playing Lemon Meringue in the 2009 revamp of StrawberryShortcake, and as [[TalkingToHimself both Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy]] in WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a while. After the Golden Books Video/DVD releases and the show being pulled from {{DiC}}'s Saturday morning block, it was nowhere to be found.... Until recently, when Shout! Factory started releasing new [=DVDs=] of the series.

* TheOtherDarrin: Madeline has changed voice actors no less than 4 times, once a season (Marsha Moreau was Madeline #1. Tracy Lee-Smythe was Madeline #2. AndreaLibman was Madeline #3. And ChantalStrand was Madeline #4). And none of them played Madeline in the live action movie, either. Come to think of it, most of the characters changed voice actors at least once in the entire run.

** Tara Strong (Then Tara Charendoff) and Andrea Libman, who'd later appear together as Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy/Pinkie Pie.

** [[TheOtherDarrin Third Madeline and Fourth Madeline]] would later appear together as Emmy and Cassie in Dragon Tales. Then later as [[TalkingToHimself Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie]], and Diamond Tiara in ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''

* NoExportForYou: While the episodes (and some of the specials) are receiving DVD releases thanks to Shout! Factory, some of the 1988-1993 specials are still this- since they're only released as a digital download on region-locked online stores. Most notably, ''Madeline's Christmas'', which for some reason isn't on the Shout! Factory DVD of the same name and is only available for download off Amazon.com Unbox, which blocks out non-US downloaders.

** Madeline's fourth VA was ChantalStrand, who went on to play Cassie in DragonTales and Bijou in {{Hamtaro}}

** Madeline's third VA was Andrea Libman, who later went on to voice Emmy in DragonTales and [[CareBears Harmony Bear]]. Most recently, she was spotted playing Lemon Meringue in the 2009 revamp of StrawberryShortcake, and as [[TalkingToHimself both Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy]] in WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.

* FridgeBrilliance: Amidst the errors in the episode ''Madeline and the Mummy'', most Muslim countries, Egypt included, do close for extended lunches on Fridays, due extended Islamic prayers/sermons being held on Friday afternoons.

* FridgeBrilliance: Again, in ''Madeline and the Mummy''. Most Muslim countries, Egypt included, close for extended lunches on Fridays, due to the Islamic sermons being held on Friday afternoons.

** Madeline's third VA was Andrea Libman, who later went on to voice Emmy in DragonTales and [[CareBears Harmony Bear]]. Most recently, she was spotted playing Lemon Meringue in the 2009 revamp of StrawberryShortcake, and as [[TalkingToHimself both Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy]] in MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.

** Pepito was the new Huckleberry Pie!