History Trivia / Megamind

* WorkingTitle: Was originally announced as ''Master Mind'' and was called ''Oobermind'' for a while before settling on ''Megamind''.

** Creator/TinaFey came up with "Girls! Girls! You're both pretty! Can I go home now?" when they were trying to figure out to cut the dialogue short.

* StillbornFranchise: While the movie was successful and spawned two video games and a short, Jeffrey Katzenberg decided not to have future movie genre parody sequels including this franchise, ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens''. His reasoning being that he believed such movies wouldn't travel well overseas and would age poorly. In 2022, however, a sequel TV series was announced followed by the sequel movie ''Megamind vs The Doom Syndicate'' being announced in 2024.

* PresumedFlop: Its fandom often refers to the film as "underrated" or believe it's a CultClassic due to the fact it didn't get any spinoffs or sequels until [[SequelGap fourteen years later]] (barring the additional short film and video game spinoffs that were typical of ''every'' [=DreamWorks=] film at the time). While other [=DreamWorks=] franchises dwarf it in popularity, ''Megamind'' actually did quite well during its theatrical run, making back nearly three times its budget.

* PresumedFlop: Its fandom often refers to the film as "underrated" or believe it's a CultClassic due to the fact it didn't get any spinoffs or sequels until [[SequelGap fourteen years later]]. While other [=DreamWorks=] franchises dwarf it in popularity, ''Megamind'' actually did quite well during its theatrical run, making back nearly three times its budget.

* BeamMeUpScotty: For whatever reason, some people believe that Metro Man says "Thank you, Random Citizen!" in his speech. He actually says "''And I love you'', Random Citizen!".

* TheOtherDarrin: For the video games, the film characters except for Titan got their voices replaced with normal voice actors. ''Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate'' and the series also replace everyone, though Creator/KeithFerguson is a dual example as while he's reprising Megamind from the video game, he replaces Creator/NolanNorth from ''VideoGame/DreamWorksAllStarKartRacing''.

** During his first fight with Megamind, Tighten was to say, "And this one is all yours!" Creator/JonahHill turned it into "And Megamind, this one's for Space Step-Mom! YOU ''LIED'' TO HER!!" (originally the line was "And this one is all yours!")

** Creator/JonahHill added in the line "And Megamind, this one's for Space Step-Mom! You ''lied'' to her!" (originally the line was "And this one is all yours!")

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Titan rants on Roxanne's naivete, claiming that "There is no Easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no queen of England!" [[EskimosArentReal The intended joke is clear]], but legally speaking there actually hasn't been a monarch of England since the Acts of Union 1707 united the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which later joined with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom. Currently, the title of the monarch, depending on the gender, is "King/Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

* TheOtherDarrin: For the video games, the film characters except for Titan got their voices replaced with normal voice actors. ''Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate'' and the series also replace everyone, though Keith Ferguson is a dual example as while he's reprising Megamind from the video game, he replaces Nolan North from ''VideoGame/DreamWorksAllStarKartRacing''
* RoleReprise: ''Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate'' and the follow up series have Keith Ferguson reprising Megamind from the video game.

* TheOtherDarrin: For the video games, the film characters except for Titan got their voices replaced with normal voice actors.

* StillbornFranchise: While the movie was successful and spawned two video games and a short, Jeffrey Katzenberg decided not to have future movie genre parody sequels including this franchise, ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' and ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens''. His reasoning being that he believed such movies wouldn't travel well overseas and would age poorly. In 2022, however, a sequel TV series was announced.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Marco Antonio Regil voices Metroman in the Latin American dub. Compared to the trope's usual disdain in the Spanish-speaking part of Latin America, Regil is usually considered one of the best examples of this trope to do a great job.

* LateExportForYou: Japan didn’t get the film until ''2014'' when it arrived on Creator/PrimeVideo in that region due to the fact that by 2011, when it arrived on home video, the film was almost ready to start marketing for its Japanese release. However, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused the studio to head straight to ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' and cancel ''Megamind''[='=]s Japanese release altogether.

* LateExportForYou: Japan didn’t get the film until ''2014'' when it arrived on Creator/PrimeVideo in that region due to the fact that the film planned to get a theatrical release by this point. However, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake caused the studio to head straight to ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' and cancel ''Megamind''[='=]s Japanese release altogether.

* LateExportForYou: Japan didn’t get the film until ''2014'' when it arrived on Creator/PrimeVideo in that region due to the fact that the film planned to get a theatrical release by this point. However, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake caused the studio to head straight to ''WesternAnimation/KimgFuPanda2'' and cancel ''Megamind''[='=]s Japanese release altogether.

* FranchiseKiller: This film ended theatrical releases of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation films in Japan because it was released on the same weekend as the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, becoming one of the lowest-grossing releases of any film in Japan. All further releases of the company's films in Japan have been DirectToVideo until 2018, when Creator/{{Universal}} Studios (who bought [=DreamWorks=] back in 2016) released ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' there.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Tighten rants on Roxanne's naivete, claiming that "There is no Easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no queen of England!" [[EskimosArentReal The intended joke is clear]], but legally speaking there actually hasn't been a monarch of England since the Acts of Union 1707 united the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which later joined with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom. Currently, the title of the monarch, depending on the gender, is "King/Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

* TheOtherDarrin: For the video games, the film characters except for Tighten got their voices replaced with normal voice actors.

** When Metro Man (who's really Megamind in disguise) chases Tighten away and flies to Roxanne, Megamind would originally have revealed the disguise himself to surprise both Roxanne and the audience, but the writers figured that it made it more meaningful for Roxanne to reveal him, in a sort of "beauty and the beast" symbolism, i.e. Roxanne letting Megamind know she likes him for who he is.