History Trivia / OliverAndCompany

** [[TheWoobie.{{AnimatedFilm}} The Woobie.Animated Film]]

** [[TheWoobie.AnimatedFilm The Woobie.Animated Film]]

* ChannelHop: In North America, this film has always been with Disney; however, in most international territories, it was originally released in theatres by Creator/WarnerBros, and in other international territories this was handled by United International Pictures. This is due to output deals Disney made for international theatrical distribution.
* DuelingMovies: The 1980s were a very tumultuous time in animation. Creator/DonBluth had very publicly split with Disney and started his own studio, which naturally was in competition with Disney. ''Oliver'' had ''two'' rivals from Bluth: ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', which came out on the same day; and ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', released the following year but also featuring a roguish talking dog and a heartwarming little girl. ''Oliver'' did better than either in theaters (though "Time" had the higher opening weekend and worldwide gross), though it's now a somewhat forgotten member of the Disney canon while ''The Land Before Time'' and ''All Dogs Go To Heaven'' went on to spawn long-running video franchises.

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* DuelingMovies: The 1980s was a very tumultuous time in animation. Creator/DonBluth had very publicly split with Disney and started his own studio, which naturally was in competition with Disney. ''Oliver'' had ''two'' rivals from Bluth: ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', which came out on the same day; and ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', released the following year but also featuring a roguish talking dog and a heartwarming little girl. ''Oliver'' did better than either in theaters (though "Time" had the higher opening weekend and worldwide gross), though it's now a somewhat forgotten member of the Disney canon while ''The Land Before Time'' and ''All Dogs Go To Heaven'' went on to spawn long-running video franchises.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Several examples. To name a few...

** Bette Midler as Georgette.
** [[Series/{{Blossom}} Joey]] [[Series/GimmeABreak Lawr]][[Series/MelissaAndJoey ence]] as Oliver.
** [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] (AKA [[Disney/TheLionKing Banzai]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Ramone]]) as Tito ([[PigeonholedVoiceActor fittingly]]).
** Robert Loggia as Sykes.

*** Apparently in the German dub, Fagin either lives in [[Disney/TheJungleBook a temple ruin]] or [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a maoi head under the sea.]]

*** Apparently in the German dub, Fagin either lives in [[Disney/TheJungleBook a temple ruin]] or [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants a tiki head under the sea.]]

*** Apparently in the German dub, Fagin either lives in [[{{Disney/TheJungleBook}} a temple ruin]] or [[SpongebobSquarepants a tiki head under the sea.]]

** Richard Mulligan, mostly remembered from ''{{Soap}}'' and ''Series/EmptyNest'', as Einstein.

** [[{{Blossom}} Joey Lawrence]] as Oliver.

* DuelingMovies: The 1980s was a very tumultuous time in animation. Creator/DonBluth had very publicly split with Disney and started his own studio, which naturally was in competition with Disney. ''Oliver'' had ''two'' rivals from Bluth: ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', which came out on the same day; and ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', released the following year but also featuring a roguish talking dog and a heartwarming little girl. ''Oliver'' did better than either in theaters, though it's now a somewhat forgotten member of the Disney canon while ''The Land Before Time'' and ''All Dogs Go To Heaven'' went on to spawn long-running video franchises.

** [[CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] (AKA [[Disney/TheLionKing Banzai]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Ramone]]) as Tito ([[PigeonholedVoiceActor fittingly]]).

** [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Dom]] [[AllDogsGoToHeaven DeLuise]] as Fagin.

** Sheryl Lee Ralph, the original Broadway Deena Jones in ''{{Dreamgirls}}'', as Rita's speaking voice, with Ruth Pointer, one of the Pointer Sisters, as Rita's singing voice.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally this movie was going to be a pseudo-sequel/spinoff of ''Disney/TheRescuers'' that followed Penny after she was adopted. You can still see some traces of it. (namely the main character's name being changed to "Jenny")

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally this movie was going to be a pseudo-sequel/spinoff of ''Disney/TheRescuers'' that followed Penny after she was adopted.

** [[CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] (AKA [[Disney/TheLionKing Banzai]] and [[{{Cars}} Ramone]]) as Tito ([[PigeonholedVoiceActor fittingly]]).

** [[AnAmericanTail Dom]] [[AllDogsGoToHeaven DeLuise]] as Fagin.

** BillyJoel as Dodger. Seriously.

** [[CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] (AKA [[TheLionKing Banzai]] and [[{{Cars}} Ramone]]) as Tito ([[PigeonholedVoiceActor fittingly]]).

** Sheryl Lee Ralph, the original Broadway Deena Jones in ''Dreamgirls'', as Rita's speaking voice, with Ruth Pointer, one of the PointerSisters, as Rita's singing voice.
** Richard Mulligan, mostly remembered from ''Soap'' and ''EmptyNest'', as Einstein.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally this movie was going to be a pseudo-sequel/spinoff of ''TheRescuers'' that followed Penny after she was adopted.

** Rita was the original Broadway Deena Jones in ''Dreamgirls'', yet here, she (Rita) sings like one of the PointerSisters.

** Rita was the original Broadway Deena Jones in ''Dreamgirls'', yet here, she sings like one of the PointerSisters.

** Rita sings like one of the PointerSisters.

** Cheech Marin (AKA [[TheLionKing Banzai]] and [[{{Cars}} Ramone]]) as Tito ([[PigeonholedVoiceActor fittingly]]).

** Rita sings like one of the Pointer Sisters.

** Cheech Marin (AKA [[TheLionKing Banzai]]) as Tito ([[PigeonholedVoiceActor fittingly]]).