History Trivia / OneHundredAndOneDalmatians

* DisownedAdaptation: A minor case. Dodie Smith the original author of the novel was mostly satisfied with how the film turned out, but she was still pretty pissed that the credit she received in the opening was quite small. Walt himself apologized for this, stating that it was a mere technical oversight, and gave her some original prints from the film to make up for it.

* AdaptationSequence: Children's novel —> Animated film —> Second children's novel —> Live-action film —> Traditionally animated television series —> Second live-action film —> Non-canon video game —> Direct-to-Video sequel of animated film —> Flash animated television series -> Live-action prequel. Whew!

* FandomLifeCycle: While not in the upper eschelon of Disney's features, it ultimately became a proven franchise bringing in new fans with works inspired by it, which happened twice (in the mid-90s, with [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians the live-action adaptation]] and [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries an animated series]], and 2019-21, with [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet another animated series]] and [[Film/{{Cruella}} another live-action]]).

** In 1994, [=McDonald's=] released a toy of Pongo, Lucky, and Penny as part of their Happy Birthday Happy Meal, which also featured toys based on Ronald and Friends, ''Toys/{{Barbie}}'', ''Toys/HotWheels'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''Toys/CabbagePatchKids'', ''Tonka'', ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', and the Happy Meal Guys.

* CreatorBacklash:
** Creator/WaltDisney, who always preferred classical romantic art, was very critical of the graphic look which the xeroxing produced and admitted that he only did it to cut costs after ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' bombed.
** A minor case. Dodie Smith the original author of the novel was mostly satisfied with how the film turned out, but she was still pretty pissed that the credit she received in the opening was quite small. Walt himself apologized for this, stating that it was a mere technical oversight, and gave her some original prints from the film to make up for it.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/ChuckJones once commented that only Disney would make an animated film about one hundred and one dalmatians: "If I had tried to make ''One Dog Named Spot'' for Leon Schlesinger, he would not let me do it. Spots cost money."

* TalkingToHimself: There is a scene where The Colonel and Jasper come face to face. They are both voiced by the same actor J. Pat O'Malley.

** In the 1985 holiday season, Hardee's released a set of five plushes based on Disney movies. Besides Pinocchio, there were also plushes of [[WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp Lady]], WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}, WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}, and WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}.

** In 1994, [=McDonald's=] released a toy of Pongo, Lucky, and Cadpig as part of their Happy Birthday Happy Meal, which also featured toys based on Ronald and Friends, ''Toys/{{Barbie}}'', ''Toys/HotWheels'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''Toys/CabbagePatchKids'', ''Tonka'', ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', and the Happy Meal Guys.

* CreatorKiller: This film would be the last for Disney animator Marc Davis (then one of the Nine Old Animators and animator for Cruella De Vil), as he would be moved over to Disney's Imageneering department after his failed pitch for an adaptation of ''Chanticler'', where he'd find greater success in helping to develop some of {{Ride/Disneyland}}'s most beloved rides such as ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion''.

* ImageSource:
** UncattyResemblance

** Cruella De Vil almost became the villain in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''. It shows, as the villain of the movie is very similar, both in personality and looks.[[labelnote:The reason for this...]]This is because Milt Kahl was extremely jealous of Mark Davis's masterful animation of Cruella and proposed to beat him at his own game with Madame Medusa, who was Cruella to the extreme. There's a story that says Kahl called David into his office to show him the pencil test on a moviola, boasting that he'd finally outdone Cruella. David watched the test, then simply put a hand on Kahl's shoulder and said, "Nice try."[[/labelnote]]

* CreatorKiller: This film would be the last for Disney animator Marc Davis (then one of the Nine Old Animators and animator for Cruella De Vil), as he would be moved over to Disney's Imageneering department after his failed pitch for an adaptation of ''Chanticler'', where he'd find grerater success in helping to develop some of {{Ride/Disneyland}}'s most beloved rides such as ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion''.

* AdaptationSequence: Children's novel —> Animated film —> Second children's novel —> Live-action film —> Traditionally animated television series —> Second live-action film —> Non-canon video game —> Direct-to-Video sequel of animated film —> Flash animated television series. Whew!

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While the profession of writing songs for other artists to sing was quite thriving for decades, it would quickly start to be rendered obsolete just two years after the film's release thanks to the emergence of Music/TheBeatles and their popularization of artists writing their own songs, which remains the default model today. Consequently, Roger's dream of becoming a professional songwriter seems much less immediately relatable to a modern audience than it did in 1961.

* AFIS100Years100HeroesAndVillains:
** #39 Villain, Cruella De Vil

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** While the profession of writing songs for other artists to sing was quite thriving for decades, it would quickly start to be rendered obsolete just two years after the film's release thanks to the emergence of Music/TheBeatles and their popularization of artists writing their own songs, which remains the default model today. Consequently, Roger's dream of becoming a professional songwriter seems much less immediately relatable to a modern audience than it did in 1961.
** In the live action film, Anita refers to video games as "a growing business" and Cruella insists that ItWillNeverCatchOn. It only took a few years for the former statement to be obsolete and the latter to be dead in the water.

** An inevitability for any work set in contemporary times, given how heavily society and culture march on as decades pass, but one element that particularly sticks out is Roger's occupation as an aspiring songwriter. While the profession of writing songs for other artists to sing was quite thriving for decades, it would quickly start to be rendered obsolete just ''two years'' after the film's release thanks to the emergence of Music/TheBeatles and their popularization of the whole "artists write and perform their own songs" practice that remains far more commonplace today. Granted, professional songwriters still existed in the post-Beatles age of popular music, but it would never again be commonplace enough for Roger's dream of becoming one to make much sense to the majority of viewers.

** While the original author of the novel was mostly satisfied with how the film turned out, she was pretty pissed that the credit she received in the opening was quite small. Walt himself apologized for this, stating that it was a mere technical error.

** An inevitability for any work set in contemporary times, given how heavily society and culture march on as decades pass, but one element that particularly sticks out is Roger's occupation as an aspiring songwriter. While the profession of writing songs for other artists to sing was quite thriving for decades, it would quickly start to be rendered obsolete just ''two years'' after the film's release thanks to the emergence of Music/TheBeatles and their popularization of the whole "artists write and perform their own songs" practice that remains far more commonplace today. Granted, professional songwriters still existed in the post-Beatles age of popular music, but it would never again be commonplace enough for Roger's chances of becoming one to make much sense to the majority of viewers.

** Subverted. The film was supposed to take place in PresentDay at the time of release, but over the decades it's instead become "Just another old-timey Disney film".