History Trivia / RalphBakshi

** He was interested in directing ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' as animated films.

* PresumedFlop: With the exception of ''Fritz the Cat'', his movies are often discussed as though they were box-office failures. However, due to their [[NoBudget virtually nonexistent budgets]], most of them ended up being very profitable. This is especially true of ''The Lord of the Rings'', which is usually thought of as a flop but earned over seven times its budget.

** Bakshi's plan for ''The Lord of the Rings'' was to make two films, one of which would cover as much of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' as he could and ''The Two Towers'' up to the end of the battle of Helm's Deep, and the second film would cover the rest. The studio, however, would not greenlight two films at once, and then released the first film without the "Part One" that Bakshi wanted in the title, since they did not believe anyone would pay for "half a movie". The film didn't sell as well as they expected, mostly due to audiences realizing only after they had bought a ticket and sat through the whole thing that it wasn't the full story, and thus, the studio ruled against greenlighting the "sequel".

** Ralph was not happy that he wasn't allowed to make a follow-up to complete his ''Lord of the Rings'' animated film, or for being forced to drop the "Part 1" from the films title, feeling it cheated the audience into thinking they were getting the whole story, as opposed to just the first two books.

** He made his films very personal and gritty to contrast to Disney's obsessiveness with slickness and escapist entertainment and to combat tired, dumb cliches and perceptions of what cartoons are in general. He believes animation is a tool that can handle any kind of story, idea, technique or genre, and stresses the importance of content in films, and doesn't remotely care if his animation "works" or not, as long as he tries or has something new to say with the medium. He also adamantly stresses that polish and perfectionism only robs a film of raw energy and vitality, seeing it as a crutch to hide weak, stale ideas (he sees this as a flaw of Disney films and their followers, which he thinks are so overworked, over refined until they're perfect, that he finds them impersonal and boring).

** He was interested in directing ''Film/BladeRunner'' and ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' as animated films.

* ProductionPosse: Most of his 70s films had assistance from Korean studio Creator/LukFilm on Ink & Paint duties.

** Bakshi's 80s shows often featured the team from ''Mighty Mouse'', including Tom Minton, Eddie Fitzgerald, Jim Reardon and animation studio Creator/WangFilmProductions.

* PlayingAgainstType: Ralph switched to a fantasy direction with films like ''Wizards'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' partly because he didn't want to get typecasted as only being an artist who made explicit, X-rated animation, a reputation given to him by his first three feature films. He even made some out and out children's cartoons, such as the adaptation of Dr. Seuss' ''The Butter Battle Book'' and ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' as a result of this.

* ApprovalOfGod: Ralph saw the WebOriginal/NostalgiaCritic's [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E4 review of]] ''Film/CoolWorld'' and thought it was very funny, even sharing it on his Facebook page.

* ApprovalOfGod: Ralph saw the WebOriginal/NostalgiaCritic's [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E4 review of]] ''WesternAnimation/CoolWorld'' and thought it was very funny, even sharing it on his Facebook page.

** There have been some projects he's done just to keep money flowing, but that was just so he would be able to make the projects he ''really'' wanted to do, rather than just make a quick buck for its own sake.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Some of his work is not available on home video, such as the aforementioned "Hound Town", the uncut version of "Hey Good Lookin", and the TerryToons "Mighty Heroes" cartoons he worked on. Likewise, "Christmas In Tattertown", "Spicy City", his two "What A Cartoon" shorts have yet to receive any DVD release. His TV special of ''[[Creator/DrSeuss The Butter Battle Book]]'', however, was recently released as a bonus feature on the DVD for the ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho!'' TV special.

** He made his films very personal and gritty to contrast to Disney's obsessiveness with slickness and escapist entertainment and to combat tired, dumb cliches and perceptions of what cartoons are in general. He believes animation is a tool that can handle any kind of story, idea, technique or genre, and stresses the importance of content in films, and doesn't remotely care if his animation "works" or not, as long as he tries or has something new to say with the medium. He also adamantly stresses that polish and perfectionism only robs a film of raw energy and vitality, seeing it as a crutch to hide weak, stale ideas (he sees this as a flaw of Disney films and their followers, which he thinks are so overworked, over refined until they're perfect, that he finds them impersonal and boring).\\

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He discarded pencil tests and retakes not only for money reasons, but because he trusted the veteran animators to know he expected creativity and professionalism in their animation rather than perfection. And one time, when one artist came up to him pointing out a minor continuity mistake between two layout drawings (specifically, a key switching hands between the drawings), Ralph proceeded to chew him out in front of the whole studio, basically telling him he was wasting his time on irrelevant details, instead of what's really important to the film.

* ApprovalOfGod: Ralph saw the WebOriginal/NostalgiaCritic's [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E4 review of]] ''WesternAnimation/CoolWorld'' and thought it was very funny, even sharing it on his facebook page.

* DoingItForTheArt: He made his films very personal and gritty to contrast to Disney's obsessiveness with slickness and escapist entertainment and to combat tired, dumb cliches and perceptions of what cartoons are in general. He believes animation is a tool that can handle any kind of story, idea, technique or genre, and stresses the importance of content in films, and doesn't remotely care if his animation "works" or not, as long as he tries or has something new to say with the medium. He also adamantly stresses that polish and perfectionism only robs a film of raw energy and vitality, seeing it as a crutch to hide weak, stale ideas (he sees this as a flaw of Disney films and their followers, which he thinks are so overworked, over refined until they're perfect, that he finds them impersonal and boring).\\