History Trivia / SausageParty

* CastingGag:
** Co-director Greg Tierman, an Irishman, voices a potato.
** In the Japanese dub, it's not the first time we hear Creator/RomiPark (Teresa) and Tsuguo Mogami (Carl) [[Manga/AttackOnTitan working in a film and series that deals with fighting against giant flesh-eating beings]]. In Park's case, it's also not the first time she voiced a character named [[Manga/{{Claymore}} Teresa]].
* CreatorCameo: Both directors have bit parts in the film: Conrad Vernon voices Sauerkraut, Twink and Toilet Paper. Greg Tierman voices Potato and a can of noodle soup.

* ParodyAssistance: How better to spoof your typical CGI family comedy than to hire Conrad Vernon, who's [[WesternAnimation/Shrek2 directed]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens such]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} films]] himself, as one of the co-directors (it helps that [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine he directed Seth Rogen]] in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'')? There's also the Music/AlanMenken-penned "The Great Beyond," a send up of exactly the kind of whimsical Disney songs he's made a name for himself with.
** Creator/BillHader, a longtime friend and collaborator of Rogen's, has been a Creator/{{Disney}} regular since 2013 and has been mostly working on their Creator/{{Pixar}} films. Who better to get to voice [[ActingForTwo three different characters]] in your Pixar parody than someone who's been working for said company!

* ProtectionFromEditors: According to the filmmakers, they actually had full control over production, which was how they were able to get away with much of the film's risque content.

** Mark Osborne was originally tapped to direct the film, but dropped out to work on ''{{WesternAnimation/The Little Prince|2015}}''.

** Puff Daddy was offered a role in the movie as a bottle of [[ProductPlacement Cour]][[ActorAllusion voisier]], he turned down the role because [[AnimationAgeGhetto the movie was animated, not live-action]].

* AwesomeDearBoy

** Self-inficted by the Taiwanese distributor, who canceled the already planned theatrical release so they won't have to deal with angry parents mistaking this as a family-friendly movie. They later changed the release date to November 8, 2016, and also added disclaimers about this being an 18+ movie.

** Gregório Duvivier (who also voiced Short Fuse in WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar) voices Barry
** Rafael Portugal voices Druggie
** Luis Lobianco voices Douche
** Fábio Porchat (who also voiced Olaf in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' and Chuck in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'') voices Twink
** Antonio Tabet (who also voiced Hank in WesternAnimation/FindingDory) voices Gum
** João Vicente de Castro voices Tequilla
** Karina Ramil voices Loretta
** Gabriel Totoro voices the Pislitz Chips bag

* CastingGag
** Co-director Greg Tierman, an Irishman, voices a Potato.

* CreatorCameo: Both directors have bit parts in the film: Conrad Vernon voices Sauerkraut, Twink and Toilet Paper, voices Greg Tierman voices Potato and a can of noodle soup.

** Lavash's [[spoiler: pubic hair was originally visible at the end of the 8-minute food orgy scene, but this gave the film an NC-17 rating. In order to be reassigned with an R rating, his scrotum was digitally shaved.]]

** At one point, there was going to be a character named [[http://damonbard.tumblr.com/post/148992443347/kummy-sausage-party-i-was-on-this-project-as-an/ Kummy]], a homosexual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat kumquat]] who likes to throw {{double entendre}}s, mostly involving twigs and berries. It's possible that he was removed to reduce the amount of gay characters in the movie or he was replaced by Terica Taco.

** Nick Kroll originally played [[BigBad Douche]] as an EvilBrit, but Seth Rogan felt it sounded too much like [[WesternAnimation/Aladdin Jafar]] and, since the film is more a parody of Pixar and [=DreamWorks=] films than of Disney films, it wouldn't be appropriate. He also didn't think it sounded "douchy" enough.

** [[https://youtu.be/DUTjQ6pyk10 According to Nick Kroll]], [[BigBad Douche]] was supposed to be an EvilBrit but the producers felt that he didn't sound Douchy enough.

** Fábio Porchat (who also voiced Olaf in {{Disney/Frozen}} and Chuck in WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie) voices Twink

* WordOfGod:
** Movie writer Evan Goldberg and executive producer James Weaver [[http://collider.com/sausage-party-story-details-evan-goldberg/ state]] that the movie deliberately tears apart Creator/{{Pixar}} movies, in large part because nobody else dares to do so. Although it is also believed that the film makes fun of every successful animated film in the past 20 years of when the film came out.

** Self-inficted by the Taiwanese distributor, who canceled the already planned theatrical release so they won't have to deal with angry parents mistaking this as a family-friendly movie.

* TroubledProduction: You can't make the first CGI feature for adults without [[JustForPun breaking a few eggs]]. Lots of rewrites happened and co-director Greg Tiernan [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/17/for-audiences-sausage-party-was-a-laugh-riot-for-some-animators-it-was-a-nightmare/#comments frequently abused the animation staff]], forcing them to work overtime 7 days a week without extra pay, due to the film's small budget, and threatening to blacklist them and remove their names from the credits if they stood up to him (only ''half'' of the artists whose work is in the final film show up at the end - at least everyone sued about the overtime pay and won).

* FollowTheLeader: In the wake of ''Sausage Party'''s success, a number of other adult animated movies have been announced by various studios, though none have been released yet. Sony itself has also declared its intent to produce further animated movies for adults.

* AllStarCast: The film's cast comprises of top-of-the-line actors and comedians like Creator/SethRogen, Creator/KristenWiig, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/MichaelCera and Creator/JamesFranco. Also making appearances are Creator/EdwardNorton, Creator/David \Krumholtz, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/NickKroll, Creator/BillHader, Creator/CraigRobinson and Creator/DannyMcBride.

* AllStarCast: The film's cast comprises of top-of-the-line actors and comedians like Creator/SethRogen, Creator/KristenWiig, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/MichaelCera and Creator/JamesFranco. Also making appearances are Creator/EdwardNorton, David Krumholtz, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/PaulRudd, Nick Kroll, Creator/BillHader, Creator/CraigRobinson and Creator/DannyMcBride.

* ActingForTwo: Bill Hader voices Guacamole, Firewater, and Tequila.

* BannedInChina: Self-inficted by the Taiwanese distributor, who canceled the already planned theatrical release so they won't have to deal with angry parents mistaking this as a family-friendly movie.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Inverted. It came close to receiving an NC-17 rating, but was eventually toned down for an R, which is saying something considering [[BlackComedy what]] ''[[BlackComedy did]]'' [[BlackComedy end up in the movie]].

* TroubledProduction: You can't make the first CGI feature for adults without [[JustForPun breaking a few eggs]].
** Seth Rogen spent nearly a decade pitching the film, with the fist of the AnimationAgeGhetto coming down hard each time on both the obscene humor and religious message. Even Sony initially dismissed it before he wrote another draft two years later (tellingly, this same studio had no problem making Rogen's ''Film/TheInterview''. You know, the movie about assassinating the ''very much alive at the time'' Kim Jung Un?). Then the Sony hack in 2014 forced him to rewrite it ''again'' just as physical production was starting.
** Once physical production ''did'' get started, co-director Greg Tiernan [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/17/for-audiences-sausage-party-was-a-laugh-riot-for-some-animators-it-was-a-nightmare/#comments frequently abused the animation staff]], forcing them to work overtime 7 days a week without extra pay, due to the film's small budget, and threatening to blacklist them and remove their names from the credits if they stood up to him (only ''half'' of the artists who's work is in the final film show up at the end). Because there's no animation union in Vancouver, where Nitrogen Studios is located, the artists could only either comply or risk never working in the business again.
** There were several changes made to the script during production at short notice and with little communication to the studio, who had little to no idea what to do next.

** Most of the supporting cast (several of them from Creator/TheOceanGroup, and thus, no strangers to this trope) do this as well.

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, it's not the first time we hear Creator/RomiPark (Teresa) and Tsuguo Mogami (Carl) [[Manga/AttackOnTitan working in a film and series that deals with fighting against giant flesh-eating beings]]. In Park's case, it's also not the first time she voiced a character named [[Manga/{{Claymore}} Teresa]].
* CreatorCameo: Both directors have bit parts in the film: Conrad Vernon voices Sauerkraut and Toilet Paper (among others), and Greg Tierman voices Potato and a can of noodle soup.
* DoingItForTheArt: When you have someone like Seth Rogen pitching the project for almost ten years and hiring people who actually worked on the very kind of productions this film satirizes, you know you have this trope in effect.

** Co-director Greg Tiernan previously directed ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' (during its CGI era) for a few years.

* CreatorCameo: Both directors have bit parts in the film: Conrad Vernon voices Twinks (using the same voice he used for [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the Gingerbread Man]], only not as high-pitched) and Toilet Paper, and Greg Tierman voices Potato.

** Movie writer Evan Goldberg and executive producer James Weaver [[http://collider.com/sausage-party-story-details-evan-goldberg/ state]] that the movie deliberately tears apart Creator/{{Pixar}} movies, in large part because nobody else dares to do so.

* ActorAllusion:
** [[Film/{{Superbad}} Seth & Evan]] are sausages.
*** While on the topic of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'', Firewater says "Fuck me, right?", which is a line from the movie ([[BeamMeUpScotty although Hader didn't deliver the line, Hill did]]).
** [[Creator/SethRogen Frank]] [[Film/PineappleExpress coughs after smoking weed]].
** Conrad Vernon [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} yet again]] portrays an anthropomorphic food character.
** Nick Kroll was a Douche [[Series/ParksAndRecreation before]].
*** In addition, Douche is similar to Nick Kroll's Bobby Bottleservice character.
** This is the [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce third]] [[Series/ManSeekingWoman time]] that Bill Hader has been in something that involves an AdolfHitlarious character (albeit this time, he doesn't play it).
** This one may be a coincidence, but considering WhatCouldHaveBeen, Creator/PaulRudd [[spoiler: is [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar used as a giant weapon again]]]].

** According to Joey Tedesco of the Cartoon Palooza, Mr Grits was originally named {{Literature/Uncle Tom|sCabin}}[='=]s Rice and [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/b4f35ede232b7e1deababb1389d4d14f/tumblr_oc165wxxl11vd35fdo3_1280.jpg his design of an old man with white hair]], Take ''[[ValuesDissonance three]] '''[[UnfortunateImplications WILD]]''' [[TooSoon guesses]]'' why it had to be changed for the final film.

* NoBudget: The film has a reported budget of [[http://www.econotimes.com/Sausage-Party-actor-producer-Seth-Rogen-Reveals-Small-$30-million-Budget-Critics-Predict-Possible-Box-Office-Flop-213451 $30 million]] (other estimates [[http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-petes-dragon-sausage-party-florence-foster-jenkins-thursday-1201836357/ go as low as $19 million.]]) Keeping in mind that this film has ''A-list voice talent'', and the fact that any film from Disney, Pixar, and [=DreamWorks=] Animation tends to cost almost '''triple''' that amount, you'd expect this to be a direct-to-video movie rather than a theatrically released film.

** Seth Rogen spent nearly a decade pitching the film, with the fist of the AnimatinAgeGhetto coming down hard each time on both the obscene humor and religious message. Even Sony initially dismissed it before he wrote another draft two years later (tellingly, this same studio had no problem making Rogen's ''Film/TheInterview''. You know, the movie about assassinating the ''very much alive at the time'' Kim Jung Un?). Then the Sony hack in 2014 forced him to rewrite it ''again'' just as physical production was starting.

* TroubledProduction: Rogen had been trying to pitch the idea for eight years, but nobody in Hollywood seemed open to the idea until Megan Ellison and eventually Sony came along. Progress was further stalled when an early draft of the script was leaked to the internet during the 2014 Sony hack. Then, when physical production ''did'' start, the animators [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/17/for-audiences-sausage-party-was-a-laugh-riot-for-some-animators-it-was-a-nightmare/#comments were frequently abused]] by the two directors, Tiernan reportedly moreso, who demanded they work overtime for no pay and even threatened to blacklist them should they not comply. As Canada doesn't have an animation union, the animators were either forced to comply or quit and have their names removed (the credits list about ''half'' of the artists' who's work is in the final product).

* TroubledProduction: Rogen had been trying to pitch the idea for eight years, but nobody in Hollywood seemed open to the idea until Megan Ellison and eventually Sony came along. Progress was further stalled when an early draft of the script was leaked to the internet during the 2014 Sony hack. Then, when physical production ''did'' start, the animators [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/08/17/for-audiences-sausage-party-was-a-laugh-riot-for-some-animators-it-was-a-nightmare/#comments were frequently abused]] by the two directors, Tiernan reportedly moreso, who demanded they work overtime for no pay and even threatened to blacklist them should they not comply (the animation industry is a very small reference pool), resulting in several artists walking off the project and having their names removed as a result.

* AllStarCast: The film's cast comprises of top-of-the-line actors and comedians like Creator/SethRogen, Creator/KristenWiig, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/MichaelCera and Creator/JamesFranco. Also making appearances are Creator/EdwardNorton, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/BillHader, Creator/CraigRobinson and Creator/DannyMcBride.

* AllStarCast: The film's cast comprises of top-of-the-line actors and comedians like Creator/SethRogen, Creator/KristenWiig, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/MichaelCera and Creator/JamesFranco. Also making appearances are Creator/EdwardNorton, Creator/SalmaHayek, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/BillHader, Craig Robinson and Danny [=McBride=].

** Creator/JonahHill is given Third billing before Creator/BillHader and Creator/MichaelCera (both of whom have much larger roles in the film) despite [[spoiler: his character being the SacrificialLion to Cera's character]] ([[TrailersAlwaysSpoil not that the trailers tried to hide that fact, anyway]]).*