History Trivia / TheDreamstone

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Frizz is voiced by Melvyn Hayes, who played "Gloria" Beaumont on ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', and [[InkSuitActor is essentially the same character minus crossdressing]]. He who also played Skeleton in ''SuperTed''.
** Zordrak is voiced by the Honey Monster and [[BimblesBucket Sploot]].
** In "The Dreamthief" pilot, Rufus is voiced by the [[Creator/ChristianBale GODDAMN BATMAN]]!!!

* FountainOfExpies: Martin Gates Productions seemed to be rather fond of the Urpneys' TerribleTrio dynamic, as proven by later projects such as the Sleazians in ''BimblesBucket'' and the trolls in ''TheSnowQueen1995''. Such projects also usually feature a KidHero akin to Rufus or Amberley.

** Monster Entertainment has recently gained rights to the entire series and is promoting a big rerelease for late 2014.

*** It's all on Website/YouTube, if you know where to look.

*** Still applies to series 3 and 4, which are owned by ITV rather than CookieJar, and are still unavailable.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Frizz is voiced by Melvyn Hayes, who played "Gloria" Beaumont on ''ItAintHalfHotMum'', and [[InkSuitActor is essentially the same character minus crossdressing]]. He who also played Skeleton in ''SuperTed''.

* FountainOfExpies: Martin Gates Productions seemed to be rather fond of the Urpneys' TerribleTrio dynamic, as proven by later projects such as the Sleazians in ''BimblesBucket'' and the trolls in ''TheSnowQueen1995''. Such projects also usually feature a KidHero akin to Rufus or Amberley.* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: According to writer and producer Martin Gates, this is why no revival projects have been made thus far. Creator Mike Jupp also had to step down as consultant and storyboard artist for the closing points of the series, due to being busy with future project ''Bimble's Bucket''.

* FountainOfExpies: Martin Gates Productions seemed to be rather fond of the Urpney's TerribleTrio dynamic, as proven by later projects such as the Sleazians in ''BimblesBucket'' and the trolls in ''TheSnowQueen1995''.
* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: According to writer and producer Martin Gates, this is why no revival projects have been made thus far. Creator Mike Jupp also had to step down as consultant and storyboard artist for the closing points of the series, due to being busy with future project ''Bimble's Bucket''. Such projects also usually feature a KidHero akin to Rufus or Amberley.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: According to writer and producer Martin Gates, this is why no revival projects have been made thus far. Creator Mike Jupp also had to step down as consultant and storyboard artist for the closing points of the series, due to being busy with future project ''Bimble's Bucket''.

** Zordrak is voiced by the Honey Monster and Sploot from ''BimblesBucket''.

* TheOtherDarrin: Gary Martin replaced Leonard Whiting as Urpgor for the final season. He also took over narration duties Season Two onward.

* RecycledScript: The premise for Season Three's "The Neemod" is very similar to that of Season Two's "The Monster" (ie. a giant creature comes to life and the Urpneys try and use it to steal the Dreamstone). Since the show was often StrictlyFormula, several other episodes also ran in a similar fashion plot wise, albeit with the difference of whatever gimmick the Urpneys tried (eg. "The Shrinking Stone" plays much akin to "The Invisible Blob", with most of the episode revolved around the Urpneys sneaking around the Dream Maker's tower haphazardly and losing the stone in their frantic escape, albeit via shrinkage in place of invisibility).

* RecycledScript: The premise for Season Three's "The Neemod" is very similar to that of Season Two's "The Monster" (ie. a giant creature comes to life and the Urpneys try and use it to steal the Dreamstone).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: All of six episodes were ever released on DVD, both volumes seem out of production.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: According to writer and producer Martin Gates, this is why no revival projects has been made thus far. Creator Mike Jupp also had to step down as consultant and storyboard artist for the closing points of the series, due to being busy with future project ''Bimble's Bucket''.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: According to writer and producer Martin Gates, this is why no revival projects has been made thus far. In a more willing case, creator Mike Jupp stepped down as consultant and storyboard artist for the closing points of the series, due to being busy with future project ''Bimble's Bucket''.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: According to writer and producer Martin Gates, this is why no revival projects has been made thus far. In a willing case, creator Mike Jupp stepped down as consultant and storyboard artist for the closing points of the series, due to being busy with future project ''Bimble's Bucket''.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: According to writer and producer Martin Gates, this is why no revival projects has been made thus far. In a lighter case, creator Mike Jupp stepped down as consultant and storyboard artist for the closing points of the series, due to being busy with future project ''Bimble's Bucket''.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The series was initially concieved as DarkerAndEdgier [[MidDevelopmentMediumShift storybook]] with more action and mystical concepts. While some of these concepts make it into the finalized TV series (especially the pilot episode), the setup was reinvented into a more light hearted RoadRunnerVsCoyote style cartoon.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original story plans for the show were intended for a children's book and had a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier tone. In addition the story was to focus more on Rufus (who was a prothesised hero in early plans) with the Urpneys as minor comic relief. A few of the original concepts made their way into "The Dreamthief" promo and even the Opening Special, albeit in a DenserAndWackier tone.