History Trivia / ThePrincessAndTheFrog

* GenreKiller: Not in the literal sense, but Disney banked their interest in returning to do Traditional Animation films by how well ''Princess and the Frog'' performed at the box office. It did ''okay''. ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' came out the next year and gave Disney their highest numbers since ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}.'' The next 2D animated film, ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'', was the real last-ditch attempt before Disney finally gave up on 2D. [[HopeSpringsEternal For now]]. Their next traditional animation film would be ''WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie'' in 2022.

* AcclaimedFlop: Not nearly as badly as many other examples, but despite its beautiful animation and well-received story and characters, the film only had middling success at the box office. This was partly due to poor marketing (Ed Catmull, Disney's president, admitted that putting "Princess" in the title [[GirlShowGhetto made it seem as though the movie was only for young girls]]), poor release timing (the film debuted just five days before the release of the box-office shattering ''Film/{{Avatar}}''), and the fact it was a 2D animated film (which were seen as [[AnimationAgeGhetto kiddie trash]] compared to the "edgier" animated films made by Creator/{{Pixar}} and Creator/DreamWorksAnimation).

** In the Mexican Spanish dub, Dr. Facilier is voiced by the comedian Víctor Trujillo.

** The biggest names in the cast are Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/OprahWinfrey, and Creator/KeithDavid. Emeril Lagasse is in there too, as a crocodile who yells "[[CatchPhrase Bam]]!" a lot.

** France : ''The Princess and the frog''

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: That Disney made Tiana ButNotTooBlack by putting her curly hair in a top-knot. The supposed "ConceptArt" is actually fanart by a French artist from before the film even came out.

** When Creator/JimCummings sang Leon Russell's "Cajun Love Song" during his audition, it was so perfectly on-key that the filmmakers used the audio from it for a scene where Ray is randomly humming to himself.

* AcclaimedFlop: Not nearly as badly as many other examples, but despite its beautiful animation and well-received story and characters, the film only had middling success at the box office. This was partly due to poor marketing (Ed Catmull, Disney's president, admitted that putting "Princess" in the title [[GirlShowGhetto made it seem as though the movie was only for young girls]]), poor release timing (the film debuted just five days before the release of the box-office shattering ''Film/{{Avatar}}''), and the fact it was a 2D animated film (which were seen as [[AnimationAgeGhetto kiddie trash]] compared to the "edgier" animated films made by Creator/{{Pixar}} and Creator/DreamWorks).

* DoingItForTheArt: Disney was so determined to make this movie their best return to traditional animation that they made the short ''How to Hook Up Your Home Theater'' as a test run for their brand new animation pipeline.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: That Disney made Tiana ButNotTooBlack by putting her curly hair in a top-knot. The supposed "concept art" is actually fanart by a French artist from before the film even came out.

** In an earlier script, Dr. Facilier wasn't just a dark wizard who wants to conquer New Orleans with the help of his Friends on the Other Side - he would have been Mama Odie's ''son'', who followed the path of the dark arts unlike his mother. In this same script, there was to be a showdown between the two of them, which would have converged into a major battle during the Mardi Gras. Also, Facilier was originally named Dr. Duvalier after Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, the Voodoo-practicing genocidal dictator of Haiti.

** A female saxophone player was among the musicians in the jazz band, according to concept art.

* GenreKiller: Not in the literal sense, but Disney banked their interest in returning to do Traditional Animation films by how well ''Princess and the Frog'' performed at the box office. It did ''okay''. ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' came out the next year and gave Disney their highest numbers since ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}.'' The next 2D animated film, ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'', was the real last-ditch attempt before Disney finally gave up on 2D. [[HopeSpringsEternal For now]].

* NamesTheSame: This Tiana isn't the only [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Tiana"]] [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers whose best friend calls her "Tia".]]

** The biggest names in the cast are Creator/JohnGoodman and Creator/OprahWinfrey. Emeril Lagasse is in there too, as a crocodile who yells "[[CatchPhrase Bam]]!" a lot.

* DeletedRole: Composer Music/RandyNewman was originally going to voice the turtle that appears during "When We're Human", and was going to say "You sure 'bout that?" multiple times throughout the song. The dialogue was cut and the turtle ended up being mute. Then the filmmakers created an otter character for him to voice, before Newman ended up having a one-line cameo as Ray's cousin [[DawsonCasting Randy]].

** In the very first version of the story that was released online, the heroine was a chambermaid named Maddy (short for "Madeline") who worked for a SpoiledBrat rich woman who later evolved into [[SpoiledSweet Charlotte]]. Groups complained both about the racism of a black girl being a chambermaid, AND they complained about the name "Maddy", as it supposedly sounded like "mammy".