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* ColbertBump: The film, or at least the VillainSong, gained immense popularity on Youtube after Creator/DougWalker included the song in [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic his]] [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/17640-top-11-villian-songs Top 11 Villains Songs list]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TbgMUx9OA One such video]] on Youtube had only around 2,000 views in one year before Doug mentioned it, and one year later, the same video had roughly 150,000 views.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Disney released the video as ''Mr Toad's Wild Ride'', to tie into the Ride/DisneyThemeParks ride of the same name.

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* MarketBasedTitle: Disney released Disney's VHS and DVD release retitled the video as film to ''Mr Toad's Wild Ride'', to tie into the Ride/DisneyThemeParks ride of the same name.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TerryGilliam was asked to voice "The River", but busy filming schedules with ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'' kept him from joining the cast.

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* MoneyDearBoy: Terry Jones admitted in a foreword to sold copies of the movie's script, that this was why it was made. It had been over sixty years since Grahame had died, which meant the book was in the public domain.

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* MoneyDearBoy: Terry Jones admitted admitted, in a foreword to sold copies of the movie's script, that this was why it was made. It had been over sixty years since Grahame had died, which meant the book was in the public domain.


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** After Toad crashes the steam engine, Jones originally wrote in the script that the engine was ''upside down'' with the wheels still spinning. This effect was shot down immediately, as it was too expensive. It was ultimately replaced with a shot of only the tender visible sticking out of a ditch.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Terry Jones admitted in a foreword to sold copies of the movie's script, that this was why it was made. It had been over sixty years since Grahame had died, which meant the book was in the public domain.

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* InvisibleAdvertising: In America it played on seven screens without advertising and the rights got dumped to Disney due to Columbia Pictures executives simply having no faith in it (the film's poor box-office in its native UK most likely was a factor).]

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* InvisibleAdvertising: In America it played on seven screens without advertising and the rights got dumped to Disney due to Columbia Pictures executives simply having no faith in it (the film's poor box-office in its native UK most likely was a factor).

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* InvisibleAdvertising: In America it played on seven screens without advertising and the rights got dumped to Disney due to Columbia Pictures executives simply having no faith in it (the film's poor box-office in its native UK most likely was a factor).]
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The poor UK box office was [[https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/the-life-times-monty-pythons-1843865 apparently]] the result of UK cinemas ''only'' showing it as an afternoon matinee.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TerryGilliam was asked to voice "The River", but busy filming schedules with ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'' kept him from joining the cast.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Cost £9.75 million to produce, and only grossed £1.303 million.
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* InvisibleAdvertising: In America it played on seven screens without advertising and the rights got dumped to Disney due to Columbia Pictures executives simply having no faith in it (the film's poor box-office in its native UK most likely was a factor).
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