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1* BreakawayPopHit: The film's original score by Music/AlanSilvestri, specifically its main title, has found extensive use outside the context of the film, being used in movie trailers, TV commercials, as well as other films.
2* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film was titled ''Un ratoncito duro de cazar''[[note]]A tough little mouse to hunt[[/note]] in Latin America.
3* DuelingDubs: The film was dubbed into Japanese twice. The first (with Creator/MinoruInaba and Koji Ochiai as Ernie and Lars, respectively) was made for its theatrical and home media releases, and the second (with the late Creator/KenjiUtsumi and Creator/YujiMitsuya voicing the Smuntz brothers) first premiered on the Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem in 2001. Both dubs featured Creator/JunpeiTakiguchi as Alexander Falko.
4* FakeAmerican: British Creator/LeeEvans as Lars Smuntz.
5* FakeNationality: Debra Christofferson and Camilla Søeberg as the Belgian hair models Ingrid and Hilde.
6* InMemoriam: The film was dedicated to Creator/WilliamHickey who died shortly before filming had completed.
7* MissingTrailerScene:
8** {{Lampshaded}} in the film's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFeWRpeU1Y offbeat trailer]]:
9-->"These are the cha-cha twins.[[note]]Actually some 1920's [[http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/two-young-women-dressed-in-matching-blue-jean-overalls-news-footage/137015205 stock footage]].[[/note]] They are ''not'' in ''Mouse Hunt''. Tell your friends."
10** Also, most of the footage from the first teaser with the mouse doing shadow puppets.
11* PosthumousCredit: Creator/WilliamHickey, who plays PosthumousCharacter Mr. Smuntz, died six months before the movie's release.
12* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
13** The film was originally just going to be another ''Film/HomeAlone'' clone and be set in ThePresentDay. Creator/GoreVerbinski decided to go for a RetroUniverse aesthetic, much to the studio's chagrin.
14** Creator/JohnLithgow was the original consideration to play Ernie.

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