Trivia / Dodo

• Actor-Shared Background: Ashlee is Scottish and Asian like her voice actor Katie Leung.
• Dawson Casting: All the schoolkids are voiced by adults.
• Denial of Digital Distribution: The series was only on HBO Max for 4 months before it was removed in August 2022.
• Fake Nationality: Scottish actress Katie Leung as Irish Siobhan Murphy.
• International Coproduction: The series was produced by Wildseed Studios in the UK, Telegael in Ireland and Toonz Animation India.
• Irony as She Is Cast:
  • Ladies' man Pete Wilson is voiced by openly gay actor Kadiff Kirwan.
  • Openly lesbian actor Ellie Kendrick voices Lily Scott, who is in love with Joe.
  • In "Valentine", it's shown that Lily is bad at acting, while Ellie Kendrick is a professional stage and screen actor.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: For unknown reasons Jack Bennett made the original short film private on his Vimeo, but it can still be found elsewhere.
  • As of August 2023, it's available on the show's official YouTube channel.
• No Export for You: This appears to be the fate of the second season in the States, with the series no longer being available to stream there.
• The Other Darrin: A bunch of the voice actors were replaced between the short film and the series.
  • Ricky Wilson replaced Mike Skinner as the narrator.
  • Dylan Llewellyn replaced Chris Ashby as Joe.
  • Frankie Fox replaced Dale Hudson as Frisbo.
  • Kadiff Kirwan replaced Nial Newport as Pete.
  • Ellie Kendrick replaced Pia Marie Pose as Lily.
• Series Hiatus: Season 2 wasn't greenlit until late in 2022, more than a year after the first season ended.
• Uncredited Role: Because every episode has the same credits^note With the exception of "Breaking Up", which adds a credit for guest star Jodie Whittaker, the vocalist of the song "Dreams Become Real" in "Disco" goes uncredited.
• Unspecified Role Credit: Everyone except the narrator, Joe, Frisbo, Pete, Lily, Jamie, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. Connolly and Mr. Turner is in the additional voice credits.

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