The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

[cameron]

Numerous clues are visible in Max's real world: Max eats shark-themed cereal, Mr. Electricidad wears a lightning bolt tie clip, Marissa wears snowflake earrings, classroom artwork depicts a shark, volcano, and planets.

[norma]

Film debut of the following actors: Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, and Sasha Pieterse.

[scarlett]

The face of the boy from the Troublemaker Studios logo can be seen as a design or sticker on the cover of Linus' binder in multiple scenes.

[kristina]

The Total Nonstop Action professional wrestler Dean Roll, who trademarked the name "Shark Boy" in 1999, sued Miramax on June 8, 2005, claiming that his trademark had been infringed and demanding "any money, profits and advantages wrongfully gained". In April 2007, the suit was settled for an disclosed amount of 200,000.

[linda]

Every character that appears in Max's dream world based on a person in his life is modeled after their defining trait. Cookie Giants who are based on his parents are based on their specialty of giant cookies. Ice Princess is based on his classmate Marissa who was always cold from sitting underneath the air conditioner. Mr. Electric and Minus are villainous characters due to Max's antagonistic relationship with Linus and Mr. Electricidad (more so with Linus).

[wesley]

George Lopez plays and voices 4 of the movie's characters.

[kristen]

In real life, Kristin Davis (Max's mom) is six years older than David Arquette (Max's dad).

[darrell]

Rodriguez wrote the part of Mr. Electricidad with George Lopez in mind. In his television series in which he also has a son named Max.

[brent]

Tobor (the name for max's robot) is robot spelled backwards.

[tom]

Miley Cyrus had auditioned for the film with Taylor Lautner, and said it came down to her and Taylor Dooley for the role of Lavagirl, who was also auditioning; however Miley began production on Hannah Montana (2006) and was forced to back out. Aly Michalka, AnnaSophia Robb, Taylor Momsen, and Dakota Fanning where all also considered for the part of Lavagirl, but had other projects to attend to.

[tamara]

Jayma Mays and Mariana Ochoa was considered role of Marissa Electricidad

[francisco]

The word "Dream" and its derivations are spoken 188 times: Dream(s) (165); Dreaming (9); Dreamt (8); Dreamer(s) (5); Dreamed (1).

[duane]

Around the time of the film's debut Robert Rodriguez co-wrote a series of children's novels entitled Sharkboy and Lavagirl Adventures with acclaimed science fiction writer Chris Roberson. They include Book 1, The Day Dreamer, and Book 2, Return to Planet Drool, which announces that it will be continued in a third volume, Deep Sleep, which has yet to appear. They are illustrated throughout by Alex Toader, who designed characters and environments for the film and the previous Spy Kids franchise.

[cassandra]

Was Robert Rodriguez' most expensive film at a budget of $50 million until it was dethroned by Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), which cost $65 million.

[morris]

Max is shown early on to have a bunk-bed with an empty top bunk. It has been spectated that he had a sibling who passed away which could've caused the downfall of his parents' marriage.

[bernice]

Sabine Moussier, Rachel McAdams was Auditioned role of Lavagirl

[aaron]

Alexa PenaVega was considered for the role of Lavagirl having previously worked with Robert Rodriguez in the three Spy Kids films.

[ivan]

Out of all the characters in Max's dream world (Cookie Giants, Minus, Mr. Electric, Ice Princess, Tobor), Sharkboy and Lavagirl are his only imagined characters with no real-world counterpart.

[jim]

Taylor Lautner, who portrays Sharkboy, ironically has a fear of sharks.