Happy Feet - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Happy Feet or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Happy Feet

[sophie]

The second Warner Bros.' computer-animated film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after The Ant Bully (2006).

[ethel]

Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams, and Nicole Kidman all did their own singing.

[norma]

When aired on Sprout (now Universal Kids) for the first time, it made a exception in the TV rating. It is rated TV-PG, while all other programs at that time was usually rated TV-Y.

[sandra]

Warner Bros. considered a future IMAX 3-D re-release as a possibility, having only released the film in IMAX 2-D. This didn't happen, as Warner Bros., was on too tight a budget to release Happy Feet in IMAX digital 3-D. However, the sequel was released in 3-D.

[janice]

When Gloria and Mumble are tumbling around on the ice after emerging from the water, they briefly slide into a human mating position (facing each other, lying down) and then slide into a penguin mating position (with Gloria on her belly and Mumble behind her).

[chris]

This is the first Warner Bros.' animated film to use the live-action sequences.

[toni]

Norma Jean and Memphis are obviously named for Marilyn Monroe (who was born Norma Jean Mortensen) and Elvis Presley (who lived in Memphis, Tennessee). Their voices and mannerisms are imitations.

[duane]

The director used Savion Glover in a Motion Capture suit while tap dancing to record Mumble's dancing.

[beth]

When Mumble is dancing, you can see three black spots over his ankle area, this is in reference to the spats that used to be worn over shoes in early Fred Astaire dancing movies.

[cameron]

Mumble features a faded dark spot directly under his neck in the shape of a bow tie. This was added to make Mumble's appearance more like a white tuxedo. This is both to emphasize the Fred Astaire resemblance and is also a play on "penguin suit", a slang term for a black tuxedo.

[christina]

This movie was one of the two types of media in 2006 in which Elijah Wood's character hatched from an egg and was forced to find where he belonged. The other was ''The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (2006)'', where he voiced the title character, Spyro.

[morris]

When the Amigos are getting ready to follow Mumble & Lovelace off the cliff into elephant seal territory, they psych themselves up by singing, "Jump in Time," a big song-and-dance number from Mary Poppins which featured Dick Van Dyke's character Bert.

[ella]

Owen Wilson was considered for the role of Mumble. He voiced Lightning McQueen in Cars (2006), a film also nominated for Best Animated Feature.