Planes: Fire & Rescue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Planes: Fire & Rescue or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Planes: Fire & Rescue

[nicholas]

The lodge and train station are modeled after the Glacier Park Lodge, just outside the boundary of Glacier National Park.

[kylie]

The train that brings campers into the park has the name "Muir" on its side. John Muir was a naturalist who wrote many books and poems about his time in the Sierra Nevadas. He was also the founder of the Sierra club and is thought of as the "Father of the National Parks."

[amber]

When Dusty is reminiscing with Mayday in the fire station, several photos and awards are shown on the wall. In one of the photos Mayday is next to Sarge from Cars (2006).

[janice]

While watch CHoPs, there is a scene where Blade rescues a red car from a fire at Studio 4x4 (a reference to Studio 54) using the hoist. All the jumpers and planes watching (except Dusty) shout "HOIST!" and drink some oil insinuating a drinking game each time the hoist is used

[lonnie]

Brad Garrett's seventh Disney film after A Bug's Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Tarzan 2 (2005), Ratatouille (2007), Tangled (2010), and Planes (2013).

[carl]

The Howard the Truck video is a parody of a film based from Marvel comics, Howard the Duck (1986)

[steve]

The fourth animated sequel to be produced in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio unlike the previous installments which were produced at 1.85:1, after Rugrats Go Wild (2003), Shrek Forever After (2010), and Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012).

[kyle]

Jerry Stiller's second theatrically released animated film after Teacher's Pet (2004).

[ken]

Patrick Warburton and Brad Garrett's second collaboration after Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs Evil (2011).

[nicholas]

In the US version, Windlifter speaks with a Native American accent. The US military version of the S-64 Skycrane is called the CH-54 Tarhe. The CH-54 Tarhe is named after Tarhe (whose nickname was "The Crane"), an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe.

[fred]

The character "Ol' Jammer" shares the name with the operators of 1930s era custom tour buses that are still in use at Glacier National Park. The tour buses at Glacier Park are painted red and black and their operators are known as "jammers" due to the manner in which they would shift the old manual transmissions, Though these have all been replaced by automatic transmissions, the name "jammers" is still used.

[carla]

The park lodge bears a remarkable resemblance to the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland.

[ruby]

John Ratzenberger and Brad Garrett both star in A Bug's Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Ratatouille (2007), Planes (2013), and Finding Dory (2016).

[clayton]

Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara voice RVs 'Harvey' and 'Winnie' who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in Piston Peak National Park. Stiller & Meara celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2014, the same year the film was released.

[kristina]

The second Disney's animated sequel film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005).

[fred]

On the air attack wall of downed planes, a CDF (California Department or Forestry & Fire Protection) tanker that crashed in the Cleveland Fire is clearly visible. Only the tail number is changed.