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Bugs Bunny

  • Bugs Bunny was originally called ‘Happy Rabbit’
  • The word ‘Bugs’ was actually a nickname for ‘crazy’
  • The voice of Bugs Bunny, by Mel Blanc, is also shared with Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat and even Woody Woodpecker
  • Some people say that Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was ironically allergic to carrots, but this is untrue
  • In World War II, it is a true fact that Bugs Bunny was made an honorary Marine Master Sergeant by the U.S. Marine Corps
  • Bugs was one of the few animations to receive his own star on the Walk of Fame
  • In 1997, the Bugs Bunny stamps were even more popular than Mickey Mouse stamps

Harry Potter

  • Hagrid is said to be twice the height of a human but in the films he is mentioned to be 8 feet 6 inches.
  • Hermione’s cat Crookshanks is no ordinary cat as he is half-kneazle. Kneazles are intelligent cat-like creatures who can sniff out suspicious characters and if a kneazle takes a liking to a witch or wizard, they make for excellent pets.
  • Members of the Order of the Pheonix are the only wizards who know how to communicate using their patronuses. A wizard’s patronus is the individual’s unique spirit guardian and is effective in use against the dark arts.
  • Dementors don’t breed. They grow where there’s decay, like fungus.
  • The tattoos on Sirius Black’s body are borrowed from Russian prison gangs. These are to identify a person as one to be feared and respected.
  • The command that makes the Dark Mark (the mark of the Dark Lord) appear is “Morsmorde” which appropriately means ‘take a bite out of death in French.
  • Harry’s middle name is James, Hermione’s is Jane and Ron’s is unfortunately, Bilius.
  • Garden gnomes are considered to be pests in the wizarding community because they eat the roots of plants and make little piles of earth, very much like moles.
  • The ghost Nearly-Headless Nick was beheaded because a botched dentistry job. He was trying to straighten Lady Grieve’s teeth but instead she sprouted a tusk.
  • Dumbledore has a scar in the shape of the London Underground above his knee.
  • The secret code Arthur Weasley must dial into a telephone keypad to access the Ministry of Magic is 62442. The letters underneath those numbers on a standard phone spell out the word ‘magic’.
  • You can only see a thestral when you can appreciate what death really means. This is why Harry could not see them until he witnessed the death of Cedric Diggory.
  • The original snitch used in early Quidditch matches was actually a fat bird called a snidget. When some wizards thought this to be too cruel, the wizard Bowman Wright invented the Golden Snitch.
  • Hogwarts’ school motto is ‘Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus’ which is Latin for ‘Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon’.
  • Harry Potter, JK Rowling and the actor Daniel Radcliffe all share the same birthday – July 31st
  • Hermione’s patronus is an otter because Rowling likes otters and sees herself in Hermione
  • JK Rowling named the driver and conductor of the Knight Bus after her grandfathers, Ernie and Stanley
  • Dumbledore is an old English word for a bumble-bee. JK Rowling says she believes this suits the Hogwarts head because “one of his passions is music and I imagined him walking around humming to himself.”
  • The four houses at Hogwarts correspond to the four elements. Ravenclaw is air, Gryffindor is fire, Slytherin is water and Hufflepuff is earth
  • Death Eaters were once called the Knights of Walpurgis
  • Harry Potter’s middle name is James, Hermione’s is Jane, Ginny’s is Molly – after her mother – and poor old Ron’s is Bilius
  • A magical quill detects the birth of every magical child, and records it in a book. Then Professor McGonagall sends an owl to each child when he or she turns 11
  • JK Rowling wrote the final chapter and the final word “scar” before she wrote the final book.
  • Ron was amazed to hear that Tom Riddle received an award for special services to Hogwarts, saying jokingly: “Maybe he murdered Myrtle; that would’ve done everyone a favour.” He DID murder Myrtle, through the Basilisk
  • Snape hates Neville because Neville could have also been the chosen one, and Lily would not have died
  • Voldemort cannot feel love because he was born under a love potion
  • After the Horcrux in Harry was destroyed, he lost the ability to speak Parseltongue
  • Severus is the only death eater who can produce a patronus
  • George would never be able to produce a patronus after Fred’s death
  • JK Rowling got sick of being asked how to pronounce Hermione, so they made Hermione teach Krum in the Goblet of Fire
  • Both Harry Potter and Dumbledore have been in possession of all three Deathly Hallows
  • Ron’s Patronus is a Jack Russel

Willy Wonka

  • Wonka’s chocolate room used enough fake chocolate to fill a swimming pool
  • 1850 real chocolate bars were made by Nestle for the film- A special walk-in trailer was acquired to hold all the chocolate.  It was kept at a certain humidity to preserve and safe guard the chocolate.  All chocolate was made with real ingredients.
  • Other real candy made for the film included:All the lollipops on the trees, the giant pink sugar canes, the giant humbugs and the red & white swirls of the sweeping tree were all real
  • The Nut Room- Animal trainer Michael Alexander and his team spent 19 weeks training 40 squirrels for the squirrel room scene.  The squirrels were trained to sit on stools while they opened nut shells and dropped the nuts onto a conveyor belt

Sound of Music, The

  • A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs

James Bond 007

  • James Bond Casino Royale is actually based on Ian Flemming’s first Bond novel
  • There have been seven American Bond Girls, four English , three French, two Swedish and one each from Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland , Italy, and Poland
  • Bond was born in Germany
  • Roger Moore was the oldest Bond actor at 58
  • The Bond franchise has raked in almost $4 billion dollars
  • Sean Connery’s wife doubled for actress Mie Hama in a water-dive scene for You Only Live Twice

Ultraman

  • The actor who played the monsters in Ultraman was a martial arts expert (Nakajima) and his apprentice acted as Ultraman instead
  • In the Ultraman series, the monster costumes would often be complete except for the feet. This was to allow the actors to balance themselves for the fights
  • At the end of the series, the English dub is incorrect. In the English dub, Ultraman stated he would return, and this was different to the original script

Chaplin, Charlie

  • Charlie Chaplin once won 3rd place in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest

shrek

  • The voice of Shrek (by Mike Myers) came from the accent that his mother would use when telling him bedtime stories

Greece

  • In Greece, the climate is so warm that many of the cinemas do not even have roofs

Oz, Frank

  • Frank OZ provides the voice of Yoda, also the Cookie Monster, Fozzie Bear and Ms. Piggy