Alaina Gleen (film)/Trivia

Cultural references

 * The THX Deep Note and its logo is featured as the gang perform a raid on HigginTech (Professor Higgins' fortress). Ellie and the three bird kids are tasked with setting up a camera system in the fortress. Meanwhile, Benny Bird accidentally turns on the television to the THX logo as well as Deep Note playing at full volume on the fortress' sound system, with the force of it blowing off his feathers and ends up shaking the foundation of the fortress. The two others then quickly change the channel to the camera video on the wiring, which stops the loudness.
 * Coincidentally, THX sponsored the film during it's theatrical run.

Cameos

 * When getting an overview of Applewood City during "Welcome to Applewood City," there is a cameo of Kate Anderson and Chris McCallister from Kate & Chris (2007).
 * A magazine Lucy Jones is reading has a picture of Crystal on it, in honour of Crystal: Coming of Darkness.

Trivia

 * This is the first 20th Century Fox Animation film to be released in October.
 * This is the second 20th Century Fox animated film of 2010s to be produced in a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after Puppet Pals 2.
 * This is the second 20th Century Fox animated film of 2010s to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Puppet Pals 2.
 * The sixth 20th Century Fox animated film to have a post-credit scene, after Jeremy Monroe: The Biggest Movie Ever, History Island, The Alaina Gleen Movie, Kate & Chris, and Crystal.
 * Zac Efron and Taylor Swift later co-starred in Universal/Illumination's The Lorax (2012).
 * This is the second animated film to star Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte, and Allison Janney, following DreamWorks Animation's Over the Hedge (2006).
 * Maya Rudolph and T.J. Miller would also later co-star in Disney's Big Hero 6 (2014).
 * Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, and Seth Rogen planned to star in the film during the early development stages.
 * Justin Timberlake was considered for the role of Jason Baxter.
 * Danny DeVito was considered for the role of Professor Higgins.
 * This is the second of two films from 20th Century Fox Animation that featured the "75 Years" variant of the 20th Century Fox logo.
 * Professor Hinkle Higgins' fortress needed at least 150 animators to create.
 * Like the TV series, Bruce Bird says no dialogue in the entire film. He only did humming and grunting.
 * According to the film's director Thalia Ward, the film is considered an origin story of the TV series.
 * The film premiered on October 22, 2010 - Tianna Hopes' 59th birthday.
 * The 35mm prints of the film were shipped to some theaters under the codename "Pink Harvest". It references "Blue Harvest," the fake working title of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.
 * James Newton Howard was considered to score the film.
 * While in the Professor Higgins' fortress, you can see many parody posters of famous plays and movies that features Higgins.
 * The fantasy sequence, in which Jason Baxter imagines Eddie Elephant to be a great hero to the Applewood townspeople, is animated, and spoken, in a fake Japanese animé style.
 * WILHELM SCREAM: Heard as the giant ferris wheel crashes through the "Apple Park" amusement park.