Puss in Boots: The Last Wish/Trivia

Trivia

 * Puss in Boots is DreamWorks' tenth film to become a franchise, after The Prince of Egypt, Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Trolls, The Croods, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and The Boss Baby.
 * It is also the first franchise based on a spin-off.
 * This is the first spin-off film from the studio to receive a sequel.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to feature animation style used in the Lego Movie film series, The Peanuts Movie (2015), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Promare (2019), The Willoughbys (2020), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020), and Seal Team (2021).
 * This is also the second DreamWorks Animation film to feature an animation style used in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), after The Bad Guys.
 * This is the first film in the Shrek franchise to be released in the 2020s.
 * This is the first film to be set in the Shrek franchise to be distributed by Universal Pictures.
 * This also makes Shrek the first DreamWorks Animation franchise with its films distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures; no films in the franchise had been distributed by 20th Century Studios.
 * This is also the first film in the Shrek franchise with a distribution company's logo shown at the beginning since Shrek with DreamWorks Pictures.
 * This is also the first film in the Shrek franchise to end with just the DreamWorks Animation logo since Shrek 2.
 * The film's tagline is a reference to the movie Scarface, when Montana says "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!" while firing an M16 equipped with an underbarrel grenade launcher at advancing enemy gang members.
 * With the Three Bears receiving new character designs in this film in contrast to their earlier designs in Shrek, this marks the fourth Shrek film with a character given a new design. First was Shrek the Third, which gave Captain Hook a new design compared to his debut appearance in Shrek 2; Shrek Forever After was second, which gave Rumpelstiltskin and the Pied Piper new designs in contrast to their previous designs respectively from Shrek the Third and Shrek; Puss in Boots was third, which gave Jill a new design different from her minor appearance in Shrek 2.
 * The twenty-first DreamWorks Animation film to be produced in 2.39:1 widescreen aspect ratio, after Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Megamind, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, The Croods, Turbo, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, Trolls, The Boss Baby, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Trolls World Tour, The Croods: A New Age, Spirit Untamed, The Boss Baby: Family Business, and The Bad Guys.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation to film to include the new logo presentation since November 2022, in which many DreamWorks characters from their most popular franchises interact with the Fisher Boy.
 * This is DreamWorks Animation's second film to release in December, since The Prince of Egypt (1998).
 * The second DreamWorks Animation film to be directed by Joel Crawford after The Croods: A New Age.
 * This is also the second DreamWorks Animation sequel directed by Crawford after The Croods: A New Age.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be executive produced by Christopher Meledandri.
 * This is also the first animated film to be executive produced by Chris Meledandri since Horton Hears a Who!.
 * This is the third DreamWorks Animation spin-off film to take place after the events of a main feature film (this film takes place after Shrek Forever After, unlike the first Puss in Boots film, which took place before Shrek 2); the first two being Penguins of Madagascar and Spirit Untamed.
 * Some main elements of the movie are taken directly from the Walt Disney's animated classic 1940 film Pinocchio, iconic animated movie adaptation of the Italian Carlo Collodi's novel with the same name.
 * The entire concept of the Wish-Granting Star.
 * The magic phrase, "Star Light Star Bright First Star I See Tonight", is the same poem recited by Geppetto when he wished upon the Wishing Star in his film for his still lifeless puppet Pinocchio to become a real boy.
 * Although the phrase originated from an old nursery rhyme.
 * The Ethical Bug is a parody of the character Jiminy Cricket, who acted as Pinocchio's conscience in the Disney's animated film, unlike the Talking Cricket in the original Carlo Collodi's story, who acted as a minor and more marginal character.
 * In the flashback scene showing how "Little" Jack Horner became envious of Pinocchio and magical creatures in general, Pinocchio is performing similarly to the "I've got no strings" musical scene in the Walt Disney's animated film, this doesn't happen in the Carlo Collodi's novel, the only differences to the Disney film (except for the lyrics, of course) are the absence of other marionettes and Geppetto as manager instead of Stromboli.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to feature a Latin American singer in the end credits.
 * As well as, the first DreamWorks Animation film to feature a Brazilian actor.
 * This is the fifth DreamWorks Animation sequel not to have its music score composed by the same composer as its predecessor after Penguins of Madagascar (which had its music score composed by Lorne Balfe), Trolls World Tour (which had its music score composed by Theodore Shapiro), The Croods: A New Age (which had its music score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh), and Spirit Untamed (which had its music score by Amie Doherty); Henry Jackman composed the music score for the first film while Heitor Pereira takes over for this film.
 * It is also the ninth DreamWorks Animation film not to be composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Henry Jackman, Lorne Balfe, Steve Mazzaro, or Theodore Shapiro, as Pereira takes over as the film's composer; the first eight being 2005's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (which was composed by Julian Nott), 2012's Rise of the Guardians (which was composed by Alexandre Desplat), 2013's The Croods (which was composed by Alan Silvestri), and 2014's Mr. Peabody & Sherman (which was composed by Danny Elfman), 2016's Trolls (which was composed by Christophe Beck), 2020's The Croods: A New Age (which was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh), 2021's Spirit Untamed (which was composed by Amie Doherty), and 2022's The Bad Guys (which was composed by Daniel Pemberton).
 * It is also the first DreamWorks Animation film to have its music score composed by Illumination composer Heitor Pereira, who previously provided some additional music for The Road to El Dorado, Shrek 2, Madagascar, and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
 * This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be released on digital, just 16 days after its theatrical release.
 * There is no acknowledgement of the events of The Adventures of Puss In Boots, including the absence of Dulcinea, who was shown to still know of Puss by the end of the series. However there are some throwbacks.
 * In his 2nd death. Puss showed the dogs that he is perfect at playing cards. This is a throwback to Season 3 Episode 8 "Coin Toss" which in the final scenes Puss saw Cleevil and Kid Pickles playing cards after that he said that he loves this game. This explains why he is good at playing cards which was taught by Cleevil and Kid Pickles.