Adventure Time: Awakening/Trivia


 * This is the first Adventure Time film to be rated PG-13 and released by Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
 * This is Ving Rhames and Steve Buscemi's second collaboration after Con Air (1997) which Scott Rosenberg wrote the screenplay.
 * Paul Scheer and Hannibal Buress previously worked together on the horror comedy film Slice (2018).
 * Mark Hamill and Donald Glover previously appeared in the Star Wars films. Hamill played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) while Glover protrayed a young version of Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
 * This is Michael Bay's first film from Warner Bros. Pictures since The Island (2005).
 * Shia LaBeouf, Michael Bay, Steve Buscemi, Kevin Michael Richardson, Tom Kenny, Grey DeLisle, Robin Atkin Downes, Rainn Wilson, and John DiMaggio worked together on the Transformers film series. LaBeouf portrayed Sam Witwicky in Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) DiMaggio voiced Crosshairs in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) whilst Michael Richardson voiced Skipjack and Prime in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). Kenny voiced Wheelie in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). DeLisle voiced Arcee in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). Robin Atkin Downes and Rainn Wilson were in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). Buscemi voiced Daytrader in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) which Michael Bay directed five of them.
 * This is Michael Bay and Keith David's second film after they work together on Armageddon (1998).
 * Kevin Michael Richardson, Jenny Slate, Keith David, Jeremy Suarez, Daniel Henney, Roz Ryan, Ving Rhames, Amy Sedaris, Steve Buscemi, Ron Perlman and Jim Cummings appeared in every Disney animated movie. Michael Richardson voiced Captain Gantu in Lilo & Stitch (2002). Henney voiced Tadashi Hamada in Big Hero 6 (2014). Slate voiced Dawn Bellwether in Zootopia (2016). Cummings voiced Winnie the Pooh, Nessus in Hercules (1997) and Ray in The Princess and the Frog (2009). David voiced Apollo, the god of sun in Hercules (1997) and Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog (2009). Suarez voiced Koda in Brother Bear (2003) and its sequel Brother Bear 2 (2006). Ryan voiced Thalia, the muse of comedy in Hercules (1997). Rhames voiced Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch (2002). Sedaris voiced Foxy Loxy in Chicken Little (2005). Perlman voiced Stabbington Brother in Tangled (2010). Buscemi voiced Randy Boggs in Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013).
 * Nathan Vetterlein, Rick May, Dennis Bateman, Gary Schwartz, Grant Goodeve, Robin Atkin Downes, John Patrick Lowrie, Ashly Burch and Nolan North reprise their roles from the video game Team Fortress 2.
 * This is Hiroki Hasegawa's first Hollywood film.
 * This is the third film to be written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci who previously worked with Michael Bay on The Island (2005) Transformers (2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), which he directed and produced it. The live-action films of Transformers were released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. This is also the fourth film to be written by Ehren Kruger since Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
 * Gary Anthony Williams and Michael Bay worked together on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).
 * This is Michael Bay and Peter Stormare's fourth collaboration after Armageddon (1998), Bad Boys II (2003), and Pain & Gain (2013).
 * Jessica DiCicco, Amy Sedaris, John Malkovich, Grey DeLisle, Kevin Michael Richardson, Conrad Vernon, Kristen Wiig, and Rainn Wilson appeared in every film by DreamWorks Animation. DiCicco was in Over the Hedge (2006), Sedaris voiced Jill in Puss in Boots (2011), DeLisle voiced Burn in the Netflix animated series Turbo: F.A.S.T., Malkovich voiced Dave the Octopus in Penguins of Madagascar (2014), Michael Richardson voiced Maurice in the animated television series The Penguins of Madagascar, and Wilson voiced Galaxar in Monsters vs. Aliens (2009). Conrad Vernon various characters in the franchises of Shrek and Madagascar. Kristen Wiig voiced Tuffnut in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise.
 * This is Michael Bay's first animated film.
 * This is Shia LaBeouf's first voice role in an animated film since Surf's Up (2007).
 * Joe Manganiello and Kristen Wiig appeared in the DC Extended Universe. Wiig played Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) while Manganiello played Deathstroke in Justice League (2017).
 * This is Michael Bay and Steve Jablonsky's eighth collaboration after The Island (2005), Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Pain and Gain (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).
 * Donald Glover, Michelle Williams, Daniel Henney, Rebecca Romijn, Joe Manganiello and Jenny Slate appear in the Marvel movies. Glover played Aaron Davis in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Henney played Agent Zero in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). Romijn played Mystique in X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and X-Men: First Class (2011). Slate and Williams played Dr. Dora Skirth and Anne Weying in Venom (2018). Manganiello played Flash Thompson in Spider-Man (2002).
 * This is Michael Bay and Shia LaBeouf's fourth collaboration after Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
 * This is Michael Bay and Lorenzo di Bonaventura's seventh collaboration after Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2018) and Bumblebee (2018).
 * This is Michael Bay's fourth collaboration with Steve Buscemi after Armageddon (1998), The Island (2005) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).