Babe/Trivia

James Cromwell (Farmer Hoggett) was so moved by working on this film, that he became a vegetarian.


 * Acting for Two: Christine Cavanaugh voiced both Babe and Duchess the cat.
 * Dueling Movies: Against Gordy, a slightly earlier film also about a young talking pig. It won so handily that most people now think Gordy is the knockoff, though the two don't have as many similarities as one would expect.
 * Fake American: Miriam Margolyes as Fly, Hugo Weaving as Rex, Magda Szubanzki as Mrs Hoggett and many Australian extras doing American accents.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Zefram Cochrane is Farmer Hoggett.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Agent Smith as Rex.
 * Dexter as Babe.
 * Duchess, the cat, was Minnie Mouse.
 * One of the puppies was Gus Griswald.
 * The Other Darrin: In Babe: Pig in the City, E.G. Daily replaces Christine Cavanaugh as Babe. Coincidentally enough, both voice actresses starred on Rugrats (Cavanaugh as Chuckie, Daily as Tommy).
 * Or The Powerpuff Girls, where the second Babe was Buttercup, while the first Babe was Bunny, a short-lived Powerpuff Girl.
 * Sleeper Hit: This was not expected to be a successful film at the box office but had a strong life in theaters and video thanks to critical acclaim, excellent word-of-mouth and its multiple Oscar nominations.