Chicken Run/Trivia
- Actor Allusion: Rocky yells "FREEDOOOOOOOOM!" when he first flies into the farm. Also, one of the chickens says "I'm not even certain he was American.", a reference to the fact that many people, even in the UK, think Mel Gibson is Australian (he was born in the US, but moved to Australia at age 12). Another Braveheart allusion occurs when asked where he's from:
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Rocky: Oh, just a little place I call the land of the free and the home of the brave... |
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- To top it off, there's also a Running Gag with Rocky finding Mac's Scottish accent incomprehensible.
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Rocky: Was that English? |
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- Deleted Scene: One scene that was cut was how Rocky stole a tricycle from a child. In the theatrical release, this causes some "huh?" as to how Rocky was riding a tricycle in the first place.
- What Could Have Been: This film has a lot of them:
- In an early version of the film, Ginger was going to have a little brother named Nobby. He was dropped in an attempt to make the film "less cute."
- Fowler was originally a drunkard who believed himself to be useless until Ginger convinces him otherwise.
- At one point, the movie had a Deus Ex Machina ending in which the chickens suddenly gained the ability to fly after the crate breaks apart in mid-air. The filmmakers decided it was too far-fetched.
- For a while, the filmmakers considered the idea of having Mrs. Tweedy be the one attacked and tied up by the chickens in the climax.
- There was animation done of Ginger and Rocky's Big Damn Kiss where the beak contact was clearly visible. It looked, as the directors said in the commentary, "like two suction cups stuck together."
- Another idea for the ending involved a Sequel Hook in which the audience was shown that a second chicken farm is being constructed near the island. It was dropped because Aardman wasn't sure if a sequel would ever be made.