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Clarification

I've seen Pom Poko, and I've seen Over the Hedge.

The Tanuki seen in Pom Poko really aren't anything like RJ the raccoon, and both films have extremely different plots and messages...so I'm wondering what the "striking similarities" between the two mentioned in the article are?

I started to think about 'Pom Poko' when I watched the first 20-30 minutes of the film, but as 'Over the Hedge' did not turn into an environmentalist or anti-suburban film (or at least not explicitly) I think the similarities end there. I've gone and made a slight change and put an additional sentance comparing the two films, edit as necessiary. --Black Orpheus 07:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Banned In China?

Is this really banned in China? I could not find any information relating to a ban on the internet, and the movie's official site shows up on google.cn.

Suggested Trivia

William shatner is on the cast list. As spock, his middle name was Tiberius. Tiger the Housecat is supposedly from "Tiberia." Relation?

Pros: William shatner has a role, Tiberia does not exist.

Cons: This is possibly just dumb luck, Shatner does not actually play Tiger. -Clockh8r, 5/28/'06

Uh... William Shatner played James Tiberius Kirk, not Spock - 69.171.34.159 18:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Differences?

It seems the only similarites between the strip and the film are R.J.,Verne and Hammy/Sammy.The skunk,the oppossums and the porcupines do not show up on the strip,as far as I know.Nor do R.J. and Verne's girlfriends and Verne's nephew appear on the film. - R.G. 14:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Useless trivia?

Hammy uses innuendo when saying "has anyone seen my nuts?" and "I found my nuts!".

Am I the only one who thinks this is completely useless? -- Gromreaper 11:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trivial, even? -- Ianiceboy 12:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More useless trivia - How about the "animals featured" part, does anyone care that a dragonfly was seen once? Or the bee?, that has got to go. --Mbatman72 04:40, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added a couple of bits

I added a couple of sentences - one about the gang calling the hadge Steve :-P and the other with a quick reference to Hammy's constant hyperactivity. 84.9.73.64:80 13:30, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Box office stats:

According to the article:

The film's opening weekend grossed $38,457,003 in 4,093 theaters. As of July 19th 2006 the film had earned $239,307,057 worldwide.[3]

Is that good? I don't know. How much did it cost to make.

Character Articles

Ok I'd like to suggest character articles be made for this

Innacuracies Section?

It is true...real animals do not act the way the film portrays.

Nor do they speak with midwestern accents, play video games, drive cars, or develop super-speed when given energy drinks.

It is a cartoon animal fantasy film, not a nature documentary.

I confess to wondering why the sections on Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, and other animal cartoon characters do not nitpick the lack of "realism".

Why? Because it is a cartoon, of course.

Puffy Treat 14:24, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding the anthromopporphic parts would be TOO nitpicky, but non-anthropomorphic parts should be stated. By the way, the following films all have Inaccuracy sections: Dinosaur, Madagascar, The Wild, Ice Age, Ice Age 2, Open Season The Land Before Time. So I don't think why there shouldn't be inaccuracies. Some people DO take cartoons seriously even if YOU don't! Dora Nichov 12:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How does pointing out that a cartoon fantasy film uses...well...fantasy, and labelling that "inaccuracy" equal "taking it seriously"?

198.252.245.195 20:45, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I mean some people may take cartoons too seriously and believe whatever they see. Hard to believe, but true. Dora Nichov 10:51, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Parody section

Perhaps we should have a section where we can list parodies / cultural references in the movie rather than keeping them in the trivia section which has grown fairly large containing a lot more than just this. I noticed a few that's not currently listed but I'm reluctant to add them because I don't want the trivia section to grow further. Debolaz 14:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I put up a modified page in my user area. Does anybody object to moving these things? Debolaz 12:23, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's hard to tell. What was modified?

Note: I've bringing a couple of the footnotes up to Wiki WP:CITE standards. Please, all, do not use put the URL. They can go off the page, as they do here, but more importantly, footnotes are supposed to cite the actual source. Please see my corrections for example. Thanks. -- Tenebrae 15:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I moved some stuff from trivia to a new section, "Parodies and references". While we still need to clean up trivia further, I think moving this stuff is a good start. Debolaz 20:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Summary Length

IMHO, the summary is way too long. It has way too many details, even dialogues. It should be shortened. --perelly 14:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I heartily concur. When I first read this article, I was overwhelmed by the length, density, and verbosity of the summary. This isn't a summary; it's the Readers Digest condensed version! Somebody get the Over-the-Hedge-clippers. --BlueNight 07:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas the tank engine section

I don't understand why this section is there, or what it means. It seems like an irrelevant list of characters. If someone knows why it is there then mention something here, but I'll delete it otherwise. They can revert it if it is important.

(edit: had to sign in) Adam850 09:51, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Too Much Trivia?

Okay this aritcle got a "too much trivia" tag. The Shrek and Shrek 2 article split things up. We need sections like: "Parodies and jokes" "References to other films and media" (Shrek 2 has well over 70 "References" listed with no tag, while this article has under 50 "Trivia"s and it gets tagged). This way there isn't "too much trivia" and that tag can be removed. Antmusic 19:58, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From a quick glance, both the Trivia and Inaccurracies section seem to collectivly be too large - sometimes including things that aren't "trivial", such as the movie being banned in China. Something like that needs more information (such as why it is banned), ot at the very least cited. --Sigma 7 18:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I made a "goofs" section, and putted there what I think it's a goof. There should be a section with references to other shows/movies/patato chips/etc. --Midasminus 14:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Over the Hedge become a similsr to that of Shrek and Madagascar

DreamWorks announced on their website that 'Over the Hedge' will become a franchise similar to that of Shrek and Madagascar. But We Have To Coming Out this Summer on 2009 it's called "Over the Hedge 2" which is being a new movies in summer. And I Try To Get on the CNN.com to Showbiz Tonight. and Featuring T.I. from ATL. -Jay-G7 03:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 :From a quick glance, both the Trivia and Inaccurracies section seem to collectivly be too large - sometimes including things that aren't "trivial", such as the movie being banned in China.  Something like that needs more information (such as why it is banned), ot at the very least cited. --[[User:Sigma 7|Sigma 7]] 18:16, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 ::Okay, I made a "goofs" section, and putted there what I think it's a goof. There should be a section with references to other shows/movies/patato chips/etc. --[[User:Midasminus|Midasminus]] 14:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
+== Over the Hedge become a similsr to that of Shrek and Madagascar ==
+DreamWorks announced on their website that 'Over the Hedge' will become a franchise similar to that of Shrek and Madagascar. But We Have To Coming Out this Summer on 2009 it's called "Over the Hedge 2" which is being a new movies in summer. And I Try To Get on the CNN.com to Showbiz Tonight. and Featuring T.I. from ATL. -[[User:Jay-G7|Jay-G7]] 03:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)