History Trivia / ADogsPurpose

* RelationshipVoiceActor: The Japanese dub has many voice actors who worked as the leads or antagonistic roles in many series of the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise:
** Bailey is voiced by Creator/WataruTakagi, a.k.a. [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Garrod Ran]].
** adult Ethan is voiced by Creator/AkioOtsuka, a.k.a. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Anavel Gato]].
** 10-years old Ethan is voiced by Creator/YuichiroUmehara, a.k.a. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Eugene Sevenstark]]. Hilariously enough, his 8-years old self is voiced by Creator/YukaTerasaki, who voiced Kudelia Aina Bernstein from the same series.
** 10-years old Hanna is voiced by Creator/KanaHanazawa, a.k.a. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Romary Stone]], and overlapping with TheDanza a bit.

** adult Ethan is voiced by Creator/AkioOhtsuka, a.k.a. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Anavel Gato]].

[[AC: The Books]]
* QuoteSource:
** DogsLoveBeingPraised

** 10-years old Ethan is voiced by Creator/YuichiroUmehara, aka [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Eugene Sevenstark]]. Hilariously enough, his 8-years old self is voiced by Creator/YukaTerasaki, who voiced Kudelia Aina Bernstein from the same series.
** 10-years old Hanna is voiced by Creator/KanaHanazawa, aka [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Romary Stone]], and overlaping with TheDanza a bit.

** adult Ethan is voiced by Creator/AkioOhtsuka, aka [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Anavel Gato]].

** Bailey is voiced by Creator/WataruTakagi, aka [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Garrod Ran]].

* TroubledProduction: Subverted. Two weeks before the film was released, someone edited a video showcasing the training of a German Shepherd to look like he had been forced into a dangerous water current against his will, thus causing a massive outrage from animal rights activists before the full story was even released. Later, after the movie was released, an investigation proved that [[http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/4/14508808/investigation-a-dogs-purpose-video-faked-video the entire story and video]] [[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/dog-purpose-video-edited-mislead-investigation-article-1.2964817 were deliberately faked]] [[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/05/american-humane-third-party-report-clears-dogs-purpose.html to start drama.]] Unfortunately, the damage had already been done to the film's reputation, as animal rights groups everywhere had already called for a boycott of the film and a lot of people bought into the story.

* TheOtherDarrin: Peggy Lipton (Hannah) is replaced by Marg Helgenberger in the second film.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Just two years after the film's release, Creator/KirbyHowellBaptiste (Maya) would become much more familiar as she got significant recurring roles on ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' (Simone) and ''Series/KillingEve'' (Elena), and a lead role on ''Why Women Kill'' (Taylor).

* RelationshipVoiceActor: The Japanese dub has many voice actors who worked as the leads or antagonic roles in many series of the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise:

* TroubledProduction: Subverted. Two weeks before the film was released, someone edited a video showcasing the training of a German Shepard to look like he had been forced into a dangerous water current against his will, thus causing a massive outrage from animal rights activists before the full story was even released. Later, after the movie was released, an investigation proved that [[http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/4/14508808/investigation-a-dogs-purpose-video-faked-video the entire story and video]] [[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/dog-purpose-video-edited-mislead-investigation-article-1.2964817 were deliberately faked]] [[http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/05/american-humane-third-party-report-clears-dogs-purpose.html to start drama.]] Unfortunately, the damage had already been done to the film's reputation, as animal rights groups everywhere had already called for a boycott of the film and a lot of people bought into the story.

* DuelingMovies: With ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'' which has a very similar title and format.

* DuelingMovies: With ''Film/ADogsWayHome'' which has a very similar title and format.

* TroubledProduction: During filming, it was difficult to get the dogs to do certain actions demanded in the script. This seemingly culminated when someone recorded and heavily edited a video where a German shepherd apparently refused to jump in a raging river and was "pushed" into the river by the crew and "nearly drowned." The "incident" was captured on tape in 2015, edited to look the way it did, and released to TMZ, conveniently just a week before release. Although the story was revealed to have been [[http://deadline.com/2017/01/a-dogs-purpose-producer-author-says-unedited-tape-the-dog-was-in-no-danger-1201891070/ mostly fabricated]], the scandal was enough for several animal right activists to call for a boycott of the film, thus damaging its reputation before it was even released.

* TroubledProduction: During filming, it was difficult to get the dogs to do certain actions demanded in the script. This seemingly culminated when someone recorded and heavily edited a video where a German shepherd apparently refused to jump in a raging river and was "pushed" into the river by the crew and '''nearly drowned'''. The "incident" was captured on tape in 2015, edited to look the way it did, and released to TMZ, conveniently just a week before release. Although the story was revealed to have been [[http://deadline.com/2017/01/a-dogs-purpose-producer-author-says-unedited-tape-the-dog-was-in-no-danger-1201891070/ mostly fabricated]], the scandal was enough for several animal right activists to call for a boycott of the film, thus damaging its reputation before it was even released.

* TroubledProduction: During filming, it was difficult to get the dogs to do certain actions demanded in the script. This culminated in an incident where a German shepherd that refused to jump in a raging river was ''pushed'' into the river by the crew and '''nearly drowned'''. The incident was captured on tape and released to TMZ just a week before release. Although the dog was revealed to have recovered from the episode, the fallout was enough to justify animal rights advocates calling for a boycott of the film.

* TroubledProduction: During filming, it was difficult to get the dogs to do certain actions demanded in the script. This culminated in an incident where a German shepherd that refused to jump in a raging river was ''pushed'' into the river by the crew and '''nearly drowned'''. The incident was captured on tape and released to TMZ just a week before release. Although the dog was revealed to have recovered from the episode, the fallout was enough to justify animal rights advocates calling for a boycott of the film.

* TroubledProduction: During filming, it was difficult to get the dogs to do certain actions demanded in the script. This culminated in an incident where a German shepherd that refused to jump in a raging river was pushed into it by the crew and nearly drowned. The incident was captured on tape and released to TMZ just a week before release. Although the dog was revealed to have recovered from the episode, the fallout was enough to justify animal rights advocates calling for a boycott of the film.