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** The scene where Charlie grabs Jessie's breasts, believing her to be an hallucination, is cut from most cable airings. Instead, he just kind of leers at her chest for a few seconds, making her knocking him out with a frying pan immediately after seem like a bit of an [[DisproportionateRetribution overreaction]].

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** The scene where Charlie grabs Jessie's breasts, believing her to be an hallucination, is cut from most cable airings. Instead, he just kind of leers at her chest for a few seconds, making her knocking knock him out with a frying pan immediately after seem like a bit of an [[DisproportionateRetribution overreaction]].

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* EditedForSyndication: On cable airings on this movie, after the hallucination scene, Jessie's hilariously perfect, straight, deadpan delivery of telling Charlie the medicine she gave him will, "Unfortunately also make your testicles fall off" is dubbed with a much less effective and enthusiastic, "Unfortunately, it'll also make your private parts fall off!"

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** The scene where Charlie grabs Jessie's breasts, believing her to be an hallucination, is cut from most cable airings. Instead, he just kind of leers at her chest for a few seconds, making her knocking him out with a frying pan immediately after seem like a bit of an [[DisproportionateRetribution overreaction]].
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On cable airings on this movie, after the hallucination scene, Jessie's hilariously perfect, straight, deadpan delivery of telling Charlie the medicine she gave him will, "Unfortunately also make your testicles fall off" is dubbed with a much less effective and enthusiastic, "Unfortunately, it'll also make your private parts fall off!"

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* CreatorBacklash:
** Creator/MichaelShannon wished he'd never been in this movie as he finds the rapping kangaroo "very disconcerting".
** A bit of an interesting example with Creator/JerryOConnell. In a 2017 interview with Vice about the movie, Jerry initially seemed rather ambivalent about the film, being shocked by how low its Rotten Tomatos score was and reminiscing somewhat fondly on the shooting of the film. However, in that same interview, O'Connell quickly becomes horrified hearing some of the film's jokes about his character's perceived lack of masculinity due to being a hairdresser and the joke about Anthony Anderson's character claiming that the people of Asia call him "Sun Luc Dong" which he claims translates to a "big black man pretending to be 12" but is really just gibberish. After hearing that, Jerry says that he is ashamed to admit that he didn't realize how problematic those lines were when the movie was filmed and that he plans to show the film to his kids to use as an educational experience to show them what the world used to be like. He also admits later on that even back then, he was never comfortable with his character having to grope Creator/EstellaWarren's character without her consent.
** Anthony Anderson looked ''very'' visibly embarrassed when his part in this movie was brought up in one episode of the ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' reboot hosted by him.



* OldShame:
** Creator/MichaelShannon wished he'd never been in this movie as he finds the rapping kangaroo "very disconcerting".
** A bit of an interesting example with Creator/JerryOConnell. In a 2017 interview with Vice about the movie, Jerry initially seemed rather ambivalent about the film, being shocked by how low its Rotten Tomatos score was and reminiscing somewhat fondly on the shooting of the film. However, in that same interview, O'Connell quickly becomes horrified hearing some of the film's jokes about his character's perceived lack of masculinity due to being a hairdresser and the joke about Anthony Anderson's character claiming that the people of Asia call him "Sun Luc Dong" which he claims translates to a "big black man pretending to be 12" but is really just gibberish. After hearing that, Jerry says that he is ashamed to admit that he didn't realize how problematic those lines were when the movie was filmed and that he plans to show the film to his kids to use as an educational experience to show them what the world used to be like. He also admits later on that even back then, he was never comfortable with his character having to grope Creator/EstellaWarren's character without her consent.
** Anthony Anderson looked ''very'' visibly embarrassed when his part in this movie was brought up in one episode of the ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' reboot hosted by him.
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* CreatorKiller: Although David [=McNally's=] directorial debut ''Coyote Ugly'' wasn’t too well received either, this film completely killed his career in the theatrical realm, and he’s only written for a few TV shows since.

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* CreatorKiller: Although David [=McNally's=] directorial debut ''Coyote Ugly'' ''Film/CoyoteUgly'' wasn’t too well received either, this film completely killed his career in the theatrical realm, and he’s only written for a few TV shows since.
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* FollowTheLeader: The filmmakers’ decision to rework their run-of-the-mill mobster comedy into a family-friendly animal comedy film was inspired by ''Snow Dogs'', which managed to turn a profit from pulling the same trick a year earlier.

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* FollowTheLeader: The filmmakers’ decision to rework their run-of-the-mill mobster comedy into a family-friendly animal comedy film was apparently inspired by ''Snow Dogs'', ''Film/SnowDogs'', which managed to turn quite a profit from pulling the same trick for Disney on its small budget thanks to a year earlier.rather aggressive marketing campaign.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen:

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Aside from the obvious--the film's inception as ''Down and Under'' mentioned above--quite a few different actors were offered roles or considered for them;



** Jackie Legs would have been animatronic but was replaced by CGI.

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** Jackie Legs would have been was originally portrayed by an animatronic puppet, but a CGI model was replaced by CGI.used in the final version instead.
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* FollowTheLeader: The filmmakers’ decision to rework their run-of-the-mill mobster comedy into a family-friendly animal comedy film was probably inspired by ''Snow Dogs'', which managed to turn a profit from pulling the same trick a year earlier.

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* FollowTheLeader: The filmmakers’ decision to rework their run-of-the-mill mobster comedy into a family-friendly animal comedy film was probably inspired by ''Snow Dogs'', which managed to turn a profit from pulling the same trick a year earlier.
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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally an adult-oriented mafia comedy in the style of ''Film/MidnightRun'' entitled ''Down and Under''. However, the producers apparently hated how this version turned out and test audiences reacted poorly to everything except the kangaroo, so fearing a potential BoxOfficeBomb, the filmmakers extensively retooled the film in both marketing and post-production into an [[FalseAdvertising allegedly]] family-friendly kangaroo comedy.

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* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally an adult-oriented mafia comedy in the style of ''Film/MidnightRun'' entitled ''Down and Under''. However, the producers apparently hated how this version turned out and test audiences reacted poorly to everything except the kangaroo, so fearing a potential BoxOfficeBomb, the filmmakers extensively retooled the film in both marketing and post-production into an [[FalseAdvertising [[NeverTrustATrailer allegedly]] family-friendly kangaroo comedy.
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* CreatorKiller: This movie single handedly killed David [=McNally's=] career as his directing credits since are for TV shows.

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* CreatorKiller: This movie single handedly killed Although David [=McNally's=] directorial debut ''Coyote Ugly'' wasn’t too well received either, this film completely killed his career as his directing credits since are in the theatrical realm, and he’s only written for a few TV shows.shows since.



* FollowTheLeader: Tried to capitalize on the success of the movie ''Snow Dogs'' by shifting itself from a run-of-the-mill mobster comedy to a family-friendly animal film.
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally a mafia comedy in the style of ''Film/MidnightRun''. However when the producers saw test footage they realized that the film as it was cut didn't work. Inspired by early test screenings and the marketing campaign behind the recently released ''Film/SnowDogs'', the production shifted the marketing focus away from that of a mafia comedy movie to that of an animal picture. New footage was shot including replacing the animatronic kangaroo with a new CGI one and getting him to rap and the film was edited to be much more family friendly.
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/ChristopherWalken as Sal Maggio.

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* FollowTheLeader: Tried The filmmakers’ decision to capitalize on the success of the movie ''Snow Dogs'' by shifting itself from a rework their run-of-the-mill mobster comedy to into a family-friendly animal film.comedy film was probably inspired by ''Snow Dogs'', which managed to turn a profit from pulling the same trick a year earlier.
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally an adult-oriented mafia comedy in the style of ''Film/MidnightRun'' entitled ''Down and Under''. However, the producers apparently hated how this version turned out and test audiences reacted poorly to everything except the kangaroo, so fearing a potential BoxOfficeBomb, the filmmakers extensively retooled the film in both marketing and post-production into an [[FalseAdvertising allegedly]] family-friendly kangaroo comedy.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally a mafia comedy in the style of ''Film/MidnightRun''. However when the producers saw test footage they realized that the film as it was cut didn't work. Inspired by early test screenings and the marketing campaign behind the recently released ''Film/SnowDogs'', the production shifted the marketing focus away from that of a mafia comedy movie to that of an animal picture. New footage was shot including replacing the animatronic kangaroo with a new CGI one and getting him to rap and the film was edited to be much more family friendly.
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/ChristopherWalken as admits this was the sole reason he played Sal Maggio.Maggio, even before the film was retooled into its infamous final form.



** Anthony Anderson looked ''very'' embarrassed when his part in this movie was brought up in one episode of the ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' reboot hosted by him.
* TheOtherDarrin: The sequel doesn't bring the cast of the main leads to reprise their roles:
** Jeff Bennet replaces Adam Garcia as Kangaroo Jack
** Josh Keaton replaces Jerry O'Connell as Charlie
** Ahmed Best replaces Anthony Anderson as Louis

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** Anthony Anderson looked ''very'' visibly embarrassed when his part in this movie was brought up in one episode of the ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' reboot hosted by him.
* TheOtherDarrin: The sequel doesn't bring the cast of the main leads to reprise Perhaps unsurprisingly, no actor involved reprised their roles:
role for the [[WesternAnimation/KangarooJackGDayUSA the animated sequel]]:
** Jeff Bennet replaces Adam Garcia as Kangaroo Jack
Jack.
** Josh Keaton replaces Jerry O'Connell as Charlie
Charlie.
** Ahmed Best replaces Anthony Anderson as LouisLouis.



* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Was shot in March to August 2001, but was not released until January 2003.

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Was shot in March to August 2001, 2001 (with its initial cut wrapped up by that fall) but was not released until January 2003.



** Creator/AnthonyAnderson's career saw itself slowed down for a good while after this film's release, albeit his appearing in the relatively successful ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'' later that year prevented this film from causing worse damage to his career. He has since bounced back, with critically acclaimed roles in the Creator/{{Netflix}} drama film ''Beats'' (2019) and his lead role on the family sitcom ''black-ish'' on Creator/{{ABC}} (2014-present).

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** Creator/AnthonyAnderson's career saw itself slowed down for a good while after this film's release, albeit although his appearing appearance in the relatively successful ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'' later that year prevented this film from causing even worse damage to his career. He has since bounced back, with critically acclaimed roles in the Creator/{{Netflix}} drama film ''Beats'' (2019) and his lead role on the family sitcom ''black-ish'' on Creator/{{ABC}} (2014-present).
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** Jackie Legs would have been animatronic but was replaced by CGI.
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* TheOtherDarrin: The sequel doesn't bring the cast of the main leads to reprise their roles:
** Jeff Bennet replaces Adam Garcia as Kangaroo Jack
** Josh Keaton replaces Jerry O'Connell as Charlie
** Ahmed Best replaces Anthony Anderson as Louis
** and Kath Soucie replaces Estella Warren as Jessie.

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* DVDCommentary: By David [=McNally=], Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Jerry Bruckheimer and Creator/JerryOConnell.



* TheOtherDarrin: None of the actors reprised their roles for ''Kangaroo Jack 2: G'Day U.S.A.!''. For example, Creator/JeffBennett takes over for Adam Garcia as the voice of Jackie Legs - and he does a decent job, by the way.

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