Trivia / Cats & Dogs

• California Doubling: Whilst the setting presumably somewhere in the United States, the movie was largely shot in Vancouver and Victoria, BC.
• Celebrity Voice Actor:
  • The Hong Kong dub had Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Edison Chen doing some of the voices.
  • The Brazilian Portuguese dub has TV actor Caio Blat as Lou and TV show host Marcos Mion as Calico.
• Creator Couple: Elizabeth Perkins portrayed Carolyn Brody and her husband, Julio Macat, was the director of photography for the first film.
• Direct to Video: Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! was released this way in most of the world due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Only the UK and Australia saw it theatrically released.
• Fake Nationality:
  • Glenn Ficarra is an American, and he provides the voice of the evil Russian-accented cat who breaks into the Brody home.
  • Texas-born actor Charles Howerton plays an uncredited role as a German Shepherd at the Dog World HQ, who, appropiately enough, has a German accent.
  • Veteran voice actors Billy West and Danny Mann, both of them American, voice some of Mr. Tinkles' ninja cats, who are, once again, Asian breeds with appropriate accents.
  • Friedrich, from the second movie, is a German played by an American, a Fred Armisen specialty.
  • Also from the sequel, Michael Beattie and Jeff Bennett, Canadian and American-born voice actors respectively, provide the voices for the two Scottish tabby mercenaries, Angus and Duncan MacDougall.
• The Other Darrin: Lou, Butch and Calico all have new voice actors for the second movie:
  • Lou was voiced by Tobey Maguire in the first movie, who was replaced by Neil Patrick Harris for the next one.
  • Butch's voice actor in the first movie was Alec Baldwin, while Nick Nolte plays the part for the sequel.
  • Calico was voiced by Jon Lovitz in the original movie and by Wallace Shawn in the second one.
• Pet Fad Starter: The first film helped boost Beagle sales.
• Saved from Development Hell: The sequel was intended for release in 2005. After some story rewrites, it was finally released in 2010 instead.
• Sequel Gap: A 9-year one between the original and The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Then Paws Unite! followed 10 years later.

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