Trivia / Pirate Express

• Acting for Two: Ian James Corlett voices both Poseidon and his assistant Gordon.
• Development Hell: Was originally picked up for development in 2011, but due to troubles with production partners (see What Could Have Been below), the show didn't actually start production until 2013 and didn't officially debut until 2015 (despite plans for the show to premiere in 2014).
• Fake Nationality: Matt Cowlrick uses an Australian accent when playing Burt.
• International Coproduction: Produced by Australia's Sticky Pictures and Canada's Atomic Cartoons, both in association with Teletoon.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The show has not been aired on Canadian television since the single week of its airing, and has pretty much been Screwed by the Network seemingly solely For the Lulz. Teletoon also likes to pretend the show never existed to begin with, thus making it an Un-person. Thankfully, it has since been added to Peacock.
• Marathon Running: Every episode was aired in a single week, with many episodes airing each day.
• Screwed by the Network: As stated on the main page, Teletoon aired all 26 episodes in April 2015 for a single week before taking the show off their air without any reruns or mention of the series since.
• Short-Runners: Aired the entirety of its single 26-episode season in the span of a single week before being taken off the air permanently.
• What Could Have Been:
  • France's Ellipse Animation was originally set to be involved in the show's production, but for unknown reasons they dropped out and the Australian Sticky Pictures became Atomic Cartoons' new production partner. Due to this change, the show, although originally greenlit in 2011 with a scheduled debut for 2012, had its production delayed to 2013 and ended up premiering in 2015 after being delayed from its originally planned 2014 premiere on Teletoon.
  • A trailer for the series from Atomic Cartoons shows that back when the series was originally co-produced with Ellipse Animation, they were going to use a completely different animation style. The theme song mostly had the same lyrics but had a different singer, with Ian James Corlett providing the lyrics instead of Scott McNeil. Additionally, on a more minor note, Armando is named Esteban here.
• Written by Cast Member: In addition to voicing several characters, Ian James Corlett also wrote several episodes of the show, those being "Poseidon or Bust", "Penguin Law", "Shrieking Violet", and "Gordon's Fish Tale". He also wrote the theme song to the show.

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