Trivia / Ratchet & Clank: Life of Pie

• Channel Hop: The 2016 film was distributed by Universal, whereas Life of Pie was distributed by Sony Animation through the streaming service Crave.
• Disowned Adaptation: In stark contrast to the feature film by the same studio, Insomniac Games has never acknowledged Life of Pie in any capacity. Meanwhile PlayStation (who own the Ratchet & Clank IP) only acknowledged the short once in a brief article by IGN, where they simply state that Mainframe made it and that it's not related to Rift Apart or canon to the video games at all.
• Invisible Advertising: The only announcement the short got was a single tweet on Mainframe's Twitter account the day it released, with the account then putting out a few more tweets about it over the following weeks. Neither Insomniac nor Crave promoted it, and PlayStation only acknowledged it to clarify that it's non-canon to the games.
• No Export for You: The short is only available on Crave, a Canada-only streaming service. Seeing as it has been years since it was released and with PlayStation and Insomniac seemingly trying to ignore it, it's unlikely it'll ever see an official release outside of the service.
• Surprise Release: The short was released onto Crave on February 14th, 2021 without any prior announcement.
• Word of God: As stated above, PlayStation has confirmed that the short does not exist in the same continuity as the games.
• The Shelf of Movie Languishment: Despite its release in 2021, the short was supposedly completed back in 2019 if the end credits are any indication.

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