- Award Snub: Despite boasting a rare 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes for a time, it lost to Zootopia at the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. note
- Awesome Music: The use of hit post-punk song Eisbaer by Grauzone in the scene at the disco.
- Diagnosed by the Audience: Alice, who rarely speaks and has a tendency to tap her utensils on the table uncontrollably. It may be PTSD from her father's abuse.
- George's mother, who Simon mentions likes to flick lights on and off and is obsessed with cleaning, may have a form of OCD.
- Ugly Cute: The orphanage children.
- What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Yes, it's an animated film starring a group of young children. The film also features themes of child abuse, neglect, and sexuality.
- The director of the film, Claude Barras said in an interview: "So, the adaptation was to open up this book which was for young adults to children." But the film is rated PG-13 in the US, due to differing values in France and America, while the film received a U (All Ages) rating in France. Therefore, it is actually very unclear whether the film is for children or not. The film is rated PG in the UK.
- The Woobie: Nearly every single character.
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