Pat & Mat (1989 film)/Trivia

Cameos

 * The Mole poster was seen on the building’s wall which it takes place in Prague.
 * The photo of Mr. Deitch was shown in Mrs. Merlot’s kitchen when she is baking cookies for her daughter.

Trivia

 * This is Pat & Mat’s first feature animated full-length film which featured in United States.
 * The characters that have given names since 1989.
 * This is a third animated film that used the Electric Pictures logo at the time.
 * In some different between the original series and the film: in the series, Pat and Mat are presumably surreal friendship or something. in the film, Pat and Mat are friends in each film. sometimes in the series when Pat gets the puppy, in the film that Pat has a pet rabbit at each time.
 * In 1993, Don Bluth reported that Tom and Jerry: The Movie that Phil Roman did has recycled the scenes from the said film Pat & Mat according to Universal Pictures and the companies bought to Film Roman. thus the film was continued on the sequel, however the writer was expecting the 1993 film that is tracing the film’s actions.
 * This is Karel Domova’s second appearance which he is in the film, he is first appeared in the 1986 film A Painter Called Karel which is about him. Karel Domova is actually a most character to appear in the Universal Pictures films.
 * Tom Kenny and Jim Cummings have their voices recorded between May to September 1989.
 * In Netherlands released on May 3, 1990, Pat is voiced by Kees Prins, and Mat by Siem van Leeuwen in Dutch language for the film. The film’s licensing Dutch title is “Buurman en Buurman”. the another character Cuddles was also voiced by Kees Prins, which it’s the same voice actor.
 * The film has given the same backgrounds as the 1989-1990 Pat & Mat shorts, which had opening and end credits of the movie.
 * The scene where Cuddles saying “I know it’s just what’s happening in the wintertime, so we can talk about it later.” has spawned and became a meme in early 2022.
 * The characters in the movie can talk, but the cat (including Lilac at the end of the movie, and others), dogs, and some other animals do not speak expect for the rabbit Cuddles who only talks.
 * The films are mostly have the scene where Pat is getting tripped over the sidewalk was cut on Slovenian television airings due to dangerous road incidents.
 * on Shout! Factory print, the logo (Shout! Factory) was shown instead of Universal Pictures logo as it was plastered due to its distribution rights (where franchise was sold to Shout! Factory in United States).