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John Cleese had a choice of playing Zazu in द लायन किंग (1994) or Jean-Bob in this film. He chose to play Jean-Bob because he felt this character was more interesting.

Director Richard Rich originally pitched the idea for this film at Walt Disney Studios while he was working there, but the idea was rejected.

This was the last animated feature that was made using only traditional animation (i.e. cels, ink and paint). It took four years to produce the movie.

As an in-joke, Rothbart, voiced by Jack Palance, does a one-armed push-up during the song "No More Mr. Nice Guy," just as Palance famously did during his acceptance speech for at the Academy Awards when he won Best Supporting Actor for his role in City Slickers (1991).

Director Richard Rich was one of several disgruntled Disney animators who left the company during the 1980s to start their own animation studios, most famous among them being Don Bluth.