While the Stepmother is watching TV at the trolls' house, she shouts "'Designing Women'! I love that show!" Delta Burke is one of the stars of Designing Women (1986).
Dakota Fanning and Thomas Curtis who played Katie and Andrew, later appeared themselves as younger versions of Jake and Melanie in Doce Lar (2002).
Taylor Momsen (Gretel) and Dakota Fanning (Katie) both appeared in live-action movies based on Dr. Seuss books. Momsen was Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Fanning was Sally in The Cat in the Hat (2003).