The Princess and the Frog

"Jennifer Cody — Charlotte "Lottie" La Bouff"

"[latest words before his taken away by policeman] [Big Daddy La Bouff: (furiously) Boys, dragged this maggot down to the perish prison.] Im completely innocent! The Shadow Man bamboozled me!"

"A few years ago, Pixar had explored a version of The Frog Prince set in gangland Chicago. John Lasseter wanted to switch the locale to New Orleans, a city he loves, but the project was eventually shelved. Meanwhile Disney had explored various versions of The Frog Prince going all the way back to the time of Beauty and the Beast. In 2006, Disney bought the rights to a book called The Frog Princess, which was the fairy tale with a twist: when the Princess kissed the frog, she turned into a frog as well."

"Mama Odie was based on Ava Kay Jones, an ordained Voodoo Priestess who we met with in New Orleans. She told us that even though magic is part of the Voodoo religion, when people come to someone like her for help, she advises them to never use magic to solve their problems. That almost always backfires. Rather they should look inside themselves for the answers. Dr. Facilier was based on the New Orleans "Bokor". People whove broken away from the religion, made pacts with dark Voodoo spirits, and sell their magic for money. In terms of scariness, I think Facilier was handled similarly to our other villains like Ursula, Jafar, and Hades. We like scary stuff, but dont want to go too far. Some people thought Facilier was too scary."

"James J. Cummings — Ray the Firefly"

"Michael-Leon Wooley — Louis the Gator"