Rickie the Dragon is the fifth character for actor Owen Wilson to voice in a theatrical film, after Lightning McQueen from the Cars franchise, Coach Skip the Opossum from Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), the title character of Marmaduke (2010), and Reggie the Turkey from Free Birds (2013).
The tenth of the very few theatrical released animated films of the 2010s to be rated G by the MPAA. The previous nine animated films with that rating were Toy Story 3 (2010), Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Rio (2011), Cars 2 (2011), Winnie the Pooh (2011), Adventures in Zambezia (2012), Monsters University (2013), Khumba (2013), and Rio 2 (2014). The next six would be The Peanuts Movie (2015), Cars 3 (2017), Animal Crackers (2017), Charming (2018), Toy Story 4 (2019), and A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019).
Christina Ricci's 3rd time voice acting in a film, after Small Soldiers (1998), Alpha and Omega (2010) and The Smurfs 2 (2013).