DreamWorks Animation's first film to have some of its animation produced at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Marc Maron and Natasha Lyonne reunite for their second animated film together, following DC League of Super-Pets (2022). By coincidence, that film was released in the same year as The Bad Guys (2022), and both films also featured guinea pigs as the principal antagonists.
Natasha Lyonne's fourth animated film, following Robots (2005), DC League of Super-Pets (2022) and Pitufos (2025), the latter of which was likewise released in 2025, a month earlier.
Maria Bakalova's second time providing voice work for a cinema release, following her role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), which was released two years earlier.
Danielle Brooks marks her first voice role in a cinema feature since The Angry Birds Movie (2016), nine years earlier.
