Originally started out as a DreamWorks Animation production before Sony Pictures Animation took over production in 2016.
The spoonbills that successfully fall in love that Dancarino envies are voiced by married couple Christopher & Veronica Jackson. Christopher Jackson has appeared in almost every production written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, including portraying George Washington in "Hamilton" and Benny in "In the Heights."
During the "One of a Kind" sequence (just before time freezes), the background character next to Vivo dances the choreography from the music video Gorillaz: Dare (2005).
During the rehearsal for Marta's final performance, a saxophone player can be heard playing "the lick" (or the licc), one of the most famous jazz clichés.