Addison Witulski's grandmother Kim Allred said Addison probably overheard a conversation between family members talking about the funds needed to get her little brother to treatment.

Even the pirates were awed, and Tootles cried out hysterically, "I am going to do what my mother hopes."

I lost two hours of my life in that movie but gained a lifetime of fascination with special effects, whether handmade or CGI.