Jerry Seinfeld teamed up with DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures for his first dip into the animated world with Bee Movie. The 2007 animated film wasn't an instant success but it has created a cult following in the past couple of years thanks to hilarious memes created by fans.

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The movie is about a bee named Barry (Seinfeld) who's on a mission to stop the human race from stealing their honey. Along the way, Barry creates an ally with a human named Vanessa and learns that pollination and honey is a dual effort from both species. And while it's been 12 years since the movie's release, we're taking a look at 10 things fans didn't know about Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie.

The Movie Started Out As A Joke

Barry and Vanessa in Bee Movie

Fans and non-fans wondered for years how a comedian like Jerry Seinfeld got involved with an animated environmental movie aimed at children.

According to ColliderSeinfeld was having dinner with his neighbor, Steven Spielberg, when Jerry dropped the idea of creating a movie about a bee as a joke. Steven Spielberg, however, did not think it was a joke and became immediately interested. By the time morning rolled around, Seinfeld was involved with an animated movie that started off as a joke.

The Film Isn't Exactly Correct With The Life Of Bees

Contrary to the animated film, the picture doesn't show the bee's anatomy correctly — the same is said for their way of life. In real life, bees don't have two eyes, they have five! They also walk with three legs instead of two and have three main sections of their body (not one torso).

Furthermore, Barry and the Pollen Jocks are seen pollinating the flowers before heading back to the hive but in the real bee world, males never leave the hive. In fact, it's the female bees who pollinate because male bees don't have stingers and stay in the hive to procreate with the queen!

Does The Courtroom Bear Look Familiar?

In the courtroom, Barry is defending bees' rights. Humans have no need for honey besides the fact that it's delicious. Bees work hard for their honey and have the right to keep it for themselves.

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To get his point across to the courtroom, he invites a vicious brown bear to scare the jury. He associates the human race with hungry bears, which appears to work. However, if you take a closer look at the brown bear, it's actually Vincent from Over the HedgeOver the Hedge is another DreamWorks movie that came out a year earlier.

Pomp And Circumstances

"Pomp and Circumstances" is one song everyone knows by heart but no one knows the name. It's the classic graduation march song that's played at basically every graduation throughout a person's life.

In Bee Movie, Barry and Adam are finally graduating school with the class of 9:15am as "Pomp and Circumstances" plays in the background. As Adam and Barry are flying to their seat with the song playing in the background, Barry says "Boy, quite a bit of pomp...under the circumstances" as a nod to the song.

Megan Mullally Was Set To Be The Queen

Will and Grace and Parks and Recreation sensation Megan Mullally does incredible work thanks to her high-pitched voice and villainous laugh. In the beginning, she was hired to play the voice of the Queen Bee, but as producers and animators continued working on the storyline, they decided to get rid of the queen's scenes. However, Jerry Seinfeld was so impressed with Mullally's work that he found a new spot for her in the film: the tour guide at the graduation ceremony.

The Eyes Have It

Barry makes a face in Bee Movie.

Now that we know that bees actually have five eyes instead of two, let's take a look at the eyes on the bees featured. If you look closely, every bee in the movie has brown eyes except for Seinfeld's character, Barry. Barry has very distinct blue eyes.

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This could have been done to separate himself from the other characters in the film to make himself pop out more. His head size and hair cut is also different than any other bee shown throughout the film.

Jerry & Barry Love Their Sneaks

In case fans were wondering if Jerry had any similarities to Barry, or if he threw any of his own interests into the animated character, the answer would be yes! At the beginning of the film, Barry is getting ready for his graduation day. The camera zooms in on his closet and there's a wall full of sneakers and sweaters. In real life, Jerry Seinfeld is a sneaker enthusiast and has been said to have 500 pairs. Seinfeld disputed the exact number but his love of sneakers is well documented. Even Barry wears sneakers throughout the film.

Barry & Adam Are BFFs IRL

Adam is Barry's best friend in the movie and is voiced by actor Matthew Broderick. Outside of filming, Seinfeld and Broderick have been friends for years. As diehard New Yorkers, the two have been seen around the city and at baseball games. For Jerry, the option to bring Matthew in as his on-screen BFF Adam was a give-in. Jerry and Matthew have a perfect balance in their friendship and the same can be said for Barry and Adam.

Every Detail Was Considered

Like most animated pictures, DreamWorks thought of every detail when it came to creating Bee Movie. The bees' anatomies may have been altered to be more visually appealing but other aspects were created thoughtfully.

Seinfeld mentioned Alex McDowell was in charge of creating the look and feel of the film and hired incredible professionals to make Bee Movie come to life. Grant Larson, in particular, is an exterior director for Porsche. He was hired to design the look of Mr. Montgomery's car, which was beautifully crafted in every scene.

A Small Goof

When Vanessa and Barry become friends, she tells him about the Pasadena flower parade. It was a big deal as a florist and a lover of flowers. After the bees won the court case, however, bees took a much-needed break from pollinating but nature suffered without their help. Crops weren't growing and flowers weren't blooming. According to IMDb, Vanessa explains the flowers in Pasadena would be the last flowers in the world. That's not entirely true, however. The lawsuit between the bees and humans occured in the US, meaning the rest of the world continued on as usual.

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