Babs' knitting is real, done with toothpicks as needles.
There was a major push to get the film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The failure to get the nomination, and the popularity of the film among Academy members led to the introduction of the Best Animated Feature category for the next Academy Awards (2002), which was won by the fellow DreamWorks film Shrek (2001).
Ginger and Rocky were named after two of co-writer and co-director Nick Park's childhood pet chickens.
Mel Gibson's kids played a major part in convincing Gibson to take the part, because they were very impressed with the Wallace and Gromit shorts.
Many sequences were modeled after The Great Escape (1963). When Ginger is digging the tunnel, she is shown on a small trolley being pulled through the tunnel like the character played by Charles Bronson. When she is locked up, she bounces a ball against the wall like the character played by Steve McQueen. Even the music is similar to the "Escape" theme.