This also makes it the first DreamWorks Animation film to have opening music play over a distributor's logo since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas with DreamWorks Pictures. White, James (March 11, 2018). "Writer Etan Cohen Bringing The Bad Guys To DreamWorks Animation". Empire. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019 . Retrieved December 13, 2019. Percival, Tom (March 31, 2022). "The Bad Guys director would love to do a sequel". The Digital Flix. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022 . Retrieved May 20, 2022. a b Mitovich, Matt (October 9, 2023). "The Bad Guys Prequel Movie Gets New Voice Cast, Netflix Release Date and First Photos". TVLine . Retrieved October 9, 2023.

The Bad Guys: Domestic Weekend". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022 . Retrieved June 28, 2022. When the Bad Guys execute a new heist at the grand gala to celebrate, Wolf cannot bring himself to finish the plan and betray the newfound trust he earned. However, a rare meteor is stolen framing the Bad Guys for its theft. When the gang is arrested once again, Marmalade meets them in private and reveals that he stole the meteorite, and was disguised as the old lady Wolf helped earlier, to manipulate the gang into taking the blame. In prison, Wolf explains to his gang that he still doesn't want to be a criminal anymore. Notorious rival criminal Crimson Paw rescues them, revealing herself to be Foxington, a reformed criminal herself. What makes him interesting: Ken’s “not bad, he’s just misunderstood,” Stanton says. “Ken was a chance to flip gender (norms) and make him as shallow and bad at math as you wanted.” This is the only DreamWorks Animation film to have its opening music playing over the Universal Pictures logo.Couch, Aaron (March 1, 2022). "Universal Pulls Russia Releases, Including Animated 'Bad Guys' and Michael Bay's 'Ambulance' ". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022 . Retrieved March 3, 2022.

This is the third DreamWorks Animation film to have assistance from Jellyfish Pictures, after Spirit Untamed and The Boss Baby: Family Business. What makes him interesting: Zurgspoofs “Star Wars” in his Darth Vader-esque voice and gets plenty of laughswhen he tells Buzz, "I am your father." The Bad Guys characters make an appearance in the new DreamWorks logo, released along Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. This is the only DreamWorks Animation film to feature "Universal Pictures Presents" in the opening credits.

Marc Maron, who voiced Mr. Snake in this movie, later went on to portray the voice of Lex Luthor in DC League of Super Pets, another animated movie with a talking guinea pig as the main antagonist. One of 2022's Biggest Animated Movies Is Finally Streaming". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022 . Retrieved July 3, 2022.