Editing Death to Smoochy (section)

== Production ==
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===Preproduction===
In November or December 2000, screenwriter [[Adam Resnick]] wrote the screenplay for the film, while art designers sketched designs for the characters. In the original screenplay, the Smoochy costume was orange. The final film used a pink costume instead.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Resnick said the film mostly stayed true to his script, although the original was fifteen pages too long, and that subplots and a narrator had to be removed. Edward Norton was the first person Resnick brought the script to, as the character had been written for him.<ref name="Fischer">{{cite interview |date=28 March 2002 |first=Paul |last=Fischer |title=Adam Resnick for "Death to Smoochy" |url=https://www.darkhorizons.com/adam-resnick-for-death-to-smoochy/ |website=[[Dark Horizons]] }}</ref>

===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] began in January 2001. Sequences were filmed in several locations in [[New York City]], such as [[Times Square]], [[Coney Island]], [[Upper West Side]] and Duane Street in [[Lower Manhattan]]. A brief shot of the [[1 World Trade Center|North Tower]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] can be seen where Rainbow Randolph is dancing on the small bench in Duane Park. In the [[DVD commentary]], Danny DeVito said that it was the only shot in the movie in which the towers are seen. No changes were made after the [[September 11th attacks|September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks]]. Filming production moved to Canada in spring 2001. The Kidnet studio scenes were shot in several areas in [[Toronto]]. In the ice-show scene with Smoochy and Rainbow, Robin Williams's stunt double [[Elvis Stojko]] choreographed some of the skating moves for Rainbow Randolph. Robin was offstage. Filming ended in May 2001.