Clearly intended
as an introduction to discussion rather than a particularly entertaining animated film, it becomes the role
of the
parents with The Pagemaster to
point out the
references it makes along the way: Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Melville's Moby Dick, Shelley's Frankenstein, Verne's 20,000 Leagues, Hugo's Hunchback
of Notre Dame, and Swift's Gulliver's Travels.