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Trivia: During the Liu VS Reptile fight, there are some circles with symbols inside of them visible on the wall at one point. The symbols are actually a secret cheat code for the video-game "Mortal Kombat 3," which came out around the same time as the movie. They were added into the film as an easter-egg for fans of the games. They could watch the movie and pause it at just the right moment to see the code.

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Trivia: Much of the cast suffered injuries during the filming of the fight scenes. Most notably, Robin Shou broke three ribs while filming the Liu VS Reptile fight and Linden Ashby suffered a kidney injury that caused him to urinate blood for a few days while filming the Johnny VS Scorpion fight.

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Trivia: Christopher Lambert had such a great time working on the movie, he routinely would pay for the cast and crew to eat diner at nice restaurants after filming, and even personally funded the cast and crew's wrap party when principal photography was finished.

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Trivia: When he was cast as Raiden, Christopher Lambert's agent only agreed for Lambert to appear on-set for a few weeks, and stipulated that Lambert would only film in or near Los Angeles. As the bulk of the film was being shot in Thailand, the producers intended to use a body-double for Raiden in wide-shots or filmed from behind, and then just film closeups of Lambert later on during reshoots, using a crew-member as a stand-in for the other cast members. However, when Lambert heard about the stipulations his agent made, he was furious. He wanted to actually work on-location with the other actors. He personally paid to fly himself to Thailand so he could properly shoot the movie, and worked on it longer than his agent agreed to, just because he wanted to.

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Trivia: Much of the film was shot in Thailand, where temperatures would regularly rise to over 100° Fahrenheit. This caused a peculiar problem - it was so hot out that makeup and prosthetic appliances wouldn't stay on and would just "melt off." This caused some major issues during the filming of Sonya and Kano's fight scene, as Kano's face-plate kept falling off.

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Trivia: The character Goro was mainly accomplished through the use of a large animatronic suit that would be worn by the actor. The Goro suit weighed over 125 pounds and cost roughly a million dollars. It broke down so often, cast and crew began to jokingly refer to the Goro suit as a "diva" who "wouldn't film his scenes."

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Trivia: Tim Curry was initially cast as the Joker, and recorded lines for a few episodes, but was later replaced by Mark Hamill. It has since become one of Hamill's signature roles.

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Trivia: The character Harley Quinn was actually created for this series. She prove so popular, she was later integrated into the comics, and has also appeared in live-action feature films like "Suicide Squad" and "Birds of Prey."

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Trivia: The series was animated on darker (typically black) paper as opposed to standard white paper. This helped aid in the show's aesthetic, and also helped save time when animating nighttime sequences, since they wouldn't have to paint the entire background black.

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Trivia: In Milly's room is a poster for a fictitious movie called "Busing." Director Kevin Smith actually wrote a script for the film "Busing" in the 1990's, and it was meant to be a sort-of spiritual sequel to his breakout hit "Clerks." It was described as "'Clerks' in a restaurant." But for one reason or another it was never made.

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Trivia: Comics legend Stan Lee, a friend of director Kevin Smith, was originally meant to have a significant role in the film's climactic third act at the "Chronic-Con" convention, but sadly passed away before filming began.

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Trivia: Unfortunately, the tie-in toys released to promote the film spoiled the secret identity of the Phantasm by having the character be unmasked. This is despite the fact that the Phantasm's secret identity is a major twist near the end of the film.

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Trivia: Despite being in the title of the film, the "Phantasm" is never referred to by that name by any character in the movie.

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Trivia: Though it's not explained explicitly in the film, Robin is absent from the movie because the character was meant to be away at school.

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Trivia: This film was originally intended to be a direct-to-video features and was thus initially made in full-screen. The studio suddenly made the decision to release it in theaters late into production, forcing the animators to scramble and convert the entire film into widescreen.

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Trivia: The CGI Gotham seen in the opening credits was actually created for "Batman: The Animated Series," but never used for one reason or another. It was repurposed for the opening credits of this film.

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Trivia: The character Reggie was an ice-cream truck driver in the original film. Somewhat ironically, an actual ice-cream truck would frequently drive by the set blaring music, and was repeatedly a nuisance while filming.

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Trivia: The only "Phantasm" film to have a scene during the credits.

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Trivia: The only "Phantasm" film not directed by series creator Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli did co-write the film, however, and helped out on-set.

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Trivia: The second-to-last film made by Angus Scrimm before his unfortunate passing in 2016.

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