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Trivia: Original series star Robert Englund was very supportive of the film during production, but admitted after it came out that he disliked how it turned out, feeling Krueger's makeup design was poor and that the characters weren't likeable or empathetic enough.

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Trivia: Around the time of the movie's release, the creators and studios behind the "Jackass" franchise were sued by a man who had legally changed his name to "Jack Ass" in the 90's to raise awareness of drunk driving. Mr. Ass (don't laugh) sought over $10 million in damages, claiming that the franchise would ruin his reputation, but the case was eventually tossed out by the court, presumably because "jackass" is a very common word.

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Trivia: The Crypt Keeper's eyes are actually taken from another famous animatronic monster... Chucky the killer doll! The Crypt Keeper was made by the same special effects wizards that created Chucky, and they decided to reuse some of the eyes they made for Chucky when they created the Crypt Keeper puppets, since they fit the design. (Albeit they were ever-so-slightly repainted to look a bit more "rotted").

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Other mistake: During the opening action scene, as Rick is firing the pistols after he backs up from the outer wall (shortly before he finds Beni and is locked outside the tomb), pay attention... you can see that many of the extras in the background aren't really doing much of anything even though the two groups are supposedly in battle. A lot of the raiders and doreign legion members are just standing around or aimlessly walking. Only a few of them are (poorly) pretending to "fight." (00:09:50)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the opening action scene, when the raiders start firing their guns towards the French Foreign Legion, there's a wide-shot of several French troops being killed, and a few of them fall over a balcony to their death. As some of the soldiers on the left side of screen fall of screen and land behind some piles of sand, you can briefly see the edge of an air bag (or some other form of padding) pop up a few times with each one. (00:09:06)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the beginning of the film, when Ardeth Bay is first seen and talking about how "We, the Medjai, the descendants of pharaoh's bodyguards, kept watch," look closely. You can see the shadow of the camera move up Ardeth's horse's head as it closes in on him.

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Trivia: The original script was written in 1990, but no studio was interested. When "Scream" became a hit, Miramax quickly bought the script and hired "Scream" writer Kevin Williamson to rewrite it to make it more hip and funny. Williamson was originally going to direct the film, but chose to instead direct the black comedy "Teaching Mrs. Tingle," since that film was based on an original script he wrote. Unfortunately, that film flopped while "The Faculty" was successful and became a cult favorite.

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Trivia: Eric Freeman plays the lead Ricky and was criticized for his performance. According to Freeman, nobody agreed on how the role should be played, and the crew would ask him to perform scenes in wildly different ways, which is part of the reason his performance is so unnatural. For example, he wanted Ricky to be cold and quiet, while the director wanted him to be a wisecracking smartass, and the writer wanted him to be over-the-top and absolutely nuts. His performance is thus an odd mish-mash.

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Trivia: The animated sequences were actually filmed in live-action with the actors on-set, and then rotoscoped with 2D animation. Director James Gunn wanted to emulate the films of Ralph Bakshi, which often employed similar techniques of live-action footage being rotoscoped with animation.

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Trivia: When it's severed, Anton's hand is portrayed by the hand of actor and magician Christopher Hart. If that name is familiar, it's because Hart actually briefly made a career of playing disembodied hands. He played "Thing" in the 1991's "The Addams Family," "Addams Family Values" and "Addams Family Reunion." He played Anton's severed hand in this film. Then he played two animated severed hands in the television show "Angel," in the episode "I Fall to Pieces." He has an... oddly specific career.

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Crazy Handful of Nothin' - S1-E6

Trivia: When Walt blows up Tuco's office, listen closely. Mixed in with the screams is a distinct sound of a man shouting "Yeah!" That is a clip of the infamous "Dean Scream." In 2004, democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean let out an excited "Yeah!" after giving a rousing, over-the-top speech. However, his giddiness and the scream were viewed as unprofessional by the public, and the moment briefly made Dean into a laughing stock in the media. The scream then became an infamous soundbite.

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Trivia: When Mario briefly walks by the antique store, a Toad asks if the gizmo he is holding works, and the shopkeeper in the background can just barely be heard saying the Toad might have to blow into it to make it work. This is a cute callback to the popular theory that blowing into Nintendo cartridges makes them work better, since it helps get rid of dust that could block the connectors... although it's not unanimously agreed that this actually works.

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Trivia: Every episode starts with the word "Kimmy" and is followed by a brief description. (Ex. "Kimmy Goes on a Date!") Only two episodes don't follow this rule, and both are in the fourth and final season. "Party Monster: Scratching the Surface" is primarily based around the Reverend character, so Kimmy's name is not in the title, and "Sliding Van Doors" is an "alternate history" episode referencing the movie Sliding Doors, showing how the series would play out if Kimmy was never captured, hence a different title since it's non-canon.

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Trivia: The character Titus famously sings a song called "Peeno Noir" (derived from "pinot noir", a type of wine) in season one. The song became such a viral hit that actor Tituss Burgess actually started selling wine for a brief period of time, including of course a pinot noir.

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Trivia: Despite only being 88 minutes long (including credits), about 30 minutes of the film is archival footage from the first movie, with less than an hour of the movie actually being comprised of new footage. The entire movie was filmed in only about 10 days.

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Trivia: The scene in which Ricky screams "Garbage day!" before shooting a man was so unintentionally funny, it became an early internet meme, before the word "meme" was even popularized.

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Trivia: In an inside joke, the Reverend, played by Jon Hamm, claims he created the "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" commercial. Hamm was also on the show "Mad Men," where his character is the creator of that very commercial.

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Kimmy Is a Feminist! - S3-E6

Trivia: Titus briefly mentions having an ex named D'Fwan. This is a reference to creator Tina Fey's previous series "30 Rock," which had a minor supporting character named D'Fwan. And even funnier... both Titus and D'Fwan were played by the same actor, Tituss Burgess.

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Trivia: When the hand is killed and Mick complains about how there was "no explosions of hellfire," this is actually an inside joke. The original ending was completely different, and involved a giant portal, explosions, hellfire and tons of effects. However, this ending was dropped because the filmmakers felt it too scary compared to the rest of the movie. A new, more comedic ending was then shot. Mick complaining about the hand's simple death is a reference to the original, more intricate ending.

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Trivia: The film's release was greatly impacted by the Columbine tragedy. It was unfortunately scheduled to come out only 10 days after the shooting, and as a result many theaters refused to screen it due to it involving teens and violence. Additionally, several politicians (unfairly) criticized the film immediately after the shooting, earning it a lot of bad publicity. The studio quietly canceled the premiere and dumped it in theaters, where it bombed. It later found a cult audience on home video.

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