Trivia: At one point, Heather Chandler asks Heather Duke, "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?" Ironically and tragically in real life, actress Kim Walker (Heather Chandler) died of a brain tumor in 2001.
Trivia: Veronica Sawyer and Betty Finn's names are a combination of the girls from the 'Archie' comic books, and Mark Twain's characters Tom and Huckleberry.
Trivia: The kitchens used in Heather Chandler's and Heather Duke's houses are the same room, but with different lighting and camera angles.
Trivia: The high school (Westerburg High) is named for Winona's favorite rock singer at that time, Paul Westerburg, of The Replacements.
Trivia: The writer Daniel Waters thought of a few different endings for this movie. In one version, JD would successfully bomb the school, and the students would be shown at a prom in the afterlife. In another ending, Martha (A.K.A. "Dump Truck") would decide that Veronica was just another Heather, and kill Veronica.
Trivia: Daniel Waters (writer) came up with a possible sequel in which Veronica now lives in Washington DC, working for a senator who is an adult Heather. Meryl Streep would play the senator. However, Waters has always been against making a sequel, and only pitched this idea to Winona Ryder for fun. Ryder has talked about a sequel multiple times.
Trivia: After watching "Heathers", actress Tori Spelling suggested to her father, the producer Aaron Spelling, that Shannen Doherty be cast in "Beverly Hills 90210".
Answer: People who were bullied by Heather, Kurt, and Ram might feel better because of the faked suicides: they believe that the bullies were actually struggling with issues. As one boy says, he now thinks that Heather quit dating him because she was dissatisfied with her own life, not because he wasn't good enough. In the locker rooms, a girl tells Veronica that she thought Heather was just a bitch, but "guess I was wrong."