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Trivia: The burned-out car, along with John Candy's trunk, from "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", can be seen as part of the debris littering The Void. Ryan Reynolds has repeatedly stated how much he loved John Candy and his Del Griffith character, and there is a reference to him in every "Deadpool" film.

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Trivia: Both of Ryan Reynolds' and Blake Lively's children have cameos in the film. Olin Reynolds plays Babypool and Inez Reynolds plays Kidpool.

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Trivia: Michael Bay, director of the first two films in the franchise, has a cameo as a pissed off driver who almost runs over Mike. He's driving a black 964 Porsche 911 Turbo, which is the same car Mike drove in the first film.

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Trivia: David Letterman auditioned and screen-tested for the role of Ted Striker, which ultimately went to Robert Hays.

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Plot hole: SPOILER ALERT! During the final fight, Joey kills Frank and she reverts back to human form. Abigail tells her she's fine, because Frank was the one who turned her. However, when Frank kills Lambert he does not revert back to human form, even though Lambert was the one who turned him.

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Factual error: The movie is set in the US, but there are several things which aren't found in the US that give away the fact that it was shot in the UK. In one scene, a Tesco superstore can be seen in the background and the lift bridge seen in the film is Kings Ferry Bridge which connects the Isle of Sheppey to the Kent mainland.

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Trivia: Composer Jerskin Fendrix has a cameo as the musician playing the strange instrument in the Lisbon restaurant dance scene.

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Trivia: Musician Jack White, of the White Stripes, has a cameo as one of the actors in the radio stage play at the end of the film. Another well-known musician, Pete Yorn, has a notable role as Acie Kirby.

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Trivia: The radio play scene at the end of the film was shot at Martin Scorsese's alma mater, Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, NY, after principal photography had wrapped in Oklahoma.

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Factual error: During the Christmas party, "Silent Night" by The Temptations' Silent Night is playing. That version of the song, with Glenn Leonard singing lead, wasn't released until 1980.

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Factual error: When Angus and Mr. Hunham go to the liquor store, the sign on the door shows that they are open on Sundays. In 1970, Massachusetts still had blue laws in effect, and a liquor store would not have been open on a Sunday.

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Trivia: The older woman sitting on the bench with Barbie is played by Oscar-winning costume designer Ann Roth. This was her first credited role as an actress.

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Factual error: Gloria's vehicle is a Chevrolet Blazer SS EV, but during the chase scene, her supposedly electric vehicle makes sounds like a normal gas engine.

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Factual error: It is highly unlikely that Napoleon's mother, Letizia, staged a sexual encounter between him and a young woman to prove that he could have children. There was no need for such an experiment, since Napoleon had already fathered several illegitimate children, indicating that it was Josephine who was infertile.

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Factual error: Marie Antoinette was not executed at Le Palais des Tuileries, as shown in the film, but rather at Place de la Concorde (formerly Place de la Révolution). Also, Napoleon did not witness the execution; he was on garrison duty in southern France at the time.

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Factual error: Napoleon never met the Duke of Wellington face to face, as is depicted in the film.

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Show generally

Plot hole: The way slipstream works is wildly inconsistent across the show. Sometimes, they have to travel a significant distance to find the nearest slip point, and other times, when it's required by the plot, there's a slip point conveniently right next to the ship.

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Factual error: In the film, when Oppenheimer receives the Enrico Fermi award in 1963, Edward Lawrence congratulates him by patting him on the shoulder. Lawrence died in 1958 and could not have been there.

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Factual error: No one would have used the phrase "black hole" in 1939. The term "black hole" was first used in 1963 in "Life" and "Science News" and by Ann Ewing in an article in January of 1964. Princeton physicist John Wheeler popularised the term.

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Factual error: When Edward Teller proposed that a fission explosion might ignite the atmosphere in an uncontrollable chain reaction, Oppenheimer did not go to New Jersey to consult with Einstein. He actually went to Michigan to consult with experimentalist Arthur H. Compton.

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