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Trivia: This is the first MCU film to feature an uncensored f-word. According to director James Gunn, this wasn't planned.

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Danger Boy - S2-E16

Trivia: The Last Ride roller coaster is supposedly inspired by Action Park, a closed theme park in New Jersey that was infamous for having rides built without regard for safety regulations, which resulted in numerous injuries and even a few deaths to guests. The owner reportedly had employees test rides and stubbornly refused to settle lawsuits.

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Danger Boy - S2-E16

Trivia: When Cory is despondently leaving Chubby's, he passes by a rack of comic books. According to Rider Strong, producer Michael Jacobs is a huge fan of comics and freaked out on the props department that the comics were outdated and not restocked with more current issues on episode to episode basis. (00:08:50)

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Trivia: Rosie O'Donnell saw an early screening of this film and was so put-off by it that she decided to spoil its ending on her talk show. This could be a contributing factor as to why the film ended up being a box office flop.

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The One With The Embryos - S4-E12

Trivia: Chandler's line of "Donald Trump wants his blue blazer black" was a genuine flub by Matthew Perry. Everyone's reaction to it was so on-brand for their characters that they decided to use it it for the episode.

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Trivia: A replica of the house from this film was built in Herriman, Utah.

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Trivia: This film portrays Cranky Kong as being Donkey Kong's father. In the original Donkey Kong Country game, Cranky is actually his grandfather, as well as the original Donkey Kong.

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Trivia: Sitting next to Diddy Kong is Dixie Kong, his girlfriend who made her debut in Donkey Kong Country 2.

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Trivia: The music that plays when Donkey Kong enters the arena is from the title screen for Donkey Kong 64.

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I Am Not a Crook - S2-E14

Trivia: Although she doesn't remember it, Will Friedle claims that Danielle Fishel was directed to do so many takes of her campaign announcement at the end that she eventually broke down crying. Friedle noted that her eyes during the scene look like they had makeup applied around them to cover up that she had been crying, and Rider Strong added that she looked pissed.

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I Am Not a Crook - S2-E14

Trivia: The "All girls are icky" note from Shawn on Paula's notebook was actually written by Rider Strong. When watching the episode, Strong said he had no recollection of writing it, but recognized it as his handwriting.

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Trivia: Will Friedle of Boy Meets World fame wrote a script similar to this film and sold it to Disney around 1997. They opted not to make the film. By the time this film was made, there were so many story revisions that Friedle could not get a story credit. A representative from the Writer's Guild of America even tried to intervene on his behalf, but Disney's rep claimed his script was completely different.

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Trivia: Rider Strong once attended a bachelor party, and someone arranged for him to get a lapdance from a stripper. The stripper told him that she grew up watching Boy Meets World.

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Trivia: Will Friedle once had an awkward encounter with a fan of the show at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. The fan wanted to get a picture with him, and he told them it wasn't an appropriate place to do it.

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Itchy and Scratchy and Marge - S2-E9

Trivia: One of this episode's plots features outraged parents trying to prevent children from seeing the statue of Michelangelo's David because his penis is visible. In March 2023, a principal at a Tallahassee, Florida charter school was fired after parents complained about their children seeing images of the statue, deeming it to be pornographic.

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Trivia: Blake Clark revealed on the Pod Meets World podcast that someone floated the idea of doing a spinoff show for Harry's Hardware, but the idea was rejected because Clark wasn't considered a romantic lead.

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It's About Time - S7-E7

Trivia: Cory and Topanga's nuptials were actually left up to an online fan vote. The producers promised to honor the results of the vote, and fans overwhelmingly voted in favor of them getting married. Danielle Fishel says she doesn't believe the two of them should have been married at such a young age.

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Trivia: After a break from shooting the scene where Paul is covered in deer blood, Rider Strong decided to go for a hike, still covered in the blood makeup. He ran into a Boy Scouts troop, who started freaking out over seeing a stranger covered in what appeared to be blood. Then they recognized him for Boy Meets World and got excited.

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Trivia: Wesley Snipes was offered a role in the film, supposedly as a swordsman, but the two sides could not come to an agreement.

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Trivia: This film shares a title with a season 1 episode of The X-Files, which similarly deals with an entity that kills people if they aren't standing in the safety of light.

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