History Film / Mallrats

* CompanyCrossReferences: Since it was a Universal-produced film, Kevin chose to load the film with references to their other films, including ''Films/{{Jaws}}'' (in addition to TS's plan for proposal {which then verges into ProductPlacement}, TS's last name and Brodie's first name both reference ''Jaws'' characters), and Brodie has a ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' poster in his room.

** There's also the case of Brodie's hockey video game. Originally, he was shown playing an Creator/EASports hockey game and its distinctive music could be heard. However, during production someone at Gramercy made a deal with Creator/{{Sega}} to help promote the film via this bus tour thing Sega had going on at the time. As a result, the scene was modified to instead have Brodie playing a ''Sega Sports'' game on his Genesis. However, the EA music was left unaltered. (As for that promotional deal, [[ShaggyDogStory Sega didn't promote the movie at all in the end]].)

20 years after the film was released, a sequel was [[http://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-smith-mallrats-2-2015/ unexpectedly announced]] by Smith, titled ''Mallbrats''; they're doing this before ''Clerks III'' as a tribute to late Universal producer Jim Jacks, who supported Kevin, the movie and a potential sequel even after the movie flopped; almost all of the cast (with the exception of Creator/BenAffleck) has been confirmed to return. Filming's scheduled to begin at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exton_Square_Mall Exton Square Mall]] in the Philadelphia suburbs in 2016; according to [[http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/mallrats-2/249676/mallrats-2-kevin-smith-drops-new-details this article,]] it'll basically be the old "''Film/DieHard'' in a mall" idea Smith had tossed around, but with a "Save the Clock Tower" element, specifically having Brodie try to save the mall by organizing a Comic-Con, only to have terrorists invade. Ralph Garman (the host of ''Series/TheJoeSchmoShow'' and one of Smith's more recent media partners) will portray the terrorist leader, and Creator/BruceCampbell has been cast in an unknown role. [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/kevin-smith-confirms-mallrats-2-will-be-a-10-episode-series/ More recently]], Smith revealed that, due to being bogged down with legal issues between him and Creator/{{Universal}} (a partner in Gramercy), the sequel would be reconfigured into a 10-episode TV series instead; however, this plan was pitched with no success and the project is now on the backburner.

** That was a cap made during the filming of Clerks.

* BrickJoke: Jay and Silent Bob are seen with a random orangutan in the WhereAreTheyNow credits. This is not explained for three movies, until they rescue an orangutan from an animal testing lab in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack.''
** Actually picked up on in the ''Chasing Dogma'' series of comics that has, as the name suggests, the movies ''Chasing Amy'' and ''Dogma'' as bookends - The series explains how Jay and Silent Bob end up in the same town as Bethany - They're searching for Shermer, Illinois (the site of many a John Hughes movie, and naturally, nonexistent), and along the way, end up rescuing a chimp which is hunted, in a hilarious ''Fugitive'' spoof, by a Creator/{{Tommy Lee Jones}} lookalike. Presumably needing some narrative for ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Smith recycled this with Will Ferrell in the Jones role.

* ContinuityNod: Explains the death of Julie Dwyer, the girl whose funeral Dante and Randal crash in ''Film/{{Clerks}}''.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to ''{{Film/Clerks}}''. While that film was pretty down-to-earth, with most of the humor derived from its many [[SeinfeldianConversation Seinfeldian Conversations]], ''Mallrats'' featured a lot more zany comedy and slapstick.
* TheDragon: Mr. Lafours plays this role to Jared Svenning.

* GoodCounterpart: Brodie to his cousin Randal in a way- while both are DeadpanSnarkers who are obsessed with films and/or comics, Brodie is significantly nicer to T.S. than Randal is normally to Dante. Unlike Randal, he shows he's capable of forming good relationships (even if his relationship with Rene was rocky), gets along quite well with Jay and Silent Bob, and will step up to help his friends and stop assholes (even if one tactic is to shove his own hand up it).

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Brandi is played by English actress Claire Forlani. Her accent is decidely un{{Joisey}} and her natural English accent slips in quite often. It's especially noticeable in the opening scene, filmed long after the original production wrapped and absolutely no one was happy to be there, according to Kevin Smith.

** FridgeLogic: Brodie stink-palmed Stan Lee.

** Actually picked up on in the ''Chasing Dogma'' series of comics that has, as the name suggests, the movies ''Chasing Amy'' and ''Dogma'' as bookends - The series explains how Jay and Silent Bob end up in the same town as Bethany - They're searching for Sheromer, Illinois (the site of many a John Hughes movie, and naturally, nonexistent), and along the way, end up rescuing a chimp which is hunted, in a hilarious ''Fugitive'' spoof, by a Creator/{{Tommy Lee Jones}} lookalike. Presumably needing some narrative for ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Smith recycled this with Will Ferrell in the Jones role.

* BrickJoke: Jay and Silent Bob are seen with a random monkey in the WhereAreTheyNow credits. This is not explained for three movies, until they rescue a monkey from an animal testing lab in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack.''
** Actually picked up on in the ''Chasing Dogma'' series of comics that has, as the name suggests, the movies ''Chasing Amy'' and ''Dogma'' as bookends - The series explains how Jay and Silent Bob end up in the same town as Bethany - They're searching for Shermer, Illinois (the site of many a John Hughes movie, and naturally, nonexistent), and along the way, end up rescuing a chimp which is hunted, in a hilarious ''Fugitive'' spoof, by a Creator/{{Tommy Lee Jones}} lookalike. Presumably needing some narrative for ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Smith recycled this with Will Ferrell in the Jones role.

** There's also the case of Brodie's hockey video game. Originally, he was shown playing an Creator/EASports hockey game and its' distinctive music could be heard. However, during production someone at Gramercy made a deal with Creator/{{Sega}} to help promote the film via this bus tour thing Sega had going on at the time. As a result, the scene was modified to instead have Brodie playing a ''Sega Sports'' game on his Genesis. However, the EA music was left unaltered. (As for that promotional deal, [[ShaggyDogStory Sega didn't promote the movie at all in the end]].)

20 years after the film was released, a sequel was [[http://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-smith-mallrats-2-2015/ unexpectedly announced]] by Smith, titled ''Mallbrats''; they're doing this before ''Clerks III'' as a tribute to late Universal producer Jim Jacks, who supported Kevin, the movie and a potential sequel even after the movie flopped; almost all of the cast (with the exception of Ben Affleck) has been confirmed to return. Filming's scheduled to begin at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exton_Square_Mall Exton Square Mall]] in the Philadelphia suburbs in 2016; according to [[http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/mallrats-2/249676/mallrats-2-kevin-smith-drops-new-details this article,]] it'll basically be the old "Die Hard in a mall" idea Smith had tossed around, but with a "Save the Clock Tower" element, specifically having Brodie try to save the mall by organizing a Comic-Con, only to have terrorists invade. Ralph Garman (the host of ''Series/TheJoeSchmoShow'' and one of Smith's more recent media partners) will portray the terrorist leader, and Creator/BruceCampbell has been cast in an unknown role. [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/kevin-smith-confirms-mallrats-2-will-be-a-10-episode-series/ More recently]], Smith revealed that, due to being bogged down with legal issues between him and Creator/{{Universal}} (a partner in Gramercy), the sequel would be reconfigured into a 10-episode TV series instead; however, this plan was pitched with no success and the project is now on the backburner.

20 years after the film was released, a sequel was [[http://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-smith-mallrats-2-2015/ unexpectedly announced]] by Smith, titled ''Mallbrats''; they're doing this before ''Clerks III'' as a tribute to late Universal producer Jim Jacks, who supported Kevin, the movie and a potential sequel even after the movie flopped; almost all of the cast (with the exception of Ben Affleck) has been confirmed to return. Filming's scheduled to begin at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exton_Square_Mall Exton Square Mall]] in the Philadelphia suburbs in 2016; according to [[http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/mallrats-2/249676/mallrats-2-kevin-smith-drops-new-details this article,]] it'll basically be the old "Die Hard in a mall" idea Smith had tossed around, but with a "Save the Clock Tower" element, specifically having Brodie try to save the mall by organizing a Comic-Con, only to have terrorists invade. Ralph Garman (the host of ''Series/TheJoeSchmoShow'' and one of Smith's more recent media partners) will portray the terrorist leader, and Creator/BruceCampbell has been cast in an unknown role. [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/kevin-smith-confirms-mallrats-2-will-be-a-10-episode-series/ More recently]], Smith revealed that, due to being bogged down with legal issues between him and Creator/{{Universal}} (a partner in Gramercy), the sequel will be reconfigured into a 10-episode TV series instead.

A 1995 film by Creator/KevinSmith, and part of the TheViewAskewniverse. It is the second entry into this series, although chronologically set before ''Film/{{Clerks}}''.

Taking place a day before ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', with the usual parodies and ''Star Wars'' references (and a surprising [[TheCameo cameo]] by [[Creator/StanLee Stan 'The Man' Lee]]).

-> "They're not there to shop. They're not there to work. They're just there. - {{Tagline}}

"They're not there to shop. They're not there to work. They're just there. - {{Tagline}}

-->"They're not there to shop. They're not there to work. They're just there. - {{Tagline}}

** Actually picked up on in the ''Chasing Dogma'' series of comics that has, as the name suggests, the movies ''Chasing Amy'' and ''Dogma'' as bookends - The series explains how Jay and Silent Bob end up in the same town as Bethany - They're searching for Shermer, Illinois (the site of many a John Hughes movie, and naturally, nonexistent), and along the way, end up rescuing a chimp which is hunted, in a hilarious ''Fugitive'' spoof, by a {{Tommy Lee Jones}} lookalike. Presumably needing some narrative for ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', Smith recycled this with Will Ferrell in the Jones role.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: T.S. convinces the cops who are arresting Shannon to let him punch the guy.

** After hoisting them to safety on his grappling hook, Jay asks Silent Bob where he gets [[Series/Batman those wonderful toys]].

[[caption-width-right:180: [-[[{{Tagline}} They're not there to shop. They're not there to work. They're just there.]]-] ]]

** In ''Clerks'', Randall tells the story of how his cousin Walter died attempting to...satisfy himself. The opening lines of this movie have Brodie telling a similar story of a bizarre act by ''his'' cousin Walter, implying that they may be the same cousin and that Brodie and Randall are related.

* TakeThat: In the scene at the dirt mall, T.S. tries on a cap before throwing it away in disgust. The cap has ''{{Clerks}}'' written on it.

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: The guy going against Brodie and TS in the game show is Gil Hicks, played by Brian O'Halloran. This is the same actor who starred in ''{{Clerks}}'', and the two characters share a last name. WordOfGod is they're cousins, along with two other characters played by O'Halloran in the View Askewniverse sharing the same last name.