History Trivia / EveryWhichWayButLoose

** After the success of these films, Menahem Golan personally pitched the movie ''Film/GoingBananas'' to Clyde. The orangutan turned the film down, which proves even lesser primates knew better than to star in Golan-Globus films.

* CriticalBacklash: Both movies were widely panned by critics, but became two of Eastwood's most commercially successful films.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Fans of ''Film/TheGoonies'' and ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain'' will recognize Anne Ramsey (Mama Fratelli/Momma) as Loretta, the female half of the couple from Iowa.
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: After more than a decade of appearing in R-rated westerns and police action films, most notably as Dirty Harry, this PG-rated film and its sequel were a change of pace for Eastwood.

* TheOtherDarrin: An orangutan named Manis plays Clyde in ''EWWBL.'' In ''AWWYC'', Clyde goes uncredited, but he's clearly not Manis. (Having grown older and larger, Manis was considered possibly dangerous.)

* WagTheDirector: Clint was often in dispute with the director, James Fargo. The first assistant sarcastically commented that this was because Fargo "had the notion that he was directing the movie." Note that Eastwood and Fargo had been long-time collaborators, with Fargo having handled second unit duties on films that Eastwood had directed, and working smoothly with him during Fargo's directorial bow on ''Film/TheEnforcer''. On that occasion they worked well together since it had been agreed that Eastwood was really in charge, but Fargo expected more control on ''Every Which Way''. Their friendship survived the film's production, but afterwards they agreed that it'd probably be best for the sake of their sanity if they didn't work on the same film again.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the success of these films, Menahem Golan personally pitched the movie ''Going Bananas'' to Clyde. The orangutan turned the film down, which proves even lesser primates knew better than to star in Golan-Globus films.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The girl Orville picks up at a roadside fruit stand is a young [[NationalLampoonsVacation Ellen Griswold]].

* WagTheDirector: Clint was often in dispute with the director, James Fargo. The first assistant sarcastically commented that this was because Fargo "had the notion that he was directing the movie." Note that Eastwood and Fargo had been long-time collaborators, with Fargo having handled second unit duties on films that Eastwood had directed, and working smoothly with him during Fargo's directorial bow on ''TheEnforcer''. On that occasion they worked well together since it had been agreed that Eastwood was really in charge, but Fargo expected more control on ''Every Which Way''. Their friendship survived the film's production, but afterwards they agreed that it'd probably be best for the sake of their sanity if they didn't work on the same film again.