History Trivia / FullThrottle

* InMemoriam: A dedication to Roy Conrad, Ben's voice actor, appears at the start of the remastered release's ending credits.
* TheOtherDarrin: Roy Conrad died before ''Hell on Wheels'' went to production, so another VA voiced Ben in the trailer. The game was never finished, however.

* StarmakingRole: ''Bone to Pick'' got a ton of sales out of the game, and made a name of The Gone Jackals.

* StarmakingRole: "Bone to Pick" got a ''ton'' of sales out of the game, and made a name of The Gone Jackals.

* TalkingToHimself: Unique variant: Malcolm Corley and Father Torque are voiced by the same actor... and the only time the two are on-screen at the same time is at the former's ''funeral'', with the latter delivering his ''eulogy''!

* PlayingAgainstType: While Creator/MarkHamill had already broken away from his most famous role as [[Film/ANewHope Luke Skywalker]] by playing ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''' ComicBook/TheJoker, rather than another maniacal LargeHam, here he plays the cold, stoic Adrian Ripburger.

* ThrowItIn: "Chitlins, Whiskey, and Skirt", in which the singer thanks the Lord for the apocalypse, was just a song composer Peter [=McConnell=] composed on his own, does not actually describe the game world (there was no nuclear holocaust), but even if the lyrics didn't fit, the tone did.

** An early storyline involved Maureen and her twin, Tina, that would have mimicked ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper''. Schafer got the names from college friends of his. Eventually Tina was dropped entirely.

* ProductionPosse: It's basically the cast of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' trying something completely new.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Two sequels were meant to be made. ''Payback'' in 2000, but fell through due to key artists leaving and CreativeDifferences. The sequel ''Hell On Wheels'' in 2002, was meant to pick up where the original game left off. However was never finished and likewise cancelled. And with Creator/LucasArts now disbanded, all prospects of a continuation still very low. Though fans are holding out hope Tim Schaefer will consider doing it independently.
** According to Tim Schaefer, MTV met with him about a potential animated series based on the property, though nothing ever came of it.
** An early storyline involved Maureen and her twin, Tina, that would have mimicked ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper''. Schaefer got the names from college friends of his. Eventually Tina was dropped entirely.

** At one point, Schaefer had an idea for a DreamSequence where players had to work through Ben's mind to help his psyche. While it was eventually scrapped, Schaefer eventually reworked the idea into ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Two sequels were meant to be made. ''Payback'' in 2000, but fell through due to key artists leaving and creative differences. The sequel ''Hell On Wheels'' in 2002, was meant to pick up where the original game left off. However was never finished and likewise cancelled. And with Creator/LucasArts now disbanded, all prospects of a continuation still very low. Though fans are holding out hope Tim Schaefer will consider doing it independently.

** The game's iconic soundtrack was originally intended to use Soundgarden. The Gone Jackals got picked up due to Soundgarden costing far too much for the game's budget to allow.
** At one point, Schaefer had an idea for a DreamSequence where players had to work through Ben's mind to help his psyche. While it was eventually scrapped, Schaefer eventually reworked the idea into VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}.

** At one point, Schaefer had an idea for a DreamSequence where players had to work through Ben's mind to help his psyche. While it was eventually scrapped, Schaefer eventually reworked the idea into VideoGame/Psychonauts.

** The game's iconic soundtrack was originally intended to use Soundgarden. The Gone Jackals got picked up due to Soundgarden costing far too much for the game's budget to allow.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Two sequels were meant to be made. ''Payback'' in 2000, but fell through due to key artists leaving and creative differences. The sequel ''Hell On Wheels'' in 2002, was meant to pick up where the original game left off. However was never finished and likewise cancelled. And with LucasArts now disbanded, all prospects of a continuation still very low. Though fans are holding out hope Tim Schaefer will consider doing it independently.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Quite a marquee cast for this game, all of whom were alumni for Fox's 1990's afternoon cartoon block which included ''TinyToonAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Mark Hamill plays BigBad Adrian Ripburger. He uses the ''same exact voice'' he used for his role as SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Maurice [=LaMarche=] is the henchman Nestor.
** Pat Musick (who plays Tony Toponi in ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'') is Miranda Rose Wood, Freelance Photographer
** ''Three'' of the Vultures are voiced by some pretty popular voice actors. Suzi is voiced by TressMacNeille, SteveBlum plays the bit part of Sid in an early role, and of course, Maureen's voice belongs to KathSoucie (also early in her career).

* CreatorBreakdown - The original draft for the game had [[spoiler: Ben and Maureen hooking up in the end.]] However, during production, several key members of the creative team had their relationships sour and in a fit of angst, decided to rewrite the ending. Ironically, the game's BittersweetEnding was lauded for being truer to the tone of the rest of the story.
* HeyItsThatVoice - Quite a marquee cast for this game, all of whom were alumni for Fox's 1990's afternoon cartoon block which included ''TinyToonAdventures'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* TalkingToHimself - Unique variant: Malcolm Corley and Father Torque are voiced by the same actor... and the only time the two are on-screen at the same time is at the former's ''funeral'', with the latter delivering his ''eulogy''!

* According to Tim Schaefer, MTV met with him about a potential animated series based on the property, though nothing ever came of it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Tim Schaefer, MTV met with him about a potential animated series based on the property, though nothing ever came of it.

** An early storyline involved Maureen and her twin, Tina, that would have mimicked ''ThePrinceAndThePauper''. Schaefer got the names from college friends of his. Eventually Tina was dropped entirely.

** Pat Musick (who plays Tony Toponi in AnAmericanTail) is Miranda Rose Wood, Freelance Photographer

** An early storyline involved Maureen and her twin, Tina, that would have mimicked ''ThePrinceAndThePauper''. Schaefer got the names from college friends of his. Eventually Tina was dropped entirely.

* CreatorBreakdown - The original draft for the game had [[spoiler: Ben and Maureen hooking up in the end. However, during production, several key members of the creative team had their relationships sour and in a fit of angst, decided to rewrite the ending. Ironically, the game's BittersweetEnding was lauded for being truer to the tone of the rest of the story.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Tim Schaefer, MTV met with him about a potential animated series based on the property, though nothing ever came of it.