History Trivia / MazesAndMonsters

* OldShame: Tom Hanks, as he hadn't quite broken out of television yet. Of course, since he still had ''Film/TheMoneyPit'' in his future at the time of this film, he'd have some more shame to go around.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Inevitable given that New York City is relevant to so much of the film. In addition to the opening of the film driving right past one of the former Helmsley hotels that dominated the city (the hotel that bore her name is now a Trump hotel), a major plot point revolves around the Twin Towers. The film's perception of games and computers is also hopelessly rooted in the early 80s (especially the idea that ''computer games'' don't exist.)

* ReferencedBy: The author of ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' promises to be more accurate about roleplaying than this film, despite being only an intermittent player of these games.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Despite getting pretty much everything else wrong in regards to role-playing games, the movie perfectly captures the "DungeonMaster [[ThousandYardStare Thousand Mile Stare]] of a hardened DM taken aback at just how fucked the player is and realizing [[OffTheRails how boned the whole campaign has become in an instant]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Inevitable given that New York City is relevant to so much of the film. In addition to the opening of the film driving right past one of the former Helmsley hotels that dominated the city (the hotel that bore her name is now a Trump hotel) and a major plot point revolving around the Twin Towers, the film's perception of games and computers is hopelessly rooted in the early 80s (especially the idea that ''computer games'' don't exist.)

* UnintentioanlPeriodPiece: Inevitable given that New York City is relevant to so much of the film. In addition to the opening of the film driving right past one of the former Helmsley hotels that dominated the city (the hotel that bore her name is now a Trump hotel) and a major plot point revolving around the Twin Towers, the film's perception of games and computers is hopelessly rooted in the early 80s (especially the idea that ''computer games'' don't exist.)

* HeyItsThatGuy: While none of the other actors went on to be quite as famous as Creator/TomHanks, Wendy Crewson (who played Kate) would go on to play Scott Calvin's ex-wife in all three of ''TheSantaClause'' films. Chris Makepeace was a rising child actor at the time the film was made (hence why he has top billing in the actual film), having played Rudy in ''Film/{{Meatballs}}'' and the leading role of Clifford Peache in ''Film/MyBodyguard'' before this. Makepeace never really broke into a successful career, however, and has retired from acting.
** Lieutenant Martini is played by Murray Hamilton, who played Amity Island's mayor in the first two ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' movies.
** Robbie's father is played by Lloyd Bochner, a veteran character actor best remembered for starring in ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' classic "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan To Serve Man]]". His mother is played by Vera Miles (''Film/{{Psycho}}'''s Lila Crane).
** Kevin Peter Hall (''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'', ''Series/MisfitsOfScience'') plays Gorvil.
** Chris Wiggins (Jack Marshak on ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'') plays King.

** Chris Wiggins (Jack Marshak on '"Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'') plays King.

* OldShame: Tom Hanks, as he hadn't quite broken out of television yet. Of course, since he still had ''TheMoneyPit'' in his future at the time of this film, he'd have some more shame to go around.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: While none of the other actors went on to be quite as famous as Creator/TomHanks, Wendy Crewson (who played Kate) would go on to play Scott Calvin's ex-wife in all three of ''TheSantaClause'' films. Chris Makepeace was a rising child actor at the time the film was made (hence why he has top billing in the actual film), having played Rudy in ''Meatballs'' and the leading role of Clifford Peache in ''My Bodyguard'' before this. Makepeace never really broke into a successful career, however, and has retired from acting.

* OldShame: Tom Hanks, as he hadn't quite broken out of television yet. Of course, since he still had ''The Money Pit'' in his future at the time of this film, he'd have some more shame to go around.

* HeyItsThatGuy: While none of the other actors went on to be quite as famous as TomHanks, Wendy Crewson (who played Kate) would go on to play Scott Calvin's ex-wife in all three of ''TheSantaClause'' films. Chris Makepeace was a rising child actor at the time the film was made (hence why he has top billing in the actual film), having played Rudy in ''Meatballs'' and the leading role of Clifford Peache in ''My Bodyguard'' before this. Makepeace never really broke into a successful career, however, and has retired from acting.

* HeyItsThatGuy: While none of the other actors went on to be quite as famous as TomHanks, Wendy Crewson (who played Kate) would go on to play Scott Calvin's ex-wife in all three of ''TheSantaClause'' films. Chris Makepeace was a rising child actor at the time the film was made, having played Rudy in ''Meatballs'' and the leading role of Clifford Peache in ''My Bodyguard'' before this. Makepeace never really broke into a successful career, however, and has retired from acting.\\
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Also, Lieutenant Martini is played by Murray Hamilton, who played Amity Island's mayor in the first two ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' movies.

Also, Lieutenant Martini is played by Murray Hamilton, who played Amity Island's mayor in the first two ''{{Jaws}}'' movies.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: While none of the other actors went on to be quite as famous as TomHanks, Wendy Crewson (who played Kate) would go on to play Scott Calvin's ex-wife in all three of ''TheSantaClause'' films. Chris Makepeace was a rising child actor at the time the film was made, having played Rudy in ''Meatballs'' and the leading role of Clifford Peache in ''My Bodyguard'' before this. Makepeace never really broke into a successful career, however, and has retired from acting.\\