History Trivia / NineToFive

* ActorInspiredElement: The lead characters' names are notably similar in some way to actresses' names (Judy and Jane are both short and start with J, Doralee and Dolly both start with D and end with the sound "lee", and Violet and Lily are both flowers). It's not quite TheDanza, but it's clearly not an accident.

* {{Typecasting}}: This was the only sort of role Dabney Coleman could ''ever'' get for the rest of his career (though ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' had him as, at least being somewhat sympathetic to his female coworkers and the children he has to look after in school, though mostly, it's so he can be promoted to a middle school principal).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/CharltonHeston and Creator/GregoryPeck turned down the role of Russell Tinsworthy (which eventually went to Creator/SterlingHayden).

* {{Typecasting}}: This was the only sort of role Dabney Coleman could ''ever'' get for the rest of his career.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/CharltonHeston and Creator/GregoryPeck turned down the role of Russell Tinsworthy.

** The premise of the film is addressing difficulties women face now that they've just recently entered the workplace ''em masse''. While the trials of women in the workplace [[ValuesResonance is still quite relevant]], their simple presence in the workplace is no longer novel.

* AFIS100Years100Songs:
** #78, "9 to 5"

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This move is so 1980's it hurts. The central overarching theme of women entering the workplace en masse and struggling against the established "boys' club" of big business to be respected as equals is just the most obvious element[[note]]That isn't to say that this sort of sexism has completely gone away, but it was certain more abundant in 1980[[/note]]. There's also the technology: the photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) that takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly, the glaring lack of personal computers (aside from the rare terminal that accesses a mainframe) in favor of typewriters and dictation machines, and subtle touches like the pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers. Within 5 to 7 years of this film's release, the secretarial typing pool would be gone from almost every large business.
* WagTheDirector: Music/DollyParton accepted the role with the condition that she would write and sing the theme song, which was nominated for an Academy Award and won two Grammys. Parton made the same deal for almost every other movie, in which she has starred. The exception was ''Film/SteelMagnolias'', which declined to use the Parton-penned song "Eagle When She Flies".

* ActorAllusion: Doralee is said in the epilogue to have quit the company and started a career as a country music singer like her actress Music/DollyParton.

* TypeCasting: This was the only sort of role Dabney Coleman could ''ever'' get for the rest of his career.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This move is so 1980's it hurts. The central overarching theme of women entering the workplace en masse and struggling against the established "boys' club" of big business to be respected as equals is just the most obvious element[[note]]That isn't to say that this sort of sexism has completely gone away, but it was certain more abundant in 1980[[/note]]. There's also the technology: the photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) that takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly, the glaring lack of personal computers (aside from the rare terminal that accesses a mainframe) in favor of typewriters and dictation machines, and subtle touches like the pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers. Within 5 to 7 years of this film's release, the secretarial typing pool would be gone from almost every large business.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This move is so 1980's it hurts. The central overarching theme of women entering the workplace en masse and struggling against the established "boys' club" of big business to be respected as equals is just the most obvious element[[note]]That isn't to say that this sort of sexism has completely gone away, but it was certain more abundant in 1980[[/note]]. There's also the technology: the photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) that takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly, the glaring lack of personal computers (aside from the rare terminal that accesses a mainframe) in favor of typewriters and dictation machines, and subtle touches like the pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This move is so 1980's it hurts. The central overarching theme of women entering the workplace en masse and struggling against the established "boys' club" of big business to be respected as equals is just the most obvious element[[note]]That isn't to say that this sort of sexism has completely gone away, but it was certain more abundant in 1980[[/note]]. There's also the technology: the photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) that takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly, the glaring lack of personal computers in favor of typewriters and dictation machines, and subtle touches like the pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This move is so 1980's it hurts. The central overarching theme of women entering the workplace en masse and struggling against the established "boys' club" of big business to be respected as equals is just the most obvious element[[note]]That isn't to say that this sort of sexism has completely gone away, but it was certain more abundant in 1980[[/note]]. There's also the technology: the photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) that takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly, the glaring lack of personal computers in favor of typewriters and dictation machines, and subtle touches like the pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A video game adaptation of the film for the Atari 2600 was in the works. Of course, it was hokey tie-in games like this that lead to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 and Arari's own demise.

* TypeCasting: This was the only sort of role Dabney Coleman could ''ever'' get for the rest of her career.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This move is so 1980's it hurts. The central overarching theme of women entering the workplace en masse and struggling against the established "boys' club" of big business to be respected as equals is just the most obvious element. There's also the technology: the photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) that takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly, the glaring lack of personal computers in favor of typewriters and dictation machines, and subtle touches like the pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers.

* TypeCasting: This was the only sort of role Creator/DabneyColeman could ''ever'' get after ''9 to 5''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A video game adaptation of the film for the Atari 2600 was in the works. Of course, it was hokey tie-in games like this that lead to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrash and Arari's own demise.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A video game adaptation of the film for the Atari 2600 was in the works.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This move is so 1980's it hurts. The central overarching theme of women entering the workplace en masse and struggling against the established "boys' club" of big business to be respected as equals is just the most obvious element. There's also the technology: the photocopier (still called a "Xerox" in this time and place) that takes up an entire room and almost requires a degree in engineering to operate properly, the glaring lack of personal computers in favor of typewriters and dictation machines, and subtle touches like the pre-headset shoulder cradles for telephone receivers.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The disabled secretary in a wheelchair near the end is Les Jankey, who played Gushie in ''TalesOfTheGoldMonkey''.
** Playing Tinsworthy's note-taker Perkins is [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Dr. Silberman]].

* TypeCasting: This was the only sort of role Creator/DabneyColeman could ''ever'' get after ''9 to 5''.

** Playing Tinsworthy's note-taker Perkins is [[Franchise/Terminator Dr. Silberman]].

* ActorAllusion: Doralee is said in the epilogue to have quit the company and started a career as a country music singer like her actress Dolly Parton.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The disabled secretary in a wheelchair near the end is Les Jankey, who played Gushie in ''TalesOfTheGoldMonkey''.

* ActorAllusion: Doralee is said in the epilogue to have quit the company and started a career as a country music singer.