History Trivia / OfficeSpace

* TropeNamer: TheRedStapler — for the situation where a movie effects or creates a RealLife demand for an object, good, or service. Swingline didn't make them in red and had discontinued it when the movie was produced, but does now.

** Apparently, the "PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?" line was improvised by David Herman when the printer actually did run out of paper (since it had been used so many times in other takes)[[note]]For what it's worth, "PC" means "Paper Cartridge", which is an old term for the tray that you put paper in, and "Load Letter" means "Load letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inches) paper" into that tray[[/note]].

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/MikeJudge [[http://www.avclub.com/article/mike-judge-32313 said making was a very unpleasant experience for him]], as the studio "didn’t like the music, they didn’t like the cast, or much of anything", and also disliked the marketing, including the poster with the man covered in Post-Its. He had trouble watching it again without those memories popping up. After the film's success on video and becoming a CultClassic, he was invited to do a sequel and declined. He said that he never watched the whole movie again for many years until his daughter asked to watch it. Judge has since felt a bit more positive about the film.

* AcclaimedFlop: The films original release only made $12 million on a $10 million budget, just barely breaking even. Part of this was because of how hard it was to advertise a film like this, with the head of Fox at the time, Tom Rothman, saying this being one of the hardest films he ever had to market in his 35 years of working in the movie industry.
* ActorInspiredElement

* CreatorInJoke: Lumbergh's "Mmmm.... yeah" (ie, a "yeah" that means "no") was something Mike Judge used to say to musicians asking for help carrying their instruments when he was in a band.

* NamesTheSame: The two men who come to Intech to lay off any employees they deem useless are colloquially referred to as The Bobs, which is also the nickname of filmmaker [[Creator/RobertZemeckis Robert "Bob" Zemeckis]] and his writing partner Bob Gale.

* NamesTheSame: The two men who come to Intech to lay off any employees they deem useless are colloquially referred to as The Bobs, which is also the nickname of filmmaker [[Creator/RobertZemeckis Robert "Bob" Zemeckis]] and his writing partner Bob Gale.

** Mike Judge had said that he'd considered doing a sequel to this movie at one point if the offer came up, but he felt like the amount of office-themed comedies that had come up since (such as ''Series/TheOffice'') filled in the void for it enough.

** Doug [=McFarland=] in ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "World's Best Boss" is an unsubtle {{expy}} of Bill, introduced drinking out of a mug in an annoying fashion.

* StillbornFranchise: After the film's success on video and becoming a CultClassic, Creator/MikeJudge was offered the opportunity to make a sequel to the film. [[http://www.avclub.com/article/mike-judge-32313 But making the film was such an unpleasant experience for him]] that he declined.

* VindicatedByCable: One of the premier examples. The movie pulled in mediocre box office numbers, despite relatively good reviews from critics, but found a second life on premium cable and on home video. Creator/ComedyCentral's frequent airings brought the movie to an even wider audience, quickly granting it CultClassic status.

* TechnologyMarchesOn:
** The floppy disk that Peter and Co. use to load the virus.
** The printer that the main characters destroy, plus the computers they use in the office (and the OS).
* ThrowItIn: The "P.C. Load Letter" scene was not scripted. David Herman had more lines to say to Ron Livingston, but he was interrupted by the photocopier jamming and didn't understand what the error message meant.