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** Creator/JimCummings has described the film as this when asked about it at Comic Cons.

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** Creator/JimCummings has described the film as this when asked about it at Comic Cons.Cons; this is a movie that he personally hates.
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* DawsonCasting: Subverted with Tangerine. She appears to be in her twenties, but the actress was only sixteen at the time (a year older than Dodger's actor). It makes their flirting far less [[{{Squick}} squicky]].

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* DawsonCasting: Subverted Inverted with Tangerine. She appears to be in her twenties, but the actress was only sixteen at the time (a year older than Dodger's actor). It makes their flirting far less [[{{Squick}} squicky]].
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* Of all the movies he's seen and reviewed as WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, internet personality Doug Walker considers this the worst film he's watched in his life.

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* FranchiseKiller: This did NOT help the actual card collection at all.



* FranchiseKiller: This did NOT help the actual card collection at all.
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* FranchiseKiller: This did NOT help the actual card collection at all.
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Shoehorning, don\'t put that here.


* The internet personality Doug Walker and his character WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic considers this to be the worst movie he's seen in his life.
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* CreatorKiller: Director Rod Amateau never took helm of another major project after this film.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits. Parental protests over the film's RefugeInVulgarity led to it being pulled from theaters within weeks of its release.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits. Parental protests over the film's RefugeInVulgarity after it received a PG rating led to it being pulled from theaters within weeks of its release.



* HeyItsThatGuy: Anthony Newley, who played Captain Manzini, also helped write the songs for ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory.''

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Anthony Newley, who played Captain Manzini, also helped write the songs for ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory.''''


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* StarDerailingRole: Anthony Newley's cinematic career went down the drain with this film. He never appeared in another major film for the rest of his life.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits. Parental protests over the film's RefugeInVulgarity led to it being pulled from theaters within weeks of its release.
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* DawsonCasting: Subverted with Tangerine. She appears to be in her twenties, but the actress was only sixteen at the time (a year older than Dodger's actor). It makes their flirting far less {{Squick squicky}}.

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* DawsonCasting: Subverted with Tangerine. She appears to be in her twenties, but the actress was only sixteen at the time (a year older than Dodger's actor). It makes their flirting far less {{Squick squicky}}.[[{{Squick}} squicky]].
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* DawsonCasting: Subverted with Tangerine. She appears to be in her twenties, but the actress was only sixteen at the time (a year older than Dodger's actor). It makes their flirting far less {{Squick squicky}}.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million dollars to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million dollars to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Film/{{Troll}} John Carl Buechler]] was considered to direct the film, and his version of the story was going to be a straight up horror film, in which the Garbage Pail Kids would have spawned from radioactive sludge that had found its way to a garbage can filled with broken dolls, turning them into serial killers.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: JimCummings.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: JimCummings.Creator/JimCummings.



** JimCummings has described the film as this when asked about it at Comic Cons.

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** JimCummings Creator/JimCummings has described the film as this when asked about it at Comic Cons.
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Not trivia and not really applying to the film itself, just one person\'s opinion.


* BrokeTheRatingScale: Creator/DougWalker [[WordOfGod stated]] that it's the worst movie he ever reviewed for WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic saying that it has no redeeming values whatsoever. Make of that as you will.
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* BrokeTheRatingScale: Creator/DougWalker [[WordOfGod stated]] that it's the worst movie he ever reviewed for WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic saying that it has no redeeming values whatsoever. Make of that as you will.
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** JimCummings has described the film as this when asked about it at Comic Cons.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: JimCummings.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Anthony Newley, who played Captain Manzini, also helped write the songs for ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory.''
* HeyItsThatVoice: JimCummings. JimCummings.
* OldShame: [[http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-29/entertainment/ca-1307_1_garbage-pail-kids According to this article,]] it was this even when it was released.

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That was an April Fool\'s Day joke.


* HeyItsThatVoice: JimCummings.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: John Carl Buechler, who did the effects for the movie, was originally considered to direct as well. His take on it would have been a horror film, where the Garbage Pail Kids would be murderous dolls who came to be when radioactive sludge found its way into a garbage bin of old toys.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: JimCummings.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: John Carl Buechler, who did the effects for the movie, was originally considered to direct as well. His take on it would have been a horror film, where the Garbage Pail Kids would be murderous dolls who came to be when radioactive sludge found its way into a garbage bin of old toys.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: John Carl Buechler, who did the effects for the movie, was originally considered to direct as well. His take on it would have been a horror film, where the Garbage Pail Kids would be murderous dolls who came to be when radioactive sludge found its way into a garbage bin of old toys.

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* HeyitsThatVoice: JimCummings.

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* HeyitsThatVoice: JimCummings.HeyItsThatVoice: JimCummings.

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I know it\'s bad but we don\'t bash here.


* HeyitsThatVoice: Why, JimCummings , why? MoneyDearBoy.
* NostalgiaCritic confirmed that this is THE WORST FILM he has ever done on his show.

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* HeyitsThatVoice: Why, JimCummings , why? MoneyDearBoy.
* NostalgiaCritic confirmed that this is THE WORST FILM he has ever done on his show.
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This does relate to the film. Trivia can include other franchises if it shows significance to this movie. Besides there isn\'t much trivia here to begin with.


* HeyitsThatVoice: Why, JimCummings , why? MoneyDearBoy .

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* HeyitsThatVoice: Why, JimCummings , why? MoneyDearBoy .MoneyDearBoy.
* NostalgiaCritic confirmed that this is THE WORST FILM he has ever done on his show.
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Has nothing to do with trivia for the film.


* NostalgiaCritic confirmed that this is THE WORST FILM he has ever done on his show.
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* HeyitsThatVoice: Why, JimCummings , why? MoneyDearBoy .

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BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million dollars to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million dollars to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits.profits.
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BoxOfficeBomb: About $30 million dollars to produce, but only made $1.5 million in profits.

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