History Trivia / TheRunningMan

** Audience members who go on stage to choose their favorite Stalkers are handled [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] boxes as the Stalkers manage to harm or close in on the victims. The format has become obsolete since the rise of the DVD and was discontinued in the early 2000s.

* NamesTheSame: This is the second time that Ben Richards has been on the run. Ben Richards was also the name of the main character in Series/TheImmortal, only that Richards was running from a millionaire who wanted his blood (which made him immune to disease).

* ActorAllusion: “Hey, Damon…[[CatchPhrase I’ll be back]]” is an obvious ''{{Film/TheTerminator}} ShoutOut.

** Mick is played by [[Music/FleetwoodMac Mick Fleetwood]].

** Mic is played by [[Music/FleetwoodMac Mick Fleetwood]].

* TheDanza: Sven, Killian's bodyguard, is played by Sven Ole-Thorsen. Also, Mic is played by [[Music/FleetwoodMac Mick Fleetwood]].

* LifeImitatesArt: Two years after the movie came out, ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' debuted on television. Although it was obviously nowhere near as lethal or gory and didn't use criminals as contestants, the basic premise of pitting regular people against professional athletes in special contests, was the same.

* LifeImitatesArt: Two years after the movie came out Series/AmericanGladiators debuted on television. Although it was obviously nowhere near as lethal or gory and didn't use criminals as contestants, the basic premise of pitting regular people against professional athletes in special contests, was the same.

* TheCastShowoff: When Dynamo sings the aria from Act III of ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'', he's actually singing in that scene. Erland Van Lidth De Jeude was an accomplished opera singer alongside his wrestling career and before his (unfortunately) brief foray into acting -- he died of heart failure two months before the film's release at age 34.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, who played Dynamo, died of heart failure two months before the film's release at age 34.
* TheCastShowoff: When Dynamo sings the aria from Act III of ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'', he's actually singing in that scene. Erland Van Lidth De Jeude was an accomplished opera singer alongside his wrestling career and before his (unfortunately) brief foray into acting.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, who played Dynamo, died of heart failure two months before the film's release.
* TheCastShowoff: When Dynamo sings the aria from Act III of ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'', he's actually singing in that scene. Erland Van Lidth De Jeude was an accomplished opera singer alongside his wrestling career and before his (unfortunately) brief foray into acting -- he passed away a few months after the filming at age 34.