History Trivia / Them

* Blooper: Doctor Pat Medford states that the ants haven't yet been seen by anyone because of the remoteness of the desert location. Yet, seconds later when the nest is found, dirt roads can be seen behind the mound, with several cars parked on them.

* FollowTheLeader: This film owes a bit to ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' and ''Film/Godzilla1954'', and was, itself, the inspiration for countless subsequent movies about big bugs, none of which were anywhere near as good as the three aforementioned films, and most of which wound up on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
** Godzilla, while made about the same time as Them!, wasn't released in Japan until four months after Them!'s June, 1954 release in the U.S. Godzilla wasn't released in the U.S. until 1956.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The "New Mexican desert" around the city of Alamogordo has saguaro cacti, which aren't present in Southeast New Mexico.
** Those aren't Saguaro cactus. They are Joshua Trees, but the trope still holds, as these trees aren't found in New Mexico either.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Sweden, the film was infamously misstranslated as "Spindlarna" ("The Spiders").

* FollowTheLeader: This film owes a bit to ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' and ''Film/{{Gojira}}'', and was, itself, the inspiration for countless subsequent movies about big bugs, none of which were anywhere near as good as the three aforementioned films, and most of which wound up on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

** ''Disney/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' just straight up uses footage from this film as the Pelekai ''ʻohana'' watch it on TV for a family fun night. It should be noted that Lilo is an UnabashedBMovieFan.

* ScienceMarchesOn: Ants, at least ones in America, don't make noise; in the 1950s, this was a point of debate among entomologists, as ultrasonic microphones of the needed sensitivity didn't exist. Forgiveable today by the RuleOfScary as [[TropesAreNotBad the sound]] ''[[TropesAreNotBad is]]'' [[TropesAreNotBad very chilling.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: One reason this is one of the best giant monster movies from the 1950s.
** Look, there's [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Brooks Hatlen]] as a state police trooper.
** And [[Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet Kris Kringle]] as the not-so-mad scientist with the answers.
** And [[Series/{{Gunsmoke}} Marshall Matt Dillon]] leading the FBI against the ants.
** With [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]] making a cameo appearance as a USAF sergeant who doesn't believe reports of ant-shaped "flying saucers".
** And perhaps most famously, UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett himself is locked in the nut house following a run in with the ants.

** The first issue of the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' relaunch was titled ''Them!''. The remaining issues of the arc were ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'', and ''Film/InvadersFromMars''.

** And [[Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet Santa Claus]] as the not-so-mad scientist with the answers.

** That's James Whitmore as state policeman Peterson.
** There's [[Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet Santa Claus]] as the not-so-mad scientist with the answers.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle - In Sweden, the film was infamously misstranslated as "Spindlarna" ("The Spiders").
* ExecutiveMeddling - Was going to be in color and 3D before the studio got cold feet. This could be argued to have been a good thing, as the planned color of the ants (green) could have been NightmareRetardant.
* FollowTheLeader - This film owes a bit to ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' and ''Film/{{Gojira}}'', and was, itself, the inspiration for countless subsequent movies about big bugs, none of which were anywhere near as good as the three aforementioned films, and most of which wound up on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
* HeyItsThatGuy - one reason this is one of the best giant monster movies from the 1950s.

** The first issue of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica relaunch was titled ''Them!''. The remaining issues of the arc were ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'', ''WarOfTheWorlds'', and ''InvadersFromMars''.

** There's [[MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet Santa Claus]] as the not-so-mad scientist with the answers.

* FollowTheLeader - This film owes a bit to ''TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' and ''Film/{{Gojira}}'', and was, itself, the inspiration for countless subsequent movies about big bugs, none of which were anywhere near as good as the three aforementioned films, and most of which wound up on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

** And perhaps most famously, DavyCrockett himself is locked in the nut house following a run in with the ants.

* ReferencedBy: Referenced in the video game ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', which has a quest called 'Those!' featuring giant fire-breathing ants. Cinemaware's 1989 game ''ItCameFromTheDesert'' is an open homage to this film. It also appears in ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' as a DemonicSpider and the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'' secret campaign "It Came From Red Alert!", which also features missions with one-word, exclamation-pointed names like this film. Also, the climax of the movie, including the rescue of the two children, is referenced in a Mark Hunt in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''.

** With [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]] making a cameo appearance as a radio operator on an ant-infested ship.

* FollowTheLeader - This film owes a bit to ''TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'' and ''{{Godzilla}}'', and was, itself, the inspiration for countless subsequent movies about big bugs, none of which were anywhere near as good as the three aforementioned films, and most of which wound up on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

** And [[{{Gunsmoke}} Marshall Matt Dillon]] leading the FBI against the ants.

** With [[StarTrek Spock]] making a cameo appearance as a radio operator on an ant-infested ship.

** That's JamesWhitmore as state policeman Peterson.

** And perhaps most famously, Davy Crockett himself is locked in the nut house following a run in with the ants.