History Trivia / ZombieLand

* AllStarCast: Currently, all of the main cast are Oscars-nominated actors:

** The DVD cover of ''Film/{{Defendor}}'', also starring Harrelson, use a similar design scheme as this movie's.

* The sequence with Tallahassee making a last stand is ''riddled'' with continuity errors: Look closely and you'll see that he starts out with a 1911 and a P226, then midway through the fight the Sig changes into a P228, and by the end of it he's dual-wielding two 1911s. The whole scene [[RuleOfCool looked cool]], so nobody cares, especially when you consider that having [[ThrowawayGuns more than two guns on hand]] [[CrazyPrepared would be perfectly in character for Tallahassee]].

** Ditto for the DVD cover of ''Film/{{Defendor}}'', also starring Harrelson.

** MidDevelopmentMediumShift: ''Zombieland'' was originally imagined as a TV series. However, when all the networks the creators went to shot it down, eventually the duo settled on making a movie out of it. The above-mentioned "Zombie Kill of the Week" is pretty clearly a holdover from the TV idea. Ironically, now that the movie has proven a hit, the creators are considering making a TV spinoff. The Spinoff, however, died.
** TheCameo of [[spoiler:Bill Murray]] AsHimself, was originally going to be Patrick Swayze AsHimself, and the characters would've referenced ''Film/DirtyDancing'' and ''Ghost''. [[ActorExistenceFailure Alas...]]
*** Mark Hamill was also considered.
** In the DVD extras, it's revealed that Abigail Breslin liked the zombie makeup so much that she asked the producers if Little Rock could become a zombie at the end. [[InfantImmortality They turned her down.]]

* The sequence with Tallahassee making a last stand is ''riddled'' with continuity errors: Look closely and you'll see that he starts out with a 1911 and a P226, then midway through the fight the Sig changes into a P228, and by the end of it he's dual-wielding two 1911s. The whole scene [[RuleOfCool looked cool]], so nobody cares.
** [[FridgeBrilliance Surely having]] [[ThrowawayGuns more than two guns on hand]] [[CrazyPrepared would be perfectly in character for Tallahassee.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/AdventureLand Brennan]]/[[Film/TheSocialNetwork Mark Zuckerberg]] teams up with [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[Film/LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[Film/EasyA Olive]].
** Lex Luthor wins the heart of Gwen Stacy during a ''ComicBook/BlackestNight''[=/=]''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' crossover.
** Even before ''Film/TheHungerGames'', [[Film/TheHungerGames Haymitch Abernathy]] in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]] teamed up with a curly-haired guy and a crazy survivalist brunette hell-bent on protecting her little sister.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/AdventureLand Brennan]]/[[Film/TheSocialNetwork Mark Zuckerberg]] teams up with [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[Film/LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[Film/EasyA Olive]].

** Ditto for the DVD cover of ''{{Defendor}}'', also starring Harrelson.

* ActorAllusion: Woody Harrelson managed to survive this apocalypse intact. In his [[TwoThousandTwelve previous film]], however, there ''is'' the matter of that annoying supervolcano underneath Yellowstone National Park...

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/AdventureLand Brennan]]/[[Film/TheSocialNetwork Mark Zuckerberg]] teams up with [[NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[Film/EasyA Olive]].
** Lex Luthor wins the heart of Gwen Stacy during a [[BlackestNight Blackest Night]]/[[MarvelZombies Marvel Zombies]] crossover.
* ThrowItIn: The conversation between Little Rock and Tallahassee about HannahMontana was a ThrowItIn by Creator/AbigailBreslin.

** TheCameo of [[spoiler:Bill Murray]] AsHimself, was originally going to be Patrick Swayze AsHimself, and the characters would've referenced ''DirtyDancing'' and ''Ghost''. [[ActorExistenceFailure Alas...]]

** MidDevelopmentMediumShift: ''Zombieland'' was originally imagined as a TV series. However, when all the networks the creators went to shot it down, eventually the duo settled on making a movie out of it. The above-mentioned "Zombie Kill of the Week" is pretty clearly a holdover from the TV idea. Ironically, now that the movie has proven a hit, the creators are considering making a TV spinoff.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/AdventureLand Brennan]]/[[Film/SocialNetwork Mark Zuckerberg]] teams up with [[NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[Film/EasyA Olive]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/AdventureLand Brennan]] teams up with [[NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[Film/EasyA Olive]].

* ActorAllusion: Woody Harrelson managed to survive this apocalypse intact. In his previous film, however, there ''is'' the matter of [[TwoThousandTwelve that annoying supervolcano underneath Yellowstone National Park...]]

** In the DVD extras, it's revealed that Abigail Breslin liked the zombie makeup so much that she asked the producers if Little Rock could become a zombie at the end. They turned her down.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[AdventureLand Brennan]] teams up with [[NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[Film/EasyA Olive]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[AdventureLand Brennan]] teams up with [[NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[EasyA Olive]].

** MidDevelopmentMediaShift: ''Zombieland'' was originally imagined as a TV series. However, when all the networks the creators went to shot it down, eventually the duo settled on making a movie out of it. The above-mentioned "Zombie Kill of the Week" is pretty clearly a holdover from the TV idea. Ironically, now that the movie has proven a hit, the creators are considering making a TV spinoff.

** ''Zombieland'' was originally imagined as a TV series. However, when all the networks the creators went to shot it down, eventually the duo settled on making a movie out of it. The above-mentioned "Zombie Kill of the Week" is pretty clearly a holdover from the TV idea. Ironically, now that the movie has proven a hit, the creators are considering making a TV spinoff.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: ''{{Anaconda}}'' was rated PG-13 and not R as Wichita claimed.
* [[{{ptitlezbs18uz6sqww}} Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[AdventureLand Brennan]] teams up with [[NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[LittleMissSunshine Olive]] and, [[NamesTheSame uh]], [[EasyA Olive]].

*** YourMileageMayVary, but turning Little Rock into a zombie would have taken one of the movie's core strengths away: that because of traits [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption intentionally left out of most Zombie Movie Humans]] - trust, working together etc - [[spoiler: all four of them survive]]. If there was anything that Could Have Been, they could have put her into the makeup off-camera for an easter-egg or something.

*** YourMileageMayVary, but turning Little Rock into a zombie would have taken one of the movie's core strengths away: that because of traits [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption intentionally left out of most Zombie Movie Humans]] - trust, working together etc - [[spoiler: all four of them survive[/url]. If there was anything that Could Have Been, they could have put her into the makeup off-camera for an easter-egg or something.

* FollowTheLeader: The direct-to-video ''Vampire Killers'' uses the exact same font on its cover, and has its characters in almost the exact same poses.
* [[{{ptitlezbs18uz6sqww}} Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[AdventureLand Brennan]] teams up with [[NoCountryForOldMen Carson Wells]] and gets conned by [[{{Superbad}} Jules]] and [[LittleMissSunshine Olive]].

* ShoutOut:
** At the end, all Wichita needed was a red jacket to match her [[Left4Dead Zoey ponytail]].
** Tallahassee's "farewell" to Columbus is "That'll do, pig", from {{Babe}}.
** Also, Tallahassee makes a few references to {{Deliverance}} during the supermarket scene, the banjo being one aaaand...
--->''"You got a purty mouth!"''
** A subtle one from WorldWarZ - in the book a guy in the Long Island mansion brags about his exact copy of Tony Montana's AK-47 from {{Scarface}}, despite Montana using an M-16. Cue Zombieland's opening, with a guy dressed as Tony wielding a Kalashnikov.
** Tallahassee's ride on a roller coaster swarming with zombies brings to mind {{rail shooter}}s like ''HouseOfTheDead'', especially {{Carnevil}}, which, as it suggests, has you on a roller coaster fighting zombies.
** [[PulpFiction "You know what they call Twinkies in Mexico?"]]