History YMMV / WaynesWorld

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: An platform video game was created with the license, but was not received well.

** "Party time!" becomes "Méga-teuf !" ("Mega party!"), while "teuf" is a slang translation of a neutral English word. This kind of slang actually fits well the protagonists.

** Glenn, the manager of Stan Makita's Donuts, has a few bizarre and creepy rants. He has nothing to do with the plot: it's just funny.

** And the trope is actually discussed, and lampshaded, when Wayne reveals his big room full of ninjas.

'''Wayne:''' [[CatchPhrase SHYA!]] ''(closes door)''

--->'''Wayne:''' ... an old man fashioning a kayak out of a log ...

** In Spring 2021 in France, [[https://tinyurl.com/4bfzyy4u a man who looks like an older Garth]] got in trouble for setting an underground restaurant in a property he owns, and confessed in interviews he also took went to a few other underground restaurants, before later explaining he was joking.[[note]]France legally closed all on-site restaurants in October 2020 as an attempt to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and they still weren't allowed to open at the time[[/note]] French ''Wayne's World'' fans reacted to the news with jokes in the veins of "Party time!" or "[[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue What is Garth doing now?]]", not to mention this act would be in-character for the movie's protagonists.

** In Spring 2021 in France, [[https://tinyurl.com/4bfzyy4u a man who looks like an older Garth]] got in trouble for setting an underground restaurant in his house[[note]]France legally closed all on-site restaurants in October 2020 as an attempt to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and they still weren't allowed to open at the time[[/note]]. French ''Wayne's World'' fans reacted to the news with jokes in the veins of "Party time!" or "[[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue What is Garth doing now?]]", not to mention this act would be in-character for the movie's protagonists.

** Nowadays Wayne would open a door on people training for an Austin Power's movie.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Wayne's World 2'' was initially seen as the typical sequel fodder and [[ToughActToFollow largely overshadowed by the first film]]. However, more recent reviews have found the film to actually be fairly decent, especially in comparison to the [[Film/ItsPat many]] [[Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury lackluster]] ''[[Film/TheLadiesMan SNL]]'' [[Film/MacGruber films]] that followed. At the very least, many think ''Wayne's World 2'' captured the first film's offbeat humor and mostly avoided {{Sequelitis}}.

* ToughActToFollow: While it followed the very well-received ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' as the second film based on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' characters to be released, ''Wayne's World'' managed to itself avert the trope. However, it ushered in an string of movies based on hit SNL characters in an attempt to recreate the magic, but they all flopped. Even its own sequel is considered an inferior successor.

* HarsherInHindsight: The line "they stand like laboratory rats hitting the feeder bar to get food palettes" in 1992 was just an over the top line to show Vanderhoff as a jerk. With the introduction of Skinner Boxing to game design, this almost literally sums up the philosophy behind how many games are being developed.

** The Mirthmobile is refered as "Garthmobile", since leaving "Mirth" untranslated would sound like random gibberish in French, and a literal translation of "Mirth" would be quite unfortunate. It could be translated as "Gaietémobile" ou "Gaimobile", which French pronounciation would sound exactly as "Gay-Mobile" (French has been directly borrowed the word "gay" from English, with the same meaning); other translations are possible, but they would sound very good.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The French dub translates "Party time!" as "Méga-teuf !" ("Mega party!"), while "teuf" is a slang translation of a neutral English word. This kind of slang actually fits well the protagonists. Also, the Mirthmobile is refered as "Garthmobile", which makes sense since, well, it's Garth's car.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The French dub translates "Party time!" as "Méga-teuf !" ("Mega party!"), while "teuf" is a slang translation of a neutral English word. This kind of slang actually fits well the protagonists.

** In Spring 2021 in France, [[https://tinyurl.com/4bfzyy4u a man who looks like an older Garth]] got in trouble for setting an underground restaurant in his house[[note]]France legally closed all on-site restaurants in October 2020 as an attempt to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and they still weren't allowed to open at the time[[/note]]. French ''Wayne's World'' fans reacted to the news with jokes in the veins of "Party time!" or "[[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue What is Garth doing now?]]", not to mention this would be in-character for the movie's protagonists.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The French dub translates "Party time" as "Méga-teuf" ("Mega party"), while "teuf" is a sland translation of a neutral English word. This kind of slang actually fits well the protagonists.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The old "That's what she said!" joke is featured prominently in this movie, which came out over a decade before ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' made it a craze in the 2000s. In fact, the joke dates back at least to the 1920s.

* OneSceneWonder: Creator/CharltonHeston's memorable cameo as the reminiscing gas station attendant. The whole joke is based on Wayne insisting that they get a good actor even though the part is small.

** Mike Myers was later cast in a biopic of Music/{{Queen}}, titled ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'', as [[ItWillNeverCatchOn a music executive that thinks the song won't be successful]].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The film features several, some of them simply for comedic value and others for other reasons. The encounter with [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]] is one example.

* ValuesResonance: For 1992, Garth's a pretty damn positive portrayal of an autistic person (though it's never addressed, he seems likely to have it).

** "This may be the reason why [[Music/KeithRichards Keith [Richards]]] [[MadeOfIron cannot be killed by conventional weapons]]."

** In the first film, Garth uses a homemade taser to get back at an unruly Gasworks patron. The way it's designed, combined with his toolbelt, makes it look oddly similar to ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' in the latter's Elek States.

* SignatureScene: ''Everybody'' remembers the "Bohemian Rhapsody" scene from the first film.

* CrazyAwesome: Glenn (Ed O'Neil's character).
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Once again, Glenn, the manager of Stan Mikita's Donuts.

--> '''Garth:''' What are you going to do with these guys?
--> '''Wayne:''' Oh nothing really. I just always wanted to open a door to a room where people are being trained like in [[Film/JamesBond a James Bond movie]].
--> '''Garth:''' Wicked!
--> '''Wayne:''' [[CatchPhrase SHYA!]] ''(closes door)''

--> '''Wayne:''' ... an old man fashioning a kayak out of a log ...

* FirstInstallmentWins[=/=]{{Sequelitis}}: ''Wayne's World 2'' had a lot to live up to, and it never really became as cherished as the first. Funnily enough, in the first movie, Wayne invokes this trope in conversation.

** Mike Myers was later cast in a biopic of Queen, titled ''Film/BohemianRhapsody''.

** Creator/RobLowe [[Series/ParksAndRecreation emphasizes the word "literally"]] while talking to Wayne and Garth..