| 1 | * BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $20 million. Box office: $13.9 million. Despite this, it became [[VindicatedByCable vindicated by home video]]. |
| 2 | * CaliforniaDoubling: The Rock & Roll History Museum (which is called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in real life) is The House of the Book performance hall and library building at the American Jewish University, Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley, California. |
| 3 | * TheDanza: Despite the fictional nature of the story, Kyle Gass goes by his first and last real names, with Jack Black going by "JB" or "Jables" throughout (even having been addressed by his real name in the original series). Jack's character is indirectly implied to also have the last name Black [[AllThereInTheScript in the credits]] - though he's called Jables there, his fictional parents are listed as Bob and Betty Black. |
| 4 | * DevelopmentGag: The climactic car chase evolved from a crew member's joke to Liam Lynch that this film was "the last movie you'd expect to have a car chase." |
| 5 | * OneBookAuthor: Creator/JackBlack and Kyle Gass's only screenwriting credits, and Liam Lynch's only feature directorial effort. While proud of the film, Black was so distraught by its failure that he vowed never to write a screenplay again. |
| 6 | * PopularityRedo: The film recycles many gags from the lesser-known HBO series the film derives from. |
| 7 | * SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/TroyGentile who played Jable as a child looks and emotes very similar to Creator/JackBlack. He also played a child ''Film/NachoLibre'' the same year. |
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