| 1 | * CreatorBacklash: Creator/JohnCusack apparently saw the film while working on another Savage Steve Holland movie, ''Film/OneCrazySummer'', and wasn't pleased. He was reportedly furious with Holland, although other cast and crew members showed him the movie was getting favorable reviews. He appears to have mellowed on the subject somewhat in recent years. |
| 2 | * DawsonCasting: It’s even more extreme than that, Curtis Armstrong was 32 at the time of the film’s release. American High Schools will not allow a student to stay past the age of 22. No effort whatsoever is made to make him look like anything other than a 32 year old. This is of course PlayedForLaughs. |
| 3 | -->'''Charles:''' I've been going to this high school for ''seven and a half years'', now. I'm no dummy! |
| 4 | * FollowTheLeader: It's not difficult to tell that Steve Holland was attempting to cash in on the teen comedies of John Hughes such as Film/SixteenCandles and Film/TheBreakfastClub. |
| 5 | * PropRecycling: Twiki from ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' appears in the background of the Christmas scene. |
| 6 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: |
| 7 | ** According to Savage Steve Holland, the film is mostly autobiographical. Holland really was suicidal when his high school girlfriend left him for captain of the ski team. Also, he really did have a paperboy named Johnny Gasparini who would harass him for two dollars. According to Holland, when the film came out, the ex-girlfriend contacted him to apologize. |
| 8 | ** The claymation hamburger scene was inspired by Holland's first job working at UsefulNotes/McDonalds. |
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