| 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 | * IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: The movie features several alumni from ''Series/MrShow'', where Black was a featured member for two seasons -- Paul F. Tompkins appears as the open mic host, and John Ennis and Jay Johnston make cameos as two of the gang members who beat up Jack (the guy in the tiger mask and the guy who can't retain his fake accent, respectively). |
| 6 | * 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. |
| 7 | * PopularityRedo: The film recycles many gags from the lesser-known HBO series the film derives from. |
| 8 | * 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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