Trivia / Full Throttle

• Acting for Two: A unique variant: Malcolm Corley and Father Torque are voiced by the same actor... and the only time the two are on-screen at the same time is at the former's funeral, with the latter delivering his eulogy!
• Creator Breakdown: The original draft for the game had Ben and Maureen hooking up in the end. However, during production, several key members of the creative team had their relationships sour and in a fit of angst, decided to rewrite the ending. Ironically, the game's Bittersweet Ending was lauded for being truer to the tone of the rest of the story.
• In Memoriam: The ending credits of the 2017 remastered release dedicate the game to Ben's voice actor Roy Conrad, who succumbed to lung cancer in 2002.
• The Other Darrin: Roy Conrad died before sequel Hell on Wheels went to production, so another VA voiced Ben in the trailer. The game was ultimately never finished, however.
• Playing Against Type: While Mark Hamill had already broken away from his most famous role as Luke Skywalker by playing Batman: The Animated Series' The Joker, here, rather than another maniacal Large Ham, he plays the cold, stoic Adrian Ripburger.
• Pop-Culture Urban Legends: Some websites claim Ben's full name is "Reuben" and that he is the older brother of Hoagie from Day of the Tentacle (note the Edible Theme Naming). No official source has ever confirmed this to be the case.
• Production Posse: It's basically the cast of Batman: The Animated Series trying something completely new. Bonus points for a Lucasfilm-owned company including Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamill — as the villain.
• Star-Making Role: Bone to Pick got a ton of sales out of the game, and made a name of The Gone Jackals.
• Throw It In!: "Chitlins, Whiskey, and Skirt", in which the singer thanks the Lord for the apocalypse, was just a song composer Peter McConnell composed on his own and does not actually describe the game world (there was no nuclear holocaust), but even if the lyrics didn't fit, the tone did.
• Unspecified Role Credit: A variation — voice talent is fully credited, but many of the minor characters are never actually named in-game, so we're left to try to guess (for instance) which of the Rottwheelers is Blotch and which is Sizeable Bill.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Two sequels were meant to be made. Payback in 2000, but fell through due to key artists leaving and Creative Differences. The sequel Hell On Wheels in 2002, was meant to pick up where the original game left off. However was never finished and likewise cancelled. And with LucasArts now disbanded, all prospects of a continuation still very low. Though fans are holding out hope Tim Schafer will consider doing it independently.
  • According to Tim Schafer, MTV met with him about a potential animated series based on the property, though nothing ever came of it.
  • An early storyline involved Maureen and her twin, Tina, that would have mimicked The Prince and the Pauper. Schafer got the names from college friends of his. Eventually Tina the character was dropped entirely.
  • The game's iconic soundtrack was originally intended to use Soundgarden. The Gone Jackals got picked up due to Soundgarden costing far too much for the game's budget to allow.
  • At one point, Schafer had an idea for a Dream Sequence where players had to work through Ben's mind to help his psyche. While it was eventually scrapped, Schafer eventually reworked the idea into Psychonauts.

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