History Trivia / StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan

** Pointedly shown with a background shot: when Chekov and Terrell are arguing about Carol Marcus's reaction about "transplanting" the life forms from Ceti Alpha VI, Checkov is standing beside a monitor showing the lower hull of the ''Enterprise.''

* FocusGroupEnding: Test audiences negatively react to Spock's death in the original theatrical cut, so Harve Bennett added the shot of the mind-meld (with a voice-over by Creator/LeonardNimoy saying "Remember") and the long tracking shot of the Genesis planet that reveals Spock's casket resting intact on the surface, along with some serious OrchestralBombing by Music/JamesHorner.

* ProductionNickname: The Starfleet uniforms introduced in this film were called "Monster Maroons" due to how difficult they were for cosplayers to replicate--the turtlenecks specifically, were made using an antique trapunto sewing machine that was on loan from a museum, and the small handful of specialized needles they used was kept under constant supervision as it may have been, at the time, the last existing example of such needles in the world. According to a contemporary magazine article, the costume designer was so paranoid about losing the literally irreplaceable needles that when one of them went temporarily missing (an employee had taken it home for safekeeping) he briefly entertained thoughts that it was being held for ransom!

* ProductionNickname: The Starfleet uniforms introduced in this film were called "Monster Maroons" due to how difficult there were for cosplayers to replicate--the turtlenecks specifically, were made using an antique trapunto sewing machine that was on loan from a museum, and the small handful of specialized needles they used was kept under constant supervision as it may have been, at the time, the last existing example of such needles in the world. According to a contemporary magazine article, the costume designer was so paranoid about losing the literally irreplaceable needles that when one of them went temporarily missing (an employee had taken it home for safekeeping) he briefly entertained thoughts that it was being held for ransom!

* ProductionNickname: The Starfleet uniforms introduced in this film were called "Monster Maroons" due to how difficult there were for cosplayers to replicate--the turtlenecks specifically, were made using an antique trapunto sewing machine that was on loan from a museum, and the small handful of specialized needles they used was kept under constant supervision as it may have been, at the time, the last existing example of such needles in the world. According to a contemporary magazine article, the costume designer was so paranoid that when one of the needles went temporarily missing (an employee had taken it with them for safekeeping) he briefly entertained thoughts that it was being held for ransom!

* ProductionNickname: The Starfleet uniforms introduced in this film were called "Monster Maroons" due to how difficult there were for cosplayers to replicate--the turtlenecks specifically, were made using an antique trapunto sewing machine that was on loan from a museum, and the small handful of specialized needles they used was kept under constant supervision as it may have been, at the time, the last existing example of such needles in the world.

-->'''Harve Bennett:''' That was a trick I learned in TV. After 'forty-five blanking million dollars', they were very happy.

* NoBudget: Not completely, but given the cost overruns on ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', they definitely had to save money wherever they could. There isn't much in the way of new sets; the remains of the ''Botany Bay'', Regula I (even this was just a modified model from the first film), the USS Reliant (notably the only new model made wholesale for the film outside of some closeup sections of the Enterprise during the Nebula battle) and some corridors. The movie is largely a BottleEpisode. The Klingon ships in the training simulator, all of the ''Enterprise'' shots in drydock and the "beauty shot" after its launch were all [[StockFootage recycled from the first movie]]. Several uniforms were reused as well--the thruster suits, engineering suits, and [=McCoy=]'s medical shirt were reused straight-up with only minor tweaks, and the one-piece jumpsuit uniforms were dyed and tweaked into the cadet/noncom jumpsuits. Even Spock's black robe is from the first movie. The Enterprise model also returns, but with a modified (dulled down) deco in order to work with Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic's use of bluescreen.

** Filming and post-production was relatively smooth aside from the cost issues, and Meyer having trouble with William Shatner's LargeHam tendencies even in scenes that called for a more subdued performance, though he was eventually able to find ways to work around it. However, the film's original ending, in which Spock was presented as being absolutely, unquestionably dead, was considered to be too much of a DownerEnding by test audiences, resulting in Bennett and a small camera crew hastily filming an extra scene showing the torpedo containing Spock's body having soft-landed on the Genesis Planet. It let the film end on a moment of hope, but Meyer was incensed, and refused to come back for the third film. [[note]] He eventually came back for [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry VI]] as a personal favor to the head of Paramount at the time. [[/note]]

* ProductionNickname: The Starfleet uniforms introduced in this film were called "Monster Maroons" due to how difficult there were for cosplayers to replicate--the turtleneck, specifically were made using an antique trapunto sewing machine that was on loan from a museum, and the small handful of specialized needles they used was kept under constant supervision as it may have been, at the time, the last existing example of such needles in the world.

* ProductionNickname: The Starfleet uniforms introduced in this film were called "Monster Maroons" due to how difficult there were for cosplayers to replicate--the turtleneck, specifically were made using trapunto sewing machines that only existed as antiques in museums.