History Trivia / TheGarbagePailKidsMovie

* FranchiseKiller: This did NOT help the actual card collection at all. It now mostly exists as a niche collectors series. It also got, combined with ''more'' parental protests, an already-completed SaturdayMorningCartoon canceled before it could even debut.

* CreatorBacklash: In an interview years later, Mackenzie Astin (Dodger) and Arturo Gil (Windy Winston) both criticized the film (though Gil said he thought the film was laughable).

** Mexican actress Creator/KatieBarberi surprisingly went from having a small role as "Economics Student" in ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' to landing the lead female role in this film, but this film's spectacular bombing ensured that this and the MadeForTVMovie ''Film/NotQuiteHuman II'' were her ''only'' leading roles in an American film. While she would still make some guest appearances on American TV series afterwards, she would spend the bulk of her career in her native Mexico, and she wouldn't have a significant role in an American production until the release of ''Series/EveryWitchWay'' in 2014 (and even it was a ForeignRemake of a Latin American TV series, ''Series/{{Grachi}}'').

* NoBudget: The film was made on the relatively miniscule production budget of one million dollars. Can one expect the puppet's eyes to work properly?

* NoBudget: The film was made on the relatively miniscule production budget of one million dollars.

* StarDerailingRole: Creator/AnthonyNewley's already-crippled cinematic career went down the drain with this film. It had taken him nearly twenty years after the utter failure of his earlier VanityProject ''Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'', which cost Creator/UniversalPictures millions and had been panned as an utter flop. He never appeared in another major film for the rest of his life.

* DawsonCasting: This appears to be the case with Tangerine but it's averted. She appears to be in her twenties, but the actress Creator/KatieBarberi was only sixteen at the time (a year older than Dodger's actor). Knowing this helps makes their flirting far less {{squick}}y.

* DevelopmentHell: There were plans for a new ''GPK'' in the early 2010s which dissolved by 2013. Notably, it would have been the feature directorial debut of stop-motion animator PES (of "Fresh Guacamole" fame).

** It's been well documented that Rod Amateau didn't care about the ''Garbage Pail Kids'' and and that he made no attempt to learn more about the franchise while making the movie. He only directed the film to fulfill obligations to the Director's Guild so that he would continue receiving benefits. He also hoped that if the film was a success then he might make enough money through royalties to retire early.

** It's been well documented that Rod Amateau didn't care about the ''Garbage Pail Kids'' and and that he made no attempt to learn more about the franchise while making the movie. He only directed the film to fulfill obligations to the Director's Guild so that he would continue receiving benefits. He also hoped that if the film was a success then might make enough money through royalties to retire early.
** The Topps Company were not concerned with protecting the ''GPK'' brand. At the time, they didn't know how much longer the franchise would continue to be financially successful, especially in the aftermath of Original Appalachian Artworks' lawsuit against them, and their only desire was squeezing as much money from the property as they could. They didn't care about the quality of the film, only that could make money through the film's licensing. They even forbade the cards' creative team from assisting on the film to prevent them from getting in the way of the its production.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Mackenzie Astin (Dodger) and Creator/KatieBarberi (Tangerine) started dating a few months before working together on the film (he recommended her to the producers), and ended the relationship during filming. It's worth remembering that even though it doesn't look like in the movie, in real life Barberi is just a year older than Astin.

** The production dragged on for much longer than most movies both due to the aforementioned problems with the costumes and because the Mackenzie Astin and Katie Barberi were both minors, meaning that filming was limited to only 8 hours a day rather than a standard 12-15. Additionally, the factory the movie was filmed in frequently interrupted the radio signals that controlled the articulation of the animatronic heads, requiring many scene reshoots.

* ColbertBump: The movie might have been rightly forgotten had WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic not reviewed it early in his run. Perhaps ironically, Creator/DougWalker and his brother have repeatedly stated that this is their least favorite movie ever.

* LoopingLines: The voices were provided by both the suit actors -- Kevin Thompson (Ali Gator), Debbie Lee Carrington (Valerie Vomit) and Arturo Gil (Windy Winston) -- while the rest of the kids had standard voice over artists over suit actors -- Greaser Greg and Nat Nerd (both voiced by Jim Cummings, but performed on set by Phil Fondacaro and Larry Green, respectively), Foul Phil (Rober Bell on set, Chloe Amateau for the voice) and Messy Tessie (Sue Rossito on set, Teri Benaron for the voice).
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: John Carl Buechler was considered to direct the film. His version of the story was going to be a straight-up horror film. The Garbage Pail Kids would have spawned from radioactive sludge that had found its way to a garbage can filled with broken dolls, turning them into {{serial killer}}s. For the final film, he simply provides the costumes and animatronics, which do look horrifying, [[SpecialEffectsFailure but for all the wrong reasons]].

* CameoProp: A portrait visible in Manzini's shop is the painting from ''Film/{{Troll}}''. It can be seen in the scene after the Garbage Pail Kids have had their weenie roast and are back at the shop recovering.

* CreatorBacklash:
** Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (Greaser Greg and Nat Nerd's voice actor) went out of his way to join the protest against the film's theatrical release when he saw the final product, an effort that eventually saw the film pulled from theaters.
** In an interview years later, Mackenzie Astin (Dodger) and Arturo Gil (Windy Winston) both criticized the film (though Gil said he thought the film was laughable).

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (Greaser Greg and Nat Nerd's voice actor) went out of his way to join the protest against the film's theatrical release when he saw the final product, an effort that eventually saw the film pulled from theaters.

* OldShame:
** [[http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-29/entertainment/ca-1307_1_garbage-pail-kids According to this article,]] it was this even when it was released.
** This is the only movie Creator/JimCummings openly admits to hating having been a part of.
** In an interview years later, Mackenzie Astin (Dodger) and Arturo Gil (Windy Winston) both criticized the film (though Gil said he thought the film was laughable).

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/JimCummings (Greaser Greg and Nat Nerd's voice actor) went out of his way to join the protest against the film's theatrical release when he saw the final product, an effort that eventually saw the film pulled from theaters.

* TroubledProduction: The costumes for the Garbage Pail Kids were so poorly designed that the actors wearing them could barely see, hear or even breathe with their animatronic heads on. All the scenes with the Garbage Pail Kids had to be rehearsed with the heads off first and had to be shot in five to seven minute intervals to ensure that the actors didn't suffocate, with a paramedic having to be on standby throughout the shoot.

--> Mark Newgarden: ''"I had nothing to do with this movie, I'm proud to say."''

* TroubledProduction: The costumes for the Garbage Pail Kids were so poorly designed that the actors wearing them could barely see, hear or even breathe with their animatronic masks on. All the scenes with the Garbage Pail Kids had to be rehearsed with the masks off first and had to be shot in five to seven minute intervals to ensure that the actors didn't suffocate, with a paramedic having to be on standby throughout the shoot.