History YMMV / LAStory

* HilariousInHindsight: Harris's rollerskate sneakers, with the introduction of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heelys Heelys]] five years later.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl:
** Somewhat mature example. But Sara is a tuba playing journalist, who understands how absurd L.A is.
** Subverted with [=SanDeE*=]. Although she comes off as this at first, and certainly makes a try at it; she doesn't really make any significant change to Harris's life. Eventually, the relationship is treated as just a bad rebound thing which temporarily got in the way of a real relationship with Sara.

* RealLifeRelative: Steve Martin and Victoria Tennant were married at the time.
* RecycledPremise: The movie's basic plot is similar to ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''.
* TheRedStapler: Fans were disappointed to find out those shoe-skates don't exist.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnLithgow was going to be in the film as super-agent Harry Zell, and some of his scenes appear in some trailers for it, but was eventually cut. He can still be seen as the man in the distance talking to the magical Road Sign before Harrison himself encounters the sign, but all of his dialogue is gone. The cut scenes are available on some DVD versions.

* RecycledPremise: The movie's basic plot is similar to ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. One character is even named "Ariel".
** There is no character named Ariel in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream.''

* AwesomeMusic: Perhaps the best use of Music/{{Enya}} in a film.

** Subverted with [=SanDeE*=]. Although she comes off as this at first, and certainly makes a try at it; she doesn't really make any significant change to Harris's life. Eventually, the relationship is treated as just a bad rebound thing; which temporarily got in the way of a real relationship with Sara.

* RecycledPremise: The movie's basic plot is similar to ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''.

* AwesomeMusic: Perhaps the best use of {{Enya}} in a film.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Somewhat mature example. But Sara is a tuba playing journalist, who understands how absurd L.A is.

* RecycledPremise: The movie's basic plot is similar to ''AMidsummerNightsDream''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Sara's mum is played by [[MontyPython Terry Jones]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: JohnLithgow was going to be in the film as super-agent Harry Zell, and some of his scenes appear in some trailers for it, but was eventually cut. He can still be seen as the man in the distance talking to the magical Road Sign before Harrison himself encounters the sign, but all of his dialogue is gone. The cut scenes are available on some DVD versions.

* RecycledPremise: The movie's basic plot is similar to ''AMidsummerNightsDream''.

** Subverted with [=SAnDeE*=]. Although she comes off as this at first, and certainly makes a try at it; she doesn't really make any significant change to Harris's life. Eventually, the relationship is treated as just a bad rebound thing; which temporarily got in the way of a real relationship with Sara.

** Subverted with SAnDeE*. Although she comes off as this at first, and certainly makes a try at it; she doesn't really make any significant change to Harris's life. Eventually, the relationship is treated as just a bad rebound thing; which temporarily got in the way of a real relationship with Sara.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Somewhat mature example. But Sara is a tuba playing journalist, who understands how absurd L.A is.

* OneSceneWonder: Several, but Patrick Stewart's Mr. Perdue takes the cake.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Somewhat mature example. But Sara is a Tuba playing journalist, who understand how absurd LA is.

* ManicPixDreamGirl: Somewhat mature example. But Sara is a Tuba playing journalist, who understand how absurd LA is.