History Trivia / MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E21TimeChasers

* GeniusBonus: The ray gun / Reagan pun references an actual derisive nickname for UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan while he was in office: "Ronnie Raygun".

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: ''Film/TimeChasers'' being featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' raised both the profile of the film itself and Edgewood Studios, to the point where David Giancola has been able to make several films with major B-list actors. Edgewood's website proudly brags about being featured on both [=MST3K=] and Website/{{Rifftrax}}.

** At the live {{Rifftrax}} event, the riffers ask anyone in the audience who is wearing a Castleton shirt to stand up. Then they ask only the ones who actually know what Castleton ''is'' to stand. They comment that it's fewer people.

* DeletedScene: They completely cut the racist cab driver out of the TV version. The guys visibly wince when they see him in the Rifftrax version, with Mike essentially saying out loud "I suddenly remember why we cut this guy..."

* DeletedScene: They completely cut the racist cab driver out of the TV version. The guys visibly wince when they seem him in the Rifftrax version, with Mike essentially saying out loud "I suddenly remember why we cut this guy..."

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: ''Film/TimeChasers'' being featured on MST3K raised both the profile of the film itself and Edgewood Studios, to the point where David Giancola has been able to make several films with major B-list actors. Edgewood's website proudly brags about being featured on both MST3K and Website/{{Rifftrax}}.
* TheRedStapler: The "hero" of ''Film/TimeChasers'' wears a Castleton State College T-shirt through most of the movie. The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode not only created a demand for the shirts, but [[ColbertBump made the movie popular enough]] to get a DVD release. As David Giancola revealed, the idea for the shirt simply came out of the popularity of Creator/EddieMurphy's college shirt in ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'', and the staff needed to cheaply get ahold of five or six identical shirts in various stages of distress (they actually got them for free).

* AccidentallyAccurate: The line "Let's go, director's college buds who brought their own suits to the shoot!" got a huge laugh from the film's cast and crew because that is ''exactly'' who those extras were.

* DeletedScene: They completely cut the racist cab driver out of the TV version. The guys visibly wince when they seem him in the Rifftrax version, with Mike saying out loud "I suddenly remember why we cut this guy..."

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: ''Film/TimeChasers'' being featured on MST3K raised both the profile of the film itself and Edgewood Studios, to the point where David Giancola has been able to make several films with major B-list actors.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: During the first trip to the future, we see a woman that resembles [[{{Friends}} Lisa Kudrow]], so Mike and the 'bots make a joke about it. Thing is, some people took it seriously. For years, [[http://www.imdb.com IMDb]] and others had Kudrow listed in the cast credits.

* AccidentallyAccurate: The line "Come on director's college buds who brought their own suits to the shoot" got a huge laugh from the film's cast and crew because that is ''exactly'' who those extras were.

* TheRedStapler: The "hero" of ''TimeChasers'' wears a Castleton State College T-shirt through most of the movie. The [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] episode not only created a demand for the shirts, but [[ColbertBump made the movie popular enough]] to get a DVD release. As David Giancola revealed, the idea for the shirt simply came out of the popularity of Eddie Murphy's college shirt in ''BeverlyHillsCop'', and the staff needed to cheaply get ahold of five or six identical shirts in various stages of distress (they actually got them for free).