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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Israel, it's known as ''MiraculousMalfunction''.
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* CaliforniaDoubling:
** The sequel takes place in the USA, but was shot in Toronto. It was rumoured that the crew had to go out of their way to add litter to the shots to maintain to the illusion of an American city, but it kept getting cleaned up by City Services when they were on break.
** Averted in the first film. The house in Astoria, OR isn't too far from where the opening scenes of ''Film/TheGoonies'' were shot.
** The sequel takes place in the USA, but was shot in Toronto. It was rumoured that the crew had to go out of their way to add litter to the shots to maintain to the illusion of an American city, but it kept getting cleaned up by City Services when they were on break.
** Averted in the first film. The house in Astoria, OR isn't too far from where the opening scenes of ''Film/TheGoonies'' were shot.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: The hero and villain of the first movie are played by Creator/SteveGuttenberg and Creator/GWBailey respectively. Both actors also played hero and (arguably) villain in the first ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movie.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: The hero and villain of the first movie are played by Creator/SteveGuttenberg and Creator/GWBailey respectively. Both actors also played hero and (arguably) villain in the first ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movie.
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* ProductionPosse: Both sets of Johnny Five puppeteers have worked together on other projects.
** First Film: Tony Urbano and Tim Blaney already had a working relationship thanks to ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator'' and the ''Advertising/McDonaldland'' campaign, among other projects. They would go on to do ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''.
** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leeper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.
** First Film: Tony Urbano and Tim Blaney already had a working relationship thanks to ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator'' and the ''Advertising/McDonaldland'' campaign, among other projects. They would go on to do ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''.
** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leeper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.
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* ProductionPosse: Both sets The set of Johnny Five puppeteers have worked together on other projects.
** First Film:projects. Tony Urbano and Tim Blaney already had a working relationship thanks to ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator'' and the ''Advertising/McDonaldland'' campaign, among other projects. They would go on to do ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''.
** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leeper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''.
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** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leeper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn:
** In the second movie, when Johnny Five first meets Benjamin, he happily shows off all his newest features, including among them "500 megabytes of storage". 500 MB was indeed a lot of hard drive space in 1988, when ''Short Circuit 2'' was in theaters, but ten years later, we know that Johnny has about enough memory to store a decent but by no means flawless copy of the movie he currently stars in. The Italian adaptation's translation, translated back into English, results in Johnny 5 saying he has "improved memory, 500 megabytes ''online''", without any mention of ''storage'', which leads viewers to think he's talking about [=RAM=] instead of hard drive space. Of course, technology has marched on from computers with 512 MB of [=RAM=], but it took a lot more time.
*** Of course, the source of the confusion is regrettably still an aversion to this trope. Namely, the tendency to use the term "memory" interchangeably for volatile memory (RAM), non-volatile memory (storage), ''and'' read-only, non-volatile memory (ROM).
** For a more justifiable example, see Benjamin's lament that neither he nor Fred is carrying a phone.
--->'''Fred''': Well, I left mine [[SarcasmMode in the Mercedes!]]
** In the second movie, when Johnny Five first meets Benjamin, he happily shows off all his newest features, including among them "500 megabytes of storage". 500 MB was indeed a lot of hard drive space in 1988, when ''Short Circuit 2'' was in theaters, but ten years later, we know that Johnny has about enough memory to store a decent but by no means flawless copy of the movie he currently stars in. The Italian adaptation's translation, translated back into English, results in Johnny 5 saying he has "improved memory, 500 megabytes ''online''", without any mention of ''storage'', which leads viewers to think he's talking about [=RAM=] instead of hard drive space. Of course, technology has marched on from computers with 512 MB of [=RAM=], but it took a lot more time.
*** Of course, the source of the confusion is regrettably still an aversion to this trope. Namely, the tendency to use the term "memory" interchangeably for volatile memory (RAM), non-volatile memory (storage), ''and'' read-only, non-volatile memory (ROM).
** For a more justifiable example, see Benjamin's lament that neither he nor Fred is carrying a phone.
--->'''Fred''': Well, I left mine [[SarcasmMode in the Mercedes!]]
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** Creator/SteveGuttenberg was asked to reprise his role as Newton Crosby for the second movie but declined. Years later, he openly regretted that decision.
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** Creator/SteveGuttenberg was asked to reprise his role as Newton Crosby for the second movie but declined. Years later, he openly regretted that decision.
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* SequelInAnotherMedium: The MusicVideo for "Who Is Johnny" by El Music/DeBarge is set in what appears to be the trial of Stephanie for her role in the movie. (Newton is present as a cardboard cutout for some reason.) Became ''Interquel'' in Another Medium after the release of the actual sequel.
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** In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRIRM_a1J4 interview]] with Eric Allard, both Carlo Rambaldi (creator of [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]) and Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic were among those in the running to build Johnny 5 before Allard got the job, chosen specifically by director John Badham himself.
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** In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRIRM_a1J4 interview]] with Eric Allard, both Carlo Rambaldi Creator/CarloRambaldi (creator of [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]) and Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic were among those in the running to build Johnny 5 before Allard got the job, chosen specifically by director John Badham himself.himself upon a recommendation by Creator/StevenSpielberg.
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* MistakenForForeigner: As stated before, Fisher Stevens' performance as Ben Jabituya/Jahvri made several fans mistake him for being Indian - specifically, many East Indian viewers mistook him for famed Bollywood actor Javed Jaffrey, something that both Stevens and Jaffrey have gone on record to debunk.
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** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leaper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.
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** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leaper Leeper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.
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* ProductionPosse: Both sets of Johnny Five puppeteers have worked together on other projects.
** First Film: Tony Urbano and Tim Blaney already had a working relationship thanks to ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator'' and the ''Advertising/McDonaldland'' campaign, among other projects. They would go on to do ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''.
** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leaper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.
** First Film: Tony Urbano and Tim Blaney already had a working relationship thanks to ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator'' and the ''Advertising/McDonaldland'' campaign, among other projects. They would go on to do ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''.
** Second Film: Gordon Robertson, Rob Mills, and Trish Leaper were the suit actors for the Gorgs on ''Series/FraggleRock''. Robertson and Eric Allard would team up again for ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.
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** In the second movie, when Johnny Five first meets Benjamin, he happily shows off all his newest features, including among them "500 megabytes of storage". 500 MB was indeed a lot of hard drive space in 1988, when ''Short Circuit 2'' was in theaters, but ten years later, we know that Johnny has about enough memory to store a decent but by no means flawless copy of the movie he currently stars in. The Italian adaptation got a LuckyTranslation here. Translated back into English, Johnny 5 says he has "improved memory, 500 megabytes ''online''", without any mention of ''storage'', which leads viewers to think he's talking about [=RAM=] instead of hard drive space. Of course, technology has marched on from computers with 512 MB of [=RAM=], but it took a lot more time.
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** In the second movie, when Johnny Five first meets Benjamin, he happily shows off all his newest features, including among them "500 megabytes of storage". 500 MB was indeed a lot of hard drive space in 1988, when ''Short Circuit 2'' was in theaters, but ten years later, we know that Johnny has about enough memory to store a decent but by no means flawless copy of the movie he currently stars in. The Italian adaptation got a LuckyTranslation here. Translated adaptation's translation, translated back into English, results in Johnny 5 says saying he has "improved memory, 500 megabytes ''online''", without any mention of ''storage'', which leads viewers to think he's talking about [=RAM=] instead of hard drive space. Of course, technology has marched on from computers with 512 MB of [=RAM=], but it took a lot more time.
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** As per puppeteer Tony Urbano on the [[https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/09/utp-51/ Under the Puppet]] podcast, the film came close to utilizing the talents of Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop to help bring the puppets of Johnny 5 to life. It was under Faz Farakas's recommendation to have Urbano and his team work on the film. The second film would utilize puppeteers who had worked with the Jim Henson Company.
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** As per puppeteer Tony Urbano on the [[https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/09/utp-51/ Under the Puppet]] podcast, the film came close to utilizing the talents of Creator/JimHensonsCreatureShop to help bring the puppets of Johnny 5 to life. It was under Faz Farakas's recommendation to have Urbano and his team work on the film. The second film would utilize puppeteers who had worked with the Jim Henson Company.Company as filming moved to Canada.
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** In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRIRM_a1J4 interview]] with Eric Allard, both Carlo Rambaldi (creator of [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]) and Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic were among those in the running to build Johnny 5 before Allard got the job.
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** In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRIRM_a1J4 interview]] with Eric Allard, both Carlo Rambaldi (creator of [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]) and Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic were among those in the running to build Johnny 5 before Allard got the job.job, chosen specifically by director John Badham himself.
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* FollowTheLeader: It's ''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]'' [[RecycledInSpace as a robot!]] Johnny even has a long neck, a flat head and big eyes like E.T. does.
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** In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRIRM_a1J4 interview]] with Eric Allard, both Carlo Rambaldi (creator of [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]) and Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic were among those who wanted to build Johnny 5 before Allard got the job.
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** In an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRIRM_a1J4 interview]] with Eric Allard, both Carlo Rambaldi (creator of [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]) and Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic were among those who wanted in the running to build Johnny 5 before Allard got the job.
