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* KidsMealToy: Burger King had a set of twelve toys in their Kids' Meals. These consisted of Chip Hazard, Archer, Nick Nitro, Brick Bazooka, Punchit and Scratchit, Kip Killigan, Slam Fist, Butch, Link Static, Ocula, and two different toys of Insaniac.
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* SequelInAnotherMedium: ''The Gorgonites’ Quest'', a novel by co-writer Gavin Scott that was released alongside the film in 1998, concerning the Gorgonites stooping in another town and befriending a kid trying to save a local hill from being bulldozed, leading to a rematch with a new batch of Commandos.

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* SequelInAnotherMedium: ''The Gorgonites’ Quest'', a novel by co-writer Gavin Scott that was released alongside the film in 1998, concerning the Gorgonites stooping stopping in another town and befriending a kid trying to save a local hill from being bulldozed, leading to a rematch with a new batch of Commandos.
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* SequelInAnotherMedium: ''The Gorgonites’ Quest'', a novel by co-writer Gavin Scott that was released alongside the film in 1998, concerning the Gorgonites stooping in another town and befriending a kid trying to save a local hill from being bulldozed, leading to a rematch with a new batch of Commandos.
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* FakeAmerican: Of the film's leads, Creator/GregorySmith (Alan) and Creator/PhilHartman (Phil) are Canadian.
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* AllStarCast: The film is led by Creator/KirstenDunst at the height of her 90s popularity, and the toys are voiced by the likes of Creator/TommyLeeJones, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/ErnestBorgnine, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and Creator/ChristinaRicci. Noted names like Creator/PhilHartman, Creator/JayMohr, Creator/DavidCross, and Creator/DenisLeary round out the cast.

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* AllStarCast: The film is led by Creator/KirstenDunst at the height of her 90s popularity, and the toys are voiced by the likes of Creator/TommyLeeJones, Creator/FrankLangella, Creator/GeorgeKennedy, Creator/ErnestBorgnine, Creator/ChristopherGuest, Creator/MichaelMcKean, Creator/HarryShearer, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar and Creator/ChristinaRicci. Noted names like Creator/PhilHartman, Creator/JayMohr, Creator/DavidCross, and Creator/DenisLeary round out the cast.
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* InMemoriam: A dedication to Creator/PhilHartman at the end of the movie.

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* InMemoriam: A dedication to Creator/PhilHartman appears at the end of the movie.

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* TheOtherMarty: Creator/JimCummings voices Nick Nitro in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb7QAH0G6ME theatrical trailer]] and Chip in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNwvHnpEol4 tie-in commercial for Burger King's Rodeo Burger]].

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* TheOtherMarty: Creator/JimCummings TheOtherMarty:
** [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]]
voices Nick Nitro in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb7QAH0G6ME theatrical trailer]] and Chip in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNwvHnpEol4 tie-in commercial for Burger King's Rodeo Burger]].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Originally, Joe Dante was told to make an edgier film that would be aimed at teens and adults. But when executives saw the marketing potential of toys based on the film (hey, they weren't wrong - the ''Small Soldiers'' toyline sold quite well) and the sponser tie-ins came along, he was now told to soften it up into something more kid-friendly. This was so late into production that all he could do was cut "a lot of action and explosions", and even more potentially child-scarring content like Nick Nitro's demise and the Gwendy dolls was too prominent to cut. The movie ultimately got a PG-13 rating, with parents complaining it was too scary, profane and violent for kids and critics feeling that it was an uneven mashup of an edgy, satirical comedy and a family film.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Originally, Joe Dante was told to make an edgier film that would be aimed at teens and adults. But when executives saw the marketing potential of toys based on the film (hey, they weren't wrong - the ''Small Soldiers'' toyline sold quite well) and the sponser sponsor tie-ins came along, he was now told to soften it up into something more kid-friendly. This was so late into production that all he could do was cut "a lot of action and explosions", and even more potentially child-scarring content like Nick Nitro's demise and the Gwendy dolls was too prominent to cut. The movie ultimately got a PG-13 rating, with parents complaining it was too scary, profane and violent for kids and critics feeling that it was an uneven mashup of an edgy, satirical comedy and a family film.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In the scene where Archer looks up Alan's computer for Gorgon, he uses Microsoft's Encarta encyclopedia which declined in the 2000s due to the rise of Wikipedia as well as other internet encyclopedias. Also the Commandos blare "Wannabe" by the Music/SpiceGirls for psychological warfare, both instances dating the movie to the late 1990s. Alan of course has a stereotypical 'curtains' hairstyle.
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* PosthumousCredit: The movie came out just over a month after Creator/PhilHartman died.

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* PosthumousCredit: The movie came out just over a month after Creator/PhilHartman died.was murdered.
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** Creator/GreggBerger fills in as Archer for the tie-in Playstation game.
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* ProductionPosee: This being a Creator/JoeDante film, Creator/RobertPicardo and Creator/DickMiller aren't far behind.

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* ProductionPosee: ProductionPosse: This being a Creator/JoeDante film, Creator/RobertPicardo and Creator/DickMiller aren't far behind.
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* ProductionPosee: This being a Creator/JoeDante film, Creator/RobertPicardo and Creator/DickMiller aren't far behind.
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** A remake was planned in 2014 but got shelved. Following Disney's acquisition of Fox in 2019, it was officially cancelled.

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** A remake remake, ''Toymageddon'', was planned in 2014 but got shelved. Following Disney's acquisition of Fox in 2019, it was officially cancelled.

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