History Trivia / TheMonsterSquad

* YouLookFamiliar:
** Duncan Regehr would go on to play Ronin the sexy ghost on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and Shakaar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
** Tom Noonan played Francis Dolarhyde in ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'' and Cain in ''Film/Robocop2''.
** Leonardo Cimino played another Holocaust survivor, Abraham Bernstein, in the original ''V'' miniseries.

** Tom Noonan played Francis Dolarhyde in ''Film/Manhunter'' and Cain in ''Film/Robocop2''.

* FollowTheLeader: The film is a rather blatant attempt to cash in on the success of ''Film/TheGoonies''. It even cast Mary Ellen Trainor as the mother of the siblings in the main cast - she played Mikey and Brand's mother in ''The Goonies''.

* FollowTheLeader: The film is a rather blatant attempt to cash in on the success of ''Film/TheGoonies''. It even cast Mary Ellen Trainor as the mother of the siblings in the main cast - she played Mikey and Josh's mother in ''The Goonies''.

* FollowTheLeader: The film is a rather blatant attempt to cash in on the success of ''Film/TheGoonies''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For the longest time, bootlegs were the only way to see the film, as many networks had long stopped showing the film and it was out of print on VHS. In 2006, the film was shown in several independent theaters across the US, which led to a campaign for a proper DVD release of the film. In 2007, a two-disc DVD was finally released in honor of the film's 20th anniversary; it features a brand new commentary by the film's director and several of the cast members, a five-part documentary on the film's creation and its eventual cult following, and - of course - a brand new remastered version of the film. And, to put icing on the cake, it only took two years after that for the Blu-Ray, which shows the film in extremely good HD and retains all the extras from the DVD, most of them in HD.

* {{Blooper}}: If you have the DVD, and pause right at the moment Rudy showed Patrick's sister the photo of her undressing, it wasn't exactly it.

* EnforcedMethodActing: When Dracula threatens Phoebe after [[NeckLift grabbing her by the throat]], Phoebe's blood-curdling scream is Ashley Bank's genuine reaction to seeing [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome his fangs and gleaming red eyes]] for the first time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UImz-bpjKas&feature=related Duncan Regehr refused to do a second take of the scene.]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For the longest time, bootlegs were the only way to see the film, as many networks had long stopped showing the film and it was out of print on VHS. In 2006, the film was shown in several independent theaters across the US, which led to a campaign for a proper DVD release of the film. In 2007, a two-disc DVD was finally released in honor of the film's 20th anniversary; it features a brand new commentary by the film's director and several of the cast members, a five-part documentary on the film's creation and its eventual cult following, and - of course - a brand new remastered version of the film. And, to put icing on the cake, it only took two years after that for the Blu-Ray, which shows the film in extremely good HD and retains all the extras from the DVD, most of them in HD.

* EnforcedMethodActing: When Dracula threatens Phoebe after [[NeckLift grabbing her by the throat]], Phoebe's blood-curdling scream is Ashley Bank's genuine reaction to seeing [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome his fangs and gleaming red eyes]] for the first time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UImz-bpjKas&feature=related Duncan Regehr refused to do a second take of the scene.]]

* ColbertBump: While it wasn't completely unheard of beforehand, WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic's review helped to bring this otherwise obscure film to the attention of millennials.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For the longest time, bootlegs were the only way to see the film, as many networks had long stopped showing the film and it was out of print on VHS. In 2006, the film was shown in several independent theaters across the US, which led to a campaign for a proper DVD release of the film. In 2007, a two-disc DVD was finally released in honor of the film's 20th anniversary; it features a brand new commentary by the film's director and several of the cast members, a five-part documentary on the film's creation and its eventual cult following, and - of course - a brand new remastered version of the film. And, to put icing on the cake, it only took two years after that for the Blu-Ray, which shows the film in extremely good HD and retains all the extras from the DVD, most of them in HD.
* XMeetsY: ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets ''Film/TheGoonies'' with ''[[Franchise/UniversalHorror the Universal Monsters]]''.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Ryan Lambert of ''Series/KidsIncorporated'' fame as Rudy.
** [[Film/NapoleonDynamite Uncle Rico]] is the WolfMan in human form!
** Sean and Phoebe's mother is [[Film/LethalWeapon Dr. Stephanie Woods]] and also has [[Film/TheGoonies two other sons]].
** One the bullies is [[Series/TheWonderYears Kevin's older brother, Wayne, from The Wonder Years]].
** [[Series/TheSopranos Richie Aprile]] is the pilot who transports Dracula.
** Scary German Guy was last seen [[Film/{{Dune}} treating Baron Harkonnen's boils]].

* XMeetsY: ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets ''Film/TheGoonies'' with ''[[Franchise/UniversalHorror the Universal Monsters.]]''.

* XMeetsY: ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets ''Film/TheGoonies'' with ''Franchise/UniversalMonsters''.

** Ryan Lambert of ''KidsIncorporated'' fame as Rudy.

** One the bullies is [[TheWonderYears Kevin's older brother, Wayne, from The Wonder Years]].

** Scary German Guy was last seen [[{{Dune}} treating Baron Harkonnen's boils]].