History Trivia / ValleyGirl

** Played straight with Creator/JessicaRothe who was 30 when playing high school senior Julie. Most of the other main cast members playing high school seniors were in the mid to late 20s at the time of filming, including Josh Whitehouse (Randy) and Ashleigh Murray (Loryn), Creator/MaeWhitman (Jack) and Creator/ChloeBennet (Karen).

** Played straight with Creator/JessicaRothe who was 30 when playing high school senior Julie.

* BillingDisplacement: An unusual case of an actor being given a supporting credit despite not even having a speaking role. Creator/PeytonRList receives a joint supporting credit with Creator/JakePaul in the opening credits. This is despite her being effectively DemotedToExtra as List’s speaking role and musical number as Courtney, a cheerleader at the school attended by the main characters, were cut from the film, effectively limiting her to a background role in several scenes. Paul, by comparison, appears fairly prominently in the film, making his crediting fit as well.

* BillingDisplacement: An unusual case of an actor being given a supporting credit despite not even having a speaking role. Creator/PeytonRList receives a joint supporting credit with Creator/JakePaul in the opening credits. This is despite her being effectively DemotedToExtra as List’s speaking role and musical number as Courtney, a cheerleader at the school attended by the main characters, were cut from the film, leaving her only appearances being as a background character in several scenes. Paul, by comparison, appears fairly prominently in the film, making his crediting fit as well.

* DawsonCasting: Played very straight with Michael Bowen, who was 28 (albeit a very young-looking 28) when he played Tommy. Averted with 18-year-old Nicolas Cage as Randy.

* DawsonCasting: Played straight with Creator/JessicaRothe who was 30 when playing high school senior Julie
** Oddly enough, reversed with Creator/AliciaSilverstone who plays adult Julie. Silverstone wasn't even 17 years old until 1993 but here she's playing a woman who was a high school teenager in the early '80s.

* DeletedScene: The soundtrack features a mashup of Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey" and Blondie's "Call Me" performed by Peyton List but the mashup doesn't appear in the film. Only a few seconds of "Hey Mickey" appear, as performed by a group of cheerleaders, but the full Peyton List version was cut.

* [[Fanservice]]: [[WordOfGod Martha Coolidge]] had not wanted to include gratuitous nudity in the film, but [[ExecutiveMeddling studio execs insisted that she include at least four topless scenes]].

* DawsonCasting: Played straight with Jessica Rothe who was 30 when playing high school senior Julie
** Oddly enough, reversed with Alicia Silverstone who plays adult Julie. Silverstone wasn't even 17 years old until 1993 but here she's playing a woman who was a high school teenager in the early '80s.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Behind the scenes example, [[Film/TheGuyFromHarlem Big Daddy]] co-wrote and co-produced this movie.

* DeletedScene: The soundtrack features a mashup of Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey" and Blondie's "Call Me" performed by Peyton List but the mashup doesn't appear in the film. Only a few seconds of "Hey Mickey" appear, as performed by a group of cheerleaders, but the full Peyton List version was cut.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Behind the scenes example, [[Film/TheGuyFromHarlem Big Daddy]] co-wrote and co-produced this movie.

** At Suzi's party, the Valley kids are enjoying the sushi platters as Randy and Fred look on, visibly nauseated. Sushi was very trendy in the Valley in the 80s, but apparently unheard of in Hollywood at the time. Nowadays, sushi is quite common across the country, including in Hollywood.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: With the exception of Julie's parents, everything about this film ''screams'' 80's, particularly the hair, clothes, and music.
** At Suzi's party, the Valley kids are enjoying the sushi platters as Randy and Fred look on, visibly nauseated. Sushi was very trendy in the Valley in the 80's, and apparently unheard of in Hollywood at the time. Nowadays, sushi is quite common across the country, including in Hollywood.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Tommy's actor, Creator/MichaelBowen, is said to be extremely sweet, thoughtful, and somewhat shy when the cameras are off. Tommy is the first of many {{Jerkass}} roles Bowen has made a career out of playing, because it offers him a challenge to play someone far removed from who he is in real life.

** At Suzi's party, the Valley kids are enjoying the sushi platters as Randy and Fred look on, visibly nauseated. Sushi was very trendy in the Valley in the 80's, and apparently unheard of in Hollywood at the time. Nowadays, sushi is quite common across the country, including in Hollywood, where this troper has eaten sushi on a couple of occasions.

** At Suzi's party, the Valley kids are enjoying the sushi platters as Randy and Fred look on, visibly nauseated. Sushi was very trendy in the Valley in the 80's, and apparently unheard of in Hollywood at the time. Nowadays, sushi is quite common across southern (and the rest of) California, including in Hollywood, where this troper has eaten sushi on a couple of occasions.

* HeyItsThatGuy: NicolasCage as Randy (his first-ever role credited as "Nicolas Cage") and actress/singer/voice actress E.G. Daily (''PeeWeesBigAdventure, WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'') as Loryn; she is credited as "Elizabeth Daily." [[Series/TwoAndAHalfMen Jon Cryer]] makes an uncredited appearance in the sequence in which Randy is hiding in the bathroom at Suzi's party, hoping that Julie will come in; he is the Valley guy sharing a joint with two Valley girls.
** Looks like [[Series/BreakingBad Uncle Jack]] was always an asshole.
** Various L.A. bands show up [[AsHimself as themselves]], which is justified as L.A. is a major music scene, and the high schools can afford to have them perform at proms.

* BillingDisplacement: Richard Sanders is featured in the opening credits and poster, but only has one scene as a Driver's Ed instructor.

* HeyItsThatGuy: NicolasCage as Randy (his first-ever role credited as "Nicolas Cage") and actress/singer/voice actress E.G. Daily (''PeeWeesBigAdventure, RugRats'') as Loryn; she is credited as "Elizabeth Daily." [[TwoAndAHalfMen Jon Cryer]] makes an uncredited appearance in the sequence in which Randy is hiding in the bathroom at Suzi's party, hoping that Julie will come in; he is the Valley guy sharing a joint with two Valley girls.

** At Suzi's party, the Valley kids are enjoying the sushi platters as Randy and Fred look on, visibly nauseated. Sushi was apparently much more popular in the Valley than in Hollywood at the time. Nowadays, sushi is quite common across southern (and the rest of) California, including in Hollywood, where this troper has eaten sushi on a couple of occasions.

** At Suzi's party, Randy and Fred are visibly nauseated at the sight of the sushi platters, which, of course, the Valley kids are enjoying. Sushi is much more common and widely available in current American society than back in the 1980's, particularly in California (this troper has eaten sushi a couple of times in Hollywood in the mid-1990's), which only helps to underscore what an UnintentionalPeriodPiece the film has become.

** Sushi is much more common and widely available in current American society than back in the 1980's, particularly in California (this troper once ate sushi at a restaurant in Hollywood in the mid-1990's). The scene outlined in this example only helps to underscore what an UnintentionalPeriodPiece the film has become.