History YMMV / Head

** Today, it's still rated G, despite some implied drug references, cartoonish mayhem, Lord High 'n' Low's declaration that "the whole [[FreudWasRight phallic thing]] is happening!" and the "Can You Dig It?" {{Belly Dancer}}s.

%%* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: There were few drug references anyway!
** Actually, the boys were stoned on pot pretty much throughout the movie. [[Series/TheMonkees The TV series]] as well.
** Drugs played a well-documented role in the film's conception. Music/TheMonkees, Creator/BobRafelson and Creator/JackNicholson brainstormed ideas on a weed-and-booze-soaked weekend getaway, then Nicholson allegedly wrote the story outline while tripping on acid.

** Today, it's still rated G, despite some implied drug references, cartoonish mayhem, Lord High 'n' Low's declaration that "the whole [[FreudWasRight phallic thing]] is happening!" and the "Can You Dig It?" [[BellyDancer Belly Dancers]].

* ProtectionFromEditors: Why would Creator/ColumbiaPictures allow such a bizarre film to be made under their watch? Well, the company's president at the time was Abe Schneider, [[{{Nepotism}} the father of Bert Schneider, who co-created The Monkees]]. Coupled with a production that strictly adhered to staying on budget and schedule, Schneider and Bob Rafelson basically had carte blanche to make whatever film they wanted.

** Drugs played a well-documented role in the film's conception. Music/TheMonkees, Bob Rafelson and Creator/JackNicholson brainstormed ideas on a weed-and-booze-soaked weekend getaway, then Nicholson allegedly wrote the story outline while tripping on acid.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

** Future dancer and choreography legend (and OneHitWonder with "Mickey") Toni Basil is the woman Davey dances with during "Daddy's Song."
** Creator/JackNicholson has a very brief cameo, a year before his StarMakingRole in ''Film/EasyRider''.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Done deliberately to move the plot to the next stage, such as [[TheLeader Mike]] and [[TheLancer Micky]] arguing to the point of name-calling, or [[BigBrotherInstinct Davy]] losing his temper with [[TheHeart Peter]].

** Jack Nicholson has a very brief cameo, a year before his StarMakingRole in ''Film/EasyRider''.

* CommonKnowledge
** It didn't only gross $16,111 at the box office (that was a weekend take from its New York run that got quoted in a studio ad).[[note]]It only played briefly in a few cities then went on the DriveInTheater circuit, so its total box office was still probably only in the five-figure range[[/note]]
** The football helmet Peter wears in the war scene isn't the same one Creator/JackNicholson wore in ''Film/EasyRider'' (they're both gold-colored, but ''Head'' 's helmet was modern and had a facemask, while ''Easy Rider'' 's was an old-fashioned maskless one).

* RetroactiveRecognition

** Jack Nicholson has a very brief cameo, a year before his first notable role in ''Film/EasyRider''.

--->"A new world, whose only preoccupation will be how to amuse itself. The tragedy of your times, my young friends, is that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor you may get exactly what you want]]."

* InvoluntaryGroupSplit: One by one, each man is separated from the group and has a solo vignette before rejoining the others.
** Davy performs a Broadway number, then meets Frank Zappa, counterculture legend. Frank tells Davy that it's fine to have a mainstream style as long as he's expressing his own, unique voice.
** Peter is tired of always playing the dummy of the group, and brings the others back a lesson in enlightenment from a swami he met in a sauna.
** Mike is irritated with being ambushed by strangers on his time off, even for well-meaning reasons like a surprise birthday party.
** Micky is dying of thirst in the desert and finds a Coke machine, only to be unable to get a drink from it. An Italian army platoon comes by and surrenders to him, eager to give up their tank and guns even though he's defenseless. Micky happily uses the tank to blow up the Coke machine. This one's more abstract, but the Coke machine might represent frustration with US commercialization in the studio. In real life, Micky found creative freedom producing and directing overseas in England.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Done deliberately to move the plot to the next stage, such as [[TheLeader Mike]] and [[TheLancer Micky]] arguing to the point of name-calling, or [[BigBrotherInstinct Davy]] losing his temper with Peter.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Done deliberately to move the plot to the next stage, such as [[RedOniBlueOni Micky and Mike]] arguing to the point of name-calling, or [[BigBrotherInstinct Davy]] losing his temper with Peter.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Done deliberately to move the plot to the next stage, such as [[RedOniBlueOni Micky and Mike]] arguing to the point of name-calling, or [[BigBrotherInstinct Davy losing his temper with Peter.

* InvoluntaryGroupSplit: One by one, each man is separated from the others and has a solo vignette before rejoining the others.

** Peter is resigned to always playing the dummy of the group, and brings the others back a lesson in enlightenment from a swami he met in a sauna.

** Davy gets separated in the vacuum and performs a Broadway song, then meets Frank Zappa, counterculture hero. Frank tells Davy that it's fine to like mainstream music as long as he's expressing his own, unique voice.
** Peter is resigned to his character playing the dummy of the group, and brings the others back a lesson in enlightenment from a swami he met in a sauna.
** Mike is irritated with being ambushed by strangers, even for well-meaning reasons like a surprise birthday party.
** Micky is dying of thirst in the desert and finds a Coke machine, only to be unable to get a drink from it. An Italian army platoon comes by and surrenders to him, eager to give up their tank and guns even though he's defenseless. Micky happily uses the tank to blow up the Coke machine. The Coke machine might represent frustration with the US commercial studio system of the time. In real life, Micky found creative freedom producing and directing overseas in England.