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1* ActorInspiredElement: Sinbad used old items from his actual wardrobe for Mr. Wheat's colorful clothing.
2* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted with the first film, which ''was'' filmed in California where the movie is set, but the sequel, still taking place in the same location as the first movie, was filmed across the country in North Providence, Rhode Island.
3* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Finland, this movie was released as ''The Burger Kings'', and in Poland it was titled ''Operation Hamburger''. In Brazil, it's called ''The War of the Hamburger''.
4* DawsonCasting: Dexter, who's 15, was portrayed by then 19-year-old Kenan Thompson. Monique, around the same age, by 20-year-old Shar Jackson.
5* {{Defictionalization}}: A real chain of [=GoodBurger=] restaurants briefly existed in New York in the mid-2000s.
6** Arby’s released a Good Burger meal in 2023 to promote the sequel.
7* DuelingDubs: Sort of. The first Latin American version was recorded entirely in Mexico. In the second version, Ed and Dexter had all their lines re-dubbed by Carlos Arraiz and Ricardo Malfatti, the venzuelan actors who dubbed the duo on Kenan & Kel, but the rest of the dub is the exact same one from the Mexican version.
8* EditedForSyndication: Otis' line "I think I broke my ass" was redubbed as "I think I broke my tail" for TV broadcasts.
9* HostilityOnTheSet: Kenan Thompson did not get along with Brian Robbins's direction, even calling him "totalitarian" in a behind-the-scenes special that aired on Nickelodeon (he apologized later).
10* InMemoriam: The second film is dedicated to Abe Vigoda and Ron Lester, who played Otis and Spatch respectively in the original.
11* MissingTrailerScene: Some trailers had a man request a "Good Shake," which was followed by Ed [[LiteralMinded literally shaking him]].
12* PropRecycling: The Burgermobile is the Mirthmobile from ''Film/WaynesWorld'' with fast food-themed attachments. Yes, it's the exact same car.
13* RealLifeRelative: In the first film's Japanese dub, Creator/YokuShioya voices Dexter and his older brother Creator/KozoShioya voices Mr. Baily.
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15** ''Series/TheAmandaShow'': In the "Blockblister" sketches, one of the movies seen on the "New Releases" board is ''Good Booger''.
16** ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E8BarelyLegal Barely Legal]]", when Peter does a cavity search on Quagmire, one of the items he finds is a DVD copy of ''Good Burger''.
17** ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' has reviewed the film.
18* SequelGap: ''Good Burger 2'' was released on Creator/ParamountPlus in 2023, 26 years after the original.
19* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Apparently, there was another possible sequel script written by Steve Holland called "Good Burger 2 Go", but Paramount turned it down for unknown reasons. The screenplay was instead turned into a novel.
20* WrittenByCastMember: Co-writer Creator/DanSchneider portrayed Mr. Baily, Good Burger's owner.

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