Trivia / Good Burger

• Actor-Inspired Element: Sinbad used old items from his actual wardrobe for Mr. Wheat's colorful clothing.
• California Doubling: 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.
• Completely Different Title: 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.
• Dawson Casting: Dexter, who's 15, was portrayed by then 19-year-old Kenan Thompson. Monique, around the same age, by 20-year-old Shar Jackson.
• Defictionalization: A real chain of GoodBurger restaurants briefly existed in New York in the mid-2000s.
  • Arby’s released a Good Burger meal in 2023 to promote the sequel.
• Dueling Dubs: 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.
• Edited for Syndication: Otis' line "I think I broke my ass" was redubbed as "I think I broke my tail" for TV broadcasts.
• Hostility on the Set: 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).
• In Memoriam: The second film is dedicated to Abe Vigoda and Ron Lester, who played Otis and Spatch respectively in the original.
• Missing Trailer Scene: Some trailers had a man request a "Good Shake," which was followed by Ed literally shaking him.
• Prop Recycling: The Burgermobile is the Mirthmobile from Wayne's World with fast food-themed attachments. Yes, it's the exact same car.
• Real-Life Relative: In the first film's Japanese dub, Yoku Shioya voices Dexter and his older brother Kōzō Shioya voices Mr. Baily.
• Referenced by...:
  • The Amanda Show: In the "Blockblister" sketches, one of the movies seen on the "New Releases" board is Good Booger.
  • Family Guy: In "Barely Legal", when Peter does a cavity search on Quagmire, one of the items he finds is a DVD copy of Good Burger.
  • The Nostalgia Critic has reviewed the film.
• Sequel Gap: Good Burger 2 was released on Paramount+ in 2023, 26 years after the original.
• What Could Have Been: 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.
• Written by Cast Member: Co-writer Dan Schneider portrayed Mr. Baily, Good Burger's owner.

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