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Trivia: When Ralphie comes down the stairs in the pink bunny outfit, the line spoken by the old man, "He looks like a deranged Easter bunny," was ad-libbed by Darren McGavin. Director Bob Clark liked it so much he kept it in. (Source: Quest Capsule).

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Factual error: On Christmas morning when the Parker's are opening gifts, several Christmas songs can be heard playing in the background. Several of these were released long after when the movie is set (around 1940), particularly Bing Crosby's performance of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," which was released in October of 1951.

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Trivia: When The Old Man is outside directing the placement of the lamp, and he talks to Swede (director Bob Clark), Swede is wearing a Miami Dolphins snow hat. It was turned sideways to hide the logo, since the Dolphins didn't come into existence until 1965.

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Trivia: Nick Castle (the original "Shape") has a cameo as the partygoer who flashes his costume at Corey and says "see anything you like?" This is the same line said by Lynda in the original 1978 "Halloween."

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Trivia: In a multi-layered homage, the movie that Corey and Jeremy are watching is 1982's "The Thing" which is a remake of "The Thing From Another World", which is the movie that Laurie and Tommy are watching in the original "Halloween." Oh, and of course, "The Thing" was also directed by John Carpenter.

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Factual error: The movie is set in the Northern Great Plains of the United States, and the tribe is identified as Comanche, but the Comanche were located in the Southern Great Plains, across present-day northwestern Texas, eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, and western Oklahoma.

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Trivia: Any skeleton-faced alien that you see on screen in "They Live" that had a close up shot or a speaking part was portrayed by stunt coordinator/fight choreographer Jeff Imada. (Source: ScreenRant).

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Trivia: Co-director Daniel Scheinert has a cameo as one of the patrons in the universe where Evelyn works as a dominatrix.

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Trivia: In the universe where Evelyn is a movie star, real, archival footage of Michelle Yeoh from the premiere of "Crazy Rich Asians" is used.

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Trivia: According to Roddy Piper, he came up with (arguably) the film's most famous line. While driving one day, he scribbled various versions of the line on a pad, based on interviews he had done as a wrestler and gave them to John Carpenter. The line selected was from when Piper faced Playboy Buddy Rose, and said, "I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick ass." "And I'm all out of bubble gum" was added on. (Source: ScreenRant).

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Trivia: The homeless "camp" seen in the movie is real. To save money, and for realism, director John Carpenter shot the scenes at an actual homeless encampment. The people living there were paid as extras. (Source: ScreenRant).

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The Serene Squall - S1-E7

Plot hole: In Episode 1-7: The Serene Squall, the Enterprise is at the edge of Federation space, and it is stated that it would take two days for a message to be received by Starfleet. Later in the episode, they have no problem establishing a real-time connection to Vulcan, which, according to canon, is only 16.5 light years away from Earth.

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Factual error: When they find the camcorder and discover the battery is dead, Udesky takes the batteries from his Maglite, and they magically work in the camcorder.

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Plot hole: When the party is attempting to take off after first attracting the attention of the Spinosaurus, no way Cooper could make it to the end of the runway before the plane does.

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Factual error: When Lucy goes to see RKO executive VP Charles Koerner after "The Big Street" was released in 1942, one of the posters on the wall in the waiting room is for "Stromboli", which was not released until 1950.

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Plot hole: At one point it is mentioned that they have tried everything to escape the maze, and that it is impossible to climb up because the ivy doesn't grow all the way to the top of the wall. Yet in the aerial shots the ivy is shown reaching the top of the walls.

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Plot hole: How is it possible that Diana is unaware of the concept of marriage? She has a grasp of multiple languages and cultures and can recite Socrates. Socrates often spoke of marriage, so even if her people do not marry, it makes no sense that she is completely unfamiliar with this human custom.

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Trivia: Tiffany's husband Chad is played by Chad Stahelski, who directed Keanu Reeves in the "John Wick" films. He was also Reeves' stunt double in "The Matrix" and "The Matrix Reloaded."

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Trivia: In one scene, we learn that 22 had many previous mentors who tried to help her find her spark. One of the names is Joe Rantf. Rantf was one of the original writers and animators for Pixar, and tragically died in a car accident in 2005. (Source: Cinemablend).

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Trivia: The character of Dani Clayton is named after Jack Clayton, who directed "The Innocents." "The Innocents" is the film adaptation of the stage version of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw." (Source: ScreenRant).

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