History Trivia / AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: No official home releases of the animated series have appeared to date.

* ActorAllusion:
** A few background gags reference John Astin's career as [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Gomez]], such as an ice cream truck that plays the Addams Family theme in the second movie and a copy of the Addams Family board game in the torture basement of the fourth film.
** ''Killer Tomatoes Eat France!'' is also quite possibly the only movie to take ActorAllusion to the level of actually being a plot point. The main character, played by Mark Price, who played Skippy on ''Series/FamilyTies'' laments the fact that Michael J. Fox, who also played on Family Ties, went on to have a successful acting career while he's only been a BMovie actor. Because of this, Marc Price's character (whose real name is only mentioned once or twice) tells everyone that he is Michael J. Fox and is referred to as such throughout the entire film.
** Later when he watches Louis swimming in the Seine Michael remarks that he could be in the Olympics. Louis/Igor's actor Steve Lundquist ''was'' an Olympic swimmer, bringing home multiple gold medals in 1984.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: You'll be hard pressed to find a more 80s film than ''Returns'', from the brightly coloured clothes, synth music and Creator/GeorgeClooney's mullet.
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: The first film's screenplay was constantly being rewritten and new scenes during filming, hence why it seems to have a RandomEventsPlot at times. The sequels all had lines and scenes altered during shooting as well, but the basic storyline was at least in place by the time filming started, unlike the first film.

** The helicopter crash wasn't planned either.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: You'll be hard pressed to find a more 80s film than ''Returns'', from the brighty coloured clothes, synth music and Creator/GeorgeClooney's mullet.

* OldShame: George Clooney's star has risen a little bit since he got third billing in ''Return of the Killer Tomatoes''. Oddly, this trope is apparently averted in the case of Stephen "Rock" Peace. After making the first film, he got a serious job as a state senator in California. Despite this, he participated in the writing and production of the second film and animated series, even reprising his role (though not as a main character). Maybe it's true, you have to have no shame to get into politics. Apparently averted with Clooney, too. He supposedly still loves that movie.

* OldShame: George Clooney's star has risen a little bit since he got third billing in ''Return of the Killer Tomatoes''. Oddly, this trope is apparently averted in the case of Stephen "Rock" Peace. After making the first film, he got a serious job as a state senator in California. Despite this, he participated in the writing and production of the second film and animated series, even reprising his role (though not as a main character). Maybe it's true, you have to have no shame to get into politics.
** Apparently averted with Clooney, too. He supposedly still loves that movie.
* TheOtherDarrin: Richardson, Sam Smith, and Greg Colburn are all played by different actors in the second film.
** Parodied by Marc Price in the fourth film, as mentioned above.
* ThrowItIn: George Clooney didn't know the words to "Oh, Susanna" so he improvised new lyrics.
-->'''Matt''': I don't know the words to this song.
--> I think I'll make them up.
--> I'm going to into my place,
--> And wake my best friend up.
** Likewise, the helicopter crash wasn't planned either.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: You'll be hard pressed to find a more 80s film than ''Returns'', from the brighty coloured clothes, synth music and Creator/GeorgeClooney's mullet.

** Later when he watches Louis swimming in the Seine Michael remarks that he could be in the Olympics. Louis/Igor's actor Steve Lundquist ''was'' an olympic swimmer, bringing home multiple gold medals in 1984.

** Likewise, the helicopter crash wasn't planned either.

--> And wake my best friend up.

** Parodied by Marc Price in the fourth film, as mentioned above.

* ActorAllusion: A few background gags reference John Astin's career as [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Gomez]], such as an ice cream truck that plays the Addams Family theme in the second movie and a copy of the Addams Family board game in the torture basement of the fourth film.
** ''Killer Tomatoes Eat France!'' is also quite possibly the only movie to take ActorAllusion to the level of actually being a plot point. The main character, played by Mark Price, who played Skippy on Family Ties laments the fact that Michael J. Fox, who also played on Family Ties, went on to have a successful acting career while he's only been a B-Movie actor. Because of this, Marc Price's character (whose real name is only mentioned once or twice) tells everyone that he is Michael J. Fox and is referred to as such throughout the entire film.
* HeyItsThatGuy: An odd version that happens within the same series the That Guy came from. Rick Rockwell, who played TheOtherDarrin of Jim Richardson in the second film, plays Lance Boyle, the protagonist of the third film.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Voice actor [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Jack Riley]] plays Von Schauer in the first film.
** Doctor Gangreen loves it [[Series/TheAddamsFamily when Morticia speacks French]]!
** Igor and Tomacho were [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Leonardo and Rocksteady]]!
** Tara was a [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures a purple skunk girl at ACME Looniversity]]!
** Zoltan, Ketchuck, The Missing Tomato Link, and the Phantomato of the Opera were played by [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain a hyper-intelligent mouse]]!
** F.T., Sam Smith, and the Censor Lady were [[WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg Wendel]], [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Lord Nickelbottoms]], and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dash Baxter]].
** Fang was [[WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars Dr. Karbunkle]] and [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Neptunia]].
** Beefsteak was [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Burger Beagle, Bouncer Beagle]], and [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls the Amoeba Boys]].
** Mummato was [[WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars Throttle]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Yakko Warner]], [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky]], and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Raphael]].

** Igor was [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]!

** Zoltan and The Missing Tomato Link were played by [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain a hyper-intelligent mouse]]!

** Igor was a [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]!

** F.T. was [[WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg Wendel]], [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Lord Nickelbottoms]], and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dash Baxter]].

* TheOtherDarrin: Richardson, Sam Smith, and Greg Colburn are all played by different actors in the second film.

** ''Killer Tomatoes Eat Paris!'' is also quite possibly the only movie to take ActorAllusion to the level of actually being a plot point. The main character, played by Mark Price, who played Skippy on Family Ties laments the fact that Michael J. Fox, who also played on Family Ties, went on to have a successful acting career while he's only been a B-Movie actor. Because of this, Marc Price's character (whose real name is only mentioned once or twice) tells everyone that he is Michael J. Fox and is referred to as such throughout the entire film.

* ActorAllusion: A few background gags reference John Astin's career as [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Gomez]], such as an ice cream truck that plays the Adams Family theme in the second movie and a copy of the Adams Family board game in the torture basement of the fourth film.

** Igor was a [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 skatboarding, nunchaku-wielding turtle]]!

* NoBudget: It even gets lampshaded in the second film, where they run out of money halfway through and have to resort to a long series of increasingly blatant advertisements in order to get the funding needed to finish the movie. This was despite the fact that the second film had ''twenty times'' the budget of the first one, though this says more about how low budget the first movie was than anything else.

* NoBudget: It even gets lampshaded in the second film, where they run out of money halfway through and have to resort to a long series of increasingly blatant advertisements in order to get the funding needed to finish the movie.

* OldShame: George Clooney's star has risen a little bit since he got third billing in ''Return of the Killer Tomatoes''. Oddly, this trope is apparently averted in the case of Stephen "Rock" Peace. After making the first film, he got a serious job as a state senator in California. Despite this, he participated in the writing and production of the second film and animated series, even reprising his role (though not as a main character). I guess it's true, you have to have no shame to get into politics.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Voice actor [[{{Rugrats}} Jack Riley]] plays Von Schauer in the first film.
* OldShame: George Clooney's star has risen a little bit since he got third billing in ''Return of the Killer Tomatoes''. Oddly, this trope is apparently averted in the case of Stephen "Rock" Peace. After making the first film, he got a serious job as a state senator in California. Despite this, he participated in the writing and production of the second film and animated series, even reprising his role (though not as a main character). I guess it's true, you have to have no shame to get into politics.