Trivia / Mean Creek

• Creator In-Joke: Rocky says he fantasized about a girl called Susan Johnson, the name of one of the film's producers.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Josh Peck, known as a bumbling fat kid on The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh, plays a foul-mouthed bully with an undefined psychological disorder.
  • This is turned around with Carly Shroeder, who played the manipulative and mischievous Melina on Lizzie McGuire but is playing The Heart and Only Sane Woman here.
• Throw It In!: The names that Marty shouts out during shooting practice are of various crew members.

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