In a scene where John Stockwell's character is under his car fixing it, Fisher Stevens says to him: "Ya know, I seen this movie where this haunted car flames guys out," referring to John Carpenter's Christine (1983) in which Stockwell had a major role.
According to CINEFANTASTIQUE Magazine, alien puppets were made for the opening sequence, but were scrapped.
This was one of the films green-lit by Disney's then-new Touchstone division when Ron Miller was still head of the company, but released after Michael Eisner had taken his place.
The comic Michael passes to Vince in typing class is X-Men Classics Issue 3.
