Mystery Men

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According to Kevin Eastman, this film van was the inspiration for the Turtle van in Teenage Mutant N [...]	D
The station wagon the Shoveler owns is an early American Motors Rebel.	D
In the diner's sign, the word "diner" is written in Cyrillic letters that resemble the letters of th [...]	D
Janeane Garofalo disliked the film. She said "It was very long hours and very little got accomplishe [...]	D
The Mystery Men were the supporting cast of an underground superhero comic book called the Flaming C [...]	D
Artie Lange, who has joked about the poor reception of films he's acted in, considers this to be the [...]	D
On Casanova Frankenstein's release papers (which are stamped "CURED"), around 0:14:28, one entry rev [...]	D
Ben Stiller (Mr. Furious) and Hank Azaria (The Blue Raja) both appeared in Una notte al museo 2 - La [...]	D
According to Hank Azaria, the cast argued constantly with each other over the comedic tone of the fi [...]	D
Captain Amazing's jet pack uses the same sound effect as the turbine engine sound effect as the Batm [...]	D
Lance Hunt's faux letter from Captain Amazing lists the following groceries: loaf of bread, gallon o [...]	D
Tom Waits had trouble memorizing his lines during his big monologue so he wrote them on his hands, w [...]	D
Invisible Boy is the only member of the team who has no comic book counterpart. In fact, he was made [...]	D
Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria would later both appear in Along Came Polly.	D
Lena Olin's character Dr. Leek has two lines at the board meeting and does not speak again for the r [...]	D
To date, this is the only film directed by Kinka Usher.	D
The date on the form that the chairman of the sanity board stamps "CURED" is "07-07-08" (7 July 2008 [...]	D
The exterior shot of Dr. Heller's man-cave is the same makeshift building used for the fun house in [...]	D
After the fight at the nursing home, Roy/Mr. Furious gets into a verbal altercation with a police of [...]	D
There is a subtle reference to the old slapstick gag of the watermelons and the Sledge-o-matic when [...]	D
Ricky Jay's character tells Captain Amazing, "I'm a publicist, not a magician." Jay was in fact a we [...]	D
The three main characters are based on the "Three Old Men" of DC's Justice Society of America. The S [...]	D
Michael Bay, who has a small role, would go on to produce two live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtl [...]	D
Shoveler's motivational speech in the diner borrows heavily from the Battle of Agincourt speech in W [...]	D
When Monica asks Mr. Furious for his name, he calls himself Phoenix Dark - a reference to the classi [...]	D
Robert Musselman, who plays Ballerinaman reappears later in the film as a Disco Boy.	D
The name of Janeane Garofalo's character's father, Carmine, is also the name of Garofalo's father.	D
Earlier versions of the script had Monica play a much bigger role in the story and helped the Myster [...]	D
Director Kinka Usher appears as Moe. Moe is the name of one of Hank Azaria's (Blue Rajah) many diffe [...]	D
According to Janeane Garofalo, the Bowler's bowling ball was about 30 pounds.	D
The second time Kel Mitchell and Doug Jones had worked together, after Jones appeared on Mitchell's [...]	D
An alternate ending showed the team using Doctor Heller's canned tornado to destroy the machine. Som [...]	D
Just before stopping Casanova in his corvette limo, Mr. Furious says the line, "he's either very sma [...]	D
As the team leaves for the final battle, Dr. Heller says, "Vaya con Dios" to the team, which is "Go [...]	D
At one time, Danny DeVito was set to direct as well as star as The Shoveller.	D
Janeane Garofalo had originally turned down the the part of The Bowler, but changed her mind when sh [...]	D
Casanova Frankenstein's limo is a stretched 1978 Limited Edition Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Chevrolet [...]	D
One of two movies in 1999 with Mystery in the title that Hank Azaria appears in with the other being [...]	D
The two Wonder Women who fight have black and red hair, eerily paralleling the storyline in the Wond [...]	D
The Bowler's stream-of-consciousness monologue in support of independent filmmaking at the conclusio [...]	D
Janeane Garofalo's (The Bowler) real life parents met at a bowling alley.	D
Dr. A. Heller, when met for the second time, is making bizarre noises with objects, for eerie effect [...]	D
Final film to star Margaret Wheeler.	D
The Not So Goodie Mob is an actual hip hop group, the Goodie Mob.	D
At one point early on in the film, Geoffrey Rush's character, Casanova Frankenstein, picks up and in [...]	D
The spleen's function in the body is to fight invading germs in the blood - it has nothing to do wit [...]	D
Mystery Men creator Bob Burden believes Universal chose Casanova Frankenstein as the film's antagoni [...]	D
Hank Azaria (The Blue Raja) and Wes Studi (The Sphinx) both previously appeared in Heat - La sfida ( [...]	D
As Roy is walking Monica home, a store or restaurant sign in the background can be seen reading "Fla [...]	D
According to Ben Stiller in an interview on Late Show with David Letterman (1993), he and Greg Kinne [...]	D
Tom Waits' odd hand gestures when explaining the psychofrakulator were the result of him writing his [...]	D
The bowler's skull ball was a custom ball. After the release of the movie, bowling ball manufacturer [...]	D
At the end of the film, when the team is being interviewed, we see a quick shot of the reporter's mi [...]	D
The tear-off calendar on the wall in the background of the scene in the junk shop office, around 0:2 [...]	D
Dane Cook was invited to audition for a character called The Waffler and they told him to wear whate [...]	D
The metal fingernail appliances worn by Geoffrey Rush are similar to those worn by renowned British [...]	D
CeeLo Green as a small role as future Gnarls Barkley singer as an evil rapper.	D
Doc Heller's services, according to his business card, include Aromatherapy, Laser Hair Removal, Car [...]	D
On Friends: The One with the Screamer (1997) of Friends (1994), Ben Stiller plays the eponymous scre [...]	D
First comic book movie role for Geoffrey Rush, the second would be as the voice of Tomar-Re in Lante [...]	D
The Sphinx was a Golden Age hero who was the creation of Better Publishing; his real name was Ellswo [...]	D
Ben Stiller (Mr. Furious) and Janeane Garofalo (The Bowler) both starred in Giovani, carini e disocc [...]	D
During the city blast of the psycho-fraculator, a billboard of Captain Amazing falls and begins to g [...]	D
During one of the Mystery Men group salutes, they say, "Zei gazunt," which is Yiddish, similar to th [...]	D
Casanova's long fingernails were Claire Forlani's idea.	D
It is unknown whether or not Casanova's love interest, Dr. Anabel Leek, survived the final battle at [...]	D
In a 2011 interview with A.V. Club, Hank Azaria claimed that during production Kinka Usher declared [...]	D
Eddie Izzard's character makes a reference to "the god of haircare". In his stand-up routine, he men [...]	D
Janeane Garofalo wasn't told that Captain Amazing's charred hand would break off when she touched it [...]	D
Ben Stiller (Mr. Furious), Hank Azaria (The Blue Raja), and Dana Gould (Squeegee Man) all appeared o [...]	D
When the Bowler sends Carmine down the psycho-fraculator shaft, the columns resemble bowling pins, a [...]	D
The two police squad cars seen throughout the film are both 1968 Dodge Chargers with various embelli [...]	D
According to the DVD commentary, the scene where The Spleen accidentally ignites a blast of flatulen [...]	D
An urban legend had it that Tim Burton secretly directed this film with Kinka Usher as a cover story [...]	D
In an odd parallel, Tom Waits actually creates curious machines from junk and hardware store purchas [...]	D
The "Herkimer Battle Jitney" is named after Nicholas Herkimer, a Revolutionary War general who died [...]	D
In the bar where the team celebrates after the successful run-in with Frankenstein, one camera angle [...]	D
Ben Stiller was considered for directing, but turned it down when he realized how large a project it [...]	D
The Blue Raja says, "May the Forks Be with Us", the same wording, except for forks (force), as Guerr [...]	D
Shovel fighting was taught to most infantry through the end of World War II. The reasoning was that [...]	D
Prior to the film, Janeane Garofalo had no bowling experience.	D
Casanova Frankenstein's castle is heavily influenced by the works of Spanish architect Antoni GaudÃ [...]	D
During the final battle at Casanova's mansion, when Roy/Mr. Furious leaps off the balcony, the bioni [...]	D
The Blue Raja's car is a Messerschmitt KR200 Kabinenroller, a three-wheeled bubble car designed by t [...]	D
The wanna-be heroes auditioning at the pool party include two Power Women, Supervacman, the Reverse [...]	D
A number of the sets used in the film are the same sets used in Batman Forever (1995).	D
Michael Bay directed Claire Forlani in The Rock (1996).	D
When the Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) sits on the fork he shouts 'Claven' - the catchphrase of Prof. Frin [...]	D
A subtle reference to William Shatner: once, while recording lines for the video game Star Trek: Jud [...]	D
The belt buckle of Mr. Furious's costume for the final battle scene has the Chevy symbol on it.	D
The comic book character on the door of Kel Mitchell's bedroom is Martha Washington, created by Fran [...]	D
Famous action director Michael Bay and Riki Rachtman, former host of MTV's Headbangers Ball (1987), [...]	D
As the team enters Dr. Heller's amusement park workshop, creepy music is heard. This is not just inc [...]	D
According to the DVD commentary, at the beginning of the film in the nursing home, when Big Red kick [...]	D
The movie was the inspiration for the stage name of German DJ Psychofrakulator.	D
Luis GuzmÃ¡n played the part of a Mexican restaurant owner but his scenes were deleted from the fi [...]	D

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