Money, Dear Boy: David Cross says that he only accepted this movie for the paycheck.

This was also why the house was a complete wreck by the end of the movie despite the destruction seen on-screen being salvageable.

Missing Trailer Scene: There are some shots of the Abernathy house getting blown up in the trailers, but this was cut to tone down the violence.

In Memoriam: A dedication to Phil Hartman at the end of the movie.

The movie ultimately got a PG-13 rating, with parents complaining it was too scary, profane and violent for kids and critics feeling that it was an uneven mashup of an edgy, satirical comedy and a family film.

This was so late into production that all he could do was cut 'a lot of action and explosions', and even more potentially child-scarring content like Nick Nitro's demise and the Gwendy dolls was too prominent to cut. But when executives saw the marketing potential of toys based on the film (hey, they weren't wrong - the Small Soldiers toyline sold quite well) and the sponser tie-ins came along, he was now told to soften it up into something more kid-friendly. Executive Meddling: Originally, Joe Dante was told to make an edgier film that would be aimed at teens and adults.The Kip Killigan toy was not distributed in Oregon, as a teen called Kip Kinkel went on a shooting spree there shortly before the film was released.The scene of the Commandos attacking Phil Fimple had to be edited down after Phil Hartman's murder.Directed by Cast Member: In the Latin American Spanish dub, José Arenas was the ADR director and Brick Bazooka's voice actor.

The Danza: Phil Hartman as Phil Fimple.Cross-Dressing Voices: Christopher Guest as Scratch-It.Jerry Goldsmith, who worked on this film, had composed the music for that as well. Creator In-Joke: The music from Patton is heard as Chip Hazard gives his speech.Billing Displacement: Kirsten Dunst is the first billed despite playing the Love Interest.

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