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Bill Murray played Peter Venkman in the two Ghostbusters movies, as well as the voice of Garfield in Garfield: The Movie and Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties. Likewise, late voice actor Lorenzo Music was the voice of Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters, as well as Garfield in Garfield and Friends and several Garfield specials.

Bogart did not say:

"Play it again Sam"

Macbeth did not say:

"Lead on Macduff"

On the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, although they are an adorable on-screen couple, Marshall and Lily rarely kiss on the show. Alyson Hannigan (Lily) hates doing it because Jason Segel (Marshall) has a smoking habit. Also, the character Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) is named after a heroin dealer in Jame’s Ellroy’s book L.A. Confidential.

Misty, a minor character from My Life as a Teenage Robot, was a spoof of Raven from the animated series Teen Titans; Raven herself was partially inspired by Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Peter Cullen voiced Optimus Prime in the classic 1980s "Transformers" cartoons. He was originally not slated to reprise the role for the first Michael Bay film, but the fans protested until Bay caved in. Frank Welker originally voiced Megatron in the cartoons, but Bay didn't think his interpretation was right for the villain;s design in the movie. As a compromise, Bay hired Hugo Weaving for the film, and Welker portrayed Megatron for the tie-in video game.

One of Sam Rockwell's most famous early roles was as the punk who attacks April in the first live-action "Ninja Turtles" film. He appears several times throughout the movie, and is the one Foot Clan member with the most lines except Danny.

In the third "Turtles" film, Stuart Wilson's character is briefly described as a "Zorro dude". Eight years later, Wilson played villain Rafael Montero in "The Mask of Zorro".

Harry Lime's constant "fritcha-fratcha" dialogue in the "Home Alone" films was the result of Joe Pesci constantly trying to stop swearing during scenes.

Bruce McGill appears in the first and last episodes of "Quantum Leap", as two different characters.

"Back to the Future, Part III" has Marty McFly using the alias of "Clint Eastwood" during his scenes in 1885. This was done with the popular actor's permission.

Christopher Lloyd's performance as Doc Brown was primarily inspired by two people: scientist Albert Einstein, and "Fantasia" conductor Leopold Stokowski.

Keanu Reeves' character in "The Matrix" is referred to by Smith as Thomas Anderson. This is a double allusion to the Bible, with Thomas being the apostle who briefly doubted Jesus after His resurrection. The "Anderson" surname roughly translates as "Son of Man", referring to Christ himself.

"Man of Steel" star Henry Cavill tested for the main role in "Superman Returns", but ultimately lost to Brandon Routh.

The combined budget for "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy was $300 million. By comparison, the first "Hobbit" film alone cost at least $200 million (reports vary).

The longest timepsan between a theatrically released film and its first sequel is currently held by "Bambi II", released 63 years and 178 days after the 1941 original. The shortest timepsan (not counting films shot simultaneously) is "Scream 2", released less than a year after the first entry.

In a twist of irony, Robert Downey, Jr. shot his role in "U.S. Marshals" while serving a prison sentence. He was escorted back to his cell after every day's shooting was done.

Stanley Kubrick filmed an ending for the 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove in which the end of the world was symbolised by a custard pie fight in the War Room. The director cut it because the tone was too jovial; according to the son of screenwriter Terry Southern, as soon as the actors started laughing, the footage became unusable.

Most people believe the word "derp" was originally from South Park being made popular on the show in the episodes "Succubus" and "The Biggest Douche in the Universe." Not true really. The word first made its appearance in pop culture in the movie "BASEketball" starring the South Park creators themselves.

Stan's sister Shelly is based on Trey Parker's sister Shelly who also beat him senseless and tossed him down a flight of stairs.

Mr. Hankey was inspired by the fact that Trey forgot to flush the toilet as a kid and his father told him that if he didn't, the turd would escape and eat him.

In "Mecha-Streisand," Robert Smith wasn't told the context of his lines. Matt and Trey thought it would be funnier.

Matt and Trey are big fans of The Cure.

The episode "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" is a play on a student film Matt & Trey worked on when they met titled The Giant Beaver of Southern Sri Lanka. Both in turn were a satire on Mark Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

The Sundance Festival never responded to Matt and Trey's submission Cannibal! The Musical. The episode "Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls" is considered revenge for that. The Song of the same name hit No. 1 in Great Britain and Ireland.

The episode "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods" is an homage to the Star Trek episode "Dagger of the Mind." Roger Ebert himself is only mentioned in a single sight gag and a half-heard remark.

The Chewbacca Defense mentioned in the episode "Chef Aid" can be used in the legal community. It consists of basically baffling the jury with so much extraneous information that their minds shut down.

Steven Spielberg asked not to be paid for Schindler's List.

In all of James Cameron's films, someone yells 'Go! Go! Go!'

In the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Cameron’s father’s 1961 Ferrari GT250 wasn’t really a Ferrari. Because it was too expensive to rent one, they made three fake ones with a fiberglass body, modifying an MG sports car. When the Ferrari crashed, the fiberglass hood ripped, but branches were put over the rip to make sure the camera didn’t record it.

Tim Curry was originally chosen to do the voice of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, but they thought his preformance, while good, was too scary for children so it went to Mark Hamill.

The first toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. However, the first toilet flush heard on television was on All in the Family.

Edward Norton wanted nothing to do with the 2003 remake of "The Italian Job", but was strong-armed into it because he still owed Universal Studios one film on his contract. His anger at the executives for not allowing him to choose another film was channeled into his character, Steve Frizelli. On another occasion, Norton reportedly locked director Tony Kaye out of the editing bay during production of "American History X", after New Line executives rejected Kaye's first two cuts of the film.

The police were called on actor Sacha Baron Cohen 91 times during the filming of the movie Borat.

In the movie Seabiscuit, War Admiral was played by one of his descendants, a gelding named Verboom.

Also, the movie sold over 5.5 million copies on DVD, which is the highest for a dramatic movie.

The Clampett mansion on The Beverly Hillbillies had 32 rooms and 14 bathrooms!

While playing Klinger on MASH, Jamie Farr wore his real dogtags from his own service in Korea.

Almost all the main actors in Band of Brothers were cast because of their close physical resemblance to the real-life soldiers they were portraying.