The piranha fish next to Alan's computer is a reference to Piranha (1978), also directed by Joe Dante.
The murder of Phil Hartman before the premiere caused some minor changes before release.
The dumpster where the Gorgonites first hide from the Commando Elite contains a figurine of Gizmo, a character from Gremlins (1984), also directed by Joe Dante. Benson also uses the password "Gizmo" to gain access to Globotech's computers.
George Kennedy, Clint Walker, Ernest Borgnine and Jim Brown were reunited to play the voices of the soldiers. Some 31 years earlier they appeared together as soldiers in the classic WWII movie The Dirty Dozen (1967).
The head of Globotech is named Gil Mars. Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Gorgonites (Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean) are reunited is this movie after they played together in A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992) (TV).
Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer who provide the voices for the Gorgonites were all members of Spinal Tap.
One of the Gorgonites is named "Freakenstien" in both the closing credits and the action figures. However in the movie he never called that and he is always called by his original name that he had before being destroyed and rebuilt.
Richard Jaeckel, who had also been in The Dirty Dozen (1967), was originally cast to play the voice of Link Static. Jaeckel died during principal photography, and the role eventually went to Bruce Dern.
The music being played during the scene where they turn the "Gwendy" dolls into soldiers is the theme music from Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
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