Sky High - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Sky High or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Sky High

[toni]

Gwen Grayson is a combination of two comic book names from two franchises: Gwen Stacy of Spider-Man (Marvel) and Dick Grayson (DC Comics).

[kristen]

When the Commander (Kurt Russell) receives an urgent call from the Mayor, you can see Ben-Day dots reflected in his glasses. Ben-Day dots are an art style that consist of several overlapping colored dots, popularly used to create shadow and secondary colors in comic books.

[wallace]

Warren Peace's name sounds like "War and Peace". Warren's mother was a superhero (peace) while his father was a villain (war).

[tammy]

Lynda Carter was initially given gold bracelets to wear as an homage to her role from the 1970s television series. Warner Bros., who owns the copyright to Wonder Woman, did not want the bracelets shown in a Disney film, so they were removed from Lynda's wardrobe for the film. Twelve years after this film, Warner Brothers released a theatrical depiction of Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in her solo film for the first time.

[bessie]

While Kurt Russell's suit had a cooling system, a tube where iced water circulated, Kelly Preston's didn't, because it was so tight.

[ethel]

Mr. Boy says to baby Josie "Josie, I always-" just before he is pacified, implying that he is in love with her.

[frances]

Kurt Russell also played a college student with superhuman strength in The Strongest Man in the World (1975), also from Walt Disney Pictures.

[lena]

Near the beginning of the movie The Commander says he had just, "saved the Superdome from collapsing." The movie was released one month before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and severely damaged the Superdome.

[eli]

The first Disney movie which was not offered on VHS when released for the home video market.

[brent]

The comment Mr. Boy makes, about sidekicks not wearing costumes with colors that clash with their hero's, is a jab at comics' most famous hero/sidekick team, Batman and Robin. Where Batman wears dark colors (blue and gray) Robin wears bright colors (Red, green and yellow).

[jamie]

Kurt Russell and Mary Elizabeth Winstead would portray the main protagonist in The Thing (1982) and the prequel, The Thing (2011) respectively.

[ruby]

Film debut for Steven Strait.

[willard]

Each of the main characters has his or her own color scheme, wearing the same colors throughout the movie. Will's colors are red, white, and blue. Layla's are green. Gwen's are pink. Warren's are red and black. Zack's are yellow. Magenta's are purple. Ethan's are orange.

[carl]

The Commander (Kurt Russell) says there will be "big trouble" in an early scene. This is a shout-out to one of his best-known roles as Jack Burton, in Big Trouble in Little China (1986).

[nina]

Cloris Leachman also appeared in the television series Wonder Woman (1975), as Queen Hippolyte, mother of Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter).

[addison]

Early in the movie, The Commander and Jetstream are called away to deal with "trouble downtown", before Will and Layla leave for their first day. On their way, they have a conversation where The Commander tells Jetstream not to worry about Will, and she says "What if he forgets his lunch?" When the kids leave for the bus, Will doesn't seem to carry a lunch, but has a shoulder bag, so his lunch could be in there, but at lunch he has a lunch tray like the other kids, with what looks like a school lunch, so it appears he did forget his lunch.

[miriam]

Nobody recognizes Gwen is Sue Tenny because Tenny wore glasses while Gwen doesn't. This is a reference to Superman and how nobody could recognize Clark Kent as Superman while he was wearing his glasses.