The Goonies - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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

[ray]

The arcade game you see Chunk playing in the pizza place at the beginning of the film is Cliff Hanger (1983).

[javier]

Sean Astin and Ke Huy Quan also appear in Encino Man, although they have no scenes together.

[bessie]

According to international maritime salvage law, the rights to a salvage vessel and its contents go to the person or persons who first successfully brings something off the vessel in question. Since Mikey brought the jewels off the ship, the Inferno and everything on it belongs to him.

[jessie]

Has nods to several other Spielberg produced films from the 1980s, including references in the dialogue to Gremlins (1984) and Back to the Future (1985) as well as visual homage's to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and E.T. (1982). Also Jonathan Ke Quan also played the character of Short Round in Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (1984).

[bryan]

When the Goonies are on the ship near the end of the movie, Sloth reveals a Superman T-shirt (with the Superman theme playing). It's clearly a reference to the fact that Richard Donner was the director of Superman (1978).

[veronica]

As mentioned elsewhere, a song called "8 Arms To Hold You" was made for this film. "Eight Arms To Hold You" was also a working title for the Beatles movie Help! (1965).

[kenzi]

In the storybook of the movie in the scene which The Goonies find Chester Copperpot's skeleton, Andy sets off the boulder trap, not Mikey.

[sophie]

Near the end of the movie, Data says something in Chinese and Chinese subtitles are shown. The subtitles translate to "He is a big strong man".

[michele]

The Lou Gehrig baseball card that Mikey finds on Chester Copperpot's body is worth $275,000 at auction (in mint condition).

[jesus]

The last name of the brothers who are chasing the Goonies is Fratelli. Fratelli means "brothers" in Italian.

[caroline]

The French easycore music group "Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!" got its name from the iconic lines spoken when Chunk reunited with the rest of the group.

[riley]

According to a website dedicated to the film, in 2002, it was mentioned on the cast list, that the skeleton of One-Eyed Willy was a man called Raul Woo who died from lead poisoning.

[terry]

The name of the plumbing company that Mouth's Dad owns is Mad Jack's Plumbing. It can be seen on the van in the opening sequence.

[manuel]

Cyndi Lauper co-wrote the theme song "Goonies 'R' Good Enough", and shot a music video that features a cameo by the film's executive producer Steven Spielberg. The 12-minute video basically tells the movie's story as a musical. Cyndi Lauper plays Cyndi (a new Goonie recruit), The Bangles play pirates, and André the Giant plays Sloth.

[dustin]

Robert Davi, who is a trained opera singer, came up with the idea where he sings to Sloth from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly."

[michele]

When the boys are sitting in the living room watching MTV, they weren't actually watching the Cyndi Lauper "Good Enough" video, which was developed six months after filming wrapped up.

[bessie]

The cast was not allowed to see the pirate ship before the scene was shot, as director Richard Donner wanted to catch their genuine reactions at the size and scope of it. When they did see it, Josh Brolin was so surprised that he exclaimed "Holy shit!" The scene had to be re-shot.

[phyllis]

According to Donner's assistant, the ending was changed drastically from the script. In the original ending, the Goonies went home and it is while Mikey's family was packing to leave, Rosalita finds the marble bag and gems while doing laundry. There was reference to the last scene being changed to occurring on the beach so that the ending was simplified and The Inferno could be seen in a magnificent exciting shot at the end.

[melinda]

In the novelization of the film, when Mikey finds One-Eyed Willy's skeleton, he discovers One-Eyed Willy has an asthma inhaler, which Mikey suffers from asthma and this leads Mikey to believe that he is One-Eyed Willy's reincarnation and that it was his destiny to find One-Eyed Willy's treasure.