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Contents 1 Electrical Short Cuircuit 2 Links 3 Movie Locations 4 photo 5 El DeBarge - "Who's Johnny" 6 Goonies house the same as Stephanie's house? 7 Criticism 8 Trivia section 9 Remake? 10 Plot summary

[edit] Electrical Short Cuircuit

Shouldn't this be about an electrical Short Circuit, rather then an obscure movie?

That article is at Short circuit. Note that only the first letter of article titles are capitalized unless it's a proper noun, as in the case of this film. Sarge Baldy 14:49, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Links

I added a link for the page Johnny-Five.com. Ekkostar Jul 9, 2005

[edit] Movie Locations

This article incorrectly refers to Nova Laboratories in "Oregon". In fact, during the opening credits, there is a clear shot of one of the nameplates being attached to a robot. It reads:

S-A-I-N-T PROTOTYPE NUMBER 5
Nova Laboratories Inc.
ROBOTICS DIVISION
DAMON, WASHINGTON 98615

In the movie, Number 5 goes missing and is pushed along a bridge by Nova's armored car until he is catapulted over the railing. This happens on southbound U.S. Highway 101, on the Astoria-Megler Bridge, i.e., traveling across the Columbia River from Washington into Oregon. Number 5 deploys its parachute and lands on top of Stephanie's catering truck, which is eastbound on Marine Dr., U.S. 30, in Astoria, Oregon.

Stephanie's home was set at a private house on Hume St. in Astoria, Oregon.

A chase scene on a steep, hilly street was filmed in Astoria. --Quicksilver^{T @} 06:31, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

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Damon, Washington is a fictional town. The ZIP code 98615 is fictional, too. --Quicksilver^{T @} 07:22, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

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The chase scene toward the end of the movie, where the replica Number 5 draws fire and is destroyed, was filmed at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in southern California. --Quicksilver^{T @} 10:23, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] photo

Can we get a sourced photo of Number 5? Dionyseus 02:03, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Done and done. --Rachel Cakes 11:33, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Rachel:) Dionyseus 13:00, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

No problemo. :) --Rachel Cakes 07:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] El DeBarge - "Who's Johnny"

I'm surprised to see no mention of the catchy single from Short Circuit, El DeBarge's "Who's Johnny." It went to #3 on the U.S. singles chart.

I'm too high to do DeBarge any justice right now (someone else will have to do the edit and the writing, sorry), but here's a YouTube link to the music vid.

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[edit] Goonies house the same as Stephanie's house?

I don't think the Goonies house is the same as Stephanie's house, as it says in the article. Can anyone confirm this?

65.104.141.122 18:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Josh

[edit] Criticism

There should be some mention of the criticism the film received for Fisher Stevens portrayal of an East Indian person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wideeyedraven (talk • contribs) 21:17, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia section

Just wonering. Many other film articles have a trivia section, why is this one tagged for removal/merger. Personally I think a trivia section is fine and should be included IMDB has a trivia section.

[edit] Remake?

As awesome as I think it would be, I can't help but wonder whether the remake rumour is at all accurate. The only piece of evidence is a page at IMDB that has no backing information. In fact, upon closer inspection, the IMDB page was added anonymously. Since we haven't seen so much as a "Coming Soon" website or a teaser trailer, it seems to me that this is likely just a hoax. Just to clarify, if this is a real movie, I'd be happy to be wrong. Master Deusoma (talk) 00:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

A couple of months ago the plot summary was expanded to a ridiculous length, doubling the size of the article. I've trimmed it back. --Tony Sidaway 22:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)