She's Alive, Alive! The Weird Science Quiz

Lisa says it to Wyatt and Gary: "So, what would you little maniacs like to do first?"

Inspired by watching the classic 1931 film "Frankenstein," Gary suggests he and Wyatt simulate a girl on Wyatt's computer.

Lisa's named after an computer, the Apple Lisa, which came out in 1983. The Lisa, which was named for Steve Jobs' daughter, is Apple's precursor to the Macintosh computer.

They use Wyatt's computer, which is a Memotech MTX512 with an FDX add-on. But they give it a powerful processing boost by hacking into a government system.

The guys use a Barbie doll dressed in a belly-baring white shirt and blue underwear as the model for Lisa.

The correct order, from oldest to newest release, is: "Sixteen Candles" (May 4, 1984), followed by "The Breakfast Club" (February 15, 1985) and then "Weird Science" (August 2, 1985).

Hughes is on record saying it only took him two days to write the "Weird Science" script.

In Japan "Weird Science" is called "Electric Venus." The other options are actual titles, too. In German, it's "Cool Magic with Lisa." In Swedish, it's "Dream Woman." And in Russian, it's "Oh, This Science."

Wyatt's parents travel to Cincinnati to meet Wyatt's sister's fiancé.

Wyatt's sister, whom we never meet, is named Chloe.

"Mary Poppins with breasts," is how Kelly LeBrock described her character.

To quote Chet, talking to Gary and Wyatt, "How about a nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray."

It was a Kelly, but not Kelly LeBrock who was the first "Lisa." Although LeBrock was given the role first, she turned it down. Model Kelly Emberg played the character for three weeks before being replaced by LeBrock.

Max and Ian pour cherry ICEEs on Gary and Wyatt.

When Lisa wants to have some fun, she, Gary, and Wyatt go to The Kandy Bar.

Anthony Michael Hall and John Hughes were inspired to create this scene after watching and imitating "Mudbone," a Richard Pryor character.

Why? "It's ceremonial."

While there was a Porsche in the movie, it was the 928 S, not the 944. The Porsche 944 did, though, appear in Hughes' "Sixteen Candles."

Along with modelling shots of lips and legs, Gary and Wyatt use some unexpected images including Albert Einstein, David Lee Roth, and Beethoven. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not included.

Each of these actors has played Russell "Rusty" Griswold, but it's Jason Lively who played the role in "European Vacation."

It's been torn down since, but shots of the exterior of Niles East High School in Skokie, Illinois, were used in all three.

As "Lord General," actor Vernon Wells reprised his character "Wez" from "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior."

When Gary and Wyatt's second experiment goes wrong, it snows in Chet's room.

Lisa waits for Wyatt and Gary outside of the real Northbrook Court Mall in Northbrook, Illinois.

The story of "Made of the Future" is one about a man who builds himself a wife with a kit he picked up on a trip to the future.

It's Oingo Boingo who sing the title track. Neither Elton John's "Rocket Man," David Bowie's "Space Oddity" nor Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science" are in the movie.

Before acting, Ilan Mitchell-Smith attended the Joffrey Ballet School.

After a brief career in acting, Ilan Mitchell-Smith became a professor of medieval English literature at Cal State Long Beach.

After entering the gym, Lisa instructs the boys to drop and give her 20.

"Weird Science" and several other John Hughes' movies are set in fictional Shermer, Illinois. The name is based on Shermerville, the original name of the town Hughes grew up in.

The theme song to the movie "Rocky," "Gonna Fly Now," was used during the final scene, but was changed to "Weird Science" after the rights were lost.

According to Bill Paxton in an interview with AV Club, Hughes loved the Chet character and used him as a model for older brother Buzz McCallister in the "Home Alone" movies.

After Hughes was unhelpful and unsupportive during the creation of both the "Ferris Bueller" and "Uncle Buck" sitcoms (which both premiered in 1990 and failed quickly thereafter), he wasn't personally told about the "Weird Science" TV series. It ended up running from 1994 to 1998.

According to the 2013 announcement, both producer Joel Silver and writer Michael Bacall would return to give the remake an edgier voice.

Anthony Michael Hall was an "SNL" cast member in 1985-1986 -- the very same time as Robert Downey, Jr.