Labyrinth

The exchange "You remind me of the babe" "What babe?" etc. is reminiscent of dialogue from The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947). "You remind me of a man" "What man?" etc.

Monty Python member Terry Jones wrote one early version of the script. Little of his material was retained beyond the point where Sarah eats the poisoned peach.

The baby who plays Toby is 'Toby Froud' , son of Brian Froud who was the conceptual designer for both this movie and The Dark Crystal (1982), another Jim Henson production.

The full costume for Hoggle was lost for some time. It was later found at an unclaimed baggage store in Scottsboro, Alabama and is now on display in their museum.

The sources of the characters can be seen in Sarah's bedroom at the beginning of the movie. She has a stuffed animal that looks like Sir Didymus on her shelves, a doll that looks like Ludo near her window, a Firey doll on a shelf, a statue of Hoggle as a bookend, and a figurine of Jareth the Goblin King on the right hand side of her desk. Also, the dress that she wears in the ballroom scene is the same as the one on her music box doll, and the marble labyrinth game is the same as the hedge maze that comes later. There is also a small painting of a machine that closely resembles the machine with the giant rotating blades used by the "cleaners".

After you see the Hoggle bookend, there is a scrapbook shown. It shows newspaper clippings of Sarah's famous actress mom with another man, David Bowie.

Cheryl McFadden, one of the choreographers, also goes by the name Gates McFadden. McFadden plays Dr. Beverly Crusher in the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and in the Star Trek movies: Star Trek: Generations (1994); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).

In Sarah's room can be found posters and playbills from such musicals as Cats, Evita and La Cage aux Folles.

Terry Jones' original script ended with Sarah punching and kicking Jareth, then watching him shrink down until he's becomes a small and "snivelling" goblin. Also, Toby's name was Freddie in the early drafts of the story.

David Bowie was one of the three choices for Jareth. The other two were Michael Jackson and Sting.

To help the actor playing him to see, there is a video camera in Ludo's horns.