The 1964 Chevelle Malibu driven by Vincent Vega belonged to Tarantino and was stolen during the film. In 2013, a police officer saw two kids stealing an old car. While arresting them and searching for the owner, he saw that the VIN number had been altered. It turned out to be Tarantino's stolen car. The owner had just bought the vehicle and had no idea it was stolen.
Uma Thurman, who played Mia, actually disliked the song playing during the twist contest at Jack Rabbit Slim's and told Tarantino it didn't sound right. Tarantino said, "Trust me, it's perfect."
Jules's "Bad Mother Fucker" wallet belonged to Tarantino. The writing on the wallet was a reference to the theme song of Shaft (1971).
Jules flipping the table at the beginning was improvised by Samuel L. Jackson, and Frank Whaley's reaction was genuine, but they continued the scene and it was done in a single take.
Christopher Walken, who played Captain Koons, pauses at the end of his explanation about the story behind the gold watch in the scene where he gives it to young Butch. The reason is that Walken forgot his lines. Because it looked so authentic, it was decided to leave this mistake in the film.
When Vincent first enters Mia's house, one of the back doors is open. This was done to prevent the camera from reflecting in the glass.
The portrait of Mia hanging in Marsellus's house was painted by Steven Martinez, the brother of head graphic designer Gerald Martinez.
Vincent talks about Amsterdam because Tarantino spent time there to write the film's script.
At the end, there is a special thanks to Jennifer Beals. The actress was close friends with Tarantino in the nineties. Before making this film, while he was struggling as a director, he often stayed at her house.
The selection frame containing Butch's boxes advertises the following fights: Coolidge vs Wilson and Vossler vs Martinez. The first is a reference to US presidents Calvin Coolidge and Woodrow Wilson, and the second to Russell Vossler and Jerry Martinez, two friends of Tarantino from when he worked at a video store.
The point where Jody gets involved in Mia's overdose and Vincent and Lance's efforts to manage the situation are presented in a single shot from 57:32 to 58:55 in theatrical cut.
Tarantino's apartment during the pre-production phase of this film was the same apartment Travolta rented in the 1970s.
While taking the guns from the trunk, Jules can be seen putting the safety on before concealing it, while Vincent does not.
In the Jack Rabbit Slim's scene, Mia does not eat the cherry in her five-dollar shake.
A few days before the film's first broadcast on terrestrial television in the fall of 1997, Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield are shown firing their guns nonstop while the film is being advertised. However, they do not fire for that long in the film.
While Vincent and Jules are in one of the corridors in front of Brett's apartment, it is possible to hear Strawberry Letter 23 from one of the other apartments.
Mia debunks Vincent's rumor that her husband threw Tony out the window for giving her a foot massage, saying, "The only thing Antwan ever touched was my hand at my wedding." After Vincent drops Mia off at her house, he shakes her hand.
Wolf uses a napkin while talking on the phone to show how cautious he is.
Uma Thurman's foot is bare for most of the film.
In the opening scene, Pumpkin has a pack of Red Apple cigarettes in front of him. Looking closely, the red apple and green worm can be made out. Butch and Mia Wallace also smoke Red Apple cigarettes.
The taxi driver Esmarelda has no shoes.
It has been reported that Tarantino said Butch was responsible for locking Vincent's car.
In the opening scene featuring Honey Bunny and Pumpkin, Jules can be heard talking about giving up his life, and Vincent can be seen entering the bathroom.
According to an interview with Phil LaMarr, it was John Travolta who came up with the idea of Marvin being shot in the face. Marvin was originally supposed to be accidentally shot in the throat and die slowly and painfully. Vincent and Jules decide that Marvin should be shot in the head and be put out of his misery. Knowing this would make the characters unlikable, Travolta took his idea to Tarantino, who agreed, thinking that killing him with a single bullet would be funnier.
Quentin Tarantino has said that the bandage on the back of Marsellus Wallace's neck has nothing to do with the devil taking Marsellus. Ving Rhames, who played the character, cut himself while shaving and used a bandage to cover the cut.
In a radio interview with Howard Stern in late 2003, a caller asked Tarantino what was inside the briefcase, and Tarantino said, "Whatever the viewer wants it to be."
In the scene where the child shoots at Vincent and Jules in the room, some viewers noted that bullet holes can be seen on the wall just before the child fires. At the beginning of the scene, when Jules and Vincent enter the apartment, there are no holes in the wall behind them. These suddenly appear right after Jules and Vincent kill Brett, before the child fires at them.
In the film's final scene, Pumpkin points a gun at the diner owner, who says, "Please, I'm just a coffee shop..." and is cut off by Pumpkin telling the guests to stay calm. In the film's credits, the actor who plays the diner owner is listed as Coffee Shop.
Death count: 8, 6 on screen, the other two are mentioned.
Vincent leaves the diner with the book he was reading in the bathroom, and this book is visible when he is shot in Butch's apartment.
As Butch passes the first of two houses on his way to his apartment to get his watch, you can hear an ad for a five-dollar shake at Jack Rabbit Slim's from one of the windows.
While Butch is on his way to his apartment, you can hear someone in the background saying, "That's Jack Rabbit Slim's."
If you look closely at Lance while Vincent is taking heroin, Lance is wearing a plaid shirt around his waist. The tartan colors are red, black and yellow.
When Butch opens the door to his apartment, Bruce Willis's four ear piercings are visible.