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Footage was used from the film Shao Lin hu ho chen tien hsia (1977) (a different translation of the title is given in the opening credits). Most of the archive footage appears to be from The Savage Killers. Actors were digitally inserted into scenes from the original film.
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With exception of the character Whoa, Steve Oedekerk did all of the other character's dubbed voices.
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When the camera is positioned above the waterfall, the RMS Titanic can be seen in the water below.
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The scene in which Chosen is talking to Mu-Shu Fasa was filmed in Steve Oedekerk's backyard with a digital video camera. A lamp was used for light and a hairdryer was used for wind.
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To create the effect of bad dubbing, writer Steve Oedekerk wrote a script of nonsensical dialogue for the actors to say. The real dialogue was dubbed during post-production. For example, when Chosen says "But, isn't Betty a woman's name?" If you read his lips he says, "But, isn't Trouble a family game?".
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Part of a scene in which Chosen and Ling's father are falling down a waterfall was filmed in Steve Oedekerk's swimming pool.
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As Mu-Shu Fasa disappears, he says, "This is CNN..." James Earl Jones is the voice that says this famous line on the CNN television channel, as well as the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King (of which Mu-Shu Fasa is an obvious parody)
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When the Chosen One and Ling's father fall down the waterfall, a whale falls down after them.
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The logo used for the evil council is the symbol used in the United Kingdom to represent vehicle MOT testing stations.
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The "intermission" that appears following the tiny net scene was a last-minute invention by Oedekerk, after a lengthy interrogation and escape scene was cut from the film. The music heard during the faux-intermission is actually recycled bumper music from steve.oedekerk.com.
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