More ammunition was used in Starship Troopers than in any previous movie.

The fort defense scene contains many references to Zulu (1964) : "You're all going to die!", "Fire at will" and "Withdraw to the main compound", along with some similar camera angles.

Clancy Brown and Michael Ironside each starred as the main villain in a "Highlander" movie.

Cyrano, Carl's pet, was originally scripted as being a frog.

The screen of Rico's computer in the classroom shows the word "fedpaint" at the lower border.

The band at the graduation party plays a David Bowie song called "I Have Not Been To Oxford Town." The lyrics are reworked a bit to refer to the 23rd century rather than the 21st.

In the novel, Dizzy Flores was a man, and he was killed in the first chapter.

CAMEO (Producer, Jon Davison): the owner of the dog killed in the destruction of Buenos Aries: "The only good bug is a dead bug!"

When Carmen Ibanez arrives on the Rodger Young for the first time, she logs into her flight computer console, which identifies her as an Ensign. This is the only time her actual rank is ever mentioned.

CAMEO (Writer, Edward Neumeier): appears as the criminal sentenced to death during one media break

The scenes involving explosions and fire after the destruction of Buenos Aires were actually videos taken from the Oakland Hill fires in October of 1991.

Casper Van Dien (Johnny) broke his arm during a stunt involving jumping off a "tanker bug".

A copy of "Starship Troopers" can just be seen in Carl's basement.

Michael Ironside's character has both legs bitten off by a tanker bug. During a fight with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (also directed by Paul Verhoeven) Ironside's character has both arms severed.

General Owen is played by Marshall Bell. Bell played General Morgan in Puppet Masters, The (1994). Both movies are based on novels by Robert Heinlein. When faced with an imminent attack by the bugs, General Owen (Marshall Bell) sarcastically asks Lieutenant Jean Rasczak (Michael Ironside) to shoot him, which he nears does until Rico intervenes. In Total Recall (1990), Bell's character (George/Kuato) is killed by Ironside's character (Richter). Both films are directed by Paul Verhoven.

When Carmen Ibanez is taking the starship out of dock the first time, she flicks a switch to release the hoses attached to the docking platform. That switch is the power switch from a 1982 era IBM PC, the very first PC to see widespread use in home and office.

A miniature Millenium Falcon can be seen on the backside of one of the starships' bridges.

Most of the arachnids appearing on film are CGI but a few life-sized, robotic models were built. However, during the battle scenes, the actors wound up looking at Verhoeven himself who would stand in front of them & jump & scream to elicit their reactions.