50 Fun Facts About Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Which future US president plays himself in Home Alone 2, pointing Kevin towards the Plaza lobby?

Donald Trump owned the Plaza Hotel at the time. By the director's account, he let the crew film in the lobby in exchange for a cameo on top of the usual fee.

Which voice-changing recorder, built as a prop for Home Alone 2, became a sell-out toy a year later?

The Talkboy lets Kevin slow his voice down and book a Plaza room as an adult. Tiger Electronics built the prop, then sold a Deluxe version that sold out across America in 1993.

Which Florida city are the McCallisters flying to when Kevin boards the wrong plane in Home Alone 2?

Miami is where the rest of the family lands before noticing Kevin is gone. He had complained that Florida had no Christmas trees.

What does the pigeon lady throw over Harry and Marv to save Kevin in Central Park in Home Alone 2?

Birdseed brings a huge flock of pigeons down on the two burglars, who had been about to kill Kevin. The birds hold them until they are arrested.

Beside which New York landmark's Christmas tree does Kate finally find Kevin in Home Alone 2?

Rockefeller Center is where Kate heads once she remembers how fond Kevin is of Christmas trees. Mother and son apologise to each other and make up there.

After escaping from prison, the Wet Bandits of Home Alone 2 rename themselves which kind of Bandits?

Sticky replaces Wet as the pair's trademark once they reach New York. They soon run into Kevin outside Duncan's Toy Chest.

Which Rocky Horror Picture Show star plays the suspicious Plaza Hotel concierge in Home Alone 2?

Tim Curry plays Mr. Hector, the hotel's concierge. His staff confront Kevin once the credit card he is using is reported stolen.

Which building material does Kevin lob at Harry and Marv from high up a townhouse in Home Alone 2?

Bricks rain down from the roof as Kevin's opening attack. Earlier he threw one through the toy store window, apology note attached, to interrupt the robbery.

Mr. Duncan plans to give his toy store's Christmas takings to which cause in Home Alone 2?

A children's hospital is due to receive the money, which is why Kevin decides the robbery must be stopped. He adds $20 of his own to the fund.

Which actor suffered real burns filming the scene where Harry's hat is set alight in Home Alone 2?

Joe Pesci was hurt by the flames used for the gag. He made the sequel soon after winning an Oscar for the gangster film Goodfellas.

Which future Schitt's Creek star returns as Kevin's mother Kate in Home Alone 2?

Catherine O'Hara plays Kate McCallister in both of the first two films. Decades later she won an Emmy as Moira Rose in the sitcom.

Which Star Wars composer returned to write the score for Home Alone 2?

John Williams reused much of his music from the first film and added a new theme, Christmas Star.

Which director, later hired for the first two Harry Potter films, made Home Alone 2?

Chris Columbus directed the first two Home Alone films. Home Alone 2 gave him his biggest opening weekend until Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001.

Which Ferris Bueller's Day Off filmmaker wrote and produced Home Alone 2 for 20th Century Fox?

John Hughes finished the script by February 1991 under a six-picture deal with the studio. He had also written and produced the first film.

Which pair of ornaments does Mr. Duncan give Kevin as a symbol of friendship in Home Alone 2?

Turtle doves come as a pair so that Kevin can keep one and give the other to someone special. The pigeon lady receives the second on Christmas morning.

In which New York concert venue does the pigeon lady show Kevin her hideaway in Home Alone 2?

Carnegie Hall's rafters are where the two listen to a Christmas concert. There she admits she has been afraid to trust people ever since her heart was broken.

What is Kevin fetching from his dad's bag when he loses the family at the airport in Home Alone 2?

Batteries for his tape recorder are what Kevin is after. He then follows a man he mistakes for his father onto a flight to New York.

In which European capital is Kevin's uncle while his New York house is renovated in Home Alone 2?

Paris has the uncle's family for the holidays, leaving the half-renovated house empty for Kevin. The McCallisters themselves flew to the same city in the first film.

Which Oscar winner for My Left Foot plays the pigeon lady of Central Park in Home Alone 2?

Brenda Fricker took the part soon after becoming the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award.

Among 1992 releases, only The Bodyguard and which Disney film outgrossed Home Alone 2 worldwide?

Aladdin and The Bodyguard both finished ahead worldwide. In the US and Canada, though, Home Alone 2 beat The Bodyguard to rank second for the year.

Which early-1990s Saturday Night Live cast member plays Cedric the Plaza bellhop in Home Alone 2?

Rob Schneider was midway through his 1990–94 run on the sketch show when he played the bellhop, credited simply as Bellman.

Which actor, also the adult narrator of The Wonder Years, plays the burglar Marv in Home Alone 2?

Daniel Stern voiced the grown-up Kevin Arnold from 1988 to 1993, so the narration overlapped with both of his turns as Marv.

Which future Succession star plays Fuller, Kevin's youngest cousin, in Home Alone 2?

Kieran Culkin is the real-life younger brother of the film's star. He made his feature film debut as Fuller in the first film, aged seven.

Which fake gangster movie in Home Alone 2 is the sequel to the one Kevin watched in the first film?

Angels with Even Filthier Souls follows the first film's Angels with Filthy Souls. Ralph Foody returns as its gangster, Johnny, credited simply as Gangster.

Which small round objects does Kevin use to trip up his pursuers in Home Alone 2?

Pearls from a necklace send his pursuers sliding. The Home Alone 2 video game turned the gag into an item that makes enemies slip off the screen.

What does Kevin do to the rope as Harry and Marv climb down it from the townhouse in Home Alone 2?

Kevin sets it on fire, having soaked the rope in fuel beforehand. The burglars' fall then triggers a catapult that covers them in varnish.

Harry and Marv see Kevin's paint-can trick coming in Home Alone 2, only to be hit by what instead?

A metal bar sends both burglars flying just after they pretend the paint cans have hit them. They remembered the swinging cans from the first film.

Duncan's Toy Chest in Home Alone 2 was really the Rookery Building, a landmark in which city?

Chicago's Rookery Building supplied the exterior and a lower level of the New York toy store. Much of the film was shot in Illinois.

Which singer recorded All Alone on Christmas with E Street Band members for Home Alone 2?

Darlene Love's single was written and produced by Steve Van Zandt, and it returned her name to the Billboard Hot 100.

In the Disney+ sequel Home Sweet Home Alone, Buzz McCallister of Home Alone 2 returns in which job?

Police officer Buzz McCallister is played once more by Devin Ratray, almost thirty years after he bullied Kevin on screen.

Which veteran actor, Roy Walley in National Lampoon's Vacation, plays Mr. Duncan in Home Alone 2?

Eddie Bracken made his name in two 1944 Preston Sturges comedies, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero.

Which Breakfast Club star makes a cameo as a New York ticket agent in Home Alone 2?

Ally Sheedy's cameo reunited her with the film's writer-producer, who had directed her in The Breakfast Club in 1985.

Which host of The Newlywed Game presents the fictional game show Ding-Dang-Dong in Home Alone 2?

Bob Eubanks fronts the made-up show, whose celebrity panel features Rip Taylor, Jaye P. Morgan and Jimmie Walker.

Which Home Alone 2 film editor went on to make his directing debut with Home Alone 3?

Raja Gosnell had edited the first two Home Alone films before taking over the series. He later directed the live-action Scooby-Doo movies.

Home Alone 2 broke a November opening-weekend record set only a week earlier by which vampire film?

Bram Stoker's Dracula held the record for just seven days. Home Alone 2's $31.1 million opening then stood until Interview with the Vampire in 1994.

One of the board games sold as Home Alone 2 merchandise was a close copy of which classic game?

Mouse Trap, with its chain-reaction contraption, suited a film built around elaborate household ambushes. Other tie-in games were based around play cards.

Which publisher released Home Alone 2 video games for the NES, Super NES and Game Boy?

THQ put the games out from late 1992, while Tiger Electronics made a separate hand-held version.

Which real airline, a promotional partner of Home Alone 2, flies the McCallisters on Boeing 767s?

American Airlines carries the family on two of its 767s and is thanked in the end credits, alongside the Plaza Hotel.

From 2017 the Plaza Hotel sold Home Alone 2 packages that included which in-suite dessert?

An ice cream sundae came with the hotel's packages, alongside memorabilia, photo opportunities and visits to New York tourist attractions.

At which school event does Buzz humiliate Kevin in front of an audience early in Home Alone 2?

A Christmas pageant ends in chaos when Kevin shoves Buzz back and topples the entire choir. He then refuses to apologise and storms off to the attic.

How did Kevin earn the $20 he hands Mr. Duncan for the charity fund in Home Alone 2?

Shoveling snow paid for Kevin's donation. The gesture moves Mr. Duncan to hand him a present to share with someone special.

Home Alone 2 ends with Kevin's father shouting from the Plaza Hotel after being handed what?

The room service bill from Kevin's solo stay arrives on Christmas morning. Kevin hears his father's yell through an open window while visiting the pigeon lady.

Which Disney songwriter composed My Christmas Tree, a choir number on the Home Alone 2 soundtrack?

Alan Menken wrote the tune to lyrics by Jack Feldman, his partner on the musical film Newsies, released the same year.

Before Lost in New York was chosen, Kevin McCallister's second film was announced under which title?

Alone Again was the tentative name when the sequel was announced in April 1991. Its code name during the New York shoot was Christmas in the Park.

A clip from which animated holiday special in Home Alone 2 is credited to Turner Entertainment?

How the Grinch Stole Christmas is acknowledged in the end credits, which also thank Republic Pictures for footage from It's a Wonderful Life.

What does Kevin's father accidentally reset the night before the family's flight in Home Alone 2?

The alarm clock mix-up makes the McCallisters oversleep and race through the airport, which is where Kevin gets separated from them.

What does a grateful Mr. Duncan send to the McCallisters' hotel room at the end of Home Alone 2?

A truckload of gifts arrives on Christmas morning, Mr. Duncan's thanks for the note Kevin left explaining the broken window.

Which actress plays Hester Stone, the Plaza Hotel desk clerk tricked by Kevin, in Home Alone 2?

Dana Ivey is a five-time Tony nominee who had just played Margaret Alford in The Addams Family.

Which young-adult author wrote the Scholastic novelization published alongside Home Alone 2?

Todd Strasser is also known for The Wave, a bestselling novelization he wrote under the pen name Morton Rhue.

Which actor, later Emmy-nominated for The Sopranos, plays Kevin's father Peter in Home Alone 2?

John Heard played Peter McCallister in the first two Home Alone films. In 1999 he earned an Emmy nomination as the corrupt detective Vin Makazian.