Second Knight Rider spin-off to have one of the characters be an offspring of Michael Knight. In this series it's Mike Traceur, while in Team Knight Rider it was Jenny.
Will Arnett was originally casted as the voice of K.I.T.T. in the pilot episode and even recorded it. But was let go after Mustang informed NBC to recast him two weeks before the pilot episode aired because Arnett was the voice of GMC truck commercials. Val Kilmer was then brought in last minute to be the voice of K.I.T.T.
Originally, Will Arnett was cast as the voice of K.I.T.T. However, after he had finished recording his lines to everyone's satisfaction, a conflict of interest was raised. His is the distinctive voice heard on General Motors car and truck commercials, but K.I.T.T. is a Ford vehicle. As a result, Val Kilmer was cast as K.I.T.T.'s voice and all of the car's dialog was re-recorded.
In this series K.I.T.T stands for Knight Industries Three Thousand, not to be confused with the original K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Two Thousand).
In the beginning, as the thieves are going through the garage, you can see many of the parts from a third generation Firebird, including the outline of an opened hood, a Tune Port Injected engine, as well as the dash of the Knight Industries Two Thousand.
If you discount the super cars from the short lived Team Knight Rider series or the car that K.I.T.T. was put into in the movie Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV), the new K.I.T.T. is a third generation of Knight Industries Super Cars. The first was K.A.R.R. (Knight Automated Roving Robot), then came the first K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Two Thousand), and finally the current K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Three Thousand). Later on, we learn there was also a second K.A.R.R., making K.I.T.T. the *fourth* generation.)
For much of the movie, Mike Traceur wears a modern version of Michael Knight's signature outfit from the original series - Maroon t-shirt, blue jeans, and a black leather jacket.
In the original series, KITT's license plate was a California plate: KNIGHT. In this series KITT's license plate can morph into any state they are in, and it is: 77KR117. (Although in some SSC scenes, it's just KR.)
Mike Traceur is initially living in Las Vegas, which is where Michael Knight had been a cop before being recruited into FLAG in the original show.
In the scene where Sarah explains KITT's fuel technology, Mike asks "Why you gotta hate on Nebraska?" This is an inside joke to Justin Bruening, as he is from St. Helena, Nebraska.
This film effectively removes all previous "revivals" - Knight Rider 2000 (1991) (TV), Knight Rider 2010 (1994) (TV) and Team Knight Rider - from the Knight Rider "timeline".
Mike can't recall the name of the woman he's chasing. But says her father was Michael Long. Michael Long was the original name of Michael Knight in the original Knight Rider series.
Michael's cover name is Devon and Zoe's cover name is Bonnie. Devon Miles was the original Michael Knight's boss, and Bonnie was KITT's engineer, in the original series.
WILHELM SCREAM: (At 25:23) As a surfer falls from a wave.
Mike Traceur and Zoe Chae are given alias' as part of their cover; Devon and Bonnie. This is a direct reference to the 1982 series, with David Hasselhoff; who was aided by Devon Miles and Bonnie Barstow.
In this episode Dr. Graiman makes a reference to K.A.R.R. (Knight Automated Roving Robot) which was the first super car that Knight Industries built and was first seen in the episode Trust Don't Rust. Due to a programing malfunction K.A.R.R. was deactivated and put into storage. This resulted in the first K.I.T.T. being built. The two would face off at the end of the episode, resulting in K.A.R.R. jumping off a bridge in order to save itself from a head-on collision with K.I.T.T.. K.A.R.R. would later make a final appearance in the episode K.I.T.T. vs K.A.R.R., were the rogue super car was finally destroyed.
At the time of its original airing, going to the website featured in the episode (www.nikkiandmax.com) redirected to the writer's blog page about the episode on the NBC Knight Rider website.
Peter Cullen did the voice of K.A.R.R. in this episode. He is well known by some fans as the Voice of Optimus Prime, which is a robot that changes into a vehicle, in both the Transformers Cartoon series and the Transformers movies. He also did the voice of the first K.A.R.R. in the original Knight Rider Series.
At the time of the original airing, the website that KITT uploaded himself to (www.michaelknight.org) redirected you to NBC.com.
Peter Cullen reprises his role as the voice of KARR from the original series episode "Knight Rider" (1982) {Trust Doesn't Rust (#1.9)}.
At 10:15, Billy Morgan introduced himself as "Lieutenant Templeton Benedict". In the series The A-Team, the character 'Lt. Templeton "Faceman' Peck (Character)' was played by actor Dirk Benedict. The A-Team and the original Knight Rider (1982) aired in overlapping years from the same studio. In addition, Benedict also played the character of Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica (1978); Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider were both executive produced by Glen A. Larson.
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