Factual error: The guys are trying to find a seedy bar and are using the GPS with Gregory talking to them. The map shows them moving in one direction but the streets are diagonal from where they are going.

Horrible Bosses (2011)
1 factual error
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day
Genres: Comedy
Continuity mistake: When the rock holding the key to Pellit's home is thrown at the door. You can hear the key falling on the ground. Yet when the rock is picked up the key is still inside. There is also a doormat so why would they key make a noise?
Dave Harken: You can't win a marathon without putting some bandaids on your nipples!
Question: Is the scotch trick Kevin Spacey played on Jason Bateman a nod to "Hopfrog" by Edgar Allen Poe? To those of you who are wondering, Hopfrog is a deformed dwarf Jester who is forced to amuse a tyrant by being forced to drink wine because "it excited the poor cripple to madness, and madness is no comfortable feeling." Hopfrog avenges himself that very night, but I was just wondering.
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Chosen answer: I doubt that was a conscious decision - while it's certainly an interesting parallel, getting someone drunk to laugh at them is a common enough scheme.