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{{short description|2000 film by Steven Brill}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Little Nicky
| image          = Little nicky.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Steven Brill (filmmaker)|Steven Brill]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Robert Simonds]]
* [[Jack Giarraputo]]
}}
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tim Herlihy]]
* [[Adam Sandler]]
* Steven Brill
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* Adam Sandler
* [[Patricia Arquette]]
* [[Harvey Keitel]]
* [[Rhys Ifans]]
* [[Tommy Lister Jr.]]
* [[Rodney Dangerfield]]
}}
| music          = [[Teddy Castellucci]]
| cinematography = [[Theo van de Sande]]
| editing        = [[Jeff Gourson]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Happy Madison Productions]]
* [[Robert Simonds|RSC Media]]
}}
| distributor    = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released       = {{film date|2000|11|10}}
| runtime        = 90 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $80—85 million<ref name="numbers">{{Cite web |title=Little Nicky (2000) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Little-Nicky-(2000)#tab=summary |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
| gross          = $58 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Nicky |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl694257153/weekend/ |access-date=6 July 2020 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
}}
'''''Little Nicky''''' is a 2000 American [[dark fantasy]] [[comedy film|comedy]] film directed by [[Steven Brill (filmmaker)|Steven Brill]], written by [[Tim Herlihy]], [[Adam Sandler]], and Brill, and starring Sandler in the title role, [[Patricia Arquette]], [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Tommy Lister Jr.|Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.]], [[Rhys Ifans]], and [[Rodney Dangerfield]] with supporting roles by [[Allen Covert]], [[Kevin Nealon]], [[Jon Lovitz]], [[Michael McKean]], and [[Quentin Tarantino]]. The film depicts the son of Satan and an angel who is tasked with returning his two brothers to Hell and preventing them from destroying the boundary between good and evil on Earth. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a [[Box-office bomb|box office bomb]], grossing $58 million against an $80–85 million budget.

==Plot==
With his 10,000-year reign coming to an end, [[Satan]] must decide which of his three sons will succeed him as ruler of [[Hell]]. Adrian is the most devious, Cassius is the cruelest and Nicky is the kindest. Nicky has had a [[speech impediment]] and a disfigured jaw since Cassius hit him in the face with a shovel. Satan assembles his sons to tell them that as they are not yet ready to succeed him, he will continue ruling Hell.

Angered by this decision, Adrian and Cassius travel to Earth to create a new Hell by possessing religious and political leaders in [[New York City]]. As they leave, they freeze the entrance to Hell, preventing more evil souls from entering and causing Satan to begin to disintegrate. Stanley the Gatekeeper informs Satan of this and Satan punishes him by growing breasts on his head and giving him to his father [[Lucifer]]. Now too weak to stop Adrian and Cassius, he sends Nicky to Earth with a silver [[Hip flask|flask]] that traps whoever drinks from it inside.

Nicky has difficulty surviving on Earth and is killed several times, landing in Hell and returning to New York each time. While learning how to eat and sleep, he meets a [[Spirit possession|possessed]] talking bulldog named Mr. Beefy, rents an apartment with an actor named Todd and falls in love with a design student named Valerie. Nicky encounters Adrian but fails to capture him and scares Valerie away. Nicky then observes Cassius on television possessing the referee of a [[Harlem Globetrotters]] game. Nicky arrives at the game and successfully tricks Cassius into the flask. [[Satanism|Satanist]] [[Heavy metal subculture|metalheads]] John and Peter swear loyalty to Nicky. That evening, Nicky apologizes to Valerie and they begin a relationship after he reveals who he is and why he's on Earth.

The following day, Adrian possesses the Chief of the New York City Police Department and accuses Nicky of mass murder. Nicky has Todd kill him so he can go back to Hell and ask his father for advice. However, Satan has trouble hearing because his ears have fallen off, and his assistants are panicking because the deadline to capture Adrian and Cassius is approaching.

Back on Earth, Nicky and his friends devise a plan to capture Adrian in a subway station. Adrian discovers their trick and in the ensuing fight, he grabs Valerie and dives onto the track as a train approaches, but Nicky throws her aside, leaving himself and Adrian to be killed by the train.

Arriving in Hell just minutes before midnight, Adrian begins taking over Hell by pushing what remains of his father aside, sitting on the throne, rising to [[Central Park]], and starting a riotous party. Meanwhile, Nicky wakes up in Heaven as a reward for sacrificing himself and meets his mother Holly, an [[angel]] who tells him that he can defeat Adrian with the "[[Good|inner light]]" that he inherited from her.

After she gives him a mysterious orb, he confronts Adrian in Central Park. Adrian appears to win the battle by transforming into a [[bat]] and locking Nicky in the flask. However, Nicky escapes from the flask and shatters the orb, causing [[Ozzy Osbourne]] to appear, [[Ozzy Osbourne#Controversies|bite off Adrian's head]], and spit it into the flask.

With his brothers captured, Nicky prepares to save his father. He and Valerie express their love for each other and she kills him. In Hell, Satan regains his body and suggests Nicky stay with Valerie to maintain things in the middle while stating to Holly that he still loves her. In the presence of Nicky and Satan, Lucifer shoves the flask containing Adrian and Cassius up [[Adolf Hitler]]'s rump.

One year later, Nicky and Valerie live in New York with their infant son named Zachariah who has demonic powers.

A postscript revealed what happened to everyone:

* Valerie accidentally struck Nicky with a shovel which fixed his jaw disfigurement, believing that he is "still no [[George Clooney]]".
* Zachariah was suspended from nursery school after turning another kid's bottle of milk into moose urine.
* Todd started his one-man show on Broadway which only a transvestite named Andrew/Nipples who attended Adrian's riotous party attended.
* Mr. Beefy reunited with his rat girlfriend Heather where they got married last April and had kids.
* Stanley the Gatekeeper and Gary the Monster also had kids of their own.
* Satan and Holly have been unable to deal with their long-distance relationship after dating for a while. Satan has been romantically linked to both the [[Blair Witch]] and [[Cher]]. Holly immediately fell in love with her new aerobics instructor [[Chris Farley]].
* Using their $25,000,000.00 reward money, John and Peter purchased [[Led Zeppelin]]'s old touring airplane, stocked it with cake, beer and great tunes, died in a plane crash soon after takeoff due to a lack of a pilot, and ended up happily in Hell as honored residents who have been given Nicky's old bedroom to party in.

==Cast==
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* [[Adam Sandler]] as Nicky, the youngest son of Satan and an angel named Holly.
* [[Patricia Arquette]] as Valerie Veran, a design student who Nicky falls for.
* [[Harvey Keitel]] as [[Satan]], the ruler of Hell, the father of Nicky, Adrian, and Cassius.
* [[Rhys Ifans]] as Adrian, the devious firstborn of Satan.
* [[Allen Covert]] as Todd, a failed actor who takes Nicky in as a roommate.
* [[Tom Lister Jr.|Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.]] as Cassius, the brutish second son of Satan.
* [[Kevin Nealon]] as Stanley "Tit-Head", the Gatekeeper of Hell, whose namesake originates from Satan manifesting breasts on top of his head as punishment for failing to stop Adrian and Cassius from leaving Hell.
* [[Jon Lovitz]] as The Peeper, a pervert who gets caught spying on Mrs. Dunleavy from a tree. He is killed by Scotty after he slingshots a rock at him, condemning to Hell where he is chased by giant horny birds.
* [[Michael McKean]] as the unnamed Chief of Police whom Adrian possesses.
* [[Quentin Tarantino]] as a blind deacon who senses Nicky's presence as a sign of the apocalypse.
* [[Rodney Dangerfield]] as [[Lucifer]], Nicky, Adrian, and Cassius's paternal grandfather and Satan's father who created Hell.
* [[Robert Smigel]] as the voice of Mr. Beefy, a possessed bulldog and an old friend of Satan that Nicky befriends.
* [[Peter Dante]] as Peter, a Satanist metalhead and friend of John who befriends Nicky.
* [[Jonathan Loughran]] as John, a Satanist metalhead who befriends Nicky.
* [[Blake Clark]] as Jimmy, a demon who is one of Satan's advisors.
* [[John Witherspoon (actor)|John Witherspoon]] as a Street Vendor who briefly steals Nicky's flask.
* [[Lewis Arquette]] as a cardinal
* [[Dana Carvey]] as Whitey Duvall, the referee. Character credited as "Referee".
* [[Ellen Cleghorne]] as a mother at the Globetrotters Game
* [[John Farley (actor)|John Farley]] as a Human Dartboard
* [[Clint Howard]] as Andrew/Nipples, a transvestite that attended Adrian's riotous party in Central Park
* [[Leah Lail]] as Christa
* [[Dan Marino]] as himself, he tries to sell his soul to Satan in exchange for a [[Super Bowl]] victory, only to be declined when Satan considers himself too good to claim his soul.
* [[Ozzy Osbourne]] as himself, he is summoned by Nicky to bite the head off of Adrian's bat form.
* [[Regis Philbin]] as himself
* [[Rob Schneider]] as a Townie who attends Adrian's riotous party in Central Park and witnesses Nicky's fight with Adrian. Schneider reprises his role from ''[[The Waterboy]]''.
* [[Frank Sivero]] as an Alumni Hall Announcer
* [[Jackie Sandler|Jackie Titone]] as Jenna
* [[George Wallace (American comedian)|George Wallace]] as Mayor Randolph, the [[Mayor of New York City]] that Cassius possesses.
* [[Bill Walton]] as himself
* [[Carl Weathers]] as Derick "Chubbs" Peterson, a former pro-golfer who is now a dance instructor in Heaven. Weathers reprises his role from ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' where his accidental death occurred.
* [[Henry Winkler]] as himself, he gets covered by bees twice in Central Park with the first one caused by Adrian and the second one caused by Nicky.
* [[Reese Witherspoon]] as Holly, an angel who is Nicky's mother.
* [[Laura Harring]] as Mrs. Veronique Dunleavy, a woman who is spied upon by the Peeper
* Isaiah Griffin as Scotty Dunleavy, the son of Mrs. Dunleavy.
* Christopher Carroll as [[Adolf Hitler]], head of the [[Nazi Party]], who is condemned to Hell, dressed as a French maid, and routinely has large pineapples forced into his anus by Satan
* Joseph S. Griffo as an Evil Little Person
* Michael Deak as Gary the Monster
** [[Jess Harnell]] as the vocal effects of Gary the Monster
* [[Fred Wolf (writer)|Fred Wolf]] as a Harlem Globetrotters fan.
* [[Radio Man]] as himself (deleted scene)
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==Reception==
===Box office===
It opened at #2 at the North American box office making $16 million [[United States dollar|USD]] in its opening weekend, behind ''[[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]'', which was on its second consecutive week at the top spot.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-charlies-angels-hold-off/124134562/ |title=Charlie's angels hold off Sandler's devils to remain No. 1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506041407/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-charlies-angels-hold-off/124134562/ |date=November 13, 2000 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |page=35 |publisher=[[The Pantagraph]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film went on to earn $39.5 million domestically and another $18.8 million worldwide, bringing the total to $58 million.

===Critical response===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|22||114|Despite the presence of a large, talented cast, the jokes in ''Little Nicky'' are dumb, tasteless, and not that funny, and Adam Sandler's character is grating to watch.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Nicky |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little_nicky/ |access-date=March 3, 2025|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |date=10 November 2000 |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|38|29}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Nicky |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/little-nicky |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=Red Ventures}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "B" on a scale of A to F.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LITTLE NICKY (2000) B- |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date=December 20, 2018 |website=[[CinemaScore]]}}</ref>

Comedian and former ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' host [[Michael J. Nelson]] named the film the worst comedy ever made.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Michael J |date=March 6, 2007 |title=Inoperable Humor: The 5 Worst Comedies of All Time |url=http://www.cracked.com/article_15047_inoperable-humor-5-worst-comedies-all-time.html |access-date=April 3, 2016 |publisher=Cracked.com}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film a score of two-and-a-half stars out of four, describing ''Little Nicky'' as "the best Sandler movie to date" and the Nicky character as "intriguing", while at the same time lamenting Sandler's lack of finesse and vocal quirks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=November 10, 2000 |title=Little Nicky movie review & film summary (2000) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/little-nicky-2000 |access-date=March 3, 2021 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>

In 2020, Evan Saathoff of ''[[/Film]]'' argued against the characterization of ''Little Nicky'' as being "a blight on [Sandler's] filmography", writing that Sandler "certainly never got ''this'' wild again, not in one of his own films at least."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saathoff |first=Evan |date=November 27, 2020 |title=Little Nicky Defense: This Movie Is Actually Good |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/little-nicky-defense/ |access-date=July 18, 2021 |website=[[/Film]]}}</ref>

===Accolades===
The film was nominated for five awards at the [[21st Golden Raspberry Awards]], including [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]] ([[Adam Sandler]]), [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]] ([[Patricia Arquette]]), [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]] and [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]. It lost in all categories to ''[[Battlefield Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth]]'' starring [[John Travolta]]. At the 2000 [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]], the film received seven total nominations: Worst Picture (lost to ''Battlefield Earth''), Worst Actor for Sandler (lost to John Travolta), Worst On-Screen Couple for Sandler and that unfunny bulldog (lost to John Travolta and everyone in the galaxy for ''Battlefield Earth''), Most Annoying Fake Accent for Sandler, Worst On-Screen Hairstyle for Sandler (lost to both Travolta and [[Forest Whitaker]] for ''Battlefield Earth''), Most Annoying Product Placement for [[Popeyes Chicken]] (lost to [[FedEx]] and [[Wilson Sporting Goods|Wilson]] in ''[[Cast Away]]''), and Most Unfunny Comic Relief for the painfully unfunny talking bulldog (lost to [[Tom Green]] for ''[[Road Trip (2000 film)|Road Trip]]'' and ''Charlie's Angels''). As noted, its only win was for Most Annoying Fake Accent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Winners Database |url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2000/2000st.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105221207/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/2000/2000st.htm |archive-date=5 January 2007 |access-date=18 September 2019 |website=The Envelope at LA Times}}</ref>

==Home media==
''Little Nicky'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] on April 24, 2001, by [[New Line Home Entertainment]]. The DVD includes two audio commentaries, a special feature dedicated to rock/metal music, the music video "School of Hard Knocks" by [[P.O.D.]], and deleted scenes.

[[Scream Factory]] released the film on Blu-ray for the first time on August 8, 2023, with all the special features from the DVD release and a new master from a 2K scan.

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name         = Little Nicky (Music from the Motion Picture)
| type         = Soundtrack
| artist       = various artists
| cover        = File:Little_Nicky_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|2000|10|31}}
| recorded     = 
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| genre        = [[Nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/giant-toilets-vampires-and-calvin-klein-the-14-craziest-moments-in-nu-metal-history | title=Giant toilets, vampires and Calvin Klein: The 14 craziest moments in nu metal history | date=22 November 2022 }}</ref>
| length       = {{Duration|m=48|s=31}}
| label        = [[Maverick (company)|Maverick]]
| producer     = {{hlist|[[Adam Sandler]] <small>([[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>|[[Guy Oseary]] <small>(exec.)</small>|Michael Dilbeck <small>(exec.)</small>|[[Ben Grosse]]|[[Deftones]]|[[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]|DJ Crook|[[DJ Muggs]]|Don Gilmore|[[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]|[[Johnny K]]|[[John Leckie]]|[[Jonah Matranga]]|[[P.O.D.]]|[[Powerman 5000]]|[[Richard Patrick]]|[[Rick Rubin]]|[[Scott Litt]]|[[Sylvia Massy]]|[[Terry Date]]}}
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = 
| next_year    = 
| chronology   = 
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Little Nicky (Music from the Motion Picture)
 | type        = Soundtrack
 | single1     = School of Hard Knocks
 | single1date = December 2000
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |title=Little Nicky [Music from the Motion Picture] - Original Soundtrack {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/little-nicky-music-from-the-motion-picture-mw0000101128 |access-date=November 26, 2020 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Soundtrack.Net]]
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheby |first=Matthew |date=December 2, 2004 |title=Little Nicky Soundtrack (2000) |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/little-nicky/ |access-date=November 26, 2020 |website=[[Soundtrack.Net]]}}</ref>
}}
The soundtrack album, ''Little Nicky (Music from the Motion Picture)'', was released October 31, 2000, through [[Maverick (company)|Maverick Records]] and featured a lineup that leaned heavily toward Maverick recording artists that included [[Deftones]], Insolence, [[Muse (band)|Muse]] and [[Ünloco]].

{{Track listing
| all_writing = 
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = School of Hard Knocks
| note1 = performed by [[P.O.D.]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Sonny Sandoval|Paul Joshua Sandoval]]|[[Marcos Curiel]]|[[Traa Daniels|Mark Daniels]]|[[Noah Bernardo]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[P.O.D.]]|[[Rick Rubin]]}}
| length1 = 4:04
| title2 = [[Pardon Me]]
| note2 = performed by [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Brandon Boyd]]|[[Mike Einziger|Michael Einziger]]|[[José Pasillas]]|[[Alex Katunich]]|[[Chris Kilmore]]}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|[[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]|[[Scott Litt]]}}
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = [[Change (In the House of Flies)]]
| note3 = performed by [[Deftones]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|[[Chino Moreno]]|[[Chi Cheng (musician)|Chi Cheng]]|[[Abe Cunningham]]|[[Stephen Carpenter]]}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|[[Deftones]]|[[Terry Date]]}}
| length3 = 4:58
| title4 = [[(Rock) Superstar]]
| note4 = performed by [[Cypress Hill]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[B-Real|Louis Freese]]|[[Sen Dog|Senen Reyes]]|[[DJ Muggs|Lawrence Muggerud]]}}
| extra4 = [[DJ Muggs]]
| length4 = 4:37
| title5 = Natural High
| note5 = performed by Insolence
| writer5 = {{hlist|Mark Herman|William Rosenthal|Armando Cardenas|Paul Perry}}
| extra5 = [[Sylvia Massy]]
| length5 = 3:20
| title6 = [[Points of Authority]]
| note6 = performed by [[Linkin Park]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[Chester Bennington]]|[[Mike Shinoda]]|[[Rob Bourdon]]|[[Brad Delson]]|[[Joe Hahn]]}}
| extra6 = Don Gilmore
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = [[Stupify]] (Fu's Forbidden Little Nicky Remix)
| note7 = performed by [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]
| writer7 = {{hlist|[[David Draiman]]|[[Dan Donegan]]|[[Mike Wengren]]|Steve Kmak}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|[[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]|[[Johnny K]]}}
| length7 = 5:08
| title8 = Nothing
| note8 = performed by [[Ünloco]]
| writer8 = {{hlist|Joey L. Dueñas|Brian Arthur|Peter Navarrete|Victor Escareño}}
| extra8 = Johnny K
| length8 = 2:40
| title9 = [[When Worlds Collide (Powerman 5000 song)|When Worlds Collide]]
| note9 = performed by [[Powerman 5000]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|[[Spider One|Michael Cummings]]|Adam Williams|[[Mike Tempesta]]|Dorian Heartsong|Allan Pahanish}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|[[Powerman 5000]]|Sylvia Massy}}
| length9 = 2:57
| title10 = [[Cave (Muse song)|Cave]]
| note10 = performed by [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| writer10 = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| extra10 = [[John Leckie]]
| length10 = 4:46
| title11 = [[Take a Picture (Filter song)|Take a Picture]]
| note11 = performed by [[Filter (band)|Filter]]
| writer11 = [[Richard Patrick]]
| extra11 = {{hlist|[[Ben Grosse]]|[[Richard Patrick]]|Geno Lenardo <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>|Rae DiLeo <small>(co.)</small>}}
| length11 = 4:22
| title12 = [[Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)]] (Acoustic)
| note12 = performed by Deftones
| writer12 = {{hlist|Moreno|Cheng|Cunningham|Carpenter}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|[[Chino Moreno]]|DJ Crook|[[Jonah Matranga]]}}
| length12 = 4:33
| total_length = 48:31
}}
;Notes
* Tracks 8 and 12 were not featured in the film

Some songs featured in the film, but excluded from the soundtrack, were "[[Ladies' Night (song)|Ladies' Night]]" by [[Kool & the Gang]]; "[[Runnin' with the Devil]]" by [[Van Halen]]; "[[Flying High Again]]", "[[Mama, I'm Coming Home]]", and "[[No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne song)|No More Tears]]" by [[Ozzy Osbourne]]; "[[Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?]]" by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]; "Now or Never" by [[Zebrahead]]; "[[Everlong]]" by [[Foo Fighters]]; "[[Two of Hearts (song)|Two of Hearts]]" by [[Stacey Q]]; "[[Southtown (song)|Southtown]]" and "[[Rock the Party (Off the Hook)]]" by [[P.O.D.]]; "[[Rock You Like a Hurricane]]" by [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]; and "[[Highway to Hell (song)|Highway to Hell]]" by [[AC/DC]].

"Solve" by [[Dream (Japanese group)|Dream]] is the image song for the Japanese release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=solve {{!}} Dream |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/27290/products/439262/1/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=ORICON NEWS |language=ja}}</ref>

==Video game==
{{Main|Little Nicky (video game)}}
A [[Game Boy Color]] game based on the film was released on December 15, 2000.

==See also==
* ''[[Dear Santa (2024 film)|Dear Santa]]'', another film that featured both Satan and Lucifer
* [[List of films about angels]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote|Little Nicky}}
* {{IMDb title|0185431}}

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