The film was suspected of influencing Luke Helder, a college university student who planted pipe bombs in mailboxes in 2002. Helder's intention was to create a smiley sample on the map of the United States, related to the scene in Fight Club in which a creating is vandalized to have a smiley on its exterior. Cieply, Michael (July 29, 2002). "Media Triumph of the Producing Class". Sragow, Michael (October 14, 1999). "Testosterama".