 Although the Simpsons character of McBain predates this film,  _"Simpsons, The" (1989)_ (qv) were forced to drop the characters  name for a number of years, due to difficulties created by the  release of an action film called "McBain". The Simpsons kept the  character in the show, but referred to him by his "actual" name,  Rainer Wolfcastle, until the difficulties with the film "McBain"  passed.