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Glorious Purpose - S1-E1

Trivia: The tone and inflection of Miss Minutes' voice, as well as the animated presentation itself, bear a strong similarity to the Mr. DNA sequence from Jurassic Park.

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Trivia: Chris Pratt had planned to audition for the role of Chris Pratt, thinking he would land the role simply for having the same name as the character. However, he postponed the audition to go on a fishing trip, and by the time he had returned, Joseph Gordon-Levitt had been cast in the role.

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Trivia: A scene that was filmed, but not included in the final cut, was a fight between Sylvester Stallone and Jesse Ventura. This explains why Ventura disappears from the film after killing Dr. Cocteau.

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If This Be... M.O.D.O.K.! - S1-E1

Trivia: When M.O.D.O.K. and Austin are out on town, the places they visit make references to several other Marvel characters. The dragon that is serving them in the restaurant is Fin Fang Foom. The concert they are next shown to be attending is advertising Lila Cheney, who in the comics is a mutant who can teleport over interstellar distances. Lastly, the arcade belongs to Arcade, who is primarily an enemy of the X-Men. (00:10:27 - 00:10:58)

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Trivia: Despite its guitar-driven sound, the theme song for this show was actually written entirely on a keyboard using MIDI technology. Composer Ron Wasserman attributed this to having hardly any gear to work with, which only consisted of a nice mixer board that had EQ in it, and one compressor. He even admitted to pouring a Coke into the first console so that they would buy him a new one.

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Trivia: Wyatt Russell received death threats from overzealous fans for his role in this series.

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Trivia: The film mentions that modern followers refer to Dracula as Drake. This is likely a reference to Frank Drake, who in the comics is a descendant of Dracula and was a member of the Nightstalkers alongside Blade and Hannibal King.

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Trivia: Marvel opposed this film so much that they released an issue of The Punisher that depicted characters with the likenesses of Miles Teller, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell being killed in an explosion.

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Trivia: When Zeke and William are scoping out the meth house, Zeke remarks "This is some New Jack City shit." Chris Rock, who plays Zeke, also appeared in New Jack City, playing a police informant inside a crack house.

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Trivia: This film depicts the Utah Jazz as the NBA's Western Conference Champions (and eventual NBA champions). In the NBA season that followed the release of this film, the Jazz coincidentally became Western Conference Champions for the first time in franchise history, though they would lose in the NBA Finals to the Chicago Bulls.

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Trivia: The voice and speech mannerisms that Adam Sandler uses in this film are the same he used for his Excited Southerner character from his 1996 album "What the Hell Happened to Me?"

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Trivia: This is the first film in the Saw franchise in which Tobin Bell does not appear in any new scenes. He only appears in photographs during the investigation.

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Trivia: In addition to reprising his role as Gollum, Andy Serkis served as the second unit director for the trilogy.

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Trivia: Chris O'Donnell, who plays an acrobat in this film, has acrophobia in real life.

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Trivia: John Glover, who plays Dr. Woodrue, also voiced The Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series.

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Power Broker - S1-E3

Trivia: When Dovich and Karli are speaking in the street in Vilnius, Lithuania, visible in the background is a gate being guarded by several men, and on the gate is an encircled X, very reminiscent of the X-Men logo. The fictional nation of Madripoor seen in this episode is also closely associated with the X-Men in the comics. (00:38:57)

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Trivia: The end of the film shows Jordan's motivation to return to the NBA is when his ability to play is questioned by the other players in the film. This isn't far off from reality. In real life, part of what fuelled his return to the NBA was when he was visiting Utah Jazz members and former Dream Team teammates Karl Malone and John Stockton while the Jazz were in Chicago, and young Jazz guard Bryon Russell approached Jordan and asked him why he retired, and told him he could guard him. Coincidentally, Russell would end up trying to guard Jordan on his final possession as a member of the Bulls, which saw Jordan sinking the game winner of the 1998 NBA Finals.

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Out of the Past (2) - S3-E2

Trivia: Cyclops and Jean's waiter Sidney is a caricature of Sidney Iwanter, a writer for the show. (00:08:20)

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Trivia: Jared Leto is the first actor to portray the Joker in two live action films. Interestingly, despite being Batman's archnemesis, neither film Leto appears in is a Batman film.

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Previously On - S1-E8

Trivia: The all-white appearance of the reassembled Vision shown in the mid-credits scene is a nod to his look in a 1989 comics storyline called "Vision Quest," in which he was rebuilt without his original memories.

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