Trivia: Ben Sullivan, Dr. Cox's best friend and brother-in-law, loves his camera and takes pictures everywhere he goes. Brendan Fraser, who plays Ben, has a great interest for photography in real life.
Trivia: Throughout the show, the number 47 appears many times. There are multiple room 47's (where Syd found the Circumference in season 1 and the room in her memories from season 3, among others.), there are 47 Rambaldi artifacts, and Page 47 of the Rambaldi manuscript was the page that had Sydney's picture on it. Also the pagers flash 47911 when they get called into the office.
Trivia: At the end of the episode, Superman believes that Lex Luthor died after giving the Anti-Life Equation to Darkseid, who also vanished along with Lex while the others believe that Lex is still alive, and they might see him again. According to Dwayne McDuffie, Lex Luthor and Darkseid became a permanent part of the source wall when they solved the Anti-Life Equation. The same fate that happens to anybody who solves it.
Trivia: The character 'Michael Kyle' was ranked 27 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).
Trivia: Lou Diamond Phillips made two appearances on the show, as Mark DeSalvo, the security chief where Victor Drazen is being held. Philips and star Kiefer Sutherland are known for having worked together in Young Guns and Young Guns 2.
Chin Up! / Dog's Day Afternoon! - S1-E5
Trivia: The Crimson Chin is played by Jay Leno. That's why they say that he was a "struggling talk show host" when he got bitten by a radioactive celebrity.
Crossroads - S1-E5
Trivia: In the scene where the Red Devils toast the 101st Airborne, when the camera shows the assembled soldiers you'll see Tom Hanks as one of the Red Devils in a beret at the back left (5 or 6 men in) with his right hand on his hip. His head moves forwards to become obscured behind another soldier. (00:30:30)
Trivia: A film reference to Star Trek: First Contact: Archer says something about a group of cybernetic creatures (The Borg), that tried to stop Cochrane from launching his mission into space that was stopped by a group of humanoids, that were also from the future (USS Enterprise NCC 1701-E).
Trivia: Craig says that Manny reminded him of his 5 year old step sister, Angela. In real life Manny and Angela are sisters (Cassie and Alexa Steele).
Trivia: In series 5 in the episode "Fresh Lick," when Tam shows Navid the video tape in the back of the shop, the customer gets impatient and says she is going to Kohli's. This is a mention to Navid's actor Sanjeev Kohli.
Van's Agent - S4-E4
Trivia: As everyone is getting ready to welcome Sadie, Barbara-Jean randomly says, "Jerry Maguire is my favorite movie." Mellisa Peterman (Barbara-Jean) played Hooker 2 in Fargo which was up against Jerry Maguire for a Best Picture Oscar.
Trivia: Gareth's friend Ogmonster is played by series co-creator, writer and director Stephen Merchant.
Trivia: In the promos for season 4 you see the characters shopping in a small grocery store to the song "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone. This is a tribute to a scene in the movie "Point of No Return" where Bridgette Fonda's character does the same thing.
Trivia: The name of Byers' father is Bertram. In The X Files episode, "The Unusual Suspects," Byers tells the police that his name is John Fitzgerald Byers, born on 11/22/63, and that before JFK's assassination, his parents were going to name him Bertram.
II (The Samurai called Jack) - S1-E2
Trivia: Some of the dogs working at the mine look like ones from "2 Stupid Dogs".
Trivia: The first time Chris Noth had played Mike Logan since Exiled: A Law & Order Movie.
Trivia: In the movie, a soldier called Petronius unsuccessfully tries to murder the emperor Valentinian. The name "Petronius" was probably chosen because in reality the emperor was eventually killed by a senator called Petronius.
Fiend is Like Friend Without the 'R' - S1-E4
Trivia: Nergal is the villain introduced in this episode. "Nergal" originally was the name of the Babylonian God of Fire and Guardian of the Underworld. In the Bible, he is one of the demons allied with Satan himself. In the series Nergal is associated with the underworld and fire.