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Pilot - S1-E1

Trivia: William Daniels nearly quit the show after filming the pilot episode, as he was not fond of Mr. Feeny's portrayal. Michael Jacobs planned to replace him with David Ogden Stiers if he went through with it.

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Trivia: This film oddly received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, despite the fact that it's more of a thriller, and also received largely negative reviews.

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Trivia: Lance Reddick, who played Charon in this series of films, died one week before this film was released.

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Trivia: This film was originally intended to be an entry in the DCEU, with Ben Affleck reprising the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, as well as directing. However, Affleck became disinterested in continuing to play the character, so the film was re-imagined as a standalone story.

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Show generally

Stupidity: Despite being a high-profile fugitive who was a local celebrity in his previous life, Saul does very little to alter his physical appearance, settling on just a mustache and glasses. Growing a beard, wearing a hairpiece, and altering his speaking voice around others would have gone a long way in preventing him from being made.

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Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf? - S2-E6

Trivia: This episode is loosely based on an incident from writer Jeff Menell's childhood, in which he was bitten by a dog and was worried something bad was going to happen to him.

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Trivia: Will Friedle used to think some of the audience members attending tapings were inmates, even writing about it in his journal.

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Trivia: Danny McNulty auditioned for the role of Harley Keiner seven times.

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Trivia: The show mentions that Harley Keiner has been held back in school. Danny McNulty, who played Harley, was held back two times growing up.

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Trivia: According to Adam Scott, during a season 2 wrap party, he witnessed Rider Strong hugging Ethan Suplee and Blake Soper. Scott then went over and hugged Strong, which caused Strong to aggressively shove Scott away and then take off in the other direction. Scott kept this to himself for nearly 30 years, finally revealing it during his appearance on the Pod Meets World podcast. Strong, Soper and Suplee have no recollection of the incident. The aforementioned individuals have speculated that either Suplee or Soper, who were known to be pranksters on-set, may have grabbed Strong's butt during the hug and caused him to think Scott did it.

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Trivia: Blake Soper and Ethan Suplee wrote and pitched a Catcher in the Rye-inspired script to producer Michael Jacobs. He told them they wouldn't buy the script, but offered them contracts to be regular cast members moving forward. They subsequently never heard from him nor appeared on the show again. Suplee admitted to having a drug problem at the time, and thinks that may have been the reason he didn't return.

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Trivia: Late professional wrestler Vader, who played a fictionalized version of himself and Frankie's father, once told Ethan Suplee about the time one of his eyes was popped out of its socket during a wrestling match, which he himself then popped back into place. Suplee said he thought Vader was just pulling his leg when telling him the story.

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Trivia: After earning money from his role in the show, Ethan Suplee took his dad on a vacation in the Caribbean. He encountered some children at the pool and was worried they would make fun of his weight. As it turned out, the kids approached him to talk about Boy Meets World. Suplee said he feels this was the first time in his life that his dad was proud of him.

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Trivia: Ke Huy Quan had been retired from acting for around 20 years prior to appearing in this film. He was inspired to return to acting after seeing the film Crazy Rich Asians, as he felt he was missing out. To his fortune, he ended up winning numerous awards for his role in this film, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Trivia: Although he plays the eldest Baratheon brother Robert, in real life, Mark Addy is nearly 8 years younger than Stephen Dillane, who plays the middle brother, Stannis. Additionally, the real-life age gap between Dillane and Gethin Anthony, who plays the youngest brother, Renly, is more than 26 years.

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Trivia: SPOILER: The three main variants of Kang seen during the mid-credits scene are some of his better known variants from the comics: Rama-Tut, Immortus, and Scarlet Centurion.

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Back 2 School - S2-E1

Trivia: This episode is Ethan Suplee's acting debut.

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Trivia: Michelle Yeoh won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this film, making her the first Asian woman to win the award.

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Trivia: Although he was nominated for the Golden Globe Best Actor in Drama (in The Whale), Brendan Fraser chose not to attend the Golden Globe Awards, as he alleges that in 2003 he was sexually assaulted by a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press, the body behind the Globes' nomination and voting processes. That incident, along with some health issues, largely derailed his acting career.

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Trivia: This is the first film based on a Marvel property to be nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category, with Angela Bassett being nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

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