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Trivia: Chukwudi Iwuji's casting as the High Evolutionary was met with backlash by some fans, because the character is white in the comics. Director James Gunn clapped back against these fans and stated he chose who he felt was the best actor for the role.

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Sister Theresa - S2-E10

Trivia: Despite being a veteran of the medium, this episode marked Danielle Harris' last appearance in a sitcom for 27 years until she appeared on The Conners in 2021.

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Trivia: This was originally filmed in 2018 and meant for a 2019 release. However, the film lost its distributor and was delayed until February 2020, one week before the COVID-19 pandemic, which derailed its theatrical run.

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Trivia: Quill's father in the comics is not Ego, but rather a character named J'son of Spartax. Director James Gunn made the change for the film because he isn't a fan of the latter.

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Trivia: The newspaper Jason Quill is reading in the post-credits scene has an article about Kevin Bacon being abducted by aliens, a reference to the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

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Trivia: Quill's grandfather is named Jason. This is likely a reference to J'son of Spartax, who is Quill's father in the comics.

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Trivia: Director James Gunn was originally fired from this film after some of his old Twitter posts with offensive jokes resurfaced, even though he had disavowed them before Disney even hired him. Disney eventually rehired him following backlash from fans and numerous individuals involved with the films and the MCU in general. Dave Bautista was so upset over Gunn's firing that he repeatedly goaded Disney into firing him, even going as far as spoiling that he would indeed appear in Avengers: Endgame.

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Trivia: This is the first MCU film to feature an uncensored f-word. According to director James Gunn, this wasn't planned.

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Danger Boy - S2-E16

Trivia: The Last Ride roller coaster is supposedly inspired by Action Park, a closed theme park in New Jersey that was infamous for having rides built without regard for safety regulations, which resulted in numerous injuries and even a few deaths to guests. The owner reportedly had employees test rides and stubbornly refused to settle lawsuits.

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Danger Boy - S2-E16

Trivia: When Cory is despondently leaving Chubby's, he passes by a rack of comic books. According to Rider Strong, producer Michael Jacobs is a huge fan of comics and freaked out on the props department that the comics were outdated and not restocked with more current issues on episode to episode basis. (00:08:50)

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Trivia: Rosie O'Donnell saw an early screening of this film and was so put-off by it that she decided to spoil its ending on her talk show. This could be a contributing factor as to why the film ended up being a box office flop.

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The One With The Embryos - S4-E12

Trivia: Chandler's line of "Donald Trump wants his blue blazer black" was a genuine flub by Matthew Perry. Everyone's reaction to it was so on-brand for their characters that they decided to use it it for the episode.

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Trivia: A replica of the house from this film was built in Herriman, Utah.

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Trivia: This film portrays Cranky Kong as being Donkey Kong's father. In the original Donkey Kong Country game, Cranky is actually his grandfather, as well as the original Donkey Kong.

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Trivia: Sitting next to Diddy Kong is Dixie Kong, his girlfriend who made her debut in Donkey Kong Country 2.

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Trivia: The music that plays when Donkey Kong enters the arena is from the title screen for Donkey Kong 64.

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I Am Not a Crook - S2-E14

Trivia: Although she doesn't remember it, Will Friedle claims that Danielle Fishel was directed to do so many takes of her campaign announcement at the end that she eventually broke down crying. Friedle noted that her eyes during the scene look like they had makeup applied around them to cover up that she had been crying, and Rider Strong added that she looked pissed.

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I Am Not a Crook - S2-E14

Trivia: The "All girls are icky" note from Shawn on Paula's notebook was actually written by Rider Strong. When watching the episode, Strong said he had no recollection of writing it, but recognized it as his handwriting.

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Trivia: Will Friedle of Boy Meets World fame wrote a script similar to this film and sold it to Disney around 1997. They opted not to make the film. By the time this film was made, there were so many story revisions that Friedle could not get a story credit. A representative from the Writer's Guild of America even tried to intervene on his behalf, but Disney's rep claimed his script was completely different.

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Trivia: Rider Strong once attended a bachelor party, and someone arranged for him to get a lapdance from a stripper. The stripper told him that she grew up watching Boy Meets World.

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