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Trivia: This movie is based on Cecilia arriving in Italy not knowing Italian, save for the most rudimentary greetings. The Italian dub, however, changes that. They make up that her mother was Italian and she grew up speaking the language with complete fluency. That creates a lot of nonsensical moments; people insult others to their face without the language barrier present in the original or repeat what another person just said (they were translating in the original). The whole ceremony was redubbed from being in Italian to being in Latin (explaining why she can't understand it). Also, the prioress randomly speaks French to Cecilia sometimes, claiming the convent was founded by a French nun and she likes the language.

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Trivia: The prop department had some fun during the making of the movie; you can see a lot of names of miscellaneous crew slipped in a few spots. There are boxes with case files scattered around the district attorney's offices; the ones behind Willy in his own office (People vs. Bonaventura - Tony Bonaventura being the property master, People vs. Morgenthau - Kramer Morgenthau being the director of photography) get quite a bit of screen time, but there are several others all over the office space, all carrying the name of a crew member. For instance, in a brief sequence when a dejected Willy walks up to Mona's desk to ask for her help before the third act, you can see unique ones. There's also a listing board with judges during the arraignment, and one with doctors when Willy is stopped by the hospital security; both of them are filled with names of production crew members. (01:16:50 - 01:33:20)

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Seekest Thou the Road - S1-E1

Trivia: Watch the fake opening for "Agnes of Westwood"; at three points (just after Agnes O'Connor's name disappears, as soon as Herb Feltman's name appears, and when Mrs. Hart's name is on screen), there are very quick cuts to seemingly dead women. And indeed dead they are; they are witches Agatha will kill (or rather, has killed) in the very last episode (from the first and the second encounter in the Witches' Road montage).

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Trivia: Miles Bron's dining room features several paintings, from the most famous painting in the world the Mona Lisa to others, sometimes with garish self-insertions of Miles himself. One of the paintings is Mark Rothko's Number 207 (Red over Dark Blue on Dark Gray), which Rian Johnson explicitly asked to hang upside down - a hint to the fact that Miles is kinda clueless. (00:41:20)

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Trivia: During the scene of Birdie Jay 's arrival on the pier, the driver of the moped is a producer of the movie, Nikos Karamigios, appearing in the credits as N.J. Gentry. In his video breaking down the arrival scene on the Vanity Fair youtube channel, Rian Johnson "busts" him looking at the camera, breaking the fourth wall. (00:13:55)

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Trivia: By open admission of one of the original artwork designer Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, the movie (known in Japan as "The Street Fighter") inspired at least 2 of the most iconic backgrounds of the game Street Fighter 2: it is really obvious when you watch the fight between Jim Henry and "the kid", on the docks with a boat in the background much like in Ken 's stage. The cage fight against Henry inspired also Zangief's stage. (00:19:30 - 00:47:50)

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Kako kara no tegami - S1-E2

Trivia: Dio in this episode drinks Cronenberg Whisky, just like in the manga. The fictional brand is most likely a homage to the director David Cronenberg, especially given the bit of 'body horror' appearing in this arc.

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Trivia: Joel walks away from Gale leaving the footage he shot. Since his van has been taken as evidence, he has a cab waiting. If you look at the cabbie, who is barely visible, you can see he is wearing a neck brace. That was an improv gag by the extra, who showed up with the brace supposedly as 'protection' against his throat being cut off. Wes Craven enjoyed the idea, much to producer Marianne Maddalena's dismay, but eventually it didn't lead to any extended screentime for the extra. (Anecdote from the DVD commentary). (01:14:05)

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Trivia: During the theater play scene, one of the film technicians in charge of the fake smoke nearly got asphyxiated working with the dry-ice in the enclosed space of the orchestra pit as he lost the mask he needed to breathe. The incident caused a turmoil on set with everyone rushing to help him, and an ambulance was needed, but everyone ultimately was fine. Anecdote narrated by Wes Craven in the DVD commentary track.

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A Wounded Prince - S2-E4

Trivia: A bored animator must have snuck in a joke when drawing Taki that gets the ball from Misaki; if you look closely to the left of the frame, you can see that there's a guy that makes a rather scary expression...because someone else in front of him snuck a hand into the front of his pants. (00:16:30)

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Trivia: You can realistically only catch this with slo-mo, so this is under trivia rather than a mistake; in this version of the movie, the addresses of the various "Victor Stone" that Diana looks up repeat themselves after the first screen, from Westminster to Brookfield.

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An Unfair Enemy - S1-E15

Trivia: To the left of the frame, someone in attendance behind Maruyama when she praises Wakabayashi's save has the jaw disjointed from the rest of the head. It's a "cameo" featuring a character from Urusei Yatsura, Ryunosuke's father. Also in attendance another character with a design that stands out from the rest, which seems to be Sakurambo, again from Urusei Yatsura. (00:06:07)

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Tsubasa Is Sieged - S1-E14

Trivia: Behind Sanae as she squeals Tsubasa's name before the kick off, someone snuck in a 'cameo appearance' by Yuu Morisawa, the main character of the Creamy Mami anime, perfectly recognizable in her usual attire. (00:14:45)

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An Unfair Enemy - S1-E15

Trivia: Probably as a joke from an animator, there's a pig in attendance in the stadium. It appears in one shot, by Roberto Hongo when Tsubasa's mom calls for a hat-trick. (00:18:30)

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On Leather Wings - S1-E2

Trivia: When Batman knocks Montoya out with the gas capsule, she's reading a fictional book called "P.S. Your Dog is Gone.", probably a title meant to spoof "P.S. Your Cat is Dead", which is quite the mature novel. (00:06:40)

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Where Is the Rival? - S1-E5

Trivia: When Sanae starts waving the flag she made for Tsubasa, in the background you can see a couple of grossly disproportional characters most likely drawn as a joke by some animator, and even the Road Runner. (00:14:55)

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Chapter 6: The Prisoner - S1-E6

Trivia: In the credits roll, Burg sports a grey haired goatee, not at all like his design in the actual episode but very much like the look of the actor, Clancy Brown.

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Kick-Off for the Future - S1-E3

Trivia: International versions change Roberto's message to his coach at San Paulo FC, adding for some reason that he met a girl he fell in love with. This girl is never referenced nor appears, since, well, she does not exist? Roberto mentions that he met Tsubasa instead, who he wants to bring to greatness. (00:12:40)

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Trivia: In the generator room, Blore yells to Vera when she arrives; "Ms. Clyde! I told you to stay up in your room." He did, but in 1965. In this version (which uses almost entirely the same script of the previous cinematographic version) Blore did not meet Vera again at the bottom of the stairs, so he's referencing something that didn't happen - however it can't be ruled out that it just happened off-camera. (01:03:10)

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Trivia: The voice of the mysterious host U.N. Owen is an uncredited Christopher Lee. (00:15:20)

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