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Knight Rider [Pilot; a.k.a. Knight of the Phoenix] (1) - S1-E1

Trivia: As they race around the track, it's the same track later used in S1E4, "Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular."

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The Return Of Mr. Bean - S1-E2

Trivia: When Mr. Bean is preparing to go into the store, he pulls out an American Express card. Though a bit blurry, the name on the card reads "Thames TV".

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Trivia: In the opening, you see Luke sliding across the hood of the General Lee. In actuality, he was supposed to jump, but lost his footing, and slid. He hit the antennae, broke it, and got a bad scratch on his forearm.

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Trivia: During the series, the Skipper's pinkie ring is always visible. The ring was Alan Hale Jr.'s father's and they were supposed to film a movie together. But his father passed away before it could happen. He always wore it to honor his father.

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And the Children Shall Lead - S3-E4

Trivia: In this episode, in order to defeat Gorgon, Kirk has pictures of the adults' headstones shown to the kids. One reads "Tsing Tao." Ting Tao, or Tsingtao, is a Chinese beer company.

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Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition - S2-E19

Trivia: As Newkirk does his impressions, he says "Sprechen Sie Deutsch?, Ja! Then droppen sie dead." This joke was used in "Stalag 17", the 1953 movie about POWs in a German prison camp. The exchange was between Harry Shapiro and their guard, Johann Sebastian Schultz.

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Bread and Circuses - S2-E25

Trivia: When Scotty orders the blackout on the planet, the camera looks at Chekov's hands. It is a re-used shot of his hands from Season 2 Episode 4 "Mirror, Mirror."

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Strange Bedfellows - S11-E11

Trivia: In this episode, the guest is Dennis Dugan playing Bob Wilson. He guest starred in Season 3 Episode 20 "Love and Marriage" as Private Danny McShane.

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The Nitwitting/The Ballad of Filthy Muck - S12-E2

Trivia: In "The Ballad of Filthy Muck", there's a citizen that reads the newspaper headline that has an overly-large nose. His speech pattern and caricature nose is impersonating Jimmy Durante.

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The Ultimate Computer - S2-E24

Trivia: As Scotty and Spock work in the Jeffries Tube, Scotty's right hand is resting on his thigh, and his missing middle finger is visible.

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Journey to Babel - S2-E10

Trivia: Vulcans generally do not smile, but after Amanda says "I love you" to Sarek, then playfully chides him about it, he touches her fingers and smiles.

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The Naked Now - S1-E3

Trivia: When standing by the viewscreen looking at the Bridge of the Tsiolkovsky, the plaque behind Data is the name of the ship in Russian.

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Trivia: After Harry Morgan joined the cast as Col. Sherman T. Potter, the character is shown numerous times painting portraits of the main characters. However, he never painted them. The studio prop master farmed out the work to local talent who was happy for the work. None of those artists have been named.

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Patterns of Force - S2-E21

Trivia: When Kirk is donning the Gestapo uniform, Spock says, "You should make a very convincing Nazi." Although the look Kirk gives him is funny, it should be remembered that both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were both Jewish.

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The Doomsday Machine - S2-E6

Trivia: The events and description of the Planet Killer in this episode are referenced in The Next Generation novel "Vendetta." It was in the records Data was examining for a report for Picard. The first one was called a prototype, and the one Picard and crew face is the finished model. Larger, more powerful, and warp capable, this machine was driven by the vendetta of a person that wants revenge on the Borg.

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Where No Man Has Gone Before - S1-E4

Trivia: As the Enterprise encounters the field, Gary Mitchell is affected, and his eyes glow with an unknown, alien force. In the Star Trek The Next Generation novel "Q Squared", Q engages Trelane in a fight and is blasted backwards into the past, into a formless mass of energy. When the Enterprise encounters the energy at the edge of the galaxy, Q enters into Mitchel, giving him the power of Q.

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Season 1 generally

Trivia: All through the run of the first season, the multiple banks of red, white, and black input keys have no numbers, letters, or symbols of any kind, but information can be accurately input.

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Homer Loves Flanders - S5-E16

Trivia: As Flanders drives to get away from Homer, Homer runs after him with putters in both hands. As he does, he mimics the actions of the T-1000 in Terminator 2, who was trying to get John Connor.

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Mr. Plow - S4-E9

Trivia: After Homer rescues Barney, the sun shines through the clouds and melts the snow. In a quick shot, as two snowmen are melting, the one with spectacles melting is a quick nod to Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the Nazis melted after opening the Ark.

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Cementing Relationships - S9-E3

Trivia: When someone is needed inside, B.J. tells Hawkeye to go, and says "I'll stay here with Der Bingle", referring to Mulcahy, due to him singing as he mixed cement. "Der Bingle" was a reference to Bing Crosby.

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