Best TV trivia of 2001

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Trivia: Clark always wears blue and red clothes (or at least one of these colors). No surprise that when he got his Superman costume, he chose those same colors.

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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.

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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.

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Trivia: Actor Patrick McGuinness, who plays Paddy the doorman is actually Peter Kay's best friend in real life. They also appear in a John Smith advert together.

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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).

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24 (2001)

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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)

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Take My Breath Away - S2-E10

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).

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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.

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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.

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Season 4 generally

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.

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Pilot - S1-E1

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.

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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.

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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.

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