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Trivia: Because of a ruling shortly before the Academy Awards ceremony, Heath Ledger's daughter Matilda will gain possession of his Oscar statuette on her 18th birthday in 2023.

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Sword of Destiny - S2-E15

Trivia: Dr. Stein is played by Dan Castellaneta, famous for playing Homer Simpson on "The Simpsons". When Stein admits his diagnosis of Michael's appendectomy was wrong, he uses Homer's trademark catchphrase "D'oh!".

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Touched - S7-E20

Trivia: To give Eliza Dushku time to film the pilot of "Tru Calling", this episode was filmed after "End Of Days", but was aired before.

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Supersymmetry - S4-E5

Trivia: To illustrate where her speech is placed on the itinerary, Fred compares it to a baseball player batting between Nomar Garciappara and Sammy Sosa, who both played with the Chicago Cubs. While Garciappara wouldn't join that team until well after the episode aired, and nobody could have known what would happen two years in the future, it's not a mistake; but as a Cubs fan, I find it an interesting choice of comparison.

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Trivia: The show's theme song, "The Ballad of Serenity", was written by Joss Whedon.

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Waiting In The Wings - S3-E13

Trivia: The prima ballerina is played by Summer Glau, who also appeared on "Firefly". In addition to acting, Glau is a classically trained ballerina.

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Villains - S6-E20

Trivia: While "Seeing Red" is commonly considered Amber Benson's last appearance as Tara, she actually appears (and is credited) in this episode as Tara's dead body.

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Grave (2) - S6-E22

Trivia: This was the only season finale not written and directed by Joss Whedon.

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Trivia: Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards, who played Tony and Tina in the original Escape to Witch Mountain, make cameos as a sheriff and waitress, respectively.

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Disharmony - S2-E17

Trivia: While it is mentioned numerous times, the shots of Willow in her dorm (on the phone with Cordelia talking about Harmony) mark the only appearance of Sunnydale on the show.

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Trivia: The apartment building in New York City where Mickey and Roger live also appears in the pilot of "Without a Trace", which was created by writer Hank Steinberg.

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Trivia: In the season seven premiere, Carlos Bernard is credited as Tony Almeida, even though his return was meant to be a surprise. This was because Tony's return was leaked in a press release almost a year before the episode aired.

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Trivia: Col. von Stauffenberg is inspired to use Operation Valkyrie to assassinate Hitler while listening to Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries". Stauffenberg actually disliked Wagner's music.

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Trivia: One of von Tresckow's aides is played by Philipp von Schulthess, the grandson of Claus von Stauffenberg. In the film, Stauffenberg's wife is pregnant with Philipp's mother.

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Trivia: An uncredited Ron Howard provides the voice of the narrator.

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Trivia: Michael Caine had never met Heath Ledger before. He later said of the Joker's arrival at Bruce Wayne's fundraiser: "I'd never seen any of it and the elevator door opened and they came out and I forgot every bloody line. They frightened the bloody life out of me."

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Trivia: The opening bank heist was partly inspired by the climactic bank heist in Michael Mann's thriller Heat. Coincidentally, the Gotham bank manager is played by William Fitchner, who had a supporting role in Heat as an accountant.

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Orpheus - S4-E15

Trivia: At the end of the episode, Cordelia reveals to Angel and co. that she is pregnant. Charisma Carpenter actually was pregnant at the time, and had been since Cordy's reappearance in "Slouching Towards Bethlehem".

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Misleader - S1-E17

Trivia: Robert and Bo Foxworth, who play father and son in this episode, are father and son in real life.

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Trivia: Frances Fisher was originally cast as Jill. Due to her lack of chemistry with Tim Allen, she was replaced by Patricia Richardson four days before the pilot began shooting.

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