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11th Aug 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

11th Aug 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

10th Aug 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

Killer Bees - S1-E5

Trivia: The B-plot of this episode sees Eric taking his girlfriend to an Aerosmith concert. The cast of the show ended up seeing Aerosmith in concert together about a year after this episode aired.

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Trivia: Namor's lineage of Atlantean from the comics has been changed here to be Talocan. This may be to differentiate him from DC's Aquaman, who is similarly from Atlantis.

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9th Aug 2022

Batman Begins (2005)

Trivia: Scarecrow makes his debut film appearance here. He was actually intended to be the main antagonist of the canceled fifth film in the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher franchise.

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8th Aug 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: After kissing Cory, Topanga reveals it's her first kiss. This was also true for Danielle Fishel. They did not rehearse the kiss, and she admits to having been extremely nervous to film it. She also revealed Ben Savage was extremely nervous about filming the kiss to the point that he didn't want their lips to touch, which is why his lips are tucked in afterwards.

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7th Aug 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: According to director David Trainer, the reason why Shawn doesn't appear in the hallway scene near the end of the episode is because, as Cory's friend, he would have stuck around after the rest of the group of students went to the library to sign the petition, and for the kiss between Cory and Topanga to work better, they needed to be alone.

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7th Aug 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

Cory's Alternative Friends - S1-E4

Trivia: Shawn's never-to-be-mentioned-again sister Stacey was originally supposed to be the sister of one of Corey's other friends. The actor playing the friend was fired, so the part was transitioned to Shawn. The sister's name was originally Rochelle. Ben Savage suggested to the actor to make a long pause when saying he will consult with Rochelle when Cory asks for help, thinking it would get a big laugh. The actor paused for 30 seconds before delivering the line, getting no laughs in response.

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29th Jul 2022

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: Character designs that were revealed at the 2022 San Diego Comic Con showed Magneto to be wearing the same outfit that he wore in Uncanny X-Men #200, where he was put on trial for his crimes.

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27th Jul 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: One of the tattoos on Thor's back is a parchment with the names of people he has lost: Mother, Father, Heimdall, Loki, Tony, and Natasha.

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26th Jul 2022

Wayne's World (1992)

Trivia: When Wayne and Garth are in Stan Mikita's donut shop for the first time, playing in the background is "Everything About You" by Ugly Kid Joe. This song features spoken dialogue from the androgynous character Pat played by Julia Sweeney, who like Wayne and Garth, originated on Saturday Night Live.

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26th Jul 2022

X-Men (1992)

The Phoenix Saga (1): Sacrifice - S3-E3

Trivia: The orange space suits that the X-Men wear more closely resemble those worn by Russian cosmonauts than the black and white space suits worn by American astronauts. This is likely the result of the animation company in the Philippines being given notes to draw the characters in space suits, but in their research probably came across the Russian design, and not knowing any better or investigating further, went with that style.

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25th Jul 2022

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: This series was renewed for a second season more than a year before its first season was set to debut. A third season was greenlit before even the first half of season one's episodes had aired.

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21st Jul 2022

The Boys (2019)

The Instant White-Hot Wild - S3-E8

Trivia: When Homelander kills the protestor in the final scene, in the background is a character that resembles Jacob Chansley, a.k.a. the QAnon Shaman, one of the most prominent U.S. Capitol insurrectionists from January 6, 2021.

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Dick the Vote - S2-E6

Trivia: Al Franken appears in this episode as a slimy politician. Franken would become a politician later in life, serving as a United States Senator for Minnesota. He ended up resigning in 2018 after photos surfaced of him on a USO tour pretending to grope the breasts of radio host Leeann Tweeden while she was asleep.

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21st Jul 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: Rider Strong and Will Friedle rarely had any scenes together in the show's early seasons. Rider said this was because he was constantly trying not to laugh when doing a scene with Will, and he would over-compensate by making a very serious face, which in turn would cause Will to lose it.

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21st Jul 2022

Boy Meets World (1993)

Trivia: Ben Savage had a nervous tic that would frequently be on screen, which would see him walk into a scene and pull up his pants with his right hand. While rewatching the series for the Pod Meets World podcast, Will Friedle kept a running tally and said he observed the act 10 times in one episode.

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21st Jul 2022

Shrek (2001)

Trivia: Conrad Vernon, who voices the Gingerbread Man, was originally just a member of the production staff, and he was used to feed lines to John Lithgow, as Lithgow never acted with Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy or Cameron Diaz. They ended up liking Vernon's performance enough to make his role official.

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21st Jul 2022

Cliffhanger (1993)

Trivia: In an interview with GQ, John Lithgow revealed that he was originally supposed to be the film's secondary villain, with Christopher Walken playing the main antagonist. However, Walken exited the project, leading to Lithgow being promoted to main antagonist.

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