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Trivia: John Rhys-Davies, who was the first main star to leave the series, was often critical of the show's writing and writers. He said many didn't even read science fiction which led to them borrowing from other works. Works like "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", "Tremors", "Night of the Living Dead", "The Island of Dr. Moreau", and "Dracula." There was even an scene where Quinn had to cross an invisible bridge similar to Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade, which Rhys-Davies starred in.

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Show generally

Character mistake: The Sliders are constantly trying to interact with a new world despite not knowing anything about it. This action often leads to misunderstandings, arrests, or threat of death. Sometimes there's even posted signs that they don't bother reading until it's pointed out by someone they've upset or annoyed. Yet they continue this action. They played a death lottery without asking question, order beer when it's not available to them, or try to pay without local currency.

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Question: I tried to read up on what kind of accent Russell Crowe was doing, I assumed it was a Greek accent. But I don't know the accent well enough to know if it come across authentic or sounding like a stereotype. How realistic is his accent? Does it sound natural to someone who is Greek? At times, it sounded like someone does a bad Italian accent by pretending to be Mario.

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A Current Affair - S5-E7

Trivia: This episode alludes to President Bill Clinton's sex scandal. In the episode, the President is named Jefferson Williams. Bill Clinton's full name is William Jefferson Clinton.

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Greatfellas - S2-E10

Trivia: This episode features singer Mel Tormé, playing an alternate version of himself. Mel Tormé is the father of show creator Tracy Tormé.

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Is This Not Real Magic? - S1-E4

Trivia: Donny Blaze is played by Rhys Coiro, the real life husband of show director, Kat Coiro.

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Applied Physics - S5-E2

Continuity mistake: When Diana is at the cafe with her double, the book on the table changes position between shots. Some shots the binding is perpendicular to her body and in other shots it's more parallel with it.

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Data World - S4-E17

Continuity mistake: When Mr. Chandler is on the roof with Quinn and says they should talk in his office, he's standing on Quinn's right side. In the next shot, Mr. Chandler is on Quinn's left side.

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Data World - S4-E17

Stupidity: One of the hotel rules is "no singing in public places." Rembrandt ignores this and starts singing, despite pleads from the bartender. The group is already questioning how they got inside the hotel, why there's no charge but nothing is free, and Rembrandt even wants to know what the hell is going on. Rembrandt has been on enough worlds to see what happens when people break the rules. It's stupid for him to start singing in a place he knows nothing about as if this rule didn't apply to him.

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Data World - S4-E17

Trivia: At the beginning when walking through town, Quinn (played by Jerry O'Connell) says "where's Wes Craven" and Rembrandt says "what is this, Scream 3?" Jerry O'Connell was in "Scream 2", which was directed by Wes Craven. At the time the episode aired, "Scream 3" had not been produced yet.

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Slither - S3-E22

Trivia: This episode is about a bunch of snakes turned deadly when two "tri-adders" (a fictional species described as python like) are capture and one breaks free. Kari Wuher, who played Maggie and relatively new to the show, was in the film "Anaconda." "Anaconda" premiered two weeks prior to this episode being aired.

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Luck Of The Draw - S1-E10

Trivia: In this episode, Geoff Edwards, who is credited as playing himself, host the lottery. In real life, Edwards was the host of several game shows, including "Jackpot." He also hosted "The Big Spin", which was the California Lottery's first television show.

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The Guardian - S3-E4

Trivia: Wade makes fun of Max for going to an opera he's seen before. Max responds that her generation thinks nothing of seeing Indiana Jones 13 times. John Rhys-Davies, who played Max, starred in the first and third Indiana Jones films.

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This Slide Of Paradise - S3-E25

Trivia: In this episode, the group land on an island with hybrids who are half man and half animal, similar to "The Island of Dr. Moreau." This episode also features Michael York who starred in the 1977 film "The Island of Dr. Moreau." In the film, York plays Andrew Braddock who lands on the island after a boat wreck. In the episode, Quinn says they swam ashore after their boat capsized.

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Stoker - S3-E24

Trivia: The name of the vampires' band is "Stoker", also the title of the episode. This is a reference to Bram Stoker who wrote "Dracula." Several characters in the show are named after characters in "Dracula", such as Renfield, Harker, and Van Elsinger (a play on Van Helsing). When Quinn mentions the vampire Dracula to Van Elsinger, he says he's never heard of him.

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The Other Slide Of Darkness - S3-E21

Continuity mistake: When Alt-Quinn tries to hand Quinn the sword, the strap from the handle in hanging down, in from of his hand. In the next shot, the handle is in the opposite direction and behind his hand.

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The Last Of Eden - S3-E20

Trivia: This episode was filmed prior to John Rhys-Davies leaving the show. But it ended up being aired after "The Exodus", where Rhys-Davies' character is killed off. So they added the short intro scene with Wade and Rembrandt reflecting on a past slide to the underground world, making this a flashback episode.

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Dead Man Sliding - S3-E10

Stupidity: And the end, after sliding to another world, the group is caught on film by someone in her house. Quinn goes (illegally) into the home to get the tape. There is no point to this. Throughout the series, many people have seen them arrive, or leave, and usually when there's a mix up with one of their doubles, they spend so much time trying to convince people they are in fact from another world but can't prove it. Quinn doesn't even bother to see how long they're going to be on that world first.

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The Prince Of Slides - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: When Quinn has the real Duke's sword, he's pointing it towards the Duke. When the Duke tells his story, Quinn is dropping the sword down to his side. In the next shot it's back up pointing at the Duke.

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Trivia: This was John Candy's last film he made. He unfortunately passed away in his sleep before filming wrapped up. Re-writes and stand-ins were used to finish the film. Candy had finished filming "Canadian Bacon", but "Wagons East" was released 13 months before "Canadian Bacon."

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