Small Screen Secrets: 45 Fascinating TV Details

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1Valery Legasov

Valery Legasov

In Chernobyl, Valery Legasov is led to an interview room after the trial and upon entering checks behind the door. A common KGB technique was to have an armed executioner wait behind the door and shoot as the victim entered.


2. In the SpongeBob SquarePants Season 1 Episode "Boating School" We hear Fred screaming 'My Leg!' for the first time. About 19 years later in the S11 episode “My Leg!” during a compilation of him screaming My Leg, we see the exact same moment but from Fred's perspective.


3. In the Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen gets more braids in her hair as she wins more victories - following the Dothraki tradition and proving her valour as a Khaleesi.


4. In Spongebob SquarePants S03E03, Squidward eats Krabby Patties in the same way that sea cucumbers eat micro-organisms. Spongebob was made by Stephen Hillenburg, who has a degree in Marine Biology.


5. In the Office, Schrute Farms displays a flag with 15 stars. The 15 stars flag represented the original 13 colonies plus Vermont and Kentucky, used from May 1, 1795, to April 12, 1818. Schrute farms was established in 1812.


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6Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Always Sunny in Philadelphia

In the Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode "The Gang gets Trapped," it appears that the gang purchased an Indiana Jones costume before breaking into the house but couldn't decide who should wear it. They instead split it up; Charlie got the jacket, Mac the hat, and Frank the whip.


7. Several scenes in American television sitcom Arrested Development hint at Buster losing his arm to a seal.


8. In the Big Bang Theory finale, Penny is wearing the same shirt she wore in the pilot episode.


9. In Bob's Burgers, Louise fills a pepper shaker through a funnel. When the level of the pepper reaches the bottom of the funnel it stops filling the shaker and starts filling the funnel. When she lifts the funnel, the rest of the pepper falls out and the pepper level in the shaker rises.


10. On Brooklyn 99, Captain Holt wears a "WTC" breast bar, indicating he was working on 9/11.


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11Goodbye Michael

Goodbye Michael

In "The Office S07E22: Goodbye Michael", Michael throws his coveted 'World's Best Boss' mug into the trash can. At the end of the episode, Creed is seen drinking from it.


12. In Breaking Bad, S03E07, during the flashback scene of the Salamanca’s, you can see Hector sitting in a chair with wheelchair-esque design.


13. During the Ross' bachelor party on Friends, the balloons are inflated condoms.


14. In S04E07 of Parks and Recreation, the image on Tom's phone rotates while he's speaking on it because it's a picture of the dial screen and not an actual call.


15. In Breaking Bad, the methylamine barrels of Gus Fring's supplier is imprinted with a golden bee and "00892-B", which is the hexadecimal RGB code for the signature Breaking Bad green color.


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16Captain Holt

Captain Holt

In Brooklyn 99, Captain Holt’s files are arranged like a pride flag.


17. In Friends S08E17 “The One With The Tea Leaves”, Ross’ T-Shirt has an image on it which means “Friends” in sign language.


18. In S16E09 of The Simpsons, Chief Wiggum gets promoted to the police commissioner. Lou is promoted to chief and starts wearing long sleeves to reflect his promotion.


19. When Ron Swanson (Parks & Recreation) gets a hernia, in the scene several hours after he tries to eat lunch shows his lunch container strewn across the floor because he could not get up to throw it away.


20. In Black Mirror's "Playtest" episode, there's a contract which says "If you have paused to read this, you will die unless you forward it onto five people within a 28 day period."


21Brooklyn 99

Brooklyn 99

In Brooklyn 99 S01E02, “The Tagger”, you can see on the computer screen the start of a penis graffiti, which the guy was arrested for doing in the first place.


22. In the Office, instead of having the Irish flag on St. Patrick's day, Michael Scott has the Italian flag on his desk.


23. In Rick & Morty S01E10, there is a picture of Abradolf Lincler on Rick's bedroom wall. He is introduced as one of Rick's creations in the next episode.


24. In Sherlock, when Sherlock goes to confront Moriarty at the swimming pool and is greeted by John, John is blinking SOS to Sherlock to signal to him that they are in danger.


25. In Silicon Valley, Gilfoil hacks a smart fridge and this code is displayed. In the code is the URL for the music video of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give you up” on YouTube.

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