The Secret Side of TV: 40 Awesome Details You Never Noticed

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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