59 Times TV Shows Were Really, Really Smart When It Came To Creating Tiny But Important Details
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1. _Community _(2009–2015)
2. _The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air _(1990–1996)
In the 1st episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Will asks Geoffrey not to use the Master title. Geoffrey says it's necessary for a butler. Throughout the entire series he uses the Master title. It's not until the final episode, after he is relieved of his duty, that Geoffrey says "Goodbye..Will." from TVDetails
3. _SpongeBob SquarePants _(1999–present)
4. _Stranger Things _(2016–present)
In the Stranger Things episode ‘Chapter Three: The Pollywog’ (S2E3), if you look closely at Mr. Clarke’s town model, you can see the Betelgeuse tombstone from Beetlejuice (1988) - a nice little nod to series star Winona Ryder, who had her first breakout role as Lydia Deetz in that film. from TVDetails
6. _Codename: Kids Next Door _(2002–2008)
7. _The Simpsons _(1989–present)
8. _Killing Eve _(2018–present)
9. _Brooklyn Nine-Nine _(2013–2021)
12. _Game of Thrones _(2011–2019)
13. _Scrubs _(2001–2010)
14. _Modern Family _(2009–2020)
In the last season of Modern Family, Claire asks Gloria if she's hiding a pregnancy behind the laundry basket. It's a reference to the Pilot episode where Julie Bowen (Claire) had to be behind several object when in front of the camera to hide the fact that she was 8 1/2 month pregnant at the time. from TVDetails
15. _Saturday Night Live _(1975–present)
17. _Avatar: The Last Airbender _(2005–2008)
20. _The Twilight Zone _(2019–2020)
22. _Grey's Anatomy _(2005–present)
23. _American Horror Story _(2011–present)
24. _Orange Is the New Black _(2013–2019)
25. _The Haunting of Hill House _(2018)
In Season 1, Episode 3 (Touch) of The Haunting of Hill House, when Theo talks to Kelsey, she says that she knows Mr. Smiley is coming out of the basement because she hears the third stair creak. When Theo later goes down to the basement herself, the third stair creaks when she steps on it. from TVDetails
28. _Parks and Recreation _(2009–2015)
S2:E8 of Parks and Recreation, Ron's ex-wife Tammy has a bookshelf full of seemingly anti-male books, with titles such as "Sperm Suicide," "Man Putty," "Woman War III," "Take His Balls and Go Home," "Controlling the Male Mind,"& "The Jill of Rights;" which explains why she is able to manipulate Ron from TVDetails
29. _Derry Girls _(2018–present)
30. _Friends _(1994–2004)
33. _Silicon Valley _(2014–2019)
34. _The Big Bang Theory _(2007–2019)
37. _True Detective _(2014–2019)
38. _Star Wars: The Clone Wars _(2008–2020)
40. _She-Ra and the Princesses of Power _(2018–2020)
43. _How I Met Your Mother _(2005–2014)
46. _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles _(1987–present)
In almost every incantation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Raphael’s Sai have always been depicted as having a sharp point, like a three-pronged dagger. However, Sai were traditionally blunt weapons, used as batons. The prongs were used to catch the blade of an opponent’s sword. from TVDetails