2. When Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz first booked the show, they were worried one of them was going to get fired because they'd never seen a show with two Latina leads.
3. When they did a screening for an audience before the series even premiered, Jake and Amy's chemistry tested "through the roof."
4. Melissa Fumero and Andy Samberg had a competition to see who could have "the most stank breath" before filming Jake and Amy's first kiss — they ate wings and roasted garlic.
5. Andy Samberg and Chelsea Peretti went to elementary school together — in fact, Chelsea had a crush on Andy while they were growing up.
6. Andre Braugher gave Andy Samberg a picture of Elton John and Barry White when the show began — Andre said that it perfectly encapsulated Holt and Jake's relationship.
7. Rosa's bisexuality storyline was based, in part, on Stephanie Beatriz's own life experiences.
8. Terry being racially profiled in his own neighborhood was inspired by Terry Crews' real-life experiences.
9. Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller sometimes bring their own props to use during the moments where Hitchcock and Scully are doing something in the background of a scene.
10. Terry Crews' first job was drawing courtroom sketches for the worst murder case in Flint, Michigan's history.
11. In fact, before he started acting or playing football, Terry sent his sketches to Disney in hopes of landing a job.
12. Before booking Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Stephanie Beatriz had only $50 in her bank account and was teaching workout classes.
13. Also, Stephanie was a Shakespearean actor who didn't really have a comedy background prior to playing Rosa.
14. Melissa Fumero was a professional dancer until her late twenties; in fact, one of her first jobs was teaching a ballet class.
15. Andy Samberg's first job in TV was as a production assistant on the show Spin City — Brooklyn Nine-Nine now films on the same lot.
16. Chelsea Peretti originally auditioned for Megan, the role that eventually evolved into Rosa — afterward, Gina was created for Chelsea.
17. The creators wrote the role of Terry specifically for Terry Crews — they loved the idea of someone who "looks like a superhero and is very gun-shy, literally."
18. Melissa Fumero was a huge fan of Joe Lo Truglio before he was cast on the show.
19. Andy Samberg would say "cool cool cool cool cool" between takes to make the cast laugh — the writers ended up incorporating it into the show.
20. The cast affectionately calls Joe "Butt McGee" when he starts riffing during a scene and doesn't know when to stop.
21. Terry was actually allergic to the clothes he had to wear while he was painted gold during the Cinco de Mayo heist.
22. When the show was initially canceled by Fox, the entire cast created a huge group chat where they just mourned the loss of their show together.
23. And finally, the running joke about Jake's obsession with Die Hard was partly inspired by Andy Samberg's love for the movie.
