History Trivia / AdventuresInOdyssey

** Will Ryan, who voiced several characters on this show, died while he was still working on it. It is unknown what will happen to these roles.

* CreatorBacklash: Katie Leigh (voice actress for Connie) played a major character from the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 animated series]], a fact which got a bit awkward after AIO did an episode condemning the role-playing game, "Castles and Cauldrons". Of course, considering how much fantasy voice-acting there is to do, most of the cast probably view that episode negatively themselves. In any case, when the D&D came out on DVD in 2006, Leigh was the only member of the cast to reprise her role as Sheila for (appropriately enough) the radio play of "Requiem". In earlier interviews she said she'd be quite happy to do the role again.

** Even before the animated series ended production, it was pretty clear that the writers were somewhat embarrassed by it and its noticeable difference in tone and writing. "A Day In The Life" was a partly a satirization of the changes in the animated series, wherein a Hollywood studio comes to make a movie about Odyssey and keeps making ridiculously over-the-top changes to make the movie more interesting until [[InNameOnly you can barely tell the movie's about Odyssey at all]]. "[[AprilFoolsDay I Slap Floor]]" even contained a DiscontinuityNod where ([[ItMakesSenseInContext a slightly unhinged]]) Whit draws up plans for the Strata-Flier (Whit's standard mode of transportation in the animated series) and raves about the adventures they can take in it and the people they can save. Everyone else in the room thinks Whit's being ridiculous.
---> '''Connie''': "Uh...huh."
---> '''Tom Riley''': "Maybe you should lie down, Whit."
---> '''Whit''': "Well, you'll be sorry the next time someone falls off a clock tower!"[[note]] This was something that actually happened in the animated series to Dylan.[[/note]]
** Within the radio show itself, we have the episodes that featured the klutzy police officer David Harley, who was quickly dropped when parents complained that he was giving kids a bad idea about police officers, and the episodes either went [[MissingEpisode missing]] or were either rewritten or rerecorded without Harley in them. In one case the early episode "Lights Out At Whit's End" was pulled, not just because of Harley, but because the episode was just [[BizarroEpisode too weird]], featuring little in the way of aesops (aside from a vague "it's good to spend time with your friends" moral) and ending with a random [[DancePartyEnding free-style rapping session]] that even Tom Riley and Whit take part in! The episode isn't even included in the "[[MissingEpisode Lost Episodes]]" album, and, as seen under SelfDeprecation on the main page, the one time they did call back to it, it wasn't exactly with kindness.[[note]]The producers also talked about it during a Q&A as well, answering a fan who asked why they didn't play this episode anymore; their utter embarrassment about the entire rap scene couldn't be made any clearer. The way they answered the question was by telling him that if he heard the episode, he wouldn't be asking, as they proceeded to play a clip of the rap before ashamedly calling it "painful"[[/note]]
** Marshal Younger, one of the series' writers, has expressed regret in relation to the 1994 episode "Fences" (in which Connie, embittered over her divorced father takes her anger out on men in general); feeling in hindsight that it went [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely against Connie's personality]].

--> '''Connie''': "Uh...huh."
--> '''Tom Riley''': "Maybe you should lie down, Whit."
--> '''Whit''': "Well, you'll be sorry the next time someone falls off a clock tower!"[[note]] This was something that actually happened in the animated series to Dylan.[[/note]]

* RealLifeRelative: The sisters Robyn and Melanie Jacobs (during the early years of the show) were played by real-life sisters Sage and Erin Bolte (incidentally, the daughters of AIO's original executive producer, Chuck Bolte).

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Hoo yeah. The show has utilized technology in every era, from dazzling arcade machines to pagers and beepers to top-of-the-line "laptop computers" and "cellular phones" to a brand-new computer having "one of those high-speed lines" to people sending "text messages" to [[BlandNameProduct [=AppleBerry=]]] smartphones. Nothing makes you feel old like having a fan question why Connie didn't just call or text Eugene or Bernard about Whit leaving on the cell phones they wouldn't have had yet in the early 1990s.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://www.aiowiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Adventures in Odyssey Wiki]]. Notice this wiki is formatted in a style similar to [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].

* CreatorBacklash: Katie Leigh (voice actress for Connie) played a major character from the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 animated series]], a fact which got a bit awkward after AIO did an episode condemning the role-playing game, "Castles and Cauldrons". Of course, considering how much fantasy voice-acting there is to do, most of the cast probably view that episode negatively themselves. In any case, when the D&D came out on DVD in 2006, Leigh was the only member of the cast to reprise her role as Sheila for (appropriately enough) the radio play of "[[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised Requiem]]". In earlier interviews she said she'd be quite happy to do the role again.

** Pretty much any of the episodes included on the "Lost Episodes" album count as this. Several of them were simply re-airings of Family Portraits episodes repackaged as Odyssey ones, but there were also a few other episodes that got pulled from the rotation for one reason or another. Probably the most known one is "Pamela has a Problem", in which Pamela has an unwanted pregnancy and has to decide over whether to have an abortion. It was reportedly pulled for being too dark for a children's show, and in fact the episode disclaimer recommends it most for a teenage audience.

* FandomNod: The various theories about AREM's identity that Alex, Cal, and Sarah come up with in "Grand Opening, Part 1" are all references to the theories fans were tossing around online.
** Even before the animated series ended production, it was pretty clear that the writers were somewhat embarrassed by it and its noticeable difference in tone and writing. "A Day In The Life" was a partly a satirization of the changes in the animated series, wherein a Hollywood studio comes to make a movie about Odyssey and keeps making ridiculously over-the-top changes to make the movie more interesting until [[InNameOnly you can barely tell the movie's about Odyssey at all]]. "[[AprilFoolsDay I Slap Floor]]" even contained a DiscontinuityNod where ([[ItMakesSenseInContext a slightly unhinged]]) Whit draws up plans for the Strata-Flier (Whit's standard mode of transportation in the animated series) and raves about the adventures they can take in it and the people they can save. Everyone else in the room thinks Whit's being ridiculous.
--> '''Connie''': "Uh...huh."
--> '''Tom Riley''': "Maybe you should lie down, Whit."
--> '''Whit''': "Well, you'll be sorry the next time someone falls off a clock tower!"[[note]] This was something that actually happened in the animated series to Dylan.[[/note]]
** Within the radio show itself, we have the episodes that featured the klutzy police officer David Harley, who was quickly dropped when parents complained that he was giving kids a bad idea about police officers, and the episodes either went [[MissingEpisode missing]] or were either rewritten or rerecorded without Harley in them. In one case the early episode "Lights Out At Whit's End" was pulled, not just because of Harley, but because the episode was just [[BizarroEpisode too weird]], featuring little in the way of aesops (aside from a vague "it's good to spend time with your friends" moral) and ending with a random [[DancePartyEnding free-style rapping session]] that even Tom Riley and Whit take part in! The episode isn't even included in the "[[MissingEpisode Lost Episodes]]" album, and, as seen under SelfDeprecation on the main page, the one time they did call back to it, it wasn't exactly with kindness.[[note]]The producers also talked about it during a Q&A as well, answering a fan who asked why they didn't play this episode anymore; their utter embarrassment about the entire rap scene couldn't be made any clearer. The way they answered the question was by telling him that if he heard the episode, he wouldn't be asking, as they proceeded to play a clip of the rap before ashamedly calling it "painful"[[/note]]
** Marshal Younger, one of the series' writers, has expressed regret in relation to the 1994 episode "Fences" (in which Connie, embittered over her divorced father takes her anger out on men in general); feeling in hindsight that it went [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness completely against Connie's personality]].

* TalkingToHimself:
** Walker Edmiston as Tom Riley and Bart Rathbone. One of the most superb examples is in "Tom for Mayor, Pt. 2," during the mayoral debate. In fact, during the first live show done for the series, one fan actually asked him to improvise a conversation with himself between Tom and Bart, and he delivered!
** Earl Boen as Edwin Blackgaard and Dr. Regis Blackgaard (although they only ever interacted with each other in one episode).
** Steve Burns as Rodney Rathbone and Robert Mitchell.
** Corey Burton and Will Ryan have LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles, regularly playing bit characters as well as multiple recurring characters (Walter Shakespeare and Cryin' Bryan Dern for Burton, Harlow Doyle and Eugene Meltsner for Ryan).

* NamesTheSame:
** There are two characters named Jack: Jack Davis and later Jack Allen.
** There are also two characters named Penny: Tom Riley's secretary (no last name given) and Penny Bassett (nee Wise).

* TheWikiRule: [[http://www.aiowiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Adventures in Odyssey Wiki]]. Notice this wiki is formatted in a style similar to [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].

** There are a few episodes from Spring 2000 (the latter half of the infamous [[DorkAge split era]]) that were last aired in 2003 for various reasons: "The Telltale Cat" was seen as too violent, "B-TV: Grace" had a skit that was deemed offensive to the Amish, "Sticks and Stones" might have given kids too many ideas for insults, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "Career Moves" was just a really weak episode]][[note]]though a number of fansites such as [[http://odysseyscoop.com/reviews/BethanysFlood.htm The Odyssey Scoop]] often cite the episode that replaced "Career Moves"; "Bethany's Flood", as one of the worst episodes in the show's history[[/note]].

* OldShame: Katie Leigh (voice actress for Connie) played a major character from the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 animated series]], a fact which got a bit awkward after AIO did an episode condemning the role-playing game, "Castles and Cauldrons". Of course, considering how much fantasy voice-acting there is to do, most of the cast probably view that episode as OldShame themselves. In any case, when the D&D came out on DVD in 2006, Leigh was the only member of the cast to reprise her role as Sheila for (appropriately enough) the radio play of "[[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised Requiem]]". In earlier interviews she said she'd be quite happy to do the role again.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: The 1988 episode "Karen" (where Donna Barclay's friend [[RememberTheNewGuy Karen]] [[IllGirl Crosby]] is stricken with and eventually [[TearJerker loses her battle with bone cancer]]) was based on an incident where Sage Bolte[[note]]daughter of then-executive producer [[RealLifeRelative Chuck Bolte]][[/note]] (who incidentally provides Karen's voice in the episode) had a friend who ended up dying from cancer as well.

** Dick Beals as Nicky Adamsworth in "Eugene's Dilemma" (Beals had a glandular problem that prevented him from ever going through puberty)

** Within the radio show itself, we have the episodes that featured the klutzy police officer David Harley, who was quickly dropped when parents complained that he was giving kids a bad idea about police officers, and the episodes either went [[MissingEpisode missing]] or were either rewritten or rerecorded without Harley in them. In one case the early episode "Lights Out At Whit's End" was pulled, not just because of Harley, but because the episode was just [[BizarroEpisode too weird]], featuring little in the way of aesops (aside from a vague "it's good to spend time with your friends" moral) and ending with a random [[DancePartyEnding free-style rapping session]] that even Tom Riley and Whit take part in! The episode isn't even included in the "[[LostEpisode Lost Episodes]]" album, and, as seen under SelfDeprecation on the main page, the one time they did call back to it, it wasn't exactly with kindness.[[note]]The producers also talked about it during a Q&A as well, answering a fan who asked why they didn't play this episode anymore; their utter embarrassment about the entire rap scene couldn't be made any clearer. The way they answered the question was by telling him that if he heard the episode, he wouldn't be asking, as they proceeded to play a clip of the rap before ashamedly calling it "painful"[[/note]]

* DiedDuringProduction: Will Ryan, who voiced several characters on this show, died while he was still working on it. It is unknown what will happen to these roles.

* ActorAllusion: In one episode of the radio show ("The Day After Christmas), a toy called Betty Buckskin that spoofs ''Toys/TeddyRuxpin'' that works with an accompanying toy is mentioned. Will Ryan, who played several roles on this show, voiced Grubby from the ''Teddy Ruxpin'' franchise.

** Walker Edmiston as Tom Riley and Bart Rathbone. One of the most superb examples is in "Tom for Mayor, Pt. 2," during the mayoral debate.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Actually avoided for the most part, as the producers try their hardest to avoid referring to years to make the episodes as timeless for reruns as possible. That said, it still occasionally happens:
** "Odyssey Sings!" came out at the height of ''Series/AmericanIdol's'' fame, in 2005. Thanks to it having fallen out of favor in the later half of the 2000s (with attempts to revive it having no lasting effect), the episode firmly cements itself as being a product of this time.
** Virtually every early episode that features a video arcade has become this, especially during Jimmy's youth where he's obsessed with "Zapazoids". The show started when they were still alive and well, but they fell out of favor in the late 90s.
** Another mid-late 2000s example: The 2007 episode "Hear Me, Hear Me" has a B-plot where Whit's MotorMouth cousin Evelyn whose talkative nature got on everyone's nerves to the degree where Whit ended up screaming for her to stop[[note]]an [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness extremely rare action]] for Whit in the post-Hal Smith era[[/note]], rattling off at one point about the Kennedy family and questioning if one of them was "still around". Massachusetts Senator UsefulNotes/TedKennedy was "still around" at the time of the episode's original broadcast, lasting another two years before his death from brain cancer in 2009.

* OldShame: Katie Leigh (voice actress for Connie) played a major character from the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons animated series]], a fact which got a bit awkward after AIO did an episode condemning the role-playing game, "Castles and Cauldrons". Of course, considering how much fantasy voice-acting there is to do, most of the cast probably view that episode as OldShame themselves. In any case, when the D&D came out on DVD in 2006, Leigh was the only member of the cast to reprise her role as Sheila for (appropriately enough) the radio play of "[[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised Requiem]]". In earlier interviews she said she'd be quite happy to do the role again.

* MissingEpisode: A few early shows starring a bumbling police officer (named Officer Harley) were pulled and re-recorded when parents complained that he gave children the wrong impression of authority figures. Officer Harley's only appearance now is at the end of the episode where the Barclays get robbed and the {{Flashback}} about how Whit acquired Whit's End.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: While a number of actors have been replaced and some characters quietly have retired since the passing of their voice actors, Tom Riley is one of the few true examples following the death of Walker Edmiston.