History Trivia / AgentsofSHIELD

** Melinda was originally going to be a white woman named Althea Rice. Ming-Na Wen gave such a strong audition that the character became Chinese and her name was changed.

** [[spoiler:Ming-Na Wen plays both May and the Life Model Decoy of May, made by Aida, during the second third Season 4.]]

** Creator/GabrielLuna, like his character, grew up without his father and had to be the man of the house in his immediate family. He also has a brother who was very close with.

* CareerResurrection: Natalia Cordova-Buckley almost quit acting until she won the role of Elena Rodriguez.

* CreatorCouple: Jed Whedon (the younger brother of Joss Whedon) and his wife Maurissa Tancharoen are the showrunners of the series.[[note]]Joss himself had a significantly smaller role than most other Creator/MutantEnemy projects due to being busy with ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', and eventually left Marvel after ''Age of Ultron'' was finished.[[/note]]

** Clark Gregg, who is a big fan of Daredevil and Iron Fist, has lamented how the "lawyer stuff" behind Marvel Television prevented the show from crossing over with the Netflix Marvel shows, even though there are several references made to each other within the shows. He specifically wanted the opportunity for Coulson to meet Danny Rand, something he considered a geek out moment for him.

** Kora. She is apparently meant to be in her late teens/early twenties when she is introduced, yet her actress is about a year older than Chloe Bennet.

* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/ClarkGregg had directed an episode in Season 5, and another one in Season 6. Bonus points for the actor who portrayed the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. becoming a literal Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Creator/ElizabethHenstridge, who plays Jemma Simmons, made her directorial debut in Season 7 Episode 9.

** Meanwhile, in an [[http://www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/interview-agents-of-shield-co-star-bill-paxton-on-the-finale-and-feeling-the-universe interview with HitFix]] before the season finale "Beginning of the End", Bill Paxton [[spoiler: was informed he was Hydra right as he was hired, before anybody else on the set knew. So Paxton was allowed to play Garrett as a bad guy knowingly playing a good guy, and the rest of the cast were in the dark for quite a while... including Creator/ClarkGregg!]]
** Upon being cast, Chloe Bennet wasn't informed that her character would be revealed as Daisy Johnson, which helped make her character more original instead of trying to take aspects from the source material.

* HideYourPregnancy: Dichen Lachman was pregnant during the time of shooting, hence why her wardrobe is always loose fitting.

** "World's End" has a dedication to Creator/PowersBoothe, who played Gideon Malick (another bad guy, coincidentally) and died in May 2017, just two days before the episode first aired.

* PostScriptSeason: The series was expected to get cancelled after Season Five, which is why it ended with Coulson being allowed to [[YourDaysAreNumbered die in peace]] and the team on an AndTheAdventureContinues mission in the episode named [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E22TheEnd "The End"]]. The show was then unexpectedly picked up for two more seasons, forcing the creators to find a way to bring Creator/ClarkGregg back twice without ressurrecting Coulson again.

** Creator

** Creator/ClarkGregg is a long time Marvel comic fan, having grown up watching various Spider-Man tv series and reading comic books. He was a big fan of the characters Daredevil and Iron Fist, and was saddened that his character wasn't able to crossover into those respective series.
** Creator/PattonOswalt: Patton was very excited to join the series, as he was a big Marvel comics fan and enjoyed the first few episodes

** In "Know Your Onions", Ernest Koenig's last line "This looks like the start to a marvelous friendship" was ab-libbed by Patton Oswalt. The line itself is a play on the final line of in the movie Film/Casablanca,

* AbilityOverAppearance: Melinda was originally going to be a white woman named Althea Rice. Ming-Na Wen gave such a strong audition that the character became Chinese and her name was changed.

* IKnewIt:
** [[spoiler: Half of the fandom knew Bobbi Morse was working for Coulson ever since they first mentioned she was 'Head of HYDRA Security'; the other half were ''hoping'' this would be the case and [[AdaptationalVillainy dreading the idea of it not being so]].]] So, when it was leaked that this was indeed the case, people weren't surprised, though were ''very'' relieved.
** People also guessed that [[spoiler: Mockingbird]] would be Lance's often-mentioned ex-wife since about the second time he mentioned her; it helps that he mentioned she was friends with Hartley, who as a high-ranking member of SHIELD, would likely have known [[spoiler: Bobbi, given Bobbi's apparent popularity within SHIELD.]]
** Also during Season 2, there were two theories being called out: firstly, that the mysterious aliens involved in the backstory were [[spoiler:the Kree]], thus setting up a plotline concerning [[spoiler:the Inhumans]]; and secondly, related to that, that Skye was not a CanonForeigner at all but someone from the comics proper, with the most prominent guess being [[spoiler:Daisy Johnson/Quake]], which by extension would make her AxeCrazy father [[spoiler:Calvin "Cal" Zabo/Mister Hyde]]. By the mid-season finale, both these theories were revealed to be true.
** After ''Winter Soldier'', people went back over the MCU with a fine-tooth comb, looking for [[spoiler:potential HYDRA infiltrators]]. "Among Us Hide..." explains a plot point in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. [[spoiler:Remember that guy on the Council who Fury was talking to? He was HYDRA. He convinced them to launch the nuke, probably not to contain the threat, but to kill off all the Avengers before they could become a problem.]]
** Quite a few fans correctly guessed that [[spoiler:Andrew Garner was Lash]].
** When he first appeared, a few fans guessed that James was probably J.T. James, AKA Hellfire of the Secret Warriors. Then he gets his powers in his next appearance and this is confirmed.
** Most people were expecting that it was [[spoiler:Lincoln]] who would die in the Season 3 finale.
** In the lead up to San Diego Comic-Con 2016, promos for Season 4 showing a flaming chain were spotted. Some sites reported that this was likely just hinting at the return of Hellfire, but a number of fans correctly guessed it was actually {{Foreshadowing}} the arrival of ComicBook/GhostRider. (Though technically, [[TakeAThirdOption both did happen]])
** Although the end of ''The Man Behind the Shield'' would lead the viewer to believe that [[spoiler:Coulson, Mack, Mace, and Daisy had been replaced with Life-Model Decoys and only Fitz and Simmons knew]], a few fans correctly predicted that [[spoiler:Fitz himself had been replaced by a LMD]]; some even predicted that [[spoiler:"Skyenet" was actually the real, flesh-and-blood Daisy]].
** Quite a few people guessed that Jemma would wake up in the Framework buried alive, while others correctly predicted Aida would become the Framework's version of Madame Hydra.
** [[spoiler:Many people theorized Deke was directly descended from Leo and Jemma in some way from his earliest appearances; "The Real Deal" confirmed they are his maternal grandparents.]]
** In Season 7, many fans theorized that [[spoiler:Fitz and Simmons had been away from the team for much longer than it appeared in the time between being rescued by Enoch at the Lighthouse and Simmons saving the team at Izel’s temple and that they’d had a child during that time. The series finale confirmed that they had discovered Jemma was pregnant while building the time machine and then spent about four years living on the Zephyr out in space with their daughter before going back in time to rescue the team.]]

* TheWikiRule: [[http://agentsofshield.fandom.com/wiki/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D._Wiki Of course there's a Fandom wiki.]] The [=MCU=] wiki has [[http://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.# some data on the show too.]]
* WordOfGay: {{Averted|Trope}}; the writers considered having Isabelle Hartley mention a romantic relationship with Victoria Hand in a nod to their comic-book counterparts, until they considered the implications attached to [[spoiler:[[BuryYourGays killing off your only two openly gay characters]] almost as soon as they appeared -- ''especially'' if they were once lovers]].

* DeletedScene: The home release of Season 2 contains scene from the finale "S.O.S.", where a flashback to the day Daisy's birth was cut. Jiaying tells Cal to promise her that if anything happens to her, that he would protect Daisy. This is seemingly the promise that Cal mentions before killing Jiaying in the climax.

** Played straight with Creator/Dove Cameron who is appoximately three years older than Ruby.

* NamesTheSame:
** "The Rising Tide", the hacktivist group Skye is part of, is also the name of a RealLife climate change activist group. The real life organisation Rising Tide is not pleased with the series using the name, since fans have confused them for some super hacker group (when in reality they're just a normal protest group).
** "Melinda May" is also a song by Stephen Foster published in 1851.
** The Argentine TV series ''Series/LosRicosNoPidenPermiso'' has its own Elena Rodriguez.
** It is safe to say that Robbie Reyes' brother, Gabriel Reyes, is not the same Gabriel Reyes from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''.

** A minor case; Fitz-Simmons both have the same birthdays and birth year as their actors, according to their ID badges and information given in the tie-in comics.[[note]]This slightly contradicts information given in the show, however; in a deleted scene from "Seeds", Simmons claims that Fitz is twenty-three days older than her, while Iain De Caestecker is actually three months younger than Elizabeth Henstridge. So, while Simmons definitely shares her actor's birthday (as can be seen on her ID card in the show), the same may or may not be the case with Fitz. However, this seems to have been the subject of a minor {{Retcon}} in later tie-in comics, which make a point of having Fitz share his actor's birthday for the sake of a running in-joke [[ItMakesSenseInContext involving monkeys]].[[/note]]

** Fitz's love for monkeys was inspired by [[Creator/IainDeCaestecker's Iain De Castecker]] own love for monkeys.

* WrittenInAbsence: Iain De Caestecker was filming a movie during the first few episodes of Season 5, thus necessitating [[spoiler: Fitz being the only member of the team left behind on modern-day Earth when Enoch transports the rest of the team through time.]] Taken UpToEleven in season 7 where once again due to De Caestecker's filming schedule with other projects, [[spoiler: he only appears in the last three episodes of the season (albeit admittedly a much shorter season than 5), and is no longer officially part of the main cast]].

** [[http://screencrush.com/joss-whedon-agents-of-shield-coulson-marvel-tv/ There were plans to use Loki Scepter from the original ''Avengers'' movie during the show]], but the idea was scrapped due to ''Age of Ultron''.

** A [[TheStinger post-credits scene]] for the finale "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS7E13WhatWereFightingFor What We're Fighting For]]" was [[https://ew.com/tv/agents-of-shield-series-finale-cast-fate/ planned but never filmed]], which would have had Deke becoming the {{expy}} of the original Nick Fury as he already served as the series' {{expy}} of Star-Lord, in which he would don the iconic eyepatch.

* QuoteSource: This series provides the page quote for:
** DreamTellsYouToWakeUp
** EmergingFromTheShadows
** EvilLuddite
** FunWithAcronyms
** HeroicRROD

** Peter Mensah, who plays Qovas in season 5, previously appeared in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' as General Joe Greller.

* FanNickname:
** "[[TeamDad Dad Supreme]]" for Coulson seems to be emerging.
** A few have taken to calling the series "Interns of S.H.I.E.L.D.", due to the mostly college age-looking cast.
** After Ward's [[spoiler: season 1 FaceHeelTurn and season 2 BeardOfEvil]], Reddit users have started calling him [[spoiler: Beardy [=McTraitorson=]]].
** The mysterious symbols that Garrett and later [[spoiler:Coulson]] began doodling have been nicknamed "Kree math".
** "Lime Ward" and "Black Ward" for Lance and Antoine, respectively.
*** Similarly "Black Simmons" for Mack, when Simmons was absent from the show and Fitz spent all his time hanging out with Mack instead. Amusingly, the guy who plays Mack [[Creator/HenrySimmons is actually named Simmons]].
** The [[http://www.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/aos-600x922.jpg Slicing Talons]], Cal's team of gifted humans, is either fan-nicknamed "Angry Dad's Psycho Squad" or "Brotherhood of Evil Gifted Humans".
** "Bull"-S.H.I.E.L.D. for [[spoiler: Robert Gonzales' splinter faction of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]; it also goes by the nickname of [[HufflepuffHouse HuffleS.H.I.E.L.D.]] as well. In reference to the name of the actor who portrays its leader, it is also called [[spoiler:[[Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos Olmost]]-S.H.I.E.L.D.]].
** Thanks to Skye in [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E19TheDirtyHalfDozen "The Dirty Half Dozen"]], Raina is now [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]].
** Some viewers have dubbed Alisha, the Inhuman with MesACrowd powers, the Ginger Ninja ([[InseriesNickname because Mack did so first]])
** Ward's HYDRA faction in the early Season 3 is either "HYDRA Junior" or "[[ReplacementScrappy HYDRA]]-[[BigBadWannabe wannabe]]", because their agents are not only consisting [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Baron Strucker]]'s [[OverlordJr son]] but also generally being unconvincing or petty thugs who aren't even [[SharpDressedMan dressed sharply]], being seemingly unprofessional (at point Ward sheepishly warned them when they recklessly handle crates that may contain explosives), their base is a warehouse, [[EvilIsPetty their motivation is to cause chaos for S.H.I.E.L.D. to handle]] (aside from Ward's personal motivation for {{revenge}}), and they apparently lack of weaponry and manpower (to the point that Hunter attempted to infiltrate them by giving them weapons). They are also apparently not so connected with other HYDRA factions, especially the Inner Circle that includes Gideon Malick. They are also not only curb-stomped by ''two'' S.H.I.E.L.D. agents but also by Malick's faction later, to the point that they're eventually forced to merge into Malick's faction, with Ward being DemotedToDragon. Bobbi also calls them "Ward's little HYDRA dynasty". [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Even their version of HYDRA symbol]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/9/9b/Ward%27s_HYDRA_logo.png looks dirt cheap!]]
** Once Ward[[spoiler:'s corpse was possessed by Hive]] during season 3's mid-season finale, some fans have opted to calling him [[spoiler: [=SquidWard=]]].
** Kree Reapers, the Kree who are responsible for [[spoiler:creation of Hive]], are called "Kreeapers" or [[spoiler:"Kreeators"]].
** James/Hellfire is Australian ComicBook/{{Gambit}}.
** The second arc of Season 4 ([[spoiler:''LMD'']]) features alternate versions of several characters which fans have given various nicknames to.
*** [[spoiler:LMD May is [=LMayD=]]]. Which even the official social media for the show has acknowledged!
*** [[spoiler:The rest of the team is "Coultron", "iMack", "Directonator", and "Skyenet"[[note]] Which gains new relevance with the room full of her/them[[/note]], though LMD Fitz lacks a cool name.]]
** The third arc of Season 4 ([[spoiler:''Agents of HYDRA'']]) also features alternate versions of several characters which fans have given nicknames to:
*** [[spoiler:The Framework version of Fitz has several names: Evil Fitz, Fritz[[note]]'''Fr'''amework F'''itz'''[[/note]], [=FrameFitz=], Fitzwork, and (once he ascended to the head of HYDRA) [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Fitzler]].]]
*** [[spoiler:The Framework version of Ward is known as [=FrameWard=] or [=GoodWard=].]]
*** [[spoiler:The Framework version of Agent Triplett is known as [=FrameTrip=].]]
** Season 5 throws the team into space and introduces Deke, played by Jeff Ward. He quickly earns the nickname [=StarWard=], thanks to his helmet making him a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star Lord]]. Another nickname for him is [=SpaceWard=] for [[InSpace obvious reason]] or [=RealWard=] because his actor is actually named Ward.
*** When the Vrellnexians were first advertised, fans started refering to them as "[[Series/StrangerThings Demodogs]]". When it was established that the humans called them "roaches", the nickname "demo-roaches" became popular.
** "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Frozen Fitz]]", "Fitzsicle", or "[[JustForPun Leocold]]" for Main Timeline Fitz that was frozen in Enoch's ship and the team is intending to retrieve after [[spoiler:the death of Time Traveller Fitz]] at the Season 5 finale.

** According to Clark Gregg, Fitz's line to Gordon in "S.O.S., Part 2" was just "science." Ian ad-libbed the "biatch."