History Trivia / AlienNation

* FailedFutureForecast: Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were broadcast. The fourth Rambo film was not released until 11 years after the final Alien Nation TV movie was released. To date, only five Rambo films have been released. Despite film's negative reviews and Creator/SylvesterStallone saying at the time of [[Film/RamboLastBlood ''Rambo Last Blood's'']] release that it would be the last Rambo film, Stallone said in 2020 that a sixth Rambo film might be made.[[https://movieweb.com/robocop-peter-weller-robodoc-clip/]]

* FailedFutureForecast: Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were broadcast. The fourth Rambo film was not released until 11 years after the final Alien Nation TV movie was released. To date, only five Rambo films have been released. Despite film's negative reviews and Creator/SylvesterStallone saying at the time of ''[[Film/RamboLastBlood Rambo Last Blood's'']] release that it would be the last Rambo film, Stallone said in 2020 that a sixth Rambo film might be made.[[https://movieweb.com/robocop-peter-weller-robodoc-clip/]]

* FailedFutureForecast: Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were broadcast. The fourth Rambo film was not released until 11 years after the final Alien Nation TV movie was released. To date, only five Rambo films have been released. Despite film's negative reviews and Creator/SylvesterStallone saying at the time of ''[[Film/RamboLastBlood Rambo Last Blood's'' release that it would be the last Rambo film, Stallone said in 2020 that a sixth Rambo film might be made.[[https://movieweb.com/robocop-peter-weller-robodoc-clip/]]

* FailedFutureForecast: Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were broadcast. The fourth Rambo film was not released until 11 years after the final Alien Nation TV movie was released. To date, only five Rambo films have been released. Despite film's negative reviews and Creator/SylvesterStallone saying at the time of ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' release that it would be the last Rambo film, Stallone said in 2020 that a sixth Rambo film might be made.[[https://movieweb.com/robocop-peter-weller-robodoc-clip/]]

* Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were broadcast. The fourth Rambo film was not released until 11 years after the final Alien Nation TV movie was released.

* Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were released. The fourth Rambo film was not released until 11 years after the final Alien Nation TV movie was released.

* Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/Rambo Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were released. The fourth Rambo film was not released until 11 years after the final Alien Nation TV movie was released.

* Both the film and television series show a movie theater marquee advertising [[Franchise/Rambo Rambo 6]]. Only three Rambo films had been released during the time that both the film and series were released. The fourth Rambo film was not released until

* MoneyDearBoy: At the time of the film's release, Creator/JamesCaan unambiguously stated that his salary was the only reason for doing the film, especially since he said the director, Graham Baker, "couldn't direct ''traffic''."

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: This show's trajectory eerily mirrored Series/{{Firefly}} - It aired in the FridayNightDeathSlot and got an insanely devoted fandom. Henry Jenkins even cited it in ''Textual Poachers'' as a unifying force for different factions of FanFic writers (those who were writing for sci-fi series, and those who wrote for action-adventure series). But this show was the TropeCodifier for Fox treating their cult series poorly. Fox didn't even ''want'' to cancel the series but couldn't attract enough advertisers to support the show's considerable budget. The movies came out because several new executives hired at Fox were fans of the series themselves.
* {{You Look Familiar}}:

** Wayne Pére played Thor in "Fifteen with Wanda" and Terry Firma in ''The Enemy Within''.

** Joel Polis played Dr. Edward Windsor in "Fountain of Youth" and Carl Peterson in "Contact". He is the only actor to play both a human and a Newcomer in the TV series itself, though not in the franchise overall.

** Kerrie Keane played Jennifer in the third TV film ''Millennium'' and Jessica in ''The Enemy Within''.

** Brian Thompson played Trent Porter in the theatrical film and Peter Rabbit in "Rebirth". He is the only actor to appear in both the original film and the television series.

** Kerrie Keane played Jennifer in the third TV film ''Millennium'' and Jessica in ''The Enemy Within''. [[spoiler: This troper originally thought that Jennifer had survived her fall and had disguised herself as a human in ''The Enemy Within'' in the same way as Chorboke had disguised himself as Roger Benson in ''Body and Soul''.]]

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: This show's trajectory eerily mirrored Series/{{Firefly}} - It aired in the FridayNightDeathSlot and got an insanely devoted fandom. Henry Jenkins even cited it in ''Textual Poachers'' as a unifying force for different factions of FanFic writers (those who were writing for sci-fi series, and those who wrote for action-adventure series). But this show was the TropeCodifier for Fox treating their cult series poorly. Fox didn't even ''want'' to cancel the series but couldn't attract enough advertisers to support the show's considerable budget. The movies came out because several new executives hired at Fox were fans of the series themselves.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'', ''Film/District9'' and the UrbanFantasy example ''Film/{{Bright}}''.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: This show's trajectory eerily mirrored Series/{{Firefly}} - It aired in the FridayNightDeathSlot and got an insanely devoted fandom. Henry Jenkins even cited it in ''Textual Poachers'' as a unifying force for different factions of FanFic writers (those who were writing for sci-fi series, and those who wrote for action-adventure series). But this show was the TropeCodifier for Fox treating their cult series poorly.
** Fox didn't even ''want'' to cancel the series but couldn't attract enough advertisers to support the show's considerable budget. The movies came out because several new executives hired at Fox were fans of the series themselves.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'' and ''Film/District9''.

* MoneyDearBoy: At the time of the film's release, JamesCaan unambiguously stated that his salary was the only reason for doing the film, especially since he said the director, Graham Baker, "couldn't direct ''traffic''."

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride Hello, my name is Sam Fransisco. You killa Matt's Partner. Prepare to die!]]
** [[Film/SupermanII Kneel before Harcourt!]]

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Was cancelled by Fox after its first season, despite being quite popular. At the time Fox was losing a lot of money and needed to cut production on numerous shows. They saw more profit in their comedy shows, so the dramas--like Alien Nation--were cut.

* MoneyDearBoy: At the time of the film's release, JamesCaan unambiguously stated that his salary was the only reason for doing the film, especially since he said the director, Graham Baker, "couldn't direct ''traffic''."

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/ThePrincessBride Hello, my name is Sam Fransisco. You killa Matt's Partner. Prepare to die!]]