History Trivia / Chuck

* HeyItsThatGuy: Where to begin? Chuck is partnered with [[Franchise/MassEffect Miranda Lawson,]] his mother is [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Sarah Connor]] and the Buy More colleague he fancies is [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles Cameron,]] just for starters. Other notable examples include Animal Mother, Vince Masuka, Fletcher Nix, Byron Bluth, Neil Caffrey, Sam Beckett, Captain Darrow, Olivia Munn, Stacy Keibler fighting The Bionic Redneck, Isaiah Mustafa, Clark Griswald, Imhotep, Mia Toretto, Patrick Vikan, Azamat, Ivan Erwich, Clark Kent, James Bond, Paris Hilton, Ivan Drago, Leland Palmer, Armand Assante, Trinity, The Devil, Father Ralph de Briccasart...[[OneOfUs by design.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Where to begin? Chuck is partnered with [[Franchise/MassEffect Miranda Lawson,]] his mother is [[Film/Terminator2 Sarah Connor]] and the Buy More colleague he fancies is [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles Cameron,]] just for starters. Other notable examples include Animal Mother, Vince Masuka, Fletcher Nix, Byron Bluth, Neil Caffrey, Sam Beckett, Captain Darrow, Olivia Munn, Stacy Keibler fighting The Bionic Redneck, Isaiah Mustafa, Clark Griswald, Imhotep, Mia Toretto, Patrick Vikan, Azamat, Ivan Erwich, Clark Kent, James Bond, Paris Hilton, Ivan Drago, Leland Palmer, Armand Assante, Trinity, The Devil, Father Ralph de Briccasart...[[OneOfUs by design.]]

* HeyIt'sThatGuy: Where to begin? Chuck is partnered with [[Franchise/MassEffect Miranda Lawson,]] his mother is [[Film/Terminator2 Sarah Connor]] and the Buy More colleague he fancies is [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles Cameron,]] just for starters. Other notable examples include Animal Mother, Vince Masuka, Fletcher Nix, Byron Bluth, Neil Caffrey, Sam Beckett, Captain Darrow, Olivia Munn, Stacy Keibler fighting The Bionic Redneck, Isaiah Mustafa, Clark Griswald, Imhotep, Mia Toretto, Patrick Vikan, Azamat, Ivan Erwich, Clark Kent, James Bond, Paris Hilton, Ivan Drago, Leland Palmer, Armand Assante, Trinity, The Devil, Father Ralph de Briccasart...[[OneOfUs by design.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Gift Shop Girl]] (after dyeing her hair black) is Chuck's sister.
** [[Series/{{Firefly}} Jayne Cobb]] is an NSA agent!
** Hey, Big Mike sold [[Series/DharmaAndGreg Greg]] a rat!
** [[WhiteCollar Neal Caffrey]] is just one of Bryce's aliases. We later discover that Peter Burke was Sarah's handler.
** [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Buster Bluth]] and [[Series/{{Dexter}} Vince Masuka]] before him were Buy More assistant managers.
** [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Oswald]] is a Ring agent.
** [[Film/RockyIV Ivan Drago]] is a Volkoff operative.
*** As if just being there wasn't enough, he even makes at least two {{Shout Out}}s to ''Rocky IV'': "I must break you!" and "If you die, you die."
** [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Sarah Connor]] is Chuck and Ellie's mom and [[Series/QuantumLeap Sam Beckett]] is their dad.
** Volkoff is Film/JamesBond and [[Series/DoctorWho Rassilon]].
** [[Series/{{Reaper}} The Devil]] is Volkoff's lawyer.
** The character "Greta" is [[Series/AttackOfTheShow Olivia Munn]], [[Series/{{Firefly}} River Tam]], Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike, and [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} Stacy Keibler]].
** [[Film/SupermanReturns Superman]] is Daniel Shaw.
** [[Series/{{Smallville}} Lana Lang]] is Hannah.
** [[Film/TheMummyTrilogy Imhotep]] and [[Film/{{Daredevil}} the Kingpin]] are FULCRUM agents.
** [[Series/{{Crusade}} Captain Gideon]] is Sarah's dad, while [[Series/BabylonFive Captain Sheridan]] is Devon's.
*** Which makes Chuck's ''Film/{{Tron}}'' poster all the more interesting.
** Chuck has to battle noted HITG Richard Burgi (''Series/TheSentinel, Series/DesperateHousewives, Series/TwentyFour'') to save Sarah. He's also the guy who insulted [[Series/{{Firefly}} Jayne]] and his cunning hat. ("That hat makes you look like an idiot.")
** [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Crowley]] (MarkSheppard) is the Director of the Ring.
** [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Miranda Lawson and Kal'Reegar]] are Chuck's protectors.
*** And in one episode, [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 EDI]] replaces Miranda and turns out to be a hardass.
*** And [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Aria]] became a spy.
** Hugo Panzer is Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin.
** Casey's former unit featured [[Film/TheExpendables Munroe]] / [[Film/TheDarkKnight Salvatore Maroni]] as the leader, {{Batista}} as TheBigGuy and [[Film/{{Avatar}} Dr. Norm Spellman]] / [[Series/{{Bones}} Colin Fisher]] as the resident CloudCuckooLander.
** [[Series/{{Smallville}} Green Arrow]] needed protecting from his brother in "Chuck Versus the Bearded Bandit". Guess it wasn't a job for Superman...
** Anyone paying attention to NBC's advertising knew that [[Series/{{Community}} Abed]] was going to show up in "Chuck Versus the Hack-off." [[spoiler:Not touted at all? [[ActorAllusion Shirley]], as a Buy More greenshirt with the hots for him.]]
*** Keeping with ''Series/{{Community}}'' references, the same episode features Kick-Puncher as a prison inmate.
** Creator/FreddieWong, as [[TheDanza Freddie]], a fellow hacker.
** Casey Hendershot, ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'' expert, appears twice as a mook. An Iranian villain from "Chuck vs. The A-Team" was (ironically) the lead IDF simulation actor.
** [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Ulfric Stormcloak]] shows up in the series finale.
** [[Series/{{Farscape}} John Crichton]] found his way back from the Uncharted Territories and got a job working for Quinn.
** [[Series/{{Lost}} Charlie]] escaped the sub explosion and resumed his career under the alias Tyler Martin.
** Not very many people will get this one, but if you are Canadian and watched Creator/{{YTV}} in the late [=1990s=]/early [=2000s=], you might recognize Lester from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ZwSua2wYg this show]]. Unfortunately, the only video on Youtube that just has the intro doesn't have him in it.
** Jane Bentley is the newsreader/sidekick on ''TheHowardSternShow''.
** Roan Montgomery is [[NightCourt Dan Fielding]].
** [[Series/Arrow Nyssa Al Ghul]] tried to torture Chuck in 'Chuck vs The Beefcake'

** If the show had continued, [[spoiler:Jeff & Lester]] would have become Team Bartowski's [[Franchise/JamesBond Q]].

** [[TheDrewCareyShow Oswald]] is a Ring agent.
** [[RockyIV Ivan Drago]] is a Volkoff operative.

** [[SupermanReturns Superman]] is Daniel Shaw.

** [[TheMummyTrilogy Imhotep]] and [[Film/{{Daredevil}} the Kingpin]] are FULCRUM agents.

** Hugo Panzer is StoneColdSteveAustin.
** Casey's former unit featured [[TheExpendables Munroe]] / [[Film/TheDarkKnight Salvatore Maroni]] as the leader, {{Batista}} as TheBigGuy and [[Film/{{Avatar}} Dr. Norm Spellman]] / [[Series/{{Bones}} Colin Fisher]] as the resident CloudCuckooLander.

** [[{{Lost}} Charlie]] escaped the sub explosion and resumed his career under the alias Tyler Martin.

** In the UK, Sky decided they didn't want to purchase the rights to show the fifth & final season of the show, and as Sky still own the rights to the first four seasons, the fifth season remains unaired in the country as no-one would buy the rights to just the final season of a show - [[ReplacementScrappy but it's okay, because Sky have several new shows that they're sure you'll enjoy]]. Thankfully, the show wasn't in the same situation as ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' or ''[[Recap/BattlestarGalacticaReimaginedThePlan Battlestar Galactica: The Plan]]'', where a DVD release was dependent on Sky showing the episodes first & the Season 5 DVD set was released later in the year.

** In the UK, Sky decided they didn't want to purchase the rights to show the fifth & final season of the show, and as Sky still own the rights to the first four seasons, the fifth season remains unaired in the country as no-one would buy the rights to just the final season of a show - [[ReplacementScrappy but it's okay, because Sky have several new shows that they're sure you'll enjoy]]. Thankfully, the show wasn't in the same situation as ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' or ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica: The Plan]]'', where a DVD release was dependent on Sky showing the episodes first & the Season 5 DVD set was released later in the year.

* TypeCasting: Adam Baldwin plays a tough, gruff, trigger-happy, [[FullMetalJacket borderline psycho]] with a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good heart]] and [[ICallHerVera a love of guns]]. [[{{Series/Firefly}} Sound familiar?]]

** There was a strong desire to have ChuckNorris appear in an episode.

* YouLookFamiliar: The actor who played Yuri the Gobbler had also played one of La Ciudad's goons.

* NoExportForYou: Want the show on Blu Ray? You'll have to import the releases from America.

** Chuck has to battle noted HITG Richard Burgi (''Series/TheSentinel, DesperateHousewives, Series/TwentyFour'') to save Sarah. He's also the guy who insulted [[Series/{{Firefly}} Jayne]] and his cunning hat. ("That hat makes you look like an idiot.")

* TypeCasting: Adam Baldwin plays a tough, gruff, trigger-happy, [[FullMetalJacket borderline psycho]] with a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold good heart]] and [[ICallHerVera a love of guns]]. [[{{Firefly}} Sound familiar?]]

** [[{{Farscape}} John Crichton]] found his way back from the Uncharted Territories and got a job working for Quinn.

** The way seasons 3 and 4 were picked up by NBC, with an initial order for 13 episodes, followed by a back 6 and back 11 (respectively) picked up when already in production, affected the way the storylines unfolded. Had the full season orders been made from the start, the first half plot would have extended over the full season instead. The back episodes of both seasons would have then formed the foundation of seasons 4 and 6, respectively.

** According to [[http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2008/09/chuck-chuck-vs-first-date-i-used-to-be.html a discussion Alan Sepinwall had with the creators]], they were originally going to try and hire ChuckNorris to play a major villain (most likely Leader from "Chuck Versus the Gravitron") in an episode that could only be titled "Chuck Versus Chuck."

** Natalie Martinez was cast as Kayla Hart, Chuck's next door neighbor on whom he had a crush, and who was set to be a major character. The development went as far as including her in the first run of promotional photos (which featured only the core cast members) before the character was dropped prior to the actual filming of the pilot.

** [[{{Lost}} Charlie]] escaped the sub explosion and resumed his career under the alias Tyler Martin.

** [[TheMummyTrilogy Imhotep]] and [[{{Daredevil}} the Kingpin]] are FULCRUM agents.

** [[{{Firefly}} Jayne Cobb]] is an NSA agent!
** Hey, Big Mike sold [[DharmaAndGreg Greg]] a rat!

*** Also: Creator/FreddieWong, as [[TheDanza Freddie]], a fellow hacker.

** Casey Hendershot, DeadliestWarrior expert, appears twice as a mook. An Iranian villain from "Chuck vs. The A-Team" was (ironically) the lead IDF simulation actor.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: In the UK, Sky decided they didn't want to purchase the rights to show the fifth & final season of the show, and as Sky still own the rights to the first four seasons, the fifth season remains unaired in the country as no-one would buy the rights to just the final season of a show - [[ReplacementScrappy but it's okay, because Sky have several new shows that they're sure you'll enjoy]]. Thankfully, the show wasn't in the same situation as ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' or ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica: The Plan]]'', where a DVD release was dependent on Sky showing the episodes first & the Season 5 DVD set was released later in the year.

* NoExportForYou / ScrewedByTheNetwork: In the UK, and waiting for the start of Season 5? You'll be waiting for a while - Sky decided they didn't want to purchase the rights to show the fifth & final season of the show, and it's not likely someone else will purchase the rights for ''just'' the final season since Sky still own the rights to (And show, for that matter) the first four seasons. [[ReplacementScrappy But it's okay, because Sky have several new shows that they're sure you'll enjoy]].
* TruthinTelevision: As in the plot of ''Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer'', many old arcade games do indeed have a "kill screen" where achieving a high enough level or score can generate bugged levels or cause other unusual effects. However Missile Command is actually ''not'' one of them, and merely loops back to the beginning when a certain point is reached.