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* CastIncest: Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) and JenniferCarpenter (Debra Morgan) were married for a couple of years while playing adopted siblings. They were divorced on December 2, 2011.

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* CastIncest: Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) and JenniferCarpenter Creator/JenniferCarpenter (Debra Morgan) were married for a couple of years while playing adopted siblings. They were divorced on December 2, 2011.
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* HeyItsThatVoice:
** In the Japanese dub, Dexter is, ironically, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure J.Geil in the TV series]], another SerialKiller, except J.Geil is the '''opposite''' of Dexter in every aspect.
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** Mexican-American Christian Camargo as [[ButNotTooForeign plain old American]] Rudy Cooper.

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** Mexican-American Christian Camargo as [[ButNotTooForeign plain old American]] Rudy Cooper.Cooper [[spoiler:/ Brian Moser]].
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*** [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Bobby Singer]] is her father.
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* ActorAllusion:
** Michael C. Hall previously played a funeral home director on ''Series/SixFeetUnder.'' So when Dexter goes to a funeral home in the season 5 premiere, and the roles are reversed, the show makes the most of it, from a set that looks like the Fisher funeral home to the director offering tissues.
** Enver Gjokaj guest stars as a character named Viktor, possibly a reference to his role as Victor in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''.


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* StuntCasting: From Season 3 onward, moderately big names are brought in to play major recurring characters.
** Jimmy Smits in Season 3.
** John Lithgow in Season 4.
** Julia Stiles, Jonny Lee Miller, and Peter Weller in Season 5.
** Colin Hanks, Mos Def, and Edward James Olmos in Season 6.
** Ray Stevenson and Yvonne Strahovski in Season 7.
** Charlotte Rampling and [[spoiler:Yvonne Strahovski (again)]] in Season 8.
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** [[Series/{{Elementary}} Sherlock]] is now SerialKiller Jordan Chase.

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** Englishman Sam Underwood as Zach Hamilton.



** And [[ThirdRockFromTheSun Dick Solomon]] [[spoiler: killed his wife]].

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** And [[ThirdRockFromTheSun [[Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun Dick Solomon]] [[spoiler: killed his wife]].



** Dexter is related to [[NationalTreasure John Wilkes Booth]] and [[TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Emily Rose]].

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** Dexter is related to [[NationalTreasure [[Film/NationalTreasure John Wilkes Booth]] and [[TheExorcismOfEmilyRose [[Film/TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Emily Rose]].



** [[BandOfBrothers Malarkey]] is [[spoiler:one of Lumen's rapists]].
** [[EliStone A lawyer with an aneurysm]] is a big bad of season 5.
** [[{{Everwood}} Colin Hart]] causes a lot of trouble as a drug dealer in season three.
** {{May}} is [[spoiler:the first victim of the ring of rapists organized by Jordan Chase]], and is still in some sort of [[MoreThanMindControl really messed-up]] relationship with him.
** Poor [[{{Popular}} Mary Cherry]]; she married a rapist who was murdered by Dexter as shown in the penultimate episode of season five.

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** [[BandOfBrothers [[Series/BandOfBrothers Malarkey]] is [[spoiler:one of Lumen's rapists]].
** [[EliStone [[Series/EliStone A lawyer with an aneurysm]] is a big bad the BigBad of season 5.
** [[{{Everwood}} [[Series/{{Everwood}} Colin Hart]] causes a lot of trouble as a drug dealer in season three.
** {{May}} Film/{{May}} is [[spoiler:the first victim of the ring of rapists organized by Jordan Chase]], and is still in some sort of [[MoreThanMindControl really messed-up]] relationship with him.
** Poor [[{{Popular}} [[Series/{{Popular}} Mary Cherry]]; she married a rapist who was murdered by Dexter as shown in the penultimate episode of season five.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Showtime execs refused to let the show end with [[spoiler:Dexter's death]]. So there's who to blame.
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* CastIncest: Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) and JenniferCarpenter (Debra Morgan) were married for a couple of years while playing stepsiblings. They were divorced on December 2, 2011.

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* CastIncest: Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) and JenniferCarpenter (Debra Morgan) were married for a couple of years while playing stepsiblings.adopted siblings. They were divorced on December 2, 2011.

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* CastIncest: Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) and JenniferCarpenter (Debra Morgan) were married for a couple of years while playing adopted siblings. They were divorced on December 2, 2011.
* FakeAmerican:
** Englishman Jonny Lee Miller as Jordan Chase in Season 5.
** Australian Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah [=McKay=] in Season 7.

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* CastIncest: Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) and JenniferCarpenter (Debra Morgan) were married for a couple of years while playing adopted siblings.stepsiblings. They were divorced on December 2, 2011.
* FakeAmerican:
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** Englishman Jonny Lee Miller as Jordan Chase in Season 5.
Chase.
** Australian Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah [=McKay=] in Season 7.[=McKay=].



** Puerto Rican Lauren Velez as Afro-Cuban-American Maria [=LaGuerta=].

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** Puerto Rican Lauren Velez Vélez as Afro-Cuban-American Maria [=LaGuerta=].



* FakeRussian: British RayStevenson plays a Ukrainian Don in Season 7.

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* FakeRussian: British Irishman RayStevenson plays a as Ukrainian Don in Season 7.Isaak Sirko.



** Holy
shit, [[ThePunisher Frank Castle]] in a story about a vigilante who tracks down and murders bad guys. And He's one of the bad guys!

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** Holy
Holy shit, [[ThePunisher Frank Castle]] in a story about a vigilante who tracks down and murders bad guys. And He's HE's one of the bad guys!



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the series finale aired, an interview with former showrunner Clyde Phillips (who stepped down after Season 4) revealed ''his'' idea for the final scene:
-->"In the very last scene of the series, Dexter wakes up. And everybody is going to think, 'Oh, it was a dream.' And then the camera pulls back and back and back and then we realize, 'No, it's not a dream.' Dexter's opening his eyes and he's on the execution table at the Florida Penitentiary. They're just starting to administer the drugs and he looks out through the window to the observation gallery. And in the gallery are all the people that Dexter killed—including the Trinity Killer and the Ice Truck Killer (his brother Rudy), [=LaGuerta=] who he was responsible killing, Doakes who he's arguably responsible for, Rita, who he's arguably responsible for, Lila. All the big deaths, and also whoever the weekly episodic kills were. They are all there. That's what I envisioned for the ending of Dexter. That everything we've seen over the past eight seasons has happened in the several seconds from the time they start Dexter's execution to the time they finish the execution and he dies. Literally, his life flashed before his eyes as he was about to die. I think it would have been a great, epic, very satisfying conclusion."

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the series finale aired, an interview with former showrunner Clyde Phillips (who stepped down after Season 4) revealed ''his'' idea for the final scene:
how ''he'' would have ended it:
-->"In the very last scene of the series, Dexter wakes up. And everybody is going to think, 'Oh, it was a dream.' And then the camera pulls back and back and back and then we realize, 'No, it's not a dream.' Dexter's opening his eyes and he's on the execution table at the Florida Penitentiary. They're just starting to administer the drugs and he looks out through the window to the observation gallery. And in the gallery are all the people that Dexter killed—including the Trinity Killer and the Ice Truck Killer (his brother Rudy), [=LaGuerta=] who he was responsible [for] killing, Doakes who he's arguably responsible for, Rita, Rita who he's arguably responsible for, Lila. All the big deaths, and also whoever the weekly episodic kills were. They are all there. That's what I envisioned for the ending of Dexter. That everything we've seen over the past eight seasons has happened in the several seconds from the time they start Dexter's execution to the time they finish the execution and he dies. Literally, his life flashed before his eyes as he was about to die. I think it would have been a great, epic, very satisfying conclusion."
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** Mexican-American Christian Camargo as [[ButNotTooEthnic plain old American]] Rudy Cooper.

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** Mexican-American Christian Camargo as [[ButNotTooEthnic [[ButNotTooForeign plain old American]] Rudy Cooper.

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** Korean-American CS Lee as Japanese-American Vince Masuka.

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** Korean-American CS C.S. Lee as Japanese-American Vince Masuka.Masuka.
** Mexican-American Christian Camargo as [[ButNotTooEthnic plain old American]] Rudy Cooper.



** Look, Dexter's new nanny (on season 5) is [[TheTudors Queen Catherine of Aragon]]

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** Look, Dexter's new nanny (on season 5) is [[TheTudors Queen Catherine of Aragon]]Aragon]].



** Wait a second... Is that [[Series/SixFeetUnder David Fisher]]? [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything And he's dealing with dead people and having conversations with his dead father]]!

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** Wait a second... Is that [[Series/SixFeetUnder David Fisher]]? [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything And he's dealing with dead people and having conversations with his dead father]]!father!]]



** Look, Rita's wife-beating coke-addled ex-husband is [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Lucifer!]]. Huh, who knew? He really turned nasty once he left [[Series/{{Lost}} that island]].

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** Look, Rita's wife-beating coke-addled ex-husband is [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Lucifer!]]. Lucifer]]! Huh, who knew? He really turned nasty once he left [[Series/{{Lost}} that island]].



** [[BandOfBrothers Malarkey]] is [[spoiler:one of Lumen's rapists.]]

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** [[BandOfBrothers Malarkey]] is [[spoiler:one of Lumen's rapists.]]rapists]].

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** Look, Rita's wife-beating coke-addled ex-husband is [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Lucifer!]]. Huh, who knew. He really turned nasty once he left [[Series/{{Lost}} that island.]]

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** Look, Rita's wife-beating coke-addled ex-husband is [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Lucifer!]]. Huh, who knew. knew? He really turned nasty once he left [[Series/{{Lost}} that island.]]island]].



** Poor [[{{Popular}} Mary Cherry]]; she married a [[spoiler:rapist who was murdered by Dexter]] as shown in the penultimate episode of season five.

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** Poor [[{{Popular}} Mary Cherry]]; she married a [[spoiler:rapist rapist who was murdered by Dexter]] Dexter as shown in the penultimate episode of season five.



*** Holy Shit, [[ThePunisher Frank Castle]] in a story about a vigilante who tracks down and murders bad guys. And He's one of the bad guys!

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*** Holy Shit, ** Holy
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[[ThePunisher Frank Castle]] in a story about a vigilante who tracks down and murders bad guys. And He's one of the bad guys!
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** When did [[Film/WhiteChicks Lisa]] become a cop?
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* TrollingCreator: The show seems to go out of its way to make things as uncomfortable as possible for Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter by ramping up the levels of CastIncest ''after'' their real-life divorce. Probably the only case of the creator trolling the cast instead of the audience.

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* TrollingCreator: The show seems to go out of its way to make things as uncomfortable as possible for Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter by ramping up the levels of CastIncest ''after'' their real-life divorce. Probably the only case of the creator trolling the cast instead of the audience.audience.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the series finale aired, an interview with former showrunner Clyde Phillips (who stepped down after Season 4) revealed ''his'' idea for the final scene:
-->"In the very last scene of the series, Dexter wakes up. And everybody is going to think, 'Oh, it was a dream.' And then the camera pulls back and back and back and then we realize, 'No, it's not a dream.' Dexter's opening his eyes and he's on the execution table at the Florida Penitentiary. They're just starting to administer the drugs and he looks out through the window to the observation gallery. And in the gallery are all the people that Dexter killed—including the Trinity Killer and the Ice Truck Killer (his brother Rudy), [=LaGuerta=] who he was responsible killing, Doakes who he's arguably responsible for, Rita, who he's arguably responsible for, Lila. All the big deaths, and also whoever the weekly episodic kills were. They are all there. That's what I envisioned for the ending of Dexter. That everything we've seen over the past eight seasons has happened in the several seconds from the time they start Dexter's execution to the time they finish the execution and he dies. Literally, his life flashed before his eyes as he was about to die. I think it would have been a great, epic, very satisfying conclusion."
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** RoboCop plays a DirtyCop who is investigating Dexter. Dick Jones is a serial killer.

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** RoboCop Franchise/RoboCop plays a DirtyCop who is investigating Dexter. [[Film/RoboCop1987 Dick Jones Jones]] is a serial killer.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Narrowly averted in 2010, when Michael C. Hall won a nasty fight with cancer.

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* FakeNationality / Fake Ethnicity: Puerto Rican Lauren Velez as Afro-Cuban-American Maria [=LaGuerta=], Puerto Rican David Zayas as Cuban Angel Batista, and Korean-American CS Lee as Japanese-American Vince Masuka (just as in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' with Hoshi Sato).
* FakeRussian: British RayStevenson plays an Ukrainian Don in Season 7.

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* FakeNationality / Fake Ethnicity: Ethnicity:
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Puerto Rican Lauren Velez as Afro-Cuban-American Maria [=LaGuerta=], [=LaGuerta=].
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Puerto Rican David Zayas as Cuban Angel Batista, and Batista.
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Korean-American CS Lee as Japanese-American Vince Masuka (just as in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' with Hoshi Sato).
Masuka.
* FakeRussian: British RayStevenson plays an a Ukrainian Don in Season 7.
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** [[MassEffect Miranda Lawson]] is Dexter's new girlfriend.

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** [[MassEffect [[Franchise/MassEffect Miranda Lawson]] is Dexter's new girlfriend.
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* FakeNationality / Fake Ethnicity: Puerto Rican Lauren Velez as Afro-Cuban-American Maria [=LaGuerta=], Puerto Rican David Zayyas as Cuban Angel Batista, and Korean-American CS Lee as Japanese-American Vince Masuka (just as in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' with Hoshi Sato).
* FakeRussian: British RayStevenson plays an Ukrainian Don in Season seven.

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* FakeNationality / Fake Ethnicity: Puerto Rican Lauren Velez as Afro-Cuban-American Maria [=LaGuerta=], Puerto Rican David Zayyas Zayas as Cuban Angel Batista, and Korean-American CS Lee as Japanese-American Vince Masuka (just as in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' with Hoshi Sato).
* FakeRussian: British RayStevenson plays an Ukrainian Don in Season seven.7.



** Cody was played by Daniel Goldman in Season 1, and by Preston Bailey from Seasons 2 to 5.

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** Cody was played by Daniel Goldman in Season 1, and by Preston Bailey from Seasons Season 2 to 5.onward.



* TrollingCreator: The show seems to go out of its way to make things as uncomfortable as possible for Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter by starting to ramp up the levels of CastIncest ''after'' their divorce. Probably the only case of the creator trolling the cast instead of the audience.

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* TrollingCreator: The show seems to go out of its way to make things as uncomfortable as possible for Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter by starting to ramp ramping up the levels of CastIncest ''after'' their real-life divorce. Probably the only case of the creator trolling the cast instead of the audience.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Daniel Goldman played Cody in season 1, Preston Bailey from season 2 to 5. Taken UpToEleven with Harisson, as his appearance as a figment of Dexter’s dream in season 3 by Brandon Michael Bass, played by several uncredited babies in season 4, and by twin babies Luke and Evan Kruntchev from season 5 on.

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* TheOtherDarrin: TheOtherDarrin:
** Cody was played by
Daniel Goldman played Cody in season Season 1, and by Preston Bailey from season Seasons 2 to 5. 5.
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Taken UpToEleven with Harisson, as his appearance as a figment of Dexter’s dream in season 3 Harrison: he was portrayed by Brandon Michael Bass, played Bass in Season 3 (during an ImagineSpot), by several uncredited babies in season Season 4, and by twin babies twins Luke and Evan Kruntchev from season Seasons 5 on.to 7, and by Jadon Wells in Season 8.

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* FakeAmerican: Jonny Lee Miller, who plays Jordan Chase in Season five, is British.

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* FakeAmerican: FakeAmerican:
** Englishman
Jonny Lee Miller, who plays Miller as Jordan Chase in Season five, is British.5.
** Australian Yvonne Strahovski as Hannah [=McKay=] in Season 7.
* FakeNationality / Fake Ethnicity: Puerto Rican Lauren Velez as Afro-Cuban-American Maria [=LaGuerta=], Puerto Rican David Zayyas as Cuban Angel Batista, and Korean-American CS Lee as Japanese-American Vince Masuka (just as in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' with Hoshi Sato).
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* CastIncest: Michael C. Hall (Dexter Morgan) and JenniferCarpenter (Debra Morgan) were married for a couple of years while playing adopted siblings. They were divorced on December 2, 2011.
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** [[MassEffect Miranda Lawson]] is Dexter's new girlfriend.

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** The Trinity Killer [[spoiler:murders]] [[Series/{{Angel}} Dar]][[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer la]].


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** [[Series/{{Dollhouse}} Victor]]'s in this show? His name is Viktor?
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** Schizoid [[Series/UnhappilyEverAfter Jack Malloy]] left behind his talking puppet and is now a police chief.
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** Season 7 Mafiya Don baddie is [[Series/{{Rome}} Titus Pullo]], kicking latin asses while outnumbered since 45BC!]]

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** Season 7 Mafiya Don baddie is [[Series/{{Rome}} Titus Pullo]], kicking Pullo]]! Kicking latin asses while outnumbered since 45BC!]]52 BC!
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* FakeRussian: British RayStevenson plays an Ukranian Don in Season seven.

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* FakeRussian: British RayStevenson plays an Ukranian Ukrainian Don in Season seven.



** Season 7 Mafiya Don baddie is [[Series/{{Rome}} Titus Pullo!]]

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** Season 7 Mafiya Don baddie is [[Series/{{Rome}} Titus Pullo!]]Pullo]], kicking latin asses while outnumbered since 45BC!]]

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Shout Outs are not Trivia. And those two barely qualify in the first place.


* ShoutOut
** "Dexter spends all his time [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory in a lab]] for God's sake!"
** This is almost positively accidental, but the name of the last movie that Doakes' actor was in before Dexter is the same name as the book Deb's boyfriend is writing in Season 2.

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