History Trivia / Flashpoint

* ChannelHop: In the United States, ''Flashpoint'' will be moving from Creator/{{CBS}} to Creator/IonTelevision. [[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/09/12/ion-television-premieres-hit-police-drama-flashpoint-with-original-episodes-tuesday-october-18-at-10pm-et-pt-691200/20110912ion01/ New episodes will begin airing on October 18, 2011.]]

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: CBS broadcasted the show in the US but never kept seasons together, instead airing parts at a time and without pause between season. Basically, it was treated as summer filler. (Not entirely surprising since it was purchased during a writers' strike, when original content was hard to come by in the United States.) Creator/{{ION}} now has American rights to air the episodes after "Shockwaves," so perhaps they'll air it more evenly.

* ChannelHop: In the United States, ''Flashpoint'' will be moving from Creator/{{CBS}} to [[Creator/{{Ion}} ION Television.]] [[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/09/12/ion-television-premieres-hit-police-drama-flashpoint-with-original-episodes-tuesday-october-18-at-10pm-et-pt-691200/20110912ion01/ New episodes will begin airing on October 18, 2011.]]

* AbsenteeActor: Creator/AmyJoJohnson's real life pregnancy necessitated Jules being written out for several episodes.

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!Trivia for the film ''Film/FlashPoint'':
* TheCastShowoff: Creator/DonnieYen gets to show in the film almost every martial art and thing he knows, including MMA, judo, kung fu, parkour and whatnot.

!Trivia for the comic book ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'':
* DevelopmentGag: In the ''Flashpoint''-verse, the ComicBook/{{Shazam}} powers were given to a group of six kids, one power each, who can join forces to summon "Captain Thunder". The use of six heroes was the original concept for Captain Marvel before the writers decided to give all the powers to just one guy, and "Captain Thunder" was the original choice for his name before they found it was trademarked.
** It's also the name of the CaptainErsatz of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] that DC introduced to fight Superman before they secured the rights to the actual character.
* FirstAppearance: This event serves as the debut of the ComicBook/{{Shazam}} characters Eugene Choi, Darla Dudley, and Pedro Peña.
* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Flash Thompson's memoir is titled ''Flashpoint''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Creator/GeoffJohns on the commentary track for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', ''Flashpoint'' wasn't originally designed to reboot the DCU into the Comicbook/{{New 52}}. This means that originally the DC Universe was going to go back to how it was prior to before the events of ''Flashpoint'' as opposed to the altered version of it that it became.

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** Creator/AmyJoJohnson and Creator/HughDillion both have songs in the background of the show, with Jules getting a shout out from a character when her song was used.

** Creator/AmyJoJohnson and Hugh Dillion both have songs in the background of the show, with Jules getting a shout out from a character when her song was used.

** Cle Bennett got to show off his singing skills in the very first episode he's in as a cop.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: CBS broadcasted the show in the US but never kept seasons together, instead airing parts at a time and without pause between season. Basically, it was treated as summer filler. Creator/{{ION}} now has American rights to air the episodes after "Shockwaves," so perhaps they'll air it more evenly.

* AbsenteeActor: Amy Jo Johnson's real life pregnancy necessitated Jules being written out for several episodes.

** Amy Jo Johnson and Hugh Dillion both have songs in the background of the show, with Jules getting a shout out from a character when her song was used.

* DevelopmentGag: In the ''Flashpoint''-verse, the {{Shazam}} powers were given to a group of six kids, one power each, who can join forces to summon "Captain Thunder". The use of six heroes was the original concept for Captain Marvel before the writers decided to give all the powers to just one guy, and "Captain Thunder" was the original choice for his name before they found it was trademarked.
** It's also the name of the CaptainErsatz of [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] that DC introduced to fight Superman before they secured the rights to the actual character.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to GeoffJohns on the commentary track for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', ''Flashpoint'' wasn't originally designed to reboot the DCU into the Comicbook/{{New 52}}. This means that originally the DC Universe was going to go back to how it was prior to before the events of ''Flashpoint'' as opposed to the altered version of it that it became.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Guy/Girl]]:
** Amy Jo Johnson was a [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Ranger]]. It occasionally gets distracting when you're waiting for Jules to morph... This has become many a fanfic where people have combined the two series she was in, in some way shape or form.
** Hugh Dillon has been the frontman for multiple Canadian bands and also stars in the series ''Durham County''.
*** Also a case of HeyItsThatVoice - he voiced Nick in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2''.
** Sam Braddock has been [[FinalDestination involved in a big pile-up]] once.
** Enrico Colantoni has [[Series/VeronicaMars been to Mars]] as well as [[Film/GalaxyQuest beyond the Klaatu Nebula]]. And now he's running [[Series/PersonOfInterest organised crime in New York]].
** Creator/AlexCarter has shown up.
** Also [[Series/{{NCIS}} Jenny Sheppard]] as an InternalAffairs investigator.
*** And [[Series/{{NCIS}} Paula Cassidy]] as Jules' replacement in Season 2 [[spoiler: who later gets blown up (''[[ActorAllusion again]]''!) in the first part of the series finale]]
** Maybe it's just the Cylon programming, but [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Chief Tyrol]] took Greg Parker hostage inside the Air Canada Centre.
** Multiple actors from CBC's ''Series/TheBorder'' have also shown up, which makes sense as both series are/were filmed and set in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}.
*** [[Film/ADangerousMethod Sarah Gadon]] played [[BreakTheCutie Tasha Redford]] in Season 1's "Attention Shoppers".
*** [[BadassBaritone Mark Wilson]] played FBI agent Gilbride in Season 4's "Run, Jamie, Run", helping track down a corporate robber.
*** Graham Abbey showed up later in Season 4, as Donna Sabine's ex-squadmate Bill Kedrick in "A New Life".
*** Catherine Disher appeared as a 911 operator in the series finale.
** [[Series/{{Leverage}} Nate Ford's wife Maggie]] appears as a customs agent.
*** In the same episode, [[{{Series/Nikita}} Ari Tasarov]] is an ex-soldier and vengeful parent.
** Jack Bristow appears as a psychologist who deconstructs the team.
** Evidently, [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver Queen]] spent some time as the SRU dispatcher during the five years he was supposed to be on the island.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Tony is [[Franchise/TheMatrix Seraph]], Tiger is [[Film/KungFuHustle The Coolie]], and of course, Ma is Film/IpMan.