History Trivia / JAG

* HeyItsThatPlace: The building used as the exterior of JAG Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia is in reality the Cravens Estate in Pasadena, California and owned by the American Red Cross. It has also been used for many other series like; ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'', ''Series/CommanderInChief'', ''Series/JudgingAmy''; and movies like ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'', ''[[Film/RushHour Rush Hour 3]]'', ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'' and ''{{Traffic}}''.

* NamesTheSame: Harm's Boeing Steerman biplane is named ''Sarah'', named for his grandmother. This causes a bit of confusion for Major Sarah "Mac" [=MacKenzie=] when Harm is taking her for a ride and she thinks he has [[ShipTease started calling her by her first name.]]

* AndStarring: David James Elliott (Harmon Rabb) had the "starring" for all ten seasons, "and John M. Jackson as Admiral Chegwidden" at the end for the eight seasons in which he appeared in the opening titles.

** A disgruntled Russian submarine captain hired by AlQaeda is played by Swedish actor Bo Svenson.

** Corbin Bernsen of ''LALaw'' appears in several episodes as Navy [[TheJudge Judge]], Captain Owen Sebring.

* CreatorCemeo:
** DonaldPBellisaio: First AsHimself at a ''Series/QuantumLeap'' FanConvention in "Father's Day", as Hugh Blackadder in "To Russia With Love", and later on in the ninth season, his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is directly shown.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: ''JAG'' has a different title in UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} because the word ''Jag'' in the Swedish language is the first-person pronoun (i.e. ''I'' in English.) Coincidently, the movie ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' also has the same title: "''På heder och samvete''", which is a phrase taken from the Swedish witness oath and literally means "by honor and conscience".

* DirectedByCastMember: David James Elliott directed three episodes: "''Lifeline''", "''Take It Like A Man''", and "''There Goes The Neighborhood''".
* DVDCommentary: Only a few episodes in seasons one and two of ''JAG'' have audio commentaries and since they were recorded nine to ten years after the episodes were made, they can be characterized as remembrance style.

** Also, Alexander Kuznetsov appears first in "Cowboys and Cossacks" as Commander Kretchiak, and in later episodes as a different Russian officer named Captain Alex Volkonov (who becomes Harm's Russian analogue throughout the series).

** Barry Jenner (''Series/{{Dallas}}'', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'') first appeared in "Ares" as the captain of a destroyer, and later in "Mr. Rabb Goes to Washington" as ZNN reporter Norman Delaporte.

* HeyItsThatPlace: The building used as the exterior of JAG Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia is in reality the Cravens Estate in Pasadena, California and owned by the American Red Cross. It has also been used for many other series like; ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'', ''Series/CommanderInChief'', ''JudgingAmy''; and movies like ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'', ''[[Film/RushHour Rush Hour 3]]'', ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'' and ''{{Traffic}}''.

** Rex Linn of ''CSIMiami'' makes occasional appearances as a Russian spy reared in Texas. [[FakeNationality He does a damn good job of hiding his Texan accent when speaking Russian, too.]]

** Also, Alexander Kuznetsov appears first in ''Cowboys and Cossacks" as Commander Kretchiak, and in later episodes as a different Russian officer named Captain Alex Volkonov (who becomes Harm's Russian analogue throughout the series).
** Actor John Walcutt once played a defendant Caleb Farmer who was put to death for his crimes, with Mac defending him and Harm prosecuting. Later, he would come back to play Tom Johnson father of the young girl Harm had befriended and seeking to be her legal guardian.

** Dean Stockwell of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' was the series' second Secretary of the Navy, Edward Sheffield, reprising a character from another Bellisario program, ''FirstMonday''.

** Also, Alexander Kuznetsov appears first in ''Cowboys and Cossacks" as Commander Kretchiak, and in later episodes as a different Russian officer named Captain Alex Volkonov (who becomes Harm's Russian analogue throughout the series).

* HeyItsThatPlace: The building used as the exterior of JAG Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia is in reality the Cravens Estate in Pasadena, California and owned by the American Red Cross. It has also been used for many other series like; ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'', ''Series/CommanderInChief'', ''JudgingAmy''; and movies like ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'', ''[[Film/RushHour Rush Hour 3]]'', ''{{Swordfish}}'' and ''{{Traffic}}''.

** AdamBaldwin of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' fame appears as a Navy SEAL in the show's ninth season - he reprises the role on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', making it doubly awesome.

* RecycledScript: "Scimitar" in season 1 and "The Black Jet" in season 4 both feature an American service member captured by a hostile government on their soil, subjected to a KangarooCoaurt, and ultimately set free by Harmon Rabb.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: ''JAG'' has a different title in UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} because ''Jag'' in the Swedish language is the first-person pronoun (i.e. ''I'' in English.) Coincidently, the movie ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' also has the same title: "''På heder och samvete''", which is a phrase taken from the Swedish witness oath and literally means "by honor and conscience".

* WrittenByCastMember: Patrick Labyorteaux wrote the episode "''JAG TV''".

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The second season episode "We the People", taken from the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: ''JAG'' has a different title in UsefulNotes/Sweden because ''Jag'' in the Swedish language is the first-person pronoun (i.e. ''I'' in English.) Coincidently, the movie ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' also has the same title: "''På heder och samvete''", which is a phrase taken from the Swedish witness oath and literally means "by honor and conscience".

* LiteraryAllusion: The second season episode "We the People", taken from the U.S. Declaration of Independence.