History Trivia / LegendsOfTomorrow

** Both Creator/CiaraRenee and Creator/FalkHentschel play every single {{Reincarnation}} of their characters. Casper Crump doesn't really count since his character is an [[{{Immortality}} immortal]] who can regenerate when "killed".

** Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers played her usual version of Amaya and an older version of her in "Guest Starring John Noble". Then season 4 she went on to play the ShapeshifterDefaultForm of Charlie.
** Creator/ChristianKeyes plays Desmond, a love interest of John Constantine. However, after the demon Neron takes Desmond's soul, he then assumes Desmond's identity to walk around in the earthly realm; thus, Neron is also played by Christian Keyes.

** Creator/CourtneyFord plays Nora Darhk and later also plays UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette. Ray is the only one to note the resemblance.
** Quasi-example: while Zari Tomaz and Zari Tarazi are ''technically'' the same person, just from different versions of history, their lives diverged so radically at such a young age that they're effectively different characters, and both played by Creator/TalaAshe.

** Creator/CourtneyFord and Creator/BrandonRouth are married in real life. During the show, their characters Eleanor "Nora" Darhk and Ray Palmer get married.

** When Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers switched from playing Amaya to playing Charlie, the new role was made an Englishwoman (or at least a millennia old being who ''became'' an Englishwoman), allowing her to use (something approaching) her native accent.

** Creator/TalaAshe (Zari) occasionally speaks fluent Farsi, her first language.

** Danish Creator/StephanieCorneliussen as Russian Valentina Vostok.

** Danish Creator/CasperCrump as ancient Egyptian Vandal Savage.

** The English Creator/MaisieRichardsonSellers plays Amaya Jiwe with an American accent, although the character is from the [[{{Bulungi}} fictional African country of Zambesi]], similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} her granddaughter]].

** Creator/CourtneyFord, who plays Nora Dahrk, is married to Creator/BrandonRouth, who plays Ray Palmer.

** Creator/LovellAdamsGrey looks and sounds ''exactly'' like a young UsefulNotes/BarackObama.

** Creator/JosephDavidJones [[https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-10-14/arrow-connor-hawke-legends-of-tomorrow/ revealed]] his character of Connor Hawke was originally supposed to become a series regular and join the Legends, but due to a combination of being unable to fit him in and the tone of the show changing to DenserAndWackier they scrapped the idea.

** Hank Heywood was initially going to be the BigBad of Season 4, revealed to be a MadScientist putting all the creatures the Legends brought back through horrific experiments, complete with Nate making a FaceHeelTurn. Then everyone found Creator/TomWilson so inherently likable that they decided this could never be believable (a bit odd, seeing as [[Film/BackToTheFuture his most famous role]] is a villain), so the story was tweaked to make him Neron's patsy.

* YouLookFamiliar: Time Masters councilman Declan is played by Creator/PeterBryant, who also played an alderman in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' Season 3. IdenticalGrandson perhaps?
** Creator/VanessaPrzada previously played Erika Morrison in ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'' and younger Ava Sharper in ''Legends of Tomorrow''.
** Creator/MelissaRoxburgh played Blake an high school friend of Thea in Arrow's season 1 and Betty Seaver in Legends Of Tomorrow season implying that was a case of an identical granddaughter.
** Creator/LauraRegan previously guest-starred on ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' as character named Claire then appeared on ''Legends Of Tomorrow'' as woman named Jane.

** Both Creator/LauraMennell and Creator/Daryl huttleworth, who played minor characters during TheFifties episode, were on ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' together. Coincidentally, both of their characters in the film are connected to the same major character (Dr. Manhattan).

* ShipperOnDeck: Olivia Swan liked [[https://mobile.twitter.com/wrongchastra/status/1262034071288496128]] regarding the Charlie x Astra ship.

** Creator/CourtneyFord and Creator/BrandonRouth are married in real life. During the show, their characters Eleanor "Nora" Darhk and Ray Palmer get multiple ShipTease moments.

** In "Meet the Legends", Sara sweeping Ava into a BigDamnKiss, followed by Ava fainting and Sara flashing a thumbs up at the camera? That was just the two actors goofing around between takes (luckily, the episode's {{Mockumentary}} format meant even the BreakingTheFourthWall moment could be kept in).

** Quasi-example: while Zari Tomaz and Zari Tarazi are ''technically'' the same person, just from different versions of history, their lives diverged so radically at such a young age that they're effectively different characters, and both played by Tala Ashe.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Notably averted regarding the impact of the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]]. ''Legends of Tomorrow'' is one the few CW (if not the entire broadcast television) shows ''not'' to get screwed over by the shutdown of filming plaguing the entire US showbiz, with its fifth season still going according to plan. This is because it managed to film the entire 15 episodes before the pandemic hit, meaning the show had completely entered post-production, as opposed to others (such as the rest of the ongoing Arrowverse, ''The Flash'', ''Supergirl'', and ''Batwoman'') which weren't able to film their entire season and as a result had to cut short. Ironically, ''Legends'' was previously screwed over when The CW postponed its fifth season premiere from 2019 to right after ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' in direct opposition to its plan to air ''Crisis'' as its eighth episode. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It ended up being the only CW show to complete the season on its own terms]].

** Both Ciara Renee and Creator/FalkHentschel play every single {{Reincarnation}} of their characters. Casper Crump doesn't really count since his character is an [[{{Immortality}} immortal]] who can regenerate when "killed".

** Maisie Richardson-Sellers played her usual version of Amaya and an older version of her in "Guest Starring John Noble". Then season 4 she went on to play the ShapeshifterDefaultForm of Charlie.
** Christian Keyes plays Desmond, a love interest of John Constantine. However, after the demon Neron takes Desmond's soul, he then assumes Desmond's identity to walk around in the earthly realm; thus, Neron is also played by Christian Keyes.
** Same deal for Brandon Routh when Ray is possessed by Neron. Brandon Routh later resumes his role as Superman from ''Film/SupermanReturns'' during the Crisis.

** Courtney Ford plays Nora Darhk and later also plays UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette. Ray is the only one to note the resemblance.

** Courtney Ford and Creator/BrandonRouth are married in real life. During the show, their characters Eleanor "Nora" Darhk and Ray Palmer get multiple ShipTease moments.

** Zari Tomaz is an Iranian-American and fluent in Farsi, like her actress Tala Ashe.

** Tala Ashe (Zari) occasionally speaks fluent Farsi, her first language.

** Danish Stephanie Corneliussen as Russian Valentina Vostok.

** Danish Casper Crump as ancient Egyptian Vandal Savage.

** The English Maisie Richardson-Sellers plays Amaya Jiwe with an American accent, although the character is from the [[{{Bulungi}} fictional African country of Zambesi]], similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} her granddaughter]].

* OldShame: The creators of this show thought that their take on Vandal Savage was terribly underwhelming.

** Courtney Ford, who plays Nora Dahrk, is married to Creator/BrandonRouth, who plays Ray Palmer.

** Lovell Adams-Grey looks and sounds ''exactly'' like a young UsefulNotes/BarackObama.

** Both Laura Mennell and Daryl Shuttleworth, who played minor characters during TheFifties episode, were on ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' together. Coincidentally, both of their characters in the film are connected to the same major character (Dr. Manhattan).

** Joseph David-Jones [[https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-10-14/arrow-connor-hawke-legends-of-tomorrow/ revealed]] his character of Connor Hawke was originally supposed to become a series regular and join the Legends, but due to a combination of being unable to fit him in and the tone of the show changing to DenserAndWackier they scrapped the idea.

** Hank Heywood was initially going to be the BigBad of Season 4, revealed to be a MadScientist putting all the creatures the Legends brought back through horrific experiments, complete with Nate making a FaceHeelTurn. Then everyone found Tom Wilson so inherently likable that they decided this could never be believable (a bit odd, seeing as [[Film/BackToTheFuture his most famous role]] is a villain), so the story was tweaked to make him Neron's patsy.

* YouLookFamiliar: Time Masters councilman Declan is played by Peter Bryant, who also played an alderman in ''Arrow'' Season 3. IdenticalGrandson perhaps?
** Vanessa Przada previously played Erika Morrison in the Supergirl and younger Ava Sharper in Legends of Tomorrow
** Melissa Roxburgh played Blake an high school friend of Thea in Arrow's season 1 and Betty Seaver in Legends Of Tomorrow season implying that was a case of an identical granddaughter.
** Laura Regan previously guest starred on Constantine as character named Claire then appeared on Legends Of Tomorrow as woman named Jane.

* NonSingingVoice: Ava's [[DaydreamSurprise (good)]] singing was dubbed in by Lola Kristine.

* NonSingingVoice: Ava's [[DaydreamSurprise (good)]] singing was dubbed in by Lola Christine.

* TheDanza: Almost. Hawkgirl's real name is "Chay-Ara" (pronounced somewhere between "Shay-arra" and "Shee-arra"), and her actress has the similar first name "Ciara" (pronounced "See-arra"). Since Chay-Ara is a character from the comics, this is entirely a coincidence, presuming Ciara Renée wasn't hired for her name.

* McLeaned: After Creator/VictorGarber announced that he's departing the show, Martin Stein was killed off in the fourth {{Crossover}}.

** Same deal for Brandon Routh when Ray is possessed by Neron.

** Maisie Richardson-Sellers played her usual version of Amaya and an older version of her in "Guest Starring John Noble". Then season 4 she went on to play an girl named Charlie.

** Creator/CourtneyFord and Creator/BrandonRouth are married in real life. During the show, their characters Eleanor "Nora" Darhk and Ray Palmer get multiple ShipTease moments.

** As in ''Series/TheFlash2014'', English-Australian Creator/DominicPurcell plays American Mick Rory.

* TheOtherDarrin:
** Gideon was originally played by Creator/MorenaBaccarin but is now played by Amy Pemberton, though it is heavily implied that the Gideon here is a ForeignRemake.
** Kuasa was voiced by Creator/AnikaNoniRose, but is played in the flesh by Tracy Ifeachor.

** Creator/KeiynanLonsdale originally auditioned for Jefferson Jackson, but the showrunners decided he's better suited to play Wally West on ''Series/TheFlash2014'' so he was cast as that instead.

** Carter was nicknamed "[[StalkerWithACrush Stalkman]]" due to his relentless hitting on Kendra [[note]] Ironically, he actually addressed it in his debut, saying him going after Kendra is NotWhatItLooksLike. Also compared to Savage, Carter's behavior around Kendra is tame. [[/note]].

** Christian Keyes plays Desmond, a love interest of John Constantine. However, [[spoiler: after the demon Neron takes Desmond's soul, he then assumes Desmond's identity to walk around in the earthly realm; thus, Neron is also played by Christian Keyes]].
** Same deal for Brandon Routh when [[spoiler:Ray is possessed by Neron]].

** Many had guessed the Leonard Snart that would join the Legion of Doom is a [[spoiler: younger version back from his villainous days.]]
** Although it was mostly a joke, many were right on the mark when they said [[spoiler: Beebo]] would be significant in the fight against Mallus. In "The Good, The Bad, and the Cuddly", the Totems of Zambezi are used to [[spoiler:create a gigantic Beebo who [[KillTheGod kills Mallus]]. Beebo went from being a MemeticBadass to a literal badass.]]

* McLeaned: [[spoiler:After Creator/VictorGarber announced that he's departing the show, Martin Stein was killed off in the fourth {{Crossover}}.]]

** [[spoiler:Jax's]] photo of his daughter is the actor's actual infant daughter.

** Actually threw a wrench in the works during season four [[spoiler: because after casting Creator/ThomasFWilson as the father of Nate, Creator/NickZano's character, the writers found themselves having to change their plans after seeing the two of them together on set, including how much they did look like they could be related.]]

** The season four finale was originally supposed to include [[spoiler: Nate dying for real, but the writers ultimately couldn't bring themselves to do it and had him resurrected by the power of love.]]
* WordOfGay: [[http://www.newnownext.com/wentworth-miller-on-legends-of-tomorrows-captain-cold-i-instinctively-feel-like-hes-pansexual/01/2016/ Wentworth Miller says he believes Snart is pansexual]], but that's yet to be seen in canon. [[spoiler:At least for the Earth-1 version. ''Earth-X'' Snart, on the other hand, is in a committed relationship with Ray Terrill, aka The Ray]].

** Creator/CaityLotz, Creator/Dominic Purcell and Creator/BrandonRouth have admitted in interviews and social media posts that they are not fans of the first season.

* CreatorBaclkash:

** As news of Creator/Brandon Routh and Creator/Courtney Ford's departure was released, both actors immediately made it clear on their Instagram and Twitter profiles that this decision was made by the writers, not them. Routh even retweeted comments criticizing the writers' decision, suggesting that he and Ford are as dissatisfied as the fans.

** [[https://twitter.com/james_eagan/status/1072358719839748096 Other names]] for [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS4E8LegendsOfToMeowMewow Legends Of To-Meow-Mewow]].