History Trivia / OneTreeHill

** Lucas is Tristan from ''GilmoreGirls'', Austin in ''ACinderellaStory'', and Jake from the 2003 version of ''FreakyFriday''.

** A long standing rumour amongst the Brucas fans is that Brooke & Lucas ''were'' meant to stay together, but [[RomanceOnTheSet Chad Michael Murray & Sophia Bush's real-life divorce]] led to the producers ressurecting the Lucas[=/=]Peyton ship instead. There has never been any word or evidence from any involved with ''One Tree Hill'' to confrm this, with WordOfGod repeatedly asserting it was ''always'' Lucas & Peyton.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: After the airing of episode 9x07, featuring [[TheBusCameBack the return of Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott]], Sophia Bush was forced to come out & dismiss rumours that she had asked not to have any scenes with Murray, noting that she actually said told Mark Schwahn to write scenes with Lucas meeting with the rest of the old gang if he wanted.

** Quinn was originally only going to be around for a year.

** Logan's ComicBook/GreenLantern ring. Doubles a StealthPun, as [[spoiler:he gives it to Clay & Quinn as an engagement ring after he gets over his fear of the ocean]].

** Peyton's half-brother Derek is [[LawAndOrderSVU Fin Tutuola's gay son]] and [[TheWire Omar Little's gay lover]].

** Haley's Dad is [[HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]]

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: After the airing of episode 9x07, featured [[TheBusCameBack the return of Chad Michael Murray as Lucas Scott]], Sophia Bush was forced to come out & dismiss rumours that she had asked not to have any scenes with Murray, noting that she actually said told Mark Schwahn to write scenes with Lucas meeting with the rest of the old gang if he wanted.

* Quinn was originally only going to be around for a year.

** The series was originally going to be set in Illinois, the home state of creator Mark Schwahn. Executives suggested the producers look at warmer states, and the production settled in North Carolina, which allowed for the show to use Wilmington (The town where MichaelJordan grew up & base for [[DawsonsCreek Capeside, Massachusetts]]) as the base for Tree Hill.

** The series was originally going to be set in Illinois, the home state of creator Mark Schwahn. Executives suggested the producers look at warmer states, and the production settled in North Carolina, which allowed for the show to use Wilmington (The town where MichaelJordan grew up) as the base for Tree Hill.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''One Tree Hill'' existed for several years as a pitch for a film titled "An Unkindness of Ravens".

* DevelopmentGag: Lucas writes a book about his time growing up in Tree Hill, called "An Unkindness of Ravens", the original title for the series. In Season 6, the book is adapted into a film which is ultimately cancelled, with Julian instead adapting the book into a television show in Season 9, just like ''One Tree Hill'' started as a movie before Mark Schwann adapted his pitch to be a television series.

** During Lucas & Peyton's wedding reception in episode 6x23, Julian rants about Brooke bringing Nick Lachey as her date, asking how he can compete with "the guy from ''DancingWithTheStars''" & when Missy points out that he's thinking of Nick's brother, Julian then snaps "Laguna Beach then!" which Chase retorts was "Some other tool." The tool in question was Stephen Colletti, who plays Chase.

** On DawsonsCreek, Dawson ([[{{YouShouldKnowThisAlready}} played by James Van Der Beek)]] dreamed of being a movie director. So when Van Der Beek appears in Season 7, he's a director...a high-strung, womanizing, cocaine-addicted director who wants to subject Lucas's movie to all kinds of ExecutiveMeddling. PlayedForLaughs of course.

* HeyItsThatGuy:

* ShoutOut: Clay meeting [[{{Wolverine}} Logan whilst trying to remember something he had been repressing]] in Season 9. [[spoiler:Made explicit when it's revealed that the memory that Clay was repressing is that Logan is his son with deceased wife Sarah & he was named after his father's favourite superhero, Wolverine]].

** Lucas is Tristan from ''GilmoreGirls''. As well as Austin in "ACinderellaStory" and Jake from "FreakyFriday".

** Lucas is Logan from ''GilmoreGirls''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Mouth is Minkus from [[{{BoyMeetsWorld}} Boy Meets World]]. Some people recognize Moira Kelly solely for ''The Cutting Edge'' or [[HeyItsThatVoice being Nala's adult voice]] in ''The Lion King''. Peyton's half-brother Derek is [[LawAndOrderSVU Fin Tutuola's gay son]] and [[TheWire Omar Little's gay lover]].
** And Dan played Bolt in the SallyFields movie SoapDish.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''One Tree Hill'' existed for several years as a pitch for a film titled "An Unkindness of Ravens ".

** Logan's ComicBook/GreenLantern ring. Doubles a StealthPun, as [[spoiler:he gives it to Clay & Quinn as an engagement ring after he gets over his fear of the ocean]].