History Trivia / OverTheGardenWall

* CrossDressingVoices: Auntie Whispers and Adelaide, both female characters, are voiced by male actors Tim Curry and John Cleese respectively. This doesn't carry over in the Latin American dub and other dubs.

* ActorAllusion:
** This isn't [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} the first time]] that a character voiced by Creator/ChristopherLloyd has carried around a SoulJar.
*** This also isn't the [[Series/MastersOfHorror first time]] [[Recap/MastersOfHorrorS2E8ValerieOnTheStairs Lloyd played a character who's connected to a creature simply known as "The Beast" in a television series with elements of horror]] [[spoiler:and is tasked in feeding unsuspecting victims to it]].
** Nor is it the first time Creator/ElijahWood has starred in [[{{WesternAnimation/Nine}} a creepy production with an antagonist known as "The Beast".]]
** Beatrice's mother is voiced by Shirley Jones, the mother of another [[Series/ThePartridgeFamily bird-themed family]].
** The Beast asks Creator/ElijahWood to take up the task of “[[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} lantern-bearer”]].

* TalkingToHimself: In the Italian dub, Wirt and Greg are both voiced by comic artist and [=YouTuber=], Simone "Sio" Albrigi.
* TheWikiRule: [[https://over-the-garden-wall.fandom.com/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall_Wiki Over The Garden Wall wiki]]

* FanNickname:
** For ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' fans, Wirt, due to having similar appearance and demeanor as Bertolt Hoover, is Wirtolt.
** Due to his short stature and hat style, Wirt is fondly referred to as a "gnome prince."

*** This also isn't the first time [[Series/MastersOfHorror Lloyd played a character who's connected to a creature simply known as "The Beast" in a television series with elements of horror]] [[spoiler:and is tasked in feeding unsuspecting victims to it]].

** Auntie Whispers is significantly more [[CreepyMonotone soft-spoken]] than Creator/TimCurry's [[LargeHam typical characters]].[[note]]And she's [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong, to boot]]![[/note]] Justified in that this was one of Curry's first roles following his near-fatal stroke, which obviously made it difficult for him to be as animated as he had been known to be.

** Auntie Whispers is significantly more [[CreepyMonotone soft-spoken]] than Creator/TimCurry's [[LargeHam typical characters]]. And she's [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong, to boot]]! Justified in that this was one of Curry's first roles following his near-fatal stroke, which obviously made it difficult for him to be as animated as he had been known to be.

** A Blu-Ray set was released in 2016, but only in Australia, and it's region-locked.

** In Denmark the show i called "Det ukendtes skov. (The Forest of the Unknown)

** Auntie Whispers is significantly more [[CreepyMonotone soft-spoken]] than Creator/TimCurry's [[LargeHam typical characters]]. And she's [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong, to boot]]! Of course, this may have had something to do with Curry's then-recent stroke making it difficult for him to be as animated as he had been known to be (this was his first post-stroke role).

** Patrick [=McHale=] also wanted to make a series with Sara as a protagonist, but it didn't come about. He also considers her to be his favorite character.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The show's title in France is ''La Forêt de l'Étrange'' (''The Forest of the Strange'').

* ShrugOfGod: Patrick [=McHale=] neither confirmed or denied the interpretation that the Unknown was [[spoiler:[[PurgatoryAndLimbo]]]], [[http://manuscriptsburn.blogspot.com/2015/02/behind-potatoes-and-molasses-interview.html saying]] that it was only one interpretation.

** Patrick [=McHale=] also wanted to make a series with Sara as a protagonist, but it didn't come about. He also considers her to be his favorite character.
*** Sara was named after the eponymous Music/FleetwoodMac song.

* ShrugOfGod: Patrick [=McHale=] neither confirmed or denied that [[spoiler: the Unknown is [[PurgatoryAndLimbo purgatory]]]], rather he accepted it as just one interpretation and [[//over-the-garden-wall.fandom.com/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall_Wiki presented a few of his own]].
* TheWikiRule: [[https: Over The Garden Wall wiki]]