History Trivia / Runaways

** Creator/JossWhedon's run on the series was supposed to be longer and involve the team travelling to other parts of the world. Unfortunately, Whedon's schedule caused a lengthy hiatus a few issues into his run, and Marvel insisted that the team had to participate in a ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' tie-in, and thus his run was truncated and the series was re-tooled.

** the series went through a few changes before publication. One of the big ones was Nico Minoru's source of power. Originally, she found a book of dark magic hidden in a shed in her backyard. Being heavily Christian, she hated it but sacrificed her beliefs to use one of the spells during the first fight with the Pride. Some aspects of this were left, including her being a former altar girl and a comment when she first sees her parents as dark magicians ("This isn't like you, Mom! We go to church every Sunday!") Also, Chase's name was originally "John".

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's set in the early-to-mid 2000s. Because the characters are well-off teens, they're very immersed in the pop culture of the time, resulting in references that date the comic to that era.
** Alex is playing an MMORPG with a fee. Nowadays, most {{MMORPG}}s are free to play with microtransactions (including [[VideoGame/MarvelHeroes Marvel's own, short-lived one]]) and it's harder for an MMORPG to get away with a monthly fee - just doesn't draw the crowds like it did then.
** The cell phones are positively ancient compared to today. Molly is given a cell phone at one point and excitedly asks "Does it have Tetris on it?!" Modern cell phones, even budget cell phones, have ''way'' more functionality than that.
** All the references to UsefulNotes/{{Saddam|Hussein}} and the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Iraq War]].
** The slang, such as referring to one's parents as "'rents".
** The vampire arc from the original series hinges on the notion of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' being the first thing anyone thinks of when they think of vampires. BTVS ended about a year later, and in the New Tens, people are more likely to associate vampires with ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's set in the early-to-mid 2000s, and it shows:

** The cell phones.

** Alex is playing an MMORPG with a fee. Nowadays, most {{MMORPG}}s are free to play with microtransactions (including [[VideoGame/MarvelHeroes Marvel's own!]]) and it's harder for an MMORPG to get away with a monthly fee - just doesn't draw the crowds like it did then.

** Alex is playing an MMORPG with a fee. 10 years later, most {{MMORPG}}s are free to play with microtransactions (including [[VideoGame/MarvelHeroes Marvel's own!]]) and it's harder for an MMORPG to get away with a monthly fee - just doesn't draw the crowds like it did then.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The post-Vaughan arcs were riddled with this.
** Karolina and Xavin were supposed to share their first on-panel mouth-to-mouth kiss in Whedon's arc, but this was changed to a HeadbuttOfLove.
** Xavin was written out of the series in the first arc of Volume 3 due to Marvel insisting that in the wake of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', every Skrull left on Earth was either dead or in hiding.
** For what would end up being the series' last arc, Nick Lowe insisted that Gert Yorkes had to be brought back and one of the surviving characters had to die, resulting in [[spoiler:Old Lace]] being killed off.
* RecycledScript:
** So, a group of survivors of the destruction of Majesdane come to Earth, to take Karolina to her homeworld with them. She resisted, there was a fight, and she finally agreed, but there was a trick: [[spoiler:it was not Karolina who left with the aliens, but the Skrull Xavin, posing as her]]. This could be a rehash of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' arc where the Skrulls and the Kree come to blows over Teddy, who is the son of Mar-vell and Princess Anelle, and the plot is resolved when one of the other Skrulls agrees to pose as Teddy and serve in his place.
*** It could also be a rehash of "Starcrossed", the arc that introduced Xavin in the first place.
** Vaughan would later "borrow" the idea of Klara in ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'', introducing Sophie the Slave Girl, a small girl with a single braid with RapeAsBackstory and the ability to talk to inanimate objects.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's set in the mid 2000s, and it shows:

** Xavin is easily read as genderqueer/genderfluid, which makes the other kids' {{Squick}} at their refusal to stick to one form/gender as deeply bigoted to modern readers.

* RecycledScript: So, a group of survivors of the destruction of Majesdane come to Earth, to take Karolina to her homeworld with them. She resisted, there was a fight, and she finally agreed, but there was a trick: [[spoiler:it was not Karolina who left with the aliens, but the Skrull Xavin, posing as her]]. This could be a rehash of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' arc where the Skrulls and the Kree come to blows over Teddy, who is the son of Mar-vell and Princess Anelle.
** It could also be a rehash of "Starcrossed", the arc that introduced Xavin in the first place...

** Xavin is easily read as genderqueer/genderfluid, which makes the other kids's {{Squick}} at their refusal to stick to one form/gender as deeply bigoted.

** Xavin is easily read as genderqueer/genderfluid, which makes the other kids's {{Squick}} at their refusal to stick to one form gender as deeply bigoted.

** All the references to UsefulNotes/{{Saddam|Hussein}} and the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Iraq War]].

** All the references to {{Saddam|Hussein}} and the [[TheWarOnTerror Iraq War]].

** Alex is playing an MMORPG with a fee. 10 years later, most {{MMORPG}}s are free to play with microtransactions (including Marvel's own!) and it's harder for an MMORPG to get away with a monthly fee - just doesn't draw the crowds like it did then.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Alex Wilder's evil parents Catherine and Geoffrey are named after the actual parents of Creator/BrianKVaughan (however, he swears he has no actual issues with either of them.) Also, Molly Hayes is named after his sister, Molly Hayes Vaughan.

* RecycledScript: So, a group of survivors of the destruction of Majesdane come to Earth, to take Karolina to her homeworld with them. She resisted, there was a fight, and she finally agreed, but there was a trick: [[spoiler:it was not Karolina who left with the aliens, but the Skrull Xavin, posing as her]]. A rehash of the Young Avengers arc where the Skrulls and the Kree come to blows over Teddy, who is the son of Mar-vell and Princess Anelle.
* Tuckerization: Alex Wilder's evil parents Catherine and Geoffrey are named after the actual parents of BrianKVaughan (however, he swears he has no actual issues with either of them). Also, Molly Hayes is named after his sister, Molly Hayes Vaughan.

* ContinuityPorn: Hey, did you know that during the 90s Rick Jones wrote a book called ''Sidekick?'' No? Well he did!
** The fact that they brought in the good Green Goblin may also count.
** Bringing in Ricochet from Slingers doubles. Considering how unpopular and unknown the title was, bringing him in was a bit risky, but ultimately worked.