History Trivia / StarTrekVoyager

** Robert Duncan [=McNeil=] previously appeared on TNG as a headstrong, feckless cadet in "The First Duty". Both he and Tom Paris were caught covering up a piloting error which resulted in the deaths of some crewmen. Reasons for not simply bringing back the Nick Locarno character have varied. In any event, despite beginning the series as a prison inmate, ex-terrorist, and undercover informant, by episode two Tom Paris was pretty much unrecognizable from his role in "Caretaker" (Tom would ''never'' nod along and help cover up someone's killings, let alone hatch the idea himself!), much less Locarno.

* SparedByTheCut: Harry Kim was almost killed off to make way for Seven of Nine at the start of season four, which is why he's injured in the season three finale. This was scrapped when Creator/GarrettWang was named as one of ''People Magazine'''s "Fifty Most Beautiful People", so Kes was written out instead.

* FakeNationality:
** Creator/GarrettWang is Chinese-American, while "Kim" is a common Korean name (The character was born in South Carolina). It gets worse: his father was played by Robert Ito, who is of Japanese descent!
** Creator/RobertBeltran is Latino, specifically Mexican, but plays a member of an unspecified Native American nation.

** Creator/KurtwoodSmith, Annorax from "Year of Hell", had previously been the Federation President in ''Film/StarTrekVI'', and played the Cardassian predecessor to Odo in a flashback episode of ''Deep Space Nine''.

** Creator/RobertBeltran was very vocal about his displeasure at the inconsistent writing, and would demand more money at the end of every season hoping they'd just let him go, [[SpringtimeForHitler only to be thwarted every time]]. His performance as Chakotay gets noticeably [[DullSurprise more wooden]] as the series goes on. Creator/JeriRyan almost bailed on the final season entirely since her contract was up by then, but her mother was diagnosed with cancer and she stayed on to pay for her treatment (fortunately, she made a full recovery).

* CreatorsApathy:
** You can actually see Creator/RobertBeltran dying behind his eyes when reciting his dialog. He's long given up on the show giving him opportunities to act (and he was very vocal about it), and it's darkly hilarious to see how badly he is phoning in Chakotay.
** Creator/TimRuss, who auditioned for many ''Trek'' productions and is one of its biggest fans, says he was drained working on the set and flat out of juice; he doesn't even bother to hide his indifference in his DVD interviews.
** Creator/RonMoore has spoken at length about the nonchalance of the writing team and the barriers put in his way while trying to make a quality product. The last straw was reportedly when he asked what B'Elanna's reaction to a certain situation would be, and he got the reply, "We don't know, do whatever you want."

** ''Trek'' and ''Stargate'' borrowed liberally from each other. Creator/ColmMeaney (O'Brien from TNG and [=DS9=]) turned up as Cowen, the head honcho of ''Series/StargateAtlantis''' Genii (themselves a guerrilla outfit similar to the Maquis). In turn, ''Voyager'' used the telltale blue tunnel effect from ''Stargate'' for their more-advanced "slipstream drives" and "tranwarp conduits".

** The entire ship gets twinned in "Deadlock" and "Course: Oblivion"

** A favorite story of Garrett Wang's to tell at conventions: The last shot of the series finale was meant to be Kim crying tears of joy at arriving home. The shot did wind up in the show... in an entirely different context altogether: It was shortened to Kim weeping at the birth of another character's baby. Wang phoned up CBS in a fit of rage to ask why it was used in hard context.

** According to the production staff, including the late Michael Piller, UPN execs wanted [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]-caliber ratings, and they decided the best way to achieve that was to turn VOY into TNG-Lite. The result: little or no character conflict, no ongoing story arcs ("Year of Hell" was originally planned to last en entire season but was vetoed by UPN), and a barrage of TNG aliens who had no business being in this sector of space.

** In "Living Witness", Picardo plays three different versions of the Doctor: [[CloningBlues "A backup"]] copy who is revived after laying dormant for centuries, a flashback of the show's usual Doctor, and an evil version from an [[WrittenByTheWinners inaccurate historical record]] who is an android (''à la'' Data from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'') instead of a hologram. The 'real' Doctor considers the "Warship Voyager" crew to be over-sensationalized..."well, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg aside from Mister Paris...]]"

* TropeNamer: AttackPatternAlpha.

-->I said, "OK, well, I’m just going to totally sign away a few years of my life, I should watch the show", which I did like this. ''[running her hands down her cheeks]'' In tears. It was the worst hour of television that I'd ever seen. I can't tell you what episode it is, everybody's asked...So I walked in, I was like "So, I watched the show last night" and all three of [the Executive Producers] went "Oh God no! Not that episode!" So it wasn’t just me!

* HostilityOnTheSet: [[Creator/MichaelDorn An additional cast member]] and a second pilot revitalized ''Deep Space Nine''. Flash-forward to ''Voyager''. Seven's arrival aggravated the preexisting tensions in the cast, there were reports of an unnamed co-star making life difficult for Creator/JeriRyan.
-->'''Ryan''': Before every close-up, the hair and makeup and wardrobe teams come in and do touch-ups and everything to make sure everything's right. They shut the door to the set, and said, "She's fine. '''LET'S GO.'''" Wouldn't let them in. Just stupid, stupid stuff like that.