History Trivia / TheNextStep

** Jordan Clark, who plays Giselle, was in her early 20s when the show started.
** Tamina Pollack-Paris, who plays Tiffany, is only one year younger than Bree Wasylenko, who plays Kate. She is also two years older than Creator/ShamierAnderson, who played Chris in season 1.

* DawsonCasting: Logan Fabbro, Victoria Baldesarra, Myles Erlick, and Briar Nolet are all the same age in real life!

** Victoria Baldesarra was '''13-years-old''' during filming for the pilot.

** Victoria Baldesarra was ''13-years-old'' during filming for the pilot.

** Tamina Pollack-Paris, who plays Tiffany, is only one year younger than Bree Wasylenko, who plays Kate. She is also two years ''older'' than Creator/ShamierAnderson, who played Chris in season 1.

* DawsonCasting: In the series, many of the characters who are meant to be teenagers are portrayed by actors in their early 20s.

* ButNotTooGay: In Season 4, Nick and Ben are introduced as a gay couple. Although, the most physical interaction between the two is a mere pat on the back. Meanwhile, almost every canon pairing (of which are all heterosexual) have shared at least one kiss.
** The people behind the series have claimed that the lack of physical affection between Nick and Ben has little to do with [[GetBackInTheCloset the common belief that a gay couple is inappropriate for a children's show]], but rather the discomfort of the actors.
* CastingGag: It is widely acknowledged, even by the show runners themselves, that many of the characters have storylines that relate to their actors' real lives. For example:
** Alfie is Swiss. His actor, Giuseppe Bausilio, is Swiss as well.
** On the show, Thalia is revealed to have a Polish mother and be fluent in Polish, both of which apply to her actress, Taveeta Szymanowicz.
** Sloane is proclaimed to be French and speak French, both of which apply to her actress Erika Prevost, who is half French-Canadian.
** Cierra and Skylar, played by Cierra and Skylar Healey respectively, play sisters on the show and are sisters in real life.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Abi was a victim of this. After her actress, Abigal Bergman, ran away from home and was fired upon her return, Abi was completely taken off of the series without any mention of her whatsoever.

* UnexpectedCharacter / WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was meant to be in ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers character rights still have to be discussed before Giselle can appear]].
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Every single black male character on the show who has been in a relationship/has developed a crush, has done so with a white female character.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Despite the clear shots of UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} throughout the episodes, considerable footage of the Canadian flag, and almost every character being from Canada, the series' characters have never said that they are in Toronto nor UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
** The showrunners have claimed that this is a result of the unwillingness of isolating viewers who are from other countries, seeing as the series has a large following outside of Canada.
** There have been planned scenes in which characters say they are in Canada, although they have all been cut, allegedly because of time restraints.

* UnexpectedCharacter / WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was meant to be in ''GreysAnatomy'' but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers character rights still have to be discussed before Giselle can appear]].

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Despite the clear shots of {{Toronto}} throughout the episodes, considerable footage of the Canadian flag, and almost every character being from Canada, the series' characters have never said that they are in Toronto nor {{Canada}}.

*** Just like their characters in the show, Cierra Healey and Skylar Healey are sisters.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Despite the clear shots of {{Toronto}} at the beginning of and during episodes, as well as the considerable footage of the Canadian flag, characters have never said that they are in Toronto nor {{Canada}}.

** There have been planned scenes in which characters say they are in Canada, although they have all been cut, allegedly for time restraints.

* ButNotTooGay: In Season 4, Nick and Ben are introduced as a gay couple. Although, the most physical interaction between the two is a mere pat on the back.

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Every single black male character on the show who has been in a relationship/has developed a crush, has done so with a white female character.

* LikeGoesWithLike: Completely [[Subverted Trope subverted]]. Many fans of the series shipped West and Tiffany and later West and Thalia, seeing as they were the only two black characters of the opposite sex. Although, when West finally receives a love interest, it is Emily, who is white.

** WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Every single black male character on the show who has been in a relationship/has developed a crush, has done so with a white female character.

* Abi is portrayed by an actress named Abigail Bergman.
* A J-Trouper named Tyler is portrayed by actor Tyler Hutchings.
* Elite dancers Jen, Shantel, and Nick are portrayed by Jennifer Taylor, Shantel Angela Vailloo, and Nicolas Maiorano respectively.

* TheDanza: One character named Cierra is named after the actress who plays her, Cierra Healy
** The same can be said about Skylar Healy, who, aside from playing as Cierra's sister, is also Cierra's sister is real life.

* TheDanza: One character named Cierra is named after the actress who plays her, Cierra Healy

TheDanza: One character named Cierra is named after the actress who plays her, Cierra Healy