History Trivia / ThirteenReasonsWhy

** Tommy Dorfman is queer, like her character Ryan. That being said, Tommy came out as a trans woman after the series concluded, and Ryan isn't said to be anything other than a cis man during the show.

** Creator Dylan Minnette and Creator/KatherineLangford were borderline, at only nineteen.

* TroubledProduction: Filming for both Seasons 2 and 3 was temporarily halted due to wildfires in Northern California, where the series was shot (both the October 2017 Northern California wildfires abd the 2018 Camp Fire).

* TroubledProduction: Filming for both Seasons 2 and 3 were temporarily halted due to wildfires in Northern California, where the series was shot (both the October 2017 Northern California wildfires abd the 2018 Camp Fire).

* SameContentDifferentRating: In July 2017, the Australian government [[http://tvtonight.com.au/2017/07/audit-checks-up-on-netflix-classifications.html audited Netflix]] who, up until then, had been allowed to rate their content however they saw fit, citing ''13 Reasons Why'' as [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids one of the reasons]]. As a result, the show will almost certainly be bumped from [=MA15+=] to [=R18+=]; the Australian equivalent of '''NC-17'''.

* BrokeTheRatingScale: New Zealand censors, when classifying the show, had to build a new classification of [=RP18=] (Persons under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian) from scratch, created specifically for the series. The censors deemed the subject matter too important to teens for the show to be given the existing R18 rating, yet the [=RP16=] rating was considered to be too low of a rating and did not cover vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds in a country with the highest teen suicide rate in the OECD.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://13reasonswhy.fandom.com/wiki/13_Reasons_Why_Wiki 13 Reasons Why Wiki]].

** Chelsea Alden (Mackenzie) is thirty, and playing the ''younger'' sister to Bryce Cass (Cyrus) who is twenty.

** Miles Heizer (Alex), Brandon Larracuente (Jeff) and Justin Prentice (Bryce) were twenty-two.

* ActorAllusion: One of Jess's friends says Hannah is ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale''-ing her. Creator/StevenWebber, who plays Principal Bolan, played the main character's romantic interest in the film.

* DoingItForTheArt:
** Christian Navarro didn't drive before he was cast in the series. He had to learn and get his licence before filming started - since Tony drives quite a lot in the series.
** Creator/KateWalsh spoke to several parents who had lost a child to suicide, and a psychologist who dealt with families in similar situations - all because she wanted to make her performance as honorable as she could.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Inverted. Because of the heavy themes the show dealt with, therapy dogs were brought on set to cheer the cast up after shooting particularly harsh scenes.

* ActorAllusion: One of Jess's friends says Hannah is ''Film/SingleWhiteFemale''-ing her. Steven Webber, who plays Principal Bolan, played the main character's romantic interest in the film.

* TheCastShowoff: Nora Walker is shown running a Yoga studio, and even helps Bryce with a few moves. Her actress Brenda Strong also has her own Yoga Class she leads.

** Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford were borderline, at only nineteen.

** Alisha Boe (Jessica) was twenty, which actually is only about a three or four year age difference from her character.

** Sosie Bacon (Skye) and Christian Navarro (Tony) were twenty-five.
** Ross Butler (Zach) was twenty-six.

** Kate Walsh spoke to several parents who had lost a child to suicide, and a psychologist who dealt with families in similar situations - all because she wanted to make her performance as honorable as she could.

** Tommy Dorfman is queer, like her character Ryan. That being said Tommy came out as a trans woman after the series concluded, and Ryan isn't said to be anything other than a cis boy during the show.

* StarMakingRole: Katherine Langford was an unknown Australian actress who had only a few short films to her name before getting cast as Hannah. Her award-nominated performance led to a prominent role in the 2018 YA film ''Film/LoveSimon'', with a star-studded murder mystery, ''Film/KnivesOut'', and another teen film, ''Spontaneous'', on the way. Dylan Minnette can also count, although not to the same extent as he was [[Film/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay much]] [[Film/Goosebumps2015 more]] [[Film/DontBreathe well-known]] than Langford beforehand.

* StarMakingRole: Katherine Langford was an unknown Australian actress who had only a few short films to her name before getting cast as Hannah. Her award-nominated performance led to a prominent role in the 2018 YA film ''Film/LoveSimon'', with a star-studded murder mystery, ''Film/KnivesOut'', and another teen film, ''Spontaneous'', on the way. Dylan Minnette can also count, although not to the same extent as he was [[Film/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay much]] [[Film/{{Goosebumps}} more]] [[Film/DontBreathe well-known]] than Langford beforehand.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Netflix opted to remove the scene of Hannah's suicide in time for the release of the third season in 2019. While the scene was meant to demonstrate how ugly and painful the act of killing oneself is instead of trying to romanticize it, subsequent criticism said that [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing it looped around to glorifying suicide by nature of being so graphic, and making that form of suicide prone to imitation]], so the creators ultimately agreed to remove it. The only way to watch the suicide is either on the DVD, through clips shared on [=YouTube=] (although they are routinely blocked or taken down by Netflix due to copyright but can be seen [[https://vimeo.com/381910282 here]]) or through pirated copies of the first season uploaded prior to 2019. You can read more on how the episode was censored [[https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=378736 here]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Netflix opted to remove the scene of Hannah's suicide in time for the release of the third season in 2019. While the scene was meant to demonstrate how ugly and painful the act of killing oneself is instead of trying to romanticize it, subsequent criticism said that [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing it looped around to glorifying suicide by nature of being so graphic, and making that form of suicide prone to imitation]], so the creators ultimately agreed to remove it. The only way to watch the suicide is either on the DVD, through clips shared on [=YouTube=] (although they are routinely blocked or taken down by Netflix due to copyright) or through pirated copies of the first season uploaded prior to 2019. You can read more on how the episode was censored [[https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=378736 here]].

** Tommy Dorfman is queer, like her character Ryan. That being said Tommy is also a trans woman, and Ryan isn't said to be anything other than a cis boy during the show.