Line #10 Main/PopUpTrivia


1	[[quoteright:276:[[Series/PopUpVideo https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/276_pop_up.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:276:This trope also covers [[YMMV/TheBlackEyedPeas Pop Up YMMV]].]]You're watching a rerun of your favorite movie on TV.
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4	You can remember the lines to the catchy tune in the background. You know exactly when the character starts talking to his [[TheRedStapler green candy apple accounting calculator]]. Then suddenly there is a little noise you have never heard before and a little message on screen about how this calculator doesn't actually exist and the production company had to spend big money to make a fake one.
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6	You, my friend, have been introduced to the wonderful world of Pop-Up Trivia. Wherein the little tricks that the production people put into making your show are showed off, or interesting but irrelevant but interesting pieces of information are given, such as how many calories a person would burn in 500 miles and how long it would take, but not quite as vocal as a DVDCommentary.
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8	This trope originated with the Creator/VH1 show ''Series/PopUpVideo'', which aired music videos and little factoids about the video, the artist, or random related tidbits would pop up on the screen. You can tell when the use of this trope is a direct parody of the show when a popping noise is used with a cartoony icon next to the trivia fact, since that was the show's signature style. Amazon's Creator/PrimeVideo is currently the only streaming service to uses this in the form of a feature called "X-Ray", which is this trope applied to most media in their streaming library.
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10	Contrast TelevisionTieInMagazines, a work's official {{magazine\|s}} contains {{trivia}} about it.
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12	!!Examples:
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16	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
17	* Creator/ADVFilms had some wonderful "[=ADVidNotes=]" tracks on several of their comedy anime [=DVDs=].
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20	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
21	* Included on the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' DVD. Two sets, actually: One for the "fans" (which are more complex details on how the movie was made), and one for the "family" (side notes, plot points relating to the original book, points being brought up in the live-action films and TV series, etc.)
22	* The Blu-Ray Discs of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}, and ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' have pop up tracks including trivia for both demographics.
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25	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
26	* This trope apparently makes for popular BonusMaterial for [=DVDs=]:
27	** Edgar Wright seems to be a fan. It's an option on ''Film/HotFuzz, Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''.
28	** ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' did this.
29	** This was an option on ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' DVD.
30	** The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' 2-disc DVD sets have a subtitle option where Michael and Denise Okuda can give text commentary on this kind of stuff.
31	** ''Film/SourceCode'' has one of these, strangely enough.
32	** The Extreme Edition DVD of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' includes a text commentary track with trivia and other notes at the bottom of the screen to annotate special moments, such as scenes not featured in the theatrical release as well as short behind-the-scenes footage that can be accessed by pressing a button on your DVD player remote.
33	** Legend Films' edition of ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' includes a trivia text feature.
34	** The ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy came to DVD with "Animated Anecdotes" for each movie. The later Blu-Ray set contains updated anectodes, as well as an option to point out "setups and payoffs".
35	** Each DVD in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' has a "Spidey-Sense" trivia track.
36	** The ''Franchise/{{Alien}} Anthology'' Blu-Ray set has a "Weyland-Yutani Datastream" deliver factoids about each movie.
37	** ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' has a "Your Favorite Things" Blu-Ray extra that allows viewers to watch the movie with pop-up windows containing trivia, behind-the-scenes pictures, and an interactive quiz (and sing-along subtitles for the songs).
38	** Some TV airings of ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' have this, giving historical notes and production notes. Sometimes they swerved into CaptainObvious territory, such as explaining that a character was grieving for their dead father ''while it was happening on screen.''
39	** For a while in the mid 2000s, Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/NewLineCinema movies offered via video-on-demand through cable systems came with "[[http://www.moviesthatpop.com/ Movies that Pop]]"- the trivia track would be baked into the movie (given how VOD works, it's understandable that you couldn't turn it off).
40	** ''Film/{{TheWolverine}}'' on Blu-Ray syncs to an application on a phone or tablet, and displays the trivia on that.
41	** ''Film/TheFly1986'' has a trivia track exclusive to Blu-Ray releases. Most of the trivia is basic and seems to be intended for casual viewers who aren't interested in the in-depth DVDCommentary by writer-director Creator/DavidCronenberg or the feature-length making-of documentary ''Fear of the Flesh'', but there are some interesting tidbits that don't appear in those (i.e., executive producer Creator/MelBrooks originally wanted Creator/PierceBrosnan for the male lead).
42	* Played for laughs in ''Film/ShriekIfYouKnowWhatIDidLastFridayTheThirteenth'', when a ChaseScene between the killer and his intended victims is staged like a clip from ''Series/PopUpVideo'', complete with a catchy cover of "Pretty In Pink" for a soundtrack. One of the pop-ups insult the actor playing the killer, so he ''stabs the pop-up'', causing another to appear that reads "Ouch".
43	* The ending for ''Film/MusicAndLyrics'' has one for the "Pop Goes My Heart!" music video in the form of a [=VH1=] Pop-Up Video, [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue which details what happened to the characters in the movie]].
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46	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
47	* Creator/DisneyChannel seems to be a fan of this. It aired a version of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace: TheMovie'' that had these and if memory serves they did the same with ''Starstruck''.
48	** They also did it with ''JumpIn''.
49	* The American cable network AMC sometimes shows ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_TV DVD_TV]]'': a movie with subtitles that have information taken from the movie's DVD.
50	* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' eventually started doing this with its reruns.
51	* Creator/AnimalPlanet loves this trope, and applies it to renamed reruns of their popular series:
52	** ''[[Series/RiverMonsters River Monsters: Unhooked]]''
53	** ''[[Series/MyCatFromHell My Cat From Hell: Scratch Tracks]]''
54	** ''{{Series/Tanked}} Unfiltered''
55	** ''[[Series/CallOfTheWildman Call of the Wildman: More Live Action]]''
56	** ''Gator Boys: Gator Bites''
57	* ''Series/MythBusters'' has "Buster's Cut".
58	* When ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' had "spot the mistake" contest episodes, the reruns would point out each mistake via pop-ups.
59	* Every ''Series/DoctorWho'' classic series DVD and Blu-ray features production information subtitles.
60	** The first rebroadcast of the revival Series 9 on BBC America, "Doctor's Notes", featured a mix of trivia, fan comments, and even fanart.
61	* Creator/{{GSN}} had a special week of ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' episodes that would have pop up bubbles with information, such as the current price of Turtle Wax and Monty Hall's real name.
62	* The [[Creator/NickJr NickMom]] channel debuted by airing ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' with pop-up style "comments" from Carol Brady.
63	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' aired an episode featuring these. Originally billed as produced by the same team as ''Pop Up Video'', which was later shown to be [[ExecutiveMeddling a marketing ploy between ABC and VH1]] without the team's consent.
64	* Certain ''Franchise/StarTrek'' shows have done this on certain DVD releases.
65	* ''Series/ParkingWars'' has bits of trivia popup periodically.
66	* ''Series/CSIMiami'' did this on at least one rerun, with the 'Bullet Points' accompanied by a gunshot sound.
67	* ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' from Season 8 onward, combining trivia with [[Website/{{Twitter}} Tweets]] from fans and crew.
68	* ''Series/TheGrandTour'' uses [[Creator/AmazonStudios Amazon]]'s "X-Ray Vision" feature in this fashion, with vehicle specs, song track info, translations for more obscure Britishisms, behind-the-scenes facts, and general trivia.
69	* Seasons 2 and 3 of the game show ''Series/PeerPressure''[[labelnote:*]]Which were actually just season 1 episodes repackaged with new graphics[[/labelnote]] used it to explain how certain stunts were pulled off, behind-the-scenes tidbits, and random trivia.
70	* Tru-TV seems to be fond of this, doing it to three of their shows:
71	** ''[[Series/ImpracticalJokers Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes]]''
72	** ''Hack My Life: Inside Hacks''
73	** ''[[Series/TheCarbonaroEffect The Carbonaro Effect: Inside Carbonaro]]''
74	* Nat Geo Wild does this for its vet shows. ''Series/TheIncredibleDoctorPol'' has Deja MOO! and ''Dr Kay’s Exotic Animal ER'' has Gloves Off.
75	* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' sometimes re-airs old seasons with pop-up facts, including both printed captions and spoken bits from hosts [=RuPaul=] and Michelle Visage.
76	* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': When the second season came out, which focused heavily on Jessica's BFF [[FormerChildStar Trish]], clips of Trish's music video "I Want Your Cray-Cray" were featured in the episode of that name. Marvel later released the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCR9Z4dq9x0 full video]] on Youtube with parody pop-up facts. Fair warning: the song is intentionally terrible.
77	* [[Series/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms1994 The 1994 adaptation of]] ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' had home video releases come with baked-in Chinese subtitles that highlighted famous quotes from the source novel.
78	* Some later or recut episodes of ''Series/DrPimplePopper'' feature these, more as a VisualPun on the word "pop" than anything else.
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81	[[folder:Music]]
82	* Creator/VH1's ''Series/PopUpVideo'', the {{Trope Maker\|s}}. Wikipedia has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-Up_Video#Derivatives_and_parodies a list]] of derivatives and parodies of ''Pop Up Video''.
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85	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
86	* ''[[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] On Fire'', which shows classic NWA matches, has little infoboxes giving possibly informative bits of trivia about the wrestlers & matches being shown.
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89	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
90	* When the now-defunct [=TechTV=] network aired the original ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' series, one of these pop-up trivia tracks would appear frequently near the bottom of the screen. A full episode done in this style was released as bonus material on a "best of" DVD of the series in the early 2000s.
91	* The first-season DVD of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' has a special "Muppet Morsels" subtitle track.
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96	* ''WebComic/FurWillFly'' did an amusing spoof of the trope in general and Creator/VH1's ''Pup-Up Video'' in particular with "Pop-Up Webcomic" Sunday special features, eye-watering colour scheme and all.
97	* As seen in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', [[ShowWithinAShow Dr. Viennason's Guide to Timeless Space]] comes with "Pop-Up Cudbitz". Unlike real-life implementations, these bonus facts are printed on actual signs that dangle next to Dr. Viennason as he presents his wisdom for the video recording, and he doesn't quite conceal his disgust when they are insulting to him (which happens surprisingly frequently).
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100	[[folder:Web Original]]
101	* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': Starting from ''[[Recap/DeathBattleS04E14NarutoVsIchigo Naruto Vs Ichigo]]'' onwards, there would be some pop-up trivia which adds additional information about the combatants without extending the already long video length.
102	* Website/YouTube used to allow you to add annotations to your uploaded videos, which could invoke this. Sadly, annotations were removed from [=YouTube=] on January 2019.
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105	[[folder:Western Animation]]
106	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Avatar Extras
107	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' both do this in Australia.
108	* The ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' DVD set has a "Trivia Track" on the first two episodes, "See-Saw to Arkansas" and "Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist".
109	* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E16WeekendAtBurnsies Weekend at Burnsie's]]." Marge gets out a box of old clothes, and pop-ups identify the episodes they supposedly featured in, [[NoodleIncident such as a fedora with a hole in it from "Who Shot Grampa's Hat?"]]
110	* The 20th Anniversary Edition of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' has the "Matrix of Knowledge" as this type of option on the first disc.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a series of DVD bonus features, ''The Avengers Unmasked'', which provide a variation of this.
112	* The season 3 DVD set of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' had these for three episodes.
113	* ''WesternAnimation/TitanMaximum'''s DVD had this as a feature for one episode. The caption bubble acted as if it were a character in itself, and mentioned knowing the Pop-Up Video caption bubble.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' had a special pop-up trivia marathon on Cartoon Network in the United States in 2010 before the series finale aired. However, these materials were reused from a previous marathon in the UK - meaning they were slightly sped up and censored PAL masters.
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