Line #5 Trivia/CHIPS


1	!!The TV Series:
2	* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: Midway through the final season, Tom Reilly (Bobby) was arrested for drug possession. This resulted in his role being reduced, with Bruce Penhall having his role as Bobby's brother Bruce being increased. The California Highway Patrol also threatened to revoke the show's use of their badge and related imagery, over the bad publicity, due to the arrest.
3	* CastTheExpert: In the episode "Fox Trap", Laura Branigan played the lead singer of an all-female band whose manager is out to sell them to a white slavery ring.
4	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Japan, the series became Shiro-Bi Yarou Jon & Ponch (Motorcycle Police Guys Jon & Ponch) "Shiro-Bi" is a Japanese shorthand for a motorcycle used for law-enforcing use, in this case it stands for "Shiro(i) Bi(ke)" (White Bike, because most motorcycles used for police use are painted white).
5	* DirectedByCastMember: Both Creator/LarryWilcox and Creator/RobertPine each directed two episodes of the series. Wilcox directed the episodes "Ride the Whirlwind" and "Tow Truck Lady", while Pine directed "Overload" and "Things That Go Creep in the Night".
6	* FakeAmerican: British actor Harvey Jason plays the American leader of an annoying TV news team in "Disaster Squad".
7	* FakeNationality: Illinois-born Les Lannom plays a very Eastern European motorcycle stuntman (quite possibly Hungarian) in the episode "Suicide Stunt".
8	* HostilityOnTheSet: Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada were often said to frequently clash, and did not get along well with each other during the production of this show. This was reported to be a factor in Wilcox's decision to quit the series. Estrada was said to be similarly displeased working with Tom Reilly, who replaced Wilcox as Poncherello's partner Officer Bob "Bobby" Nelson.
9	* OnSetInjury: While filming an episode, Erik Estrada lost control of his motorcycle and was hurled into a parked car before the 900-pound motorcycle landed on him. Estrada sustained fractured ribs, partially collapsed lungs, a fractured right wrist, and a cracked sternum and clavicle.
10	* TheOtherDarrin:
11	** The parts of both Melanie Mitchell and Paula Woods were recast between their appearances in the season 4 two-parter "Ponch's Angels" and the PoorlyDisguisedPilot for the "Mitchell & Woods" SpinOff in season 5; in the latter episode, Mitchell is played by the actress who played Ponch's love interest Jennifer in "Ponch's Angels". They're also now working for the fictional "[[BlandNameProduct Ocean City Police Department]]" instead of the CHP; no explanation for the reassignment is given.
12	** Timmy Getraer, the son of Joe and Betty, appears in three episodes, each time played by a different actor: Marc Gilpin (the episode "CHP-BMX"), Lindsay Kennedy ("Vigilante") and Rossie Harris ("Diamond in the Rough").
13	* TheOtherMarty: Mike Post and Pete Carpenter wrote a theme that was unused.
14	* PlayingAgainstType: "Rock Devil Rock" gives us Don Most ([[Series/HappyDays Ralph Malph]]) as an Music/AliceCooper[=/=]Music/{{KISS}}[=/=]Music/OzzyOsbourne-type ShockRock star named Moloch, and Peter Marshall, genial host of ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'', as his greedy, corrupt manager.
15	* RecastAsARegular:
16	** Randi Oakes played an unnamed member of the secretarial pool in the first season episode "Baby Food", a car thief named Kim Balford in the Season 2 episode "Down Time", and joined the cast as officer Bonnie Clark at the beginning of Season 3.
17	** Tom Reilly was the AudienceSurrogate [[NewMeat new member]] of the ninja-cop team in the "Force Seven" PoorlyDisguisedPilot, the last episode in Season 5, then shows up in the next episode aired (the first episode of Season 6) as Ponch's new partner, Bobby Nelson.
18	* RealLifeRelative:
19	** Creator/GwynneGilford, Robert Pine's real-life wife, played Betty Getraer, wife to Pine's character Sgt. Joe Getraer.
20	** Derek Wilcox, Larry's son, appears in the episodes "Moving Violation" and "Second Chance".
21	** Christopher Stone and his real-life wife, Creator/DeeWallace, appear together in the episode "Death Watch".
22	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RobinWilliams claimed that when he started out, his agent had him audition for this show:
23	-->They wanted a strapping six-footer who could ride a Harley Davidson. I'd never ridden a motor-cycle and I stood five-eight, maybe 135 pounds...I realised: This is not good. This man is not for me.
24	* WrittenInInfirmity:
25	** Creator/ErikEstrada suffered a very serious motorcycle accident while filming an episode. Until he recovered, he literally shot scenes from his hospital bed.
26	** The pregnancy of Creator/GwynneGilford (Betty Getraer) was written into a subplot in the episode "Satan's Angels" where she and Joe were awaiting the birth of their next child.
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28	!!The 2017 Film:
29	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/DaxShepard was primarily motivated to create the movie due to his desire to combine his love for motorcycles and comedy into one, and admitted that he used the ''[=CHiPs=]'' brand primarily so that he could have an excuse to get away with it.
30	* BackedByThePentagon: Thoroughly averted. The film opens with the message: "The California Highway Patrol does not endorse this film...''at all''." The department is referred to as "the CHP" while the real one [[SpellMyNamewithaThe is just "CHP" with no "the"]], and the uniforms, badges, patches, and patrol cars are BlandNameProduct versions of the real thing.
31	* CaliforniaDoubling: The opening scenes set in Miami were filmed in Long Beach and San Pedro, California. At least one shot has the battleship USS ''Iowa'' prominently visible in the background.
32	* TheCastShowoff:
33	** Creator/DaxShepard is an avid motorcyclist in real life, and performed many of his own stunts for the film.
34	** Downplayed by Creator/MichaelPena, who had no prior motorcycle experience but learned to ride for his role as Ponch. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot While Ponch doesn't have to do anything nearly as dangerous on a bike as Jon does]], Peña still filmed most of his motorcycling scenes himself and had to adjust to reciting his lines while driving at 75 miles per hour.
35	* ChannelHop: The original series was produced by [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM Television]]; the movie is from Creator/WarnerBros, who inherited the rights via the Time Warner-Turner merger of 1996 (Turner having acquired MGM's library in 1986).
36	* DescendedCreator: Writer/director Creator/DaxShepard co-stars as Jon Baker.
37	* DisownedAdaptation: Larry Wilcox has expressed ''extreme'' displeasure with the film's main characters [[spoiler:pulling out guns]], something that his [[DoesntLikeGuns character from the original TV series does NOT do]]. Even his fans completely agree with this criticism. Averted with Erik Estrada, who agreed to cameo in it without any objections.
38	* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/KristenBell avoided breast-feeding her children for a week in order to make her breasts bigger to fit with her character's "shallow TrophyWife" image.
39	* FakeNationality: Officer Taylor is played by Australian actress Jessica [=McNamee=].
40	* FollowTheLeader: Its "RuderAndCruder R-rated take on a retro cop show property" stylings are very clearly in the same mold as ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''.
41	* LifeImitatesArt: Jon is a FunctionalAddict as a result of the vast quantities of painkillers he had to consume after sustaining motocross injuries. Creator/DaxShepard is very open about his own history with drug abuse, and briefly relapsed after taking painkillers while recovering from an accident three years after the film was released.
42	* IronyAsSheIsCast: HappilyMarried celebrity couple Creator/KristenBell and Creator/DaxShepard play the estranged Karen and Jon Baker.
43	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/KristenBell is known for playing characters that are either out-and-out {{Nice Girl}}s or at the very least extremely charming, but plays a loathsome HateSink here. Creator/DaxShepard admitted that he initially didn't want to cast her in the part of Karen because he worried that she would be too likable of a screen presence for the character to be as unbearable as he intended it to be.
44	* ProductionPosse: Creator/RyanHansen, who is a good friend of Creator/DaxShepard and has worked with both him and his wife Creator/KristenBell on several projects, appears as Officer Grieves, while Dax Shepard's ''Series/{{Parenthood}}'' co-star Creator/MaeWhitman cameos as one of the fairground coordinators.
45	* RealLifeRelative: Husband and wife Dax Shepard and Creator/KristenBell weren't known for being in the same show before this.
46	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film was announced in the late 2000s and [[Series/That70sShow Wilmer Valderrama]] was cast as Ponch.

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