Line #8 Trivia/DawsonsCreek


1	* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: Monica Keena (Abby Morgan) didn't want to be on the show and so Kevin Williamson suggested the character be killed off, which Keena was on board with.
2	* AllThereInTheManual: There was a lot of information about the characters and show that was only available through the show's official (and sadly now defunct) interactive website "Dawson's Desktop" where fans could browse through Dawson's computer and click on icons to find out interesting info(including diary entries that weren't revealed in the show proper).
3	* CaliforniaDoubling: The show's setting was Capeside, Massachusetts, though primarily filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, which would also became the filming location of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' (which might as well have been ''Dawson's'' spiritual successor) though was actually set in North Carolina.
4	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: This was the case in several Spanish-speaking countries, since the original title could be difficult (or confusing) to pronunciate in those ones.
5	** ''Dawson crece'' (''Dawson Grows'') in Spain. Not really 'completely different', since it probably was choosen for the phonetical simlarities and for mainting Dawson's name on the title.
6	** ''Amigos y amantes'' (''Friends and lovers'') in Cuba.
7	** ''Amores juveniles'' (''Young Loves'') in Ecuador.
8	** Subverted however in the rest of South-America, where the original title was mantained.
9	* DawsonCasting: The TropeNamer. In the second season, 22 year-old Creator/JamesVanDerBeek (Dawson), 26 year-old Creator/KerrSmith (Jack), and ''29-year-old'' Creator/MeredithMonroe (Andie) play high school sophomores, who are typically 15 or 16. The series finale got quite a few jokes about the five year TimeSkip in the final scene being a genius move, as suddenly everyone looked only five years older than they were supposed to, rather than ten years.
10	* DirectedByCastMember: Kerr Smith and Creator/JoshuaJackson each directed an episode during the show's sixth and final season. Smith has almost no lines in the episode he directs; Jackson doesn't even appear during his, probably to help him focus on his debut as a director ''while directing celebrities'' Creator/AdamCarolla and Drew Pinsky AsThemselves (not to mention an about-to-be-famous Creator/JensenAckles).
11	* ExecutiveMeddling: Zigzagged. The show was famous for its use of "I Don't Want to Wait" by Music/PaulaCole as its theme music; shortly before the series premiered, the network cut promos set to Paula Cole's song, and generated so much buzz they asked the creators to ThrowItIn Of course, having the song over the credits of an incredibly popular TeenDrama turned the song into a BreakawayPopHit, and when time came to re-license the song, Sony could no longer afford it. Streaming and DVD releases of the show therefore switched to "Run Like Mad" by Jann Arden, which had actually been Kevin Williamson's intention in the first place.
12	* ExecutiveVeto: Supposedly, Dawson was originally meant to be gay like the creator Creator/KevinWilliamson but {{Executive Meddling}} vetoed the idea and Jack was created instead. TheWorldWasNotReady.
13	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Versions of the ''original'' "I Don't Want to Wait" credits needed to be hunted down by hand. To resolve this, Cole recorded a new version of the song, the "Artist's 20th Anniversary Edition", for her 2016 live album, ''The Bright Red Feeling'', and wrote LoopholeAbuse into her contract to make sure it could be {{retcon}}ned back into the show. This version returned to Netflix in 2021.
14	* MilestoneCelebration: the show's 100th episode, in Season 5, involves (most of) the characters visiting Miami, FL on Spring Break and features an appearance by then-ultrapopular OneHitWonder [=M2M=].
15	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MichaelPitt, who would go on to play psychopathic characters such as [[Series/BoardwalkEmpire Jimmy Darmody]] and [[Series/{{Hannibal}} Mason Verger]], plays awkward [[LovableJock jock]] Henry. Coincidentally, Michael Pitt regards his time on the show as an OldShame.
16	* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: Averted; Nellie Oleson shares her name with a character from ''Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', an entitled and highly attractive girl who serves as a rival to the narrator. Considering the similarities between the characters, it's a wonder Williamson was able to get away with it.
17	* StarMakingRole: Creator/MichelleWilliams, Creator/KatieHolmes, James Van Der Beek and Joshua Jackson -- in that order. (Jackson -- the only actor with credits that predate this show's debut, due to his involvement in all three films of ''Film/TheMightyDucks'' -- was, ironically, the last of them to get a Creator page.)
18	* ThrowItIn: Dawson's infamous crying face wasn't scripted. James Van Der Beek was [[RealityIsUnrealistic genuinely crying]].
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
20	** Upon having got hired back to write the finale, creator Creator/KevinWilliamson started scripting it with a clear vision that Joey and Dawson would end up together. After penning the first half, he changed his mind and wrote the rest of it with his new decision after being told that internet polls favored the other pairing (much to the chagrin of some fans who believed those polls were hacked to make the other pairing look more popular then it actually was).
21	*** In 2022 and 2023, respectively, it was revealed that Creator/JoshuaJackson and Creator/KatieHolmes protested Dawson and Joey ending up together, as they wanted their characters, Joey and Pacey, together. They got their way.
22	** Before leaving the series, Williamson was planning to pair Dawson with Andie at some point. He was reportedly unhappy to find out she'd been PutOnABus. (Notably, Andie ''did'' film scenes for the series finale, though they were left on the cutting-room floor; her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute is {{handwave}}d out entirely.)
23	** The creators [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/dawsons-creek-theme-song-netflix_n_1683506 originally wanted]] the theme music to be Music/AlanisMorissette's "Hand In My Pocket" but the network never cleared the rights to it.
24	** Creator/CharlieHunnam, Creator/JesseTylerFerguson, Creator/ScottSpeedman, and Creator/AdrianGrenier all auditioned for Dawson.
25	*** Hunnam later auditioned for Season 5 character [[TheDanza Charlie]]. It was here that he met his wife Katharine Towne, who also auditioned.
26	** Creator/SelmaBlair almost got the part of Joey.
27	** Creator/JasonBiggs auditioned for Pacey Witter.
28	** Creator/KatherineHeigl auditioned for Jen Lindley.
29	* WriteWhoYouKnow:
30	** The big 6 (Dawson, Joey, Jen, Pacey, Andie, Jack) all have aspects of Williamson himself as per WordOfGod.
31	** Joey was based on Williamson's childhood best friend.

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