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1* {{Blooper}}:
2** The ending credits could never seem to spell poor Buck Greene's name right.
3** When Magnum jumps and tackles Norm in "The Legacy of Garwood Huddle", you can clearly see his face is not of Tom Selleck but of [[http://magnum-mania.com/images/5_4_k_full.jpg his stunt double]], Tom Lupo.
4* CaliforniaDoubling: Generally averted (most notably in the sixth season premiere "Deja Vu", set and filmed in England).
5* CastTheExpert: Playing David Bannister in "The Jororo Kill" is Christopher Morley, a famed actor specializing in female impersonation.
6** NFL legend Dick Butkus as football coach Clarence in "One More Summer".
7* TheDanza:
8** Creator/TomSelleck as Thomas Magnum.
9** John Hillerman as Jonathan Quayle Higgins.
10** Esmond Chung as Sergeant Kenny Chung.
11* DescendedCreator: Bob Minor, stunt coordinator and double for Roger E. Mosley, plays T.C.'s friend Ron Pennington in "Round and Around", [[spoiler: who is soon murdered. Hilariously, Minor later appears in the same episode's climax as Mosley's double, effectively [[FridgeBrilliance avenging his own death]].]]
12* EditedForSyndication: In addition to TitleSequenceReplacement, some episodes lack scenes originally seen in the network airings (such as the opening scene of "Basket Case"). But that's nothing compared to the [=DVDs=]...
13** The original network broadcast of "Never Again... Never Again" actually had Magnum [[spoiler: [[http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season1/Never_Again_Never_Again.html shoot Lena Greenberg dead (offscreen), with the shot heard over a cutaway of the boat they're on.]] This fact helps the next scene (of Magnum on the beach contemplating the episode's events) make much more sense. Syndication and the season one DVD set removed the gunshot sound, however, leaving the viewer confused as to what happened to Lena. It wouldn't be likely that she surrendered to Magnum on the spot, as by then she had [[OneManArmy single-handedly killed]] at least two men Magnum's size [[NotSoHarmlessVillain with only a scalpel]].]]
14** The Region 1 DVD version of "The Man From Marseilles" is missing the entire scene where Lt. Tanaka speaks with Jean Claude Fornier in French. Syndication, Region 2 [=DVDs=], and the ''Complete Series'' Blu-ray have it intact.
15** The Region 1 DVD version of "L.A." is missing Magnum's foot chase after his rental car's blown up. In the original broadcast he runs through several yards, one of which where he has a short conversation with a woman in a hot tub. Also cut was the BrickJoke with the same woman interviewed on a news broadcast, claiming Magnum had tried to attack her. Again, syndication, Region 2 [=DVDs=], and the ''Complete Series'' Blu-ray have these intact.
16** "Resolutions" has several scenes missing in syndication and on DVD (like Lt. Page's conversation with Magnum at the tidal pool), even editing out most of the montage from the closing credits. Only the German season eight DVD has it fully intact.
17* FakeBrit: John Hillerman, a native Texan, playing a retired British Army Sergeant Major -- and playing him so convincingly even ''British'' viewers thought he was a genuine Brit.
18** In "Luther Gillis: File #001", Higgins insists on accompanying Gillis into a cowboy bar. When Gillis says they won't talk to a "limey", Higgins grabs Gillis by the lapels and intones "Who you callin' a ''limey'', boy?" in a broad Texas drawl. He played the whole bar scene this way.
19* FakeNationality: The Italian Marchese in "Italian Ice" is played by French actor Jean Claudio, whose natural accent [[OohMeAccentsSlipping slips through]] in his English dialogue.
20** Mexican Mafia king Pasqual Valez in "On the Fly" is played by American Byrne Piven.
21** Soviet agent Colonel Ivan, [[FakeRussian played by]] Swedish-American Bo Svenson.
22** Many Chinese-American or Chinese-Hawaiian actors play Japanese or Japanese-American characters, and vice versa.
23** French-Viet France Nuyen plays a Taiwanese museum curator in "Torah! Torah! Torah!"
24** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Jean Claude Fornier, played by actual Frenchman Paul Verdier.
25* ParodyAssistance: Crossed with ActorAllusion, "A.A.P.I." opens with a full-on black and white dream of Magnum's similar to ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'', complete with Elisha Cook Jr. [[RoleReprise reprising his role]] as Wilmer from the film.
26* PostScriptSeason: The show had such a definitive finale at the end of season seven, they aired commercials explaining that despite the main character [[spoiler: being killed, tying up loose ends up as a ghost, and then being sent off to the afterlife]], things weren't ''really'' over. It lasted another season.
27* RealLifeRelative:
28** Creator/TomSelleck's ex-wife Jacqueline Ray appears in two episodes, and current wife Jillie Mack appears in three episodes.
29** Tom's father Bob Selleck plays Magnum's Grandpa Everett in the home movies seen in the opening of "Going Home", as well as in the baseball flashback scene in "Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts", along with Tom's mother Martha and his son Kevin.
30** Larry Manetti's wife Nancy [=DeCarl=] appears in two episodes.
31** Producer Creator/DonaldPBellisario's then-wife Deborah Pratt played T.C.'s girlfriend Gloria in four episodes.
32** Real-life couple John [=McCook=] and Laurette Spang-[=McCook=] play husband and wife in "The Case of the Red Faced Thespian".
33** Sondra Currie guest stars in "The Big Blow", directed by her future husband Alan J. Levi.
34** In "Lest We Forget", the young versions of the couple are played by Anne Lockhart and Miguel Ferrer (in his second on-camera role), the real children of June Lockhart and Jose Ferrer.
35* ScienceMarchesOn: "Wave Goodbye", while otherwise a [[ValuesResonance well-aged]] episode, is incredibly dated in that the police are unable to forensically determine who had sex with Kacy before she was killed, as the episode aired in 1981, well before DNA testing became the norm.
36* TechnologyMarchesOn: Naturally, given the time period.
37** The video game seen at the start of "Little Games" is too advanced for the time, but looks hilariously dated now.
38** "Novel Connection" sees T.C. using a ''first-generation'' [[http://magnum-mania.com/images/7_9_f_full.jpg mobile phone.]]
39** In "The Return of Luther Gillis", Lloyd [=DeWitt=]'s predictions about the use of computers in investigating see him treated more or less like a hack, but nowadays it's easy to see how computers have benefited both sides of the law.
40** Lee in "Smaller Than Life" plays ''Defender'', ''Missile Command'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' on an [[http://oldcomputers.net/atari800.html Atari 800]], complete with an [[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/atari-8-bit/faq/section-31.html 850 Interface Module]] and [[http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8bits/400800/830/830.html 830 Acoustic Coupler Modem]].
41** Higgins in "Photo Play" uses a Betamax recorder to tape his snooker games. Not only is the Beta format no longer used now, but so is home tape recording. Of course now, even with TheInternet, Higgins might still have to contend with the time zone difference in hopes of seeing the games as soon as possible.
42** Magnum could seriously cut down on darkroom usage with a digital camera today.
43** There's a ''very'' good chance "Rembrandt's Girl" would never happen today, given the increased security of banks and their vaults.
44* TheOtherDarrin: D.A. Carol Baldwin was played by Patty [=McCormick=] in the character's first appearance and by Creator/KathleenLloyd in twenty episodes.
45** Walter Chotzen played Icepick in his first appearance, before being replaced by Creator/ElishaCookJr for the rest of the series.
46** Ed Russler was played by Burr [=DeBenning=] in "The Jororo Kill", and by [[Film/EnterTheDragon John Saxon]] in "Jororo Farewell".
47* PromotedFanboy: Creator/FrankSinatra was fan of the series, even making a guest appearance in 1987.
48* ThrowItIn: "Don't Say Goodbye": Magnum pushing Amy Crane into the water then jumping in himself once confronted with [[spoiler: Stewart]]'s boat hook was ad-libbed by Tom Selleck. It wasn't part of the script, but was left in at Selleck's insistence.
49* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
50** Don Bellisario's later show ''Series/QuantumLeap'' was going to have a crossover episode, but unfortunately the ''Magnum'' series was established as existing within that show's universe, and he preferred to avoid the CelebrityParadox.
51** Creator/JackLord was approached several times to appear on the series, but he never did (in fact, once ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' ended he never acted again[[note]]except for a cameo in ''M Station: Hawaii'', an unsold pilot which he also executive produced[[/note]]). Although his Alzheimer's diagnosis (he diagnosed with it in around 1979) may be the reason for his retirement.
52* WrittenByCastMember: Creator/RogerEMosley co-wrote "Missing Melody," one of the few episodes of the series to focus on his character of T.C.
53* YouLookFamiliar: ''Tons'', like Gillian Dobb appearing as different characters in "Mad Buck Gibson", "The Elmo Ziller Story", and "Ki'i's Don't Lie" before finally appearing as Agatha Chumley in "Black on White".
54** Glenn Cannon playing another doctor, Dr. Kessler in season one's "Never Again... Never Again", before appearing as Doc Ibold in season two's "Try to Remember".
55** Lance [=LeGault=] as John W. Newton in "Missing in Action" before appearing as Colonel Buck Greene in "Memories Are Forever". The voice helps.
56** Paul Burke as Admiral Kitchner in "Memories Are Forever" before appearing as Admiral Hawkes in "Did You See the Sunrise?".
57** Kathleen Lloyd as Bridget Archer in season three's "Almost Home" before appearing as Carol Baldwin in season four's "Distant Relative".
58** Creator/KennethMars as elderly caretaker Joseph in "The Woman on the Beach", before playing Magnum's former client Archie in "Fragments".
59** James Whitmore Jr. plays the title character in "Billy Joe Bob" before coming back as Nuzo in "Did You See the Sunrise?".
60** Walter Chotzen plays the bellhop working with Gillian Dobb's character in "The Elmo Ziller Story" before playing the original Icepick in "Past Tense".
61** Creator/ElishaCookJr played the [[spoiler: imposter]] Harold Farber in "Ghost Writer" before taking over the character of Icepick in "Distant Relative".
62** Creator/InaBalin plays Professor Martinez in "Dead Man's Channel" before coming back as Lila in "L.A.".
63** Jeff [=MacKay=] played Navy man Ski Polenski in "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" before playing "Mac" [=MacReynolds=] and later Jim "Mac" Bonnick.
64** In relation to Magnum's Vietnam storyline, Creator/ClydeKusatsu played Colonel Ki in "Memories Are Forever" before playing Detective Gordon Katsumoto in "This Island Isn't Big Enough". Soon-Tek Oh played Michelle's husband General Hue in "Memories" before playing Dr. Bill Su in "Kiss of the Sabre". Later on, however, both actors' former characters reappeared (Colonel Ki via flashback), to the likely confusion of newer viewers.
65*** Clyde Kusatsu also played the M.E. in "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" and Dr. Lon Teng in "All For One".
66** Cassie Yates played Betty Windom in "Kiss of the Sabre" and Shelly Faraday in "Photo Play".
67** Robin Dearden played Mandy in "No Need to Know" and Lexi Ziller in "The Elmo Ziller Story."
68** Wallace Landford and Kanani Choy play brother and sister Fat Jack and Eunice in "Don't Say Goodbye" before returning as OutlawCouple Artie Keanu and Big Sally in "Luther Gillis: File #521" and "The Return of Luther Gillis".
69* The name Magnum is an actual surname and means "great one". The Norse name Magni is related, pointing to either Scandinavian (Magnusson, Mogens) or Irish (Mághnus) heritage for Thomas on his father's side. He emphasizes his mother's Irish ancestry (Sullivan) many times.

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