* FridgeLogic: In the CreditCardPlot episode, Lloyd and Ron max their credit cards buying stock. When that stock later soars, they are seen buying expensive stuff and goofing around with money. Where did they get the funds for that? Their cards were already tapped, and they hadn't cashed out of the stock market yet.
* {{Moe}}: Rachel, but that was mainly [[Creator/MonicaKeena the actress]].
* RetroactiveRecognition: All of the actors are still active today, but most of them have become rather big names. Creator/SethRogen for ''Film/KnockedUp'' (and most of Creator/JuddApatow's other stuff), Creator/JayBaruchel for ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' and ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice'', Creator/JasonSegel for ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', and Creator/CharlieHunnam for ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' (at least in the US).
** A Pre-''Series/{{Smallville}}'' Creator/TomWelling has a brief moment in the pilot as one of the guys Steven invites to their party, and a pre-''Series/TheOfficeUS'' Jenna Fischer makes a few appearances.
** Although Creator/AmyPoehler was already on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' at the same time her episodes aired, her character bears quite a few resemblances to a younger [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Leslie Knope]].
** Creator/FeliciaDay makes a very brief appearance moving off of the gang's floor.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: It's practically a time capsule of the early 2000s with constant references to the pop culture of the time, including a worship of Creator/AdamSandler, quoting ''Film/TheMatrix'' and generally just being extremely contemporary.
* TheWoobie: Steven. His parents get divorced and his father loses his job only 3 episodes in, his father starts to become an alcoholic, the girl who he has a crush on has sex with him and then continues to jerk around with his affections because of her former boyfriend, said former boyfriend chases after him and tries to beat him up in one episode, he constantly tries to find somewhere to belong through fraternities and religious organizations only to end up being used or lied to, he's a self-admitted D student (only earning an A on an essay when he pays a speed addict who once had the exact same professor to write it for him), and through all this his so-called "friends" in the dorm constantly mock and insult him. Frankly it's a wonder he doesn't just drop out.
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