While the series is better known for its
Harsher in Hindsight moments,
Hilarious in Hindsight ones also abound.
- With "You Can't Break Those Cuffs", the scene in which G'kar is chained up, and told that he can't break those chains. G'kar breaks the chains.
- Also the scene where Garibaldi vents his frustrations by slamming a bar loudmouth's head down on a desk while claiming it is a magic trick.
- In season 3, there is mention of a serial killer named Charles Dexter. Doubles as a Shout-Out to "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H. P. Lovecraft.
- In season 4 "Rising Star" someone put a "dog shaming" sign on the dead body of President Clark, who committed suicide in the previous episode. It read "Traitor to Earth".
- The "privacy field" seen only in the pilot episode looks a lot like the lighting effects from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
- A few years after the series, JMS began suffering from acid reflux, with part of his treatment being to sleep in an elevated position. That is, he now sleeps on a Minbari bed.
- In The War Prayer in Season One, the home guard members mention their conspiracy to stage a mass assassination of the major ambassadors of Babylon 5 - Delenn, Londo, G'Kar...And Kosh. Too Dumb to Live embodied right there, if the Home Guard thought they could kill a Vorlon.
- Many fans of the series have pointed out that Ancient Aliens correspondent Giorgio Tsoukalos' infamous hairstyle rather resembles that of a Centauri (itself based on Marvel Comics's Shi'ar race).
- The Centauri race are very obviously based on the Shi'ar Star Empire from Marvel Comics. Three years after the show ended, J. Michael Straczynski would go on to write for Marvel Comics, largely because of the clout he gained creating Babylon 5.
- The original "Gathering" pilot and 4th season episode "The Illusion of Truth" feature automated hovering drone cameras. This, no doubt, seemed incredibly futuristic to the viewing audiences of 1993. Not so much today.
