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  • Actor Allusion: It's stated in the intro song that Randy is "Bruce". The Brazilian lyrics went further and said he's Bruce Lee.
    • Jim Cummings lived in New Orleans for part of his early life, so Catfish's accent isn't that much of an affectation.
  • The Cast Showoff: Laura Marano gets a chance to show off her singing skills in "Ninjafan".
  • Creator Cameo: Jed Einoff and Scott Thomas, the creators, executive producers, writers, and additional voice actors of the show, appear in the show as teenage-version of themselves in the background throughout several episodes.
  • Creator's Oddball:
    • To an extent. While creators Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas have had prior animation work before RC9N as writers, all their work as producers and creators have been live-action programs such as Best Friends Whenever and Raven's Home.
    • From another angle, Jhonen Vasquez did character design work for this under a pseudonym; while he's worked in kids' material before and since, this series is notably Lighter and Softer than most of his work.
  • The Other Darrin:
    • Ben Cross takes over as The Sorcerer in season 2, replacing Tim Curry due to the latter's stroke.
    • S. Ward Smith was played by John Witherspoon in his first appearance and by Gary Anthony Williams in season two.
    • During the penultimate episode, Theresa is voiced by Grey DeLisle instead of Sarah Hyland, but it's not as noticeable, as she only does a few lines.
  • The Other Marty: According to this video that he made (go to 3:50), James Arnold Taylor was one of the original choices to voice Randy himself, and recorded dialogue for a few episodes before Ben Schwartz ended up in the role.
  • Out of Order: There is a bit of it in the show. Mostly screws up in villain introductions.
    • Viva El Nomicon chronologically should be before the Halloween Episodes, Dawn of the Driscoll and Night of the Living McFizzles, because that is when McFist bought Whoopee World.
    • Ninja Camp was supposed to air immediately after Silent Punch, Deadly Punch, but Stank'd to the Future aired instead. It was also supposed to air BEFORE "Enter the Nomicon"
    • Evil Spirit Week chronologically should be before Silent Punch, Deadly Punch because that is when Randy gained the ability of Ninja Rage.
      • All in all, this results in a few minor issues of continuity, such as Randy knowing certain moves before he actually... knows them, which are easily brushed over, as well as the introduction of certain minor characters, but two Villains are majorly affected.
      • While it's unclear when EXACTLY it was supposed to air due to many plots not involving Mcfist and Randy meeting or him even acknowledging his existence even in episodes where he's the main villain, Randy is not supposed to know about either Mcfist or Viceroy's evil ambitions until "Mcfists of fury" where only then he discovers their villany, despite several episodes in the air order have them trading insults like they've been doing it for a good while.
      • While not as severe, Enter The Nomicon starts with assuming the viewers know who Mac is... despite his actual episode being 4 episodes later, airing as episode 22 when it was supposed to be episode 8.

    • Living in Shooblivion showed Julian in the background. The episode was aired after Snow-Klahoma.
  • Quietly Cancelled: While there's not much information as to why it was cancelled, Disney just didn't seem very interested in the show past the first season. As stated below, the show second season wasn't advertised much and broadcasted sporadically, likely in an effort to diminished the viewing numbers to justify canning it, leaving fans confused on where to watch it or if the show was still going. The final episodes came and went with little fanfare and the show was quickly pushed to the wayside once it was done.
  • Screwed by the Network: The latter half of season 2. There was very little advertising of new episodes despite the series being one of their more popular shows. The remaining episodes were burned off at different intervals until finally the show quietly ended despite ending on a cliffhanger. At the very least they wrapped up the Sorcerer and Nega-Julian plotlines before they finished, and Disney was nice enough to put the show on Disney+ a few years later so it can be watched officially.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • Apparently Heidi was originally supposed to be a cheerleader, Norrisville was originally going to called Macchio Falls (named after Ralph Macchio), and the villain would have been the town's deputy mayor/witch Kranski. She looked like Sarah Palin and would've been Morgan's mother.
    • As mentioned above, James Arnold Taylor was one of the original choices for Randy.

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