History Trivia / TheGoodPlace

* IKnewIt: Many fans correctly predicted that ''someone'' got replaced in the Season 4 premiere when [[spoiler:Bad Janet came to collect Chris via the train. Although Michael was the most popular prediction, some did correctly guess Janet]].

** The various allusions regarding "Real" Eleanor to the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan (i.e., everyone in the series premiere chaos sequence being dressed in blue-and-yellow striped clothing when blue and yellow are the school colors of U of M) is a reference to Michael Schur (whose hometown is Ann Arbor, UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}}) and how his father went to the University of Michigan's Law School.

* HeyItsThatPlace: The set for Neighborhood [=12358W's=] Town Square is actually the Old Europe set from the Universal Studios backlot. It was previously used for such films as ''Film/Frankenstein1931'' and ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923''. Before it was turned into Town Square, the set was basically deteriorating from years of neglect and given a fresh coat of paint.

* OutdatedByCanon: Fics of Vicky returning, usually because Michael [[SympathyForTheDevil felt sorry for her]], became outdated with her reappearance in Season 3.

** [[invoked]] The ObviouslyEvil glowing-red black obelisk seen in "Dance Dance Resolution" was originally going to have a throwaway joke where Michael would claim "[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext If [the obelisk] gets angry, then it'll give birth!]]". However, it was cut because while Megan Amram (the episode's writer) thought the joke was a hilarious bit of SurrealHumor, she also felt that it would've detracted from the moment via invoking FridgeLogic and so the scene would've flowed better without it.

* WordOfGay: Shortly before season three aired, it was confirmed that Eleanor is bisexual, which was was definitely implied before.

* Ted Danson stole the vase featured in the jazz bar in "Dance Dance Resolution" and brought it home with him specifically because his wife liked it so much.

* CaliforniaDubbing: Besides the trip to Athens and Paris in the finale, none of the places in the show were actually filmed on location. So the places like Jacksonville, Cleveland, and Australia were all filmed in the show's usual filming location of California.

* CaliforniaDubbing: Besides the trip to Athens and Paris in the finale, none of the places in the show were actually filmed on location. Jacksonville, Cleveland, and [[spoiler:the first half of season that was set in]] Australia were all mainly filmed in California.

** In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler:Michael]]'s infamous evil giggle, and the petty moment where he pushes over a potted plant, were both improvised. In ''The Good Place Podcast'', Michael Schur explains that [[spoiler:Ted Danson]] pushed over the plant on the first take, but only tried the evil laugh after Schur felt the beginning of the scene was missing something.

* SpiritualAdaptation:
** The events of the Season 1 finale turn the first season into one of ''[[spoiler:Theatre/NoExit]]'', which was cited as an inspiration for the series.
** It's also suspiciously similar to ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "A Nice Place to Visit". The first season even has the same TwistEnding.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: The Japanese dub has a very interesting one regarding with ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' franchise, as Eleanor's voice actress, Saori Seto, voiced Princess Zelda in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' (plus Sheik), while Creator/YuShimamura (Tahani) also voiced Zelda, albeit in both ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''.

** It wouldn't really make sense for the demons in the show to look like normal humans. However, it would also be impractical in regards to the production of the show to have the demons always present as CGI-generated monsters. As such, the demons are explained to be wearing a thing called skin suits, which they wear for the purpose of better understanding how to torture a human body. In "Tinker Tailor Demon Spy", skin suits becomes important to that episode's plot, as it really draws attention to the fact that Michael's human appearance is just a article of clothing that he could hypothetically take off at any time.

** It wouldn't really make sense for the demons in the show to look like normal humans. However, it would also be impractical in regards to the production of the show to have the demonss always present as CGI-generated monsters. As such, the demons are explained to be wearing a thing called skin suits, which they wear for the purpose of better understanding how to torture a human body. In "Tinker Tailor Demon Spy", skin suits becomes important to that episode's plot, as it really draws attention to the fact that Michael's human appearance is just a article of clothing that he could hypothetically take off at any time.

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Maya Rudolph's schedule forced all her scenes in Season 4 to be held off to the end of filming. In the meantime, they were able to negotiate a guest appearance by Creator/TimothyOlyphant, with the delay allowing them to add some {{Foreshadowing}} to Gen's crush on him in the earlier episodes.

* CastingGag: A very subtle one, but still. In Season 4 of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' (another Schur production), Gina Linetti has a near death experience and mentions that she met God, whom she describes as an ethnically ambiguous woman. In Season 2, the AmbiguouslyBrown Creator/MayaRudolph plays the TopGod, the All-Knowing Judge "Gen".

* FakeNationality: William Jackson Harper, an American, plays Chidi Anagonye, who was born in Nigeria and raised in Senegal before moving to Australia.

* NamesTheSame: Vicky is not the first TV character [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents named Vicky who pretends to be a sweet and loving person but is actually a sadistic torturer.]]