History Trivia / AsToldByGinger

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Although not aired regularly, ''Ginger'' does see some love on [=TeenNick=] programming block ''The Splat'', which has praised the show as "revolutionary in its realism and storytelling. It deserves to be on ''The Splat.''" While the block primarily focuses on 90's Nickelodeon programming, ''Ginger'' was one of only two 2000's shows to have aired at the time of the block's launch (''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'' was the other).

* CrossDressingVoices: With Darren being one of the few exceptions, pretty much all the young male characters on the show were voiced by women--even the monotone Chet Zipper was voiced by a woman (Creator/HopeLevy, to be specific).

* TheWikiRule: [[http://astoldbyginger.wikia.com/wiki/As_Told_By_Ginger_Wiki As Told By Ginger Wiki]]

* ContestWinnerCameo: The girls briefly talk to a girl called Leandra Argyros in "Butterflies Are Free". She was a ''Make a Wish'' patient who wished to be on the show - so she voices herself.

** Although ''Ginger'' does air occasionally on ''Series/NickSplat'', a programming block on [=TeenNick=] (which never aired the show likely because it premiered after 1999), it generally only airs every couple of months.

** "No Hope for Courtney" was supposed to end with Mrs. Gordon coming back, but because Creator/KathleenFreeman passed away, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim they killed her off instead]]. [[InMemoriam The episode is dedicated to her]].

** "No Hope for Courtney" was supposed to end with Mrs. Gordon coming back, but because Creator/KathleenFreeman passed away, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim they killed her off instead]]. [[InMemorium The episode is dedicated to her]].

%%** [[WordOfGay The writers thought about having Courtney admit to Ginger that she loved her]] [[IncompatibleOrientation only to be turned down]], [[ExecutiveVeto but the executives nixed the idea]].

** In October 2016, they aired the first four of the eight unaired-in-the-US episodes of Season 3.

** As of October 2016, the episode "Battle of the Bands" and the series finale movie "The Wedding Frame" still have yet to air in the United States. Until recently, the four episodes preceding the former ("Detention" through "Dodie's Big Break") had been unaired as well, finally airing on ''The Splat'' for the first time nearly ten years after the last "new" episode ("Stuff'll Kill Ya"). More detail on this below under ScrewedByTheNetwork.
** The Thanksgiving episode "Ten Chairs" (also the last regular episode) has not been seen in the US since its sole airing on Nicktoons in 2004. In other countries, the episode was part of the normal rotation.
** Nicktoons' rerun rotation did not include "Sleep On It" nor "Ginger's Solo". The former was also pulled from reruns from the regular Nickelodeon after a few years. It is unknown why they were pulled, although it ''may'' have been due to petty parental complaints (in the case of "Sleep On It", possibly over Hoodsey visibly wetting himself or the girls' comments on bedwetting being "disgusting"; in the case of "Ginger's Solo", possibly over Clover appearing very underdressed).
*** "Sleep On It" finally aired for the first time in over a decade on ''The Splat'' in March 2016.
** Nicktoons' regular rotation also did not include "Stealing First" nor "Piece of My Heart". The former was treated as a holiday episode and the llatter was believed to have been treated as a Valentine's Day special, even though it didn't always air on that occasion.
** For a brief period in early 2007, several episodes were also pulled from the rerun rotation (specifically, "Cry Wolf", "The Right Stuff", "Gym Class Confidential", "Fast Reputation", "Losing Nana Bishop" and "Next Question"). Unlike the two episodes mentioned above, these episodes returned a few months later.
*** A recording of "The Right Stuff" from Nick Australia, however, cuts out a girl saying "I see a strap that's waiting to be snapped" right before unhooking Courtney's bikini. It is unknown if this was a deliberate network edit or simply a problem with the video encode.

* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/CBSAllAccess added ''Ginger'' to its service for streaming in January 2021.

** [[https://youtu.be/hABh7iX-6AE The unaired pilot]] was quite different from the show we know of today. The main difference were the designs and art style. The hair styles were different, Miranda and Darren were [[RaceLift both white]], and the style was much more similar to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' (DerangedAnimation and all). Perhaps the biggest difference is Courtney being more of a traditional AlphaBitch and Courtney's brother, Blake, being an AnnoyingYoungerSibling and ''radically'' out of character compared to how he is in the show. (He ''crashed the party in his '''underpants'''''!)

** The Patterson family were originally white (and Darren had blue hair), with Will being younger (rather than older) than Darren; in the unaired pilot, he was only a year above Courtney rather than a high schooler. Darren's headgear would also make annoying squeaks whenever he talked.

** The Patterson family were originally white (and Darren had blue hair), with Will being younger (rather than older) than Darren; in the unaired pilot, he was only a year above Courtney rather than a high schooler. Darren's headgear would also make annoying squeak whenever he talked.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: After about 15 years, the fact that the show's run was in the early to mid-2000s becomes more and more eapparent, with mentions of stuff like VHS-tapes and players, scrunchies, pagers, Carl and Hoodseys' few attempts to achieve pre-Website/YouTube fame along with the hairstyles and clothing worn by many of the characters, especially Courtney's hair and wardrobe along with Ginger wearing boho-style girly clothing, cargo pants, and baggy jeans (pre-skinny jeans and jeggings). The episode "The Right Stuff" featured a banner for a science fair proclaiming its then-current year: 2000. There is also the Gripling's ostentatious lifestyle (pre-Great Recession) and Mipsy's 13th birthday bash (again pre-recession and more or less similar to ''Series/MySuperSweetSixteen'') and the rich, popular girls all having cell phones (as a sign of their parents' affluence and of being spoiled). YMMV on Ginger's clothes, though. Given her financial status compared to characters like Courtney and Miranda, she doesn't dress to be stylish--the more boho pieces could be some of her mother's old clothing.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: When actress Kathleen Freeman passed away, they killed off Mrs. Gordon. The episode, "No Hope for Courtney" is dedicated to Creator/KathleenFreeman.

** Also averted with the show getting a regular spot on the [=NickRewind=] lineup in February 2021. This marks the first time the show airs on the block with regularity, and the first time it aired on the block at all since a one-off airing of "April's Fools" on April 1, 2017.

** The series got what was perhaps its absolute worst treatment when ''Ginger'' aired Saturday mornings on Creator/{{CBS}} as part of the inaugural line-up of their Nickelodeon-themed block, beginning on September 14, 2002. Though it was promoted as consistently as the block’s other programs, it only lasted '''two months''' on CBS before its timeslot was taken over by '''coverage from NFL games''' on November 30 of the same year. When the ''Nick on CBS'' block gained back the 11 AM hour on February 2, 2003, ''Ginger''‘s spot on the line-up was taken over by fellow Klasky-Csupo series ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', which got severely mistreated itself by CBS.

** The series got what was perhaps its absolute worst treatment when ''Ginger'' aired Saturday mornings on Creator/{{CBS}} as part of the inaugural line-up of their Nickelodeon-themed block, beginning on September 14, 2003. Though it was promoted as consistently as the block’s other programs, it only lasted '''two months''' on CBS before its timeslot was taken over by '''coverage from NFL games''' on November 30 of the same year. When the ''Nick on CBS'' block gained back the 11 AM hour on February 2, 2003, ''Ginger''‘s spot on the line-up was taken over by fellow Klasky-Csupo series ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', which got severely mistreated itself by CBS.

** The series got what was perhaps its absolute worst treatment when ''Ginger'' aired Saturday mornings on Creator/{{CBS}} as part of the inaugural line-up of their Nickelodeon-themed block, beginning on September 14, 2003. Though it was promoted as consistently as the block’s other programs, it only lasted '''two months''' on CBS before its timeslot was taken over by '''coverage from NFL games''' on November 30 of the same year. When the ''Nick on CBS'' block gained back the 11 AM hour on February 2, 2003, ''Ginger''‘s spot on the line-up was taken over by fellow Klasky-Csupo series ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', which itself was horribly mistreated by CBS.

** The series got what was perhaps its absolute worst treatment when ''Ginger'' aired Saturday mornings on Creator/CBS as part of the inaugural line-up of their Nickelodeon-themed block, beginning on September 14, 2003. Though it was promoted as consistently as the block’s other programs, it only lasted '''two months''' on CBS before its timeslot was taken over by '''coverage from NFL games''' on November 30 of the same year. When the ''Nick on CBS'' block gained back the 11 AM hour on February 2, 2003, ''Ginger''‘s spot on the line-up was taken over by fellow Klasky-Csupo series ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', which itself was horribly mistreated by CBS.

* CrossDressingVoices: Nearly all of the young male characters are voiced by women except for Darren, even the monotone Chet Zipper (Creator/HopeLevy).
** There was also Mrs. Grimley from "Driven to Extremes", who was voiced by Creator/BillyWest.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: After about 15 years, the fact that the show's run was in the early to mid 2000s becomes more evident with mentions of video tape players, scrunchies, pagers, Carl and Hoodseys' few attempts to achieve pre-Website/YouTube fame along with the hairstyles and clothing worn by many of the characters, especially Courtney's hair and wardrobe along with Ginger wearing boho girly clothing, cargo pants, and baggy jeans (pre-skinny jean and jegging). The episode "The Right Stuff" featured a banner for a science fair proclaiming its then-current year: 2000. There is also the Gripling's ostentatious lifestyle (pre Great Recession) and Mipsy's 13th birthday bash (again pre-recession and more or less similar to ''Series/MySuperSweetSixteen'') and the rich, popular girls having cell phones (as a sign of their parents' affluence and of being spoiled). YMMV on Ginger's clothes, though. Given her financial status compared to characters like Courtney and Miranda, she doesn't dress to be stylish. The more boho pieces could be some of her mother's old clothing.

** [[https://youtu.be/hABh7iX-6AE The unaired pilot]] was quite different from the show we know of today. The main difference were the designs and art style. The hair styles were different, Miranda and Darren were [[RaceLift white]], and the style was similar to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' (DerangedAnimation and all). Perhaps the biggest difference is Courtney being much ''much'' more of an AlphaBitch, and Blake being an AnnoyingYoungerSibling and ''radically'' out of character compared to how he is in the show. (He ''crashed the party in his underpants''!)
** The Patterson family were originally white (and Darren had blue hair), with Will being younger; in the unaired pilot, he was only a year above Courtney rather than a high schooler. Darren's headgear would also make annoying squeak whenever he talked.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Melissa Disney was asked what [[spoiler: Ginger would name her daughter in the DistantFinale. She responded Sophia, because it sounds artistic.]]
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Emily Kapnek based the Foutleys partly off her own family - where she was raised by a single mother in a lower income household surrounded by more affluent two-parent families. "And She Was Gone" was directly based off an experience in school, where she'd written a story about a girl who killed herself, and had the school psychiatrist concerned about her.

* CreatorsFavorite: "Hello Stranger" is Emily Kapnek's favorite episode.

* PlayingAgainstType: The usually dull and slow speaking Ben Stein as fast-talking realtor Buddy Baker.

%%** [[WordOfGay The writers thought about having Courtney admit to Ginger that she loved her]] [[IncompatibleOrientation only to be turned down]], [[ExecutiveVeto but the executives nixed the idea]].

* CrossDressingVoices: Nearly all of the young male characters are voiced by women except for Darren, even the monotone Chet Zipper (Hope Levy).

* DescendedCreator: Emily Kapnek voices Noelle.