History Trivia / BananasInPyjamas

* ReferencedBy: ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': A sketch from "Cake Pillow" has B1 and B2 visit the hospital for a Biopsy. When the results come back, B1 tests negative for Melonama (Melanoma for Bananas), while B2 tests positive for Stage 4 Bananal Cancer (Stage 4 Anal Cancer for Bananas).

* RepeatingAd: An ad for a Rat In The Hat toy kept playing on Creator/USANetwork back in the 90's during shows such as ''Anime/SailorMoon''.

* NonActorVehicle: Karina Kelly, who narrated the original series from 1992 to 2001, was not an actress. She was actually a journalist who the host of the ABC's resident science magazine show, ''Quantum'' (later ''Catalyst''), at the time the series was in production.

* NonActorVehicle: Karina Kelly, who narrated the original series from 1992 to 2001, was not an actress. She was actually the host of the ABC's resident science magazine show, ''Catalyst'', at the time the series was in production.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Many episodes (mostly from the first season) are a case of this.

** Malaysia, which did get the original show, did not get the CGI retool. MetroVision had ceased to exist in 2003, and the show went to Playhouse Disney, which dropped alongside Clifford and many other shows with the restructuring to focus on internally-produced shows shortly before the rebrand to Disney Junior. ABC Australia is also available in the country, but they don’t appear to be airing the CGI reboot.

** Malaysia, which did get the original show, did not get the CGI retool.

* RepeatingAd: An ad for a Rat In The Hat toy kept playing on Creator/USANetwork back in the 90's during shows such as Anime/SailorMoon.

* AdaptationDisplacement: As the main page for the show says, this was originally based on a song on Series/PlaySchool which was different than what we have today.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Creator/NickJr's UK branch ran this show up until 2009.

* RepeatingAd: An ad for a Rat In The Hat toy kept playing on Creator/USA back in the 90's during shows such as Anime/SailorMoon.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The narrator of the original series, Karina Kelly, was the host of TheABC's science magazine show ''Catalyst''.
** Monica Trapaga, a prominent Australian ''Series/PlaySchool'' presenter in the 90s, sings the show's theme song. [[ThrowItIn You can hear her]] [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]] slightly during the opening titles.
** Jeremy Scrivener, who played Nik in Part 2 of ''Series/TheGirlFromTomorrow'' and was ''also'' a ''Series/PlaySchool'' presenter in the 90s, did the voice of Morgan.
** Though it's not really recognisable, Taylor Owynns, who did the voice of Lulu, went on to be the female announcer for [=CityRail=] in Sydney. Yes Sydneysiders, that's Lulu's voice you hear when your train is pulling into the station.
** Shane [=McNarama=], who played the original Rat, went on to play the CampGay hairdresser Gino Esposito on ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''. Similarly, Nicholas Opolski, who played B2, played Evan Hancock in that show from 2000-2002.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: NickJr's UK branch ran this show up until 2009.

** Jeremy Scrivener, who played Nik in Part 2 of ''TheGirlFromTomorrow'' and was ''also'' a ''Series/PlaySchool'' presenter in the 90s, did the voice of Morgan.

* AdaptationDisplacement: As the main page for the show says, this was originally based on a song on PlaySchool which was different than what we have today.

** Monica Trapaga, a prominent Australian ''PlaySchool'' presenter in the 90s, sings the show's theme song. [[ThrowItIn You can hear her]] [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]] slightly during the opening titles.
** Jeremy Scrivener, who played Nik in Part 2 of ''TheGirlFromTomorrow'' and was ''also'' a ''PlaySchool'' presenter in the 90s, did the voice of Morgan.

* TheOtherDarrin: After Season 1, Ken Radley replaced Duncan Wass as B1 and Mary-Ann Henshaw replaced Sandie Lillingston as Amy.