History Trivia / Bones

* FanNickname:
** The official forum is "The Boneyard".
** The rotating squints are "The Squinterns".
** "Baby Duck" for Sweets, and "The Duck Family" for him, Booth, and Brennan as TrueCompanions.

** There were plans for a black-and-white FilmNoir episode in season 5 but plans were discarded when the crew realised that ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' had done a similar thing. Said plans would be reused in some form for the show's {{Elseworld}}-set 200th episode (minus the black-and-white part).

** The series finale and the answer to the [[ArcNumber 447]] mystery are both [[http://tvline.com/2017/01/11/bones-cancellation-final-episodes-fox-season-13/ different]] from what Hart Hanson originally intended... though that doesn't mean he disapproves of the ending that was actually done.

** Both Arastoo and his actor Paj Vahdat are Persian Muslims (though Paj isn’t Iranian born).
*** Creator/DavidBoreanaz really did want to be a pro athlete before wrenching his shoulder like Booth did.
* Like Angela, Creator/MichaelaConlin has both a White father and Chinese mother.

** "The Murder in the Middle East" has Little Tokyo substituting for Tehran, Iran (there's lots of rice-paper-looking window coverings in the background, plus Aristoo emerges from a notable yogurt shop in that area).

** David Boreanaz's daughter Bella appeared as one of the kids in Christine's class in "The Movie in the Making”.His son and his wife both appeared briefly in "The Steel in the Wheels". His father had a cameo as a newscaster in the series finale.

** Apparently, the Gravedigger was originally going to be a one-episode villain. According to the original FOX summary for ''Aliens in a Spaceship'', after Brennan and Hodgins were found, the bumper sticker in Hodgins's leg would be used to arrest Thomas Vega's co-author Janine O'Connell, closing the case. Instead, the episode was ended with character reunion scenes, and the Gravedigger case is left unsolved.

* AdamWesting: In the opening scene of "The Senator in the Sweeper," Sal Vulcano and James Murray from ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' make guest appearances as Sal and Murr, a pair of street sweepers who find the titular senator’s remains jamming up their vehicle. When they discover the carnage, Murr initially thinks that Sal has pranked him and asks if Joe and Q put him up to it, referencing Joe Gatto and Brian Quinn, their castmates on ''Impractical Jokers''.

* CastingGag: In the opening scene of "The Senator in the Sweeper," Sal Vulcano and James Murray from ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' make guest appearances as Sal and Murr, a pair of street sweepers who find the titular senator’s remains jamming up their vehicle. When they discover the carnage, Murr initially thinks that Sal has pranked him and asks if Joe and Q put him up to it, referencing Joe Gatto and Brian Quinn, their castmates on ''Impractical Jokers.''

** Emily Deschanel's younger sister Zooey appeared as one of Brennan's distant relatives in "The Goop on the Girl". Her real-life husband, David Hornsby, appeared briefly as the Father at the beginning of "The Woman in White". Her son was one of the boys in Christine’s class with David’s daughter in “The Movie In The Making”. Offscreen, her father Caleb directed at least one episode.
** John Francis Daley’s dad R.F. Daley is in season 6’s “The Truth in the Myth”. They have an interrogation session together.

*** David Boreanaz really did want to be a pro athlete before wrenching his shoulder like Booth did.
* Like Angela, Michaela Conlin has both a White father and Chinese mother.

** Zack is supposed to be the youngest member of the team by a significant margin; in fact Eric Millegan is the third oldest member of the cast after David Boreanaz and Tamara Taylor.
** Daisy is around the same age as Sweets, but Carla Gallo is ''[[OlderThanTheyLook ten years]]'' older than John Francis Daley. She's actually older (by a year) than Emily Deschanel, too.

** Season 4 basically predicted the Tindr app.

** David Boreanaz really did want to be a pro athlete before wrenching his shoulder like Booth did.

* AscendedFanon: "Squintern" was a fan term referring to Brennan's six ever-rotating interns. The cast and crew have recently adopted it.

* Both of Brennan’s parents. Her dad’s different appearance was explained by [[MagicPlasticSurgery extensive plastic surgery]].

** Emily Deschanel's younger sister Zooey appeared as one of Brennan's distant relatives in "The Goop on the Girl". Her real-life husband, David Hornsby, appeared briefly as the Father at the beginning of "The Woman in White". Her son was one of the boys in Christine’s class with David’s daughter in “The Movie In The Making”.
** John Francis Daley’s dad R.F. Daley is in season 6’s “The Truth in the Myth”.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Bones' AmbiguousDisorder would not have made much sense to be called "autism" (WordOfGod has mentioned the subset Aspergers, but it was never used on-screen) when the show began development and production. By the end of its run, the scientific consensus was that the condition ''does'' include both women and highly intelligent people and it's hard to see Bones' as anything else. Her ineptitude with metaphor jumps out in particular and is considered ''very'' specific, even more than the NoSocialSkills.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Bones' AmbiguousDisorder would not have made much sense to be called "autism" (WordofGod has mentioned the subset Aspergers but it was never used on-screen) when the show began development and production. By the end of its run, the scientific consensus was that the condition ''does'' include both women and highly intelligent people and it's hard to see Bones' as anything else. Her ineptitude with metaphor jumps out in particular and is considered ''very'' specific, even more than the NoSocialSkills.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Bones' AmbiguousDisorder would not have made much sense to be called "autism" when the show began development and production. By the end of its run, the scientific consensus was that the condition ''does'' include both women and highly intelligent people and it's hard to see Bones' as anything else. Her ineptitude with metaphor jumps out in particular and is considered ''very'' specific, even more than the NoSocialSkills.

** Pelant went to Stanford University and got a degree in Computer Science, just like his actor, Andrew Leeds.

** David Boreanaz seems to have what it takes to be a TV director on top of an actor. In total, he's directed 11 episodes[[note]]"The Bones That Foam", "The Parts in the Sum of the Whole", "The Bullet in the Brain", "The Blackout in the Blizzard", "The Past in the Present", "The Secret in the Siege", "Big in the Phillipines", "The Recluse in the Recliner", "The 200th in the 10th", "The Nightmare Witin the Nightmare", and "The End in the End".[[/note]], including the milestone 100th and 200th episodes, four {{Season Finale}}s, and the very last episode.

* ActorAllusion: Angela's middle name being Pearly Gates is one to [[Music/ZZTop Billy Gibbons]], who plays her father and who [[ICallItVera calls his guitar that]].

* CreatorCameo:
** Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose life and work inspired the show, shows up in ''Judas on a Pole'' as a professor on the panel quizzing Zack at the start of the episode.
** The victim in "The Suit in the Set" is literally a combination of Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan.

** Both Arastoo And his actor Paj Vahdat are Persian Muslims though Paj isn’t Iranian born.

** In a [[TropesAreNotBad positive example of this trope]], the two new showrunners made sure to get Hart's approval for some of the plotlines in the episodes they made, even though they didn't have to. Hanson's vision for the GrandFinale of the series was different to what Collier and Peterson did, though he gave them his support regardless.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Brennan’s dislike of wild animals as pets and of zoos in “The Tiger in the Tale”. Possibly AuthorAvatar as well since Emily Deschanel is a known animal rights advocate.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Arastoo in “The Patriot in Purgatory” when he gives his WhatTheHellHero speech.
—->''Arastoo'' Crusades, the Inquisition, are these events guided by a religion of peace? No, they were guided by self-important men who think they know more than the God they claim to worship. This was not the work of religion. It was arrogance. It was hypocrisy. It was hate. Those horrible men who hijacked those planes hijacked my religion that day, too. They insulted my God. So, no, this isn't too difficult. It's a privilege to be able to serve this victim, to show him the care and love that was so absent that day."

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBe Dropped: Arastoo in “The Patriot in Purgatory” when he gives his WhatTheHellHero speech.

* {{Ancilicious}}: Brennan’s dislike of wild animals as pets and of zoos in “The Tiger in the Tale”. Possibly AuthorAvatar as well since Emily Deschanel is a known animal rights advocate.