History Trivia / Charmed2018

* CastingGag:
** Creator/McKaleyMiller, who was the villain of the week in "Kappa Spirit", previously played a similar sorority sister with a tragic ending in ''Series/ScreamQueens2015''.
** Creator/MalayaRiveraDrew plays a witch named Cyd in "You're Dead to Me" who resurrected her boyfriend 20 years prior to the episode, however with a terrible cost. In ''Series/TheOriginals'' her character is also desperate enough to bring back her murdered daughter, who CameBackWrong and led to the death of someone else who Drew's character was trying to save, just like Cyd.

* PlayingGertrude: Creator/MelonieDiaz, who portrays middle sister Mel, is the eldest cast member of the three sisters, making her this to Creator/MadeleineMantock's Macy.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Mal's [[spoiler: MysticalPregnancy in season three was due to Creator/MelonieDiaz expecting]].

* FakeNationality: Creator/SarahJeffery and Creator/MadeleineMantock aren't actually Latina (Jeffrey is of African-American and Indigenous Canadian descent; Mantock is of Afro-Caribbean and European descent), while their characters have a Latina mother. [[spoiler:Given the reveal that they're full sisters and it's Melanie, who is played by a Latina actress (Melonie Diaz is of Puerto Rican descent), who is the half-sister, this might have been intentional.]]
* PlayingGertrude: Creator/MelanieDiaz, who portrays middle sister Mel, is the eldest cast member of the three sisters, making her this to Creator/MadeleineMantock's Macy.

** [=McKaley=] Miller, who was the villain of the week in "Kappa Spirit", previously played an similar sorority sister with an tragic ending in ''Series/ScreamQueens''.
** Malaya Rivera Drew plays an witch named Cyd in "You're Dead to Me" who resurrected her boyfriend 20 years prior to the episode, however with an terrible cost. In ''Series/TheOriginals'' her character is also desperate enough to bring back her murdered daughter, who CameBackWrong and led to the death of someone else who Drew's character was trying to save, just like Cyd.
* DearNegativeReader: Sarah Jeffrey accused Holly Marie Combs and Rose [=McGowan=] of racism based off a fan linking them an Instagram live clip where they said the reboot "sucked".
* DisownedAdaptation: Several cast and crew members of the original series are outright ''vicious'' towards the show and the concept of a reboot, with Holly Marie Combs being the most prominent in her disdain for it. In 2020, she and Creator/RoseMcGowan clarified that neither of them had watched it - and their disdain was for the fact that it was an InNameOnly reboot involving none of the original cast. Creator/AlyssaMilano likewise says that she wishes it had a different title; feeling it comes across as a lazy cash grab based off name recognition.

* PlayingGertrude: Melanie Diaz, who portrays middle sister Mel, is the eldest cast member of the three sisters, making her this to Madeleine Mantock's Macy.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Mal's [[spoiler: MysticalPregnancy in season three was due to Melonie Diaz expecting]].

* ActorSharedBackground: Melonie Diaz is a social justice activist in real life like her character.

* CastingGag: [=McKaley=] Miller, who was the villain of the week in "Kappa Spirit", previously played an similar sorority sister with an tragic ending in ''Series/ScreamQueens''.

* DisownedAdaptation: Several cast and crew members of the original series are outright ''vicious'' towards the show and the concept of a reboot, with Holly Marie Combs being the most prominent in her disdain for it.

* FakeNationality: Sarah Jeffery and Madeleine Mantock aren't actually Latina (Jeffrey is of African-American and Indigenous Canadian descent; Mantock is of Afro-Caribbean and European descent), while their characters have a Latina mother. [[spoiler:Given the reveal that they're full sisters and it's Melanie, who is played by a Latina actress (Melonie Diaz is of Puerto Rican descent), who is the half-sister, this might have been intentional.]]

* FakeNationality: Sarah Jeffery and Madeleine Mantock aren't actually Latina (Jeffrey is of African-American and Indigenous Canadian descent; Mantock is of Afro-Caribbean and European descent), while their characters have a Latina mother. [[spoiler:Given the reveal that they're full sisters and it's Melanie, who is played by a Latina actress, who is the half-sister, this might have been intentional.]]

* FakeNationality: Sarah Jeffery and Madeleine Mantock aren't actually Latina, while their characters have a Latina mother. [[spoiler:Given the reveal that they're full sisters and it's Melanie, who is played by a Latina actress, who is the half-sister, this might have been intentional.]]

* CastingGag: [=McKaley=] Miller who was the villain of the week in Kappa Spirit previously played an similar sorority sister with an tragic ending in ''Series/ScreamQueens''.
** Malaya Rivera Drew plays an witch named Cyd in "You're Dead to Me" who resurrected her boyfriend 20 years prior to the episode, however with an terrible cost. In Creator/TheCW series ''Series/TheOriginals'' her character is also desperate enough to bring back her murdered daughter however Drew's character is killed off not being the one to achieve this goal however just like Cyd's boyfriend her Originals character daughter came back CameBackWrong as well forcing eventually another death on both characters who Drew characters were respectively trying to save.
* DisownedAdaptation: Several cast and crew members of the original series are ''vicious'' towards the show and the concept of a reboot, with Holly Marie Combs being the most prominent in her disdain for it.

* CastingGag: [=McKaley=] Miller who was the villain of the week in Kappa Spirit previously played an similar sorority sister with an tragic ending in the Fox's series Scream Queens.

** Malaya Rivera Drew plays an witch named Cyd in You're Dead to Me who resurrected her boyfriend 20 years ago prior to the episode however with an terrible cost. In the CW series The Originals her character is also desperate enough to bring back her murdered daughter however Drew's character is killed off not being the one to achieve this goal however just like Cyd's boyfriend her Originals character daughter came back CameBackWrong as well forcing eventually another death on both characters who Drew characters were respectively trying to save.

* CastingGag: [=McKaley=] Miller who was the villain of the week in Kappa Spirit previously played an similar sorority sister with an tragic ending in the Fox's series Scream Queens.

* FakeNationality: Sarah Jeffery and Madeleine Mantock aren't actually Latina, while their characters have a Latina mother.

* Casting Gag: McKaley Miller who was the villain of the week in Kappa Spirit previously played an similar sorority sister with an tragic ending in the Fox's series Scream Queens.

* Narm: The flashback to the 80s is executed with all the subtlety of a bulldozer, with characters in Day-Glo peppering every other word with "like" and forced references to Princess Di.

* BrokenBase:
** Is the reboot a much-needed refresh of the original concept or a poorly executed slap in the face to the original cast?
** Is the reboot's central focus on feminism a necessary response to the current political atmosphere or too ham-fisted and forced to be effective?

* DisownedAdaptation: Several cast and crew members of the original series are ''vicious'' towards it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally Maggie was meant to be called Madison and the sisters' last name was Pruitt.

* SavedFromDevelopmentalHell: In 2013, the ''Charmed'' reboot was being developed by Creator/{{CBS}}, but then eventually it was passed on and Creator/TheCW picked it up.