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* TheDanza: Max Burkholder as Max Braverman.

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* TheDanza: Max Burkholder Creator/MaxBurkholder as Max Braverman.
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*TypeCasting: This isn't the [[Film/MaxDuganReturns first]] or [[Film/{{Magnolia}} last]] time that Creator/JasonRobards plays a man who was a neglectful father in his younger years and expresses regret for it and tries to make up for it late in life.
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* NamesTheSame: Max and Hanks' daughter ruby, who work together at Hanks' camera shop, are not the first [[Literature/MaxAndRuby cunning but stubborn Max and resourceful but snarky Ruby out there.]]
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* FriendshipOnTheSet: Creator/KeanuReeves became best friends with Creator/RiverPhoenix onset, as his younger brother Creator/JoaquinPhoenix and then-girlfriend Creator/MarthaPlimpton are in the film.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Some of the events in the film just wouldn't take place today. Helen wouldn't discover Julie's nude photos because of a mix-up at the developers; she'd be more likely to stumble across them on her cell phone. And parents no longer have to go to the trouble of unravelling video cassettes, as we see Gil and Karen doing at one point.



* TechnologyMarchesOn: Some of the events in the film just wouldn't take place today. Helen wouldn't discover Julie's nude photos because of a mix-up at the developers--she'd be more likely to stumble across them on her cell phone. And parents no longer have to go to the trouble of unravelling video cassettes, as we see Gil and Karen doing at one point.

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* ActorAllusion:
** One episode has Haddie and Amber talking about a movie that stars Michael Cera. Guess who played Michael Cera's girlfriend back on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (and kicks Cera's ass in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''). Mae Whitman's character also wear a banana costume for Halloween, which is a reference to what is worn by the employees on Arrested Development at their Frozen Banana stand.
** Lauren Graham's character Sarah's first (albeit short-lived) love interest is a barista, and later on she dates her daughter's teacher, who is younger than her. In Graham's starring role in Series/GilmoreGirls, her character was a coffee addict who eventually fell in love with the man who served her coffee (He was a diner owner and served her food also, but she came in just for coffee often), and she dated early on-- and got engaged to-- her daughter's young teacher.
** In Season 3 Alex is explaining to Haddie why he doesn't think he should go to a high school party. Max says it's not a good idea because of the underage drinking, which he knows about because he watches ''Series/FridayNightLights''. Max is telling this to Alex, played by Michael B. Jordan who not only was a star on Friday Night Lights for two seasons but who also got his role on Parenthood through Jason Katims' executive producer position at both shows.

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* ActorAllusion:
** One episode has Haddie and Amber talking about a movie that stars Michael Cera. Guess who played Michael Cera's girlfriend back on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (and kicks Cera's ass in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''). Mae Whitman's character also wear a banana costume for Halloween, which is a reference to what is worn by
ActingForTwo: In the employees on Arrested Development at their Frozen Banana stand.
** Lauren Graham's character Sarah's first (albeit short-lived) love interest
opening scene Gil Buckman is a barista, and later on she dates her daughter's teacher, who is reminiscing as his younger than her. In Graham's starring role in Series/GilmoreGirls, her character was a coffee addict who eventually fell in love with self at the man who served her coffee (He was a diner owner and served her food also, but she came in just for coffee often), and she dated early on-- and got engaged to-- her daughter's young teacher.
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ballpark In Season 3 Alex is explaining to Haddie why he doesn't think he should go to a high school party. Max says it's not a good idea because of the underage drinking, which he knows about because he watches ''Series/FridayNightLights''. Max is telling this to Alex, played by Michael B. Jordan who not only was background a star on Friday Night Lights for two seasons but who also got his role on Parenthood through Jason Katims' executive producer position at both shows.peanut seller can be heard yelling out "Hot peanuts!". It's the voice of Creator/SteveMartin.



* DawsonCasting: Creator/SteveMartin was thought of by some as miscast due to being 44 and playing a 35 year old when his age obviously showed.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/SteveMartin plays the father of several children. In reality, he did not become a parent until he was 67 years old, in 2012.
* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Creator/MarthaPlimpton was bald at the beginning of filming, because she had just finished ''Film/SilenceLikeGlass'', in which she played a cancer patient. She wore a wig throughout filming, and a hairpiece, when Julie has a mohawk.
* WagTheDirector: As originally written, Karen would smoke a joint every night. Creator/MarySteenburgen argued that this was out of character for a woman strong enough to confront her family's problems head on. The filmmakers agreed, and changed the script.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/TimAllen, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/TomSelleck and Creator/RobinWilliams were considered for Gil Buckman.
** Creator/JeffGoldblum turned down both roles of Gil Buckman and Larry Buckman.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: This movie is based on Creator/RonHoward, Brian Grazer, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel's experiences as parents. According to Howard, the scene where Helen discovers the nude pictures was actually an incident that happened to Grazer.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maura Tierney was originally cast as Sarah, but she developed breast cancer during production of the first season, which led to the role being recast with Lauren Graham and the series premiere being pushed back from September 2009 to March 2010.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maura Tierney was originally cast as Sarah, but she developed breast cancer during production of the first season, which led to the role being recast with Lauren Graham and the series premiere being pushed back from September 2009 to March 2010.2010.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Some of the events in the film just wouldn't take place today. Helen wouldn't discover Julie's nude photos because of a mix-up at the developers. And parents no longer have to go to the trouble of unravelling video cassettes, as we see Gil and Karen doing at one point.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Some of the events in the film just wouldn't take place today. Helen wouldn't discover Julie's nude photos because of a mix-up at the developers.developers--she'd be more likely to stumble across them on her cell phone. And parents no longer have to go to the trouble of unravelling video cassettes, as we see Gil and Karen doing at one point.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Some of the events in the films just wouldn't take place today. Helen wouldn't discover Julie's nude photos because of a mix-up at the developers. And parents no longer have to go to the trouble of unravelling video cassettes, as we see Gil and Karen doing at one point.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Some of the events in the films film just wouldn't take place today. Helen wouldn't discover Julie's nude photos because of a mix-up at the developers. And parents no longer have to go to the trouble of unravelling video cassettes, as we see Gil and Karen doing at one point.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Some of the events in the films just wouldn't take place today. Helen wouldn't discover Julie's nude photos because of a mix-up at the developers. And parents no longer have to go to the trouble of unravelling video cassettes, as we see Gil and Karen doing at one point.
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** In Season 3 Alex is explaining to Haddie why he doesn't think he should go to a high school party. Max says it's not a good idea because of the underage drinking, which he knows about because he watches FridayNightLights. Max is telling this to Alex, played by Michael B. Jordan who not only was a star on Friday Night Lights for two seasons but who also got his role on Parenthood through Jason Katims' executive producer position at both shows.

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** In Season 3 Alex is explaining to Haddie why he doesn't think he should go to a high school party. Max says it's not a good idea because of the underage drinking, which he knows about because he watches FridayNightLights.''Series/FridayNightLights''. Max is telling this to Alex, played by Michael B. Jordan who not only was a star on Friday Night Lights for two seasons but who also got his role on Parenthood through Jason Katims' executive producer position at both shows.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: In the 1989 film, Florida (mostly Orlando) doubled for Missouri (mostly St. Louis).
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* NamesTheSame: Max and Hanks' daughter ruby, who work together at Hanks' camera shop, are not the first [[Literature/MaxAndRuby cunning but stubborn Max and resourceful but snarky Ruby out there.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[GilmoreGirls Lorelai Gilmore]] is [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara's]] mother!
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maura Tierney was originally cast as Sarah, but she developed breast cancer during production of the first season, which led to the role being recast with Lauren Graham and the series premiere being pushed back from September 2009 to March 2010.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maura Tierney was originally cast as Sarah, but she developed breast cancer during production of the first season, which led to the role being recast with Lauren Graham and the series premiere being pushed back from September 2009 to March 2010.
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* ActorAllusion:
** One episode has Haddie and Amber talking about a movie that stars Michael Cera. Guess who played Michael Cera's girlfriend back on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (and kicks Cera's ass in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''). Mae Whitman's character also wear a banana costume for Halloween, which is a reference to what is worn by the employees on Arrested Development at their Frozen Banana stand.
** Lauren Graham's character Sarah's first (albeit short-lived) love interest is a barista, and later on she dates her daughter's teacher, who is younger than her. In Graham's starring role in Series/GilmoreGirls, her character was a coffee addict who eventually fell in love with the man who served her coffee (He was a diner owner and served her food also, but she came in just for coffee often), and she dated early on-- and got engaged to-- her daughter's young teacher.
** In Season 3 Alex is explaining to Haddie why he doesn't think he should go to a high school party. Max says it's not a good idea because of the underage drinking, which he knows about because he watches FridayNightLights. Max is telling this to Alex, played by Michael B. Jordan who not only was a star on Friday Night Lights for two seasons but who also got his role on Parenthood through Jason Katims' executive producer position at both shows.
* CastIncest: Lauren Graham and Peter Krause, who play siblings Sarah and Adam, are currently dating.
* TheDanza: Max Burkholder as Max Braverman.
* DawsonCasting: Avoided with most of the teen characters, but Max is 12 playing 8 at the start of the series and Mae Whitman is 21 playing a 15-year-old.
** It gets particularly Egregious with Max when the actor's voice gets deeper and the character is suppose to be in 5th grade.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[GilmoreGirls Lorelai Gilmore]] is [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara's]] mother!
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Maura Tierney was originally cast as Sarah, but she developed breast cancer during production of the first season, which led to the role being recast with Lauren Graham and the series premiere being pushed back from September 2009 to March 2010.

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