History Trivia / Quantico

* FanNickname:
** ''Grey's Homeland'' (or ''[[JustForPun Grey's Academy]]'') and ''How to Get Away With Terrorism'' are fan nicknames for the show.
** ''Trust No Bitch: The Series''

** A bit of casting gag for Jake [=McLaughlin=] since he did serve in Iraq in the US Military, but through the Army prior to leaving due to an injury he sustained.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The 10th episode of "Quantico" is also called "Quantico".

** This isn't the first time Johanna Braddy has played a skilled markswoman - her character in ''WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool'', Jenny Matrix, was primarily a sniper on the school's junior-varsity FPS team.

* FanNickname: ''Grey's Homeland'' (or ''[[JustForPun Grey's Academy]]'') and ''How to Get Away With Terrorism'' are fan nicknames for the show.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Creator/RickCosnett as Elias Harper and Creator/RussellTovey as Harry Doyle though the former came out after the show ended.

* ActorAllusion: Eric [[spoiler:[[AteHisGun eating his gun]]]] could be considered one to ''{{Series/Sense8}}'', where his actor Brian J. Smith stars as Will Gorski. The action is frequently repeated by characters throughout the first season.

** Priyanka Chopra (Alex Parrish) is a full-blooded Indian from what is now the state of Jharkhand in eastern India, but plays a half-white Indian-American.
** Yasmine Al Massri (Nimah[[spoiler:/Raina]] Amin) is Lebanese, of Egyptian and Palestinian descent, playing an Arab-American.[[note]]Though she became an American citizen while the first season was airing.[[/note]]

** In "Clue," one scene has Hannah saying that she's been "benched." ''Benched'' was the title of a short-lived 2015 USA Network series her actress Eliza Coupe played the lead in.

** Jocelyn Turner is deaf and uses ASL, as is her actor Marlee Matlin in real life.

* ActorSharedBackground: Like Nimah[[spoiler:/Raina]] Amin, Yasmin Al Massri is from Lebanon originally, and moved to the United States.

** This isn't the first time Johanna Braddy has played a skilled markswoman - her character in VideoGameHighSchool, Jenny Matrix, was primarily a sniper on the school's junior-varsity FPS team.

* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: [[spoiler: Nimah and Raina are both played by Yasmine Al Massri]].

* CaliforniaDoubling: The FBI Academy is in Marine Corps Base Quantico in northern Virginia, and the show's present day portions are set in New York City. The pilot was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, with the rest of the show in Montreal and in Sherbrooke, Quebec in Canada.

** Yasmine Al Massri (Nimah[[spoiler:/Raina]] Amin) is Lebanese, of Egyptian and Palestinian descent, playing an Arab-American.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Bollywood/DonTheChaseBeginsAgain Roma]], [[Series/{{Believe}} William Tate]], [[Series/{{Unreal}} Anna Martin]], [[Series/TheMindyProject Rob Gurglar]], [[Series/{{Revolution}} Danny Matheson]], and [[Series/{{Sense8}} Will Gorski]] are all training to become FBI agents. [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Michelle Hanna]] (or alternatively, [[Series/TheMentalist Madeline Hightower]]) is their boss. And [[Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013 Jedikiah Price]]/[[Series/{{Supernatural}} Lucifer]] is the FBI Director. [[Series/TheFlash2014 Eddie Thawne]] is a gay analyst. [[Series/DesperateHousewives Bree Van de Kamp]] is also the mother of one of the FBI agents in training. [[Series/HappyEndings Jane Kerkovich]] is Ryan's ex-wife.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Don 2006}} Roma]], [[Series/{{Believe}} William Tate]], [[Series/{{Unreal}} Anna Martin]], [[Series/TheMindyProject Rob Gurglar]], [[Series/{{Revolution}} Danny Matheson]], and [[Series/{{Sense8}} Will Gorski]] are all training to become FBI agents. [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Michelle Hanna]] (or alternatively, [[Series/TheMentalist Madeline Hightower]]) is their boss. And [[Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013 Jedikiah Price]]/[[Series/{{Supernatural}} Lucifer]] is the FBI Director. [[Series/TheFlash2014 Eddie Thawne]] is a gay analyst. [[Series/DesperateHousewives Bree Van de Kamp]] is also the mother of one of the FBI agents in training. [[Series/HappyEndings Jane Kerkovich]] is Ryan's ex-wife.

* ActorAllusion: Eric [[spoiler: [[AteHisGun eating his gun]]]] could be considered one to ''{{Series/Sense8}}'', where his actor Brian J Smith stars as Will Gorski. The action is frequently repeated by characters throughout the first season.

** Elias fails the 'sacrifice' test. Rick Cosnett's [[Series/TheFlash2014 previous character]] actually ''did'' sacrifice his own life for the greater good.
*** Also, [[spoiler: both characters end their run on the series with suicide]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/{{Don}} Roma]], [[Series/{{Believe}} William Tate]], [[Series/{{Unreal}} Anna Martin]], [[Series/TheMindyProject Rob Gurglar]], [[Series/{{Revolution}} Danny Matheson]], and [[Series/{{Sense8}} Will Gorski]] are all training to become FBI agents. [[Series/NCISLosAngeles Michelle Hanna]] (or alternatively, [[Series/TheMentalist Madeline Hightower]]) is their boss. And [[Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013 Jedikiah Price]]/[[Series/{{Supernatural}} Lucifer]] is the FBI Director. [[Series/TheFlash2014 Eddie Thawne]] is a gay analyst. [[Series/DesperateHousewives Bree Van de Kamp]] is also the mother of one of the FBI agents in training. [[Series/HappyEndings Jane Kerkovich]] is Ryan's ex-wife.

** And this isn't [[Series/TheFollowing the first time]] Valerie Cruz has played an FBI agent.