History Trivia / RoboCopTheSeries

* {{Defictionalization}}: GPS that provides driving directions and real time updating of traffic conditions via the Internet and accepted voice commands? Nowadays, we have something similar called ''Waze''. What the show portrayed was pretty much RuleOfCool back in the 90s when the best most real-life [=GPS=] devices could do was provide the user with a coordinate in numeric form and a rudimentary compass function, and you had to use a paper map with it to figure out where you are[[note]]only in Japan do they have a GPS system that showed a map on the screen at that time, but even then the maps came on CD-ROM and the thing didn't do speech recognition, instead you had to use a resistive touchscreen to enter your destination. And they were built right into the car[[/note]].

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://robocop.wikia.com/wiki/RoboCop_Wiki RoboCop Wiki]].

* CastingGag: The late Martin Milner appears in "The Human Factor" and "Corporate Raiders" as Alex Murphy's father, Russell Murphy. Turns out, the apple didn't fall far from the tree, as [[Series/Adam12 Russell was a cop, too]].

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://robocop.wikia.com/wiki/RoboCop_Wiki RoboCop Wiki]].
* YouLookFamiliar: The series had a few actors who would appear in later installments. Creator/BluMankuma, who played Reed's counterpart, Stan Parks, voiced a version of Reed in ''Alpha Commando''. Maurice Dean Wint and Geraint Wyn Davies, who respectively played John Cable and David Kaydick in ''Series/RoboCopPrimeDirectives'' appeared in ''The Series'' as a gang leader in "Officer Down" and an OCP executive in "Provision 22" (again respectively). Lastly, Creator/DanielKash, who played cartel boss Reggie Braga, played CorruptCop John Lake in [[Film/RoboCop2014 the reboot]].

* CastingGag: The late Martin Milner appears in "The Human Factor" and "Corporate Raiders" as Alex Murphy's father, Russell Murphy. Turns out, the apple didn't fall far from the tree, as [[Series/AdamTwelve Russell was a cop, too]].

** The idea of the car's dash occasionally showing an ad in the same episode feels like a satirical TakeThat to capitalism when the episode in the 90s. Then it surfaced that [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9576775/Ford-patents-car-sensor-scan-roadside-billboards-send-ads-straight-dashboards.html Ford patented a tech to do just that in 2016, and it was finally granted in 2021]]. Suddenly, the future looks much scarier.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNdP9-56CcQ&t=22m43s According to series producer Kevin Gillis]], the show's end theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7So8Zur4eY A Future to This Life]]" was originally recorded with Stevie Nicks duetting with Joe Walsh, but this version ultimately wasn't used or released due to management issues and Lita Ford was brought in to sing on it instead.

* YouLookFamiliar: The series had a few actors who would appear in later installments. Creator/BluMankuma, wno played Reed's counterpart, Stan Parks, voiced a version of Reed in ''Alpha Commando''. Maurice Dean Wint and Geraint Wyn Davies, who respectively played John Cable and David Kaydick in ''Series/RoboCopPrimeDirectives'' appeared in ''The Series'' as a gang leader in "Officer Down" and an OCP executive in "Provision 22" (again respectively). Lastly, Creator/DanielKash, who played cartel boss Reggie Braga, played CorruptCop John Lake in [[Film/RoboCop2014 the reboot]].

* {{Defictionalization}}: GPS that provides driving directions and real time updating of traffic conditions via the Internet and accepted voice commands? Nowadays, we have something similar called ''Waze''. What the show portrayed was pretty much RuleOfCool back in the 90s when the best most real-life [=GPS=] devices could do was provide the user with a coordinate in numeric form and a rudimentary compass function, and you had to use a paper map with it to figure out where you are[[note]]only in Japan do they have a GPS system that showed a map on the screen at that time, but even then the maps came on CD-ROM and the thing didn't do speech recognition, instead you had to use a resistive touchscreen to enter your destination[[/note]].

* CastingGag: The late Martin Milner appears in "The Human Factor" and "Corporate Raiders" as Alex Murphy's father, Russell Murphy. Turns out, the apple didn't fall far from the tree, as [[Series/AdamTwelve Russell as a cop, too]].

* {{Defictionalization}}: GPS that provides driving directions and real time updating of traffic conditions via the Internet and accepted voice commands? Nowadays, we have something similar called ''Waze''. What the show portrayed was pretty much RuleOfCool back in the 90s when most real-life [=GPS=] devices could do was provide the user with a coordinate in numeric form and a rudimentary compass function, and you had to use a map with it to figure out where you are[[note]]only in Japan do they have a GPS system that showed a map on the screen at that time, but even then the maps came on CD-ROM and the thing didn't do speech recognition, instead you had to use a resistive touchscreen to enter your destination[[/note]].

* RoleAssociation: The show's target demographic might recognize Creator/BluMankuma as the voice of a certain ill-fated tiger character from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''.