History Trivia / ShakeItUp

* CreatorsApathy: Creator/BellaThorne has stated in interviews that she never wanted any part of the show nor to become a Disney actress, but her parents forced her to audition because they were financially struggling at the time.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://shakeitup.wikia.com/wiki/ Here you go.]]

** When [[Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance Cat Deeley]] guest stars as the Vice Principal in "Wild It Up", [=CeCe=] talks about being a dancer on ''Shake It Up Chicago'', to which the Vice Principal responds with "so you think you can dance?"
** [=CeCe=] has dyslexia just like her actress, and it was used as a plot point.
** Zendaya Coleman is a vegetarian and so is her character. Also, she's been dancing since she was a kid, the same age as Rocky.
*** Averted when she's offered a modeling job. Creator/BellaThorne is a model.

*** Additionally, Ty and Logan's "frenemy" relationship may remind viewers of Jack and Smooth from the "All The Wrong Moves" episode of ''Kickin' It.''
* ActorSharedBackground: Like Deuce, Creator/AdamIrigoyen is of Cuban descent.[[note]]So is Bella Thorne in real life![[/note]]

* BannedEpisode: Following complaints from Music/DemiLovato, the episode "Party It Up" was pulled and later shown edited to remove lines ("I could just eat you guys up!...Well, if I ate.") that paint anorexia as a glamorous way to lose weight and not a crippling, psychological disease that both ruins your mind and body.

** Creator/BellaThorne, like [=CeCe=], is [[LIsForDyslexia dyslexic]].
** Zendaya, like Rocky, is vegetarian. This has become a standard for any of Zendaya's characters ever since.
** Georgia Jones's ex-husband is played by Anita Barone's RealLife husband Matthew Glave,
** Creator/LeoHoward played a character called Logan in an independent movie prior to joining Shake It Up.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: "Shake It Up, Up and Away" was originally scheduled to air on September 18, 2011, but had to be pulled at the last minute due to plane crashes at the Reno Air Show in Nevada and it had Rocky and [=CeCe=] dancing on the wing of a WWII plane while in the air. It was replaced with an airing of another new episode that and would air in October, though.

** "Party It Up", after the Creator/DisneyChannel pulled it out of rotation after Music/DemiLovato called the show out on Website/{{Twitter}} for a joke in the episode ("I could just eat you guys up!...Well, if I ate.") [[UnfortunateImplications ridiculing anorexic models]]. The episode is back on the air, but said joke is deleted.

** On the other hand perhaps the most famous show he's worked for is ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''. Would go far towards explaining the [=CeCe=]/Rocky dynamic.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A lot of people are outright flabbergasted as to why Disney Channel would cancel (or more specifically, fail to order new episodes, with the same effect) one of their highest-rated shows on the network. No official reason has ever been given, but the most believable rumors include Disney Channel felt the show was becoming too expensive and/or simply wanted to move onto new material that would better hold the "next wave" of viewers.

* WordOfGod: According to Bella Thorne, during a Radio Disney Takeover prior to the third season premiere, the dance stage is both way smaller than it appears on television and really slick making it really difficult/dangerous to dance on sometimes. Thus, it was rebuilt differently in the middle of the third season, with more space so the cast has extra room to dance.

* OldShame: For Creator/BellaThorne, as stated above.

* PlayingAgainstType: A behind-the-camera case, since the series was created by Chris Thompson - whose previous series (''Series/BosomBuddies'', ''Series/TheNakedTruth'', ''Series/{{Action}}'') are as far away from standard Disney Channel fare as you can get. Especially the last one.

* NamesTheSame: [=CeCe=] [[Anime/CodeGeass doesn't have/use Geass]]. Nor is she affiliated with [[http://www.cicispizza.com/ a Texas-based pizza buffet]].

* StarMakingRole: Launched Zendaya's career.

* [Star-MakingRole]: Launched Zendaya's career.

* PlayingAgainstType: A behind-the-camera case, since the series was created by Chris Thompson - whose previous series (''Bosom Buddies'', ''Series/TheNakedTruth'', ''Series/{{Action}}'') are as far away from standard Disney Channel fare as you can get. Especially the last one.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: This was Chris Thompson's final TV series created before his death on June 26, 2015.

** Adam Irigoyen in "Surprise It Up" plays Deuce and his [[UncannyFamilyResemblance cousin Harrison]].

* ActorSharedBackground: Like Deuce, Adam Irigoyen is of Cuban descent.[[note]]So is Bella Thorne in real life![[/note]]

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: "Shake It Up, Up and Away" was originally scheduled to air on September 18, 2011, but had to be pulled at the last minute due to plane crashes at the Reno Air Show in Nevada. It was replaced with an airing of another new episode that and would air in October, though.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** [[Series/AndiMack Amber]] is Sally van Buren, a mean little pageant girl.
** Flynn's precocious friend Henry grows up to become [[Series/BellaAndTheBulldogs a football player]].
** Dylan, an older guy [=CeCe=] crushes on in one episode, goes on to portray ''Hairspray Live'''s Link Larkin.

** "Shake It Up, Up and Away" went temporarily missing even before it aired (see TooSoon), but eventually premiered a month late.

* TooSoon: "Shake It Up, Up and Away" was originally scheduled to air on September 18, 2011, but had to be pulled at the last minute due to plane crashes at the Reno Air Show in Nevada. It was replaced with an airing of another new episode that and would air in October, though.