History Trivia / ShamelessUS

* DirectedByCastmember: Creator/WilliamHMacy directed an episode for season five.

** Creator/DoveCameron played Holly Hermimer in season 2, before Creaor/DanikaYarosh took over the role from season 4 onwards.

** Creator/DoveCameron played Holly Hermimer in season 2, before Creaor/DaikaYarosh took over the role from season 4 onwards.

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler: William H. Macy played ''both'' Frank and Jerry Gallagher, identical twins]]. Its greatly subverted when the character is never seen again after the first season, but is referred and talked about.
* ActorAllusion:
** The season 2 episode, "A Bottle of Jean Nate", has Frank and Fiona conspiring to send Peggy (played by Louise Fletcher) to a [[Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest psychiatric institution]]. Interestingly, Peggy could almost be a DistaffCounterpart to [=McMurphy=].
** Gloria [=LeRoy=] (Aunt Ginger), a senile nursing home patient, also played a (lucid) nursing home patient on Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle.
** It may or may not be intentional, but Monica states more than once that she loves teddy bears, and Frank exploits this fact. Chloe Webb wore a [[http://www.gettyimages.ca/event/ron-galella-archive-2015-530243241?esource=SEO_GIS_CDN_Redirect#weatherman-mark-mcewen-attends-the-38th-annual-grammy-awards-on-4-picture-id461041770 dress made of teddy bears]] to the ''Twins'' premiere in 1988.
** Also possibly unintentional, but Creator/JoanCusack as a bride who's lost a considerable amount of weight might be a reference to her character in ''Film/InAndOut''.
** This wasn't the first time Emmy Rossum and Justin Chatwin co-starred in an [[Film/DragonballEvolution American remake of a foreign work]].
** Lip makes fun of Karen's new boyfriend's name, Jody. Jody Latham portrayed Lip in the U.K. version of Shameless.
** It’s funny that Ian [[spoiler: dyes his hair black just before his Season 9 departure.]] One could interpret it to be a reference to [[Series/{{Gotham}} something else...]]
* AwardCategoryFraud: An intentional genre variant. Due to the massive competition in the drama category, the series has recently been submitted as a comedy for the Emmys, even though the show's increasing CerebusSyndrome makes calling it a comedy a bit of a stretch. This was most telling during the actor reel, where every other actor had a comedic clip and Macy's of Frank[[note]]A wheelchair-bound, dying Frank begging Sammi to not put him in the soul-sucking hospice care facility[[/note]] was completely depressing.
* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, the Russian Svetlana is voiced by Creator/SumireUesaka, who speaks and understands Russian in RealLife.
* CouchGag: The show opens up on a cast member as their character, telling you what you missed last week.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Emmy Rossum and Justin Chatwin previously co-starred in ''Film/DragonballEvolution.''

* TheOtherMarty : Creator/AllisonJanney played Sheila in the original pilot.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/JaneLevy played Mandy for the first season before departing the show for ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}''.
** Creator/DoveCameron portrayed Holly Herkimer briefly in season 2, before leaving the show for
''Series/LivAndMaddie''.

* FakeNationality: The actor who plays Estefania's father is actually Portuguese, not Brazilian.

* PlayingAgainstType: Both Creator/WilliamHMacy and Creator/EmmyRossum play characters almost diametrically opposite from what they were known for before.

* ActorAllusion: The season 2 episode, "A Bottle of Jean Nate", has Frank and Fiona conspiring to send Peggy (played by Louise Fletcher) to a [[Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest psychiatric institution]]. Interestingly, Peggy could almost be a DistaffCounterpart to [=McMurphy=].

** It’s funny that Ian [[spoiler: dyes his hair black just before his Season 9 departure.]] One could interpret it to be a reference to [[Series/Gotham something else...]]

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, The Russian Svetlana is voiced by Creator/SumireUesaka, who speaks and understands Russian in RealLife.

** This wasn't the first time Emmy Rossum and Justin Chatwin co-starred in an [[Film/DragonballEvolution American remake of a foreign property]].

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, The Russsian Svetlana is voiced by Creator/SumireUesaka, who speaks and understands Russian in RealLife.

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, Svetlana is voiced by Creator/SumireUesaka, who speaks and understands Russian in RealLife.

* TheOtherMarty : Creator/AllisonJanney played Sheila in the original pilot.

** Gloria LeRoy (Aunt Ginger), a senile nursing home patient, also played a (lucid) nursing home patient on Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle.

** It may or may not be intentional, but Monica states more than once that she loves teddy bears, and Frank exploits this fact. Chloe Webb wore a [[http://www.gettyimages.ca/event/ron-galella-archive-2015-530243241?esource=SEO_GIS_CDN_Redirect#weatherman-mark-mcewen-attends-the-38th-annual-grammy-awards-on-4-picture-id461041770 dress made of teddy bears]] to the ''Film/Twins'' premiere in 1998.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jane Levy played Mandy in season one, before departing the show for ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}''. Emma Greenwell replaced her starting with the second season.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jane Levy played Mandy in season one, before departing the show for ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}''. Emma Greenwell replaced her starting with the second season.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Emy Coligado, well-known for playing Piama on Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle, appears in one episode as a social care worker.

* TheOtherDarrin: Jane Levy played Mandy in season one, before departing the show for ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}''. Emma Greenwell replaced her starting with the second season.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle France's wife Piama]] shows up as a social worker in ''Emily.''

* AwardCategoryFraud: An intentional genre variant. Due to the massive competition in the drama category, the series has recently been submitted as a comedy for the Emmys, even though the show's increasing CerebusSyndrome makes calling it a comedy a bit of a stretch. This was most telling during the actor reel, where every other actor had a comedic clip and Macy's of Frank[[note]]A wheelchair-ridden, dying Frank begging Sammi to not put him in the depressing hospice care facility[[/note]] was completely depressing.

* AwardCategoryFraud: An intentional genre variant. Due to the massive competition in the drama category, the series has recently been submitted as a comedy for the Emmys, even though the show's increasing CerebusSyndrome makes calling it a comedy a bit of a stretch. This was most telling during the actor reel, where every other actor had a comedic clip and Macy's of Frank was completely depressing.