History Trivia / StarTrekLowerDecks

* This has been the Kurtzman-era ''Trek'' series with the most consistent release schedule, with new episodes coming out every year, always premiering in late summer. So far, prior to each new season airing, it has been announced that the show has been renewed for the following season. Sadly, it appears likely that the lengthy [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes of summer and autumn 2023]] will disrupt this pattern for season 5.

* RoleReprise: Whenever possible they get actors to voice a role they originated in the live action works even if TheCameo is only seconds long. Due to the animated format and the time period of the show is off-centered by about 20 years[[note]]TNG, [=DS9=], VOY and the TNG movies were all linked together in a sequential timeline, taking place from 2364-2379 as the real world time covered 1987-2002, while LD begins in 2380 despite starting in 2019[[/note]], this allows some actors to play their characters at a much younger age than they realistically could have in person. This ranges from Creator/JonathanFrakes and Creator/MarinaSirtis as Riker and Troi, to Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeil as Paris and [[spoiler: Nick Locarno]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early designs for the ''Cerritos'', as seen [[https://lowerdecks.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=62 here]] suggest that it could have been a smaller variation of the ''Galaxy''-class with square nacelles. Another version of the ship class is closer to the final take but with fancier nacelles and the registry located on the underside of the saucer section. Also, the ''Cerritos'' would have been called the ''San Diego''. (An ''actual'' ''California''-class ''San Diego'' appears in the Season 3 finale.)

* IKnewIt:
** After "Trusted Sources", fans guessed that [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo deliberately let the ''Cerritos'' fall into a Breen ambush so he could use it as a testbed for his new ''Texas'' class automated vessel. "The Stars At Night" confirmed it and then some.]]
** Given her apparent age, known background, and familiarity with Starfleet's history, many guessed [[spoiler: that Mariner was a veteran of the Dominion War long before it was confirmed in Season 4's "The Inner Fight".]]

** Creator/JefferyCombs voices AGIMUS in this series, but he was previously featured on other ''Trek'' productions as Liquidator Brunt (FCA) and later Weyoun on ''Deep Space Nine'', and recurred on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' as Shran.

* ActorInspiredElement: [[spoiler:Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill has gone on record to find that his ''TNG'' character of Nick Locarno was entirely irredeemable for his actions, unlike Tom Paris (whom Locarno was the prototype for). It seems the show runners agreed, as Locarno is revealed to be the main antagonist of Season 4.]]

* This has been the Kurtzman-era ''Trek'' series with the most consistent release schedule, with new episodes coming out every year, always premiering in late summer. So far, prior to each new season airing, it has been announced that the show has been renewed for the following season. Sadly, it appears likely that the lengthy [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WAG and SAG-AFTRA strikes of summer and autumn 2023]] will disrupt this pattern for season 5.

* This has been the Kurtzman-era ''Trek'' series with the most consistent release schedule, with new episodes coming out every year, always premiering in late summer. So far, prior to each new season airing, it has been announced that the show has been renewed for the following season.

* ActorInspiredElement: [[spoiler:Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill has gone on record to find that his ''TNG'' character of Nick Lacarno was entirely irredeemable for his actions, unlike Tom Paris (whom Locarno was the prototype for). It seems the show runners agreed, as Lacarno is revealed to be the main antagonist of Season 4.]]

** Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill returns to his ''Voyager'' role of Tom Paris, but also [[spoiler:reprises his role as Nick Lacarno from ''TNG'']].

* ActorInspiredElement: [[spoiler:Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill has gone on record to find that his ''TNG'' character of Nick Lacarno was entirely irredeemable for his actions, unlike Tom Paris (whom Lacarno was the prototype for). It seems the show runners agreed, as Lacarno is revealed to be the main antagonist of Season 4.]]

* RefittedForSequel: During the early development of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the writers wanted to [[spoiler:bring back Nick Lacarno from [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E19TheFirstDuty "The First Duty"]], but due to a combination of WGA rules requiring royalties to that episodes writers, as well as the writing crew and Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill finding that Lacarno was an irredeemable asshole, they created Tom Paris as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute instead. The ''Lower Decks'' crew brings Lacarno back as the HiddenVillain of Season 4.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: VFX artists working on Season 3 of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' tried to include California-class and Parliament-class starships from ''Lower Decks'' like the ''Cerriots'' and the ''Vancouver'' in the background of certain establishing shots but were ordered to remove them by executive producers for unspecified reasons.

** Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill returns to his ''Voyager'' role of Tom Paris, but also [[spoiler:reprises his role as Nick Lorcano from ''TNG'']].

* ActorInspiredElement: [[spoiler:Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill has gone on record to find that his ''TNG'' character of Nick Lorcano was entirely irredeemable for his actions, unlike Tom Paris (whom Lorcano was the prototype for). It seems the show runners agreed, as Lorcano is revealed to be the main antagonist of Season 4.]]

* RefittedForSequel: During the early development of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the writers wanted to [[spoiler:bring back Nick Lorcano from [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E19TheFirstDuty "The First Duty"]], but due to a combination of WGA rules requiring royalties to that episodes writers, as well as the writing crew and Creator/RobertDuncanMcNeill finding that Lorcano was an irredeemable asshole, they created Tom Paris as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute instead. The ''Lower Decks'' crew brings Lorcano back as the HiddenVillain of Season 4.]]

* IKnewIt: After "Trusted Sources", fans guessed that [[spoiler:Admiral Buenamigo deliberately let the ''Cerritos'' fall into a Breen ambush so he could use it as a testbed for his new ''Texas'' class automated vessel. "The Stars At Night" confirmed it and then some.]]

** While Creator/CarlosAlazraqui voiced villains prior to the series, they were frequently LaughablyEvil burgers and most of his roles tended to be comedic in nature. [[AIIsACrapshoot The]] ''[[AIIsACrapshoot Aledo]]'' is a KnightOfCerebus with no comedic traits and whose killing spree is PlayedForHorror. This applies to a lesser extent to [[spoiler:[[InsaneAdmiral Admiral Buenamigo]]]], who has some humorous moments but is generally portrayed as one of the more serious villains.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early designs for the ''Cerritos'', as seen in https://lowerdecks.trekcore.com/gallery/index.php?cat=7 suggest that it could have been a smaller variation of the ''Galaxy''-class with square nacelles. Another version of the ship class is closer to the final take but with fancier nacelles and the registry located on the underside of the saucer section. Also, the ''Cerritos'' would have been called the ''San Diego''. (An ''actual'' ''California''-class ''San Diego'' appears in the Season 3 finale.)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early designs for the ''Cerritos'' suggest that it could have been a smaller variation of the ''Galaxy''-class with square nacelles. Another version of the ship class is closer to the final take but with fancier nacelles and the registry located on the underside of the saucer section. Also, the ''Cerritos'' would have been called the ''San Diego''. (An ''actual'' ''California''-class ''San Diego'' appears in the Season 3 finale.)