History Trivia / StargateAtlantis

** Megan Leitch played both Ke'ra (a de-aged version of Linea, a biochemical terrorist/mad scientist) and Helia, the arrogant Lantean warship captain.

*** According to Joe Flannigan, after the series was cancelled and Stargate Universe began airing, he, alongside some investors, approached MGM to buy the franchise to continue Stargate Atlantis. MGM was not willing to sell, but agreed to lease the franchise to him, with sets in Europe set up to start filming episodes again. MGM then went bankrupt however, and was bought by Spyglass, who prompty cancelled the faltering Stargate Universe and cancelled any plans to lease the franchise to Flannigan, preferring instead to approach Roland Emmerich about a reboot film trilogy, totally disregarding the entire television franchise. Flannigan also claims that the purportedly planned Atlantis film "Stargate: Extinction" never had great sincerity behind it, and that the announcement of it was a "trial balloon" to appease the fanbase who felt insulted by SGU and its advertising ("we're going for a younger, sexier audience", for example).

** DomedHometown

*** The unnamed aliens from "The Daedalus Variations" were considered for a re-appearance.

* FakeNationality: [[PlayingWithATrope Sort of]]. Many of the actors were born in the countries that their characters are from, but they emigrated to Canada at young ages. For example, David Nykl is Canadian, but Czech-born and a native speaker of Czech. He is fluent in Czech but normally speaks English with a Canadian accent. He fakes the Czech accent (with pretty much 100% accuracy) for his chracter.

* FakeNationality: [[PlayingWithATrope Sort of]]. Many of the actors were born in the countries that their characters are from, but they emigrated to Canada at young ages. For example, David Nykl is Canadian, but Czech-born and a native speaker of Czech.

*** According to Joe Flannigan, after the series was cancelled and Stargate Universe began airing, he, alongside some investors, approached MGM to buy the franchise to continue Stargate Atlantis. MGM was not willing to sell, but agreed to lease the franchise to him, with sets in Europe set up to start filming episodes again. MGM then went bankrupt however, and was bought by Spyglass, who prompty cancelled the faltering Stargate Universe and cancelled any plans to lease the franchise to Flannigan, preferring instead to approach Roland Emmerich about a reboot film trilogy, totally disregarding the entire television franchise. Flannigan also claims that the purportedly planned Atlantis film "Stargate: Extinction" never had great sincerity behind it, and that the announcement of it was a "trial balloon" to simply appease the fanbase who felt insulted by SGU and its advertising ("we're going for a younger, sexier audience", for example).

*** The unnamed aliens from "The Daedalus Variations" were considered for a re-appearence.

*** According to Joe Flannigan, after the series was cancelled and Stargate Universe began airing, he, alongside some investors, approached MGM to buy the franchise to continue Stargate Atlantis. MGM was not willing to sell, but agreed to lease the franchise to him, with sets in Europe set up to start filming episodes again. MGM then went bankrupt however, and was bought by Spyglass, who prompty cancelled the faltering Stargate Universe and cancelled any plans to lease the franchise to Flannigan, preferring instead to approach Roland Emmerich about a reboot film trilogy, totally disregarding the entire television franchise. Flannigan also claims that the purportedly planned Atlantis film "Stargate: Extinction" never had great sincerity behind it, and that the annoucement of it was a "trial balloon" to simply appease the fanbase who felt insulted by SGU and its advertising ("we're going for a younger, sexier audience).

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** Mike Dopud played a Runner named Kiryk in ''SGA'', but he also played a BountyHunter in ''SG-1'' and a Lucian Alliance member in ''SGU''.

* HeyItsThatGuy
** It's rare for fans to refer to the Genii leader by his real name rather than [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "O'Brien"]].
** Acastus Kolya is Agent Johnson from ''Film/DieHard.'' The DieHardOnAnX plot of [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS01E10TheStorm The Storm]][=/=][[Recap/StargateAtlantisS01E11TheEye The Eye]] may even be a deliberate ActorAllusion.
** Michael is often conflated with [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Trip Tucker]], and so on.
** Mylène Dinh-Robic, who played [[Series/TheListener "Dr. Olivia Fawcett"]] in "The Listener" also played as one of the Athosian prisoners in episode "The Kindred".
** Nicole de Boer played Dr. Alison Porter in the episode "Whispers". She's the one who played Ezri Dax on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. A young Nicole de Boer had also previously appeared alongside David Hewlett in ''Film/{{Cube}}''
** Mr. Woolsey will be familiar to Trekkies as [[Series/StarTrekVoyager the Doctor]] (no, not [[Series/DoctorWho that one]]), and Dr. Keller was played by Jewel Staite, who was also Kaylee on ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
** Incidentally, Jewel Staite also played the Wraith child Ellia in the episode "Instinct" in heavy makeup for the very reason of allowing her to possibly come back later as another character.
** Richard Woolsey is secretly [[spoiler:[[Series/{{Supernatural}} a leprechaun]]]].
** Christopher Heyerdahl (who is not quite MarkSheppard levels of HeyItsThatGuy, but getting close), who you might recognize variously from the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movies, as John Druitt (and the Big Guy) on ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'', or Alastair on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
** Steven Culp, known from ''Series/{{JAG}}'', ''Series/TheWestWing'', ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' and ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' as Henry Wallace in "Miller's Crossing".
** And looks like [[Series/GameOfThrones Khal Drogo]] did a stint with the Stargate Program!
** Boy [[Series/TheXFiles Walter Skinner]] moved up from Assistant Director of the FBI to running a starship.
** Hey, is that [[Series/{{Sanctuary}} Nikola Tesla]] serving as a botanist on the Atlantis Expedition?
** Seems that [[Series/{{Eureka}} Deputy Andy]] was once a member of the Atlantis security team.
** [[Series/TeenWolf Kate Argent]] is a space pirate.

** Christopher Heyerdahl (who is not quite MarkSheppard levels of HeyItsThatGuy, but getting close), who you might recognize variously from the {{Twilight}} movies, as John Druitt (and the Big Guy) on {{Sanctuary}}, or Alastair on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

** The show got most of the set from ''BladeTrinity''. The most prominent example is a curved bridge that shows up several times, such as in the hurricane episode.

** Acastus Kolya is Agent Johnson from ''Film/DieHard.'' The DieHardOnAnX plot of [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS01E10TheStorm The Storm]][=/=][[Recap/StargateAtlantisS01E11TheEye The eye]] may even be a deliberate ActorAllusion.

* FakeNationality: [[PlayingWithATrope Sort of]]. Many of the actors were born in the countries that their characters are from, but they emigrated to Canada at young ages.

** In "Brain Storm" Jennifer Keller, played by JewelStaite, references her previous role (Kaylee of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'') and her fascination with strawberries.

* HilariousInHindsight: In "Epiphany" [=McKay=] refers to Ronon as Conan. Six years later Jason Momoa would play Conan in a re-imagining of the barbarian franchise.

* TheDanza: Chuck the Technician, played by Chuck Campbell. He got his name when Torri Higgenson accidentally called him by his real name in a scene instead of his character's rank (Sergeant) and it was left in as a SureWhyNot.

* ActorAllusion: In "Brain Storm" Jennifer Keller, played by JewelStaite, references her previous role (Kaylee of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'') and her fascination with strawberries.

** ActorAllusion: In "Brain Storm" Jennifer Keller, played by JewelStaite, references her previous role (Kaylee of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'') and her fascination with strawberries.

** HumanAliens (middle-left): From a screencap of Ayiana, an Ancient.
** OminousCrack