History Trivia / TalesFromTheBorderlands

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Creator/TroyBaker and Creator/LauraBailey, together yet again.
** Baker and Creator/AshleyJohnson, leads of [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs one of the most highly-acclaimed video games ever]], after the latter joins the cast in episode 3.
* RoleReprise: Every voice actor involved in the previous ''Borderlands'' games reprises their characters.
* ScheduleSlip: There have been ''long'' gaps between episodes- just under five months between episode 1 and 2, and ''four whole months'' between episodes 2 and 3 with very few updates.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Nobody on the writing team had decided on the true identity of Rhys and Fiona's captor until very late in the story when it became time to reveal it, and other candidates were considered.

* AcclaimedFlop: As one of Telltale's post-''Walking Dead'' games, it was a commercial failure, not helped by the terrible release schedule caused by the studio deciding to prioritise development for ''[[VideoGame/TelltalesGameOfThrones Game of Thrones]]'' instead. Nonetheless, it is frequently cited as one of the best games Telltale produced, and its popularity allowed it to be properly integrated into the main series with ''Borderlands 3''.

* CastingGag: [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Once again,]] Telltale veteran Roger L. Jackson is the voice of an unseen and apparently malicious party known only as The Stranger.
* ExecutiveMeddling: When Telltale acquired a trove of valuable [=IPs=], ''Tales from the Borderlands'' was no longer a priority for the company; they pulled the lead designer off the project, even though "Episode 1: [=Zer0=] Sum" was nearly completed, in order to help finish ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''. The final episode, "The Vault of the Traveler", was finished with a skeleton crew as most of the team had been moved to other projects by then.

* ThrowItIn: In the script of episode 5, Rhys' escape from Helios included a direction for him to "flip off the monitors as he runs by". The writing team ''meant'' this as being that he switches them off, but the animation team misinterpreted this and instead showed him [[FlippingTheBird flipping the double-bird]] towards the monitors in defiance, which creative director Nick Herman found to be too hilarious to not use.

** According to Anthony Burch, Vasquez originally have a much smaller role, but his role got expanded thanks to Patrick Warburton.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Gearbox loves this game as much as everyone else, and it almost always receives equal billing to the other games. So much that it was confirmed entirely canon with the ''Commander Lilith'' DLC for ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' and ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' integrating its story, and several characters even making the jump to the main series completely. The dev team also commented that Gearbox was more than happy to let them kill off long-standing characters or write big events that would shape ''Borderlands'' lore without resistance.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Sasha's involvement with Rhys was bulked up in later episodes due to Chris Hardwick's touring leaving him unavailable to record sessions as Vaughn, leaving Rhys with needing someone else to interact.

* ExecutiveMeddling: When Telltale acquired a trove of valuable [=IPs=], ''Tales from the Borderlands'' was no longer a priority for the company; they pulled the lead designer off the project with "Episode 1: [=Zer0=] Sum" nearly completed in order to help finish ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' and the final episode, "The Vault of the Traveler", was finished with a skeleton crew as most of the team had been moved to other projects by then.

* ExecutiveMeddling: When Telltale acquired a trove of valuable [=IPs=], ''Tales from the Borderlands'' was no longer a priority for the company; they pulled the lead designer off the project with "Episode 1: Zer0 Sum" nearly completed in order to help finish ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' and the final episode, "The Vault of the Traveler", was finished with a skeleton crew as most of the team had been moved to other projects by then.

* ExecutiveMeddling: When Telltale acquired a trove of valuable IPs, ''Tales from the Borderlands'' was no longer a priority for the company; they pulled the lead designer off the project with "Episode 1: Zer0 Sum" nearly completed in order to help finish ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' and the final episode, "The Vault of the Traveler", was finished with a skeleton crew as most of the team had been moved to other projects by then.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Gearbox loves this game as much as everyone else, and it almost always receives equal billing to the other games. So much that it was confirmed entirely canon with the ''Commander Lilith'' DLC for ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' and ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' integrating its story, and several characters even making the jump to the main series completely.

* RealSongThemeTune: As per Borderlands tradition, changing from episode-to-episode:
** ''[=Zer0=] Sum'' has "Busy Earnin'" by Jungle.
** ''Atlas Mugged'' has "Kiss the Sky" by Shawn Lee.
** ''Catch a Ride'' has "Pieces of the People We Love" by The Rapture.
** ''Escape Plan Bravo'' has "To the Top" by Twin Shadow.
** ''The Vault of the Traveler'' has "Retrograde" by James Blake as the opening theme, and "My Silver Lining" by First Aid Kit as the ending theme.

* RoleReprisal: Every voice actor involved in the previous ''Borderlands'' games reprises their characters.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Gearbox loves this game as much as everyone else, and it almost always receives equal billing to the other games. So much that in the last DLC for ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' and ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'', some characters made the jump to the main series completely.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Telltale did not consider the game a success prior to its shutdown and were apparently considering cancelling the series prior to their shutdown.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Gearbox loves this game as much as everyone else, and it almost always receives equal billing to the other games.