History Trivia / TheGoldbergs

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Bryan Callen, who played Rick Mellor, was the only actor who hasn't returned to the show following ''Series/{{Schooled}}'''s cancellation, due to multiple sexual abuse and sexual assault allegations in July 2020.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Averted with George Segal, who played Pops. He retired a few months before he died, and [[AbsenteeActor was absent in a Hannukah episode as a result]].

* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/TheAmericans'', in a way. While obviously, they are so completely different that they don't really "compete" with each other, it is not uncommon for them to cover the same ground about 1980s life (both did an episode on Film/TheDayAfter, for example).

->'''Continuity Announcer:''' ''[singing]'' Stay in your chairs, this is gonna get naughty. I'm surprised it's still goin', 'cos the kid's about forty!

* InMemoriam: The original airing of "Have a Summer" was dedicated to Michelle [=McNamara=], the wife of Creator/PattonOswalt, who played the voice of Adult Adam/Narrator in the show.

** Erica Goldberg is a singer because Creator/HayleyOrrantia is a singer. They doubled down on this when they cast Creator/AJMichalka, who is also a singer, as her best friend (and later Barry's girlfriend) Lainey Lewis.

** Erica Goldberg is a singer because Hayley Orrantia is a singer. They doubled down on this when they cast Creator/AJMichalka, who is also a singer, as her best friend (and later Barry's girlfriend) Lainey Lewis.

* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: When Creator/GeorgeSegal passed away, Pops was also written out of the series with "The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure" centering around the family's inability to process their loss.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Erica is loosely based on the real life's Adam Goldberg's older brother, ''Eric'' Goldberg. For the sake of adding an extra female character to the main cast, one of his family member's gender needed to be changed. The real Eric Goldberg (who has been interviewed on the show by the actress who plays "him") takes this in stride, commenting that the change gives him plausible deniability that others (such as his mother Beverly and brother Barry) can't hide behind.

** Also, this show's Ren has no relation to [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow the one you're thinking of]].

* YouLookFamiliar: The real Brea Bee, who appeared as her mother, Vicki Bee, in "Dee-Vorced", previously played an unrelated character, Mrs. Vanica, in the season 4 episode, "The Spencer's Gift".

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Bryan Callen, who played Rick Mellor, was the only actor who hasn't returned to the show following ''Series/{{Schooled}}'''s cancellation, due to sexual abuse and sexual assault allegations in July 2020.

** Happens InUniverse on "Stefan King", where Adam, inspired by Creator/StephenKing, writes a horror story about a monster based on Beverly.

** "Love Triangle", in addition to the vanity plate referencing [[https://twitter.com/adamfgoldberg/status/1362855655648882689 Prince Markie Dee's passing]], was dedicated to the memory of Creator/GeorgeSegal just hours after his death on March 25, 2021. "Couple Off" has a lengthier send-off, as it was the final episode Segal appeared in before passing.

** "Love Triangle" was dedicated to the memory of Creator/GeorgeSegal just hours after his death on March 25, 2021.

** Ren was played by Kelli Berglund in season 7, then Carrie Wampler in season 8.

* CastingGag: Adam's love interest for season 7 is played by Sadie Stanley, who starred opposite Creator/SeanGiambrone in the Disney Channel Original Movie of ''Film/KimPossible''.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Averted with George Segal, who played Pop-Pop. He retired a few months before he died, and [[AbsenteeActor was absent in a Hannukah episode as a result]].

** Adam's girlfriend Jackie was played by Rowan Blanchard in seasons 4 and 5. For Season 6, she is instead played by Alexis G. Zall. {{Lampshaded}} as they say her summer at NYU "changed her" (which, according to the actual Adam F. Goldberg, actually happened in RealLife).

* RealLifeRelative: Geoff Schwartz's father Lou is played by Sam Lerner's actual father Ken Lerner.

** In season four, Adam repeatedly asks people to refer to him as Adam F. Goldberg in order to avoid being confused with another kid at school named Adam Goldberg. While it works as a joke within the context of the show, the real reason for this is to be a light-hearted TakeThat to real-life actor Adam Goldberg, who has angrily complained about being confused with the show's similarly named creator.

* CastingGag: Adam's love interest for season 7 is played by Sadie Stanley, who starred opposite Sean Giambrone in the Disney Channel Original Movie of ''Film/KimPossible''.

** In a later episode in Season 5, Adam's accused of comparing [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} President Skroob]] to Reagan when in actuality [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical there's no political motivation going on]]. This reflects a real-life controversy where Adam Goldberg angered Trump supporters who thought his [[Website/{{Twitter}} tweets]] about Skroob were directed at Donald Trump, causing said Trump supporters to boycott the series (and Trump opponents who also didn't get the reference to back Goldberg).

** In a later episode in Season 5, Adam's accused of comparing President Skroob to Reagan when in actuality [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical there's no political motivation going on]]. This reflects a real-life controversy where Adam Goldberg angered Trump supporters who thought his tweets about Skroob were directed at Donald Trump, causing said Trump supporters to boycott the series.

** Dana's mom is played by Barbara Alyn Woods, the real life mother of her actress, Natalie Alyn Lind.