History Trivia / TheUmbrellaAcademy2019

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Vanya's actor Creator/ElliotPage is queer and non-binary, and Vanya's love interest in season 2 is a woman.

** In general, many of Vanya's outfits are inspired by Creator/EllenPage's own wardrobe.

* DoingItForTheArt: For the dance sequence between Luther and Allison, Tom Hopper never knew how to dance and learned how to from Emma Portner, Ellen Page’s wife, who choreographed the dance sequence.
* FakeAmerican: Irish Robert Sheehan, English Tom Hopper and Canadians Ellen Page and Colm Feore all play Americans.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Vanya's actress Creator/EllenPage is a lesbian, and Vanya's love interest in season 2 is a woman.
* RealitySubtext: Vanya's confrontations with the homophobic society of the 1960s are drenched in Ellen Page's own history, pressured to stay closeted for years until she finally came out in 2014, which included horrible bullying from Brett Ratner while making ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.

** Diego smirking when Luther farts in the elevator during season 2 was because the actor was trying to hard not to laugh that he forgot to act disgusted.

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: All the child actors really do look like the main cast, especially due to facial features.

** Justin Min revealed via twitter what some of his alternative lines were in Ben's street fight with Klaus. Honorable mentions include "I have kidneys, bro" and "your sweat is dripping on my body and I want to die again"

** Prior to season two, actor Robert Sheehan stated in an interview that Klaus is pansexual and does not strictly identify as a man. [[AscendedFanon This was later confirmed in the show.]]

** Though Klaus has only referenced relationships with men in the show proper prior to season two, actor Robert Sheehan states in an interview that Klaus is pansexual and does not strictly identify as a man.

** Though Klaus has only referenced relationships with men in the show proper, actor Robert Sheehan states in an interview that Klaus is pansexual and does not strictly identify as a man.

* CastingGag: It's not the first time Robert Sheehan was [[{{Series/Misfits}} part of a dysfunctional super team]] attempting to do heroics. Also, both times his powers have revolved around making death less relevant (then by being immortal, now by being a medium).

** [[spoiler: In order to distinguish the Ben from the classic timeline and the new timeline Ben, the latter has been dubbed "Emo Ben" due to his edgy haircut, scars, pitiful mustache, and bad attitude.]]

** Aiden Gallagher can be seen breaking character and cracking a smile as Five from another improvised line from Robert Sheehan while they and Luther are in the van together.

* SelfAdaptation: Gerard Way wrote the original comic book and served as exe executive producer on the series.

** Diego is supposed to be annoyed with Klaus but Robert Sheehan's improvised line about seeing a hippo about to shit on his face every time he closes his eyes causes David Castenda to have to turn away from the camera to hold back cracking a grin.

* FakeBrit: While Sir Reginald's nationality isn't stated outright, he's supposedly a UsefulNotes/{{knight|Fever}} and speaks with an [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents RP accent]], but is played by American-Canadian Colm Feore. [[spoiler:That said, of course, it turns out that he's not even from ''Earth'', so... yeah.]]

* ThrowItIn: Creator/RobertSheehan improvised some of Klaus's more comedic lines, resulting in some noticeable {{Corpsing}} from the actors.

** Creator/JustinMin revealed via twitter what some of his alternative lines were in Ben's street fight with Klaus. Honorable mentions include "I have kidneys, bro" and "your sweat is dripping on my body and I want to die again"

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A film adaptation lingered in DevelopmentHell with Creator/UniversalPictures for years until Netflix picked up the rights and turned it into a series. Universal still ended up producing the show, however.

* ActingForTwo: In addition to playing Klaus, in season 2 Robert Sheehan also plays [[spoiler: Ben while he's possessing Klaus' body.]]

* ShrugOfGod: When almost dead, Klaus meets a little girl, who is implied to be God, but the creators said that they are not sure whether or not the little girl really is God or something else entirely.

** Each of the actor's improvised their dance in the "I Think We're Alone Now" dance scene.

* CastingGag: It's not the first time Robert Sheehan was [[{{Series/Misfits}} part of a dysfunctional super team]] attempting to do heroics.

* SeparatedatBirthCasting: All the child actors really do look like the main cast, especially due to facial features.

* Separated-at-BirthCasting: All the child actors really do look like the main cast, especially due to facial features.