History Trivia / Yellowjackets

* [[IronyAsSheIsCast Irony As They Are Cast]]: Jane Widdop played Laura Lee, the strait-laced GirlyGirl devoutly Christian TokenReligiousTeammate. Widdop is a non-binary lesbian who's said they're more Wiccan now.

* DyeingForYourArt: A necessity, given the TimeShiftedActors. Creator/TawnyCypress, who has green eyes, had to wear brown contacts to match Creator/JasminSavoyBrown. Same for blue-eyed Creator/SamanthaHanratty, who had to match eye color with brown-eyed Creator/ChristinaRicci. Blonde blue-eyed Creator/SophieNelisse went brunette and brown-eyed to match Creator/MelanieLynskey.

* DyeingForYourArt: A necessity, given the TimeShiftedActors. Creator/TawnyCypress, who has green eyes, had to wear brown contacts to match Creator/JasminSavoyBrown. Same for blue-eyed Creator/SamanthaHanratty, who had to match eye color with brown-eyed Creator/ChristinaRicci. Blonde Creator/SophieNelisse went brunette to match Creator/MelanieLynskey.

* [[IronyAsSheIsCast Irony As They Are Cast]]: Jane Widdop played Laura Lee, the strait-laced GirlyGirl TokenReligiousTeammate (she's a Christian). Widdop is a non-binary lesbian who's said they're more Wiccan now.

* [[IronyAsSheIsCast Irony As They Are Cast]]: Laura Lee, the strait-laced TokenReligiousTeammate, is a non-binary lesbian.

** Vanessa Palmer was supposed to die in the woods in the first season. The writers were so impressed with Liv Hewson's performance that not only does their character live, but was scripted to have survived into adulthood, with an adult version appearing in Season 2.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Ironic for a show where half of it is an intention period piece but during the adult timeline, which takes place in 2021, Misty makes a reference to shopping at Tuesday Morning. Two years later Tuesday Morning would close down all their stores.

** Averted with Jane Widdop (Laura Lee) who was 17 when production began in 2019 and 19 when the first season was released.

* HypotheticalCasting: Numerous fans online have noted similarities Jackie (as played by Creator/EllaPurnell) and Creator/MonicaKeena in the 90s when the series is set and suggested Keena for the role of adult Jackie if she should appear.

* FakeAmerican: The characters are high school students from a fictional town in New Jersey, USA. However, many are played by foreign actors: Canadian Creator/SophieNelisse as young Shauna (and likewise Sarah Desjardins as her daughter Callie); Australians Creator/LivHewson and Creator/CourtneyEaton (Van and Lottie); Englishwoman Creator/EllaPurnell as Jackie; New Zealander Creator/MelanieLynskey as older Shauna. The supporting characters Simone (Rukiya Bernard) and Jessica (Creator/RekhaSharma) are also played by Canadians. Peter Gadiot (Adam) is also from England. Nuha Jes Izman (Crystal) is Malaysian and grew up in Kuala Lumpur.

* CareerResurrection: Provided a big one for Melanie Lynskey, who had become a respected character actress thanks to ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' and acquired a notable bit of fame for ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''. Growing dissatisfied with only being offered generic 'fat girl' parts, she turned to independent films for the 2010s. This brought her back to prominence, leading to a high profile role in ''Series/TheLastOfUs''.

* CareerResurrection: Provided a big one for Melanie Lynskey, who had become a respected character actress thanks to ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' and acquired a notable bit of fame for ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''. Growing dissatisfied with only being offered generic 'fat girl' parts, she turned to independent films for the 2010s. This brought her back to prominence, leading to a high profile role in ''Series/TheLastOfUs2022''.

* DawsonCasting: The 1996 WHS Yellowjackets would have ranged in age from 14 to 18. Since Jackie and Shauna talk about their plans for college, they can be assumed to be 17 or 18. When production on the pilot episode began on November 2019, Creator/EllaPurnell (teenage Jackie) was 23, Creator/SamanthaHanratty (teenage Misty) was 24, and Creator/JasminSavoyBrown (teenage Taissa) was 25. According to a video interview, Creator/KevinAlves (teen Travis) was around 28 or 29.

* FakeAmerican: The characters are high school students from a fictional town in New Jersey, USA. However, many are played by foreign actors: Canadian Creator/SophieNelisse as young Shauna; Australians Creator/LivHewson and Creator/CourtneyEaton (Van and Lottie); Englishwoman Creator/EllaPurnell as Jackie; New Zealander Creator/MelanieLynskey as older Shauna. The supporting characters Simone (Rukiya Bernard) and Jessica (Creator/RekhaSharma) are also played by Canadians. Peter Gadiot (Adam) is also from England. Nuha Jes Izman (Crystal) is Malaysian and grew up in Kuala Lumpur.

* EarlyBirdRelease: The series premiered on Showtime on November 14, 2021, but they released the first episode free on Website/YouTube on November 5. Additionally, for those who have the Showtime bundle with Hulu, or a cable/satellite login that allows them to login to the Showtime Anytime service, episodes are released to Hulu before they actually premiere the same day on Showtime, nearly a full day in advance.

* TheOtherDarrin: Akilah was played by Keeyah King during season 1. Nia Sondaya was cast to play the character afterwards.

* DawsonCasting: The 1996 WHS Yellowjackets would have ranged in age from 14 to 18. Since Jackie and Shauna talk about their plans for college, they can be assumed to be 17 or 18. When production on the pilot episode began on November 2019, Creator/EllaPurnell (teenage Jackie) was 23, Creator/SamanthaHanratty (teenage Misty) was 24, and Creator/JasminSavoyBrown (teenage Taissa) was 25.

** Vanessa Palmer was supposed to die in the woods in the first season. The writers were so impressed with Liv Hewson's performance that not only does her character live, but was scripted to have survived into adulthood, with an adult version appearing in Season 2.

** Ella Purnell was the only one who was told that [[spoiler: Jackie would die in the finale]].

* FakeAmerican: The characters are high school students from a fictional town in New Jersey, USA. However, many are played by foreign actors: Canadian Creator/SophieNelisse as young Shauna; Australians Creator/LivHewson and Creator/CourtneyEaton (Van and Lottie); Englishwoman Creator/EllaPurnell as Jackie; New Zealander Creator/MelanieLynskey as older Shauna. The supporting characters Simone (Rukiya Bernard) and Jessica (Creator/RekhaSharma) are also played by Canadians. Peter Gadiot (Adam) is also from England.

** The ''entire'' main cast gets their scripts episode per episode, in order to avoid leaks. The only exception is Creator/MelanieLynskey who convinced the producers that knowing where things were going was crucial to her acting process and even she ended up only getting a vague outline of Season 1.