Line #1 Trivia/Airwolf


1	* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: After Creator/ErnestBorgnine left the show, the writers decided to kill off his character by way of showing Ernest's stunt double - [[FakeShemp filmed only from behind, natch]] - being killed in a helicopter explosion (using StockFootage from [[SpecialEffectFailure an entirely different episode, filmed in an entirely different location]]).
2	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The series is known as "Supercopter" in France.
3	* ExecutiveMeddling:
4	** Creator/{{CBS}} had the series made more domestic and much lighter in tone after the first season, insisting on a female character being added and Hawke's somewhat dark and troubled nature being toned down.
5	** Season 4 was made for the Creator/USANetwork, which as a cable channel in 1987 and even after taking the series [[CaliforniaDoubling to Canada]], could not afford to keep any of the original cast. Dominic Santini was killed off (using a body-double since they couldn't afford even a few moments of Ernest Borgnine), and since they had the money for a few minutes of Creator/JanMichaelVincent they had String appear, but be critically wounded so he couldn't fly anymore. Archangel was said to have been "reassigned overseas", and Caitlin was never mentioned or seen again.
6	* FatalMethodActing: Stuntman Reid Rondell was killed in a helicopter crash.
7	* FollowTheLeader: ''Airwolf'' is [[DuelingShows one of several shows]] based around [[CoolPlane Cool Helicopters]] that were inspired by the 1983 film ''Film/BlueThunder''. Ironically, the [[RecycledTheSeries series based on]] ''Blue Thunder'' itself was nowhere near as popular as ''Airwolf''.
8	* TheOtherDarrin: In the first series, St. John Hawke (when he appeared in flashbacks) was played by Christopher Connelly. When he became a main character following USA's re-launch of the series, he was played by Barry Van Dyke.
9	* ReferencedBy: On early episodes of ''Podcast/TheFantasticast'', whenever a flying vehicle appeared they would compare it to ''Airwolf'' and play the theme.
10	* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/BryanCranston met his wife Robin Dearden when they starred in the episode "Desperate Monday". Funnily, Cranston played a villain while Dearden played his hostage. Cranston was very dismissive of the series although he was a fan of the theme music.
11	* ScienceMarchesOn: Archangel's comment to String that they'll never know if a Vietnamese-American boy in one episode is really St. John's son (and Stringfellow's nephew). DNA fingerprinting had just been invented in 1984 and was still new and not entirely well known or trusted, and DNA paternity testing wasn't really done much until the 1990's. Now that DNA testing has become a widespread thing that comment seems really redundant.
12	* TroubledProduction: The show had to deal with a star (Creator/JanMichaelVincent) with drinking problems who got arrested four times in four years and consistent budget overruns. Eventually, Vincent's alcoholism lead to a RoleEndingMisdemeanor.
13	* WrittenByCastMember: Season 2's "Fallen Angel" was the first writing credit for Deborah Pratt (Marella). She later wrote for ''Series/MagnumPI'' and ''Series/QuantumLeap'' (as well as voicing Ziggy), she developed the [[RecycledTheSeries TV series]] of ''Film/TheNet1995''.

Context Trivia / Airwolf