Line #21 Trivia/BlackMirror


1	!!Episode pages:
2	[[index]]
3	* Trivia/BlackMirrorFifteenMillionMerits
4	* Trivia/BlackMirrorTheEntireHistoryOfYou
5	* Trivia/BlackMirrorPlaytest
6	* Trivia/BlackMirrorSanJunipero
7	* Trivia/BlackMirrorUSSCallister
8	* Trivia/BlackMirrorArkangel
9	* Trivia/BlackMirrorBlackMuseum
10	* Trivia/BlackMirrorBandersnatch
11	[[/index]]
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13	!!Series examples:
14	* CaliforniaDoubling: Inverted. The only Black Mirror episodes filmed where they take place are the ones set in the UK; Brooker says he has a policy of filming the US-based episodes in other countries because the cost of US location filming is just too high for a UK-based production.
15	* CelebrityParadox: The first episode mentions ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' -- many actors from that show (including two of the main cast) appear in large roles in ''Black Mirror''. One of them, Allen Leech, even appears in that very episode.
16	* ChannelHop: The series began on UK tv station Channel 4, airing Series 1, 2 and White Christmas, before the show was bought by Netflix to be one of their full original shows.
17	* LifeImitatesArt: The show's Twitter likes to (disapprovingly) point out [[https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/950506825035780096 whenever]] [[https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/845057774836965377 things]] [[https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/829799153597300736 like]] [[https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/817033325953040384 that]] [[https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/789974270625640448 happen]]. See the specific LifeImitatesArt/BlackMirror page for more examples.
18	* PromotedFanboy: Butcher Billy created fan art of the show that became popular online before Netflix hired him, putting his artwork on the cover of the ''San Junipero'' album, and in the episode ''Black Museum'', as well as having him do more original work for the episode ''USS Callister''. [[https://twitter.com/billythebutcher/status/948352586494676993 He even tweeted about it]]. He creates art for use in other Netflix shows now, and has a pretty healthy following from it all through ''Black Mirror''.
19	* ReferencedBy:
20	** [[https://www.welcometotelevision.net/welcome-to-westview/episode-four-black-mirror-1 The episode]] of the podcast ''Welcome to Westview'' covering [[Recap/WandaVisionEpisode4WeInterruptThisProgram the fourth episode]] of ''Series/WandaVision'' is titled "Black Mirror".
21	** ''Series/Girls5eva'''s third season briefly shows Season 6's streamer du jour, Streamberry.
22	* SeriesHiatus: There was a four years hiatus between season 5 (2019) and 6 (2023).
23	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
24	** In 2017, Brooker announced a series of ''Black Mirror'' novels featuring original new stories edited by Brooker, with ''Black Mirror: Volume 1'' being scheduled for release on February 2018, featuring Creator/CoryDoctorow, [[Creator/CatherineWebb Claire North]], and Sylvain Neuvel as confirmed writers, along with two more promised volumes between 2018 and 2019. However, the release date for ''Volume 1'' came and went with nothing, and when later pressed on the issue, Brooker and co-producer Annabel Jones confirmed that they were scrapped.
25	** In June of 2023, Brooker [[https://ew.com/tv/black-mirror-ai-written-episode/ stated]] that he used [=ChatGPT=] to generate an episode of ''Black Mirror'' for Season 6, but after realizing the program just took a bunch of existing ''Black Mirror'' episode synopsis and mashed them together, threw out what it wrote.
26	* WordOfGod: The title comes from the reflection of a screen when it's gone off and how "there's something cold and horrifying about that". [[GeniusBonus This activity in witchcraft is known as scrying, which supposedly induces clairvoyance/visions of the future]].
27	* YouLookFamiliar:
28	** Creator/HannahJohnKamen plays Selma from "Fifteen Million Merits" and a larger role as Sonja from "Playtest."
29	** Creator/MichaelaCoel plays the airport lady in “Nosedive” and has a larger role as Lowry in "USS Callister".
30	** Creator/DanielLapaine has a small role as Max in "The Entire History of You" and a larger role as Dawson in "Black Museum."
31	** Asim Chaudry appeared as an [[https://twitter.com/AsimC86/status/1078769307511865345?s=19 extra]] in "The Waldo Moment", and has a larger role as Thakur in "Bandersnatch".
32	** Creator/AaronPaul made a VoiceOnlyCameo as a gamer who harasses the main characters at the end of "USS Callister" before appearing as one of the protagonists in "Beyond the Sea".
33	** Anjana Vasan played a ''Sea of Tranquility'' cosplayer in "Nosedive" and main character Nida in "Demon 79".

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