Line #24 Trivia/Gotham


1	* ApprovalOfGod: Of a sort:
2	** Creator/DannyDeVito has [[https://www.accessonline.com/articles/danny-devito-what-he-thinks-of-robin-lord-taylor-as-penguin-on-gotham-156164 spoken highly]] of Robin Lord Taylor's portrayal of the Penguin, the character he himself portrayed back in ''Film/BatmanReturns''.
3	** Creator/MarkHamill has praised Cameron Monaghan's portrayal of Jerome as a possible [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] candidate.
4	* TheCastShowoff: Andrew Sellon is an actual ventriloquist so his scenes with the Mr. Scarface dummy had him operating and voicing it on set.
5	* CastTheExpert: An accidental case with Andrew Sellon; when originally cast for his role his resume did not list his skills as a ventriloquist, and it was fans pointing out his physical resemblance to Arnold Wesker that prompted him to ask the writers to make him the Ventriloquist.
6	* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Reginald Payne is voiced by the mecha designer and illustrator Hidetaka Tenjin, who also voiced Hirosuke Amasaki in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT''.
7	* ChannelHop: In the UK, the show originally aired on Channel 5, but was then dropped and only available on Netflix (And the new season would not be available until months after it finished). Then it was picked up by E4.
8	* TheDanza: Tom the Knife is played by Tommy Flanagan.
9	* DawsonCasting: From Season 3 on, 14-year-old Ivy Pepper is played by 28-year-old Maggie Geha. Slightly justified, as her body was aged to that of a 19-year-old.
10	* DirectedByCastMember:
11	** Creator/BenMcKenzie, who plays Gordon, directed the season 3 episode "These Delicate and Dark Obsessions", the season 4 episode "One of My Three Soups", and the season 5 episode "13 Stitches".
12	** Creator/ErinRichards, who plays Barbara Kean, directed season 5's "The Trial of Jim Gordon".
13	* DyeingForYourArt: Robin Lord Taylor is a natural blond and he dyed his hair black to play Penguin. When filming of the final season wrapped, he completely shaved his head to regain his natural hair color faster.
14	* ExecutiveMeddling: Cameron Monaghan revealed on Instagram that the executives forbade the show from ever calling Jerome or Jeremiah "Joker."
15	* FakeAmerican:
16	** Barbara Kean is played by Welsh actress Erin Richards.
17	** English actor James Frain plays Theo Galavan.
18	** Australian Benedict Samuel plays Jervis Tetch.
19	* FanNickname: Victor Zazz is known as ''The Baby Guy'' in some fan circles, due to his actor’s resemblance to a baby.
20	* HeyItsThatPlace: As with ''Film/BatmanForever'', ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', and ''Film/Joker2019'', Webb Institute's Stevenson Taylor Hall is used for Wayne Manor.
21	* TheOtherDarrin:
22	** In Season 3, Creator/ClareFoley ([[ComicBook/PoisonIvy Ivy Pepper]]) is replaced by the much older Creator/MaggieGeha. In this case, the recasting (along with the sudden boost in age) is explained InUniverse: [[spoiler:after encountering a monster from Indian Hill, Ivy is reborn into a much older form]]. She's recasted again in Season 4, where she's played by [[Creator/PeytonList1986 Peyton List]] (this is explained to be the next evolution of Ivy after she swallows the mutagenic potions in "The Fear Reaper").
23	** Creator/CamilaPerez replaced Creator/MichelleVeintimilla as Bridget Pike, as the former played the role during the last third of Season 3. Due to the character getting burned alive and having scars because of it, the casting change isn't noticeable. However, Veintimilla would eventually ''return'' to the role in "Mandatory Brunch Meeting" and onward.
24	** Halfway through Season 4, Creator/DavidWThompson replaced Creator/CharlieTahan as Johnathan Crane / ComicBook/TheScarecrow.
25	* PromotedFanboy:
26	** ComicBook/ThePenguin's actor Creator/RobinLordTaylor stated that he has watched the Adam West Batman ever since he was a child and feels honored to have carried on the role of Penguin after Burgess Meredith and Danny [=DeVito=].
27	** Creator/DavidMazouz on playing Bruce Wayne: "But what boy growing up didn’t want to be Batman? It’s coming true for me. I’m as close to Batman as I can get, at my age. It’s really cool."
28	* QueerCharacterQueerActor: [[spoiler:Oswald Cobblepot]] is [[AdaptationalSexuality reimagined as gay]] like his actor [[spoiler:Creator/RobinLordTaylor]].
29	* RecycledScript:
30	** So, a secret society who sees Gotham as an irredeemable WretchedHive that needs to be destroyed for the good of the many plans to do so by spreading mind-altering toxin that was the trademark of a prior villain who was based on a figure from classic childrens' literature. [[Film/BatmanBegins Where have we seen that before]]?
31	** Season 5 eventually ends up more or less adapting ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', featuring a Bane who needs a breathing mask to live acting as TheDragon to [[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul's secret daughter]] who is out to destroy Gotham and get revenge on Bruce for [[spoiler: killing her father.]] Both involve adaptations of the ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' story arc.
32	* RemakeCameo: A bit of an unintentional occurs in two episodes which features an office manager working for Francis Dulmacher played by Creator/JeffreyCombs, who voice acted in several DC projects in the past including The Scarecrow in Season 4 in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
33	* RoleReprise:
34	** Creator/PaulReubens plays the Penguin's father in Season 2, a role that he had previously played in Tim Burton's ''Film/BatmanReturns''.
35	** According to WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies producer James Tucker on the commentary for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush'', despite coming out after the last two seasons, Peyton List's role as Poison Ivy in that was recorded ''before'' she was cast to replace Maggie Geha here, making her time on the series actually this instead.
36	** In the French dub, Bruce is voiced by Henri Bungert, except for the scenes set after the TimeSkip in the SeriesFinale. For those scenes, he's instead voiced by Creator/AdrienAntoine, who voiced Batman in almost every animated and video game adaptations since ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''. This also makes it the only time he voiced the character in a live-action adaptation.
37	* RomanceOnTheSet: The onscreen chemistry between Creator/MorenaBaccarin and Creator/BenMcKenzie apparently spilled over into real life. Baccarin's husband filed for divorce after discovering [=McKenzie=] in his home, freshly showered and playing with their son. Baccarin became pregnant by [=McKenzie=] and announced her plans to marry him, giving birth to their daughter on March 2, 2016. In a probable case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, Baccarin's character also then became pregnant by [=McKenzie=]'s character.
38	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Fox put the show on a month-long hiatus, opting to show the last four episodes of Season 1 during April. Unfortunately, this meant the season's final stretch got subpar ratings. The last episode in March was watched by 6 million people. Beginning in April, only ''4'' million people were watching.
39	* ThrowItIn: Cameron Monaghan did not tell Morena Baccarin that he was going to [[FreudWasRight hold the gun at his crotch]] when Jerome asks if he and Lee ever had sex. Her reaction is [[EnforcedMethodActing totally genuine]].
40	* WordOfGod: On the subject of the show's AnachronismStew:
41	-->'''Bruno Heller:''' "It's a mash-up, to use the modern phrase... a kind of timeless world. It's yesterday, it's today and it's tomorrow all at the same time, because that's the world that dreams live in."
42	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
43	** In the early days of season one, the showrunners initially planned to never properly introduce the Joker, in a deliberate aversion of WolverinePublicity. The plan was to instead have various characters show up that could potentially become the Joker one day- a morbid stand-up comedian at Fish Mooney's club, a kid who picks up the Red Hood's hood, a rocker named Jeri with a MonsterClown aesthetic. This idea was ultimately discarded when Creator/CameronMonaghan played Jerome, originally slated as a one-off villain/Joker suspect. Jerome's wild popularity with the fanbase combined with Monaghan's performance turned Jerome into a BreakoutCharacter, paving the way for many recurring appearances as both Jerome and his brother Jeremiah, the two of whom wind up sharing Joker qualities.
44	** Creator/JessePlemons was considered for the part of [[Comicbook/ThePenguin Oswald Cobblepot]] before the casting of [[Series/You2018 Robin Lord Taylor]].
45	** [[Series/{{Fringe}} Michael Cerveris]] auditioned for the role of Alfred Pennyworth before Creator/SeanPertwee was cast. Cerveris would eventually go on to portray Professor Pyg in the fourth season.
46	** Back in the early 2000s, a planned series called ''Bruce Wayne'' was being considered with a very similar premise to ''Gotham''. Creator/ShawnAshmore was the first choice to play the 18-year-old Bruce Wayne. It was soon shelved and replaced with Franchise/{{Superman}} characters instead, becoming the show ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
47	*** Similarly, there was going to be a series called ''The Graysons,'' which would have been about a pre-Robin Dick Grayson's life in the circus. Not much else is known, but some theorize it would have incorporated similar concepts.
48	** The ending of season four [[https://i.redd.it/824u8rbg5jy01.png was supposed to tease]] [[spoiler: ComicBook/LadyShiva]], but the scene didn't make it to the final cut.
49	** Jeremiah's [[spoiler:final Joker look was originally going to be [[https://www.instagram.com/p/ByDv-oyJ6Wv/ even closer to the traditional Joker design]], with a pointed nose and shorter, cleaner hair (as opposed to the final design's long stringy patches)]].
50	** The series producers originally asked Creator/WarnerBros to borrow one of the Batman costumes from the films for the final episode, but they declined.
51	** Showrunner John Stephens explained in [[https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2470885/why-gotham-never-officially-introduced-two-face an email]] that Harvey Dent never became Two-Face in the series because the production team was bound by the fact that Harvey traditionally doesn't become Two-Face until after Bruce has been active as Batman, though it was briefly considered for the series to feature a precursor to Two-Face as was done with Dr. Gerald Crane being a precursor to his son Jonathan's career as the Scarecrow.
52	** The original pitch for the series was as a LiveActionAdaptation of ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'', rather than a {{Prequel}}.
53	** Had the series been allowed to continue to the originally planned 6th and 7th seasons, the Ventriloquist would have become a recurring villain.
54	* WrittenByCastMember: Ben [=McKenzie=] wrote the Season 4 episode "The Demon's Head" and season 5's "The Trial of James Gordon".

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