Follow TV Tropes

Following

Trivia / Shake it Up

Go To

  • Acting for Two:
  • Actor Allusion:
    • Cat Deeley guest stars as the Vice Principal in "Wild It Up"; at one point, CeCe talks about being a dancer on Shake It Up Chicago, to which the Vice Principal responds, "So you think you can dance?"
    • Logan is an example twice! Leo Howard played the title character in an independent movie called Logan before he was cast in Shake It Up. Additionally, Logan was almost going to be Georgia's stepson. When you think about who portrayed young Georgia in "My Bitter Sweet 16 It Up," this becomes very awkward. Also Hilarious in Hindsight given that Olivia Holt and the name "Logan" would come together again in 2014.
      • Additionally, Ty and Logan's "frenemy" relationship may remind viewers of Jack and Smooth from the "All The Wrong Moves" episode of Kickin' It.
  • Actor-Shared Background:
    • Adam Irigoyen, like Deuce, is of Cuban descent.note 
    • Bella Thorne, like CeCe, is dyslexic.
    • Zendaya, like Rocky, is vegetarian. This has become a standard for many of Zendaya's characters since.
    • Georgia Jones's ex-husband is played by Anita Barone's Real Life husband Matthew Glave.
  • Adored by the Network: Shake it Up: Make Your Mark is arguably the end result of this.
  • Banned Episode: Following complaints from Demi Lovato, the episode "Party It Up" was pulled and later shown edited to remove a line criticized for allegedly glamorizing anorexia and joking about it being a good way to lose weight ("I could just eat you guys up!...Well, if I ate.").
  • California Doubling: Made in Japan was filmed in the same studio the show's regular episodes are usually filmed in (along with the neighboring studio where Good Luck Charlie is filmed), with all establishing shots being stock footage.
    • And naturally, this applies to the show's Chicago setting too.
      • The girls dance at a train station with a sign that says Main St., 3600 N, 940 W. That would put the station just east of Wrigley Field, where a set of railroad tracks really exists, but there's no Main Street in Chicago.
  • Casting Gag:
  • Creator's Apathy: Bella Thorne has stated in interviews that she never wanted any part of the show nor to become a Disney actress, but her parents forced her to audition because they were financially struggling at the time. Though she did actually grow to enjoy doing the show.
  • The Danza: George Lopez as George Martinez, Deuce's father.
  • Dawson Casting:
    • Roshon Fegan (Ty) is 21 years old and is playing a high schooler.
    • Ainsley Bailey who plays the 15 year old Dina is actually 21.
  • Distanced from Current Events: "Shake It Up, Up and Away" was originally scheduled to air on September 18, 2011, but had to be pulled at the last minute due to plane crashes at the Reno Air Show in Nevada, as it had Rocky and CeCe dancing on the wing of a WWII plane while in the air. It was replaced with an airing of another new episode, and eventually aired that October.
  • Dueling Shows: With Nickelodeon's Victorious and Big Time Rush.
  • The Merch: Mainly CDs, apparel & novelizations of specific episodes.
  • Missing Episode:
    • "Party It Up" was pulled it out of rotation after Demi Lovato called the show out on Twitter for a joke in the episode that seemed to ridicule anorexic models ("I could just eat you guys up!...Well, if I ate."). The episode was later put back on the air with said joke removed.
    • "Shake It Up, Up and Away" went temporarily missing even before it aired, but eventually premiered a month late.
  • Playing Against Type: A behind-the-camera case, since the series was created by Chris Thompson - whose previous series (Bosom Buddies, The Naked Truth, Action) are as far away from standard Disney Channel fare as you can get. Especially the last one (Which was the very first show with a TV-MA rating on basic cable.)
    • On the other hand, perhaps the most famous show he's worked for is Laverne & Shirley, which would go far towards explaining the CeCe/Rocky dynamic.
  • Playing Their Own Twin: In "Surprise it Up", Adam Irigoyen plays his twin cousin Harrison.
  • Recycled Set: In "Made In Japan", the Watanabe central mainframe room is CALLIE's main unit.
  • Screwed by the Network: A lot of people were outright flabbergasted as to why Disney Channel would cancel (or more specifically, fail to order new episodes, with the same effect) the show, considering it was one of the highest-rated shows on the network. No official reason has ever been given, but the most believable rumors include Disney Channel feeling that the show was becoming too expensive and/or simply wanting to move onto new material that would better hold the "next wave" of viewers.
  • Star-Making Role: Launched the careers of both Zendaya and Bella Thorne.
  • What Could Have Been: The role of Tinka Hessenheffer was originally offered to Stefanie Scott (and the pilot was filmed with her) but she ultimately decided to take an offer from A.N.T. Farm instead.
  • Word of God: According to Bella Thorne, during a Radio Disney Takeover prior to the third season premiere, the dance stage is both way smaller than it appears on television and really slick, making it really difficult/dangerous to dance on sometimes. Thus, it was rebuilt differently in the middle of the third season with more space, giving the cast extra room to dance.

Top