Hawaii Five-0/Trivia


 * Defictionalization: A throwaway reference to "Kukui High School" in the pilot has led to fans creating a whole backstory for an otherwise fictional school, complete with logo wear. In Hawaii, high schools are a big deal.
 * Fake American
 * Alex O'Loughlin. When in character as Steve McGarrett, he sounds just like an American; when out of character (such as when being interviewed or doing promotional appearances) his Australian accent is unmistakable. Yet again, Steve's American accent is almost too pretty to be real.
 * Also, Korean-Canadian Grace Park as Kono. But do know that Grace also has American citizenship, since the Canadian government does allow dual citizenship. So it may not be totally true.
 * Tony Curran as a Boston-born Irish mob hitman in "Ike Maka".
 * Fake Brit: Australian actress Clare van der Boom as Danny's British-born ex-wife Rachel.
 * Hey It's That Guy
 * The Hesse brothers, a.k.a. Spike/John Hart and Murphy MacManus.
 * McGarrett Senior, played by perennial H!ITG William Sadler (the father from The Green Mile, Sheriff Valenti from Roswell).
 * Not to mention Mick St. John, Turk, Jin-Soo Kwon and Boomer/Athena have all become Hawaii state cops.
 * Hiro Nakamura is also a coroner.
 * Martha Logan went from First Lady to Governor of Hawaii.
 * Cherry is McGarret's sister.
 * Hercules is a Corrupt Corporate Executive.
 * Detective Chester Lake as a rogue Navy SEAL.
 * Lady Deathstrike as the Governor's new public safety aide.
 * Bayliss tragically loses a daughter to murder. Again.
 * Flack's girlfriend is now an assassin.
 * Tony's wife is now Chin's ex-fiancee.
 * Holy...Goliath/Foley is a gangster who put a hit on a federal agent?!
 * Bianca Stratford/Alex Mack is a CIA agent on leave investigating Wo Fat.
 * Speaking of Wo Fat...
 * Grace Barry is Danno's ex-wife.
 * John Locke is Steve's mentor.
 * Haley Hotchner is the fugitive wife of a dead embezzler.
 * Jimmy Buffett is the helicopter pilot, which is a Shout Out to one of his hobbies.
 * One of the Irish mobsters, John O'Toole in "Ike Maka" was Vincent Van Gogh in Doctor Who.
 * Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino and Olympic gold medalist Apolo Ohno both show up in "Kupale", the latter as a suspect.
 * Vicki was Hilary Chaver, the hitwoman in "Ua Hala", the second-season finale.
 * And Adam Noshimuri was also once Simon Lee.
 * Playing Against Type: Coach Tanaka as a Filipino terrorist.
 * Real Life Relative: James Caan (father of Scott) guest starred in "Lekio" as a former cop/murder suspect.
 * What Could Have Been: Reportedly James McArthur (the original show's Danny) was set to play Danny's father in the remake when he unexpectedly died.
 * Real Life Relative: James Caan (father of Scott) guest starred in "Lekio" as a former cop/murder suspect.
 * What Could Have Been: Reportedly James McArthur (the original show's Danny) was set to play Danny's father in the remake when he unexpectedly died.