The Wonder Years/Trivia


 * Dawson Casting: Largely averted for the main cast. One notable exception was Julie Condra, who guest-starred as a high school freshman at age 20. This made the story arc where Condra's obviously older, sexually mature character comes on to innocent young Kevin Arnold rather jarring.
 * Fake American: Olivia d'Abo. You know, Karen Arnold. Wait... you did remember that Kevin and Wayne have an older sister, didn't you?
 * Keep Circulating the Tapes: The large amount of hit songs featured in the show—and the corresponding legal and financial snags involved with licensing the rights to all of that music—make a proper, uncut DVD release of the show nigh impossible. However, the show's complete run can be streamed online via Netflix and Amazon (albeit with some of the musical content, including the theme song, changed from the original network versions).
 * Mean Character, Nice Actor: The actor who played Wayne, Jason Hervey, was said to be a rather nice guy and was hurt that people thought of him as the epitome of abusive older brothers.
 * Missing Episode: The first of the shows two clip shows is not available for viewing on Netflix.
 * Real Life Relative: Danica McKellar's sister Crystal plays Kevin's vengeful ex-girlfriend Becky.
 * Also, Fred Savage's own little brother Ben Savage played the "cupid" character on the Valentine's Day episode.
 * In the Mexican Spanish dub, adult Kevin and Winnie's voice actors were married.