House (TV series)/Trivia: Difference between revisions

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* [[Executive Meddling]]: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/arts/television/30hous.html The reason why Vogler was introduced in Season 1] (see page 2 of the article).

* [[Fake American]]: [[Hugh Laurie]] as Dr. House. His American accent is one of the better examples, though the way he pronounces some words can give it away. Strangely, he keeps the accent even when he's screwed up lines, as can be seen in the outtakes. When executive producer Bryan Singer saw Hugh Laurie's audition tape, he turned to the casting department and said, "See? ''This'' is an American actor!" The casting department had to correct him.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ~~season~~ ~~one~~ when House calls a doctor in the early hours of the morning. When asked to explain why he is calling at such an early hour he "puts on" an English accent and pretends he was calling from the UK and hadn't considered the time difference. For this scene Hugh Laurie is of course putting on the silly voice he used for oddball sketch comedy in the 80s.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in Season One when House calls a doctor in the early hours of the morning. When asked to explain why he is calling at such an early hour, he "puts on" an English accent and pretends he was calling from the UK and hadn't considered the time difference. For this scene, Hugh Laurie is of course putting on the silly voice he used for oddball sketch comedy in the 80s.

** Like most fake-American accents, Laurie uses a "gruff voice" as a cover-up in order to fake an American accent over his British-- ala Bob Hoskins in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit,'' and John Mahoney on ''Frasier;'' not coincidentally, they're ''all'' playing stereotypical "tough American detectives" who supposedly all speak in gruff Midwestern dialects.

** Like most fake-American accents, Laurie uses a "gruff voice" as a cover-up in order to fake an American accent over his British-- ala Bob Hoskins in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' and John Mahoney on ''[[Frasier]]'' not coincidentally, they're ''all'' playing stereotypical "tough American detectives" who supposedly all speak in gruff Midwestern dialects.

** Michelle Trachtenberg (best known for playing Dawn Summers on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'') guest starred in the episode Safe. She's admitted to having a crush on Hugh Laurie and wrote "I love you" on her inner thigh before a scene where he'd seen it. We might be getting to [[Stalker with a Crush]] territory with that.

** Michelle Trachtenberg (best known for playing Dawn Summers on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'') guest starred in the episode "Safe". She's admitted to having a crush on Hugh Laurie and wrote "I love you" on her inner thigh before a scene where he'd seen it. We might be getting to [[Stalker with a Crush]] territory with that.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey It's That Girl/Guy]]: [[Gossip Girl|Blair Waldorf]] had a crush on House in season three.

** And amusingly enough, Blair was once asked by Chuck if "[[Actor Allusion|Bertie Wooster is satisfying your needs]]."

** My, my, what's the call girl from the first episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'' doing as Dean of Medicine of a hospital?

** [[Sex and the City|Smith Jarred]] stars in House's favorite soap.

** [[The Hurt Locker|Staff Sergeant James]] plays an ailing punk rocker in ~~season~~ ~~four~~.

** [[The Hurt Locker|Staff Sergeant James]] plays an ailing punk rocker in Season Four.

** [[Pushing Daisies|Emerson Cod]] is House's chairman arch-nemesis in ~~season~~ ~~one~~.

** [[Pushing Daisies|Emerson Cod]] is House's chairman arch-nemesis in Season One.

** [[Lost|Libby]] is Wilson's (first) ex-wife. Juliet and Richard have also stopped by.

** [[ER|Dr. Cleo Finch]] was hired and then fired by House.

** [[In the Heights|Usnavi]] was House's roommate and friend at the mental hospital.

** [[Harriet the Spy]] had a tick...[[Body Horror|down there.]]

** [[Harriet the Spy]] had a tick... [[Body Horror|down there.]]

** [[Meta Casting|Dave Matthews is a musical prodigy]] and his father is [[That '70s Show|Red Forman]].

** [[That Thing You Do|The Bass Player]] is a shifty drug dealer in ~~season~~ ~~six~~.

** [[That Thing You Do|The Bass Player]] is a shifty drug dealer in Season Six.

** [[Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle|Harold]] stops by in season one, sadly way before Kumar shows up in season four.

** [[Office Space|Peter Gibbons]] is a doctor who may have gotten TB in Africa.

** [[Sex and the City|Miranda Hobbes]] has Munchausen's in ~~season~~ ~~two~~.

** [[Sex and the City|Miranda Hobbes]] has Munchausen's in Season Two.

** [[Cabaret|The Master of Ceremonies]] is {{spoiler|euthanized by Cameron}} in ~~season~~ ~~three~~.

** [[Cabaret|The Master of Ceremonies]] is {{spoiler|euthanized by Cameron}} in Season Three.

** [[Romy and Michele's High School Reunion|Romy]] is a doctor stuck in the South Pole in ~~season~~ ~~four~~.

** [[Romy and Michele's High School Reunion|Romy]] is a doctor stuck in the South Pole in Season Four.

** [[Run Lola Run|Lola]] sleeps with House at the mental hospital.

** [[That '70s Show|Donna Pinciotti]] appears as a patient who writes about everything on her blog.

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** [[Power Rangers Time Force|Jen Scotts]] is a patient of the week.

** [[The Mentalist|Teresa Lisbon]] is House's very first patient.

** [[Heroes|Noah Bennet]] is House's patient in [[S 7 E 06]].

** [[Heroes|Noah Bennet]] is House's patient in [[Season 7 Episode 6]].

*** In a much earlier episode, Matt Parkman knees House in the groin.

** [[Glee|Emma Pillsbury]], ironically enough, had the Black Plague.

** [[Neighbours|Billy Kennedy]] killed {{spoiler|[[James Earl Jones|Darth Vader.]]}}

** [[Neighbours|Billy Kennedy]] killed {{spoiler|[[James Earl Jones|Darth Vader]]}}.

** House and Wilson compete for the affections of their new neighbor, [[NCIS|Special Agent Kate Todd]].

** [[Murphy Brown]] is Cuddy's mother?

** [[Mad Men|Paul Kinsey]] shows up as Taub's brother-in-law in [[S 7 E 11]].

** [[Mad Men|Paul Kinsey]] shows up as Taub's brother-in-law in [[Season 7 Episode 11]].

** Apparently, after [[Joan of Arcadia|Joan Girardi]] graduated high school, she became a med student and ended up working at Princeton-Plainsboro.

** After defeating the Blight, [[Dragon Age|Alistair]] became House's first (and thus far only) Lupus patient.