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* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Marlo Stanfield is pretty much the only Complete Monster on the show. The actor who plays him, Jamie Hector, teaches martial arts and drama to at-risk youth, counsels them, and checks whether they attend school via his own charitable organization, Moving Mountains. He also helped raise money for survivors of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.
** Likewise, Sandi McCree in real life is as far away from [[Evil Matriarch]] De'Londa as you can get, being an advocate for arts education among children and teens, and all the people who contribute to the commentaries on the Season 4 DVD's, particularly [[David Simon]], make it a point to emphasize how nice she is in real life.
* [[Name's the Same]]: The graphic novel ''[[Watchmen]]'' features a company called "Pyramid Delivery", as does the second season of ''The Wire''. In both works, the company turns out to be a front set up by the [[Big Bad]] ({{spoiler|Ozymandias}} and The Greek, respectively).
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: It can be pretty amusing seeing the characters marvel over what was cutting-edge technology at the time, but of course is not so much anymore. Most notably, text messages.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
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