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• Actor Allusion: At Kaitlin's school, Marissa pretends to be an exchange student from London. Mischa Barton was born in London to British parents. Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping also applies and is lampshaded.
• Billing Displacement: Peter Gallagher & Kelly Rowan are billed first in the opening credits for all 4 seasons, despite their characters being less prominent than the teenagers. When Melissa Clark & Rachel Bilson were added as regulars, Clark was again billed ahead of Bilson despite the same applying.
• Creator Breakdown: Josh Schwartz was jaded by pressure from some fans and Executive Meddling and seemingly zoned out during Season 3.
• Hey, It's That Guy!:
  • Steve-O as an insane Marine Seth meets and drinks with in Mexico (4x02).
  • Thirteen plays Seth and Marissa's ex-girlfriend and her ex-girlfriend was Sloan.
  • Rosalie Hale plays one of Ryan's girlfriends and James plays the antagonist of Season 3 who kills Marissa.
  • Apparently when Taylor was a kid she looked like a younger version of CeCe.
• What Could Have Been: The writers tried to get Trey to return in Season 4 to finish his story arc. In the same season, Al Gore was supposed to be Summer's GEORGE recruiter, but had scheduling differences.