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• Doing It for the Art: The production crew used period lenses and cameras (or modern equipment modified to behave like period equipment) for each of the different time periods portrayed in the show, along with period-specific lighting styles and systems. Similarly, early episodes used classic practical effects for all their SFX, just as would have been used in the periods they represent. (One special effects technician commented in "The Making of WandaVision" on Marvel Studios: Assembled that when they learn their craft they learn all these techniques, but never actually get to use them -- WandaVision gave them the opportunity to trot out all these skills for probably the only time in their careers.)
• Hey, It's That Guy!:
  • Sharon Davis/"Mrs. Hart" is Kitty Forman.
  • Dottie/Sarah is Anya.
  • Agnes is Jennifer Barkley and Lily Lebowski.
  • Pietro is Pietro.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Grey DeLisle is a commercial announcer in episode five.
• Memetic Mutation: Memes based on the "Agnes Winking" image and covers, remixes and even choreography of "Agatha All Along" appeared on the Net only a couple days after the episodes from which they came.
  • The Vision's line about grief from episode eight itself inspired memes along with an unexpected dichotomy in reactions.
• Shout-Out:
  • Wanda's wedding dress in episode one is a handmade homage to the dress Audrey Hepburn wore in the 1957 film Funny Face.
  • Wanda and Vision's house is at 2800 Sherwood Drive -- Sherwood Schwartz was the creator of a number of classic sit coms, including The Brady Bunch. The façade was used as the Griswold home in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
  • Dottie's house is the Murtaugh home from the Lethal Weapon films.
  • Monica's initial in-Westview identity, Geraldine, may be a reference to comedian Flip Wilson's "Geraldine" character.
  • Wanda and Vision's doctor is named Nielson.
  • The circus strong man with a prominent "S" on his blue costume in episode seven may be a sly reference to Superman.
  • Agnes' wedding anniversary is June 2 -- the date of the Salem witch trials and the first hint she is more than she appears.
  • In episode eight, Agnes/Agatha refers to her "bewitched basement". The exterior facade of Agnes/Agatha's house is the same one used for the Stevens' house in Bewitched, with only minor cosmetic changes.
  • One of the movies showing at the Westview theatre in its "real" form is something called Tannhauser Gate, a reference to Blade Runner. When the theatre flickers through several time periods in episode nine, we also see Oz, The Great and Powerful, The Parent Trap, The Incredibles, Big Red (one of the codenames used internally at Marvel for WandaVision), Kidnapped and a few other titles -- all of which can be construed as being references to what's going on in the town.
  • When Wanda smashes a car into Agnes/Agatha in episode nine, she looks under it to see nothing left but her boots in an obvious reference to the Wicked Witch of the East in The Wizard of Oz.
  • When SWORD rolls up into the Westview town square in episode nine, just to add them on top of the two-front battle Vision and Wanda are already fighting, they and their sons take a "ready" pose reminiscent of a similar moment in The Incredibles.
  • After permanently locking Agatha into Agnes's role and character, Wanda says, "I'll be seeing you."
  • The remote cabin in which Wanda has exiled herself in the final post-credits scene of episode nine is decorated in the style called "gingerbread". The zoom-in to the cabin is itself a shout-out to a similar shot in Evil Dead.
• The Stinger: Several episodes have mid- and after-credits scenes, most notably the final episode as described above.
• Timeshifted Actor: Wanda and Pietro have two each -- one set for the "Halloween" flashback in episode six (which is a part of the sitcom fantasy) and a different set entirely for the "real" flashback in episode eight.
• Trolling Creator: The use of Evan Peters, the Quicksilver of the Fox X-Men movies as the "recast" Pietro, was revealed to a deliberate case of Stunt Casting to echo its use in sitcoms, with the special bonus of trolling the fanbase.
• Tuckerization: Major Goodner, the SWORD officer who helps Monica get back into the Hex, is named for a friend of series creator Jac Shaeffer.
• What Could Have Been:
  • More episodes were planned than were finally made for the series; among them were Homages to The Mary Tyler Moore Show and, amazingly, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
  • In late Spring 2021, Kevin Feige revealed that Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange was to have played a critical role in the overall plot of the series, as the one responsible for the commercials (which were his attempts to reach into the Hex to communicate with Wanda), and later instructing her on the use of her magic in advance of the showdown with Agatha. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced changes in plans and Doctor Strange's appearance in the show ended up cut -- but not his responsibility for the commercials.

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