History Trivia / DawsonsCreek

(Pacey laughs to himself, while the others look at him blankly.)\\

** Upon having got hired back to write the finale, creator Kevin Williamson started scripting it with a clear vision that [Spoiler: Joey and Dawson would end up together.] After penning the first half, he changed his mind and wrote the rest of it with his new decision.

** Upon having got hired back to write the finale, creator Kevin Williamson started scripting it with a clear vision that {{Spoiler: Joey and Dawson would end up together.}} After penning the first half, he changed his mind and wrote the rest of it with his new decision.

** Upon having got hired back to write the finale, creator Kevin Williamson started scripting it with a clear vision that [[Spoiler: Joey and Dawson would end up together.]] After penning the first half, he changed his mind and wrote the rest of it with his new decision.

* AbsenteeActor: Strangely enough, despite the show being called ''Dawson's Creek'', only Katie Holmes (Joey) appears in every episode. In fact, James Van Der Beek (Dawson) has the ''third''-most appearances out of the original four, missing six. Joshua Jackson (Pacey) missed four, and Michelle Williams (Jen) was absent in 10. Kerr Smith (Jack) missed 16 episodes as a regular, while Meredith Monroe (Andi) is credited as a regular for the entirety of season 4, though only appears in eight of them.

--> '''Pacey''': No way! Emilio Estevez, he was in [[Film/TheMightyDucks those Duck movies]], remember? God, those were classic. So funny!\\

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Carolina Doubling]]: The show's setting was Capeside, Massachusetts, though primarily filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, which would also became the filming location of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' (which might as well have been ''Dawson's'' spiritual successor) though was actually set in North Carolina.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Meredith Monroe also appeared as Hotch's wife Haley on ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
** Melissa [=McBride=], of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' fame, appeared as Nina in a season 1 episode. Also, Eric Balfour (before ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/SixFeetUnder'') appeared as a JerkJock who harassed Joey in the same episode.
** Ali Larter, of ''Film/FinalDestination'' and ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' fame, appears as senior Kirsty Livingstone in two season 2 episodes.
** Adam Kaufman before ''Film/{{Taken}}''.
** Creator/JaneLynch appeared as Pacey's mom in season 4.
** Chad Michael Murray (before ''Series/OneTreeHill'') portrayed Jen's boyfriend in season 5.
** Jensen Ackles portrayed another one of Jen's boyfriends in season 6, a couple years before ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Carolina Doubling]] - The show's setting was Capeside, Massachusetts, though primarily filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, which would also became the filming location of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' (which might as well have been ''Dawson's'' spiritual successor) though was actually set in North Carolina.

* PlayingAgainstType: Michael Pitt, who would go on to play psychopathic characters such as [[Series/BoardwalkEmpire Jimmy Darmody]] and [[Series/{{Hannibal}} Mason Verger]] plays {{Adorkable}} [[LovableJock jock]] Henry. Coincidentally, Michael Pitt regards his time on the show as an OldShame.

* AbsenteeActor: Strangely enough, despite the show being called ''Dawson's Creek'', only Katie Holmes (Joey) appears in every episode. In fact, James Van Der Beek (Dawson) has the ''third''-most appearances out of the four, missing six. Joshua Jackson (Pacey) missed four, and Michelle Williams (Jen) was absent in 10.

* AbsenteeActor: Strangely enough, despite the show being called ''Dawson's Creek'', only Katie Holmes (Joey) appears in every episode, with Joshua Jackson (Pacey) missing four, Michelle Williams (Jen) missing 10, and James Van Der Beek (''Dawson himself'') not showing up in six.

** Melissa [=McBride=], of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' fame, appeared as Nina in a season 1 episode.

** Melissa McBride, of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' fame, appeared as Nina in a season 1 episode.

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Carolina Doubling]] - The show's setting was Capeside, Massachusetts, though primarily filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, which would also became the filming location of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' which was considered by one reviewer as a "''Dawson's'' rip-off'' though was actually set in North Carolina.

* ActorAllusion: In the Season 1 episode "Detention," they're discussing the movie {{The Breakfast Club}}, and Pacey (played by Joshua Jackson, one of whose earliest roles was as Charlie Conway in {{Film/The Mighty Ducks}}) disagrees with the others that Emilio Estevez is languishing in TV obscurity.

* PlayingAgainstType: Michael Pitt, who would go on to play psychopathic characters such as [[Series/BoardwalkEmpire Jimmy Darmody]] and [[Series/{{Hannibal}} Mason Verger]] plays {{Adorkable}} [[LovableJock jock]] Henry. Coincidentally, Michael Pitt regards his time as an OldShame.

* PlayingAgainstType: Michael Pitt, who would go on to play psychopathic characters such as [[Series/BoardwalkEmpire Jimmy Darmody]] and [[Series/{{Hannibal}} Mason Verger]] plays {{Adorkable}} [[LoveableJock jock]] Henry. Coincidentally, Michael Pitt regards his time as an OldShame.