History Trivia / ElinorWondersWhy

* TheWikiRule: The show premiered officially in September 2020, but already had [[https://elinor-wonders-why.fandom.com/wiki/Elinor_Wonders_Why_Wiki a wiki]] for it as early as the July 2020 sneak peek.

* VoicesInOneRoom: Prior to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/markedamckay_marianash_wyattwhite__95805396.jpg Markeda [=McKay=], Maria Nash, and Wyatt White, the voices for Elinor, Olive, and Ari respectively,]] recorded their dialogue together and eventually became friends. When the pandemic hit, the cast recorded separately, but would meet up in the studio again from time to time in 2021 as the pandemic began to slowly wind down.

* WordOfGod: Fans thought that Koa was a quokka, but Jorge Cham, in a drawing tutorial, debunks this rumor and states that he's actually a wombat.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Elinor is based on Jorge Cham's daughter, herself named Elinor.

** Several episode credits list a character named "Mrs. Gorilla", voiced by the black Nicole Stamp, but she never appears in the show. It's possible that the production team realized that having a black person voice a gorilla would have led to [[invoked]]UnfortunateImplications (black people have been compared to monkeys as a form of racism and dehumanization, especially in early minstrel cartoons) and deleted her as soon as possible.

** Several episode credits list 'Mrs. Gorilla', voiced by Nicole Stamp, as a character, but she never appears in the show. It's likely that the production team realized that having a black person voice a gorilla[[note]]Black people are compared to monkeys as a form of racism and dehumanization, especially in early minstrel cartoons[[/note]] would have been [[UnfortunateImplications incredibly racist]] and deleted her as soon as possible.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The series has one of the largest and most vocal fandoms for a PBS cartoon, but it never got renewed for a Season 2, leaving the fate of the show uncertain.

* NamesTheSame: Olive is the name of both a young elephant and [[Series/OddSquad a young Odd Squad employee.]] Coincidentally, both also happen to be main characters of their respective shows.

* TheMerch: There are various fanmade plushies that somehow made their way into [[https://www.walmart.com/ip/Elinor-Wonders-Why-Plush-Figure-Toy-Elinor-Soft-Stuffed-Doll-Birthday/518260330 Walmart]]. There is also an Elinor [[https://us.tonies.com/products/elinor-wonders-why Tonie]] that plays audio from the episode "Ms. Mole's Glasses" and "Backyard Soup."

* LateExportForYou: The show was released in Canada on June 6, 2020, a year and nine months after premiering in the United States.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends:
** An episode was rumored to air with a song lampshading that [[HappyBirthdayToYou you can't sing the Happy Birthday song on TV]]. Not only was this untrue, as the song had already entered the public domain by then, but the lyrics provided came from an episode of ''WebAnimation/TheTrashPack''.
** The IMDB page not only lists episodes that don't exist (such as a WeddingEpisode and one about watching fireworks), but it also has fake references to the show in other media. One sign that these were false was that some of the references listed mentioned merchandise that doesn't exist.

** ''Elinor's Questions'' in Latin America.

** ''Going Out to Explore with Elinor'' in Israel.
** ''Joy and the Wonders of Nature'' in Finland. (Elinor's name in the Finnish dub is Ilona, which means "joy".)

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Elinor, Olive, and Ari were all voiced by kids along with other younger recurring characters.

** ''Elinor, the Curious'' in Brazil.
** ''Elinor Wonders So'' in Sweden.
** ''The Joy and the Wonders of Nature'' in Finland. Interesting fact, Elinor's Finnish name is Ilona, which means "joy".

** An episode was rumored to air with a song lampshading that [[HappyBirthdayToYou you can't sing the Happy Birthday song]]. Not only was this untrue, as the song had already entered the public domain by then, but the lyrics provided came from an episode of ''WebAnimation/TheTrashPack''.
** The IMDB page not only lists episodes that don't exist (such as a WeddingEpisode and one about watching fireworks), but it also has fake references to the show in other media. One sign that these were false was that some of the references listed mentioned merchandise not officially available yet.

** Several episode credits list 'Mrs. Gorilla', voiced by Nicole Stamp, as a character, but she never appears in the show. It's likely that the production team realized that having a black person voice a gorilla[[note]]Black people are compared to monkeys as a form of racism and dehumanization, especially in early minstrel cartoons[[/note]] is [[UnfortunateImplications incredibly racist]] and deleted her as soon as possible.

** An episode was rumored to air with a song lampshading that [[HappyBirthdayToYou you can't sing the Happy Birthday song]]. Not only was this untrue, but the lyrics provided came from an episode of ''WebAnimation/TheTrashPack''.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: An episode was rumored to air with a song lampshading that [[HappyBirthdayToYou you can't sing the Happy Birthday song]]. Not only was this untrue, but the lyrics provided came from an episode of ''WebAnimation/TheTrashPack''.

* NamesTheSame: Olive is the name of both a young elephant and [[Series/OddSquad a young Odd Squad employee.]] Coincidentally, both also happen to be main characters of their respective shows.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several episode credits list 'Mrs. Gorilla', voiced by Nicole Stamp, as a character, but she never appears in the show. It's likely that the production team realized that having a black person voice a gorilla[[note]]Black people are compared to monkeys as a form of racism and dehumanization, especially in early minstrel cartoons[[/note]] is [[UnfortunateImplications incredibly racist]] and deleted her as soon as possible.