History Trivia / HannahMontana

* OldShame: [[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/02/billy-ray-cyrus-on-hannah-montana-that-damn-show-destroyed-my-family/1 Judging from his comments to GQ magazine]], Billy Ray Cyrus has blamed the show for destroying his family.
** He retracted the statement not long after.

** Jason Earles, who plays Jackson, was a real-life example of VagueAge, his year of birth variably being reported as either 1977, 1985 (which was on his resume) or 1988, until it was finally confirmed to be 1977, making him almost 29 years old when the show premiered. That being said, he looked ''much'' younger than he was to the point of actually pulling the role off convincingly the entire way through.

** Jason Earles, who plays Jackson, was a real-life example of VagueAge, his year of birth variably being reported as either 1977, 1985 (which was on his resume) or 1988, until it was finally confirmed to be 1977, making him almost 29 years old when the show premiered. That being said, he looked ''much'' younger than he was to the point of actually pulling the role off convincingly.

** Before Miley, the lead role was offered to Music/JoJo, who turned it down. Creator/LucyHale, Creator/TaylorMomsen, and Creator/DaniellaMonet also auditioned, with the latter two being the front-runners for the role besides Cyrus.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: The show comprised most of Creator/DisneyChannel's schedule for the mid-to-late 2000s alongside ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' and ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In the movie, one of Oswald Granger's daughters is Stranger Things star Natalia Dyer

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The ending scene for the episode "Money For Nothing, Guilt For Free" where Robbie and Jackson have a water drinking contest was removed a couple of months after it originally aired and replaced with a music video of Hannah singing "Who Said" due to a woman dying in real life from a water drinking contest to win a Nintendo Wii and Disney not wanting to potentially endanger kids watching the show by promoting that kind of imitable behavior. This change was kept in all reruns and on Disney Plus, though other streaming services have this scene intact.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Made up most of Creator/DisneyChannel's schedule in the mid-to-late 2000s alongside ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' and ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.

* FandomLifeCycle: It reached Stage 4 during the peak of its popularity in 2008, but is now sitting at Stage 2 with a cult following.

** Before Miley, the lead role was offered to Music/JoJo who turned it down. Creator/TaylorMomsen, [[Creator/AmericanJuniors Jordan McCoy]] and Lucy Hale also auditioned.

** Jason Earles, who plays Jackson, was a real-life example of VagueAge, his year of birth variably being reported as either 1977, 1985 (which was on his resume) or 1988, until it was finally confirmed to be 1977, making him almost 29 years old when the show premiered.

** Jason Earles, who plays Jackson, was a real-life example of VagueAge, his year of birth variably being reported as either 1977, 1985 (which was on his resume) or 1988, until it was finally confirmed to be 1977, making him almost 29 years old when the show premiered. {{Averted}} with the rest of the young characters, who are played by real teenagers. However, this example is justified as Earles [[OlderThanTheyLook genuinely looked like a teenager]].

* MissingEpisode: "No Sugar, Sugar" got complaints from parents group over it's depiction of diabetes and was later {{Retool}}ed as "Uptight (Oliver's Alright)" and run at the ''end'' of the season rather than the beginning (though the original version of this episode did air overseas and can be found online). Since StatusQuoIsGod, [[SoapOperaDisease Oliver's diabetes]] [[CompressedVice was never mentioned again]]. Reportedly, they actually ''had'' done the research needed to portray diabetes accurately, but they made it into a joke.[[/note]]

* MissingEpisode: "No Sugar, Sugar", pulled for its CluelessAesop regarding diabetes. [[note]]{{Retool}}ed as "Uptight (Oliver's Alright)" and run at the ''end'' of the season rather than the beginning (though the episode did air overseas and can be found online). Since StatusQuoIsGod, [[SoapOperaDisease Oliver's diabetes]] [[CompressedVice was never mentioned again]]. Reportedly, they actually ''had'' done the research needed to portray diabetes accurately, but they made it into a joke.[[/note]]

** Jason Earles, who plays Jackson, was a real-life example of VagueAge, his year of birth variably being reported as either 1977, 1985 or 1988, until it was finally confirmed to be 1977, making him almost 29 years old when the show premiered. {{Averted}} with the rest of the young characters, who are played by real teenagers. However, this example is justified as Earles [[OlderThanTheyLook genuinely looked like a teenager]].

** Traci Van Horn was 16 when the show started, even though her actress Creator/RomiDames was 10 years older.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In a way, as the show deals with a pop star coming to fame in the late 2000's, this show has elements of this. Plenty of pop culture references in the jokes and plot lines, from Jesse [=McCartney=] to Music/KellyClarkson to Music/LadyGaga to Music/KatyPerry, a few ''Series/AmericanIdol'' references, the second War in Iraq (as covered in Season 4), a UsefulNotes/BarackObama {{Expy}} also in the final season, maybe even the [[IdolSinger Teen Pop]] aspect in general---help to put the show in a specific time and place.

* MissingEpisode: "No Sugar, Sugar", pulled for its CluelessAesop regarding diabetes. [[note]]{{Retool}}ed as "Uptight (Oliver's Alright)" and run at the ''end'' of the season rather than the beginning(though the episode did air overseas and can be found online). Since StatusQuoIsGod, [[SoapOperaDisease Oliver's diabetes]] [[CompressedVice was never mentioned again]]. Reportedly, they actually ''had'' done the research needed to portray diabetes accurately, but they made it into a joke.[[/note]]

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A popular rumor online is that the titular character was named Alexis Texas in preproduction and she was [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation quickly renamed]] when Disney discovered an adult film star already went by that name. [[http://cbr.com/hannah-montana-originally-called-alexis-texas/ That's not true]]. The series was already named ''Hannah Montana'' two years before Alexis Texas had her film debut.

* WorkingTitle: At one point the series was under the working title "Alexis Texas". Whether or not the change had to due to a porn actress of the same name who also made her first appearance in 2006 likely remains a mystery (but given Disney Channel sensibilities, it's a safe bet).

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: A popular rumor online is that the titular character was named Alexis Texas in preproduction and she was [RenamedToAvoidAssociation quickly renamed] when Disney discovered an adult film star already went by that name. [[http://cbr.com/hannah-montana-originally-called-alexis-texas/ That's not true]]. The series was already named ''Hannah Montana'' two years before Alexis Texas had her film debut.

* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: In preproduction the titular character was named Alexis Texas. She was quickly renamed when Disney discovered an adult film star already went by that name.

* CastTheRunnerUp: Miley Cyrus had originally auditioned for what would have been the Lilly role, but Disney decided to give her the lead role. Also, Billy Ray had only come to offer Miley moral support at the audition and read the father's lines, but Disney loved his cameraderie with Miley and hired Billy Ray as Robbie Ray.