History Trivia / HowToGetAwayWithMurder

* TheOtherDarrin: In Jorge Castillo's first appearance in season 1, he's played by José Zúñiga in a rather small role. When he later becomes a much more significant recurring character, Esai Morales assumes the role.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://howtogetawaywithmurder.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_Get_Away_with_Murder_Wiki How to Get Away with Murder Wiki.]]

* NamesTheSame: If you try to look up Wes's ex-girlfriend Meggy by typing in just her full name, there will be more results about [[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers that other Meggy]] instead.

* NamesTheSame: If you try to look up Wes's ex-girlfriend Meggy by typing in just her full name, there will be more results about [[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers that other Meggy]] instead.

* BlandNameProduct: The "Altafena" search engine, which sounds rather like old-timey engine Altavista.

* FanNickname:
** The night of the murder is called "The Night of the Flying Cheerleader" by EntertainmentWeekly recaps and fans of the show. Almost every episode in the first season features a cheerleader doing an air flip.
** Entertainment Weekly also gives a nickname for the night [[spoiler: Annalise gets shot]]: "The Night of the Fancy Mansion."

* ActingForTwo: Alfred Enoch as Wes Gibbins and later his son Christopher Castillo.

* LifeImitatesArt: For much of the time Laurel was pregnant in season 4, actress Karla Souza was as well. Karla's pregnancy was not confirmed until her daughter was born, and Laurel was shown pregnant back in season 3, keeping this from being a WrittenInInfirmity. But it's an amazing coincidence, that probably made costuming Laurel in season 4 simpler.

** Wes is [[spoiler:mixed-race, with a black mother and a white father]] just like Alfred Enoch.

*** Interestingly enough, the same is true on all counts for Rome Flynn and character Gabriel.

* NamesTheSame: If you try to look up Wes's ex-girlfriend Meggy bu typing in just her full name, there will be more results about [[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers that other Meggy]] instead.

** Laurel is a Mexican native just like Karla Souza.

* FanNickname: The night of the murder is called "The Night of the Flying Cheerleader" by EntertainmentWeekly recaps and fans of the show. Almost every episode in the first season features a cheerleader doing an air flip.

** Laurel is actually (probably) a Mexican in-universe, as she speaks Spanish with her family in "Best Christmas Ever".

* TakingAThirdOption: Pete Nowalk does something like this, concerning [[spoiler: Lila's killer. It was initially going to be either Rebecca or Sam that killed her, but he felt that neither would be shocking enough. So, instead, he made it Frank.]]

** Laurel is actually (probably) a Mexican in-universe, as she speaks Spanish with her family in "Best Christmas Ever", and she's called "mija", a Mexican expression.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/{{HarryPotter}} Dean Thomas]] graduated from Hogwarts and decided to become a law student.
** [[Series/TheKilling Rosie Larsen]] is suspected of [[{{Irony}} killing a girl whose body was found in a body of water]].
** [[Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Bennett]] is in law school and Fig is now a lawyer.
** [[Series/GilmoreGirls Paris Geller]] is also a lawyer.
** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Ben]] seems to have recovered and became a lawyer.
** The director of "He Deserved to Die" is ''literally'' TheOtherMarty, Eric Stoltz.
** Annalise and [[Creator/FamkeJanssen Jean]] [[Film/XMen Grey]] [[spoiler: were in a relationship]] at some point in the past.
** Michaela gets involved with [[{{Series/Supernatural}} John Winchester]] in the same episode as Annalise has a court case with Dick Roman as the prosecution.
** [[Series/TheFosters Lena]] runs a high-end sex club.
** The defendant in the trial that [[spoiler: ended up getting Wes' mother Rose killed]] is [[Series/HartOfDixie Wade Kinsella]].

* ActorSharedBackground: Wes is [[spoiler:mixed-race, with a black mother and a white father]] just like Alfred Enoch.

* The defendant in the trial that [[spoiler: ended up getting Wes' mother Rose killed]] is [[Series/HartOfDixie Wade Kinsella]].