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* ActorLeavesCharacterDies:
** Tobias Moretti did not want to know anymore of Rex and did not want to be recognized mainly as Richard Moser, so he wanted the writers to [[spoiler:kill him off]].
** Kaspar Capparoni went because he did not want the comical style of the Austrian series to return (albeit the series was not that dark at the point), so he left the series. [[spoiler:It was decided to kill Lorenzo off]].



* McLeaned:
** Tobias Moretti did not want to know anymore of Rex and did not want to be recognized mainly as Richard Moser, so he wanted the writers to [[spoiler:kill him off]].
** Kaspar Capparoni went because he did not want the comical style of the Austrian series to return (albeit the series was not that dark at the point), so he left the series. [[spoiler:It was decided to kill Lorenzo off]].
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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car in Episode 7, Season 3. They switch to the small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups, and switch back to a completely different look when she arrives at the esoteric institute. I can only imagine the fancy car was no longer available for pick up shots.

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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car in Episode 7, Season 3. They switch to the small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups, and switch back to a completely different look when she arrives at the esoteric institute.conference. I can only imagine the fancy car was no longer available for pick up shots.
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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to the small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in Episode 7, Season 3. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.

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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching in Episode 7, Season 3. They switch to the small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in Episode 7, Season 3. closeups, and switch back to a completely different look when she arrives at the esoteric institute. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.available for pick up shots.
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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in Episode 7, Season 3. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.

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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to the small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in Episode 7, Season 3. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.
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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in S3E7. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.

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* {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in S3E7.Episode 7, Season 3. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.
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* [[Blooper]]: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in S3E7. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.

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* [[Blooper]]: {{Blooper}}: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in S3E7. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.
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* Blooper: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in S3E7. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.

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* Blooper: [[Blooper]]: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups in S3E7. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.
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* Blooper: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.

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* Blooper: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups.closeups in S3E7. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.
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* Blooper: Several, naturally, but among the most perplexing is the beautiful, large sports alloy wheels on Frau Baumann's expensive car switching to small steel wheels and plastic alloy covers of a cheap car in the closeups. I can only imagine they had to reshoot those and the fancy car was no longer available.
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* SendingStuffToSaveTheShow: At the latest seasons, a "Rex non deve finire" (Rex must not finish) campaign was pushed so the series wasn't finished, but it was unsuccessful due to ''Inspector Rex's'' low ratings.

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* SendingStuffToSaveTheShow: At Despite the latest series having low ratings and the newer seasons being widely seen as inferior to the Austrian seasons, a "Rex non deve finire" (Rex must not finish) campaign was pushed so to try to push for the series wasn't not to be finished, but it was unsuccessful due to ''Inspector Rex's'' low ratings.unsuccessful.
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* SendingStuffToSaveTheShow: At the latest seasons, a "Rex non deve finire" (Rex must not finish) campaign was pushed so the series wasn't finished, but it was unsuccessful due to ''Inspector Rex's'' low ratings.
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* RoleReprise: After the hiatus, Martin Weinek and Gerhard Zemann return in the Italian series to reprise Fritz Kunz and Leo Graf respectively.

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* RecastAsARegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Winkens had played a minor character in the seventh season (a love interest to Brandtner) before playing Nikki Herzog.

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* RecastAsARegular: TheOtherDarrin: Due to the long time of the series, Rex was portrayed by at least five dogs. The most obviously different one is Aki, who has a blacker face.
* RecastAsARegular:
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Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. villains.
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Elke Winkens had played a minor character in the seventh season (a love interest to Brandtner) before playing Nikki Herzog.Herzog.
** Alessia Balera played a minor character before playing DaChief Annamaria Fiori in the latest seasons.
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* ChannelHop: The ten Austrian seasons were produced by ORF (Österreicher Rundfunk). After an hiatus the series was retaken by the Italian producer RAI. Season 11 was filmed in both Vienna and Rome, but from Season 12 onwards it becomes fully Italian, although in Season 12 there was a last meeting with [[TheBusCameBack Kunz and Dr. Graf]].

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* ChannelHop: The ten Austrian seasons were produced by ORF (Österreicher (Österreichischer Rundfunk). After an hiatus the series was retaken by the Italian producer RAI. Season 11 was filmed in both Vienna and Rome, but from Season 12 onwards it becomes fully Italian, although in Season 12 there was a last meeting with [[TheBusCameBack Kunz and Dr. Graf]].

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* ChannelHop: The ten Austrian seasons were produced by ORF (Österreicher Rundfunk). After an hiatus the series was retaken by the Italian producer RAI. Season 11 was filmed in both Vienna and Rome, but from Season 12 onwards it becomes fully Italian, although in Season 12 there was a last meeting with [[TheBusCameBack Kunz and Dr. Graf]].



* RecastAsARegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Winkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog.

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* RecastAsARegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Winkens had played a minor character in the seventh season (a love interest to Brandtner) before playing Nikki Herzog.
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* McLeaned:
** Tobias Moretti did not want to know anymore of Rex and did not want to be recognized mainly as Richard Moser, so he wanted the writers to [[spoiler:kill him off]].
** Kaspar Capparoni went because he did not want the comical style of the Austrian series to return (albeit the series was not that dark at the point), so he left the series. [[spoiler:It was decided to kill Lorenzo off]].
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* CreativeDifferences: Ettore Bassi (the actor that plays Davide Rivera) and Andrea Constantini left the series because they did not want the series to marginalize the action and the main inspector in favor of a comedic atmosphere.
* RecastAsARegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Wilkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog.

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* CreativeDifferences: Ettore Bassi (the actor that plays Davide Rivera) and Andrea Constantini Costantini left the series because they did not want the series to marginalize the action and the main inspector in favor of a comedic atmosphere.
atmosphere. The same happened before to Kaspar Capparoni, albeit the series was not as dark back when he was interpreting Lorenzo Fabbri.
* RecastAsARegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Wilkens Winkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog.
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* CreativeDifferences: Ettore Bassi (the actor that plays Davide Rivera) and Andrea Constantini left the series because they did not want the series to marginalize the action and the main inspector in favor of a comedic atmosphere.
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* RecastAsRegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Wilkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog.

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* RecastAsRegular: RecastAsARegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Wilkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog.

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* YouLookFamiliar: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Wilkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog. Several Austrian actors also have reoccurring roles throughout the series.

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* YouLookFamiliar: RecastAsRegular: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Wilkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog. Herzog.
* YouLookFamiliar:
Several Austrian actors also have reoccurring roles throughout the series.series. There is a special case with Denise Zich: she played a character in the chapter "Der Tod kam zweimal" (seventh season) before playing Erika Hedl in the two earlier chapters of the Italian revival.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Several Austrian actors also have reoccurring roles throughout the series.

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* YouLookFamiliar: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Elke Wilkens had played a minor character in the seventh season before playing Nikki Herzog. Several Austrian actors also have reoccurring roles throughout the series.

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* YouLookFamiliar: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Several Austrian actors also have reoccurring roles throughout the series.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Australia's Creator/{{SBS}} has a love affair with this series, which they pretty much admit on their special ''Inspector Rex'' website. As of this writing the show has more-or-less been slotted in at 7.30pm on Thursday since ''1997'', and marathons are not uncommon.
* YouLookFamiliar: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Several Austrian actors also have reoccurring roles throughout the series.series.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is played by [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Col. Hans Landa]].
** Stockinger is [[Film/TheCounterfeiters Sally Sorowitsch]].
** Brandtner is [[Series/AlarmFuerCobra11 Chris Ritter]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy: In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is played by [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Col. Hans Landa]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy: HeyItsThatGuy:
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In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is played by [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Col. Hans Landa]].



** Brandtner is [[Series/AlarmFuerCobra11 Chris Ritter]].

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** Brandtner is [[Series/AlarmFuerCobra11 Chris Ritter]].Ritter]].
* YouLookFamiliar: Brandtner, Moser's replacement, and Hoffmann, Brandtner's replacement, were both played by actors who had previously appeared as villains. Several Austrian actors also have reoccurring roles throughout the series.
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** Brandtner is [[AlarmFuerCobra11 Chris Ritter]].

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** Brandtner is [[AlarmFuerCobra11 [[Series/AlarmFuerCobra11 Chris Ritter]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is played by [[InglouriousBasterds Col. Hans Landa]].
** Stockinger is [[TheCounterfeiters Sally Sorowitsch]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy: In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is played by [[InglouriousBasterds [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Col. Hans Landa]].
** Stockinger is [[TheCounterfeiters [[Film/TheCounterfeiters Sally Sorowitsch]].
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** Stockinger is [[TheCounterfeiters Sally Sorowitsch]].

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** Stockinger is [[TheCounterfeiters Sally Sorowitsch]].Sorowitsch]].
** Brandtner is [[AlarmFuerCobra11 Chris Ritter]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is played by [[InglouriousBasterds Christoph Waltz]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy: In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is played by [[InglouriousBasterds Christoph Waltz]].Col. Hans Landa]].

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This is to make my life easier while I edit these two pages.

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This * HeyItsThatGuy: In the season 3 episode "Der Puppenmörder", the BigBad is to make my life easier while I edit these two pages.played by [[InglouriousBasterds Christoph Waltz]].
** Stockinger is [[TheCounterfeiters Sally Sorowitsch]].

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