History Trivia / Warehouse13

** Creator/Brent piner playing [[spoiler:two versions of the same character, one evil, one... well, maybe not nice, but considerably more level-headed, once the real Brother Adrian is released from the painting along with the rest of the Order of the Black Diamond. Data and Lore, in other words.]]

* ActingForTwo: Joanne Kelly in "Duped". Allison Scagliotti and Saul Rubinek in "Don't Hate the Player". Aaron Ashmore in "Savage Seduction".
** Ashmore has an identical twin brother who is also an actor, but the show went this route instead.

** Casting [[Series/{{Firefly}} Sean Maher and Jewel Staite]] as a couple in a sci-fi show? Definitely this.
** Same can be said for casting [[Series/{{Eureka}} Niall Matter and Erica Cerra]] in the episode "Duped", though it should be noted this was before the crossover.

** The episode "For the Team" finds Artie experiencing stomach pains due to his appendix growing back. In the show ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', Saul Rubinek once played a biologist who ends up with regenerative abilities. Although it turns out that in ''Warehouse 13'', the regeneration was intentionally induced, unlike in ''Eureka'', where it was purely accidental.

** Like Val Preston, Steve Valentine really ''is'' an accomplished stage magician in real life.
** Brent Spiner playing [[spoiler:two versions of the same character, one evil, one... well, maybe not nice, but considerably more level-headed, once the real Brother Adrian is released from the painting along with the rest of the Order of the Black Diamond. Data and Lore, in other words.]]

** Finding H.G. Wells (played by Jaime Murray) working in a forensics lab makes Pete quip that he hopes she didn't learn her lab skills from {{Series/Dexter}}.

** Alison Scaglotti has played [[Series/DrakeAndJosh a character who's been in a mental institution]] before. However, this time it was ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.

* TheCastShowoff: In "Insatiable", Allison Scagliotti shows herself to be a reasonably talented guitarist and singer. Subverted though, as the sequence in question is relatively unobtrusive and does not in anyway negatively affect the storyline (it's specifically stated to occur during Claudia's down time.)
** She showed her chops at the end of "Don't Hate The Player" as well.
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Alison Scagliotti as Claudia. Scagliotti is about the same age as Claudia is supposed to be, at most a year or two older (she was 18 for Season 1).
** Played straight with Josh Blaylock, who's in his early 20's, playing a fifteen-year-old. [[spoiler: Well, more like five hundred and fifteen year old...]]

* FakeAmerican: Joanne Kelly (Myka), Creator/SaulRubinek (Artie), Aaron Ashmore (Steve), and Genelle Williams (Leena) are all Canadians playing Americans, as are many guest stars. The show is filmed in the Toronto area.
* FakeBrit: [[spoiler:Josh Blaylock]] is an American actor who plays a British character for a few episodes. [[spoiler:In an odd example, his character Nick is actually pretending to be American at first, and in doing so speaks with Josh's normal voice and accent.]]
** [[spoiler: James Marsters]] is an American playing a British character as well. He seems to have a habit of this.
* FanNickname: Brent Spiner's character (Brother Adrian, the guardian of the astrolabe) is known in the fandom as [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Brother Data]].

* YouLookFamiliar: The show cast quite a few ''Eureka'' actors, including Saul Rubinek, which became this when the shows crossed over.

* [[spoiler: James Marsters]] is an American playing a British character as well. He seems to have a habit of this.

** Pete asks a character played by Creator/JamesMarsters if he's [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer a vampire.]]
** Pete also hopes H.G. didn't pick up her knowledge of forensics by watching ''Series/{{Dexter}}.''

** Creator/JamesMarsters and Creator/AnthonyHead were both in {{Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer}}. In one episode of that show their characters Spike and Giles [[spoiler: lost their memories. And upon meeting each other the older Giles asked hopefully if they were brothers.]] Come {{Series/Warehouse13}} and lo and behold...

* HeyItsThatGuy
** Lots of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' refugees to be found:
*** [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Odo]] helped design the Warehouse's computer system. And Quark is the [[DeadpanSnarker very curmudgeony]] DaChief from the 60's.
*** [[Film/StarTrek Captain Robau]] is the Warehouse's hiring manager.
*** [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Captain Janeway]] is a Regent. She's also [[spoiler: Pete's mother]]. And Seven of Nine is Pete's ex-wife.
*** As of Season 4, [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]] is working for the Vatican.
*** Artie himself was Kivas Fajo in an episode of TNG...a guy who collected rare and strange things!
** Creator/SaulRubinek as Artie, Eddie [=McClintock=] as Pete, [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Amanda Waller]][=/=][[Series/TheShield Claudette Wyms]] as Mrs. Frederic.
** Pete used to be one of [[Series/{{Bones}} Dr. Temperance Brennan's]] [[RomanticFalseLead love interests]].
** [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Number Six]] appears in the second episode.
** [[Series/StargateAtlantis Lt. Col. Sheppard]] retired from the Air Force and is now a building developer in NYC.
** [[Film/RobinHoodMenInTights The Sherriff of Rottingham]][=/=][[Series/TheWestWing Lord John Marbury]] is [=MacPherson=].
** [[Series/{{Eureka}} Jo, Zane, and Henry]], the first two appearing in the eighth episode and the last in the ninth. SyFy seems to be big on actor sharing.
*** Which is a little weird, given that the town of Series/{{Eureka}} exists in this 'verse'.
*** Not only exists, but has a full crossover involving all of those characters.
*** As well as Fargo, twice.
*** Unless you consider the actual crossover episodes [[CanonDiscontinuity Non-Canon]]?
*** "Don't Hate The Player" features Fargo again, referencing the earlier crossovers in the recap. The Artifact (Beatrix Potter's Tea Set) collected there is shown in Season 4's "A New Hope". They're {{Canon}}.
** [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Saul Tigh]] is Myka's dad.
** [[spoiler: [[Series/{{Hustle}} Stacie]]]] (or alternatively [[Series/{{Dexter}} Lila]]) is H.G. Wells.
** Claudia is [[Series/DrakeAndJosh Mindy]].
** [[Series/{{Firefly}} Simon Tam and Kaylee]] have settled down and now own a coffee shop in Detroit.
** Creator/MarkSheppard is one of the Warehouse Regents.
** [[Series/TheShield Paula]] [[Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle Garcés]] is the town vet. Apparently, she's back from [[Series/DefyingGravity space]].
** [[TheDresdenFiles Bianca]] from the live-action series which was produced by and aired on Syfy is Myka.
*** And Harry Dresden himself appears in the ChristmasEpisode.
** Myka's love interest in "Merge with Caution" is also [[strike:"Dashing"]] Wrestling/CodyRhodes, WWE wrestler.
** [[Series/{{Heroes}} Adam Monroe]][=/=][[Series/{{Alias}} Mr. Sark]] was suspected of turning women into glass statues in the '60s, [[spoiler:[[RedHerring only he's actually innocent this time]]]].
** Series/TheBionicWoman is the Warehouse's in-house doctor.
** [[Series/{{Smallville}} Jimmy Olsen]] is joining the Warehouse team.
** [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Ianto Jones]] decided to go back in time and join ''another'' secret organisation in "3..2..1".
** [[Series/{{Angel}} Gunn]] as one of Myka's old partners in "Past Imperfect".
** [[Series/{{Caprica}} Zoe Graystone/her avatar]] is afraid she's nuking people with a ShoutOut[=/=]ActorAllusion when shortly after meeting her Claudia says Frak.
** The man trying to take down the Warehouse is [[spoiler: [[TheBreakfastClub Anthony]] [[Film/SixteenCandles Michael]] [[Series/TheDeadZone Hall]] ]]
** And the man's right hand man apparently does double duty as the right hand man of another conspiracy. And he's also a cop there too. [[Series/{{Grimm}} Sasha Roiz sure does get involved in a lot of conspiracies.]]
** [[Series/{{Psych}} Detective Lassiter]] is managing [[Series/{{Psych}} Chief Vick's]] favorite hockey team in "No Pain, No Gain".
** Whose star player's previous careers include being a [[Series/StargateSG1 Russian colonel, an alien bounty hunter]], [[Series/StargateAtlantis a runner]], and a [[Series/StargateUniverse member of an alien crime syndicate]].
** [[Series/{{Degrassi}} Jake]] now goes to an elite prep school.
** [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Spike]] plays [[spoiler:the ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Count of St. Germain masquerading as]] a drunken, lecherous history professor in the latter half of season 4.
*** And [[Creator/AnthonyHead Giles]] plays the alchemist Paracelsus.
** [[Series/VeronicaMars Keith Mars]] is now a mystery writer.
*** Alternatively, both [[GalaxyQuest Mathesar and Laliara]] became human and embraced the concept of fiction a [[PortalBook little too well]].
** Looks like [[WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool BrianD]] has ended up one of many artifact victims [[spoiler: ''and'' is the Count of St. Germain's son]].
** [[Series/{{Alphas}} Gary and Kat]] are members of the Renaissance fair in "A Faire to Remember".
** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Avatar Korra]] works for the Secret Service.

* ThrowItIn: According to Eddie [=McClintock=]'s Twitter, the "watching a Browns game" ShoutOut in "Reset" was tossed in by him.

** MarkSheppard is one of the Warehouse Regents.
** [[TheShield Paula]] [[Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle Garcés]] is the town vet. Apparently, she's back from [[Series/DefyingGravity space]].

** Creator/SaulRubinek as Artie, Eddie [=McClintock=] as Pete, [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Amanda Waller]][=/=][[TheShield Claudette Wyms]] as Mrs. Frederic.

** Myka's love interest in "Merge with Caution" is also "Dashing" Cody Rhodes, WWE wrestler.

** [[RobinHoodMenInTights The Sherriff of Rottingham]][=/=][[Series/TheWestWing Lord John Marbury]] is [=MacPherson=].

* {{Foil}}: To Artie.

** [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Number Six]] appears in the second episode.

** [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Saul Tigh]] is Myka's dad.

** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Avatar]] [[Creator/JanetVarney Korra]] works for the Secret Service.

** [[spoiler: [[{{Hustle}} Stacie]]]] (or alternatively [[Series/{{Dexter}} Lila]]) is H.G. Wells.

** This isn't the [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration first time]] that Creator/SaulRubinek has played a CollectorOfTheStrange, who's come into opposition with someone played by Brent Spiner.

** Pete asks a character played by JamesMarsters if he's [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer a vampire.]]

** [[{{Caprica}} Zoe Graystone/her avatar]] is afraid she's nuking people with a ShoutOut[=/=]ActorAllusion when shortly after meeting her Claudia says Frak.

* DyeHard: Claudia frequently changes her SkunkStripe to various unnatural colors. In a DVD commentary it was said that it's a different color every episode.

** [[Series/Alphas Gary and Kat]] are members of the Renaissance fair in "A Faire to Remember".

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Presumably the reason it's final season has only 6 episodes.

** Pete also hopes H.G. didn't pick up her knowledge of forensics by watching {{Dexter}}.