The Umbrella Academy Trivia | 40 facts about the Netflix series

“The Umbrella Academy” is a popular science fiction series that aired on Netflix in 2019.

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1. The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero streaming television series.
2. It is based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way.
3. Created for Netflix by Steve Blackman.
4. It was developed by Jeremy Slater.
5. It revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse.
6. The series is produced by Borderline Entertainment, Dark Horse Entertainment, and Universal Cable Productions.
7. The cast features Elliot Page^, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, Mary J. Blige, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, and Kate Walsh. The adaptation began development as a film optioned by Universal Pictures in 2011.
8. It was eventually shelved in favor of a television series in 2015, before being officially greenlit by Netflix in July 2017.
9. The series is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario.
10. The first season was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019.
11. In April 2019, Netflix reported that 45 million households had watched season one during its first month of release,.
12. It became one of the most streamed series of the year.
13. That same month following the success of the first season, the series was renewed for a second season.
14. The second season was released on July 31, 2020.
15. Both seasons received positive reviews from critics.
16. In November 2020, the series was renewed for a third season.
17. Aidan Gallagher (Five) was not allowed to be on set during any gun fight scenes because of child labor laws. Instead a body double was used
18. “My Chemical Romance” frontman Gerard Way penned the original comic series
19. Even though the main events of the first season take place in 2019, no character ever uses a cell phone in any episode. Public pay phones or landlines are used to communicate with other characters
20. Gerard Way provided vocals for three songs featured in the show- “Happy Together” and “Hazy Shade of Winter” for Season 1 and “Here Comes The End” for Season 2.
21. The date that Five leaves the Academy to time-jump is November 10, 2002.2
22. The crest in the mansion bears the motto “UT MALUM PLUVIA”, which means “WHEN EVIL RAINS”
23. There is a split-second freeze frame any time Hazel and Cha-Cha’s shots line up with each other.
24. In the comic book, every member of the Hargreeves family has a code name. In the series, only Luther is sometimes called by his code name, Spaceboy.
25. The Netflix series was originally meant to be a film.
26. Show-runner Steve Blackman revealed just how long it takes to write, film and edit the show takes in an interview with IndieWire.
27. Heather Sanderson portrays three different characters in four different episodes.
28. After Elliot Page came out as transgender, Netflix retroactively changed his name in the credits of every episode already on the site
29. The series is set in 2019 and up-to-date police cars, taxicabs, buses, and background vehicles appear throughout. More prominently featured vehicles are models that existed when the children were born in 1989.
30. The Hargreeves family’s main vehicle is a pre-1981 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Hazel and Cha-Cha drive a 1986-1993 Volvo 240. Diego drives a 1986-1990 Chevrolet Caprice and Syd’s tow truck is pre-1988 Chevy or GMC.
31. A notable exception is the Chevy Astro plumbing van stolen by Number Five. This model was discontinued in 2005, three years after he disappeared.
32. When Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” grew up, she married a man named Reginald Hargreaves.
33. In season 2, the mansion where Klaus lives served as the home to Octavia Spencer’s character Madame CJ Walker in another Netflix production, “Self-Made”. It also was used as Olivia’s home in the TV show, ’12 Monkeys. The house can also be seen in shows such as, ‘Lost Girl’, ‘Hemlock Grove’, ‘Orphan Black’ and ‘Anne with an E’.
34. Emmy Raver-Lampman played Pearl Krabs in the original Chicago production of the Spongebob Squarepants Musical. She was one of the only principal characters who did not transfer with the show to Broadway, instead choosing to leave and film The Umbrella Academy.
35. The series titles and credits are presented in the same type face previously used for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Series (1997-2003).
36. Tom Hopper was the very first Hargreeves sibling to be cast. Despite having a ton of screen tests with other actors, he didn’t actually meet Emmy Raver-Lampman until after she was cast as Allison.
37. This is Elliot Page’s third comic-book adaptation after the X-Men films.
38. Several street scenes are located on King Street, Hamilton, Ontario, including the Red Church cafe and Sparkle Restaurant.
39. The logo for the show appears in a different way in each episode, such as an umbrella.
40. Justin H. Min kept his role on the show a secret from his family. On the day that season 1 was released, Justin revealed that his role was so top secret, that he had to tell his family and friends that he was “taking a semester abroad” in Toronto. When he booked the show, he and his manager still had no idea who he was playing.