TRIVIA: Temperance Brennan is an
anthropologist who writes about the character Kathy Reichs in
her spare time. In real-life, Kathy Reichs is an anthropologist who writes about the
character Temperance Brennan.
Angela's father is played by ZZ Top member Billy Gibbons, and
there have been several indications that the audience is supposed to understand
that her father IS Billy Gibbons (albeit a fictional version of Gibbons, since
Angela is fictional). Although Angela's dad has never been given a name, before
his first appearance Angela told her friends that her father is famous enough
that they might recognize him immediately, and during Gibbons' appearances,
there have been several references to the music of ZZ Top.
Emily Deschanel's sister, Zooey,
appeared on season five, episode ten, "The Goop on the Girl". She appeared
as Brennan's cousin Margaret from Wisconsin.
In season five, episode nine,
"Gamer in the Grease", Sweets, Hodgins, and Fisher take turns camping
out to get tickets to see Avatar (2009). Joel David Moore (Fisher) played Norm
in Avatar (2009).
The establishing exterior shots of
the "Jeffersonian Institute" are filmed on the Exposition Park Rose
Gardens side of The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
There have been several references
to Agent Seeley Booth being a "direct descendant" of John Wilkes
Booth. In reality, is is highly unlikely that John Wilkes Booth had any direct
descendants. As the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, and the first assassin of any
U.S. President, John Wilkes Booth's life history has been exhaustively scrutinized
by generations of historical scholars, and there is absolutely no evidence that
he ever married or fathered any children, legitimate or illegitimate. Several
of John Wilkes Booth's brothers and sisters did have children, but in
genealogical terms, to be a direct descendant John Wilkes Booth, Seeley Booth
would have to be descended from a child of his, and not just a niece or nephew.
Daisy Wick is the name of one of
the secondary characters. Daisy Zick is the name of a real-life murder victim
from Battle Creek, Michigan in 1963. The crime remains unsolved.
In season eleven, the actress who
plays Christine is Sunnie Pelant - the same last name as the serial killer,
Christopher Pelant, in earlier seasons.
