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* [[Actor Allusion]]: A fake passport for Nina Myers in Season 3 is under the name "Sarah Berkeley"- Sarah Clarke's married name (she married fellow cast member Xander Berkeley, who played George Mason).
* [[Actor Allusion]]: A fake passport for Nina Myers in Season 3 is under the name "Sarah Berkeley"- Sarah Clarke's married name (she married fellow cast member Xander Berkeley, who played George Mason).
** A subtle one is when Jack bites into a terrorist's neck, using his teeth. [[Lost Boys|Gee, when was the last time he could do something like that?]]
** A subtle one is when Jack bites into a terrorist's neck, using his teeth. [[Lost Boys|Gee, when was the last time he could do something like that?]]
** {{spoiler|1=Paul McCrane's characters tend to die painful onscreen deaths. Guess what happens to Graem Bauer?}}
** {{spoiler|1=Paul McCrane's characters tend to die painful onscreen deaths. Guess what happens to Graem Bauer?}}
* [[Development Gag]]: The wedding side story in season 2 was a nod to the original concept that 24 be a comedy about preparing for a wedding.
* [[Development Gag]]: The wedding side story in Season 2 was a nod to the original concept that ''24'' be a comedy about preparing for a wedding.
* [[Development Hell]]: A feature film adaptation of the series has been in the works for years.
* [[Development Hell]]: A feature film adaptation of the series has been in the works for years.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] (Quite a few):
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] (Quite a few):

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  • Real Life Relative: The actors who played George Mason and Nina Myers married between the first and second season, making the interrogation between them in the latter rather interesting to watch.
    • Rumor has it that they toyed with the idea of Donald Sutherland as Jack's father.
  • Shout-Out: As mentioned before, we've got Star Trek alumni on the production staff now. In season 7, two suggestions to replace departing members of Taylor's administration were Rick Berman and Bob Justman, who were also longtime Trek staff.
    • In an episode of Season 1, Milo gives his computer password as "foothill94022", a reference to a community college where Michael Loceff, the episode's writer, teaches online classes.
    • Season 8 has an assassin named Davros. Of course, he's not nearly as effective as his namesake- but then, he fucked with Jack Bauer.
    • Jack breaking out a pair of pliers and a blowtorch to use on Pavel seemed to be a reference to Pulp Fiction.
    • In a reverse shout-out, the Department of Homeland Security launched a surveillance technology development program aimed at protecting airliners from terrorist missiles. It's called "Project CHLOE", because the then-Director of DHS is a fan of 24.
  • What Could Have Been: you know who was cast as season 6's Darren McCarthy for a short time, before withdrawing for scheduling reasons? Eddie Izzard. Eddie Izzard.
    • The series was originally conceived as a comedy about preparing for a wedding.
    • The actor who played Kevin Carroll (the false Alan York in the first season), Richard Burgi, was originally cast in the role of Jack Bauer. He would have had that role if they hadn't been able to get Kiefer. Once Sutherland was brought on board, Burgi accepted the role of Carroll.
    • The producers toyed with the idea of casting Donald Sutherland as Jack Bauer's father, Phillip.
    • At one point, Joel Surnow wanted to acquire the rights to The Da Vinci Code in hopes of working it into a plotline for the show's third season, but Dan Brown rejected him. How he would have worked Jack Bauer into a story about Leonardo da Vinci, Pagan cults and Jesus' family is anyone's guess.
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