50 Fun Facts About Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Which two writers, who had worked together on Parks and Recreation, created Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

They had known each other since they were students at Harvard and felt the police station had been under-used as a sitcom setting since Barney Miller.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine aired its first five seasons on which network?

NBC had originally passed on the show, and its chairman later expressed regret about it when the network finally picked it up.

After Fox cancelled the show in May 2018, which network picked it up roughly thirty hours later?

TBS, Hulu and Netflix had all been in talks, but a fan social-media campaign helped push the deal through within a day and a half.

How many seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine were made in total?

The 10-episode final season, delayed by the pandemic and rewritten after the murder of George Floyd, aired two episodes a week over five weeks in 2021.

Who plays the stern, deadpan Captain Raymond Holt?

Braugher was already famous as Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street; he earned four Emmy nominations for Holt.

Holt takes pride in being the first NYPD commanding officer to be what?

He is married to Kevin Cozner, chair of Columbia University's classics department.

What is the name of Holt and Kevin's beloved corgi?

In the series finale Holt's mysterious tattoo is finally revealed to be Kevin's head on the dog's body.

Kevin Cozner, Holt's husband, is a professor of what at Columbia University?

He is played by Marc Evan Jackson, and the couple's marriage was praised as unprecedented representation on television.

What is the name of Jake and Amy's son, born at the end of season 7?

His full name is McClane, after the hero of Jake's favourite action film.

Jake constantly quotes which action film, and even names his son after its hero?

He also has a habit of referencing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Which crook, played by Craig Robinson, steals only Pontiacs and keeps escaping Jake?

He first appears in season one when Rosa arrests him and he claims to have information on the Bandit, then reveals he is the Bandit and escapes.

Which Major Crimes captain, nicknamed 'The Vulture', is notorious for swooping in on nearly solved cases?

Played by Dean Winters, he later steals Jake and Amy's wedding venue at the last second for his own wedding.

Which actress plays Madeline Wuntch, Holt's despised long-time rival in the NYPD hierarchy?

Wuntch and Holt were once partners and friends; she once banished him to run the NYPD Public Affairs Division to humiliate him.

Jake and Holt hide from Jimmy 'The Butcher' Figgis in witness protection in which state?

Holt worked at a family fun centre under the alias Greg Stickney; when the squad took Figgis down they were punished with the night shift.

Which unhinged former undercover detective, played by Jason Mantzoukas, gets engaged to Rosa?

He had spent 12 years undercover inside Figgis's organisation, and the wedding was derailed when he had to fake his own death.

Terry's twin daughters are named after which classic TV cop duo?

His third daughter, Ava, is born on Thanksgiving in season 3, and Jake becomes her godfather.

Terry famously refers to himself in the third person and declares his love for which food?

The catchphrase 'Terry loves yogurt' has become one of the show's most quoted lines.

Charles Boyle and his partner Genevieve adopt a son from Latvia. What is his name?

Charles's exaggerated pronunciation of the name became a running gag, and he dotes on the boy relentlessly.

Gina Linetti has a child, Enigma ('Iggy'), with a member of which colleague's family?

Milton Boyle is played by Ryan Phillippe; the maternity leave storyline was written around Chelsea Peretti's real pregnancy.

Which musician plays Marcus, Holt's nephew, who dates Rosa in season 2?

Rosa later comes out as bisexual in the show's 99th and 100th episodes, a storyline widely praised for its representation.

In which annual event do the detectives compete for the title of 'Amazing Detective/Genius'?

The fifth heist, in the episode 'HalloVeen', ends with Jake changing the inscription on the belt to a marriage proposal to Amy.

Jake proposes to Amy at the end of the fifth annual precinct heist. What is the title of that episode?

Boyle bursts into the evidence locker, sees the newly engaged pair and faints from happiness; Holt is put out that nobody officially won.

Which real Brooklyn precinct's building was used for the exterior of the fictional Nine-Nine?

Brooklyn precinct numbers can run from 60 to 99, but no real precinct has ever been given the number 99.

Where was Brooklyn Nine-Nine actually filmed?

Its first-season episode with New Girl aired as a special one-hour lead-out after Super Bowl XLVIII.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine's first season won which major award for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy?

On the same night Andy Samberg won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV comedy.

For its LGBTQ+ portrayals, the show won which organisation's 2018 award for Outstanding Comedy Series?

Rosa's coming-out storyline in episodes 99 and 100 was cited as a landmark for bisexual representation.

Before Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andy Samberg was a cast member of which show from 2005 to 2012?

With his Lonely Island bandmates Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone he popularised the SNL Digital Shorts.

Terry Crews played which position in the NFL before acting?

He played for the Rams, Chargers and Washington, and later became famous for his Old Spice commercials.

The actor who plays Holt earlier starred as Detective Frank Pembleton in which 1990s police drama?

He won two Primetime Emmys over his career and died in December 2023.

Stephanie Beatriz, who plays Rosa, voiced which lead character in Disney's Encanto?

She also played Carla in the film of In the Heights and Quiet in the Twisted Metal series.

Melissa Fumero, who plays Amy, made her professional debut on which soap opera?

She played Adriana Cramer from 2004; she has since directed episodes of television as well.

Joe Lo Truglio, who plays Boyle, was a cast member of which 1990s sketch comedy troupe and MTV series?

He went on to appear in Superbad, Role Models and Wanderlust before landing the role of Charles.

Terry Crews played the dad, Julius Rock, in which earlier sitcom?

He reprised the role in the animated revival Everybody Still Hates Chris in 2024.

Scully and his best friend, the precinct's lazy ageing detectives, peaked in which decade?

Scully can sing opera beautifully despite his many ailments, while Hitchcock, it turns out, lives in a van.

Which detective holds the Nine-Nine's all-time closed-case record, one more than Terry, thanks to twenty extra years?

He celebrated with a tattoo of himself putting a gun in his mouth, oblivious to what the image implies.

In the pilot, Terry explains Amy's competitiveness to Holt by noting she grew up with how many brothers?

Amy is a self-described type-A overachiever who spends the whole series trying to impress authority figures.

Rosa was expelled from a prestigious school for which discipline after 'beating up ballerinas'?

She later became an accomplished gymnast, which she considers her deepest shame, and is skilled at yoga and archery.

Which West Wing actor plays Jake's absentee father, airline pilot Roger Peralta?

Jake's mother Karen is played by Katey Sagal.

Boyle wins the Medal for Valor for taking a bullet for Rosa, but is overshadowed by a heroic NYPD what?

Sergeant Peanut Butter, the horse in question, becomes Boyle's nemesis until he needs its help in the season 7 finale.

In the series finale, who becomes captain of the Nine-Nine?

Amy becomes a chief running a police reform programme with Holt, Rosa is a private detective, and Jake leaves to raise Mac.

At the end of season 4, Jake and Rosa are framed for armed robbery by which idolised lieutenant?

They spend months in prison at the start of season 5 before the squad exposes her crimes.

A French-Canadian adaptation of the show launched on Club Illico in 2020 under what title?

Its entire first-season budget of about C$4 million was roughly what a single episode of the original cost.

How many episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine were made across its eight seasons?

It ran on Fox from 2013 to 2018 and on NBC from 2019 to 2021.

Which earlier sitcom did Schur and Goor feel had been the last to make good use of a police-station setting?

The pair had known each other since Harvard and had collaborated on Parks and Recreation.

Which network originally passed on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, prompting its creators to sell it to Fox?

NBC's Robert Greenblatt later expressed regret when the network finally picked the show up in 2018.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine and New Girl formed the lead-out hour after which NFL title game?

Fox had ordered 14 episodes in May 2013 before expanding the first season to 22.

How many 'ready to go' season-eight episodes did Dan Goor scrap after the murder of George Floyd?

Terry Crews said the season's direction was being reworked; it also incorporated the COVID-19 pandemic.

How many episodes made up the final, eighth season?

NBC aired two episodes back-to-back each week for five weeks, ending on 16 September 2021.

Rosa Diaz came out as bisexual in which pair of milestone episodes?

The episodes '99' and 'Game Night' have been cited as an important moment in bisexual representation on TV.

How many Emmy nominations did Andre Braugher earn as supporting actor for the show?

He never won the Emmy but twice took the Critics' Choice award for the role of Captain Holt.