47 Fun Facts About Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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

Dan Goor and Michael Schur created the show in 2013; the two had been Harvard classmates and both wrote for Parks and Recreation before pitching a police-station comedy.

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

Fox aired seasons one through five, from the September 2013 premiere until the show's cancellation in May 2018.

Who plays the stern, deadpan Captain Raymond Holt?

Andre Braugher played Captain Raymond Holt from the 2013 pilot to the 2021 finale, earning Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Which mobile game does Captain Holt become addicted to in season one?

Kwazy Cupcakes, a match-three phone game, hooks the normally unflappable Holt in the season-one episode 'Tactical Village', where the squad catches him playing it obsessively.

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

Cheddar is Holt and Kevin's corgi, a regular since season one; the series finale reveals Holt's secret tattoo to be Kevin's head on Cheddar's body.

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

Kevin teaches Classics at Columbia University, where he chairs the department; he is played by Marc Evan Jackson, who also played Shawn on The Good Place.

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

Mac, short for McClane, is Jake and Amy's son, born in the season 7 finale 'Lights Out' during a citywide blackout in New York.

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

Die Hard, the 1988 Bruce Willis thriller, is Jake's all-time favourite film; he quotes it constantly and dreams of living out its Nakatomi Plaza scenario.

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

Doug Judy, the Pontiac Bandit, first appears in season one posing as an informant on the Bandit before revealing he is the car thief himself and slipping away.

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

Keith Pembroke, 'The Vulture', is played by Dean Winters; he first swoops in during season one, snatching a murder case the squad had all but closed.

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?

Florida is where Jake and Holt spend six months hiding in the town of Coral Palms; once the squad takes Figgis down, the whole precinct is 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?

Cagney and Lacey, the long-running CBS series about two female NYPD detectives, inspired the names of his twin girls; a third daughter, Ava, arrives in season three.

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

Yogurt is the food: his third-person declaration that he 'loves yogurt' became a season-one catchphrase, and he is forever eating it at his desk.

What is the name of the Latvian boy Charles Boyle and Genevieve adopt?

Nikolaj is the Latvian boy Charles and Genevieve adopt in season three; Charles's fussy pronunciation of the name, which no one else can match, is a running gag.

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

Iggy's father is Charles Boyle's cousin Milton Boyle, played by Ryan Phillippe; Gina's maternity leave in season five was written around Chelsea Peretti's real pregnancy.

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

Nick Cannon plays Marcus, Holt's nephew, whom Rosa dates in season two; the rapper and TV host is best known for hosting The Masked Singer.

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

The Halloween heist began in season one when Jake bet Holt he could steal his Medal of Valor; the winner is crowned 'Amazing Detective/Genius'.

Which season-five episode ends with Jake proposing to Amy in the evidence lockup?

HalloVeen, the fourth episode of season five, ends with Jake having the champion's belt re-engraved with a proposal; Amy says yes, and the squad erupts.

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

The 78th Precinct's station house on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope supplies the exterior shots; the NYPD's Brooklyn precincts are numbered only from the 60th to the 94th.

Where was Brooklyn Nine-Nine actually filmed?

CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles housed the precinct sets throughout the run; the show shot on the Studio City lot, using New York only for establishing shots.

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

The Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy went to the show in January 2014, the same night Andy Samberg won Best Actor in a TV comedy.

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

GLAAD gave the show its 2018 Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, recognising Holt's marriage to Kevin and Rosa's coming out as bisexual in season five.

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

Saturday Night Live employed Samberg from 2005 to 2012, where he and Lonely Island partners Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone popularised Digital Shorts such as 'Lazy Sunday'.

Terry Crews played which position in the NFL before acting?

Defensive end and linebacker were Crews's NFL positions; drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in 1991, he also played for the Chargers and Washington before acting.

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

Homicide: Life on the Street, set in Baltimore, ran from 1993 to 1999; the Frank Pembleton role won its star the 1998 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

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

Mirabel Madrigal, the only Madrigal without a magical gift, is voiced by Beatriz in Encanto (2021); she also played Carla in the film of In the Heights.

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

One Life to Live gave Fumero her first professional role, Adriana Cramer, which she played from 2004 to 2011 before moving into primetime comedy.

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

The State, the sketch troupe whose MTV series ran from 1993 to 1995, counted Lo Truglio among its eleven members alongside Michael Ian Black and Ken Marino.

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

Everybody Hates Chris ran from 2005 to 2009 with Crews as the strict, penny-pinching father Julius; he voiced the role again in the 2024 animated revival.

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

The 1980s were their heyday: a season-six flashback to 1986 shows Scully and his partner as fit, sharp hotshots before decades of decline at their desks.

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

Seven brothers, the sergeant tells Holt in the pilot, left Amy always trying to prove she is tough; that drive fuels her lifelong need to impress authority figures.

Rosa was expelled from a prestigious academy for which discipline after fighting her classmates?

Ballet was her training: Rosa spent years at a ballet academy before being expelled for beating up ballerinas, a backstory revealed in season one.

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

Bradley Whitford, Josh Lyman on The West Wing, plays Roger Peralta, the pilot who abandoned Jake as a boy; Katey Sagal plays Jake's mother Karen.

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

Horse: Sergeant Peanut Butter, an NYPD police horse, steals Boyle's spotlight and becomes his nemesis until Boyle must ride him in the season 7 finale.

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

Terry takes command of the Nine-Nine in the finale, after Holt is promoted to deputy commissioner and Amy becomes the chief running their police reform programme.

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

Melanie Hawkins, the corrupt lieutenant played by Gina Gershon, frames Jake and Rosa; they serve time at the start of season five until the squad proves her guilt.

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

Escouade 99 is the Quebec remake, shot in French; it premiered on Quebecor's streaming service Club Illico in 2020 and drew criticism for casting white actors in roles that were Latina in the original.

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

153 episodes were made in all, from the September 2013 pilot to the two-part finale 'The Last Day' on 16 September 2021.

Which earlier sitcom did the creators feel had last made good use of a police-station setting?

Barney Miller, the ABC sitcom set in a Greenwich Village squad room from 1975 to 1982, was the creators' touchstone for a workplace comedy inside a police station.

What is the name of Gina Linetti's dance troupe?

Floorgasm is Gina's amateur dance troupe, a running gag she promotes to anyone who will listen and whose routines she uses to assert her status as the precinct's star.

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

Super Bowl XLVIII, played on 2 February 2014 at MetLife Stadium, was followed by a special hour of New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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?

10 episodes made up the final season, which premiered on 12 August 2021 and closed with the two-part finale 'The Last Day' on 16 September 2021.

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

The 99th and 100th episodes, '99' and 'Game Night' in season five, carry Rosa's coming out, first to Boyle and then to the squad and her parents.

Which actor plays the perpetually hungry detective Norm Scully?

Joel McKinnon Miller plays Scully from the 2013 pilot to the 2021 finale; he had earlier been a regular as Don Embry on HBO's Big Love.