100 Fun Facts About Never Have I Ever

Who co-created Never Have I Ever with Mindy Kaling?

Lang Fisher, like Kaling, lost a parent unexpectedly, so the pair built the comedy around a teenager grieving her father.

Which animal does Devi Vishwakumar believe might be her late father reincarnated?

Coyote: Devi sees one play with her dad's old tennis ball, and when she drunkenly talks to a coyote, it attacks her.

Devi lives in which Los Angeles neighbourhood?

Sherman Oaks is in the San Fernando Valley, and the pilot opens with Devi praying to the Hindu gods for a popular sophomore year.

Who plays Devi Vishwakumar?

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan sent in a video audition, made with a friend's help, after spotting Kaling's casting call on social media.

Which country did the winner of Mindy Kaling's 15,000-response casting call come from?

Canada: after her first tape, Kaling's team called her back and brought her to Los Angeles to screen-test in person.

Which tennis great narrates most of Never Have I Ever?

John McEnroe was the idol of Devi's late father, which is why a tennis star voices a teenage girl's inner thoughts.

Devi's family is Indian-American from which linguistic community?

Tamil: in the Kaling-written episode about feeling 'super Indian', Devi squirms through a Ganesh Puja celebration with her family.

What is the name of Devi's late father?

Mohan: in the season 1 finale Devi, her mother and Kamala scatter his ashes at the beach, and Devi agrees to move back home.

At which school event does Devi's father die suddenly in Never Have I Ever's backstory?

Orchestra concert: the shock then left Devi psychologically paralysed and unable to walk for three months.

What is Nalini Vishwakumar's profession?

A dermatologist: when lonely Ben Gross breaks down while she treats his pimple, Nalini invites him home for a family dinner.

Devi's cousin Kamala is completing a PhD at which institution?

Caltech: her lab's research article credits everyone but Kamala until, inspired by Devi, she puts her own name on it.

Who is the engineer Kamala's family sets her up with for an arranged marriage?

Prashant: he and Kamala really do like each other, but she runs out of their dinner because she isn't ready to marry.

What does Kamala hide from her family in Never Have I Ever's first season?

A secret boyfriend, Steve: she dumps him over her arranged match, then takes him back after a Riverdale scene inspires her.

Devi's friend Fabiola is a member of which school team?

Robotics: Fabiola captains the team until she skips so many meetings to spend time with Eve that Eric tells her she's out as captain.

Where does Paxton say he saw Eleanor's mother working?

A restaurant: Eleanor believed Joyce was acting on a cruise ship, but she had been back in town for months without a word.

Paxton captained which school sport before a car accident ended his career in it?

Swimming: Paxton blames Devi for the broken arm that ends his swimming-scholarship hopes, and makes her do his homework.

Where does Paxton enrol after graduating from high school?

Arizona State University: Paxton quits it to work at his old high school, then goes back to college at the end of the series.

What does Ben Gross's father do for a living?

An entertainment lawyer, and one so absent that Ben is left mostly in the care of the family housekeeper.

Which popular student dates Ben Gross for his money in Never Have I Ever's first season?

Shira: Ben knows she only likes his money, yet he keeps dating her because being with her raises his social standing.

Who plays Devi's therapist, Dr. Jamie Ryan?

Niecy Nash plays Dr. Ryan, the therapist Devi at first stubbornly refuses to talk to about her father's death.

Aneesa, who arrives in Never Have I Ever's second season, practises which faith?

Islam: a jealous Devi starts a rumour that Aneesa is anorexic, unaware that it is true and the reason she switched schools.

Which rapper and actor plays Dr. Chris Jackson, Nalini's love interest in Never Have I Ever?

Common plays Dr. Jackson, a star doctor who laughs off Nalini's offer to sell him her patients before the two fall for each other.

Manish Kulkarni, who ends up with Kamala, teaches which subject at Devi's school?

English: Manish has his class stage a mock trial over whether The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan was responsible for Gatsby's murder.

Malcolm Stone, a transfer student in Never Have I Ever, was formerly a child actor for which company?

Disney: the former child star turns Eleanor against Devi and Fabiola when they suspect he is cheating, then dumps her anyway.

Which university has Devi dreamed of attending since childhood?

Princeton: rejected by every other Ivy and waitlisted there, Devi writes an essay about her father and finally gets in.

Fabiola ultimately enrols where, turning down Devi's dream school?

Howard University: Fabiola had got into Devi's dream school while Devi was deferred, and at first she hid it from her friend.

Where does Kamala move for a promotion at the end of Never Have I Ever?

Baltimore: Kamala first turns her advisor's offer down to stay and protect the family, until Nalini urges her to take it.

Who plays Len, who marries Devi's grandmother in Never Have I Ever's finale?

Jeff Garlin plays Len, whom Kamala suspects of scheming to take her grandmother's money, until she is proven wrong.

Who plays Ethan Morales, the rebellious senior Devi briefly dates in Never Have I Ever's final season?

Michael Cimino plays Ethan, the 'bad boy' Devi dumps after he steals the wallet of a visiting college representative.

Why does Des's mother Rhyah tell him to break up with Devi?

She 'has too many problems', says Rhyah, and Nalini storms back that Devi does not have problems, she has survived something unimaginable.

Margot's father Andres, who becomes Nalini's love interest, works at her house as what?

Contractor: Andres butts heads with Nalini while fixing her stairs, until Devi and Margot, once rivals, set the two of them up.

What is the name of the popular friend group that Paxton and Trent belong to?

The Hot Pocket: its core member Trent, Paxton's best friend and later Eleanor's boyfriend, ends up having to repeat his senior year.

Which staff member at Devi's school is worn out by her academic rivalry with Ben?

Principal Grubbs: the same weary principal is impressed by the college essay Ben helps Paxton write about looking after his sister.

Mr. Lyle Shapiro, who tries hard to be the 'cool' teacher, teaches which subject?

History: once Devi starts tutoring Paxton, he scores a B on an exam soon after.

Paxton's sister Rebecca is interested in which field?

Fashion design: Paxton is so protective of Rebecca that he tells Devi to leave the first time she stops to chat with her.

Who narrates the two episodes told from Ben Gross's point of view?

Andy Samberg voices Ben in the lonely episode where his girlfriend and then his dad both bail on courtside basketball tickets.

Which supermodel narrates the two Paxton-centred episodes?

Gigi Hadid re-recorded Paxton's narration after Chrissy Teigen, first set for the job, stepped away amid scrutiny over past online bullying.

Where did Kaling approach the show's narrator to offer him the job?

The temperamental tennis star was Devi's late father's idol, which is why he tells her story.

Though set in Los Angeles, the show is reportedly loosely based on Kaling's childhood in which area?

Kaling herself says it is 'in the spirit of my childhood' and that she was a shy nerd without Devi's confidence.

Ben Gross overworks himself into emergency surgery trying to get into which university, to impress his father?

Columbia: while he recovers in hospital, Ben ends up helping Paxton, his old romantic rival, write a college essay.

Which event do Devi, Eleanor and Fabiola skip after their limo crashes?

Prom: Devi's scream makes the driver crash, and she finally admits to her friends that none of her colleges accepted her.

Paxton's grandfather tells his class about what?

Internment camps: heeding Devi's advice not to lean on her for grades, Paxton brings him in for extra credit.

Ben tricks Devi into getting what, in exchange for him getting a tattoo?

A nose ring: Ben's tattoo turns out to be fake, but when Nalini spots the ring next morning, Aneesa covers for Devi.

Which school rejects Eleanor after her audition?

Juilliard: after the rejection, Eleanor decides to graduate a semester early and pursue an acting career full-time.

Which NBA star appears as himself in Never Have I Ever's final season?

Dwight Howard plays himself in the final season, which opens with Ben ignoring Devi all summer after their awkward first time.

Paxton's girlfriend Lindsay Thompson substitutes in which class?

AP Literature: by the series finale Paxton heads back to college, planning to become a teacher himself.

What false rumour does Devi fuel on the Model UN trip in Never Have I Ever?

That she's sleeping with Paxton: a girl still on the bus overhears it and spreads it all over school, and an angry Paxton demands to know why she lied.

Devi's counselor who helps her get off the waitlist is played by which actress?

Alexandra Billings plays counselor Jennifer Warner, one of the chaperones who cut the senior class trip to New York short.

In Never Have I Ever, Fabiola's partner Addison is a friend of which other character?

Des: Fabiola meets Addison when Des brings his friends to Devi's game night, and after it she and Aneesa agree to break up.

Who plays Joyce Wong, Eleanor's absent and self-absorbed actress mother?

Jae Suh Park plays Joyce, who reunites with Eleanor after Devi's nudge, then walks out mid-rehearsal to give Broadway another shot.

Which model and TV host withdrew from narrating a Paxton episode of Never Have I Ever before season two?

Chrissy Teigen left the guest voiceover role after an online bullying controversy, and another model re-recorded Paxton's inner voice in time for the premiere.

After her father's sudden death, Devi spends three months of freshman year in Never Have I Ever using what?

A wheelchair carries Devi through those months because grief leaves her legs paralysed, until the sight of her crush gets her back on her feet.

On which stretch of California coast do Devi, Nalini and Kamala scatter her father's ashes in Never Have I Ever?

Malibu is where the three finally say goodbye in the first-season finale, after Ben drives a stranded Devi to the beach and waits in his car to check she is all right.

A mock trial in Never Have I Ever asks whether a character is to blame for a murder in which classic novel?

The Great Gatsby supplies the case: the class argues over whether Daisy Buchanan is responsible for Jay Gatsby's murder, and Devi's side loses when Aneesa arrives unprepared.

Devi Vishwakumar graduates from high school with which honour in the final episode of Never Have I Ever?

Valedictorian is the title Devi finally takes over her long-time rival Ben, in the same episode in which her dream university says yes.

Angela Kinsey, who plays Ben's mother Vivian in Never Have I Ever, acted alongside Mindy Kaling in which sitcom?

The Office cast Kinsey as Angela Martin from 2005 to 2013, while Kaling played Kelly Kapoor and wrote more of its episodes than anyone else on the staff.

Never Have I Ever's lead actress voices Priya, the heroine's deadpan friend, in which Pixar animated film?

Turning Red features her as Priya Mangal, best friend to a 13-year-old who turns into a giant red panda whenever her emotions run high.

A scene from which teen drama changes Kamala's mind about her love life in Never Have I Ever's first season?

Riverdale, the soapy CW mystery built on the Archie Comics characters, becomes Kamala's unlikely guide to romance while her family arranges a marriage for her.

What does Devi hurl out of a window during her breakdown in the first episode of Never Have I Ever?

A math textbook goes flying when Devi learns Eleanor already has a boyfriend, a meltdown that ends with her making a reckless proposal to her crush.

Devi and her classmates fly to which city for a college tour in the final season of Never Have I Ever?

New York is the base for the senior trip, which is cut short when the chaperones catch Devi and her friends at a college party.

Sendhil Ramamurthy, Devi's late father in Never Have I Ever, played geneticist Mohinder Suresh in which sci-fi drama?

Heroes made Ramamurthy famous in 2006 as a researcher hunting the biological source of ordinary people's superpowers, 14 years before he joined the Vishwakumar family.

Which Hindu celebration is held at Devi's high school in the Never Have I Ever episode about feeling 'super Indian'?

Ganesh Puja brings the local Indian community to the school, where Nalini dreads the bragging aunties and Devi is told to embrace her roots, not mock them.

Ben Gross bonds with a Reddit friend over which cartoon in Never Have I Ever, then finds he is a 50-year-old man?

Rick and Morty is the shared obsession, and the awkward meet-up caps a lonely day on which Ben's father and girlfriend both cancel on him.

Joyce walks out of Eleanor's school rehearsal in Never Have I Ever to chase her acting dream back where?

Broadway wins out over her daughter: Joyce decides acting is her true passion, and a crushed Eleanor quits the school play.

What injury does Paxton suffer when he is knocked down outside Devi's party in season two of Never Have I Ever?

A broken arm keeps Paxton out of competition, wrecking his scholarship hopes and forcing him to raise his grades to get into college at all.

Fabiola and her girlfriend are crowned winter-dance royalty in Never Have I Ever under a title naming which insect?

Cricket Queen and Queen is the title they win, the first time the school has crowned two queens, on a night when each tells the other she loves her.

Kamala flees her own engagement dinner in Never Have I Ever's second-season finale to spend the night doing what?

Karaoke with Devi's teacher Manish beats facing a proposal Kamala isn't ready for, and she leaves both families waiting at the table.

Devi is accepted to Shrubland, an elite school for gifted students in Never Have I Ever, located in which state?

Colorado is where Devi and Nalini fly to tour Shrubland, before Devi decides she already fits in at home and isn't ready to leave her mother.

What does Ethan steal from a visiting college representative in Never Have I Ever, ending his romance with Devi?

Her wallet vanishes during a lunch Devi had talked her way into, so Devi breaks up with Ethan and hands it back herself.

Never Have I Ever's lead actress recorded her audition tape with her mother's camera in what kind of building?

A local library was her studio, and after four more videos and a screen test in Los Angeles the 17-year-old, who had never acted professionally, had the part.

Before playing Paxton in Never Have I Ever, Darren Barnet worked the front desk at which fitness chain?

SoulCycle on Sunset Boulevard employed Barnet as a bike attendant and front desk associate after he moved back to Los Angeles in 2013 to become an actor.

Jaren Lewison, Ben Gross in Never Have I Ever, had a recurring childhood role on which children's series?

Barney & Friends featured Lewison as Joshua from 2008 to 2009, more than a decade before he played Devi's academic nemesis.

Mindy Kaling's co-creator on Never Have I Ever spent six years as a staff writer at which satirical outlet?

The Onion and its TV spin-off employed her for six years, and she was part of the team that won it a Peabody Award in 2008.

Devi packs her family off to which touring dance show so she can host a game night in Never Have I Ever?

Shen Yun gets the three women out of the house, but the night unravels when a drunk guest damages a treasured family keepsake.

Which keepsake of Devi's late father does a drunk party guest damage in the garage in Never Have I Ever?

A tennis racket, his favourite, is the casualty; Devi later repairs it and looks for a place to hang it in his honour.

Which fruit does Ben Gross struggle to draw in art class before Margot tutors him in Never Have I Ever?

A pear is beyond Ben's skills until Margot coaches him, a meeting that leads to her becoming his girlfriend by senior year.

Eleanor records a Jennifer Lopez monologue from which film to send to talent agents in Never Have I Ever?

Hustlers supplies the speech, and Trent and Paxton step in to help Eleanor record the video.

Devi turns down Trent's birthday party in Never Have I Ever because her family is celebrating which Hindu festival?

Navaratri keeps Devi home at first, but Nalini then sends her to the party anyway to keep a friend's lonely son company.

Rhyah, who befriends Nalini in the third season of Never Have I Ever, works in which profession?

Nutritionist Rhyah meets Nalini at a party that Devi's grandmother hosts to find Kamala a new fiancé.

During which school interruption does Devi throw away a rival debater's binder in Never Have I Ever's third season?

A fire drill gives Devi her chance, but her teacher notices, switches her team to the opposing side and later reports the cheating to her family.

The 'Baby' in Len's phone, which convinces Kamala he is cheating in Never Have I Ever, turns out to be whom?

His estate agent really is called Baby, which clears Len of Kamala's suspicion that he was deceiving Devi's grandmother.

Phoebe, whom Paxton dates in the third season of Never Have I Ever, is captain of which school team?

Gymnastics captain Phoebe doesn't last: Paxton finds the relationship boring and breaks it off within a few episodes.

Utkarsh Ambudkar, Mr. Kulkarni in Never Have I Ever, played beatboxing Donald in which 2012 a cappella comedy?

Pitch Perfect cast Ambudkar as Donald, a rapper and beatboxer in the all-male Treblemakers, years before he joined the staff at Devi's school.

Richa Moorjani, Kamala in Never Have I Ever, went on to play deputy Indira Olmstead in which crime anthology series?

Fargo gave Moorjani a main role in its fifth season, alongside Juno Temple and Jon Hamm, as a deputy with money troubles who investigates a kidnapping.

Poorna Jagannathan, Nalini in Never Have I Ever, earlier played Safar Khan in which HBO crime miniseries?

The Night Of cast her as Safar Khan, whose student son Nasir is accused of murder, a role she was known for before she became Devi's mother.

Victoria Moroles, Margot in Never Have I Ever, played Hayden Romero in which MTV supernatural drama?

Teen Wolf featured Moroles as Hayden Romero in its fifth and sixth seasons, before she arrived at Devi's school as Ben's artistic girlfriend.

Iqbal Theba, Devi's visiting uncle in Never Have I Ever, is best known as Principal Figgins on which musical series?

Glee made Theba a familiar face as Principal Figgins; in Devi's house he turns up as the male chaperone for Kamala's first meeting with her suitor.

When his father and girlfriend both cancel in Never Have I Ever, Ben Gross gives his courtside tickets to whom?

His housekeeper Patty takes the tickets for her sons, and the series shows her as more of a parent to Ben than his own mother and father.

What punishment does Devi receive in Never Have I Ever after confessing she started a rumour about Aneesa?

A week's suspension follows her confession, which comes only after Devi first tried to frame two popular girls for spreading the story.

What is Paxton returning to Devi's house in Never Have I Ever when he lets slip to Nalini that they kissed?

Her dress, worn to Ben's birthday party, exposes both the kiss and the fact that a grounded Devi had sneaked out.

On which significant date does Nalini ask Devi to help scatter the ashes in Never Have I Ever's first-season finale?

Her father's birthday is the day Nalini chooses, but Devi, who has moved in with Ben, refuses at first because she suspects a ploy to relocate her.

Which classmate becomes Fabiola's first girlfriend in Never Have I Ever before moving away?

Eve is Fabiola's crush when she first realises she is a lesbian, and their romance ends in season three when long distance starts hurting Fabiola's grades.

In the finale of Never Have I Ever, Paxton goes back to college to pursue which career?

Teaching first appeals to Paxton while he helps chaperone a school dance, a turnaround for someone who once needed Devi's tutoring to pass his exams.

The closing montage of Never Have I Ever shows Eleanor, once set on acting, doing what with Trent's help?

Directing a film was Trent's idea: when Eleanor complained that she wasn't getting any parts, he suggested she make her own movies and act in them.

What do Kamala's lab colleagues leave off the draft research article in Never Have I Ever, despite her key discovery?

Her name is missing from the credits until Kamala, urged on by Devi and a fellow scientist, adds it herself and stands up to her sexist supervisor.

Devi's anonymous online troll in the third season of Never Have I Ever is unmasked as which of Paxton's exes?

Haley had been wronged by Paxton, and once Devi works it out she persuades him to make peace with her and the other girls he dated.

Ramona Young, Eleanor in Never Have I Ever, played fantasy-loving Mona Wu in which superhero series?

Legends of Tomorrow added Young to its main cast in its fourth season as Mona Wu, an expert on the magical creatures the team encounters.

Tembi Locke, Fabiola's mother in Never Have I Ever, wrote which bestselling memoir later adapted as a limited series?

From Scratch tells of Locke's romance with her Italian husband, a chef, and her grief after his death; she adapted it for the screen with her sister Attica.

Jaren Lewison shot Never Have I Ever while studying full time for a psychology degree at which university?

USC awarded Lewison a bachelor's degree in 2022, with minors in forensics and criminology, earned while he was filming the series.

Mr. Kulkarni coaches which girls' team at Devi's school in Never Have I Ever, alongside his classroom job?

Soccer is his sideline, and a game of it in season three ends with Aneesa impulsively kissing Fabiola.