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Warning! If you’re a huge Full House fan, this article might ruin your childhood.

You know those heartwarming family moments we see in the theme song? Many of those moments aren’t what they appear to be.

“I do know at the beginning of Full House in the opening title sequence, that’s not any of us on the pier,” Dave Coulier says during a panel at '90s Con 2024. “No. Those are fake people,” Jodie Sweetin says. Sweetin and Coulier are referring to the Fisherman’s Wharf scenes in the intro. The next time you watch, pay attention and you’ll notice that you’ll never see the actors’ faces in some of the shots. That’s because the cast were filmed fishing on a soundstage in California and that footage was spliced with body doubles on the real pier in San Franscisco.

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It's a similar situation in the scene where the cast drives on the Golden Gate Bridge. That’s right, the Tanners never actually drove on that bridge. “I think when we’re driving across the bridge, we’re in the closeup shot, but that’s not us in the wide shot. Sorry, I’m blowing it up [mock cries],” Coulier says.

“How do they shoot the part in the opening credits, the wide shot on the bridge? Because this was before the days of drones,” Andrea Barber asks. “A helicopter,” Sweetin answers. “It sounds so ridiculous. It was Full House. Who’s getting a helicopter to shoot an opening?”

In fairness, this is a standard part of television production. Full House is still real in our hearts, even if the Tanners fishing on that pier are fakes.

Get your wide-shoulder blouses and your Members-Only jackets, and go back in time with Popverse's Made in 87. Highlights include:

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• How Bart Simpson was quietly toned down from being "so mean" before The Simpsons' first episode, as revealed by his long-time voice actor Nancy Cartwright
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