History BioShockInfinite / TropesQToZ

** Fink's head of security has his own custom model with a NiceHat, but one way or another he's little more than a mook, and most players don't notice any difference until Elizabeth points it out.

** When the Shock Jockey vigor is used against opponents their bones show through their bodies.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Comstock House fits the description; it's huge, ominous (it looks like it's been built on top of a ''thundercloud''), it houses some of the creepiest, most resilient Mooks in the game... [[spoiler:In a way, it both fits and doesn't fit the 'Final Dungeon' bit, since Booker's initial trek through it is during a BadFuture timeline, then when Future Elizabeth sends him back to the present, the last leg and final battle of the game take place in the ''Hand of the Prophet'']].

** This is justified in the case of Shock Jockey, as, upon further investigation, Elizabeth and Booker come across a backroom where countless Shock Jockey bottles have already been consumed (presumably by Slate himself) which ultimately [[ButThouMust! forces the duo to go up against Slate's followers]] to acquire the only full bottle in the area.

** This is justified in the case of Shock Jockey, as, upon further investigation, Elizabeth and Booker come across a backroom where countless Shock Jockey bottles have already been consumed (presumably by Slate himself) which ultimately forces the duo to go up against Slate's followers to acquire the only full bottle int he area.

* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Subverted mostly as a majority of available Vigors in Columbia can be either purchased from a Veni Vidi Vigor machine or simply found throughout the rest the city, but played straight with at least three that Booker can acquire and utilize; he first defeats a Fireman for Devil's Kiss, then a Zealot of The Lady for Murder of Crows and finally must get past Slate and all of his followers in The Hall of Heroes for Shock Jockey.

* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Subverted mostly as a majority of available Vigors in Columbia can be either purchased from a Veni Vidi Vigor machine or simply found throughout the rest the city, but played straight with at least three that Booker can acquire and utilize; he first defeats a Fireman for Devil's Kiss, then a Zealot of The lady for Murder of Crows and finally must get past Slate and all of his followers in The Hall of Heroes for Shock Jockey.

* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Subverted mostly as a majority of available Vigors in Columbia can be either purchased from a Veni Vidi Vigor machine or simply found all throughout the rest of the city, but played straight with at least three of the Vigors that Booker can acquire and utilize; he first defeats a Fireman for Devil's Kiss, then a Zealot of The lady for Murder of Crows and finally must get past Slate and all of his followers in The Hall of Heroes for Shock Jockey.

* StatusInflictionAttack: The "Possession" vigor, turns enemies to the user's, a.k.a Booker's, side.

* TheStinger: Reviewers advise players to stick around after the credits. [[spoiler: We get a short scene set in Booker's office in 1893, in which he gets up and checks Anna's room; however, the scene ends right as the crib (but not Anna) comes into view. It's ''extremely'' open-ended, hence the numerous theories about it scattered across this page]].

* RealityEnsues: The game repeats the same scenario as Rapture in Columbia. The city is a miracle of technology, presenting itself as a divine haven far from the sins of the world below... [[DeliberateValuesDissonance with the same racism, imperialism, antisemitism, and xenophobia as 1912 America]]. So not only does it get used as essentially a floating WMD ([[spoiler:more than once in the BadFuture]]), but despite in theory being only open to [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASPs]] they still need labourers, hence the oppressed underclass of "negroes" and "potato eaters", and the inevitable civil war that boils over because of their treatment.
** Songbird is big, he's powerful, he lurks as a threat in the background of most of the game, he's intimately tied to the backstory of the deuteragonist, and everyone with even a passing knowledge of VideoGameTropes expects him to be fought in a big ClimaxBoss or even FinalBoss battle. But Booker, for all his tricks, is still just a single human, and Songbird is still a [[GiantFlyer giant flying]] LightningBruiser that's ImmuneToBullets, so every time they cross paths Booker barely escapes with his life, incapable of doing the slightest shred of damage to Songbird. He's only defeated by [[spoiler:a temporary HeelFaceTurn and then by dropping him at ''the bottom of the ocean'' since Songbird was not designed to withstand water pressure. Any timeline where Booker tried to fight Songbird directly quickly ended with Booker being torn to pieces]].
** The US government wasn't aware that Columbia had weapons capabilities. When the city got involved in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion Boxer Rebellion]], Congress was ''not'' happy with Comstock, and ordered him to return to the US. And when Comstock refused to return, the government declared that the entire city of Columbia had gone rogue, and cut all official ties with it. Even in the early 20th century, such a massive weapon would be a major liability to any sane government.
** After Elizabeth killed [[spoiler:Daisy Fitzroy]], the Vox Populi don't simply [[DecapitatedArmy pack up and surrender]]. Not only did the character's death fail to stop the Vox Populi's actions, but they are now even a bigger threat since [[spoiler: Daisy is no longer controlling them]].

* AWizardDidIt[=/=]HandWave: The "[[Memes/TouhouProject Forbidden Template]]" applies here.

* AWizardDidIt[=/=]HandWave: The "[[{{Memes/Touhou}} Forbidden Template]]" applies here.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Songbird. It has three settings, shown via its eyes: green for at ease, orange for on guard, and red for hostile.

* SecretTest: When Booker is about to enter the Good Time Club the {{villain}} Fink tells him over the PA system that "The best kind of interview is one where the applicant doesn't know he's being evaluated." When Booker enters the audience area he attacked by a series of opponents. After the end of the fight he learns that Fink was testing him for the job of Head of Security for Fink Enterprises.

->Ty Bradley: But I can tell they scared out of their wits by that thing they got locked upstairs. Yes, sir. They got a tiger by the tail, and they don't know whether to hang on...or run.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: '''''HEAVILY''''' on the cynical side as shown under YouCantFightFate. If you made one bad choice at one point in your life, you will ultimately be doomed to be an evil sociopath and there is nothing you can do to stop it, so you might as well kill yourself right now [[YouMonster you sick bastard]].

* {{Squick}}: In-universe example, every time you brutally murder someone with the Sky-Hook melee weapon, Elizabeth says things like, "Oh my God!" Kind of appropriate given you're tearing people's heads off.

* StatusQuoIsGod: After Elizabeth [[spoiler:is tortured by Comstock and kills multiple surgeons with a tornado]], it's easy to think she TookALevelInBadass. But once the fighting starts again, she returns to being the girl who throws health kits and salts.