History Fridge / BioshockInfinite

** Interestingly, the scene still bears a striking resemblance to the opening of the original [=Bioshock=]. Booker, just like Jack, finds himself alone on a small island containing only a lighthouse, not knowing where he is or what he should be doing. The interiors of the lighthouses in both games contain artifacts alluding to the city you're about to visit. This culminates in the player finding a capsule (a bathysphere in ''Bioshock'', a rocket in ''Infinite'' which takes them on a one-way trip to the city. The parallels make become especially notable when you remember the reveal that Booker was deliberately brought to the island by the Luteces for their own ends [[spoiler: just like how Frank Fontaine deliberately set up Jack to stumble into Rapture]].

* Elizabeth talks about how she initially saw Songbird as a friend but then came to see him as her warden since he seemed to be maintaining her imprisonment. However, in ''Burial at Sea'' we also learn that his imprinting on her occurred [[spoiler: he crashed into her tower right after escaping from Fink, probably with a limited understanding of the world around him]].

** [[spoiler: Elizabeth's final words are that she can see all the doors and what's behind them, and behind one of them she sees Jack. Without her sacrifice, there would have been no universe where Ryan and Atlas were defeated.]]

* The ending of episode 1:
** We see the ending of Episode 1 from [[spoiler:Comstock's perspective. Anna's head gets cut off on his side. Now, reimagine that scene....from ''Booker's'' perspective. Whatever Comstock felt is ''nothing'' to what Booker would have felt. Remember.. "I sold you...I Sold You!"?]]

* On the [[Headscratchers/BioShockInfinite headscratchers tab]].

** [[spoiler: Elizabeth's final words are that she can see all the doors and what's behind them, and behind one of them she sees Jack. Without her sacrifice, there would have been no universe where Ryan and Atlas were defeated.]]

* The ending of episode 1:
** We see the ending of Episode 1 from [[spoiler:Comstock's perspective. Anna's head gets cut off on his side. Now, reimagine that scene....from ''Booker's'' perspective. Whatever Comstock felt is ''nothing'' to what Booker would have felt. Remember.. "I sold you...I Sold You!"?]]

* On the [[Headscratchers/BioShockInfinite headscratchers tab]].

* Seeing the origins of the bond between the Little Sisters and the Big Daddies puts their relationship in a new light. We've seen in the first two games how protective the Big Daddies can be of the Little Sisters, and to an extent this is probably psychological conditioning, but we also see that the bond between them started with an act of kindness- a pair of Little Sisters who realize that an injured Big Daddy is not a monster they need to fear but a person they can help. Being children, they are likely more open-minded than some of the adults and might see things in the Big Daddies that people like Suchong would not. It's also not unreasonable that those two girls told ''other'' Little Sisters about their experience and/or introduced them to their new friend. It's also worth noting that both the Big Daddies and Little Sisters were once regular people who were spliced against their will to serve essentially as tools (Big Daddies were originally designed to perform maintenance and construction jobs, basically as slave labor, while Little Sisters were created as a cheap means of obtaining ADAM). Maybe one of the main reasons the bond is so strong is because the Little Sisters and Big Daddies ''actually recognize each other as people,'' something that many in Rapture do not.

** Respectively: [[spoiler: There's always the hero (''Jack'', ''Subject Delta'', ''Booker Dewitt''), he always leaves Rapture with somebody in tow who's been isolated (''the little sisters'', ''Eleanor Lamb'', ''Elizabeth''), he always dies one way or another ([[AGoodWayToDie old age]], [[DiedInYourArmsTonight Big Daddy Coma]], [[DeathByDrowning drowning]]), and he always does so surrounded by his multiple (adoptive/)daughters.]]

** It's also worth noting that Elizabeth's story is strikingly similar to that of Eleanor Lamb in ''Bioshock 2''. Both were torn from their "fathers" ([[spoiler: DeWitt]]/Subject Delta]] by the BigBad (Comstock/Sofia Lamb) who becomes the center of a religious cult. Elizabeth/Eleanor are then grow up being imprisoned while their captors try to force them into a supposed "destiny" that they ultimately refuse to accept. Both develop unusual "gifts" (Eleanor learns to communicate telepathically, while Elizabeth learns to make use of tears) that they use to escape their confinement, which is accomplished with the aid of their father. Finally, the father sacrifices himself to free their respective "daughter."

** Other Name meanings: Booker - Book-maker. Comes into play when you realise how much Booker wants to re-write his own story. Dewitt - The White One. Pretty self-explanatory.

* More on the subject of Booker. Ever wonder why the Battle of Wounded Knee is called the ''Massacre'' at Wounded Knee? [[spoiler: It's implied Booker ''himself'' might be the reason why. It's revealed that Slate's soldiers gave him the ''nom de guerre'' of "The White Injun" because he collected so many grisly trophies from the dead, while Comstock's Voxaphone recordings reveal that after he was (correctly) accused of having Indian blood, he decided to prove them wrong by burning tepees down with the inhabitants (women and children) still inside. Since this took place before the point of divergence that turned Booker into Comstock, then Booker is guilty of this as well. [[TeensAreMonsters Bear in mind, that was all when he was sixteen]]]]... Furthermore, one Voxophone confirms that Booker Dewitt speaks Sioux. It's no jump to know which tribe his Indian blood comes from. Now, what tribe was at Wounded Knee? [[spoiler: Booker slaughtered his own people.]]

* More Fridge Squick for the shippers who were looking forward to a long tradition of Liz[=/=]Booker fic. You know how peaceful interaction with Liz is a lot like a very involved DatingSim? [[spoiler:Yeah, she's Booker's daughter. So yeah, if Booker was ever attracted to her {{Moe}} personality and looks? [[ParentalIncest Yep]]]]. This sheds a notably icky light on a bit of dialogue in the game, where Liz casually asks "Mr. Dewitt" if he "has a woman in his life".

* Looking back at the endings of all the [=BioShock=] games, [[spoiler: they're each narrated by someone of a different nationality. Tenenbaum is German, Eleanor is British, and Elizabeth is American. Elizabeth is the first American narrator, because she acts as a cautionary warning that America can be its own worst enemy.]]

* If you chose to spare [[spoiler: [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama the interracial couple]] in the raffle, they will show up later to reward you with some gear.]] If you chose to [[spoiler: start the execution instead, Fink's assistant shows up and rewards you, leaving the couple's]] fate uncertain.

* "Songbird. He always stops you." How many times did Elizabeth see Booker try and fail to save her younger self?

* If you chose to spare [[spoiler: [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama the interracial couple]] in the raffle, they will show up later to reward you with some gear.]] If you chose to [[spoiler: start the execution instead, Fink's assistant shows up and rewards you, leaving the couple's]] faith uncertain.
* Whatever the debate about police powers in the modern era, in 1912 they were certainly greater than they are today, sometimes (and depending on the level of local corruption) to the point of having almost no restrictions at all. So you realize that the police in Columbia are likely those who couldn't handle even the miniscule, almost cosmetic restrictions placed upon them in the America of that era. They already show their brutality on a regular basis, but this thought really brings it home.

* If you chose to spare [[spoiler: [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama the interracial couple]] in the raffle, they will show up later to reard you with some gear.]] If you chose to [[spoiler: start the execution instead, Fink's assistant shows up and rewards you, leaving the couple's]] faith uncertain.

** {{Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival}}'s "Fortunate Son." An a capella gospel version is sung by a girl during the Vox uprising. It's quite appropriate.

* Funny thing about "Bioshock Infinite", it's more-or-less "Bioshock 3". What's the Roman numeral for 3? III. And what is the title of this third installment? "Bioshock '''I'''NF'''I'''N'''I'''TE".