History Fridge / BioshockInfinite

* Elizabeth has been kept in a huge chamber and her every move is watched through one way mirrors. EVERY MOVE! Since she was really young.

* On the Action figure for the Boys of Silence the clothes look too small for the person, especially the pants. Given that their uniforms are all but synonymous with school uniforms it isn't much of a jump to guess that they wore those clothes for a very long time from an early age. Add in Columbia's extreme nationalism would it really be out of the question for them to be kids taken off the street? Paralleling the Handymen's former crippled nature.

* You know the BadFuture? [[spoiler:The one where Elizabeth destroys New York, and then possibly the planet? Given who Comstock is, who's to say he'd be satisfied with redeeming ''one'' universe?]]
** This isn't even speculation. [[spoiler:Elizabeth outright says in one of the recordings that millions of other universes wait once she's dealt with one.]]

* When Booker is baptised and allowed into Colombia, he's almost drowned; judging by the comments of the people in the garden outside the chapel, this is standard procedure- which raises the question of just how many people have been accidentally killed as a result.
* During Level 'The Hand of the prophet' You drop multiple Patriot pods off of a sky line to reach the top of a Zepplin. During the lighthouse scene at the beggining of the game it shows that Columbia's Flight path stays primarily inside the US, given that at least 36 hours have passed since Booker entered Columbia (Hall of Heroes and Comstock House take place at night) which gives Columbia more than enough time to get past the coast of maine and the pods were probably designed to be dropped...
[[ParanoiaFuel Where did the Motorized Patriots in the pods go?]]

* From what we saw in the first five minutes of Bioshock Infinite, Booker is traveling in a boat along with two other people to a lighthouse-like structure to (supposedly), get to Columbia in the sky. Since the first game was set in an underwater world, the opening of the two games are inverted with each other. The first game started on a plane and then goes to the ocean, where Infinite starts in the water and goes into the sky.
* Why is Columbia a flying city? Given the religious fundamentalism, it may be Comstock's attempts to create a form of 'heaven'.
** Literally stated as soon as you arrive on Columbia.

* The background material about Comstock states that he was at the battle of Wounded Knee and also use Columbia to raze Peking to the ground during the Boxer Rebellion (supposedly in retaliation for Americans being held hostage.). [[spoiler:But in the game itself, Booker never heard of anyone named Comstock at Wounded Knee. Why? Because Comstock was the name a alternate version of himself chose after accepting baptism for his sins after the battle. Which then led to the events in the story.]]
* Vigor and the Songbird sure are reminiscent of the Plasmids and Big Daddies from Bioshock one and two aren't they. That's because [[spoiler: a log entry implies that Fink's been viewing a tear to Rapture's biolabs. ]]

* [[spoiler:All the DeWitts are arranged alphabetically in order of plot importance: Anna (Elizabeth, the MacGuffinGirl), Booker (the PlayerCharacter), and Comstock (the BigBad).]]
* [[spoiler:The ending, while it seems like this would erase all Bookers, we see this isn't the case at the end (or at least seems that way). The Brilliance, however, is that Booker is killing every version of himself that went through with the baptism. All the ones that ran away from the baptism survived, thus leading to Anna and Booker together at the end.]]

** [[spoiler: It's more likely that it's based on the same vocal commands Fontaine used at the end of BS1 to shut you down, but yeah, it's all very connected.]]

** Consider, also, that gender equality (or something closer to it than the 1912 norm) might have been neccessary for other reasons entirely - there are only so many people in Columbia to begin with. There simply might not have been enough men to do all the jobs that needed doing.

* The use of religion in the game has been controversial but [[spoiler: Booker is able to save the world from Comstock only by being drowned in every universe where he's baptized. In other words, he saves the world by ''dying for our sins''.]]]
** [[spoiler:Well ''we'' haven't committed any sins, he's freeing himself of his own sins, which is the point of baptism (and kinda his quest of getting rid of a debt). However, baptism also includes the person being reborn innocently, which is what we might have literally gotten in the after-credits-scene.]]
** [[spoiler: And this time, he meant it. It was not a ticket out of guilt but a step to coping with the guilt so he can become a better father]]

** Another thing: the marks on the chalk board he's wearing? It plays into the idea at the end of constants and variables. While Booker can have a few choices during the game (who to throw the baseball at, whether or not to kill Slate) when you get right down to it it doesn't matter, because it's always going to have the same result. This explains why there's only ever one ending too, considering the original Bioshock was one of the first games to popularize moral choices that lead to a different ending back before the whole trend got used by every single game ever; in a way Infinite is deconstructing the entire concept, because when you have a developed character like Booker, it doesn't matter what choices he makes (the variables) because they will never change ''who he is'' (constants) and because of that only one ending could possibly occur. Once you get right down to it, the Lutece's are probably '''fascinated''' by that, the impossibility of a coin landing on heads every single time, no matter which of the infinite number of multiverses they decide to ask him to flip in.
* There's a brilliant bit of foreshadowing during the rowing sequence at the beginning. The "Gentleman" says the Booker "doesn't row". The "Lady" replies, "He doesn't ROW?" (the subtitles make sure you get the emphasis). The man then replied, "No, he DOESN'T row." First play through, you just figure they're weird, especially since the woman's response of "Ah, I see your point" comes across as sarcastic. Second play through, you realize that they know that in no universe do you EVER row. It's not that you can't or won't, but that you simply DON'T: it's a constant.

* During the ending when [[spoiler:the multiple Elizabeths drown Booker, they begin to vanish. However, you'll notice the Elizabeth you've been with during the game does NOT. And then the screen goes blank,]] similar to the post credits scene. This means that the [[spoiler:Elizabeth you saved from Colombia could very well still be alive and kicking in the same way Booker is, perhaps even maintaining her powers. She might just have gotten to go to Paris, after all.]]

* This may be unintentional, but think about the events in BioshockInfinite and its title. You're going through alternate realities to find out the truth of an [[EldritchAbomination]], eventually hope to prevent it from being unleashed, and end up with a GainaxEnding. [[spoiler: Sound like Marathon Infinity?]]
* Why Does Elizabeth specifically mention [[LesMiserable]] when she describes a revolution? Because a film version of it just came out when the game was released!
* Why do the Negro Workmen in battleship bay have the same model? Daisy Fitzroy said in one of her Voxophone recordings that when she was on the run from Comstock she used her race to blend in because, to the gaurds, they all looked the same.

* Why Does Elizabeth specifically mention [[LesMiserable]] when she describes a revolution? Because a film version of it just came out when the game was released!

** [[spoiler: One theory is the Columbia may have inspired Andrew Ryan to build Rapture. So once you find out the truth about Booker/Comstock, did retgoning Columbia prevent Rapture from existing, or cause Rapture to form instead? There's always a man and a city, after all.]]

* This may be unintentional, but think about the events in BioshockInfinite and its title. You're going through alternate realities to find out the truth of an [[EldritchAbomination]], eventually hope to prevent it from being unleashed, and end up with a GainaxEnding. [[spoiler: Sound like Marathon Infinity?]]

* This may be unintentional, but think about the events in BioshockInfinite compared to the events in the first two games. You're going through alternate realities to find out the truth of an [[EldritchAbomination]], eventually hope to prevent it from being unleashed, and end up with a GainaxEnding. [[spoiler: Sound like Marathon Infinity?]]

* This may be unintentional, but think about the events in BioshockInfinite compared to the events in the first two games. You're going through alternate realities to find out the truth of an [[EldritchAbombination Elizabeth]], eventually hope to prevent it from being unleashed, and end up with a GainaxEnding. [[spoiler: Sound like Marathon Infinity?]]

* This may be unintentional, but think about the events in BioshockInfinite compared to the events in the first two games. You're going through alternate realities to find out the truth of an [[EldritchAbombination Elizabeth]], eventually hope to prevent it from being unleashed, and end up with a GainaxEnding. [[spoiler: Sound like [[Marathon Marathon Infinity]]?]]

* Gear is pretty bizarre: you'll find hats that make you invincible while eating, shirts that give you more ammo from dead enemies, pants that give you ghostly allies, and shoes that give you health from melee kills. Where's the narrative justification in all this? Like everything else in Columbia, Gear is probably powered by tear energy siphoned from Elizabeth, which we know can do ''anything''.

* During the ending when [[spoiler:the multiple Elizabeths drown Booker, they begin to vanish. However, you'll notice the Elizabeth you've been with during the game does NOT. And then the screen goes blank,]] similar to the post credits scene. This means that the [[spoiler:Elizabeth you saved from Colombia could very well still be alive and kicking in the same way Booker is, perhaps even maintaining her powers. She might just have gotten to go to Paris, after all.]]

** While some of the Vox thugs actually should "dibs for the girl!" during combat, the likelihood that they could act out their threat without being spread across multiple dimensions is pretty small, considering what Elizabeth is capable of. As for what the Patriots intend to do with her, [[spoiler:well, you can see it with your own eyes near the end.]]

* During the ending when [[spoiler:the multiple Elizabeths drown Booker, they begin to vanish. However, you'll notice the Elizabeth you've been with during the game does NOT. And then the screen goes blank,]] similar to the post credits scene. This means that the [[spoiler:Elizabeth you saved from Colombia could very well still be alive and kicking in the same way Booker is. She might just have gotten to go to Paris, after all.]]

** [[spoiler: One theory is the Columbia may have inspired Andrew Ryan to build Rapture. So once you find out the truth about Booker/Comstock, did retgoning Columbia prevent Rapture from existing, or cause Rapture to form instead? There's always a man and a city, after all.]]

** [[spoiler: One theory is the Columbia may have inspired Andrew Ryan to build Rapture. So once you find out the truth about Booker/Comstock, did retgoning Columbia prevent Rapture from existing, or cause Rapture to form instead?]]

** Another thing: the marks on the chalk board he's wearing? They're not counting how many times the coin landed on heads. They're counting how many times ''Booker'' chose heads as his guess. It plays into the idea at the end of constants and variables. While Booker can have a few choices during the game (who to throw the baseball at, whether or not to kill Slate) when you get right down to it it doesn't matter, because he's ALWAYS going to be the same Booker. The one who chooses heads. This explains why there's only ever one ending too, considering the original Bioshock was one of the first games to popularize moral choices that lead to a different ending back before the whole trend got used by every single game ever; in a way Infinite is deconstructing the entire concept, because when you have a developed character like Booker, it doesn't matter what choices he makes (the variables) because they will never change ''who he is'' (constants) and because of that only one ending could possibly occur. Once you get right down to it, the Lutece's are probably '''fascinated''' by that, the impossibility of Booker always choosing heads, no matter which of the infinite number of multiverses they decide to ask him to flip in.

* You know Elizabeth in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite''? Yeah, she doesn't really care about her low cut top. After all, she's been locked away for most of her life, and probably doesn't know what all that boobage means. Heck, she probably doesn't even choose her own dresses. Songbird does that. Songbird who's patterned on an abusive husband. Songbird who Elizabeth describes going back to as a FateWorseThanDeath--[[RapeAsDrama oh sweet mercy no]].
** {{Jossed}}, thank God-that's actually another outfit she dons over the course of the game. The one she has while in captivity is perfectly modest.

* The first time you see the Lutece's faces they make you play a game of heads and tails. So far it has always come up heads, just like in RosencrantzandGuildensternAreDead. This is a brilliant reference because most of what they say falls into the genre of absurdism, they are into physics like Rosencrantz, they enjoy word-play that borders onto philosophical debates, they present to you choices that actually have no effect of the game echoing the free will vs. determinism theme in RosencrantzandGuildensternAreDead, and [[spoiler: they have been dead for the whole game]]

** Worse... we know that Columbia was situated somewhere above the Atlantic at the time Booker arrived there... [[spoiler:the Siphon exploding may have affected the entire area and the sealife living underneath... leading to the genetic horrors known as Plasmids, Big Daddies and Little Sisters.]]

** Tainted Love - Some of the lyrics could be interpreted as being about Elizabeth and Sogbird's relationship. "Sometimes I feel I've got to run away I've got to get away" "Once I ran to you now I'll run from you"

* Depending on your interpretation, Rapture only came about as a direct consequence of [[spoiler:Columbia's destruction. The plasmids. The technology enabling the city to be built underwater... could have only come about because of Columbia's technology being rediscovered or reinvented by Andrew Ryan].]]

* Depending on your interpretation, Rapture only came about as a direct consequence of Columbia's destruction. The plasmids. The technology enabling the city to be built underwater... could have only come about because of Columbia's technology being rediscovered or reinvented.

** "God Only Knows (What I'd Be Without You)". After all the time and space shenanigans, what would Booker be without Elizabeth? What would Elizabeth be without Booker? God only knows.

* Bioshock Infinite: It's implied in the full E3 Playthrough recently put out on the Xbox 360 Video Marketplace that Songbird only feels two things - rage, and the absence of it brought on by protecting Elizabeth. So, hopefully, Songbird's not exactly... inclined towards... ''that''. Unfortunately, the two warring factions are elitist snobs taken to their logical conclusion, and BombThrowingAnarchists taken to ''their'' logical conclusion. Both of whom she will be spending a lot of time around... and being attacked by. What would happen to her if Booker (i.e. you) weren't around doesn't bear thinking about.

* There's a brilliant bit of foreshadowing during the rowing sequence at the beginning. The "Gentleman" says the Booker "doesn't row". The "Lady" replies, "He doesn't ROW?" (the subtitles make sure you get the emphasis). The man then replied, "No, he DOESN'T row." First play through, you just figure they're weird, especially since the woman's response of "Ah, I see your point" comes across as sarcastic. Second play through, you realize that they know that in no universe do you EVER row. It's not that you can't or won't, but that you simply DON'T: it's a constant.

-->'''Booker:''' [[ArcWords Bring us the girl and wipe away the dept]]. That was the deal. [[LaserGuidedAmnesia The details elude me now]]. [[BlatantLies But the details wouldn't have changed a goddamn thing]].

* The first time you see the Lutece's faces they make you play a game of heads and tails. So far it has always come up heads, just like in RosencrantzandGuildensternAreDead. This is a brilliant reference because most of what they say falls into the genre of absurdism, they are into physics like Rosencrantz, they enjoy word-play that borders onto philosophical debates, they present to you choices that actually have no effect of the game echoing the free will vs. determinism theme in RosencrantzandGuildensternAreDead, and [[spoiler: they have been dead for the whole game]]