History Fridge / Doom2016

Fridge Brilliance:

* The reveal that [[spoiler:heavenly forces are aiding the Doomguy]] could be a reference to [[spoiler:the Bible story of Samson, another reckless berserker given fantastic physical prowess by God]]. Although, oddly enough, Doomguy comes off as less of a jerk than [[spoiler:Samson]].]

Fridge horror:

** Hayden was already in his cyborg body long he'd met Olivia, and long before Olivia's Scoliosis prompted the need for her exoskeleton. Not to mention, it's mentioned in the Data Logs that while Hayden's body is long dead "his soul will live on forever" thanks to his immortal robot body. The real reason I think Olivia succumbed to demon-worship is that while Hayden has no way to feel pain anymore, Olivia's refusal of medication left her in constant agony, and that pain was the in for the demons that corrupted her.

Fridge horror:\\

After [[spoiler: defeating the guardians and claiming the Crucible, the Doom Marine is Saluted by the Spirits of several of his fallen Night Sentinel comrades before being tethered back to Mars. Given Hell's love of organic technology throughout the series, what if the biological components of the guardian golems was fashioned from the remains of Fallen Sentinels, the ORIGINAL wielders of seven energy...]]

Fridge horror:

* The reveal that [[spoiler:heavenly forces are aiding the Doomguy]] could be a reference to [[spoiler:the Bible story of Samson, another reckless berserker given fantastic physical prowess by God]]. Although, oddly enough, Doomguy comes off as less of a jerk than [[spoiler:Samson]].

* The tagline: "Fight Like Hell" has more meaning than just killing everything in sight. The Doom Marine has, through whatever means, gained the ability to harness demonic energies and runes and the strength to shatter his solid metal restraints with barely any effort. [[HeWhoFightsMonsters He fights like Hell.]] This also flows into his sheer dis-regard for any of the excuses, reasonings, or pleadings of Hayden, given the likely reason he's resisted [[TheCorruption temptation]] of Hell is by [[HeroicWillpower never bending]], never even considering having any other dealings with Hell aside from ripping and tearing everything demonic in sight. Aside from the [[KickTheDog death of his pet rabbit.]]

After [[spoiler: defeating the guardians and claiming the Crucible, the Doom Marine is Saluted by the Spirits of several of his fallen Night Sentinal comrades before being Teatgered back to Mars. Given Hells love of organic technology thoughout the series, what if the biological components of the guardian golems was fashioned from the remains of Fallen Sentinals, the ORIGIONAL wielders of seven energy...]]

* The Doom Marine's complete lack of patience when it comes to preserving Argent Energy makes sense when you realise Argent Energy is a actually a product of his homeworld that Hell invaded and absorbed them for. Having to listen to someone try and justify deliberately opening portals to Hell and risking demonic invasion just to exploit the thing that got his home destroyed, it's no wonder he keeps smashing anything associated with it.

* Why is Hell so sparsely populated in this game compared to previous Doom games? Simple: As this game takes place after a number of historical events that parallel the previous Doom games, the Doom Slayer has already thinned out the demon hordes rather significantly.

* The Demons explicitly DIDN'T back stab Betruger in Doom 3, or Olivia in this timeline/universe, despite outright VOICING their displeasure that she "allowed" the player character to be awakened. if the theory [[spoiler: that the Doom Marine/Doom slayer WAS the Traitor who caused the fall of Argent D'nur in exchange for "resurrecting" a lost loved one, they might be TERRIFIED of creating ANOTHER similar-powered Nemesis.]]

** Olivia is a cyborg as well as Hayden. But the technology back then was not as advanced as the tech that made Hayden a cyborg, and the process caused, and was still causing her, near-unbearable pain. Because Olivia was such a fanatic, she refused to take anything that would help her deal with the pain, because it would dull her focus and mental clarity. The only way she would have been able to make the pain stop normally would have been either to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life or to do the same thing that Samuel did, neither of which Olivia wanted. This situation was most likely the demons' "in" for getting their claws into her.

** Olivia is a cyborg as well as Hayden. But her cybernetic enhancements were causing her a great deal of pain, and Olivia was such a fanatic that she refused to take anything to help her deal with the pain, because it would dull her focus and mental clarity. The only way she would have been able to deal with things normally had she not been able to take it anymore would have been to either be stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of her days or to do the same thing that Samuel did, neither of which Olivia wanted. This situation was most likely the demons' "in" for getting their claws into her.

** Then again, it probably is a natural response for anybody to get mad at [[CardCarryingVillain somebody who openly admits to have been using Hell]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the "greater good" of mankind]]. [[spoiler: But if 2016 Doomguy IS the same Doomguy from Doom [=1/2/64=], then his outrage would be even more justified. [[OneManArmy He spent two whole games fighting the forces of Hell,]] with the second [[AfterTheEnd fighting on an Earth overrun by demonic hordes to save what was left of mankind]], [[SealedEvilInADuel sealed himself in Hell to keep it at bay at the end of 64]] and now [[EvilInc the UAC has become a demonic cult WORSHIPING HELL just to harvest Hell's energy?!]] That'd be the equivalent to [[WolfensteinTheNewOrder B.J. Blazkowicz waking up after a coma]] [[TheQuisling to find the United States of America was openly working for]] [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Goddamned Germany!!!]].]]

** Olivia is a cyborg as well as Hayden. But her cybernetic enhancements were causing her a great deal of pain, and Olivia was such a fanatic that she refused to take anything to help her deal with the pain, because it would dull her focus and mental clarity. The only way she would have been able to deal with things normally had she not been able to take it anymore would have been to either be stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of her days or to do the same thing that Samuel did, neither of which Olivia presumably wanted. This situation was most likely the demons' "in" for getting their claws into her.

* The Demons explicitly DIDN'T back stab Betruger in Doom 3, or Olivia in this timeline/universe, despite outright VOICING their displeasure that she "allowed" the player character to be awakened. if the theory [[spoiler: that the Doom Marine/Doom slayer WAS the Traitor who caused the fall of Argent D'nur in exchange for "resurrecting" a lost loved one, they might be TERRIFIED of creating ANOTHER Similar-powered Nemesis..]]

** To be fair, Samuel is explicitly a CYBORG, albeit arguably less human than, say, [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Motoko Kusanagi]]. while a good chunk of his brain IS Cybernetic, his Brain, with at LEAST his Temporal and Frontal Lobes "intact" (likely meaning with no surgical or cybernetic modifications)WERE transplanted into his new body, with his other functions enhanced by his new body's "Plasmatronic" Processing Core-which is Powered by an Argent Energy Storage Device. though at least he could have sprung for a more natural voice synthesizer...

* The Demons explicitly DIDN'T back stab Betruger in Doom 3, or Olivia in this timeline/universe, dispite outright VOICING their displeasure that she "allowed" the player character to be awakened. if the theory [[spoiler: that the Doom Marine/Doom slayer WAS the Trator who caused the fall of Argent D'nur in exchange for "resurrecting" a lost loved one, they might be TERRIFIED of creating ANOTHER Similar-powered Nemesis..]]

** To be fair, Samuel is explicitly a CYBORG, albeit arguably less human then Motoko Kusanagi. while a good chunk of his brain IS Cybernetic, his Brain, with at LEAST his Temporal and Frontal Lobes "intact" (likely meaning with no surgical or cybernetic modifications)WERE transplanted into his new body, with his other functions enhanced by his new body's "Plasmatronic" Processing Core-which is Powered by an Argent Energy Storage Device. though at least he could have sprung for a more natural voice synthesizer...

* The reveal that [[spoiler:heavenly forces are aiding the Doomguy]] could be a reference to [[spoiler:the Bible story of Samson, another reckless berserker given fantastic physical prowess by God]]. Although, oddly enough, Doomguy comes off as less of a jerk than [[spoiler:Samson]].

** To be fair, Samuel is explicitly a CYBORG, albeit arguably less human then Motoko Kusanagi. while a good chunk of his brain IS Cybernetic, his Brain, with at LEAST his Temporal and Frontal Lobes "intact" (likely meaning with no surgical or cybernetic modifications)WERE transplanted into his new body, with his other functions enhanced by his new body's "Plasmatronic" Processing Core-which is Powered by an Argent Energy Storage Device. though at least he could have sprung for a more natural voice synthesizer...

** To be fair, Samuel is explicitly a CYBORG, albeit arguably less human then Motoko Kusanagi. while a good chunk of his brain IS Cybernetic, his Brain, with at LEAST his Temporal and Frontal Lobes "intact" (likely meaning with no surgical or cybernetic modifications)WERE transplanted into his new body, with his other functions enhanced by his new body's "Plasmatronic" Processing Core. though at least he could have sprung for a more natural voice synthesizer...

** To be fair, Samuel is explicitly a CYBORG, albeit arguably less human then Motoko Kusanagi. while a good chunk of his brain IS Cybernetic, his Temporal and Frontal Lobes WERE transplanted into his new body, with his other functions being provided by (and enhanced) by his new body's "Plasmatronic" Circuitry. though at least he could have sprung for a more natural voice synthesizer...

* One wonders how Olivia Pierce eventually was corrupted whereas Samuel Hayden was able to resist, to the point of calling Olivia weak willed. Then we realize that there is one thing that Olivia has that Hayden no longer does, a soul. Think about it, flesh and blood Hayden died quite some time ago, the new robot Hayden, while a perfect copy of his brain patterns and strong (comparatively) moral center, is not a living entity, therefore he was unable to be corrupted by the use of Argent energy or by the whispers of demons.

** Then again, it probably is a natural response for anybody to get mad at [[CardCarryingVillain somebody who openly admits to have been using Hell]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the "greater good" of mankind]]. [[spoiler: But if 2016 Doomguy IS the same Doomguy from Doom 1/Doom 2, then his outrage would be even more justified. [[OneManArmy He spent two whole games fighting the forces of Hell,]] with the second [[AfterTheEnd fighting on an Earth overrun by demonic hordes to save what was left of mankind]], and now [[EvilInc the UAC has become a demonic cult WORSHIPING HELL just to harvest Hell's energy?!]] That'd be the equivalent to [[WolfensteinTheNewOrder B.J. Blazkowicz waking up after a coma]] [[TheQuisling to find the United States of America was openly working for]] [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Goddamned Germany!!!]].]]

* One wonders how Olivia Pierce eventually was corrupted whereas Samuel Hayden was able to resist, to the point of calling Olivia weak willed. Then we realize that there is one thing that Olivia has that Hayden no longer does, a soul. Think about it, flesh and blood Hayden died quite some time ago, the new robot Hayden, while a perfect copy of his brain patters, is not a living entity, therefore he was unable to be corrupted by the use of Argent energy or by the whispers of demons.

* One wonders how Olivia Pierce eventually was corrupted whereas Samuel Hayden was able to resist, to the [point of calling Olivia weak willed. Then we realize that there is one thing that Olivia has that Hayden no longer does, a soul. Think about it, flesh and blood Hayden died quite some time ago, the new robot Hayden, while a perfect copy of his brain patters, is not a living entity, therefore he was unable to be corrupted by the use of Argent energy or by the whispers of demons.

** Then again, it probably is a natural response for anybody to get mad at [[CardCarryingVillain somebody who openly admits to have been using Hell]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the "greater good" of mankind]]. [[spoiler: But if 2016 Doomguy IS the same Doomguy from Doom 1/Doom 2, then his outrage would be even more justified. [[OneManArmy He spent two whole games fighting the forces of Hell,]] with the second [[AfterTheEnd fighting on an Earth overrun by demonic hordes to save what was left of mankind]], and now [[EvilInc the UAC has become a demonic cult WORSHIPING HELL just to harvest Hell's energy?!]] That'd be the equivalent to [[WolfensteinTheNewOrder B.J. Blazkowicz waking up after a coma]] [[TheQuisling to find the United States of America was openly working for]] [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Goddamned Germany!!!]].]]

** Then again, it probably is a natural response for anybody to get mad at [[CardCarryingVillain somebody who openly admits to have been using Hell]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the "greater good" of mankind]]. [[spoiler: But if 2016 Doomguy IS the same Doomguy from Doom 1/Doom 2, then his outrage would be even more justified. [[OneManArmy He spent two whole games fighting the forces of Hell,]] with the second [[AfterTheEnd fighting on an Earth overrun by demonic hordes to save what was left of mankind]], and now [[EvilIncorporated the UAC has become a demonic cult WORSHIPING HELL just to harvest Hell's energy?!]] That'd be the equivalent to [[WolfensteinTheNewOrder B.J. Blazkowicz waking up after a coma]] [[TheQuisling to find the United States of America was openly working for]] [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Goddamned Germany!!!]].]]

* The Doom Marine's moments of compassion/ petting the dog are yet ANOTHER callback to the classic games. Given that the Reason for (classic Doomguy) being reassigned to Phobos was Breaking every bone in the body of/quite possibally killing the "Superior" Officer who ordered him to open fire on unarmed civilians, The Doom Marine silently Staring at the body of a Horrifically mutilated Worker/Researcher During the administrators speech may be a leadin for a future expansion/DLC [[spoiler:or may be another subtle hint that he MIGHT be the same person]]

* The Doom Marine's moments of compassion/ petting the dog are yet ANOTHER callback to the classic games-
Given that the Reason for (classic Doomguy) being Reasighnedtoantartica to Phobos was Breaking every bone in the body of/quite possibally killing the "Superior" Officer who ordered him to open fire on unarmed civilians, The Doom Marine silently Staring at the body of a Horrifically mutilated Worker/Researcher During the administrators speech may be a leadin for a future expansion/DLC [[spoiler:or may be another subtle hint that he MIGHT be the same person]]