History Fridge / EmesisBlue

* The three rewards Detective Morneau was given in exchange for executing three BLU Mercenaries for supposed 'treason' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor come back to haunt him throughout the movie]].

** A personal assistant: while helpful, Soldier is an extremely frustrating assistant to work with who causes more trouble than he's worth in Jacques's eyes.

* Throughout the movie, Detective Murnau is alarmingly blasé about threatening Jane Doe and/or putting him in mortal danger. Then we find out that Doe is the latest in a line of clones created to assist Murnau, and suddenly it makes sense: Murnau has no real reason to worry too much about Doe's safety, because if Doe ends up biting it he can just get another copy out of storage and continue on like nothing happened.
* It's easy to miss on first watch, but during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in "Crossroads," Murnau yells at Doe and says "I don't care what wretched battalion ''you think you come from'', you are not coming with me!". At first it just sounds like the corporal getting fed up with his assistant's inane and improbable war stories. But Doe is a clone, perhaps the most recent in a long line of them. He has even less claim to the Soldier's rank than the original did, and Murnau knows every trench story he's telling is a false memory that he's never gotten to actually experience for himself.
* The first scene has Scout recount a nightmare he had about his teeth falling out, with blood everywhere. As it turns out, [[https://www.liquidsandsolids.com/teeth-falling-out-dream-with-blood/ these sorts of dreams]] are frequently interpreted as being indicative of fear for your future, a sense of loss and losing control of your life... all of which Scout is probably feeling, having been in a work accident, losing his job and being ravaged by mental illness.
* Part of the reason Cyclops freezes to death so quickly in the cryo lab could be because of his drunkenness - alcohol intoxication [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1811578/ can mask, and even exacerbate]] the symptoms of hypothermia.
* The three rewards Detective Murnau was given in exchange for executing three BLU Mercenaries [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor come back to haunt him throughout the movie]].
** A new car: blown up by his own hands by knocking down Jane Doe's rocket launcher.
** A personal assistant: while helpful, Jane Doe is an extremely frustrating assistant to work with who causes more trouble than he's worth in Jacques's eyes.
** An earned vacation: a gunshot to the head for all the terrible things he's done.
* In the end credits, Detective Murnau is only referred to as "The Detective" even though his name had been revealed in the movie, and is in fact the only BLU mercenary not referred to by name in the credits. This may be a subtle nod to him becoming the antagonist in the final chapters of the film.
* The film that Jeremy sneaks home from Ludwig's office is a German Noir film titled ''[[Film/{{M}} M - A City Searches for a Murderer]].'' In it, the town of Berlin is embroiled in a search for a serial killer targeting children, both by law enforcement for obvious reasons, and by different figureheads of the town not just because the thought of killing children simply disgusts them, but because the increased police activity puts their own shady operations at risk, and the major tell about the murderer's identity is his penchant for whistling "In the Hall of the Mountain King". His kidnapper, preying on the youngest member of the team, proceeds to whistle "In the Hall of the Mountain King" as he holds his mother's severed head up around a corner, not just solidifying the narrative foreshadowing of this being retaliation for Jeremy's coming lawsuit against Builders League United drawing attention to the Respawn Machine and all the horrors and war crimes attached to it, but implicating Ludwig as the kidnapper on the off-chance someone could possibly hear it since Jeremy got the tape from him, and would naturally assume it'd be someone familiar with the film.
** And additionally, in the movie, the murderer is marked with the letter M at one point- similar to the Butcher branding Ludwig's face with the letter M, right before Ludwig chops off the Butcher's head. It's incredibly fitting that ''Ludwig,'' the one who had that movie in the first place, the one who's heavily, HEAVILY implied to at least be implicated with Jeremy's mother's death, is literally branded as a murderer by the one other person who could've killed Jeremy's mother.
* The Smoker (Detective Murnau) forcing Ludwig and Jane Doe to play Russian Roulette with him seemingly comes out of nowhere since he could've either shot or arrested both, but it actually benefits him regardless of the outcome:
** Outcome 1: The Smoker shoots himself. Considering how horribly burned he was after his bout with the Butcher, getting a bullet to the head would be a quick way to end the pain (which is plausible considering how he, unlike the other two, pulled the trigger without any hesitation). He had already taken his revenge on Archibald, the man who he considered responsible for his woes, so he wouldn't die with much regret.
** Outcome 2: Jane Doe shoots himself. The Smoker eliminates a major nuisance and one of the few living witnesses of what happened within the Conagher Slaughterhouse, allowing him to easily arrest Ludwig as a scapegoat and give his own version of the events. Jane's death could easily be ruled as a suicide, thanks to the bullet's angle (since he was aiming the gun at himself during the Russian Roulette) and his fingerprints on the gun (while the Smoker's would be absent since he wears gloves).
** Outcome 3: Ludwig shoots himself, which is what ends up happening. As explained above, the Smoker could easily make it seem like the Medic killed himself and frame him for Archibald's murder. Jane is left alive to testify against him, but considering that he's a mere grunt while Murnau has connections within the company, it would be unlikely anybody would believe him.
* The end credits play to an instrumental of "Silent Night". This being a horror film, it may seem strange to have a Christmas carol of all things play during the end credits, especially when the events of said film take place around Halloween, but there may actually be a good reason for it. The song we know as "Silent Night" is actually the English cover of a German song called "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht", which began as a poem written by Josephus Franciscus Mohr, an Austrian pastor. In addition to the more religious meaning behind the song, "Silent Night" is also about finding inner peace after facing chaos and turmoil. We all know Ludwig is The Medic and therefore German, but he's also [[AmbiguouslyChristian implied to be at least somewhat religious]] at least thrice throughout the film; he crosses himself, is given a cross that he proceeds to wear, and begs God to help him in his native language. In all three of these scenes, Ludwig seems to find some sense of peace via turning to Christianity in times of emotional distress. With all this, the song's lyrics, and the film's ending in mind, it's possible that the use of "Silent Night" during the credits may be the film's way of reassuring the viewer that Ludwig has indeed found peace in the afterlife, [[TogetherInDeath having been reunited with Jeremy.]]

** The damaged Respawn Machine may also be why the RED Medic found... [[AnimateDead other means]] of getting the dead back on the battlefield. He may not have just done this with the Heavy. Notice that the revived Hunter has a peg leg in the same place his leg was blown up. Perhaps the Respawn Machine is in such a decrepit state that it can't possibly assemble a body anymore (leaving them to the fate of Jeremy), so the RED Medic had to get... creative, and work out a way to re-use the deceased person's corpse. Either way, this is even less likely to end well.

* It's easy to miss on first watch, but during his TheReasonYouSuck speech in "Crossroads," Murnau yells at Doe and says "I don't care what wretched battalion ''you think you come from'', you are not coming with me!". At first it just sounds like the corporal getting fed up with his assistant's inane and improbable war stories. But Doe is a clone, perhaps the most recent in a long line of them. He has even less claim to the Soldier's rank than the original did, and Murnau knows every trench story he's telling is a false memory that he's never gotten to actually experience for himself.
* The first scene has Scout recount a nightmare he had about his teeth falling out, with blood everywhere. As it turns out, [[https://www.liquidsandsolids.com/teeth-falling-out-dream-with-blood/ these sorts of dreams]] are frequently interpreted as being indicative of fear for your future, a sense of loss and losing control of your life...all of which Scout is probably feeling, having been in a work accident, losing his job and being ravaged by mental illness.

* More so Fridge Sadness, but bear with us: Even if Jeremy hadn't been abducted, his brain was beginning to atrophy as a result of using the Respawn Machine, meaning his mother and/or Ludwig would have to watch him slowly waste away and lose himself over several years. And he's only around 23 as all this is happening, meaning the poor guy would barely make it into his thirties at best...[[YouCantFightFate So no matter what path he chooses to take, Jeremy is seemingly doomed to die horribly]].

* It's easy to miss on first watch, but during his TheReasonYouSuck speech in "Crossroads," Murnau yells at Doe and says "I don't care what wretched battalion ''you think you come from'', you are not coming with me!". At first it just sounds like the corporal getting fed up with his assistant's inane and improbable war stories. But Doe is a clone, perhaps the most recent in a long line of them. He has even less claim to the Soldier's rank than even the original did, and Murnau knows every trench story he's telling is a false memory that he's never gotten to actually experience for himself.
* The first scene has Scout recount a nightmare he had about his teeth falling out, with blood everywhere. As it turns out, [[https://www.liquidsandsolids.com/teeth-falling-out-dream-with-blood/ these sorts of dreams]] are frequently interpreted as being indicative of fear for your future, a sense of loss and losing control of your life...all of which Scout is probably feeling, having been in a work accident, losing his job and ravaged by mental illness.

** The damaged Respawn Machine may also be why the Red Medic found... [[AnimateDead other means]] of getting the dead back on the battlefield. He may not have just done this with the Heavy. Notice that the revived Hunter has a peg leg in the same place his leg was blown up. Perhaps the Respawn Machine is in such a decrepit state that it can't possibly assemble a body anymore (leaving them to the fate of Jeremy), so the RED Medic had to get... creative, and work out a way to re-use the deceased person's corpse. Either way, this is even less likely to end well.

** Outcome 1: The Smoker shoots himself. Considering how horribly burned he was after his bout with the Butcher, getting a bullet to the head would be a quick way to end the pain (which is plausible considering how he, unlike the other two, pulled the trigger without any hesitation). He had already taken his revenge on Archibald, the man who he considered responsible for woes, so he wouldn't die with much regret.

** Outcome 3: Ludwig shoots himself, which is what ends up happening. As explained above, the Smoker could easily make it seem like the medic killed himself and frame him for Archibald's murder. Jane is left alive to testify against him, but considering that he's a mere grunt while Murnau has connections within the company, it would be unlikely anybody would believe him.

* A combination of Fridge Brilliance and Fridge Horror: In real life, Diazepam has serious side effects including suddenly falling over, hallucinations, and sudden mood changes. Clearly the Mercs are suffering the first three adverse affects throughout the film, particularly the Medic, who is implied to be heavily over medicating on it. The most serious side affect? Amnesia. Blu is making the Mercs take Diazepam to [[AndIMustScream forget their time between respawns]].

** And additionally, in the movie, the murderer is marked with the letter M at one point- similar to the Butcher branding Ludwig's face with the letter M, marking him as a murderer, right before Ludwig chops off the Butcher's head.

* Blutarch insisting that there must NOT be a "respawn gap" makes sense upon remembering the Loose Canon comic. He saw the other side -- he may well have ``personally experienced`` the time dilation effect of resurrection.

* We last see the Creature chasing Doe out of the slaughterhouse...meaning there's a very real possibility that this feral, cannibalistic beast has inadvertently been set loose into the general population.

* In real life, Diazepam has serious side effects including suddenly falling over, hallucinations, and sudden mood changes. Clearly the Mercs are suffering the first three adverse affects throughout the film, particularly the Medic, who is implied to be heavily over medicating on it. The most serious side affect? Amnesia. Blu is making the Mercs take it to [[AndIMustScream forget their time between respawns]].

* The end credits play to an instrumental of "Silent Night". This being a horror film, it may seem strange to have a Christmas carol of all things play during the end credits, especially when the events of said film take place around Halloween, but there may actually be a good reason for it. The song we know as "Silent Night" is actually the English cover of a German song called "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht", which began as a poem written by Josephus Franciscus Mohr, an Austrian pastor. In addition to the more religious meaning behind the song, "Silent Night" is also about finding inner peace after facing chaos and turmoil. We all know Ludwig is The Medic and therefore German, but he's also [[AmbiguouslyChristian implied to be at least somewhat religious]] at least thrice throughout the film; he crosses himself, is given a cross that he proceeds to wear, and begs God to help him in his native language. In all three of these scenes, Ludwig seems to find some sense of peace via turning to Christianity in times of emotional distress. With all this, the song's lyrics, and the film's ending in mind, it's possible that the use of "Silent Night" during the credits may be the film's way of reassuring the viewer that [[spoiler:Ludwig has indeed found peace in the afterlife, [[TogetherInDeath having been reunited with Jeremy.]]]]

* Throughout the movie, Detective Morneau is alarmingly blasé about threatening Jane Doe and/or putting him in mortal danger. Then we find out that Doe is the latest in a line of clones created to assist Morneau, and suddenly it makes sense: Morneau has no real reason to worry too much about Doe's safety, because if Doe ends up biting it he can just get another copy out of storage and continue on like nothing happened.
* It's easy to miss on first watch, but during his TheReasonYouSuck speech in "Crossroads," Morneau yells at Doe and says "I don't care what wretched battalion ''you think you come from'', you are not coming with me!". At first it just sounds like the corporal getting fed up with his assistant's inane and improbable war stories. But Doe is a clone, perhaps the most recent in a long line of them. He has even less claim to the Soldier's rank than even the original did, and Morneau knows every trench story he's telling is a false memory that he's never gotten to actually experience for himself.

* The three rewards Detective Morneau was given in exchange for executing three BLU Mercenaries [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor come back to haunt him throughout the movie]].

* In the end credits, Detective Morneau is only referred to as "The Detective" even though his name had been revealed in the movie, and is in fact the only BLU mercenary not referred to by name in the credits. This may be a subtle nod to him becoming the antagonist in the final chapters of the film.

* The Smoker (Detective Morneau) forcing Ludwig and Jane Doe to play Russian Roulette with him seemingly comes out of nowhere since he could've either shot or arrested both, but it actually benefits him regardless of the outcome:

** Outcome 3: Ludwig shoots himself, which is what ends up happening. As explained above, the Smoker could easily make it seem like the medic killed himself and frame him for Archibald's murder. Jane is left alive to testify against him, but considering that he's a mere grunt while Morneau has connections within the company, it would be unlikely anybody would believe him.