History Fridge / FinalFantasyVIIRebirth

* The fact that Sephiroth shows up in the Church vision of another timeline Aerith shows that he is absolutely aware that besides Cloud, she's ''the'' primary obstacle to his goals. And it doesn't matter what she does, how she aids herself across timelines or how she attempts to hide, he will absolutely murder her every single opportunity he gets because she dares to resist his plans. So long as Sephiroth's evil exists, he will kill her, again, and again, and ''again'', effectively creating a warped meta perspective that she must die as per canon, because Sephiroth refuses to let any sort of SpannerInTheWorks slip through his fingers.

* One unfortunate Shinra trooper messes with the gravity the wrong way in the Temple of the Ancients and is sent flying into the emptiness surrounding the space. The characters treat it as a BlackComedy moment, but that man's either trapped in a looping fall around the temple until he dies of natural causes, or he just got flung off to god knows where to die in a nasty impact with either some part of the temple, or whatever counts as the limit of the strange internal reality of the area.

* The Sephiroth Clones of the original game were already creepy and [[TragicVillain tragic]] enough, but then this game goes the extra mile to showcase the AwfulTruth: ''anyone'' with Jenova cell treatments, from the Nibelheim survivors to even ex-SOLDIER, can technically be drawn to the Reunion. So long as Sephiroth can worm his way into your very soul, you can be manipulated, to the point that Broden's life was effectively over the moment he was to be used as a pawn for warning Cloud and then left to rapidly degrade into just another Sephiroth Clone in robes. Cloud just happens to be [[VillainTakesAnInterest the primary target on Sephiroth's radar.]]

* The revelation that the Black Whispers of Fate are controlled by Sephiroth in this game re-contextualizes the trio fight with the Whisper Harbinger in ''Remake''; knowing that they were based off of Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz, they're effectively a fight of Sephiroth's influence over the planet in his attempts to test and alter fate, intentionally inserting his concept of remnants into the Whispers' "pool" so to speak so he could create a suitable trial for Cloud. If those Whispers were also under his control the entire time, it also means he [[ManipulativeBastard played the cast like a fiddle]], intentionally making them think there was a bad future of fate to subvert and letting the Whispers take the blame so he can set up his TakeOverTheWorld plot on a far grander scale while simultaneously using them to course-correct the heroes to his desires.

* The revelation that the Black Whispers of Fate are controlled by Sephiroth in this game re-contextualizes the trio fight with the Whisper Harbinger in ''Remake''; knowing that they were based off of Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz, they're effectively a fight of Sephiroth's influence over the planet in his attempts to test and alter fate, intentionally inserting his concept of remnants into the Whispers' "pool" so to speak and create a suitable trial for Cloud. If those Whispers were also under his control the entire time, it also means he [[ManipulativeBastard played the cast like a fiddle]], intentionally making them think there was a bad future of fate to subvert and letting the Whispers take the blame so he can set up his TakeOverTheWorld plot on a far grander scale while simultaneously using them to course-correct the heroes to his desires.

* A scene early in the Gold Saucer has Barret balk at the Ghost Square attractions, using ghosts and special effects all over the place that's powered by Mako energy. One thing the original game didn't really figure on all that much was how only Junon and Midgar emphasized technology, alongside what was built on top of Corel, but this story emphasizes how Shinra put their grubby mits into ''everyone's'' pie, so every notable location that isn't an Avalanche-style resistance against them is taken over and decked out with semi-modern conveniences and technology -- meaning Shinra functionally made most of humanity horrifically complicit in burning out the planet's own energy and the very souls of their predecessors just to make more profit and keep people complacent. And that culminates in even the fun-time effects and sheer energy of the cheery, iconic Gold Saucer of all things rubbing it in your face of how utterly ignorant people are to all of this while Shinra encourage it for BreadAndCircuses. Barret has every single reason to be pissed as hell that ''this'' was built on top of his DoomedHometown.

* A scene early in the Gold Saucer has Barret balk at the Ghost Square attractions, using ghosts and special effects all over the place that's powered by Mako energy. One thing the original game didn't really figure on all that much was how only Junon and Midgar emphasized technology, alongside what was built on top of Corel, but this story emphasizes how Shinra put their grubby mits into ''everyone's'' pie, so every notable location that isn't an Avalanche-style resistance against them is taken over and decked out with semi-modern conveniences and technology -- meaning Shinra functionally made most of humanity horrifically complicit in burning out the planet's own energy and the very souls of their predecessors just to make more profit and keep people complacent. And that culminates in even the fun-time effects and sheer energy of the cheery, iconic Gold Saucer of all things rubbing it in your face of how utterly ignorant people are in the face of this while Shinra encourage it for BreadAndCircuses.

* In Costa del Sol, Hojo remarks to his aides and Tifa that they could help him ''Birth or create a new hero.''. While distressing on its own, the fact that he is shown to have an interest in the mutated men in blacks genetics and his wordings has implications that his process to do so literally is to put them in a tank and expect them to mate. Worse yet, Zack's Tifa is implied to still be alive and has no one to keep her from Hojo's clutches. At least that Hojo is never seen finding out about the mutations.

* A scene early in the Gold Saucer has Barret balk at the Ghost Square attractions, using ghosts and special effects all over the place that's powered by Mako energy. One thing the original game didn't really figure on all that much was how only Junon and Midgar emphasized technology, alongside what was built on top of Corel, but this story emphasizes how Shinra put their grubby mits into ''everyone's'' pie, so every notable location that isn't an Avalanche-style resistance against them is taken over and decked out with semi-modern conveniences and technology -- meaning Shinra functionally made most of humanity horrifically complicit in burning out the planet's own energy and the very souls of their predecessors just to make more profit and keep people complacent.

* A scene early in the Gold Saucer has Barret balk at the Ghost Square attractions, using ghosts and special effects all over the place that's powered by Mako energy. One thing the original game didn't really figure on all that much was how only Junon and Midgar emphasized technology, alongside what was built on top of Corel, but this story emphasizes how Midgar put their grubby mits into ''everyone's'' pie, so every notable location that isn't an Avalanche-style resistance against Shinra is taken over and decked out with semi-modern conveniences and technology -- meaning Shinra functionally made most of humanity horrifically complicit in burning out the planet's own energy and the very souls of their predecessors just to make more profit and keep people complacent.

* During the party's time in Gongaga, we learn from Barret that the ingredients Jessie mentioned for her pizza recipe are primarily used for [[LovePotion love potions]]. While meant to come across as humorous, some players may find the potential [[DateRape implications]] behind it disturbing especially considering how [[AllWomenAreLustful thirsty]] Jessie had been for Cloud at the time.
* In Costa del Sol, Hojo remarks to his aides and Tifa that they could help him ''Birth or create a new hero.''. While distressing on its own, the fact that he is shown to have an interest in the mutated men in blacks genetics and his wordings has implications that his process to do so literally is to put them in a tank and expect them to mate. Worse yet, Zack's Tifa is implied to still be alive and has no one to keep her from Hojo's clutches. At least that Hojo is never seen finding out about the mutations.

* In Costa del Sol, Hojo remarks to his aides and Tifa that they could help him ''Birth or create a new hero.''. While distressing on its own, the fact that he is shown to have Sephiroth's genetics on hand and his wordings has implications that he literally wants to use them as biological factories to create an exact clone of Sephiroth. He changes his words when capturing Aerith, also saying that he wants a living specimen so whatever experiments he is planning are not survivable, implying he no longer has a desire to create a hybrid of the two right now. Worse yet, Zack's Tifa is implied to still be alive and has no one to keep her from Hojo's clutches.

* Considering the interservice rivalry between the various units of Shinra's Public Security Forces, especially between units from different cities, the Junon garrison refusing to assist Midgar's 7th Infantry in putting down the escaped experimental fiend, Hell Rider II, can be seen as an attempted UnfriendlyFire by proxy. Let's suppose Junon's units found out that Cloud was the parade captain that got Midgar's 7th Infantry a presidential commendation. Cloud is a rogue SOLDIER, currently working with Avalanche. With the grudge from the parade and this new blackmail info, Junon's troops possibly found a way to get rid of a rival unit: leak intel to the Shinra Resistance Committee, allow the extremists in the Resistance to let Hell Rider II loose from the underwater laboratory, and force Midgar's 7th Infantry to fight the fiend alone without resupply or reinforcements. The troopers who were containing the fiend in question were down to assault rifles and shotguns, weapons that are great against human opponents, but utterly useless against bioweapons.

* In Costa del Sol, Hojo remarks to his aides and Tifa that they could help him ''Birth or create a new hero.''. While distressing on its own, the fact that he is shown to have Sephiroth's genetics on hand and his wordings has implications that he literally wants to use them as biological factories to create an exact clone of Sephiroth. He changes his words when capturing Aerith, also saying that he wants a living specimen so whatever experiments he is planning are not survivable, implying he no longer has a desire to create a hybrid of the two right now. Worse yet, Zack's Tifa is implied to still be alive and no one to keep her from Hojo's clutches.

* In Costa del Sol, Hojo remarks to his aides and Tifa that they could help him ''Birth or create a new hero.''. While distressing on its own, the fact that he is shown to have Sephiroth's genetics on hand and his wordings has implications that he literally wants to use them as biological factories to create an exact clone of Sephiroth. He changes his words when capturing Aerith, also saying that he wants a living specimen so whatever experiments he is planning are not survivable, implying he no longer has a desire to create a hybrid of the two right now.

* In Costa del Sol, Hojo remarks to his aides and Tifa that they could help him ''Birth or create a new hero.''. While distressing on its own, the fact that he is shown to have Sephiroth's genetics on hand and his wordings has implications that he literally wants to use them as biological factories to create an exact clone of Sephiroth. He changes his words when capturing Aerith, implying he no longer has a desire to create a hybrid of the two right now.

* During the party's time in Gongaga, we learn from Barret that the ingredients Jessie mentioned for her pizza recipe are primarily used for [[LovePotion love potions]]. While meant to come across as humorous, some players may find the potential [[DateRape implications]] behind it disturbing especially considering how [[AllWomenAreLustful thirsty]] Jessie had been for Cloud at the time.

* During the party's time in Gongaga, we learn from Barret that the ingredients Jessie mentioned for her pizza recipe are primarily used for [[LovePotion love potions]]. While meant to come across as humorous, some players may find the potential [[DateRape implications]] behind it disturbing especially considering how thirsty Jessie was for Cloud at the time.

* During the party's time in Gongaga, we learn from Barret that the ingredients Jessie mentioned for her pizza recipe are primarily used for [[LovePotion love potions]]. While meant to come across as humorous, some players may find the potential [[DateRape implications]] behind it disturbing.

* While the nurturing Cetra's hostility towards the Gi might seem like an OutOfCharacterMoment for them, one has to consider that they almost faced utter annihilation from an EldritchAbomination that originated outside of their home world. As such, they wouldn't be exactly welcoming of more extraterrestrials including those who might not wish them harm.