History Fridge / Psychonauts2

** The various dealers in Hollis' Hot Streak see Raz as a lollipop, both [[StealthPun a literal sucker to fleece of his money]], and a reference to how doctor's offices often give kids lollipops after a visit.

** When it comes to Gristol's mind, there are two combat sections--the first is just versus Censors and a few Doubts, which makes sense for Gristol to attack Raz with. The second, though, has all the enemies in the game, which doesn't fit Gristol's personality... until you remember it happens in an area resembling an angry mob. This is Gristol's ''memory'' of a near-death experience as a child, i.e. being attacked by angry civilians before Maligula saved him (which can be seen in one of Gristol's Memory Vaults), so of course it's a source of panic, regret, and enabling justifications. He's weaponizing his own trauma against Raz.

** The various dealers in Hollis' Hot Streak see Raz as a lollipop, a literal sucker to fleece of his money.

** Also, the tags for that baggage are all found in the earlier sections of the level which represent the happy memories she made with her family, symbolizing how the love and support of her family can help her move on.

** Also, given that just ONE of the the Psychic Seven is a PersonofMassDestruction, most probably figure that it isn't wise to [[BullyingADragon discriminate against a pair that could potentially do just as much damage, if not more]].

* Ford's mind was shattered everywhere... except in one place - his private sanctuary in Whispering Rock near the Psitanium Motherlode. If it could bring all of his personalities together back to sane Ford, there's every possibility it would also bring all his memories back too. Every time he had to return to his hidden HQ, he was forced to remember and relive the battle against his own loved one and the fate he subjected her, Augustus and himself to, knowing it would all slip away again seconds after he left. The years where he was leading Sasha and Milla from the shadows must have been ''hell'' for him mentally.

** Donatella sees Raz as a baby. No matter how old he gets, he will always be her baby boy.

** It's also a good sort of DarkReprise of the actual ride it's based on. "It's a Small World" may be annoying, kitschy, and oversimplified but it's still about keeping an open mind and being empathetic. This version shows what such a concept would look like from someone with a total LackOfEmpathy.

* The "Nick the Mailman" statue inside the final mind is solid gold, but it's hidden underneath a common plaster bust of Truman Zanotto. Given Gristol is puppeting Truman's body around at this time, it's FiveSecondForeshadowing of who TheMole is, and ''also'' a clue as to Gristol's ''massive'' narcissism - the exiled, nearly forgotten prince of a small European country is, in Gristol's own mind, clearly worth far, far more than the leader of the internationally (mostly) applauded team of psychic agents that have repeatedly saved the world. However, the fact that it's surprisingly easily shattered (Lili only kicked the ''podium'' it was on, not the statue itself, '''and''' while Lili is quoting her father calling Nick an ''[[YesMan "obsequious little lickspittle"]]'' for that matter) is actually very fitting; gold is not only a very soft metal, but this detail also shows just how fragile Nick's ego really is.

* In relation to the other FridgeBrilliance PoliticallyCorrectHistory post regarding Helmut and Bob being a gay couple during the game's implied 1970s to 1990s time period, it also provides another aspect as to why Hollis Forsythe didn't just report her superior for stealing her work at the hospital before she joined the Psychonauts; not only was she psychic, but she was also a black woman, [[TruthinTelevision two aspects that would have been stacked against her credibility given the time period,]] and being outed as a [[FantasticRacism psychic would have just been another burden on top of that]]. No wonder she would have resorted to more indirect methods to fix her problems, and no wonder only a psychic (Truman Zanotto) would have been willing to recognize her potential outside of society's values and barriers.
** Then again, given the AmazingTechnicolorPopulation in this world, prejudices here might not be the same as in our world. (We know it's literally accurate, since Loboto is referred to as blue.) That being said, one of the images in Hollis' second memory vault implies that race may have been a factor in either Dr. Potts confidence in plagiarising his assistant’s work, or Hollis' attempt to rewrite his personality.

** Milla no longer sees Raz as a baby to be protected but instead a fun-loving young man from the 70s, acknowledging Raz can handle himself.

*** Considering Truman's age (at least in his 40's, you get to run the Psychonauts without experience) it's more likely that Bob's sibling was older than him and had already moved out when the memories took place.
* Why has seemingly no one tried to go through Compton's mind to help him before Raz? Ford's elaborated on above, Cassie and Bob were intentionally isolating themselves (the former actively driving people away from the forest by playing into the Green Needle Witch myth), but what about Compton, who's apparently still part of the Psychonauts? Admittedly, his social anxiety and insecurity would probably keep him from seeking help from another person, and him spending most of his time in the psychoisolation chamber would make it harder to go to him to help (not to mention that when Raz 'does' go into his mind, Compton's in a state where he'd most want help and be least able to consciously resist it...which sounds pretty bad when phrased like that), but still.

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* In relation to the other FridgeBrilliance PoliticallyCorrectHistory post regarding Helmut and Bob being a gay couple during the game's implied 1970s to 1990s time period, it also provides another aspect as to why Hollis Forsythe didn't just report her superior for stealing her work at the hospital before she joined the Psychonauts; not only was she psychic, but she was also a black woman, [[TruthinTelevision two aspects that would have been stacked against her credibility given the time period,]] and being outed as a [[FantasticRacism psychic would have just been another burden on top of that.]] No wonder she would have resorted to more indirect methods to fix her problems, and no wonder only a psychic (Truman Zanotto) would have been willing to recognize her potential outside of society's values and barriers.
** Then again, given the AmazingTechnicolorPopulation in this world, prejudices here might not be the same as in our world. (We know it's literally accurate, since Loboto is referred to as blue.) That being said, one of the images in Hollis’ second memory vault implies that race may have been a factor in either Dr. Potts confidence in plagiarising his assistant’s work, or Hollis’ attempt to rewrite his personality.

** Also, given that just ONE of the the Psychic Seven is a PersonofMassDestruction, most probably figure that it isn't wise to [[BullyingADragon discriminate against a pair that could potentially do just as much damage, if not more.]]

*** The Die-brarian isn't inherently a bad entity, but is part of [[SplitPersonality a system]] that has decided only she can keep Cassie O'Pia safe [[WellIntentionedExtremist and locked up the others on the belief that she is the 'real' Cassie]]. The other three members of the system help Raz by providing unique artifacts he can use to stun her with, and using the stun moments to jump in; once she comes to her senses, the Librarian realizes she is an equal to the other personalities, and that they are all 'Cassie.'

** Compton's mind has a lot of combat sections, against Censors, Doubts, Regrets and the debut of Judges. But one enemy type from the earlier levels is conspicuously absent: Bad Ideas. This shows that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Compton isn't nearly as incompetent as he thinks he is.]]

** Regrets are the most common enemy in all three of Ford's mental worlds, for [[MyGreatestFailure obvious reasons.]] Doubts are also common, but there's a single Panic Attack that only appears in Mailroom Ford's mind. From a gameplay standpoint this is because you need to beat Helmut's mind, which introduced them and gave you their weakness, to access this personality, but its placement makes sense from a story standpoint: Cruller's Correspondence represents the moment Ford realized Lucy was JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, and hears Maligula tell him [[ThatManIsDead Lucy is gone]]. It's not hard to believe he might have had a panic attack or breakdown at the time.
** Cassie's Collection features every enemy so far except Judges and Panic Attacks. Cassie likes to keep everything in order and feel in control of her mind, and among the Psychic Six, she [[StepfordSmiler acts the most calm in spite of her issues.]] She doesn't have Judges, because her Enablers imply she has the ''opposite'' of Compton's problem: she's so used to praise from both her colleagues and the public that she uses their validation to convince herself she's doing the right thing.

* The name "Fatherland Follies" for Gristol's mental world is fitting for multiple reasons. Aside from his obvious delusions about his homeland, it's also set inside the body of Lili's father (and initially assumed to be his mind), making it a literal "Father Land", while Gristol himself has major daddy issues.

* Mixed with a funny moment, but Gristol's mind being so straightforward makes a lot of sense, given just how shallow his reasoning for his actions really are and how single-minded he is about achieving his goal. [[SpoiledBrat Being a spoiled, bratty,]] [[RoyalBrat former Grulovian Noble]] lacking any capacity [[ItsAllAboutMe for self-reflection or humility]] and [[PsychopathicManchild being utterly willing to do whatever it took to get his throne back,]] it's no wonder that his mind would reflect this lack of depth.

* Why does Gristol have so much control over his mind if he himself has no psychic ability whatsoever? Well consider that the existence of psychics is a very well known, common and accepted fact to the point there's even technology specifically designed to discover psychics in high security areas. In a world like that, leadership figures would be idiots to not get at least a remedial crash course in mental self-defense to keep from getting brainjacked by unscrupulous or criminal psychics, or to at least mentally hold the line until bodyguards or friendly psychics deal with the intruder. As the son of an (unpopular) leader of a country, it's likely he received lessons in how to counter psychic invasions in his own mind. Heck, it might have even been pre-Maligula Lucy who taught him as an ally of the Maliks[[note]]the same woman who just came from the Psychic Six, who were experimenting with previously-unknown psychic mechanics and knows more on the subject than most at this time[[/note]], which would go a long way to explaining how easily he captures Raz; he wasn't just taught mental defense, he could have been taught it by one of the seven strongest psychics in the world.

* Throughout all of the games, Raz is constantly being attacked by the Hand of Galochio. While at first it's framed as a curse placed upon their family by the hydrokinetic psychic Maligula, the reveal that Maligula was Raz's great-aunt (having been planted into his family by Ford as his grandmother) also reveals that the "curse" is actually just Raz's psychic powers acting upon his belief in that curse. In hindsight, this means that his relation to Maligula was foreshadowed ''since the first game'', as whether he knew it or not, he was performing [[MakingASplash Maligula's signature psychic power]].

* Loboto is '''Grulovian'''. Gristol knew who he was and forced him to be his agent, and he's kept in line by the threat of Maligula, and most tellingly he was given a lobotomy when his parents found out he was psychic -- remember why and how an anti-psychic bias developed in Grulovians.

** Keep in mind that the game is supposed to take place around the 90s, and it takes time to analyze evidence - and that, as immature as he is, Gristol is genuinely intelligent and cautious, so he would have taken care to avoid leaving evidence he was the postmaster, especially after his scheme was in operation. The only reason anyone even knew about the casino was his true body being found early, and given how the game takes place over a couple days while Gristol is in a perfect spot to subtly interfere, it's likely they didn't have time to notice and analyze the subtler evidence.

** Many of the agents in the Motherlobe already accept Raz as part of the organization and as such, already see him as a young secret agent: trenchcoat, suitcase, and all.

* "Ford's Follicles" doesn't really make sense as a part of Ford's memories. It mostly serves as exposition, explaining the Deluge of Grulovia with a T-rated re-telling that uses lice as a stand in for in for human lives. Later we learn, the actual Deluge was an accident. Ford has actively tried to empathize with Lucy, constructing a situation that would justify an intentional act of mass murder, reducing "peaceful protesters" to parasitic lice. He still can't approve of the action, and even though it was an accident, Ford doesn't know that. The mindscape isn't a memory, but how Ford processed somebody he loved doing something unapologetically evil.