History Fridge / ShovelKnight

* In PoS, there's something odd with the room where the Phase Locket is found. [[spoiler: All the other rooms have no enemies in the area immediately around the chest where the relics are found. The Phase Locket had three Boneclangs right before the chest. Those were guards Specter Knight had assigned to guard the Phase Locket.]]

** Not to mention, what is Polar's weapon of choice? A Snow '''Shovel'''.

** Actually, it was '''confirmed''' to be a village. One of the NPCs mentioned she "lived in her village before Spectre Knight attacked, and that she narrowly escaped it".

* I always wondered why the annoyingly difficult Spectre Knight is parted with the relatively easy King Knight until I realized the former's teamed around '''death''', Guess what happens a lot to most new players on their first tries of battle this boss, '''DEATH'''.

** It IS a CatapultNightmare. You (Shovel Knight) wake up by ''jumping''.

* The Lich Yard was a village before the Order of No Quarter was formed. The background in the first part of the stage even looks like one - with what seems to be a church or a town hall and some houses. After Specter Knight's attack, what was once a village is now a graveyard.

* It’s established throughout Plague of Shadows that Plague Knight tends to be just up ahead of Shovel Knight, and that the former’s actions affect what happens to the latter. If the same is true for the Hall of Champions, then you’ll quickly realize a disturbing possibility: The ghosts that Shovel Knight fights may be the restless spirits of the knights that Plague Knight fought, meaning they were all killed.

* The {{Stinger}} can be interpreted as [[spoiler:Shovel Knight and Shield Knight both dying in each other's arms]].

!! Fridge Logic

* Why doesn't the Black Knight just [[spoiler:''tell'' Shovel Knight that the Enchantress is a possessed Shield Knight?]]
** [[spoiler: He blames Shovel Knight for what happened to her, and doesn't want him to know because then Shovel Knight will try harder to save her, which Black Knight thinks he can't do. Maybe.]]

* When Plague Knight defeats the Enchantress, she doesn't [[spoiler:revert to Shield Knight.]] Since the game implies that Shovel Knight and Plague Knight's stories take place concurrently (even though it's technically an alternate universe), it stands to reason she decided to quit while she was ahead with Plague Knight and just give him her essence and end the fight rather then risk [[spoiler:her amulet being damaged.]] She's thus still in fighting shape for Shovel Knight's battle. (Although this does imply she's going to end up going through her own boss gauntlet as each of the playable members of the Order pick fights with her).
* Seeing as though beating the game as Plague Knight causes a ButterflyEffect in the prologue, and the fact that he gets crowned king, among other things, this means that King Knight may only get an happy ending when he becomes playable.

* When Plague Knight defeats the Enchantress, she doesn't [[spoiler:revert to Shield Knight.]] Since the game implies that Shovel Knight and Plague Knight's stories take place concurrently, with only a few possible, player controlled deviations (Plague Knight hiring Baz, him bothering to pick up the paper he finds worthless for Percy, etc.) it stands to reason she decided to quit while she was ahead with Plague Knight and just give him her essence and end the fight rather then risk [[spoiler:her amulet being damaged.]] She's thus still in fighting shape for Shovel Knight's battle. (Although this does imply she's going to end up going through her own boss gauntlet as each of the playable members of the Order pick fights with her.)

* When Plague Knight defeats the Enchantress, she doesn't [[spoiler:revert to Shield Knight.]] Since the game implies that Shovel Knight and Plague Knight's stories take place concurrently, with only a few possible, player controlled deviations (Plague Knight hiring Baz, him bothering to pick up the paper he finds worthless for Percy, etc.) it stands to reason she decided to quit while she was ahead with Plague Knight and just give him her essence and end the fight rather then risk [[spoler:her amulet being damaged.]] She's thus still in fighting shape for Shovel Knight's battle. (Although this does imply she's going to end up going through her own boss gauntlet as each of the playable members of the Order pick fights with her.)

** This does not seem to apply with ''Plague of Shadows'', until you either finish the battle or just think of it a little more: [[spoiler: She's holding back in order to not lose a valuable minion.]]
* Seeing as though having Plague Knight defeat the Enchantress instead of Shovel Knight causes a ButterflyEffect in the prologue, and the fact that he gets crowned king, among other things, this means that King Knight may only get an happy ending when he becomes playable.

* At the end of each "world", when Shovel Knight dreams about Shield Knight falling, he catches her...and then wakes up. But it's not a CatapultNightmare. ''He's used to it''. How many times has he been having the same dream since she disappeared?

[[AC:Fridge Brilliance]]

At the end of every "world", there is a Meal Ticket chest at the campfire scene, and Shovel Knight dreams of Shield Knight. Shield Knight and the Meal Ticket chest have the same red/gold palette, so of course it reminds him of her.