History Fridge / TheWorldEndsWithYou

* OK, everyone seems to have blown my mind when it comes to the games' hidden epicness. But this Fridge Brilliance is different. Ever heard the song Game Over, it starts playing on either the 3rd or 4th day of Week 2. Well, the main part of that day is to help out Eiji Oji. (also known as The Prince) As the day progresses, there's news that a new ramen shop opened up. Eiji reviewed it and put it on his blog "F Everything (F for fabulous)." He's later told by the owner of the new ramen shop to state his opinion on the blog. (He never posts his real name) He tells him to "call it the best ramen shop" and other words that can be called "lies". Eiji tells him no, as he wouldn't do that, even though the owner tells him it was a good review and he never knew he wrote it. So, you're asking "where's the Fridge Brilliance?!" Listen to the song Game Over and read the lyrics. Does anything sound familiar to what happens in the game. Oh yeah, this is also the day it first is played.

* The Gatito pin sets. Nexus Ray : 2 pins. Over The Top: 3 Pins. Irregular Note: 4 pins. Holy Field: 5 pins. Darklit Planets: 6 Pins. [[RuleOfSymbolism Am I missing something here?]]

** Wow. The Composer really has something going with with rainbows, doesn't he.

** Some of Minamimoto's math references are entirely nonsensical, such as "Factoring Hectopascals" - a quirk which surely amuses him to no end, as spewing blatantly incorrect phrases and expecting no one be able call you out on them is an excellent StealthInsult. (Of course, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation some fans take this to mean that he's actually an idiot]].)
*** This troper interpreted his use of "factoring hectopascals" as him saying, "That's how ridiculous YOU are!"
*** Minamimoto's ''health levels'' are references to pi. His boss fight has 3141 HP, and [[spoiler:his Taboo form]] has 5926 HP.
*** Sometimes he makes sense. He calls Players "binomials" because they're [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial in pairs]].
** The entire fandom, for naming Joshua's levitating attack "Jesus beams". Joshua and Jesus are the same name, just in different languages.
** Joshua's death line is "Neku, how could you". You would think it's just about the fact that you screwed up and got both of you killed. [[spoiler:It's actually [[YouHaveFailedMe that you failed him]] because Neku is a key pawn in his grand plan.]]
* The zetta prefix that Sho is always using refers to 10^21... in other words, a [=SEXtillion=]. I have a funny feeling Sho is aware of this.

* Tigris Cantus has 4444 HP; that's FourIsDeath [[UpToEleven times four]]. Plus it is the Noise form of Koni'''shi''', and in Japanese "shi" is pronounced like both four and death.

* Tigris Cantus has 4444 HP; that's FourIsDeath [[UpToEleven times four]]. Plus it is the Noise form of Koni'''shi''', and in Japanese "shi" is pronounced like both four and death.
* Have you noticed that Twister does not make any sense at all, in either language of it? Of course you have. Have you also noticed that the ''Japanese'' version of the song plays first, instead of the English version in the English game? Strangely, it should be the English version that should play first, since the boss [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes numerous references to food items and other processes]]. Applying FridgeLogic, how about doing a literal translation of the English one in Google Translate? It will create this:
-->"脳陶器、主波"
-->サイコは、ハイキックを得た
-->収集を選択
-->を見せてくれあなたの最高の
-->
-->"水晶、水ぶくれ"
-->今では世界中を見る
-->サイコ杖
-->あなたはとても熱心です
-->私はキャンディの杖を必要とする
-->
-->"コールドケーキ、冷たいブレーク"
-->フリークにはハイキックを得た
-->ミスターツイスター
-->roisteringとしっとり
-->
-->それをスティック
-->それを取り上げる
-->脇ステップと世界を参照してください
-->効果は欠陥がある
-->"月（月にワン）に弓をください"
-->
-->"脳陶器、主波"
-->サイコは、ハイキックを得た
-->収集を選択
-->を見せてくれあなたの最高の
-->
-->"水晶、水ぶくれ"
-->今では世界中を見る
-->サイコ杖
-->あなたはとても熱心です
-->私はキャンディの杖を必要とする
-->
-->"コールドケーキ、冷たいブレーク"
-->フリークにはハイキックを得た
-->ミスターツイスター
-->roisteringとしっとり
-->
-->それをスティック
-->それを取り上げる
-->脇ステップと世界を参照してください
-->効果は欠陥がある
-->"月（月にワン）に弓をください"
-->
-->"朝の光、ヘアスプレークィーンズ"
-->"自分の巣に向かう途中で入手し、西"
-->"正直、彼らはかつての夢を持っていた"
-->"彼らの結束のシェルでは社会のベレス"
-->コルネット'n個のスピネット
-->"音の流れは、彼らがホームしているまで、次の"
-->夢の力でドラッグ
-->その力はまだ不明です
-->
-->"朝の光、ヘアスプレークィーンズ"
-->"自分の巣に向かう途中で入手し、西"
-->"正直、彼らはかつての夢を持っていた"
-->"彼らの結束のシェルでは社会のベレス"
-->コルネット'n個のスピネット
-->"音の流れは、彼らがホームしているまで、次の"
-->夢の力でドラッグ
-->その力はまだ不明です

* Have you noticed that Twister does not make any sense at all, in either language of it? Of course you have. Have you also noticed that the ''Japanese'' version of the song plays first, instead of the English version in the English game? Strangely, it should be the English version that should play first, since the boss [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes numerous references to food items and other processes]]. Applying FridgeLogic, how about doing a literal translation of the English one in Google Translate? It will create this ([[WikiMagic need help here; only intending to do the first verse]]):
-->脳陶器、主波"

-->を見せてくれあなたの最高の

* Have you noticed that Twister does not make any sense at all, in either language of it? Of course you have. Have you also noticed that the ''Japanese'' version of the song plays first, instead of the English version in the English game? Yes, ItMakesSenseInContext since the boss makes numerous references to food items, but what about a BilingualBonus? Applying FridgeLogic, how about doing a literal translation of the English one in Google Translate? It will literally translate to this ([[WikiMagic need help here; only intending to do the first verse]]):

** So when he calls you "Zetta sons of zeroes", he's actually calling them fu-... [[UnusualEuphemism Goodness!]]

* While he seemed to have a flair for the classic dramatic gesture of MilkingTheGiantCow, it turned out that Kitanji [[spoiler:was actually looking into his left hand to see how much time was remaining on his game timer.]]
* Tigris Cantus has 4444 HP. And well, [[FourIsDeath Four Is Death]]. Plus, it is the Noise form of Koni'''shi'''.

* Tigris Cantus has 4444 HP. And well, [[FourIsDeath Four Is Death]]. Plus, it is the Noise form of Koni'''shi'''.

* Tigris Cantus has 4444 HP. And well, [[FourIsDeath Four Is Death]].

* While he seemed to have a flair for the classic dramatic gesture of MilkingTheGiantCow, it turned out that Kitanji [[spoiler:was actually looking into his left hand to see how much time was remaining on his game timer.]]

** If you look at the Lightning Arrester pins, you will find a recurring theme: The Dragon Couture ones are named respectively Thunder Rook and Lightning Rook, the rook being the chess piece representing a tower, while the Electric Warning pin from MusRattus shows the drawing of a radio tower on it. A tall tower is the structure most likely to be hit by lightning during a storm.

** If you look at the Lightning Arrester pins, you will find a recurring theme: The Dragon Couture ones are named respectively Thunder Rook and Lightning Rook, the rook being the chess piece representing a tower, while the Electric Warning pin from MusRattus shows the drawing of a radio on it. A tall tower is the structure most likely to be hit by lightning during a storm.

* While he seemed to have a flair for the classic dramatic gesture of MilkingTheGiantCow), it turned out that Kitanji [[spoiler:was actually looking into his left hand to see how much time was remaining on his game timer.]]

* Neku is shown keeping his head down, lost in his bubble with his headphones on as he walks through the crowded Shibuya streets, the game trying to show that he should take those off and learn to see the people around him. ''Have you looked at yourself while you play this game in public?''

*** While the game shoves Scarletites in your hands merely for making it to the end of the daily mission at first, the difficulty in gaining more ramps up significantly for getting more once you exhaust the mission-related supply... so the difficulty rainbow loops back up to Scarletite in the post endgame!

* Look at the startup screen where you select "New game" or "Continue". "New game" is the Red Skull Pin and "Continue" is the black Player Pin... so if you're starting a new game, you begin as [[spoiler:a ''living person'']] by taking the red pin, and if you're continuing, you take the Player Pin because [[spoiler:you're ''already dead'' and playing the Game]]!

* {{The Other Wiki}} helped [[WallofIllusion me]] reach a {{Fridge Brilliance}} moment for {{The World Ends With You}}. The zetta prefix that Sho is always using refers to 10^21... in other words, a [=SEXtillion=]. I have a funny feeling Sho is aware of this.

* Something just occured to me about the Shibuya River, in ''{{The World Ends With You}}''. More to the point, the barrier. Upon first glance, it just looked like a jumble of barbed-wire stuff, with a red scrawl over it. It was only upon having played through the ending/certain days several times, that I realised that the 'red scrawl' was in fact the symbol of Anguis Canuts - a.k.a. [[spoiler:Megumi Kitaniji's Noise form]]. It was a rather subtle hint of who was ''really'' waiting for you, and, to a certain extent, [[spoiler:who was really in control]] all the time Neku was involved in the Reaper's Game. --KingSonnDeeDoo
** Another thing occured to [[KingSonnDeeDoo me]] recently, once again to do with the Shibuya River. One of the areas (I'm pretty sure it's either near the entrance, or the other end) is named '[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon Rubicon]]'. At first I thought it was just strangly named, until learning of the saying 'Crossing the Rubicon', which is an idiom for [[PointOfNoReturn The Point Of No Return]]. Then it suddenly made sense, because when you reach the Shibuya River and it's 'Rubicon' area, the characters are literally at 'the point of no return', in both [[PointOfNoReturn the trope]], and for themselves - [[spoiler:Neku couldn't enter the game again, and was pretty sure that he was screwed due to all his 'rule breaking', Beat was [[EverythingFades fading away]] due to his misbehaviour as a Reaper, Joshua was erased ([[NotQuiteDead or so they thought]]), Rhyme was stuck as [[TheHeartless Noise conjured by a pin]], and Shiki was was stuck as Neku's entry fee]] - so they could only keep going forward to [[spoiler:try and take down the Composer]], or go down trying.
*** Also, the Rubicon from the phrase was a river that was crossed - and that's exactly what it is in-game, too.

** One of the key points in the story was also that to befriend the fox, the Prince had to get close to him in small, daily, incremental steps in order to build the trust, and that with that trust friendship could exist... and what was the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything point of this game again?]]
* Look at the startup screen where you select New game or Continue. New game is the RED Cat pin and Continue is the BLACK Player pin... so if you're starting a new game, you select the LIVING person red pin, and if you're continuing you are ALREADY DEAD and choosing the black pin!!! ~Drakkenmensch

* Look at the startup screen where you select New game or Continue. New game is the RED Cat pin and Continue is the BLACK Player pin... so if you're starting a new game, you select the LIVING person red pin, and if you're continuing you are ALREADY DEAD and choosing the black pin!!!

* Kariya at a moment calls Joshua "The Petit Prince". A reference to the story by A. de Saint Exupery, yes? In the book, the titular prince is described as a boy who "asks lots of questions, and ignores the ones that he is asked". What is Joshua's defining trait most of the game?

*** Also, the Rubicon from the phrase was a river that was crossed - and that's exactly what it is in-game, too.

*** Also, the Rubicon from the phrase was a river that was crossed - and that's exactly what it is in-game, too.
* Mine would Be that all the Game Master in ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'' are not only named after the cardinal directions, they also go clockwise. First you face Yodai '''Higashi'''zawa (East). Next is Sho '''Minami'''moto (South). Then Mitsuki Ko'''nishi''' (West) and last Megumi '''Kita'''niji (North and while he may not be a Game Master, he is the BigBad), [[http://pmiller1.deviantart.com/art/Reaper-NESW-112558470 Heck I've even did an Art for it.]] - [[PMiller1 Paul Miller]]
** Also, they all fit "____ No Evil". From Sho being long-winded and hard to understand (Hear No Evil), Konishi's hiding in the shadows (See No Evil), to Kitaniji never Speaking of the ''real'' Game that is going on. But I never understood how Higashizawa fit in "Do No Evil," until someone named Rushikayu13 (Don't know if he is a Troper or not) told me about that he is the only one that isn't Evil per se ('''Do''' no evil), [[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/112558470/1139390551 Just read the Comment]] - [[PMiller1 The same guy for the top.]]

** Probably the most obscure and amazing of them all is in the kanji for the four gamemasters. Each of their names have one kanji who shares a major radical, or piece, with their Cantus form. (The "yo" in Yodai is 洋, which has 羊, or sheep in it. Minamimoto's "moto" is 師; lion is 獅. Tiger is 虎, and the "ko" of Konishi is 虚. Finally, Megumi Kitaniji's full name is 北虹寵, which can be rearranged to form 蛇, "snake," or [[spoiler:the kanji for dragon, 龍]].) Fridge brilliance indeed. * bows down to Square Enix