History Fridge / WelcomeToNightVale

* Why do we hear so little of [[spoiler: Strexcorp's takeover]] until episode 36? Because in episode 36, Cecil's new supervisor Daniel has a breakdown and can't exercise his usual editorial authority. [[spoiler: Until Strex shuts the entire station down to reassert control.]]

* Why does the town of Night Vale constantly deny the existence of mountains and angels, to the point of angels telling the mayor to shut up about them when she was trying to say they were real? Because the angels are fighting against the Smiling God and [=Strexcorp=], and their staging ground is the other-world mountain. They were trying to remain hidden from [=Strexcorp=] until they were ready. It... just seems to have worked a bit too well.

* In "Cassette", Cecil did a pretend version of Leonard Burton's show, opening with the sentence "Sun is actually cold, it's cold and empty and all is lost", which could be assumed to be an actual quote. Burton later used that same sentence to open [Best Of?]. Why would he do that instead of using a different sentence every time like Cecil does? Leonard Burton hates any sort of change, so he might be using the same opening sentence every show

* In episode 48 Cecil finally reveals that [=Strexcorp's=] 'volleyball nets' were in fact electric fences---the 'company picnic' is a labor camp. He also mentioned softball games and chili cook-offs---what could THESE be euphemisms for?!

** [[spoiler: Confirmed in "Triptych". Kevin was extremely similar to Cecil before Strexcorp took over his town.]] The details of what they did to him are still FridgeHorror worthy.

* If Steve Carlsberg is Cecil's brother in law, then who is Cecil's ''sister''? She's never mentioned or named, and Cecil's cassette recordings make no mention of having a sister, as he is left all alone in his house after the mirrors cause the disappearance of his mother and brother...
** Who's to say Steve Carlsberg isn't married to his brother and Janice wasn't from a previous marriage. The mother he was referring to in Cookies was the ex? Maybe he can remember Steve is his brother-in-law and Janice is his niece despite not remembering his brother.
** Steve doesn't necessarily need to have married Cecil's sibling. It would be possible for Cecil's brother to have married, had a child, vanished/died, and Steve Carlsberg married his widow.
** This gets muddied even further in ''September Monologues'' where Steve can't manage to explain exactly where Cecil fits in the family tree. Though Steve does make mentions of Cecil's sister in that episode.
** More likely, Cecil's sister just never came up. Neither did his father, so she could be a half-sister with another mother, or she could have already moved out of the house by the time he was interning. Her not being mentioned doesn't mean she hasn't been around.
** In "Voicemail," Steve's voicemail mentions that he and "Abby" want to take a vacation, just the two of them. Abby is presumably Cecil's sister.

* Why does the town of Night Vale constantly deny the existence of mountains and angels, to the point of angels telling the mayor to shut up about them when she was trying to say they were real? Because the angels are fighting against the Smiling God and Strexcorp, and their staging ground is the other-world mountain. They were trying to remain hidden from Strexcorp until they were ready. It... just seems to have worked a bit too well.
* In Episode 34, during the Computer's monologue about making the world perfect for Megan, it offhandedly mentions that "Desert Bluffs will no longer exist." At first it seems like a callback to the running gag of Night Vale residents hating Desert Bluffs for no real reason, until we find out that [[spoiler: Desert Bluffs is the headquarters of StrexCorp, this universe's manifestation of the Smiling God.]]

* In "Cassaste", Cecil did a pretend version of Leonard Burton's show, opening with the sentence "Sun is actually cold, it's cold and empty and all is lost", which could be assumed to be an actual quote. Burton later used that same sentence to open [Best Of?]. Why would he do that instead of using a different sentence every time like Cecil does? Leonard Burton hates any sort of change, so he might be using the same opening sentence every show

* In episode 48 Cecil finally reveals that Strexcorp's 'volleyball nets' were in fact electric fences---the 'company picnic' is a labor camp. He also mentioned softball games and chili cook-offs---what could THESE be euphemisms for?!

* Carlos' character page mentions that he is occasionally resistant to the phenomena that affect the rest of Night Vale, such as in ''Lazy Day''. Whatever separates Carlos from native Night Vale citizens in this regard is probably related to [[spoiler: why the old oak doors won't close if he comes back to Night Vale during Episode 49.]]

** This gets muddied even further in ''September Monologues'' where Steve can't manage to explain exactly where Cecil fits in the family tree.

* Hiram [=McDaniels=] is an 18 foot tall, 3600 hundred pounds five-headed dragon. He's introduced when he gets pulled over by a police officer and tries to pass himself off as Frank Chen while driving his stolen car. How did he even fit inside a regular sized car to begin with, or manage to drive the car without destroying the suspension?