History Headscratchers / DOOM

** This troper always interpreted it as going back to Earth, and he mentioned it on the main page until it was deleted for Administrivia/{{Natter}}. Basically, [=McNeil=] said "Welcome, ''home''", not paradise, not "a better place", just ''home''. So, going back to Earth is probably the most logical conclusion. And it's not like it's impossible. [=McNeil=] disabled life support to power the teleporters, and the Doomguy in Doom 3 managed to get back from Hell, so it's possible RoE Doomguy teleported back to Mars, and then him and [=McNeil=] simply teleported back to where their ships are and left for Earth. Why id didn't [[ShowDontTell show it]], however, is [[FridgeLogic beyond me]].

*** There's an ad for gravity generators in RoE elevators.

*** Yes, the above is correct. It's hard to tell looking at the actual box, but if you look at [[http://dudelol.com/oldimgs/high-resolution-doom-cover-art.jpg a high resolution version]], you can clearly see that ab spot has been torn away. And the guy in the background has an identical uniform, and his abs are covered.

* The first part of Doom II's plot. Are we really supposed to believe that the demons were not only able to hold the entire population of Earth hostage, but that liberating one spaceport would be enough to get everyone off the planet at once? Even if the demonic invasion cut the Earth's population down to size, Earth is still pretty big, with countless places where people could be holed up. That means Doomguy would still have go all over the world to rescue all the people that are at the mercy of the demons before he could put them on a spaceship. Wouldn't it have made more sense if Doom II took place on Mars instead of Earth, given that there wouldn't be that many people living on the planet other than UAC personnel, and they'd probably all live in one city, anyway?

* The first part of Doom II's plot. Are we really supposed to believe that the demons were not only able to hold the entire population of Earth hostage, but that liberating one spaceport would be enough to get everyone off the planet at once? Even if the demonic invasion cut the Earth's population down to size, Earth is still pretty big, with countless places where people could be holed up, so you'd still have go all over the world to rescue all the people that are at the mercy of the demons. Wouldn't it have made more sense if Doom II took place on Mars instead of Earth, given that there wouldn't be that many people living on the planet other than UAC personnel, and they'd probably all live in one city, anyway?

** The original VideoGame/{{Doom}} explains this by saying that the nameless space marine stood outside the base as a sentry while all his comrades went in. Since in the original, the demons apparently have to kill you first and ''then'' make you a zombie, he wasn't affected.

** If you think about it, the Hell of Doom probably isn't the exact same Hell we're thinking of (the Abrahamic place of eternal torment for sinners). What's referred to as Hell is really another dimension of beings that have been to Earth before and seek to reclaim their long lost home from humanity, and have haunted the nightmares of man since the beginning. Of course, that's just a theory. A [[WebVideo/GameTheoryWebShow Game Theory]].

* In the movie, apart from StupidEvil, why would you test something like C-24, thats theorised to give people superhuman abilities on DEATH ROW INMATES?

* In th eoriginal Doom, what does the letter E stand for in [=E1M1=]? I'm assuming the M stands for map, making it, ? 1 Map 1.

* In th eoriginal Doom, what does the letter E stand for in E1M1? I'm assuming the M stands for map, making it, ? 1 Map 1.

** This troper always interpreted it as going back to Earth, and he mentioned it on the main page until it was deleted for Administrivia/{{Natter}}. Basically, McNeil said "Welcome, ''home''", not paradise, not "a better place", just ''home''. So, going back to Earth is probably the most logical conclusion. And it's not like it's impossible. McNeil disabled life support to power the teleporters, and the Doomguy in Doom 3 managed to get back from Hell, so it's possible RoE Doomguy teleported back to Mars, and then him and McNeil simply teleported back to where their ships are and left for Earth. Why id didn't [[ShowDontTell show it]], however, is [[FridgeLogic beyond me]].

* How come the [[BigBad Icon Of Sin]] can't create spiderdemons and cyberdemons? Ok I know the ''real'' reason but what's the in universe one? and if he didn't create them who did?

*** There's references to tongues as levers, which may have been what confused the guy saying there were two demoncock references. As to why they stopped at one... they didn't think it'd be funny again? That said, they did manage to fit in a huge pulsating vagina that the protagonists have to pass through, where they manage to make fun of religion. "Do you ever feel like you've been born again?"
*** Here's the other one, in a later section entirely. Never mind that it reads like a different version of the same one:

There's references to tongues as levers, which may have been what confused the guy saying there were two demoncock references. As to why they stopped at one... they didn't think it'd be funny again? That said, they did manage to fit in a huge pulsating vagina that the protagonists have to pass through, where they manage to make fun of religion. "Do you ever feel like you've been born again?"

It's a artifact from the art being done based on the Doom Bible. The game was planned to be set on a massive base on Tai Tanga by Tom Hall but tech limitations stopped that and id moved the bases to the moons of mars but kept the assets the Tech base Computer textures' keep the reference to the old location.

//The entire room was constructed of that black, oily, ulcerating wood. There was one object in the room, placed at dead center: a bas relief of a demonic monster more horrible, or more ridiculous, than any we'd fought. Every physical attribute of the thing was exaggerated so that it almost seemed to be a cartoon. The largest protuberance of all was its penis, sticking out at a 45-degree angle.
//"They've got to be kidding," said Arlene.//
//"I hate to bring it up, but that's probably another switch," I suggested.//
//"I've handled worse," she admitted.//

//The wall had a switch, a full-body bas relief of a cloven-hoofed alien. And it wasn't his tongue that required flicking. My face flushed. "Um, you'd better take this one, PFC Sanders//
//"And here I thought you were [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine a born lever-puller]]."//

//The entire room was constructed of that black, oily, ulcerating wood. There was one object in the room, placed at dead center: a bas relief of a demonic monster more horrible, or more ridiculous, than@@ @@any we'd fought. Every physical attribute of the thing was exaggerated so that it almost seemed to be a cartoon. The largest protuberance of all was its penis, sticking out at a 45-degree angle.

*** And on that note, if he's that {{Badass}}, adding an obvious flaw in his armor is simply to make it all the more obvious to the monsters that he's a badass.