History Headscratchers / GrimFandango

** That's one of Hector's messengers. You see it referred to as such by Bosley in year 4. The bird is real, and planted to lure Manny into a trap.

** She's likely being sarcastic, given her SassySecretary and VitriolicBestBuds nature.

* Eva says to Manny, in a conversation they have during the first year, that she still loves him. Their romantic involvement is never brought up again. Is this an aborted arc?

* Eva says to Manny, in a conversation they have during the first year, that she still loves him. Their romantic involvement is never brought up again.

** While Manny didn't spend four entire years doing nothing but travelling there were four legs to his journey, each taking place in a different year, so the full trip did span four different calendar years.

* I have a question about Salvador; "What did he do to end up working as a reaper?" He said himself the he used to be a reaper for the D.O.D. Correct me if i' m wrong, but; don't people who work at the D.O.D are the ones who did wrongful deeds in their past lives and decided to make it up by being reapers instead of walking? As the viewer/player can possibly tell how Manny could've ended up working for the D.O.D. He's very competitive, manipulative, dangerously GenreSavvy, a thief, and quite possible more. In general, he is a LoveableRogue. Salvador seem to have some of same qualities as well as a strong sense of loyalty. But we later found out that he was qualified for a golden ticket on the number nine. Which raises more questions about him, a). how long was he with the D.O.D? b). was his crimes in life was so bad that he needed to work there?

* It is often mentioned how it takes four years to travel through the Land of the Dead by feet, and obviously Manny's adventure is divided in four years to [[RuleOfSymbolism mirror that journey]]. But doesn't the game actually last three years? One year each to go from cleaning guy to casino owner, from Rubacava to the End of the World, and from the End of the World to the Gates of Paradise. It's only four years if you consider your starting point as year 1, rather than zero. Alternatively, it might have taken Manny an entire year to go from El Marrow to Rubacava (since apparently Celso managed to walk the required 1020km, find himself a job, and had presumably been waiting his wife for a while, before Manny even arrived there), but the puzzles and overall cutscene progression don't seem to support this theory.

* It is often mentioned how it takes four years to travel through the Land of the Dead by feet, and obviously Manny's adventure is divided in four years to [[RuleOfSymbolism mirror that journey]]. But doesn't the game actually last three years? One year each to go from cleaning guy to casino owner, from Rubacava to the End of the World, and from the End of the World to the Gates of Paradise. It's only four years if you consider your starting point as year 1, rather than zero. Alternatively, it might have taken Manny an entire year to go from El Marrow to Rubacava (since apparently Celso managed to walk the required 1020km, find himself a job, and had presumably waiting his wife for a while, before Manny arrived there), but the puzzles and overall cutscene progression don't seem to support this theory.

* It is often mentioned how it takes four years to travel through the Land of the Dead by feet, and obviously Manny's adventure is divided in four years to [[RuleOfSymbolism mirror that journey]]. But doesn't the game actually last three years? One year each from El Marrow to Rubacava, from Rubacava to the End of the World, and from the End of the World to the Gates of Paradise. It's only four years if you consider your starting point as year 1, rather than zero. Alternatively, it might have taken Manny an entire year to go from El Marrow to Rubacava (since apparently Celso managed to walk the required 1020km, find himself a job, and had presumably waiting his wife for a while, before Manny arrived there), but the puzzles and overall cutscene progression don't seem to support this theory.

* It is often mentioned how it takes four years to travel through the Land of the Dead by feet, and obviously Manny's adventure is divided in four years to [[RuleOfSymbolism mirror that journey]]. But doesn't the game actually last three years? One year each from El Marrow to Rubacava, from Rubacava to the End of the World, and from the End of the World to the Gates of Paradise. It's only four years if you consider your starting point as year 1, rather than zero. Alternatively, it might have taken Manny an entire year to go from El Marrow to Rubacava (since apparently Celso managed to walk the required 1020km and find himself a job before Manny arrived there), but the puzzles and overall cutscene progression don't seem to support this theory.