History Headscratchers / Klonoa

* Why does Lolo demand that Leorina "give the Element [of Discord] back" when Lolo [[spoiler:never had it to begin with]]? Even if Leorina were willing to part with it, [[spoiler:she rang the Bell herself and obtained it first, so she wouldn't be giving it "back" to Lolo]]. To be clear, I'm not asking why Lolo demands the Element from her; it's just the specific wording she used which doesn't make sense.
!!''Klonoa Heroes: The Legendary Star Medal''
* When confronting Janga in Volk's factory, Guntz is shocked to learn that his bronze hero medal, a memento from his father, Butz, used to be ''gold'', two ranks up, in said father's possession. If Guntz didn't know Butz's medal rank, then how did he know Butz ''had'' a medal in the first place, let alone inherit it?
* Janga poisoning Klonoa during the cutscene following the former's boss fight is treated as a dramatic plot point, as Guntz and Pango spend the following level trying to get Klonoa to the Lunar Base's medical wing to get him an antidote. Yet Janga is also able to poison Klonoa ''during'' the boss fight as well, and ''that'' can be cured using vegetable juice or an inn (or prevented altogether using a Claire Crystal), like with other poisons in the game. GameplayAndStorySegregation and PlotlineDeath aside, why didn't Guntz and Pango consider using any of the aforementioned healing methods on Klonoa before trying to take him to the medical wing?

* Why does Lolo demand that Leorina "give the Element [of Discord] back" when Lolo [[spoiler:never had it to begin with]]? Even if Leorina were willing to part with it, [[spoiler:she rang the Bell herself and obtained it first, so she wouldn't be giving it "back" to Lolo]].

* When Leorina [[spoiler:uses the four Elements to reveal the bell inside the statue of Claire the Ancient]], it's referred to as the Fifth Bell. But later, [[spoiler:the King of Sorrow says he revealed the Fifth Bell by using the ark to lift the veil]], which suggests he's talking about the bell in Hyuponia that [[spoiler:Klonoa rings at the end of the game]]. It makes more sense that this would be the Fifth Bell, since it's the one that's actually in the fifth Kingdom and contains the fifth Element. But then, what was that other "Fifth Bell" all about?

* When Leorina [[spoiler:uses the four Elements to reveal the bell inside the statue of Claire the Ancient]], it's referred to as the Fifth Bell. But later, [[spoiler:the King of Sorrow]] says he revealed the Fifth Bell by using the ark to lift the veil, which suggests he's talking about the bell in Hyuponia that [[spoiler:Klonoa rings at the end of the game]]. It makes more sense that this would be the Fifth Bell, since it's the one that's actually in the fifth Kingdom and contains the fifth Element. But then, what was that other "Fifth Bell" all about?

* When Leorina [[spoiler:uses the four Elements to reveal the bell inside the Goddess Claire statue]], it's referred to as the Fifth Bell. But later, [[spoiler:the King of Sorrow]] says he revealed the Fifth Bell by using the ark to lift the veil, which suggests he's talking about the bell in Hyuponia that [[spoiler:Klonoa rings at the end of the game]]. It makes more sense that this would be the Fifth Bell, since it's the one that's actually in the fifth Kingdom and contains the fifth Element. But then, what was that other "Fifth Bell" all about?

** That depends on the nature of the portal Klonoa walked through at the end of the game. Even before he departs, you can see the same rippling effect on the ground beneath his feet. So unless the portal only appeared because Klonoa wanted it to[[note:Which seems unlikely, as someone with the ability to travel between dimensions at will probably wouldn't have been anywhere near as scared as Klonoa was at the end of the first game]], it probably wouldn't be a simple matter of walking away from the portal.

* Why is it called "The Ark Revisited" if it takes place inside a different ark? It's of similar design and uses the same type of engines, but it's clearly a different ark because Ishra's Ark doesn't fly. (Not to mention there's a cutscene where they're both shown at once.)

* There's the part where you have to shut down the 2 generators of Volk. You have the choice of going to the one in Volk City or the Underground Factory first. If you choose to do Underground Factory first it's straight back to Volk Hall with the fight with the guard bot where after the fight Leorina shows up and reveals the rectors were decoys and the real one is ready to blow in the city. Sounds simple? Well no: If you choose Volk City's reactor first you are then required to do Underground Factory next and then it's Volk Hall's boss. The outcome is the exact same. HOW!? The reactor thats about blow in Volk City is the exact same one in the city if you chose to shut off first. How did it suddenly turn on again? Also how could both reactors be decoys if one is the exact same in the exact same place that you shut off? Why didn't the developers just make it so you have to go to Underground Factory first? Then the whole decoy thing would make 10x more sense!

* When confronting Janga in Volk's factory, Guntz is shocked to learn that his bronze hero medal, a memento from his father, Butz, used to be ''gold'', two ranks up, in said father's possession. If Guntz didn't know Butz's medal rank, then how did he know Butz ''had'' a medal in the first place?

* Janga poisoning Klonoa during the cutscene following the former's boss fight is treated as a dramatic plot point, as Guntz and Pango spend the following level trying to get Klonoa to the Lunar Base's medical wing to get him an antidote. Yet Janga is also able to poison Klonoa '''during''' the boss fight as well, and ''that'' can be cured using vegetable juice or an inn (or prevented altogether using a Claire Crystal), like with other poisons in the game. GameplayAndStorySegregation and PlotlineDeath aside, why didn't Guntz and Pango consider using any of the aforementioned healing methods on Klonoa before trying to take him to the medical wing?

!!Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

!!Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil

!!Klonoa Heroes: The Legendary Star Medal

!Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

!Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil

!Klonoa Heroes: The Legendary Star Medal

* In Lunatea's Veil there's the part where you have to shut down the 2 generators of Volk. You have the choice of going to the one in Volk City or the Underground Factory first. If you choose to do Underground Factory first it's straight back to Volk Hall with the fight with the guard bot where after the fight Leorina shows up and reveals the rectors were decoys and the real one is ready to blow in the city. Sounds simple? Well no: If you choose Volk City's reactor first you are then required to do Underground Factory next and then it's Volk Hall's boss. The outcome is the exact same. HOW!? The reactor thats about blow in Volk City is the exact same one in the city if you chose to shut off first. How did it suddenly turn on again? Also how could both reactors be decoys if one is the exact same in the exact same place that you shut off? Why didn't the developers just make it so you have to go to Underground Factory first? Then the whole decoy thing would make 10x more sense!

** If Huepow created all of Klonoa's memories, doesn't that means that Klonoa's friendship was fake all along? He literally made Klonoa believe they were great friends, after all.

** I'm personally more concerned with Klonoa's OTHER supposed relationships. Did he not actually have a close relationship with Grandpa? Was Grandpa in on it? Did Grandpa even exist? What about the fact that all the people from that same area looked to be the same species as Klonoa? Was that all made up, or do the same species just happen to live there too? Really the only two answers are either that everyone Klonoa thought he knew were in on some grand conspiracy, or they didn't even exist.
*** Well, Grandpa ''died'' as a result of the plot, so he had to have been ''pretty'' dedicated to whatever cause he would have belonged to. Either that, or they just weren't expecting Joka to go so far as to kill someone. It does seem a little odd, though, especially considering that Huepow still wanted Klonoa to finish his duty, even though he new exactly how big of a toll that it was taking on the guy. Perhaps, if everyone in Phantomile ''was'' in on some sort of plan, no one really realized how nice of a person Klonoa actually was, and just how much his life sucked in retrospect, until the very end, after everything had been said and done and they had all gotten to know him. But in spite of all that, they still had to let Klonoa be taken out of Phantomile for it to be saved. So, though the "plan" would have worked and everyone ''would'' have wanted Klonoa back in Phantomile, doing such a thing would ruin everything they worked for... or maybe you're right, and everything was just a dream, or something.
* In the first game, it's explicitly stated in the end that Klonoa cannot stay in Phantomile because of the Song of Rebirth, but there's no such thing in ''Lunatea's Veil''. And no one seemed to have the slightest problem with having him around. Which is to say, Klonoa could have stayed in Lunatea and finally had a real life, with friends and no repercussions whatsoever... So why ''didn't'' he? Geez, when is that third installment gonna happen?
** In the final cutscene, Lolo alludes to why, when she says that "this isn't your home, is it?" It's implied that Klonoa ''does'' in fact live somewhere, and yet he's forced to travel between worlds, and leave them despite any connections he may have made. Also if you consider the perspective of "Klonoa as the player character" then it makes sense that despite staying would lead to a happy ending, you have to close the game eventually. Sorta like what Undertale muses on, really.

* In ''Door to Phantomile'', if [[spoiler:Phantomile is not Klonoa's home]], why do all the residents of the wind village resemble his species? Did there just so happen to be another population of Klonoa's species in that world when it needed Klonoa? Is [[spoiler:Huepow]] or someone else casting some sort of illusion that causes Klonoa to see the residents of the wind village as his own species so he doesn't ask questions?
* In ''Klonoa Heroes'', Janga poisoning Klonoa during the cutscene following the former's boss fight is treated as a dramatic plot point, as Guntz and Pango spend the following level trying to get Klonoa to the Lunar Base's medical wing to get him an antidote. Yet Janga is also able to poison Klonoa '''during''' the boss fight as well, and ''that'' can be cured using vegetable juice or an inn (or prevented altogether using a Claire Crystal), like with other poisons in the game. GameplayAndStorySegregation and PlotlineDeath aside, why didn't Guntz and Pango consider using any of the aforementioned healing methods on Klonoa before trying to take him to the medical wing?

* In ''Door to Phantomile'', if [[spoiler:Phantomile is not Klonoa's home]], why do all the residents of the wind village resemble his species? Did there just so happen to be another population of Klonoa's species in that world when it needed Klonoa? Is [[spoiler:Huepow]] or someone else casting some sort of illusion that causes Klonoa to see the residents of the wind village as his own species so he doesn't ask questions?

* Another question about Joka: Does he have a CheshireCatGrin with red teeth, or a JaggedMouth with red facepaint over it?

* In Lunatea's Veil there's the part where you have to shut down the 2 generators of Volk. You have the choice of going to the one in Volk City or the Underground Factory first. If you choose to do Underground Factory first it's straight back to Volk Hall with the fight with the guard bot where after the fight Leorina shows up and reveals the rectors were decoys and the real one is ready to blow in the city. Sounds simple? Well no: If you choose Volk City's reactor first you are then required to do Underground Factory next and then it's Volk Hall's boss. The outcome is the exact same. HOW!? The reactor thats about blow in Volk City is the exact same one in the city if you chose to shut off first. How did it suddenly turn on again?

* I know that this sounds petty compared to the other Headscratchers here, but what is that curly thing on Joka's back? It can't be a tail, because he already has one, just below the curly thing, and I don't think it's a second tail, because it never moves. Could it be hair? He is a WalkingHead, after all.

* I know that this sounds petty compared to the other Headscratchers here, but what is that curly thing on Joka's back? It can't be tail, because he already has one, just below the curly thing, and I don't think it's a second tail. It never moves. Could it be hair? He is a WalkingHead, after all.

* In the first game, it's explicitly stated in the end that Klonoa cannot stay in Phantomile because of the Song of Rebirth, but there's no such thing in ''Lunatea's Veil''. And no one seemed to have the slightest problem with having him around. Which is to say, Klonoa could have stayed in Lunatea and finally had a real life, with friends and no repercussions whatsoever... So why ''didn't'' he? Geez, when is that third installment gonna happen?

** I'm personally more concerned with Klonoa's OTHER supposed relationships. Did he not actually have a close relationship with Grandpa? Was Grandpa in on it? Did Grandpa even exist? What about the fact that all the people from that same area looked to be the same species as Klonoa? Was that all made up, or do the same species just happen to live there too? Really the only two answers are either that everyone Klonoa thought he knew were in on some grand conspiracy, or they didn't even exist.

** That's the point. Huepow filled Klonoa's mind with memories, but ended up BecomingTheMask while spending time with him. Why else would he have been torn up while confessing to Klonoa?