History Trivia / AssassinsCreedII

* IKnewIt: Fans speculating that Maria would be Altaïr's LoveInterest were right.

* FakeNationality: While a good chunk of the cast are actually Italian, some were certainly not from the country or have Italian ancestry. A good example is the decidedly non-Italian and American Creator/RogerCraigSmith, the voice actor of Ezio Auditore.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Rosa would've made future appearances in the franchise had her voice actress, Lita Tresierra, not been tragically killed in a car accident.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: The aforementioned Japanese version has many cast members that worked together not only in VisualNovel/FateStayNight but in other titles:
** Ezio, Cesare and Lucrezia were [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh, Archer and Saber]] respectively. Special mention towards the relation between Ezio and Lucrezia since their roles are switched out from their roles in ''Fate.''
** Also Lucrezia and Cristina Vespucci were [[Anime/QueensBlade Leina and Nanael]], except they don't interact this time. And, continuing with [[Creator/AyakoKawasumi Lucrezia's VA and her relationship with the rest of the cast]], Lucrezia and Leonardo da Vinci were [[VideoGame/DantesInferno Beatrice and Dante respectively in the Japanese version]], to the grade all those four characters their voice actors voiced are ''Italians'' in both games. They also voiced Nell Jones and G. Callen in the Japanese dub of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''.
** Ezio, Leonardo da Vinci and Micheletto Corella were [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Ishida Mitsunari, Katakura Kojuro and Matsunaga Hisahide.]] And just like with Ezio and Lucrezia, Ezio and Leonardo's roles are switched out this time from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''.

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** ActionGenreHeroGuy (row 5, column 1)
** AuraVision
** EvenBetterSequel (right half)

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** The aforementioned Japanese version has many cast members that worked together not only in VisualNovel/FateStayNight but in other titles:

** BroomstickQuarterstaff

** Even [[HilariousInHindsight more hilarious]] if you know (at least in the ''Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally'' manga) Nunally has a (very bitchy) friend named ''Khaterina Sforza''.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: The aforementioned Japanese version has many cast members that worked together not only in VisualNovel/FateStayNight but in other titles:

* ValuesDissonance: It's all over the pages how awesome Caterina Sforza's speech is in the DLC, and how she really said that in real life, which makes it more awesome. We're talking about 16th century Europe, where that sort of behavior from a woman would probably have been considered shocking and obscene, worthy of, if not death, then banishment. She was probably unpopular merely for being a woman in a man's job. In other words, we can't know if she actually said and did those things with certainty, especially as she was judged very harshly by history, even in contrast with other female rulers who typically get the fuzzy end of the lollipop regardless.

** Also Lucrezia and Cristina Vespucci were [[VideoGame/QueensBlade Leina and Nanael]], except they don't interact this time. And, continuing with [[Creator/AyakoKawasumi Lucrezia's VA and her relationship with the rest of the cast]], Lucrezia and Leonardo da Vinci were [[VideoGame/DantesInferno Beatrice and Dante respectively in the Japanese version]], to the grade all those four characters their voice actors voiced are ''Italians'' in both games. They also voiced Nell Jones and G. Callen in the Japanese dub of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''.

** Also Lucrezia and Cristina Vespucci were [[VideoGame/QueensBlade Leina and Nanael]], except they don't interact this time. And, continuing with [[AyakoKawasumi Lucrezia's VA and her relationship with the rest of the cast]], Lucrezia and Leonardo da Vinci were [[VideoGame/DantesInferno Beatrice and Dante respectively in the Japanese version]], to the grade all those four characters their voice actors voiced are ''Italians'' in both games. They also voiced Nell Jones and G. Callen in the Japanese dub of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The Japanese version features a top-notch cast of many alumni from the casts of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', ''Anime/QueensBlade'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' and ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' in both this game and ''Brotherhood''
** Ezio Auditore [[Creator/TomokazuSeki is]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow Thomas]], [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]] and as of 2010, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic The Hedgehog]].
** Mario Auditore [[Creator/AkioOhtsuka is]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] and [[Literature/FateZero Zero's Rider.]]
** Giovanni Auditore [[Creator/NaoyaUchida is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Tobi]]
** Federico Auditore [[Creator/JinHorikawa is]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Tetsuya Onodera]]
** Cesare Borgia [[Creator/JunichiSuwabe is]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Archer]] and [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Relius Clover]]
** Lucrezia Borgia [[Creator/AyakoKawasumi is]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]] and [[Anime/QueensBlade Leina]]
** Cristina Vespucci [[Creator/AyaHirano is]] LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya and [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata Izumi]]
** Leonardo da Vinci [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa is]] Anime/TekkamanBlade and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Kyosuke Nanbu]]
** Micheletto Corella [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara is]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali-al Saachez]]
** Caterina Sforza [[Creator/KaoriNazuka is]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Nunnally Lamperouge]] and [[LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf Nora.]]
** Paola [[Creator/MayaOkamoto is]] [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Emma Sheen.]]
** Roza [[Creator/YuuKobayashi is]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Cecile Cosima Caminades]]
** Creator/CamClarke is Subject 16. Also a LOT of random [=NPCs=]; can't beat hearing [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Leonardo]], [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Kratos Aurion]], and [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]] putting on an Italian accent.
** And for the Brits amongst us, Shaun is voiced by, and even [[InkSuitActor looks like]], the writer and TV presenter [[Film/YesMan Danny Wallace]].
** Not to mention Ezio being [[Creator/RogerCraigSmith played by]] [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Hirako Shinji!]]
** Or Creator/YuriLowenthal as Vieri di Pazzi. Hooray for Italian![[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke]], [[{{Hellsing}} Pip Bernadotte]], and ''Sands of Time'' PrinceOfPersia.
** Federico is voiced by Elias Toufexis, who was also [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]].
** In a rare in-series example, the voice of the Damascus Bureau ''rafiq'' in [=AC1=] returns as the voice of Leonardo da Vinci in [=AC2=]. Out-of-series, he's also [[GearsOfWar Dom]].
*** FredTatasciore plays Uncle Mario, but he also played [[FatBastard Abu'l Nuqoud]] in the first game.
** Series/VeronicaMars didn't join the FBI after season 3... she joined the Assassins!
** Carlo Grimaldi is also a [[Series/DansUneGalaxiePresDeChezVous sleazy alien planet salesman]].
** A minor but still notable example: some of the city guards share a voice with the iconic male Nords from VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim.

* PlayingAgainstType: In the Japanese version, AyakoKawasumi and Creator/KaoriNazuka are normally typecasted in {{Anime}} voicing heroic or kinder roles. In this game, both actresses voiced two of the ''most cruelest women of the Renaissance'': Lucrezia Borgia and Caterina Sforza, respectively.

** Federico Auditore [[JinHorikawa is]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Tetsuya Onodera]]

** Caterina Sforza [[Creator/KaoriNazuka is]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Nunnally Lamperouge]] and [[SpiceAndWolf Nora.]]

** Not to mention Ezio being [[RogerCraigSmith played by]] [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Hirako Shinji!]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The Japanese version features a top-notch cast of many alumni from the casts of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', ''QueensBlade'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' and ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' in both this game and ''Brotherhood''

** Lucrezia Borgia [[Creator/AyakoKawasumi is]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]] and [[QueensBlade Leina]]

** Ezio Auditore [[Creator/TomokazuSeki is]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]] and as of 2010, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic The Hedgehog]].

** Paola [[MayaOkamoto is]] [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Emma Sheen.]]
** Roza [[YuKobayashi is]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Cecile Cosima Caminades]]

** Also Lucrezia and Cristina Vespucci were [[QueensBlade Leina and Nanael]], except they don't interact this time. And, continuing with [[AyakoKawasumi Lucrezia's VA and her relationship with the rest of the cast]], Lucrezia and Leonardo da Vinci were [[VideoGame/DantesInferno Beatrice and Dante respectively in the Japanese version]], to the grade all those four characters their voice actors voiced are ''Italians'' in both games. They also voiced Nell Jones and G. Callen in the Japanese dub of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''.

** And for the Brits amongst us, Shaun is voiced by, and even [[InkSuitActor looks like]], the writer and TV presenter [[film/YesMan Danny Wallace]].