History Trivia / Battlefield3

** Also, [=BF3=] was used by EA to tout its new Origin online service, which was a pretty blatant attempt to compete with Valve's UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} service.

** An early casting call for the game mentioned a character named Joseph, who was described being a "shadowy international terrorist with fatalistic philospohical leanings" who had dual citizenship between Lebanon and the United States. Due to the description matching between these two characters, it's possible that Joseph was an early version of [[BigBad Solomon]].

* NamesTheSame:
** Jennifer Hawkins is the name of an Australian model who won Miss World 2004.
** A pilot with the name (or in this case, callsign) [[Franchise/StarWars Wedge]]?

** Original pitches of the game would have been essentially a "better ''Battlefield 2''" which would have expanded on it's predecessor in many more ways tactically. There would have also been the return of the Middle Eastern Coalition, as seen in ''[=BF2=]''.
** It could be implied that the PLR were to be a playable faction within the Multiplayer, given that there are a few maps set during the US-Iranian war with the added expansion showing Technicals and Improvised vehicles in an earthquake.

* FanNickname:
** For the game in general:
*** "Suppressionfield 3" for the outrageous suppression mechanic that turns your aim into crap just because a couple of bullets whizzed by you.
*** "Bluefield 3" for the desaturated blue tint permeating throughout most maps.
*** "Battleduty 3" for the simplified mechanics compared to ''Battlefield 2''.
** For the various multi-player levels in the game:
*** Nosehair Canals for Noshahr Canals. No-Fun Canals is also appropriate for non-Deathmatch Noshahr Canals.
*** Capsicum Border for Caspian Border.
*** Operation Meatgrinder for Operation Metro.
*** Terrible Highway for Tehran Highway, for being terrible in almost every regard.

* {{Defictionalization}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGXoUmlvG0 A tiny, out of the way newspaper texture in Strike at Karkand]] has the header for 4chan's video game board on it, along with "Why haven't you got a girlfriend yet" (a typical /v/ post) underneath. For about a week after this was discovered, /v/ had that exact text on the top of every page.
* DuelingGames: Explicit setup and marketed by Creator/ElectronicArts to take on VideoGame/CallOfDuty. The TagLine for ''Battlefield 3'' is "Above and Beyond the Call".
** Also, [=BF3=] is an opportunity for EA to tout its new Origin online service, which is a pretty blatant attempt to compete with Valve's Steam service.

** The Close Quarters DLC seems like it is really taking the fight up close to ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'', since the Battlefield series usually focuses on very large maps and long range warfare, as opposed to the ''Call of Duty'' series, which focuses on smaller maps. The Close Quarters DLC, as the name suggests, focuses on indoor fights in tightly packed places.

* NamesTheSame: Jennifer Hawkins is the name of an Australian model who won Miss World 2004.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Very early rumored reports for ''3'' had 40-on-40 player teams, used the ''Bad Company'' engine, actual character customization (like choosing camo patterns and helmet types), and bringing back pilotable large naval vessels (only present in ''1942''). Some content like unique paint jobs for firearms and new camo suits have been added, though only for Premium members.
** Original pitches of the game would have been essentially a 'better Battlefield 2' which would have expanded on it's predecessor in many more ways tactically. There would have also been the return of the Middle Eastern Coalition, as seen in BF2.

* DuelingGames: Explicit setup and marketed by ElectronicArts to take on VideoGame/CallOfDuty. The TagLine for ''Battlefield 3'' is "Above and Beyond the Call".

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Glenn Morshower, who played Aaron Pierce, the presidential bodyguard on ''Series/TwentyFour'', is one of the government agents sent to investigate Blackburn's story.
** Ilia Volok, who played Dr. Viktor Adler and Master Org in ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', is Vladimir Kamarivsky.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist Roy]] [[TravisWillingham Mustang]]'s the voice you hear commanding an Abrams tank column in Iran.

* ShoutOut: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment during the intro to "Gone Hunting," you can see that Hawkins' callsign is [[StarWars Wedge.]]

* FanNickname: For the various multi-player levels in the game:
** Nosehair Canals for Noshahr Canals.
*** No-Fun Canals is also appropriate for non-Deathmatch Noshahr Canals.
** Capsicum Border for Caspian Border.
** Operation Meatgrinder for Operation Metro.
** Terrible Highway for Tehran Highway, for being terrible in almost every regard.

* ShoutOut / {{Defictionalization}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGXoUmlvG0 A tiny, out of the way newspaper texture in Strike at Karkand]] has the header for 4chan's video game board on it, along with "Why haven't you got a girlfriend yet" (a typical /v/ post) underneath. For about a week after this was discovered, /v/ had that exact text on the top of every page.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Glenn Morshower who played Aaron Pierce, Presidential Bodyguard on 24 is one of the government agents sent to investigate Blackburn's story.
** Roy Mustang's the voice you hear commanding an Abrams tank column in Iran.

** Operation Clusterfuck for Operation Metro.

** Operation Meatgrinder for Operation Metro.

** Roy Mustang's the voice you hear as "Jono" leading an Abrams tank column in Iran.