History Trivia / BrutalLegend

** Oddly enough, ''Brutal Legend'' itself was originally set to be distributed as a ''GuitarHero'' GaidenGame. Double Fine's resistance to this was what caused Activision to drop the game.

* DevelopmentHell: And how! See the YMMV and Trivia pages.

* OneOfUs: One of the reasons Creator/JackBlack signed up to play Eddie is that he loved ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.

** Emperor Doviculous was originally going to be voiced by Music/RonnieJamesDio, but Tim Schaffer eventually decided that Creator/TimCurry would be a better fit for the character.

** Music/IronMaiden was thought to be this until an [[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/27/the-past-present-and-future-of-brutal-legend/ interview]] with Creator/TimSchafer revealed the real reason: they thought the name "Eddie Riggs" would imply an endorsement.[[labelnote:*]]Iron Maiden's mascot is named Eddie, and the artist who draws him is named Riggs.[[/labelnote]] By the time they decided they actually wanted in on it, it was too late.

** Lemmy expressed that he does not like Brütal Legend or VideoGame/GuitarHero, despite being in both.

* OneOfUs: One of the reasons Creator/JackBlack signed up to play Eddie is that he loved VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}.

** Music/IronMaiden was thought to be this until an [[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/27/the-past-present-and-future-of-brutal-legend/ interview]] with TimSchafer revealed the real reason: they thought the name "Eddie Riggs" would imply an endorsement.[[labelnote:*]]Iron Maiden's mascot is named Eddie, and the artist who draws him is named Riggs.[[/labelnote]] By the time they decided they actually wanted in on it, it was too late.

** Ophelia was [[spoiler: going to stay dead. But TimSchafer didn't want to leave Eddie alone with Lita.]]

** Emperor Doviculous was originally going to be voiced by RonnieJamesDio, but Tim Schaffer eventually decided that Tim Curry would be a better fit for the character.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Creator/JackBlack is Eddie.
** Creator/JenniferHale is Ophelia.
** Creator/TimCurry is Doviculus.
** Creator/KathSoucie is Lita Halford.
** Creator/DavidCross is The Screamin' Demon.
** RobinAtkinDownes is Fletus.
** Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz is the Kabbage Boy guitarist.
** Creator/BrianPosehn is the Hunter.
** Music/OzzyOsbourne is the Guardian Of Metal and Dadbat.
** [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy Kilmister]] is the Kill Master.
** [[Music/TenaciousD Kyle Gass]] is Kage the Kannonier.
** [[Music/TheRunaways Lita Ford]] is Rima.
** [[Music/JudasPriest Rob Halford]] is General Lionwhyte and Fire Baron.
** Mombat and Daughterbat are both [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]].
** One of the roadies is [[VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans Crypto]].
** Lars Halford is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Gadot]].
** Mangus is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Seymour]].
** The Kabbage Boy Bassist is [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Stegmutt]].
** The Kabbage Boy singer is [[Series/{{Trauma}} John]].
** The Artifacts of Legend cutscenes are narrated by Creator/CoreyBurton.

* SelfPlagiarism: The Deuce looks exactly like Manny Calvera's car in Grim Fandango. Tim Schafer worked on both projects.

* OneOfUs: One of the reasons JackBlack signed up to play Eddie is that he loved VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}.

** RichardHorvitz is the Kabbage Boy guitarist.

* OneOfUs: One of the reasons JackBlack signed up to play Eddie is that he loved {{Psychonauts}}.

** JackBlack is Eddie.
** JenniferHale is Ophelia.
** TimCurry is Doviculus.

** BrianPosehn is the Hunter.

** KathSoucie is Lita Halford.
** DavidCross is The Screamin' Demon.

** OzzyOsbourne is the Guardian Of Metal and Dadbat.
** [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy Killmister]] is the Kill Master.
** Kyle Gass is Kage the Kannonier.
** Lita Ford is Rima.
** Rob Halford is General Lionwhyte and Fire Baron.

** Lars Halford is [[FinalFantasyXIII Gadot]].
** Mangus is [[FinalFantasyX Seymour]].

** The Kabbage Boy Bassist is [[DarkwingDuck Stegmutt]].

** BrianPosehn is the Hunter.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Customization done to the Deuce in the campaign doesn't apply to multiplayer, but players that pre-ordered the game have Eddie's guitar replaced with [[TenaciousD the Love Giver]] and those that purchased the ''Hammer of Infinite Fate'' DLC have a golden Ormagöden-headed skin for the Separator appearing when they play Ironheade in multiplayer.
* BerserkButton: ''Never'' call TimSchafer a liar on Twitter because of EA's MisaimedMarketing...
* BlatantLies: Customers who complain about the GameBreakingBug on Playstation 3 will get the runaround from ElectronicArts Customer Service. They repeatedly tell customers there is no patch, or that one is developed. WordOfGod says Double Fine created the patch a long time ago, and EA refuses to drop the money to make it available to the public.
** The real tragedy is that the Stage Battles are derived from a PC game called {{Sacrifice}}.
* BrokenPedestal: WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation towards TimSchafer.
* {{Cameo}}: RonnieJamesDio was originally set to play Doviculus and even recorded lines for him, but the part was later deemed a better fit for TimCurry and was recast.
* [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch Complaining About Games You Don't Play]]: TimSchafer says that those who ATTEMPTED multiplayer enjoyed the game the most, and that those who complain about the Stage Battles are merely complaining over seven tutorial missions without ever touching multiplayer, and that reviews reflect it and remain high regardless.
-->'''Tim Schafer:''': When we showed the game to EA, they were interested but wanted to test the concept. In focus tests, the stage battles rated high. What's interesting is the people in those groups aren't told anything about the game and have no expectations for it. One of the things you notice looking at [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/brutal-legend Metacritic ratings]] is that the highest scores come from those who really enjoyed the stage battles, and when you get down to the critics who didn't like the stage battles those reviews often center around their expectations about what we were going to make, instead of looking at the stage battles for what they are in a fresh way.
* DevelopmentHell: The first publisher, Sierra, was acquired by Vivendi, who gave one condition to Double Fine: [[HateDumb people will automatically hate it for having light RTS elements, no matter how light]], so they wanted a complete media blackout on the Stage Battles, to the point that no marketing would ever use the phrase "RTS" ever. Vivendi still canceled Brutal Legend, and planned on chopping the IP up to make a Guitar Hero game.
** Double Fine sued and left to join EA, Vivendi sued back, and EA actually followed through with the lack of multiplayer coverage. The incomplete single player adventure was rushed through, EA spent 15 million dollars on TV coverage and more (but of course, no multiplayer demo), but Brutal Legend, after five long years of hell, was released October 2009.
* [[DoingItForTheArt Doing It For The Metal]]:
** Tim Schafer has wanted to make a heavy-metal inspired game since 1995, and has lavished vast amounts of love on the project.
** When pitching the game idea to various publishers, it was suggested to Tim Schafer that he make a video game about a more commercially viable music genre like Hip-hop or country. Tim Schafer stuck to his guns, though, and insisted that the game be about heavy metal. In 2006 the video game GuitarHero introduced classic heavy metal to today's young people and Tim was finally allowed to make BrutalLegend.
** There's also the fact that ''Jack Black'' is playing Eddie. While Eddie was based on [[InkSuitActor Black's mannerisms]] from the beginning, Schafer and his team never expected that they'd actually ''get'' Black to play the character. How did they get him? He loves rock, he loved the concept, [[OneOfUs and he loved]] ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}.''
* GameBreakingBug: A serious problem on Ps3. Players are reporting their save getting corrupted just by approaching 80% in the single player. Double Fine says they have a patch, and every now and then, WordOfGod says it's ElectronicArts who refuses to make the patch available.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Double Fine revealed on their forum that the reason Eddie can't fly outside of Stage Battles in Single Player is because he can fly faster than the world can load and render, which is why you are confined to the Deuce. In development, they would make Eddie fly in the campaign for debugging purposes.
* HeavyMithril: TimSchafer designed the multiplayer and story entirely around this trope. See his quote.
-->"I've always seen [[HeavyMithril this overlap between medieval warfare and heavy metal]]. You see heavy metal singers [[ThreeInchesOfBlood and they'll have like a brace around their arm and they'll be singing about Orcs.]] So let's just make a world where that all happens. That all gets put together, the heavy metal, and the rock, and the battling, actually does happen. Let's not flirt around with this [[LetsGetDangerous let's just do it.]]"
* HeyItsThatVoice: Eddie is [[WesternAnimation/SharkTale Lenny]].
** Ophelia is JenniferHale.[[hottip:*: Justified usage; look at her page!]]
** Doviculus is [[Film/{{Legend}} the Lord of Darkness.]]
** Lita Halford is [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter's mom.]]
** The Screamin' Demon is [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Crane.]]
** [=DadBat=] is [[OzzyOsbourne Ozzy!]]
*** Who's also... [[InkSuitActor Ozzy!]] Except this time he's selling you weapon and car upgrades!
** One of the roadies is [[DestroyAllHumans Crypto.]]
** The Skull Raker is [[TheSarahSilvermanProgram Brian Pohsen's boyfriend.]]
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: The reason ElectronicArts and {{Activision}} concealed the Stage Battles, leaving TimSchafer to get the word out on his own.
** To be fair, the game's predecessors ({{Sacrifice}}, and the ''VideoGame/{{Battlezone|1998}}'' remake), were well received by critics but did not catch on either.
*** Don't forget ''HerzogZwei'', which is the stated influence for them. It was VindicatedByHistory, but at the time of release, it was a complete commercial and critical failure.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Neither the trailers nor the demo gave any indication that the game would have a lot of Real-Time Strategy elements. Both Activision and ElectronicArts intentionally hid this, but TimSchafer was able to announce them and demonstrate multiplayer videos in August 2009.
** Also, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTtrKScltNc very first, "The Mob Rules" teaser trailer]] had very little to do with the actual storyline. Eddie's belt buckle wasn't supposed to summon a godly warrior to lead the demon armies ([[spoiler:but rather to bring back the Demon Emperor from the future]]) and there's no indication that it has been forged from the flesh of Ormagöden (seeing as how his body turned into all the metal in the game's world, they're correct, but it's phrased misleadingly...). Lastly, the [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning eventual enthronement of Eddie]] suggested in the end of the trailer goes in stark contrast to his actual final actions and strictly monogamous tendencies in the released version.
** That trailer is so incredibly early into production, it appears to be a trailer just setting the game's RuleOfCool mood. Besides. It was the publishers who decided to have a [[ExecutiveMeddling complete media blackout]] on the Action/RTS parts.
* PromotedFanboy: JackBlack, who voices Eddie Riggs. He wanted to make his own awesome game after playing -- are you ready for this? -- ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''
** Before the multiplayer patch was implemented in November, Double Fine took input from the authors of a Stage Battle Guide online.
* RedVsBlue: They loved the game and went to great lengths to help players get into the multiplayer.
* ShoutOut: Plenty!
** Just reading the IGN preview ''alone'' reveals ''so many different rock song references'' that this is shaping up to be a rock fan nerdgasm.
** [[Music/IronMaiden Eddie]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Riggs Riggs]].
** Not only do some metal legends provide voices for the games (and two of them effectively playing themselves), Lars [[{{NoCelebritiesWereHarmed}} looks suspiciously like]] [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Dave Mustaine]].
*** Although he is named after a guy from [[Music/{{Metallica}} That Other Band.]]
** The guy Eddie rescues in the opening scene was doing the "Eh eh eh" dance done by Bobby Zilch and [[ActorAllusion Razputin]] in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''.
** '''Eddie''': [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Super-effective!]]
** Did we mention the amounts of Tenacious D references such as Kyle being the massive bouncer and more specifically the GameStop pre-order exclusive guitar, "The Love Giver"?
-->'''Eddie''': ''(while performing the Shocker with The Love Giver)'' Rocketsauce!
-->'''Eddie''': ''(while doing the Powerslide with The Love Giver)'' POWERSLIIIIIIDEEEEE!
** There's a [[GrimFandango Bone Wagon]] skin for Eddie's car. The Guardian of Metal even calls it "grim".
** "[[YouHaveToBurnTheRope You have to burn the rope!]]"
** Eddie's ultimate solo, Bring It On Home creates a flaming [[Music/LedZeppelin Zeppelin]] crashing down on your position.
** The scene where the Kill Master is convinced to help your cause is a call back to [[Film/ThePrincessBride the Miracle Max scene]].
** [[VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle "Where are you from?" "Uh...I'm on the road a lot."]]
** The Bride unit resembles the MonkeyIsland ghost bride.
** 11 o' Clock is a direction Mangus! [[ThisIsSpinalTap Do you see the 11 on the dial of your amps?]]
*** FridgeBrilliance. For that to work, the dial would need 12 spots and be set to maximum. Their speakers go up to 12!
*** No it wouldn't. It would have to go up to 11 since 0 is taking the spot that 12 would be in.
** The story (the beginning at least) itself appears to be an {{Homage}} to the short "Den" from ''{{WesternAnimation/Heavy Metal}}''. Both involve an unassuming hero being unwittingly transported by a mysterious artifact into a land that appears to be based upon Music/HeavyMetal album covers. He then discovers that he is a warrior, meets a girl and falls in love, fights druid-like figures in and around old temples, and struggles against a CampGay antagonist.
** Upon playing the solo of the same name, Eddie yells "''CallOfTheWild'' was my favorite booooooooook!"
** When killing a Bride she will sometimes complain [[TheSimpsons "Worst. Wedding. Ever."]]
** [[TimCurry My seed]]...[[Film/{{Legend}} germinates within you!]]''
** The Deuce has a GameBreaker weapon called Bolt Thrower.
*** [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Why don't you make them ride your lightning for a change?"]]
** [[Music/{{Metallica}} Kill Em All!]]
** [[CannibalCorpse Eviscerate!]]
** [[Film/{{Legend}} The sunshine is my destroyer!]]
* ThrowItIn: JackBlack was kept on a tight script to prevent Eddie Riggs from totally being a MartyStu for him. The "you are the definition of a butterface" line was not on the script, but they liked it, and used it in the game.
** However, the original script had very little cursing. WordOfGod says this was changed because Black and Ozzy had a tendency to hilariously ad-lib their discussions as Eddie and the Guardian of Metal, which was rife with cursing. They ended up just running with it.
* WaxingLyrical: Too many to count.
** The Sea of Black Tears, and name BrutalLegend come from the song Betrayal by Lita Ford.
** BattleCry is a reference to "One Shot at Glory" by Music/JudasPriest.
** [[Music/LedZeppelin Bring it on Home]]
** The EmoTeen zombie unit is called a Music/GraveDigger.
** [[Music/{{Motorhead}} "No sleep till Battersmith!"]]
** [[Music/{{Motorhead}} "Everything louder than everyone else."]]
** The Rockcrusher kills achievement is called [[Music/JudasPriest Painkiller.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Although the multiplayer was completed without a hitch, single player was severely gutted.
** The story was going to be twice as long.
** An AI "autopilot mode" would have been available in which Mangus handles all RTS segments.
** Fleetus was going to lead a fourth faction. The Tick Chopper units were originally his, and are the only creature of his army to stay in the game. (The Tainted Coil uses them instead.) Fleetus hints several times in-game that he has a whole army hidden somewhere and they will [[SequelHook seek revenge on Eddie.]] Concept art reveals he had wings like the other factions, and there is a picture of him enjoying a beer alongside Eddie, implying friendly rivalry.
** Ophelia was [[spoiler: going to stay dead. But TimSchafer didn't want to leave Eddie alone with Lita, because she's a total bitch.]]
** A lot of content that was cut was going to be in the now canceled sequel.
** Emperor Doviculous was originally going to be voiced by RonnieJamesDio, but Tim Schaffer eventually decided that Tim Curry would be a better fit for the character.
** In early interviews about the game, Tim Schaffer said that there was going to be a love triangle between Eddie, Ophelia, and Lita. This idea was apparently scrapped because during the game it's obvious that Eddie only wants Ophelia [[spoiler:(although in a cutscene near the end of the game, it's implied that Lita has started to develop feelings for Eddie)]].
* CultSoundtrack / NothingButHits: The full list of licensed songs and the original score by Peter [=McConnell=]. So much and so significant, the track listing really wouldn't look right anywhere but the bottom of the page!
** 3 Inches of Blood ''Deadly Sinners'', ''Destroy the Orcs''
** Music/{{Accept}} ''Fast as a Shark''
** Angel Witch ''Angel Witch''
** {{Anthrax}} ''Metal Thrashing Mad''
** Anvil ''March of the Crabs'', ''Tag Team''
** Apostasy ''Sulfur Injection''
** Bishop of Hexen ''A Serpentine Crave'', ''The Somber Grounds of Truth''
** Music/BlackSabbath ''Children of the Grave'', ''Never Say Die'', ''Symptom of the Universe''
** Brocas Helm ''Cry of the Banshee'', ''Drink the Blood of the Priest''
** Budgie ''Breadfan'', ''Zoom Club''
** Candlemass ''Witches''
** {{Carcass}} ''No Love Lost''
** ChildrenOfBodom ''Angels Don't Kill''
** Cloven Hoof ''Nightstalker''
** Coroner ''Skeleton on your Shoulder''
** CradleOfFilth ''Her Ghost in the Fog''
** Crimson Glory ''Queen of the Masquerade''
** Dark Fortress ''Insomnia''
** Dark Tranquility ''Cathode Ray Sunshine''
** Deathstars ''Blitzkrieg''
** DefLeppard ''Rock of Ages''
** [[{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]] ''Murmaider''
** Diamond Head ''Am I Evil?''
** Dimmu Borgir ''Progenies of the Great Apocalypse''
** Music/{{Dokken}} ''Mr. Scary''
** DragonForce ''Through the Fire and Flames''
** Emperor ''Thus Spake the Nightspirit''
** Enslaved ''Frost'', ''Loke''
** [=FireHouse=] ''Overnight Sensation''
** [[TheRunaways Lita Ford]] ''Betrayal''
** Girlschool ''Bomber''
** IcedEarth ''Pure Evil'', ''When Night Falls''
** In Flames ''Goliaths Disarm their Davids''
** Music/JudasPriest ''Electric Eye'', ''One Shot at Glory'', ''Leather Rebel'', ''Painkiller''
** [[hottip:Kabbage Boy: Peter [=McConnell=]]] ''Girlfriend''
** King Diamond ''Cremation'', ''Welcome Home''
** {{KISS}} ''God of Thunder''
** KMFDM ''Free Your Hate'', ''Rip the System''
** {{Manowar}} ''Dawn of Battle'', ''Die for Metal''
** MarilynManson ''The Beautiful People''
** {{Mastodon}} ''Crack the Skye''(instrumental), ''Oblivion''(instrumental)
** Music/{{Megadeth}} ''High Speed Dirt'', ''Tornado of Souls''
** Metal Church ''Metal Church''
** Michael Schenker Group ''Assault Attack''
** Ministry ''Stigmata''
** Mirrorthrone ''So Frail''
** [[{{MotleyCrue}} Mötley Crüe]] ''Dr. Feelgood'', ''Kickstart My Heart'', ''Livewire''
** [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Motörhead]] ''Back at the Funny Farm'', ''In the Black'', ''(We Are) The Roadcrew''
** Omen ''The Axeman''
** Ostrogoth ''Queen of Desire''
** Music/{{Overkill}} ''World of Hurt''
** OzzyOsbourne ''Believer'', ''[[AleisterCrowley Mr. Crowley]]'', ''Diary of a Madman''
** Prong ''Snap your Fingers, Snap your Neck''
** Quiet Riot ''The Wild and the Young''
** Racer X ''[=Y.R.O.=]'', ''Technical Difficulties''
** Ratt ''Lay it Down''
** Riot ''Narita'', ''Road Racin'', ''Swords and Tequila''
** Rotting Christ ''Ad Noctis''
** Music/RunningWild ''Riding the Storm''
** Sanctuary ''Batlte Angels''
** {{Savatage}} ''Hall of the Mountain King''
** Saxon ''Wheels of Steel''
** The Music/{{Scorpions}} ''Blackout'', ''Holiday''
** Skeletonwitch ''Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery''
** SkidRow ''Youth Gone Wild''
** Music/{{Slayer}} ''Metal Storm / Face the Slayer''
** Slough Feg ''Warriors Dawn''
** Static-X ''Love Dump''
** TenaciousD ''Master Exploder'', ''The Metal''
** Testament ''For the Glory of... / More than Meets the Eye''(merged track)
** Tvangeste ''Birth of a Hero''
** [=UFO=] ''Rock Bottom''
** Whitesnake ''In the Still of the Night''
** Wrath of Killenstein ''Igniisis Dance''
** RobZombie ''Superbeast''

** [[DayOfTheTentacle ''Where are you from?'' ''Uh...I'm on the road a lot.'']]