History Trivia / DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc

* TheWikiRule: [[http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/Danganronpa_Wiki The Danganronpa Wiki]].

* DuelingDubs: This began as early as the first trailer for Creator/{{Funimation}}'s dub of ''The Animation''. It goes far enough that NISA and Funimation's scripts are dueling each other, with Funimation getting rid of any {{Dub Name Change}}s (such as Genocider Sho for Genocide Jack) while preserving the cast's LastNameBasis and "Super High School Level" over "Ultimate" titles.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Celestia Ludenberg is a Japanese girl pretending to be a French-German noble, and puts on a French accent that easily slips when angry). Creator/MarieveHerington, her voice actress, is Franco-Ontarian.
* TheOtherDarrin: In Creator/FUNimation's dub of the anime adaptation, they replaced all the voice actors except for Creator/BrycePapenbrook (who has worked with Funimation before on ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' one year earlier) as Makoto.

* NamesTheSame:
** While many of them have very common names, among the unusual names we definitely have Byakuya. Among the few characters with that name, [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Byakuya Kuchiki]] is the most famous one and everyone would think about him when hearing the name.
** Byakuya's Japanese voice actor, Creator/AkiraIshida, shares his name with Yasuhiro's actor in the stage adaptation, though their names differ by one kanji.
** Kiyotaka Ishimaru is the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyotaka_Ishimaru a real Japanese soccer player.]]

** Sayaka, Mukuro, and Kiyondo have a complete set of full body sprites, but since all three die before they can appear in a class trial, they go unused under normal circumstances. Sayaka and Mukuro's sprites would be used in School Mode in later releases, and they're also used in the demo (in which neither of them are murdered).

** The original PSP release has unused Free Time dialogue for Kiyondo, complete with a Free Time event that updates Kiyotaka's Report Card. In the final game, Kiyondo is unavailable during Free Time, and he's killed off not long afterwards.

* GeniusBonus: In addition to over-sized carnivorous plants in the greenhouse, there are (life-size!) corpse plants (the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia big red flowers]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum "Monokuma Flower"]]), which is perfect for the general setting and where someone named ''Corpse Warblade'''s body was found. You would think, however, that someone would mention the plants' awful smell — then again the "Monokuma Flower" was (allegedly) made by a Ultimate Botanist, and if anyone could make a scentless corpse plant, it would be someone of that level (assuming Monokuma is telling the truth).

** While many of them have very common names, among the unusual names we have definitively Byakuya. Among the few characters with that name, [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Byakuya Kuchiki]] is the most famous one and everyone would think about him when hearing the name.

* ShrugOfGod: When asked as to how Toko died in the bad ending, writer Kazutaka Kodaka shrugged, admitted he had no idea and then [[http://fukawawawa.tumblr.com/post/62749005164/i-found-this-interview-through-this-post-and jokingly stated she had exploded]].

** Byakuya's seiyū, Creator/AkiraIshida, shares his name with Yasuhiro's actor in the stage adaptation, though their names differ by one kanji.

* ActorAllusion:
** A possible one for Creator/MegumiOgata. When Makoto finds Toko knocked out on the floor, he is shocked. When Toko/Genocide Jill wakes up, she asks him if he was [[DudeShesLikeInAComa looking longingly at her unconscious body]], which he immediately denies. A similar incident infamously happened in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]'', to the disgust of the character that Megumi Ogata played.
** In School Mode, Makoto asks Celeste if she's a good singer, and she first claims there's nothing she can't do before questioning if he thinks he's worthy of hearing her. Her seiyū Creator/HekiruShiina has been performing and releasing music since 1994, while her dub actress Creator/MarieveHerington [[http://www.scottcummingsmusic.com/the-marieve-herington-band/ is an accomplished jazz singer]].
** One scene in the anime's dub has [[Creator/ChristopherSabat Mondo]] yell that Ishimaru's [[Manga/DragonBallZ "Kamahame-Forget-About-It!" was "Over 9,000!"]]
** The fact that Sabat uses his [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Kazuma Kuwabara]] voice for a delinquent with an orange pompadour and a strict honor code.

* DevelopmentGag: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOyWvGO3roU One of the songs]] is titled "Distrust," the game's original name.

* TalkingToHimself: The English dub had a lot of these as [[Creator/DorothyEliasFahn Sayaka/Chihiro]], [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Toko/Mukuro/Junko]], and [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Genocide Jack/Junko]] all have the same voice actresses.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** [[Creator/MegumiOgata Makoto]] and [[Creator/AkiraIshida Byakuya]] are [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji and Kaworu]]
** [[Creator/MegumiOgata Makoto]] and [[Creator/KazuyaNakai Mondo]] are [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Harpuia and Fefnir]].
** [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi Hifumi]] and [[Creator/MasayaMatsukaze Yasuhiro]] are [[Manga/DeathNote L and Mikami]].
** [[Creator/KazuyaNakai Mondo]] and [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi Hifumi]] are [[Franchise/OnePiece Zoro and Usopp]].
** Several voice actors in the original Japanese are from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', including Creator/MegumiOgata (Makoto/Ken), Creator/KosukeToriumi (Kiyotaka/Junpei), Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (Toko/Elizabeth), Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (Hifumi/Teddie), Creator/ChiwaSaito (Aoi/Metis), Creator/MegumiToyoguchi (Junko/Yukari), Creator/KazuyaNakai (Mondo/Shinjiro), and Creator/AkiraIshida (Byakuya/P3 Male Protagonist and Ryoji).
** From the English dub of ''[[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Persona 4: The Animation]]'': Creator/ErinFitzgerald (Junko and Genocide Jack/Chie) and Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (Aoi/Aika).
** Creator/MegumiOgata and Creator/HekiruShiina are reunited from their stint in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''. Except this time Hikaru is actually an evil mastermind and has to be put down by Eagle/Emeraude (instead of Eagle being an available pair for Hikaru, or Emeraude [[spoiler:getting Hikaru and her friends to put her down]].
** Creator/HekiruShiina and Creator/KappeiYamaguchi they worked together in an obscure anime called ''Edens Bowy'' as the two main characters/lovers: Elyssis/Shiida and Yorne... Except instead Yorne is now Elyssis 'manservant' or sorts, and the former cold-bloodedly murdered the latter. Another franchise who involves both Shiina and Yamaguchi is ''VideoGame/TwinBee'', as the pilots Pastel and her cousin Light.
** When compared to ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', why is it that it's [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Carl (Toko/Genocider)]] who's chasing after [[Creator/AkiraIshida Amane (Byakuya)]], who's repulsed? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Oh by the way, [[Creator/ChiwaSaito Taokaka (Aoi)]] is here too.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'': [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Makoto]] is Asbel, [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Sophie, [[Creator/KeithSilverstein Mondo]] is Lambda, and [[Creator/KaijiTang Yasuhiro]] is Raymond Oswell.
** ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'': [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Makoto]] is Tiz, [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Edea, and [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Junko and Genocide Jack]] is Agnès.
** ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Makoto]] is Kirito, [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Suguha/Leafa, Kiyotaka (Sean Chiplock) is Diabel, [[Creator/LucienDodge Hifumi]] is Keita, [[Creator/KaijiTang Yasuhiro]] is Schmidt, [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Kyoko]] is Sasha, and [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Toko and Junko]] are Yulier.
** ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Makoto]] is Masaomi, [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Saki Mikajima, [[Creator/KeithSilverstein Mondo]] is Tom Tanaka, and [[Creator/BrianBeacock Monokuma]] is Walker.
** ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'': [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Taiga and [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Kyoko]] is Ami.
** ''Manga/BlueExorcist'': [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Makoto]] is Rin, [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Paku and Nee, [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Toko and Junko]] are Yoshikuni, and [[Creator/BrianBeacock Monokuma]] is Shima.
** ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'': [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Junko and Genocide Jack]] are Noire, [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Junko and Toko]] are MAGES., [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Gust, and [[Creator/DorothyEliasFahn Chihiro and Sayaka]] are [=CyberConnect2=].
** Byakuya (Jason Wishnov) and [[Creator/KaijiTang Yasuhiro]] both used to serve under [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Junko and Genocide Jack]] as [[VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} Black Egrets]]. Yasuhiro also moonlights as Republican Double.
** [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] and [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Toko]] are [[Manga/KOn siblings!]] (Alternately, Toko was once the student council representative for Aoi's class, and they later share the same dorm in college.)
** [[Creator/GrantGeorge Leon]] and [[Creator/KeithSilverstein Mondo]] were [[Anime/CodeGeass founding members of the Black Knights]]. Alternatively, in the English dub of the anime, they’re [[Anime/YuYuHakusho Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara.]]
** The voice director of the ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' English dub may have heard of this game, as Monokuma is the Japanese Doraemon (Nobuyo Oyama) and eventually [[Creator/BrianBeacock the English Suneo/Sneech]]. Even more terrifying (and [[BlackComedy hilarious]]) is that some of the students are also main characters in the dub:[[Creator/KaijiTang Gian/Big G]] is Yasuhiro Hagakure, [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Shizuka/Sue]] is Aoi Asahina, and [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Nobita/Noby himself]] is Hajime Hinata.
** Asahina has been voiced both by the [=VA=] behind [[Creator/ChiwaSaito Akemi Homura]] and the VA behind [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Kyubey]]. Oh the {{Irony}}.
** Several cast members from both coasts have voiced characters from both incarnations of Franchise/SailorMoon (although with the Japanese version, it's mostly Crystal) have voiced characters in the series.
*** Japanese: [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi Peko Pekoyama]] is Sailor Moon herself, [[Creator/MegumiOgata Makoto Naegi/Nagito Komaeda]] is Sailor Uranus, [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Ibuki Mioda]] is Sailor Mercury, [[Creator/DaisukeKishio Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu]] is Jadeite, Kiyotaka Ishimaru is Nephrite, [[Creator/MasayaMatsukaze Yasuhiro Hagakure]] is Zoisite, and [[Creator/AkiraIshida Byakuya Togami]] is Fisheye.
*** English: [[Creator/StephanieSheh Mikan Tsumiki]] is Sailor Moon herself, [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Monaka Towa]] is Sailor Mars, [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Toko Fukawa]] is Sailor Jupiter, [[Creator/CheramiLeigh Komaru Naegi]] is Sailor Venus, [[Creator/EricaMendez Nagisa Shingetsu]] is Sailor Uranus, [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Chiaki Nanami]] is Sailor Saturn, [[Creator/MichelleRuff Jataro Kemuri and Yuta Asahina]] are Luna, [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Hajime Hinata]] is Artemis, etc.
** Ironically, in the Japanese version, [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Leon Kuwata]] has the same voice of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Eliwood]] while [[Creator/MakikoOhmoto Sayaka Maizono]] has always been [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Lyndis]]. Prepare to cringe nervously the next time you pair Eliwood and Lyndis. As a bonus, [[Creator/KosukeToriumi Kiyotaka Ishimaru]] has the same voice of the last of the trio, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Hector]].
** Regardless of whether it's [[Creator/KosukeToriumi Japanese]] or [[Creator/SeanChiplock English]], Kiyotaka eventually goes from Ultimate Moral Compass into [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind a Gangster.]]
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Kyoko]] is Ann, [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aoi]] is Morgana, [[Creator/KeithSilverstein Mondo]] is Shido, [[Creator/SeanChiplock Kiyotaka]] is Mishima and [[Creator/KaijiTang Yasuhiro]] is Iwai
** From the anime dub cast, [[Creator/JoshGrelle Byakuya]] and [[Creator/ChristopherSabat Mondo]] are [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Tyrian Callows and Arthur Watts]].

* TechnologyMarchesOn: On episode 12 of the anime, the headmaster's DVD was replaced by an SD card.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original concept for what we know as ''Danganronpa'' was a game known as "Distrust". While the characters and setting were mostly the same (The students trapped in a school of mutual killings by a sadistic overseer), there were a few key... differences. First off, what would later become Monokuma was [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/4/4d/Monokuma_beta.png/revision/latest?cb=20130809225859 a sentient anatomy model]], and unlike the somewhat pristine environment of the school we got, ''Distrust'''s academy was a bloodstained nightmare, implying that many people had already been killed in the school. While there were still trials, the game worked somewhat like the ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' series, utilizing a "Trust System": Your choices would also influence the main character's general attitude, as well as determine whether or not certain characters were actually trustworthy. This meant that player actions could determine who dies next and change the course of the story. The death reveals were far darker that what we got in ''Danganronpa'' (one death is discovered by the group finding a classmate's severed head on the floor, another, by their severed hands in a box on a table covered in fresh blood), and a group killing could even occur. Furthermore, the game took place over 7 days as opposed to the unlimited time frame we got in the final game. Overall, Distrust was incredibly dark compared to what was released, and that's certainly saying something.
*** A later revision had a more serious vibe reminiscent of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', with a DeliberatelyMonochrome art style. Instead of a courtroom, the equivalent of the school trials was set in a warehouse. The cast is mostly recognisible; however, their designs were less outlandish overall. An animatic of the first execution can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_W_3w_sfoI here]]; however, it still contains spoilers for the actual game. Everyone's also named differently; for instance, Kazuo Matsuzaki is pretty much a prototype design of Leon Kuwata, and their executions are identical in premise (and, in some moments) even use the exact same animation.
*** In this edition, Kyoko, who survives the entire game and is the deuteragonist of the story, is the very first victim.
*** Furthermore, another scenario in the proposal and an early build of the final game indicate that the first victim was to be Junko. Humorously, this means that, in a way, all three of Makoto's canon love interests (assuming that the latter was actually Mukuro) were going to be the first victim at one point or another.
** The creators also wanted to give Kyoko an ImportantHaircut, but were unable to fit it into the story, so it was scrapped.
** The ''Visual Fanbook'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bveynABu5Mw has a section]] that contains drafts for all of the other kids' executions. A quick summary of each of them:
*** "Sayaka Maizono's Final Performance": If Sayaka had been a culprit (for instance, if she successfully killed Leon), Monokuma would've placed her on-stage promising a perfect idol singing performance, complete with a meter to "score" her. But just as the meter's about to be full, Monokuma would've [[YankTheDogsChain destroyed the meter]], triggering the "failure" condition and causing a giant mantrap to slam shut and kill Sayaka.
*** "Super Fujisaki Brothers": If Chihiro had been a culprit (in the unlikely scenario that he [[KillingInSelfDefense kills Mondo in defending himself]]), he would've been sentenced to run forward in a side-scrolling 8-bit platformer game, but a huge group of pixel sprite Monokumas would've caught up to him, and Chihiro's "sprite" would've eventually "popped" out of existence.
*** "Prime Minister Kiyotaka Ishimaru's Inaugural Parade": If Kiyotaka had been a culprit (for instance, if he [[KillingInSelfDefense killed Hifumi when he attacked him]] during Chapter 3), he would've been sitting on a vehicle in a gorgeous parade with everyone cheering his election to Prime Minister. But then Monokuma would've appeared dressed as Anime/Golgo13 with a sniper rifle and killed him in a single shot.
*** "Watch Out, Piggles! The Great Monster Invasion": If Hifumi had been a culprit (for instance, if Celeste hadn't killed him during Chapter 3), Monokuma would've placed him between Monokuma and "Princess Piggles", the MagicalGirl star of Hifumi's favorite show Demon Angel☆Pretty Pudgy Princess, and he would've been killed by being caught in the crossfire of two "[[BeamOWar death beams]]" at once in a parody of an anime duel. Unlike the other scrapped executions, though, this one did make into official ''Danganronpa'' media, the manga based on the demo of the game.
*** "Deciding Match for the Whole Galaxy": If Sakura had been a culprit (and had killed someone besides herself), she would've been standing in wilderness with multiple space aliens and soldiers appearing for her to fight. She would've successfully kicked them all away at first, but they would've kept appearing until finally Sakura wouldn't have been able to keep up the pace, until finally so many appear that they would've just crushed her to death-by-dogpile-and-sheer-amount. [[RefittedForSequel This later was retooled]] as [[spoiler: Peko's]] execution in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''.
*** "The First Prank Kiss": If Toko had been a culprit (for instance, if she actually killed anyone as Genocider Syo or if her attack on Sakura in Chapter 4 had been a fatal one), Monokuma would have thrown her into complete darkness except for Byakuya standing there. Toko would've run towards Byakuya for a kiss, only for a steamroller to appear and crush her into a thin paper.
*** "Water Illusion Show": If Aoi had been a culprit (for instance, if she failed to recover herself in Chapter 4), she would've been placed in a [[DrowningPit water tank]] with Monokuma dressed as a magician. No, Aoi would not have been sentenced [[FatalMethodActing to a slow-and-agonizing-death-by-drowning in front of everyone]], but what would've happened isn't much better: Monokuma would've placed a curtain over the water tank, lifted it back up to reveal Aoi surrounded by sharks, covered the water tank again, and lifted the curtain again only to reveal Aoi completely gone, ''{{eaten alive}} [[FedToTheBeast by the sharks]].'' ([[RefittedForSequel Elements of this execution were later refurbished for]] [[spoiler:Ryoma Hoshi]]'s demise in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''.)
*** "Literature/NoLongerHuman": If Byakuya had been a culprit (for instance, when framing up Genocider Syo in Chapter 2 and [[NotQuiteDead Chihiro somehow regains conciousness]] he has no other choice but to kill him to maintain the frame-up), Monokuma would've dropped him into a garbage can in a place that looks like Hell, and Monokuma would've dressed like an elementary school student and repeatedly thrown stones at Byakuya for supposedly being a dirty hobo. Byakuya would've managed to escape, but would have come out in a cold and snowy place and eventually would've died from a combination of his wounds [[SnowMeansDeath and exposure to the cold]]. He's an asshole, yeah, but that's still ''harsh''.
*** "The 30% Chance Quiz!": If Yasuhiro had been a culprit (for instance, if he did kill someone while in the robot disguise during Chapter 3 or if his attack on Sakura in Chapter 4 had been a fatal blow), he would've been placed on a game show where he had to choose from three doors. Door A would've grown hands and feet and fled from him, and Door B would've done the same. That would've left Yasuhiro with no choice but Door C, which would have grown a mouth and ''eaten'' him.
** [[https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_1_Leon_and_Sayaka_Concept_Art_2.png This concept art]] implies that at one point of development, Sayaka was going to successfully kill Leon.