History Trivia / Dishonored

** [[spoiler:TheReveal, or at least the heavy implications (if Pendleton's comments, Emily's drawing, and Havlock's last journal entry are anything to go by), that the Empress was Corvo's LoveInterest and that Emily is Corvo's daughter.]]

** CarrieFisher is the Broadcaster.

** There's a brown haired servant named [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Lydia]] in a Bethesda game.

** Pierro's documents mention that he's working on something called a "Door to Nowhere," and you can find walls with markings rather similar to the portals from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.

** The [=achievement/trophy=] 'Alive Without Breath' is a line of a riddle that appeared in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. The full riddle is as follows: ''Alive with breath / as cold as death / never thirsty, ever drinking / all in mail, never clinking.'' You gain the [=achievement/trophy=] by possessing a fish. And ''fish,'' of course, is the riddle's answer.

** The [=achievement/trophy=] for Sparing [[spoiler: Daud]] is called [[Series/{{Firefly}} 'Mercy is the Mark']].

** Corvo wears [[{{Predator}} a creepy skull-like mask of mysterious origin that grants him alternate modes of vision.]]

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler:Havlock, Pendleton, and Martin [[FaceHeelTurn turning on you]] through poisoned whisky. Those who played ''[[SystemShock System Shock 2]]'' or ''{{Bioshock}}'' saw this coming a mile away.]]

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler:Havlock, Pendleton, and Martin [[FaceHeelTurn turning on you]] through poisoned whisky. Those who played ''{{Bioshock}}'' saw this coming a mile away.]]

** [[spoiler:TheReveal, or at least the heavy implications (if Pendleton's comments, Emily's drawing, and Havlock's last journal entry are anything to go by), that the empress was Corvo's LoveInterest and that Emily is Corvo's daughter.]]

** One of the levels involves AFeteWorseThanDeath being crashed by a horrifying disfigured man, all as part of a CosmicHorrorStory. In addition to the ''Masque of the Red Death'' and ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' references, that's also the plot of a story by Creator/HPLovecraft, who was one of the main inspirations for the setting. Bonus points? That story's title is ''The Outsider''.

** The symbol for the plague marked on infected houses is vaguely similar to--and almost identical to when you see it with a crossbone in a creepy cultist's lair--another symbol for plague-bearing, supernatural rats: the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Skaven]]'s logo.

** The symbol for the plague marked on infected houses is vaguely similar to--and almost identical to when you see it with a crossbone in a creepy cultist's lair--another symbol for plague-bearing, supernatural rats: the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer Skaven]]'s logo.

** The symbol for the plague marked on infected houses is vaguely similar to--and almost identical to when you see it with a crossbone in a creepy cultist's lair--another symbol for plague-bearing, supernatural rats: the [[TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy Skaven]]'s logo.

** The [=achievement/trophy=] 'Alive Without Breath' is a line of a riddle that appeared in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. The full riddle is as follows: ''Alive with breath / as cold as death / never thirsty, ever drinking / all in mail, never clinking.'' You gain the [=achievement/trophy=] by possessing a fish. And ''fish,'' of course, is the riddle's answer.

** The first safe Corvo has to open uses the code 451 - a traditional reference to the famous {{dystopia}}n novel ''Literature/{{Fahrenheit 451}}'' used by various games since the first ''SystemShock'' in 1994.

** At the party, wearing a rodent mask no less, is one Lord [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH Timothy Brisby]].

** Corvo wears [[{{Predator}} a creepy skull-like mask of mysterious origin that grants him alternate modes of vision.]]

** Pierro's documents mention that he's working on something called a "Door to Nowhere," and you can find walls with markings rather similar to the portals from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.

** Corvo wears [[{{Predator}} a creepy skull-like mask of mysterious origin that grants him alternate modes of vision]].

** Along the way to the hideout, there's a sign for the [[Creator/TerryPratchett Pratchett]] Warehouse; this may also account for the major character named [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Havelock]].

** The first safe Corvo has to open has 451 as the code, harkening to the famous {{dystopia}}n novel, ''Literature/{{Fahrenheit 451}}''.

** Anna Graves ([[StarWarsTheCloneWars Duchess Satine]]) is Lady Boyle.

** ChloeGraceMoretz is Lady Emily Kaldwin.

** Susan Sarandon is Granny Rags.

** Susan Sarandon

** SusanSarandon

** Brad Dourif ([[ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[{{Myst}} Saavedro]]) is Piero.

** Brad Dourif ([[ChildsPlay Chucky]]) is Piero.