History Trivia / Dishonored

** Roger Jackson ([[Franchise/{{Scream}} Ghostface]], [[ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]], [[AmericanMcGeesAlice the Cheshire Cat]]) is Anton Sokolov.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.gamespot.com/events/gdc-2013/story.html?sid=6406136 The game was originally meant]] to take place in the [[RealLife real world]] in feudal Japan. The developers then realized they didn't know enough about feudal Japan, so they then [[WriteWhatYouKnow changed location]] to the great London fire of 1666, but then they decided that there had been too many changes to the setting to be realistic and set the game in an AlternateUniverse. Another significant change was removing the ability to throw random objects around at will because according to Arkane, this meant that players could throw an object, freeze time, and then hop on the thrown object in midair, which would have [[GameBreaker broken the game.]]

** Brad Dourif ([[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[{{Myst}} Saavedro]], [[Film/LordOfTheRings Grí­ma Wormtongue]]) is Piero.

* Expy: The rats and the plague they carry are noticeably reminiscent of the Headcrabs in [[Videogame/HalfLife2 Half-Life 2]]; both are vermin that infest the darker, underground corners of the city, turn their victims into zombie-equivalents and were [[spoiler:weaponized by oppressive regimes but which eventually back-fired.]] Guess which game Dishonored's art director previously worked on?

** Susan Sarandon is Granny Rags.

** ChristopherCoreySmith is Guard Captain Curnow.

** ChloeMoretz is Lady Emily Kaldwin.

** MichaelMadsen is Daud.

** Creator/CarrieFisher and GreggBerger are the Broadcasters.

** Roger Jackson ([[Franchise/{{Scream}} Ghostface]], [[ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]]) is Anton Sokolov.

** AprilStewart is Empress Jessamine Kaldwin.

** CarrieFisher and GreggBerger are the Broadcasters.

** LenaHeadey is Calista.

** Brad Dourif ([[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[{{Myst}} Saavedro]], [[Film/LordOfTheRings Grima Wormtongue]]) is Piero.

** Roger Jackson ([[Film/{{Scream}} Ghostface]], [[ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]]) is Anton Sokolov.

** Billy Lush ([[Series/TheChicagoCode Liam Hennessey]]) is The Outsider.

** Christopher Corey Smith ([[GurrenLagann Kittan]]) is Guard Captain Curnow.

* ShoutOut:
** 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 (those developed by Ion Storm Austin and {{Creator/Looking Glass Studios}} and ex-employees thereof) since the first ''SystemShock'' in 1994.
** [[Creator/LookingGlassStudios Garrett]] would approve upon finding an assassin in training being told to stay in the shadows and reach the other side of the room without being spotted.
** One of the levels involves AFeteWorseThanDeath being crashed by a 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''.
** 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]].
** Piero'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}}''.
** At the party, wearing a rodent mask no less, is one Lord [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH Timothy Brisby]].
** The [[CosmeticAward 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 [[CosmeticAward Achievement/Trophy]] by possessing a fish. And ''fish,'' of course, is the riddle's answer.
** 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 [=achievement/trophy=] for Sparing [[spoiler: Daud]] is called [[Series/{{Firefly}} 'Mercy is the Mark']].
** There's a brown haired servant named [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Lydia]] in a Bethesda game.
** A prominent scientist named Sokolov may or may not be a shout out to ''MetalGearSolid3''.
** The scowling Overseer masks are reminiscent of the Immortals from ThreeHundred.
** A mysterious otherworldly entity called [[TheLastStory "The Outsider"]] grants the protagonist superpowers that manifest itself as a mark on the back of the left hand. Granted, this one is more likely to be a coincidence...

** A mysterious otherworldly entity called "The Outsider" grants the protagonist superpowers that manifest itself as a mark on the back of the hand. Is this Dishonored or TheLastStory? Granted, this one is more likely to be a coincidence...

** The scowling Overseer masks are reminiscent of the Immortals from ThreeHundred.

*** Though Ms. Fisher never actually can be heard in-game.

** Brad Dourif ([[ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[{{Myst}} Saavedro]], [[Film/LordOfTheRings Grima Wormtongue]]) is Piero.

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler:Havelock, Pendleton, and Martin [[FaceHeelTurn turning on you]] through poisoned whisky.]]

** A prominent scientist named Sokolov may or may not be a shout out to ''MetalGearSolid3''.

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler:Havelock, 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.]]

** CarrieFisher is the Alternate Broadcaster.

** Brad Dourif ([[ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[{{Myst}} Saavedro]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings Grima Wormtongue]]) is Piero.

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

** Billy Lush ([[Series/TheChicagoCode Liam Hennessey]]) is The Outsider