History Trivia / FateZero

** Also note the [[UnionsInHollywood union issues involved]]. The ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and movie adaption aren't contracted to the unions (which is one of the main reasons why KateHiggins wasn't able to reprise her role as Saber). In this dub, this is obviously a union dub since KariWahlgren, CrispinFreeman, and MatthewMercer are well known to strictly work in union-only environment [[note]]JamiesonPrice is known to work in non-union voice work under the pseudonym "Taylor Henry"[[/note]].

** For the English dub, this rope is played straight for every character that appears both here and in the anime of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', due to the dubs being handled by entirely different companies. This is especially notable in the cases of Gilgamesh and Kotomine, since the actors who played them in ''Fate/stay night'' are also in the dub of ''Fate/zero'', but they play different characters.

* TheOtherDarrin: For the English dub, this applies for every character that appears both here and in the anime of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', due to the dubs being handled by entirely different companies. This is especially notable in the cases of Gilgamesh and Kotomine, since the actors who played them in ''Fate/stay night'' are also in the dub of ''Fate/zero'', but they play different characters.

*** [[MatthewMercer Kiritsugu Emiya]] [[FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage knows Nanto Suichoken]]

*** Oddly enough, [[TheScrappy a lot of fans]] [[MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket seem]] [[ZetaGundam to]] [[MobileSuitGundam00 prevoiusly]] [[GundamUnicorn hate]] [[DaisukeNamikawa Waver]] all too much...

*** [[AyahiTakagaki Shirley]] was a former crew of the [[MobileSuitGundam00 Ptolemaios]] and a CreepyChild [[GundamAGE Vagan pilot]].

** Ganondorf: Zero!Rider, for being a large swarthy redhead.

*** [[MasashiHirose Risei]] wants to let everyone know that [[MobileSuitGundam he is not piloting a Zaku.]]"

*** As for Risei, "[[MobileSuitGundam This is no Zaku, boy! No Zaku!]]"
*** [[TomokazuSeki Gilgamesh]]'s hand [[MobileFighterGGundam glows with an awesome POWERRRR!!!]]

*** [[AyumiTsunematsu Maiya]] was the [[MobileSuitGundam00 princess of Azadistan]]

** [[HikaruMidorikawa Lancer]] [[GundamWing is going to kill you]].
** [[AkioOhtsuka Rider]]: "[[{{Gundam0083}} MACEDONIA, I HAVE RETURNED!]]"

** [[AyumiTsunematsu Maiya]] is the voice of [[MobileSuitGundam00 Princess Marina Ismail]].
** Risei: "[[MobileSuitGundam This is no Zaku, boy! No Zaku!]]"

* WordOfGay: While it's not exactly a surprise to anyone familiar with Alexander the Great and his widely speculated bisexuality, Gen Urobuchi confirmed the orientation for his Fate/zero counterpart when discussing how events would have turned out if Kayneth summoned Rider as he intended instead of Lancer (Answer: Rider would have attempted to bed Sola-Ui ''and'' Kayneth).
** PlayedForLaughs with other characters in the Afterword/Author's Comments sections in the novels, in which Gilgamesh is jokingly declared a [[BoysLoveNotes Sasoi-Uke]] while Kiritsugu is said to be [[Uke the bottom]] to [[FoeYay Kotomine]].

* WordOfGay: While it's not exactly a surprise to anyone familiar with Alexander the Great and his widely speculated bisexuality, Gen Urobuchi confirmed the orientation for his Fate/zero counterpart when discussing how events would have turned out if Kayneth summoned Rider as he intended instead of Lancer (Answer: Rider would have attempted to bed Sola-Ui ''and'' Kayneth).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There could've been a subplot where one of Assassin's personalities, a little girl, would've forgotten her identity. Waver and Rider would've taken her in, only to have to make a difficult decision once her identity came to light.

* HeyItsThatVoice - You can expect [[RikiyaKoyama Kiritsugu]] to be a [[ActorAllusion master]] [[TwentyFour of the]] JackBauerInterrogationTechnique.

** Is Kenneth really a ''nickname''? This Troper has seen it used primarily by people who [[SpellMyNameWithAnS think it's actually supposed to be Kenneth]] and people who [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude think it should be Kenneth because "Kayneth" is dumb]].

** Rider: "[[MetalGearSolid SHADOW MOSES,]] [[{{Gundam0083}} I HAVE RETURNED!]]"
** Irisviel's voice in the Drama CD is on the opposite side of the spectrum, but... [[LargeHam LET'S START TORTURING EACH OTHER,]] [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi USHIROMIYA BATORAAAAAAA!!!]]
** Maiya is the voice of [[MobileSuitGundam00 Princess Marina Ismail]].