History Trivia / FateZero

* IKnewIt: Although the more widespread theory that the man with long black hair in Ionioi Hetairoi is ''not'' an aged-up Waver Velvet was {{Jossed}}, those who believed otherwise usually presumed him to be Eumenes of Cardia[[note]]Eumenes was from Thrace (modern-day Anatolia) and is suspected to have Scythian ancestry; Scythians were known for having long black hair, whereas the Greeks would usually cut it short. Eumenes was also historically known for his loyalty to Alexander and his lineage, a trait fans associate with Waver.[[/note]]. Later series like the ''Sensha Otoko'' parody one-shot, ''LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' would later imply it heavily before he was officially confirmed to be Eumenes in a UniverseCompendium for ''Case Files''.

* IKnewIt: Although the more widespread theory that the man with long black hair in Ionioi Hetairoi is ''not'' an aged-up Waver Velvet was {{Jossed}}, those who believed otherwise usually presumed him to be Eumenes of Cardia[[note]]Eumenes was from Thrace (modern-day Anatolia) and is suspected to have Scythian ancestry; Scythians were known for having long black hair, whereas the Greeks would usually cut it short.[[/note]]. Later series like the ''Sensha Otoko'' parody one-shot, ''LightNovel/LordElMelloiIICaseFiles'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' would later imply it heavily before he was officially confirmed to be Eumenes in a UniverseCompendium for ''Case Files''.

** Fastwheels for Kayneth.

* FanCommunityNickname: A portion of Fate/Zero fans have been derisively nicknamed 'Zerofags', which is the term for fans who [[GatewaySeries got into the Fateverse thanks to this series]] and were baffled that [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight the predecessor/sequel]] [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder or other installments]] weren't as [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and edgy]] as Zero, thus [[FanHater tend to insult those series and those who liked it]], while overly praising Fate/Zero's qualities to the point of ridiculousness.

** Kenneth for Kayneth.
** And Team [[{{Netorare}} NTR]] for his team (Kayneth, Lancer and Sola-ui).
** [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]]: Zero!Rider, for being a large swarthy redhead.

* RoleReprisal: Creator/MelaLee returns as Rin and Creator/StephanieSheh also reprises her role as Illya. They are the only voice actors to reprise the same character from the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Stay Night]] series dub.

** Kyle Hebert as Berserker.

** For the English dub, this trope is played straight for almost 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 [[Creator/KateHiggins Artoria]], [[Creator/GrantGeorge Gilgamesh]], [[Creator/KirkThornton Kiritsugu]], and [[Creator/JamiesonPrice Kotomine]], since the actors who played them in ''Fate/stay night'' are also in the dub of ''Fate/zero'', but they play different characters. The sole exceptions are [[Creator/MelaLee]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh]], reprising the roles of Rin and Ilyasviel respectively.

** For the English dub, this trope is played straight for almost 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 [[Creator/KateHiggins Artoria]], [[Creator/GrantGeorge Gilgamesh]], [[Creator/KirkThornton Kiritsugu]], and [[Creator/JamiesonPrice Kotomine]], since the actors who played them in ''Fate/stay night'' are also in the dub of ''Fate/zero'', but they play different characters. The sold exception is [[Creator/MelaLee]], reprising the role of Rin.

** For the English dub, this trope 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 [[Creator/MichelleRuff Artoria]], [[Creator/GrantGeorge Gilgamesh]], [[Creator/KirkThornton Kiritsugu]], and [[Creator/JamiesonPrice Kotomine]], since the actors who played them in ''Fate/stay night'' are also in the dub of ''Fate/zero'', but they play different characters.

* ActorAllusion: One wonders if the characterization of Rider/Alexander the Great in here owes less to historical record and more to Creator/AkioOhtsuka's previous roles [[Franchise/MetalGear as a leader of overwhelming charisma, whose men are fanatically loyal to him and his vision for the world, and who is likely to be misunderstood by people who don't know him]].

** [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Assasin]], [[Creator/DavidVincent Gilgamesh]], [[Creator/JamiesonPrice Rider]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Sakura]], [[Creator/MelaLee Rin]], [[Creator/GrantGeorge Lancer]] and [[Creator/DougErholtz Kayneth]] were [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodegde, Jin Kisaragi, Iron Tager, Noel Vermilion, Rachel Alucard, Kagura Mutsuki and Hazama]].

** [[Creator/CrispinFreeman Kirei]], [[Creator/KariWahlgren Saber]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Ryuunosuke]], [[Creator/MelaLee Rin]], [[Creator/PatrickSeitz Assasin]], [[Creator/BridgetHoffman Irisviel]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Berserker]] and [[Creator/DavidVincent Gilgamesh]] were [[{{LightNovel/Durarara}} Shizuo, Celty, Izaya, Erika, Simon, Namie, Horada and Seiji respectively]]. Even [[Creator/LiamOBrien Kariya]] made an appearance in [[{{LightNovel/Durarara}} that show]] as a nameless thug.

* BreakthroughHit: The first opening theme, 'oath sign' pretty much kickstarted [=LiSA's=] career as a solo artist, and she would later find further success with ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' and ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool''.

* FanCommunityNickname: A portion of Fate/Zero fans have been derisively nicknamed 'Zerofags', which is the term for fans who [[GatewaySeries got into the Fateverse thanks to this series]] and were baffled that [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight the predecessor/sequel]] [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder or other installments]] weren't as [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and edgy]] as Zero, thus [[FanHater tend to insult those series and those who liked it]], while overly praising Fate/Zero's qualities [[FanDumb to the point of ridiculousness.]]

* PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch is best well-known for his HotBlooded [[LargeHam hammy]] [[TheHero hero]] roles like [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]], [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash The Stampede]], and [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Yukimura Sanada]]. Here, he is voicing Ryuunosuke Uryuu, an AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild villain who enjoys [[WouldHurtAChild killing children]] [[ForTheEvulz for his entertainment]]. The very fact that he voiced a [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} similar villain, but a bit tamer]] makes this a little CreepyAwesome.
** In the similar way, [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee]] plays [[GenkiGirl energetic]] [[TastesLikeDiabetes sweet]] [[{{Moe}} girls]], now she's playing a tortured little girl.
** Creator/MichaelDonovan for playing Zouken Matou. Yes, [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf THAT]] [[WesternAnimation/ReBoot Michael]] [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinChronicles Donovan]].
** Kyle Hebert as Berserker.

** Michael Donovan for playing Zouken Matou. Yes, [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf THAT]] [[WesternAnimation/ReBoot Michael]] [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinChronicles Donovan]].

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Unsurprisingly, Creator/TomokazuSeki is really a nice person in RealLife, during the Fate/Zero Radio Material he even comments that he finds Gilgamesh to be a scary person.

* CastingGag: [[Creator/Kirk Thornton]] who voiced Kiritsugu Emiya in the original Deen dub, returns as Kiritsugu's father Norikata Emiya.

*** RoleReprisal: Creator/MelaLee returns as Rin, the only voice actor to reprise the same character from the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Stay Night]] series.
*** Creator/StephanieSheh also reprises her role as Illya.

* AllStarCast: The English dub of the series featured a radically different dub cast compared to what we previously know in the original series, featuring a few cast of actors that fans of either Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers, Anime/CodeGeass or Manga/AttackOnTitan might find familiar.
* BreakthroughHit: The first opening theme, 'oath sign' pretty much kickstarted [=LiSA's=] career as a solo artist, and she would later find further success with SwordArtOnline and TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool.

* FanNickname: Kenneth for Kayneth.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Creator/MiyuIrino (young Kiritsugu) previously voiced a role with Creator/AyahiTakagaki (Shirley), Creator/IsshinChiba (Norikata), Creator/AkenoWatanabe (Natalia) and Creator/MegumiToyoguchi (Sola-Ui) in the 2009 TV adaptation of ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno'', Gen Urobuchi and Nitro+'s first work.

*** Creator/StephanieSheh also reprises her role as Ilya.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JohnnyYongBosch is best well-known for his HotBlooded [[LargeHam hammy]] [[TheHero hero]] roles like [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]], [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash The Stampede]], and [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Yukimura Sanada]]. Here, he is voicing Ryuunosuke Uryuu, an AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild villain who enjoys [[WouldHurtAChild killing children]] [[ForTheEvulz for his entertainment]]. The very fact that he voiced a [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} similar villain, but a bit tamer]] makes this a little CreepyAwesome.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There would've been a subplot where one of Assassin's personalities, a little girl, got separated from the others and forgot her identity. After mistaking her for one of Caster and Ryuunosuke's kidnapped victims, Waver takes her in. Rider knows what she really is, but keeps quiet out of respect for Waver's chivalry. Waver and the girl bond, but when Kotomine uses a Command Spell to make all the Assassins attack Rider's party, she regains her memory and joins the attack. Waver is devastated by her death, but toughens up and moves on, as the subplot was meant to be a step in his growing up.
* WordOfGay: While it's not exactly a surprise to anyone familiar with Alexander the Great and his widely speculated bisexuality, Creator/GenUrobuchi 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.

** [[Creator/TakumiYamazaki Kayneth]] and [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Lancer]] played allies Dr. West and Master Therion, respectively, in ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'', a previous {Creator/Nitroplus}} work.

** [[Creator/TakumiYamazaki Kayneth]] and [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Lancer]] played allies Dr. West and Master Therion, respectively, in ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'', a previous [[{{Nitroplus}} Nitro+]] work.