History Trivia / ModernWarfare

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: At some point it became assumed that "Death From Above" from ''[=MW1=]'' was a deliberate commentary on the gamification of war. While it serves effectively as one, it was far from deliberate. The level is based heavily on a specific piece of leaked AC-130 gun cam footage from the Iraq War with dialogue from the aircraft crew in the game even mimicking that from the leaked video and the detail of a mosque the crew in the video are ordered not to fire on transferred to the game as the church the player is ordered not to fire on.

* IKnewIt: Theories that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Vladimir Makarov]] was the First Horseman]] were correct.

*** A probable explanation for this is likely due to the mission "The Coup", where Al-Assad uses Zakhaev's Desert Eagle to execute President Al-Fulani. The lighting in the scene where that happens [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/callofduty/images/d/d3/Al-Fulani_Execution_The_Coup_CoD4.png has a slightly noticeable yellow tint]], so the chrome-plated Desert Eagle appears to be golden.

** The game was hit with this from the get-go, as Infinity Ward wanted to make this sort of jump to the modern day after the very first ''Call of Duty''. Activision was convinced ItWillNeverCatchOn, however, and in particular only agreed to give the team access to development kits for the Xbox 360 if they agreed to do at least one more WWII-based ''[=CoD=]'' before making a modern-day one.

* ActingForTwo: Craig Fairbrass voiced Gaz AND Wallcroft in Modern Warfare 1 before voicing Simon "Ghost" Riley in Modern Warfare 2, and reprising Wallcroft in Modern Warfare 3. Tony Curran later voices [=MacMillan=] and player character Yuri in Modern Warfare 3.

* FakeRussian: Creator/TonyCurran is Yuri's voice actor.

* ActingForTwo: Craig Fairbrass voiced Gaz AND Wallcroft in Modern Warfare 1 before voicing Simon "Ghost" Riley in Modern Warfare 2, and reprising Wallcroft in Modern Warfare 3. Tony Curran later voices MacMillan and player character Yuri in Modern Warfare 3.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[Creator/KeithDavid Sgt. Foley]] and [[Creator/LanceHenriksen General Shepherd]] are [[Franchise/MassEffect Admirals David Anderson and Steven Hackett.]] They're even from the same series as a protagonist with the same name as ''Modern Warfare 2''[='s=] antagonist, albeit spelt differently ("Shepard" against "Shepherd".)

* NamesTheSame:
** One of the randomly-generated names for the FSO agents in the ''[=MW3=]'' level "Turbulence" is, minus a single I, the exact same as that of ''World at War''[='=]s Russian PlayerCharacter.
** There's a Pvt. Allen in "The Bog" in Modern Warfare 1. Pelayo, the name of the Super Cobra pilot from the last [=MW1=] Marine mission, can likewise end up attached to random Rangers in [=MW2=].
** Gaz is not to be confused with [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib's perpetually angry pizza-loving world-hating younger sister.]]

** This is also the case for several of the guns featured which at the time were cool new rising stars, expected to become big hits in the military, only to end production before leaving the prototype phase, including the FMG-9 (only technically produced for real as an airsoft gun) and ACR (never adopted).

* FakeBrit: Captain Macmillan's voice actor is American, not Scottish.

* FanNickname:
** "Grenade of Grenade: Grenade Grenade" and "Stay Frosty [[MilitaryAlphabet Oscar Mike]]: [[DoAnythingSoldier Ramirez]] Do Everything!"
** "Dead Man's Dick" for the Dead Man's Hand death streak in ''[=MW3=]'', courtesy of [=YouTuber=] [=TheShwantz27=].

*** A probable explanation for this is likely due to the mission "The Coup", where Al-Assad uses Zakhaev's Desert Eagle to execute President Al-Fulani. The lighting in the scene where that happens [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/callofduty/images/d/d3/Al-Fulani_Execution_The_Coup_CoD4.png has a slightly noticeable yellow tint]], so the chrome-plated Desert Eagle appears to be golden.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zuzaxlddWbk The Vet and the N00b]]" trailer is both this and a CallBack. Sam Worthington plays the "Vet," after previously appearing as the commando Alex Mason in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps.'' The commercial also calls back to the ''Black Ops'' advertising twice. First, with the tagline "There's a soldier in all of us." Second, having NBA star Dwight Howard appear toting an M16 with a grenade launcher. NBA star Kobe Bryant appeared with the same gun in ads for ''Black Ops''.