History Trivia / TheElderScrollsIVOblivion

* ThrowItIn: According to one Bethesda writer, Mankar Camoran's long speech made when arriving in Paradise was a last minute creation, made randomly one night via an email. This is why said speech mistakenly attributes different Daedric realms to the wrong Daedric Prince. The voice directors liked the speech, and had it used in the game.

* KillerApp: ''Oblivion'' was released as a year-long timed exclusive for the Platform/{{Xbox360}}, and sold well enough that it influenced Sony to [[FollowTheLEader make their own]] exclusive gritty fantasy RPG in the form of ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' for the Platform/{{PlayStation3}}.

* KillerApp: ''Oblivion'' was released as a year-long timed exclusive for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360, and sold well enough that it influenced Sony to [[FollowTheLEader make their own]] exclusive gritty fantasy RPG in the form of ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With [[Film/Oblivion1994 the 1994 film]], [[Film/Oblivion2013 the 2013 film]] and the fifth book of ''Literature/ThePowerOfFive''.

* ThrowItIn: According to one Bethesda writer, Mankar Camoran's long speed made when arriving in Paradise was a last minute creation, made randomly one night via an email. This is why said speech mistakenly attributes different Daedric realms to the wrong Daedric Prince. The voice directors liked the speech, and had it used in the game.

%%* UrbanLegendOfZelda: It's not uncommon for people to believe that this game's portrayal of Clavicus Vile is voiced by Todd Howard himself. While Howard does voice an NPC by the name of Alban Corinis (a test NPC), and Vile's voice does sound ''very'' similar to Howard's (albeit with a slight Irish accent), Vile is voiced by Craig Sechler (who also provides the voice for Sheogorath if the player doesn't have the Shivering Isles DLC installed).
%% Can someone verify this? As far as I know, the only source claiming Craig Sechler voiced Clavicus Vile is IMDB, and most other sources do concur that he was actually voiced by Todd Howard (who also voiced him in Redguard). Todd Howard claimed that he voiced Clavicus Vile in "a couple of games" (presumably Redguard and Oblivion) in an interview at Pax East 2019.

* TalkingToHimself: An unfortunate side effect of Bethesda's decision to have the game be fully voiced, while hiring only a handful of actors to voice over 1000 characters: one VA for all Imperial Males, one VA for all Orc and Nord females, one VA for all Orc and Nord males and so forth. It's quite possible you'll be hearing two [=NPCs=] conversing to each other ''with the exact same voice!''

* DummiedOut: The Lock spell, mainly so as to not break NPC's scripts and such.