History VideoGame / CallOfDutyGhosts

* KillSat: The USA built one, but it was taken over.

* CanineCompanion: The Ghosts are aided by a military working dog named Riley. In some parts of the game you will even take control of Riley.

* AlternateHistory: The game takes place in an alternate 21st century where a devastating conflict in the Middle East greatly depleted the world's oil supply and resulted in a global energy crisis. This event gave the oil-rich nations of South America a virtual monopoly on oil, allowing them to form the Federation of the Americas. The Federation would eventually expand until it controlled all of South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. At the start of the game the United States and the Federation are in an uneasy peace, until the Federation decides it wants to add America to its empire.

* TheFederation: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Federation]], though they are most ''definitely'' not the good guys.

* ColonyDrop: The cataclysm that wrecked the United States was caused by someone hacking a kinetic weapons satellite and having it fire at major cities.

* CallBack/ShoutOut: The masks of the Ghosts are a modified version of the mask worn by Modern Warfare 2's Ghost. In addition, the dog's name is Riley, named after Ghost's real name (Simon Riley).

* NextSundayAD: ''Ghosts'' and ''[[CallofDutyBlackOps2 Black Ops 2]]'' both take place in roughly the same future year. However, while ''Black Ops 2'' had many explicitly Sci-Fi technologies, almost all of the weapons and equipment seen in ''Ghosts'' are modern real-world gear, with the major exception of the orbital kinetic strike satellites. Justified in that being bombed into the stone age has restricted U.S. tech growth, while the Federation is an upstart nation that has had a lot of catching up to do in a very short period of time.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Ajax, the first Ghost to die, is Black.]]

* ActionGirl: Female soldiers are playable for the first time in multiplayer, not counting VideoGame/NaziZombies. A female astronaut also serves as your combat partner in the prologue mission.

* SpaceMarines: The single player campaign trailer shows armed United States astronauts fighting (and presumably failing) to stop a kinetic weapons satellite from being taken over by hostile forces.

* ActionGirl: Female soldiers are playable for the first time in multiplayer, not counting VideoGame/NaziZombies.

* BashBrothers: Literally. The two main protagonists are a pair of brothers who join the Ghosts following the devastation and occupation of America.

* AlienInvasion: Due to the popularity of the "Zombies" gameplay mode in the Treyarch-made ''Call of Duty'' games, Infinity Ward has included a new multiplayer mode in ''Ghosts'' titled "Invasion" where teams of players must defend an area against waves of attacking aliens.

* DayOfTheJackboot: Unlike most examples of InvadedStatesOfAmerica, an alliance of South American states establishing themselves a global superpower and invading United States is more realistic scenario than say [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China]] or [[VideoGame/{{Homefront}} North Korea]] [[note]]China's relationship with United States is more of an EnemyMine relationship where they are economically too dependent on each other that makes it implausible for China to militarily invade United States *yet.* And North Korea is laughingly poor economically and militarily to actually invade United States; even China, North Korean's ally, is turning against them for their recent nuclear weapons program[[/note]]. This is because according to WordOfGod, South America is known to have a rich variety of natural resources and this isn't far from TruthInTelevision such as Brazil. [[note]]Venezuela, a country known to be politically hate United States thanks to Hugo Chavez would have been close to Brazil with their petroleum reserves, but poor government management prevented this country from being so[[/note]]

* ForWantOfANail: If the U.S. astronauts managed to sucessfully fend off against the South American Federation SpaceMarines from using the kinetic weapons satellite against the United States, then United States's economy wouldn't be in shambles. Unfortunately, the Federation forces did succeed, and Hugo Chavez's dream of destroying America came true.