Line #27 Fridge/PuyoPuyo


1	Since ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' is a series with very light, silly plots, stuff passes by without permanent damage done. Although, that does bring up some questions that can be very easily glossed over because of that...
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4	* There's actually a very clever reason why, in the Japanese voices, Sig's repeater is "Acid". Sig's strongest chain spell is "Hydrangea", a flower that blooms in different colors depending on the soil's pH level, or acidity. Blue hydrangeas are made possible by ''acidic soil'', which follows Sig's blue color theme.
5	** Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the pH spectrum, on basic soil, hydrangeas become red. Just like Possessed Klug, who is Sig's EvilCounterpart, gets the same spell and has a red color theme.
6	* Sig's PokemonSpeak alternate voice set in ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'' is especially fitting for him as Pokémon was inspired by bug catching, which happens to be Sig's hobby.
7	* In Chapter 8 of ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'' when Ringo is announcing the talent show she is holding, Tee interrupts her to question why he's there. Not only is he asking why he is participating in her talent show, but he's also hanging a lampshade on the fact that he and his crew returned back to their dimension in the previous chapter and there's no reason they should be here for it.
8	* Tee is shown to actually seem to be more cocky in ''Tetris 2'', going as far as to make boasts when battling others. This might seem out of place, as Tee never said anything about being the tetris king in the first game until it becomes relevant to the story. Then you think about how Tee never lost to Ex in ''Tetris'' and the first time Tee actively declared himself the king in story was right after he beat Ex at his full power. Tee is more confident because he actually earned his title by the time of ''Tetris 2''
9	* Marle and Squares' colour pallets make a lot of sense when you look at Ex and Tee's. Tee has a purple dominated colour scheme with a bit of yellow while Ex is the reverse. If you look at the personalities of those two, you see how Tee, associated with purple, seems to be extremely serious and not very open with his emotions while Ex is fun-loving and always likes to have a good time. However they also have each other's colours in them, with Tee being secretly emotional and actually liking to battle for fun while Ex has his moments of being serious. Then look again at Marle and Squares. Squares is similar to Tee in how they are both serious with a secret soft side, It makes sense for him to have some purple and other cool colours in his design. Marle on the other hand is goofy and the FunPersonified with yellow being the colour of her hair. This even extends to their relationship dynamic. Tee is younger and Ex is his MentorArchetype while Squares was created by Marle and Marle was supposed to be the one to teach him about life. Some had even predicted that Squares would have some purple in him before his appearance was linked because of Ex and Tee's dynamic and personalities.
10	** It's also interesting to note how Squares does not actually have much purple in him at all. This is a subtle hint that Squares is not actually the personification of order but more that Marle gave him his role and did a poor job explaining what it meant. Contrast Marle who has a considerable amount more yellow in her while also having been responsible for Squares' StartOfDarkness and created a rift between them because of what she considered fun.
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13	* In SUN; increasing the sun's size for an endless summer, eh? What about Mercury, Venus, and the ice caps melting?
14	* ''Puyo Puyo~n'': Doppelganger Arle actually wants to replace the true Arle outright. Consider that Doppelgangers by nature want to KillAndReplace…
15	* ''Fever 2'': Isn't it weird that it takes Amitie, Raffina, and Sig a little bit to realize that Klug [[NotHimself isn't himself]]? [[spoiler:Klug has horrible friends if they can't even tell his voice dropped a few octaves, let alone that he's wearing a cape or was possessed by a demon.]]
16	* In 15th: wouldn't fish die in a sea of jelly, Lemres? [[WhatTheHellHero Way to go.]]
17	* In ''Madou Monogatari I'', a five-year-old Arle was thrust into a tower full of monsters to get some magical orbs for her graduation exam. Granted, the things she fights are illusions (save for the final boss), but who sends ''a kindergartner'' into something that dangerous!? The whole thing sounds more suited for high school, college, or some sort of military boot camp, but '''''definitely'' not ''kindergarten!!''''' [[spoiler:Let's not forget the scene where she witnesses her class melting and rotting like zombies. It's another illusion, yes, but [[HarmfulToMinors that has to mess the little Arle up pretty badly]].]]
18	* Even if it is non-canon, the ''Madou Monogatari Chronology'' contains some dark details that leaves some haunting hindsight for several characters…
19	** If we consider the S Story in ''Madou Monogatari ARS'' taking place over a hundred years prior to ''Madou Monogatari II'', hindsight rears its ugly head for Schezo. He was dragged into a fallen capital's labyrinth against his will and suddenly learns his destiny to become the Dark Wizard, in spite of trying to desperately escape. When he does manage to escape, he doesn't quite behave the same he did prior. This all happened because of deadly curiosity during a school trip, when he could have lived as an otherwise normal magic student if he refused to heed the call. He was '''14''' when this happened, younger than present-day Arle. Despite vowing to defy Rune Lord's awful ways, he's become the power-siphoning man he is now, meaning that at some point in his life, he lost his way, or Rune Lord's influence [[TheCorrupter already took hold the moment they dueled]], as his last act before he vanished from the mortal world. On another note, from the ''ARS: S Story'' to ''Madou Monogatari II'', he was in a stasis-like slumber. Any remnant of his childhood is already gone, and for all he knows, he was a practitioner since that day and not a hundred years, so there's no way he could know better as his mindset is completely displaced in time.
20	** The thing with Schezo and Rune Lord actually gets worse when you consider the infamous first fight he had with Arle. He gets decapitated and still fights without a body, and is seemingly killed in the end, but shows up later no worse for wear. Runelord not only has a grasp on Schezo, ''[[FateWorseThanDeath he won't let him die in peace.]]''
21	** And it's not just Schezo stuck like this; [[TheHero Ragnus]] is the one who defeated Rune Lord, [[ILetGwenStacyDie who killed Ragnus' girlfriend Patty]]. [[Really700YearsOld Now Ragnus is even older than Schezo]], [[ForgottenFallenFriend has no memories of Patty]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking is cursed to de-age if he stops fighting]]. Rune Lord got the last laugh with his DyingCurse.
22	** Arle's the reincarnation of Dark Prince's dead lover, Lilith. When you think about that, all of Dark Prince's advances sound more like attempts to rekindle an old but fell flame. With this context, the aforementioned Doppleganger Arle might actually be what's left of Lilith (in fact, that's outright what she was in ''The Final Test''). ''And she's so far gone that she even screwed with Satan in her quest to become whole.''
23	* In ''Puyo Puyo Tetris 2'', Amitie asks Tee and Ess if they ever go home. Ess gets extremely defensive claiming that the Tetra is their home while Tee clarifies that Ex brought them all together and that they have nowhere else to go. While this can be different depending in the interpretation, this reaction can either mean that everyone on the Tetra are ''orphans'' or that ''they don't have a world of their own to return to.''
24	* No clear answer is ever given as to the true reason for Tee's reports. [[spoiler:Ex was apparently getting them in ''Tetris'', but Tee continues to make reports when Ex is near.]] Not to mention that O never says anything except presumably reminding Tee that it's his job as the captain to make reports. Makes you wonder why it has to be kept a secret and if Tee really should have so much trust in O. ''O could be hiding something super important and Tee wouldn't question it.''
25	** This is made creepier if you take into account Tee being extremely determined and holding a lot of respect for [[spoiler:Ex, O could have prevented the events of ''Tetris'' if he had just jogged Tee's memory about Ex; instead, O dooms Ex to more loneliness]] and causes a great deal of angst for Tee. O is clearly more deep than meets the eye, and nobody on the Tetra questions this.
26	* How does Sig keep a bunch of bugs in his demon arm if we see him opening that arm's hand and nothing is in it? [[BodyHorror Unless he's storing them inside his arm.]] ''Eeeewww!''
27	* ''Puyo Puyo Quest'' features guest characters from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''[[labelnote:*]] Both the game series and the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 movie]] via movie Sonic's inclusion[[/labelnote]], ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'', ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'', ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'', and others. While this is pretty cool, it suggests that [[UndeadAbomination Hollows]], [[DarkIsEvil the Dark Kingdom]], [[ApocalypseMaiden Mistress 9]], [[AliensAreBastards the Death Busters]], [[BlobMonster Chaos]], [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Gerald Robotnik]], [[DestroyerDeity Dark Gaia]], [[EldritchAbomination Angels]], [[AbusiveParents Gendo Ikari]], [[TheDreaded Lan Di]], [[TheHeartless Shadows]], [[SerialKiller Tohru Adachi]], and more all exist in (or close to) the cheery worlds of ''Puyo Puyo'', ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' alongside the fairly realistic ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'' universe…
28	** By virtue of crossovers (the [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario and Sonic]] games, ''VideoGame/SonicDash'' and ''VideoGame/MarioKartArcadeGP'', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' notwithstanding), this also suggests that the entire [[Franchise/SuperMario Mario]] universe along with VideoGame/PacMan's universe share spaces with all of these universes.
29	** Really, having Evangelion characters in Puyo Puyo can be a bit unsettling. The characters include Shinji (A kid who has [[ParentalIssues parental issues up to his hairline]] and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick masturbated on]] in front of a [[DudeShesLikeInAComa comatose girl]]) and Asuka ([[TooMuchInformation The aforementioned comatose girl]] who saw her mother's post-suicide body), as well as [[HumanoidAbomination Rei]] and [[AngelicAbomination Kaworu]]. Yeah, they have cuter redesigns now, but if their backstories are the same here, [[ArtStyleDissonance that honestly makes them]] [[MoodDissonance hanging around in this world even worse...]]
30	** The ''Evangelion'' one is especially worrying when you consider that a vague part of ''Puyo Puyo''[='=]s lore was that Lilith/Arle fought a [[RageAgainstTheHeavens war against the Creator]], and eventually, Satan had to rebuild the world after it was destroyed. Who's to say ''Puyo Puyo'' didn't have its own version of the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Third Impact?]] Or even worse, '''it's leading into the Third Impact?'''
31	** Also note that among the many new characters in ''Quest'' is Julia, a demon that seems to be a puppet-like CreepyDoll. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Feeling pretty cruel?]] [[TraumaButton Team her up with Asuka.]]
32	** Then there's [[EldritchAbomination EVA-1]] itself, fully playable, and perfectly capable of being teamed up with everyone else. [[NonStandardCharacterDesign Not even Puyo Puyo's art-style can downplay its menacing design, making it stick out like a sore thumb.]] Also, like the other EVA characters, [[AssimilationPlot you have to wonder if]] [[PoweredByAForsakenChild it has the]] [[SoulJar same backstory...]]
33	** Plus Amitie gets a costume in the likeness of an [[EldritchAbomination Angel]]. [[CreepyCute It's honestly kinda cute]], but imagine teaming her up with one of the EVA characters. [[CrossesTheLineTwice You're basically having them work with someone dressed like the very creatures that nearly destroyed the world.]]
34	** The thing about the Hollows is pretty disquieting too when you remember [[UndeadChild Yu and Rei]] are floating around this world. Yeah, their status as ghosts may absolve them from becoming Hollows themselves, but that doesn't mean a Hollow can't go and try to consume them. That is assuming the [[GrimReaper Soul Society]], [[{{Miko}} Sailor Mars]], or [[OriginalGeneration Greap]] don't try to exorcize the two first.
35	** [[RayOfHopeEnding Alternatively]], the ''Sailor Moon'' connection may mean [[HopeSpringsEternal things aren't as bad]] [[{{Utopia}} in the future as]] [[TheFutureWillBeBetter they could be.]]
36	** With ''Manga/DrSlump'' characters making their way into the game, that implies that the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' series, a universe filled with god-like entities and both an entire planet and timeline destroyed, is also a part of this universe.
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39	* Klug was recommended the book he carries by Lemres to power up his magic. This isn't harmful by itself. …Put into consideration the book said that Klug could get stronger with three items he had to steal, and then him getting those items released the demon inside and caused ''Fever 2''[='=]s plot. [[WhatTheHellHero Once more, way to go.]]
40	* In ''Fever'', you could instantly get the tip that something was up when Ms Accord lost her ''"flying"'' cane.
41	* Skeleton-T is a ''skeleton'' that ''drinks'' tea. Need I say more?
42	* In 20th, Schezo manages to bake a ''wedding cake'' '''in a cave''' that '''''apparently has a kitchen'''''.
43	* Ringo is only scared of ghosts due to her grandmother's scary stories regarding them, prompting her to declare them 'not logical' or 'not scientifically proven'… yet [[ArbitrarySkepticism she barely questions]] [[EverythingExceptMostThings the fact that some of her closest friends hail from alternate universes, Puyos and the mysterious power that comes with them, and the fact that she gained the ability to use lightning magic, among many other things.]]

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