As a Fridge subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.
Fridge Brilliance
- Much about Alma's mansion makes sense when you remember that she's an Eco-Terrorist, from both the "eco" and "terrorist" sides. The solar panels on the roof are a great source of renewable energy, and also reduce the odds of a utility worker finding something they shouldn't. The house's large windows are great for letting in natural light and also for keeping an eye on the outside. Even the location on a virgin beach fits: aside from the obvious benefits of living in an out-of-the-way locale, it might also help to block development and the like there.
- Reynard named her daughter Mercedes, which means and can be shortened to "Mercy". It might be ironic a merciless terrorist like Alma Reynard named her daughter after the virtue mercy, but maybe that's the point.
- The Shadow Client's name is Lucas Grey. His clothing choices and the obvious symbolism aside, a "Grey Man" is someone with survivalist training who deliberately blends into the crowd. And Grey is a survivor who has learned to make himself invisible. Much like 47, in fact.
- The Shadow Client seems distinctly ruthless despite his claims of being A Lighter Shade of Black, using his own men as pawns as well as Cannon Fodder. This makes sense when you note that he’s leading an Army of Thieves and Whores who very often don't care about collateral damage. They're tools, nothing more, with only 47 being a Worthy Opponent by comparison.
- The Shadow Client's obsessive hatred of Providence makes a lot more sense once you realize that they were The Man Behind the Man for the super-agent program which produced both 47 as well as Lucas Grey himself.
- Providence's hand also, potentially, explains a lot of the Super Science in the series as well as the prevalence of Nebulous Evil Organization groups like the Franchise or IAGO.
- Providence is, at its heart, about preserving the wealth and power of a group of the corporate elite; with the Partners revealed, it seems to itself be run like a corporation, with the Partners as its "board", so to speak, and the Constant as its "CEO". As powerful as he is as the Heralds' commander, how much he himself benefits from the entirety of the scheme depends on the whims of the "shareholders", who are fairly constant in contrast to (ironically) the position of Constant, which has changed hands at least once.
- The very specific story which Janus tells to Agent 47 about Doctor Ort-Meyer seems like a bit of randomness until you realize he explicitly says that he recognizes 47's look as well as eyes. In short, Janus is Defiant to the End and just wants to insult 47 until he's executed.
- In "Nightcall", Jordan Cross's signature song, “Are We Stars”, plays on the TV after the Dynasty news report. The song is about a man mourning the death of his girlfriend, soon to be befitting Orson.
- In "Chasing a Ghost", if the Kashmirian opportunity is followed through to its end, it will actually parallel the Maelstrom's induction to the Mumbai Mafia, with the Kashmirian taking the Maelstrom's place and the Maelstrom taking the Mafia. Just as Maelstrom had his gang killed so he could join the Mumbai Mafia and take them down from the inside, the Kashmirian double-crossed Shah and Rangan to join the Maelstrom before (when 47 disguised as him) killed the Maelstrom.
- In the history of the Hitman series, 47 never had a target named James, Peter or Nancy, the names of Diana's brother, father and mother respectively. Neither did he have a target named Oliver or Lloyd, James and Peter's middle names respectively.
- Diana's suggestions on how to infiltrate the building and assassinate Mark Faba in the Undying briefing, while annoying, are understandable when you remember that he had survived over a dozen assassination attempts beforehand. Diana's unwarranted advice to may be due to her being unsure if even 47 could assassinate Faba and feeling that she needs to help as much as possible.
- The difficulty of the Ark Society Initiation test and why a lot of tokens are at out of bound areas could be credited to The Social Darwinist mentality of the Ark Society. Why it’s impossible to collect enough tokens without sneaking into restricted areas, using disguises and even stealing from your competitors could be to test how cutthroat you can be.
Fridge Horror
- It's lucky that if you sabotage Sierra's racecar, it only kills her rather than her crashing into other cars.
- The meaty bone item you can find in Santa Fortuna may seem harmless until you start to wonder what it belonged to, and then you realize that Rico owns a man-eating hippo. Worse yet, you can find one in the mansion kitchen.
- The original trailer for Hitman had the Shadow Client talk about how 47's executions had resulted in the rise of new people due to the Evil Power Vacuum he created, which we now know is Providence. How is eliminating Providence going to do anything but repeat the process? Perhaps with something worse?
- The end of the Haven Island cutscene:
- The Constant has embezzled all of the Partners' shares into his bank account and escaped. While unlikely to regain his position at Providence due to having betrayed them, he’s now an extremely wealthy man backed by mysterious, powerful allies who freed him and knowledge of Diana and 47's betrayal, which he could expose to Providence and the ICA.
- At the end of the cutscene, Lucas Grey lies to 47 about everything going to plan when the Constant escaped. Either he has Skewed Priorities and places killing the Partners over the Constant or he's working with the Constant. Why? Money? Power? Revenge? We don't know.
