History Fridge / MetroidOtherM

** In some cutscenes with the Deleter we can see that the 07 on his helmet is faded, just like James' helmet.

* Speaking of Freeze Guns, why were the 07th Platoon all armed with Freeze Guns? That seems like oddly specialized weaponry for the entire group to wield. One's first guess might be that it's an anti-Metroid protocol, but Samus supposedly exterminated all Metroids just recently in the timeline... unless of course, Adam correctly suspected that the BOTTLE SHIP secretly had Metroids aboard and armed his platoon accordingly just in case.

* Late in the game, Samus comes across a broken bridge that she has no means of crossing at the time without Adam's authorization. She has just lost contact with Adam, but the Deleter is getting away. So what does she do? Rather than wait around, she activates a few abilities... the ''Screw'' [[StealthPun Attack]] and Space Jump.

* After the tutorial, the quarantine officer compliments Samus' impressive agility, and Samus herself implies that the Baby Metroid giving her the Hyper Beam also gave her other new instincts. This is why she uses [=SenseMove=], Counter Attacks, Overblasts, and Lethal Strikes in this game. It also explains why she can casually hang off ledges without the Power Grip, a feature that is also present in ''Fusion'' (she even scales walls in that game).

** That's assuming this Ridley clone has the same memories as the original Ridley, which is a widespread theory. However, let's look at it the other way: what if this was a completely new being? This Ridley clone could only have been alive for what, a month at most? Ridley species has very long lifespans, since he was an adult during Samus' childhood and has been that way for as long it took for Samus to grow up. So the Ridley clone in ''Other M'' is basically a ''child'', having just recently matured from its Little Birdie and Mystery Creature forms and having been in the world for only a handful of weeks. That completely re-contextualizes all of his actions in this game! He's a child with a razor-sharp intelligence and predatory reflexes, possibly targeting Samus due to some sort of genetically-inherited instinct. Can you imagine his confusion at fighting Federation marines and being attacked by the Queen Metroid?

** That's assuming this Ridley clone has the same memories as the original Ridley, which is a widespread theory. However, let's look at it the other way: what if this was a completely new being? This Ridley clone could only have been alive for what, a month at most? By examining the original Ridley's life, we can tell that his species has very long lifespans, since he was an adult during Samus' childhood and has been that way for as long it took for Samus to grow up. So the Ridley clone in ''Other M'' is basically a ''child'', having just recently matured from its Little Birdie and Mystery Creature forms and having been in the world for only a handful of weeks. That completely re-contextualizes all of his actions in this game! He's a child with a razor-sharp intelligence and predatory reflexes, possibly targeting Samus due to some sort of genetically-inherited instinct. Can you imagine his confusion at fighting Federation marines and being attacked by the Queen Metroid?

* We don't know much about Ridley's experience with Metroids, but he sure got a lot of his energy sucked away by the Metroid larva during the climax of ''Samus Returns''. That couldn't have been a pleasant experience, and might've left him with some fear for the little monsters. Now imagine how he'd feel facing down the fully-grown Queen Metroid in Room MW - it makes sense that he'd just cower in fear and screech like a cornered animal rather than fight back.

* Late in the game, Samus comes across a broken bridge that she has no means of crossing at the time without Adam's authorization. She has just lost contact with Adam, but the Deleter is getting away. So what does she do? Rather than wait around, she activates a few abilities... the ''Screw'' [[StealthPun Attack]] and Space Jump. -Tropers/{{Matic}}

* Speaking of Freeze Guns, why were the 07th Platoon all armed with Freeze Guns? That seems like oddly specialized weaponry for the entire group to wield. One's first guess might be that it's an anti-Metroid protocol, but Samus supposedly exterminated all Metroids just recently in the timeline... unless of course, Adam suspected that the BOTTLE SHIP had Metroids aboard and armed his platoon accordingly just in case.

* Phantoon is the extra final boss. Anyone remember what area he was the boss of in ''Super Metroid''? The Ghost Ship. At the end of the game, Samus is all alone on the BOTTLE SHIP, making it another ghost ship.

* In Fusion Samus describes Adam as a man she deeply respected and as a key mentor figure, and Other M shows she still thinks of this way even as he shows blatant dismissal and even possibly abusive behavior towards her, and had been not much better to Samus in the past if the flashbacks are any indication. If Other M is truly intended to prequel Fusion and is not a contradition, this can be seen as a symptom of their abusive relationship. Abuse victims can sometimes be completely unable to recognize or even in deep denial that their abusers are abusive, possibly even think of them as wonderful people. When the abuser is abusive the victim may even come to consider themselves at fault for what the abuser does to them. Samus could genuinely believe Adam was a nurturing and important figure to her even years after his death due to this psychological response to her trauma over his abuse.

** James' body is found in the Bioweapon Research Center, which is where MB was hiding. It's unclear who did him in and how, since his body is fairly intact. However, the Japanese guide confirmed that he was targeting MB, unaware of her true identity, and she somehow killed him.

* K.G. Misawa has arguably the creepiest fate out of all the 07th Platoon - since the Deleter incinerated his body, he is labelled as missing at the end of the game rather than deceased. With the Deleter dead, it's unlikely that anyone will ever know what happened to K.G., besides the omniscient players of course.

** From their exploration of planet [=SR388=], she may have been there to see to it that their findings didn't end up in the wrong hands. Afterwards, she investigated the BSL station because the last time this happened [[AIIsACrapshoot a rouge A.I. almost wiped out galactic civilization]], so Samus knew too much was at stake to let any trust issues get in the way.

** It makes even more sense when you consider that the writers for ''Other M'' didn't really consider the events of the ''Prime Trilogy'' when making it. If you ignore ''Prime'' and ''Corruption'', then Ridley has only officially died once (''Super Metroid'') and that was supposed to be DeadForReal. So his resurrection would have looked impossible to her - she saw his body completely disintegrate in front of her. He'd have to be some sort of demon.
** Samus also probably didn't figure out the whole "fluffy bird thing = furry lizard = Ridley" thing either, since she looked at their shed skins with mild confusion, but no sort of worry. She had other things on the mind, such as her reunion with Adam and the potential Deleter.

* At first, Adam's decision to shoot Samus in the back with a Freeze Gun seemed inexplicably cruel - many have even likened it to abuse and wondered why Adam didn't shoot the Metroid larva instead. However, the Metroid was acting calmly until after Adam already shot Samus so he might have thought that the larva wouldn't have attacked if left alone and, as far as he knew, Samus was about to provoke it. Granted, in retrospect, it was a stupid idea but it kinda made sense in the heat of the moment.
** By then, he'd overheard Samus learn of his involvement in the bioweapons program, so the real reason Adam shot her as opposed to talking to her is that there was a risk she wouldn't have trusted him enough to listen at that point. That's the whole core of Samus and Adam's relationship in this game - they're both trying to learn to trust each other again.
** Adam is also aware that Samus has developed a soft spot for Metroids, since he's probably heard she spared the final one in ''Metroid II''. He didn't trust the Metroid larva to be as naive as the Baby, but decided to stop Samus instead of risking provoking the Metroid and putting her in danger.

* The Galactic Federation conspirators needed MB to control the Metroids for them - they needed her warm, motherly behavior to harness the creatures. Why couldn't they do it themselves? Executives are known for being calculative, selfish businessmen - one might even describe them as "cold", the weakness of the Metroids.

** It makes even more sense when you consider that the writers for ''Other M'' didn't really consider the events of the ''Prime Trilogy'' when making it. If you ignore ''Prime'' and ''Corruption'', then Ridley has only officially died once (''Super Metroid'') and that was supposed to be DeadForReal. So his resurrection would have looked impossible to her - she saw his body disintegrate in front of her, and how he's back? He'd have to be some sort of demon.

** It makes even more sense when you consider that the writers for ''Other M'' didn't really consider the events of the ''Prime Trilogy'' when making it. If you ignore ''Prime'' and ''Corruption'', then Ridley has only officially died once (''Super Metroid'') and that was supposed to be DeadForReal. So his resurrection would have looked impossible to her - she saw his body disintegrate in front of her, and how he's attacking? He'd have to be some sort of demon. She also probably didn't figure out the whole "fluffy bird thing = furry lizard = Ridley" thing either, since she looked at the shed skins of them with mild confusion, but no sort of worry.

** It could also mean "Other Metroids", referring to the batch of Metroids recreated in Sector Zero. This could also be a callback to the [[BlindIdiotTranslation badly-translated]] ending of ''VideoGame/Metroid1'' on the NES, where it says: "But, it may be invaded by the ''other Metroid''."

* The emphasis on the theme of motherhood in ''Other M'' may seem misplaced in a ''Metroid'' game at first, but the entire series actually deals with such themes quite often. This is most notable in the relationships of the Metroids themselves - whether it's Samus, Mother Brain, a Queen Metroid, Dark Samus, or even [[spoiler: MB for the Federation conspirators]], it is almost ''always'' a female who bonds with the Metroids. Everyone is constantly trying to be a mother ([[spoiler:or to create one, in the Federation's case]]) to the Metroids, an artificial species created by a civilization - a mother - that no longer exists. That major theme in and of itself is enough to warrant discussion.

* The emphasis on the theme of motherhood in ''Other M'' may seem misplaced in a ''Metroid'' game at first, but the entire series actually deals with such themes quite often. This is most notable in the relationships of the Metroids themselves - whether it's Samus, Mother Brain, a Queen Metroid, Dark Samus, or even [[spoiler: MB for the Federation conspirators]], it is almost ''always'' a female who bonds with the Metroids. Everyone is constantly trying to be a mother ([[spoiler: or to create one, in the Federation's case]]) to the Metroids. That major theme in and of itself is enough to warrant discussion.

* Late in the game, Samus comes across a broken bridge that she has no means of crossing at the time without Adam's authorization. She has just lost contact with Adam, but the Deleter is getting away. So what does she do? Rather than wait around, she activates a few abilities... the ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Screw]]'' [[StealthPun Attack]] and Space Jump. -Tropers/{{Matic}}

* K. G. has arguably the creepiest fate out of all the 07th Platoon - since the Deleter incinerated his body, he is labelled as missing at the end of the game rather than deceased. With the Deleter dead, it's unlikely that anyone will ever know what happened to K. G., besides the omniscient players of course.

* All of the game's inconsistencies with the rest of the series regarding Samus' personality and all of the disconnect between how Adam is described by Samus and how he acts can be easily explained by the interpretation that [[http://web.archive.org/web/20160810082729/http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/gaming/metroid-other-m-the-elephant/article.html Adam is actually an abusive psychopath who has psychologically wormed Samus under his thumb]]. Not saying that Adam ''is'' necessarily this way, but if he can even be ''interpreted'' this way, then he's definitely got some issues.

** James was designated the communications specialist for the 07th Platoon... but the communication on the BOTTLE SHIP is absolutely terrible and no one is able to communicate. It's likely James was jamming signals on purpose in order to keep them separated and unable to rat him out.