History Fridge / TheWolfAmongUs

* [[spoiler: How can Bigby be hurt by silver even though he's not a werewolf? Because he has lycanthropy! That's how he's able to turn into a human without using a glamour. He's not a werewolf, he's a wereman.]] This is confirmed in the final Fable description, detailing that [[spoiler: Snow had tracked him down and injected him with werewolf's blood, allowing him to change at-will]].

-->Bigby is also the son of the North Wind, who is a Great Power, effectively making him a demigod

* A small one, but Grendel is almost always encountered in the Trip Trap, at night. Why? A bar is probably the closest modern-day thing to a mead hall.
** He's also good friends with Holly, who's got a similar hard-nosed but caring attitude to him but a noticeable amount more maturity, both in the looks and emotional department. Their personalities definitely don't clash, but still, an older lady being one of the few people who Grendel's at-ease around makes its own sense when put next to the fact that [[MamasBoy his mother was his only ally]] in his story of origin.
* In Episode 1, Crane tells Snow to call Vivian to tell her he's coming in early for his massage, and to get him a bottle of wine. We later learn that [[spoiler:Vivian works for the Pudding and Pie as a receptionist, and Crane's "massages" are likely his meetings with Lily. Doubles as Fridge Horror when you realise Snow was likely organising Crane's meetings with Lily unknowingly.]]
** In fact, replaying the scene will show that he put unusual emphasis on the word 'Massage' [[spoiler: because it's a LastSecondWordSwap and he's nervous and embarrassed.]]
* [[spoiler:Bloody Mary]] is psychotic and completely deranged because unlike the Fables, she's an UrbanLegend. Fables usually have AnAesop or some lesson to be learned.
** Same goes for the [[spoiler:Jersey Devil]].
** Bloody Mary is actually folklore, but fairly obscure. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_%28folklore%29 And she seems to have a random personality]]: ''"The Bloody Mary apparition allegedly appears as a corpse, a witch or ghost; can be friendly or evil; and is sometimes "seen" covered in blood. The lore surrounding the ritual (if she is summoned properly) states that participants may endure the apparition screaming at them, cursing them, strangling them, stealing their soul, drinking their blood, or scratching their eyes out."''
** It's worth noting that the name 'Bloody Mary' comes from Mary Tudor, a historical English monarch. Makes you wonder what her rule was like back in the Homelands...
* Why does [[spoiler: "Tiny" Tim]] speak so highly of [[spoiler: The Crooked Man]] and considers [[spoiler: him]] a friend to the less fortunate members of Fabletown? Because [[spoiler: Tim]] learned that from [[spoiler: his father, Bob Cratchit, who, at least around Christmas Eve, also used to say good things about his miserly, misanthrope boss, Ebenezer Scrooge!]]
** There may be a legitimate fondness for each other as well; perhaps having a physical impairment himself, [[spoiler: The Crooked Man]] sees something of himself in those with similar disabilities. At least superficially, anyway.

* Why was the Magic Mirror unable to scry Faith's corpse even though the ribbon, the one thing on her that could block his powers, was taken off? [[spoiler:Because the actual Faith was alive and still wearing her ribbon.]]
** Furthering the implication that [[spoiler:Nerissa is actually Faith glamored is her explanation on why she left the severed head for Bigby to find. Nerissa explained that she left it in order to point him in the right direction of the bigger problem at hand. This doesn't make sense since Nerissa only met Bigby only after he started looking into the case so why would she seek aid in such a way from a person she hasn't met before, especially one with Bigby's past reputation. It doesn't make sense unless Nerissa really is Faith in disguise as she had met Bigby before and was convinced of Bigby's true character when he saved her from the Woodsman.]]
** Continuing from the above, the first time we see [[spoiler:Nerissa]] Georgie is yelling at her for dancing badly. [[spoiler: Maybe the reason she was dancing badly is that Faith had to change her dancing style to reflect the character she was now playing?]]
*** Alternately, the reason she is dancing badly is a reference to the original story. [[spoiler:In the original story the mermaid was able to dance beautifully, but doing so made her feel like she was walking on knives.]]
** The true identity of the person who speaks to Bigby Wolf last is hinted through the name [[spoiler:Nerissa]], which means black-haired in some languages, even though [[spoiler:Nerissa]] clearly has red/brown hair. Then comes the ending, which heavily implies that [[spoiler:'Nerissa' is actually Faith under her co-worker's glamour]]. Now, what colour was [[spoiler:Faith's]] hair again?
** Lawrence, if he lives, asks a very important question about where [[spoiler:Faith's]] body went to. Given that we know [[spoiler:Faith was in fact Nerissa,]] we should consider the fact that fables can return to life as long as they are well known and not put down the Wishing Well. [[spoiler:Nerissa was thrown into the lake, not the Witching Well, and the Little Mermaid is one of the most beloved fables around today...]]
** [[spoiler: Nerissa literally put her ''Faith'' in Bigby.]] Talk about a MeaningfulName.
** This actually is a good thing. The [[spoiler: Donkeyskin Girl]] isn't famous enough to be resurrected by the knowledge of her story. The [[spoiler: Little Mermaid]] IS! If the switch-up is true, then while she's out for a while, this game has one less victim in the long term.
*** [[spoiler: Plus a lake makes some sense to why she would be put there. Mermaids don't die and decompose like normal people, they turn into FOAM in the original fairy tail. Meaning that it's likely her body would start to break down after some time, so they had to hide the rest. They likely put a chamr on her head to help with the investigation though.]]

* When [[spoiler: meeting Faith]] at the beginning, you see the notice 'She will remember that...' You never see ellipsis after this notice when you see the notice for other people. Due to the melancholy added, this is a good warning about what happens to her.
** This actually works both ways. It hints at [[spoiler: her death in episode 1]], and also indicates that, if the theory about her is true, she [[spoiler: remembered all the way through to episode 5...]]

* When Bigby ''really'' loses it, he turns back into his original form - not the wolfman, but literally TheBigBadWolf. The one time was see him in action, he [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly]] wipes the floor with [[TheWorfEffect Bloody Mary]] and a whole army of her clones. Everything and their mother at some point picks a fight with Bigby: Grendel, the Tweedles, the Woodsman, Jersey. So the question is - are they suicidal, or did they not realize how easily he could rip them to pieces?
** It seems at least the Woodsman did, as he tells Bigby to "come out" during their fight. Also, it's less suicidal for him since he is drunk that time, and he's literally the only Fable short of Dragons that can physically match Bigby.
** These cases are really best viewed as cases of attempted martyrdom to prove a point. It is made pretty clear throughout the game that none of these characters buy the idea that Bigby is a changed wolf, and are constantly baiting him to show what they feel is his true nature. It's not that they are suicidal, so much as they feel revealing the sheriff of Fabletown for what (they believe) he really seems worth the risk.

* Bigby's fable itself, in the Fable the Big Bad Wolf was small enough to pass for a little old lady in Red Riding Hood, in the game his true form is '''8 feet tall''', exactly how ''young'' was Bigby when he became the Big Bad Wolf, the monster of monsters to Fables?
** He was the equivalent of a thirteen year old when Little Red Riding Hood happened, and he was around six foot back then.
** On that note, realizing that Bigby was that young when he had his first encounter with the Woodsman adds [[WouldHurtAChild a pretty potent layer of horror]] to their relationship. While the Woodsman did save Red and her grandmother and you can argue he acted out of self-defense, the fact remains that he cut open a child's stomach, filled his stomach with rocks, and threw him in a river to drown. That Bigby didn't because of the powers he inherited from the North Wind and was stuck in an AndIMustScream state until he was able to pass enough stones to swim back up to the surface, and the fact he wasn't even trying to eat Red Riding Hood out of any real malice but instead was just doing what any hungry animal would, makes it all the more horrific.

** On that note, realizing that Bigby was more or less a child when he had his first encounter with the Woodsman adds [[WouldHurtAChild a pretty potent layer of horror]] to their relationship.