History Trivia / AssassinsCreedRevelations

** Played straight in the North American version with Subject 16, who is now voiced by Graham Cuthbertson, rather than Creator/CamClarke, who portrayed him in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''.

* FanNickname: Leandros is more commonly known as "Evil Bald Guy With A Cape," thanks to Creator/{{Tobuscus}}' literal trailer, which pegs him as, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an evil bald guy with a cape]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The inclusion of a tower-defense mini game dates the game to early in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNewTens 2010s]], which was when such games were all the rage.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The inclusion of a tower-defense mini game dates the game to early in the UsefulNotes/NewTens, which was when such games were all the rage.

* ContestWinnerCameo: At several moments during the game, you may notice a female singer oohing and aahing along with the main theme in certain emotionally charged situations, such as when [[spoiler: Altaïr talks in the Black Room with Abbas, whom he has just shot]]. She was chosen by a contest hosted by Ujam.com, judged by Music/HansZimmer and two other members of the Franchise/AssassinsCreed dev team.

** Played straight in the North American version with Subject 16, who is now voiced by Graham Cuthbertson, rather than Creator/CamClarke, who portrayed him in ACII and Brotherhood.

* ContestWinnerCameo: At several moments during the game, you may notice a female singer oohing and aahing along with the main theme in certain emotionally charged situations, such as when [[spoiler: Altaïr talks in the Black Room with Abbas, whom he has just shot]]. She was chosen by a contest hosted by Ujam.com, judged by HansZimmer and two other members of the Franchise/AssassinsCreed dev team.

** played with in the german version: Altair now has another actor (the same voice as Ezio) but still doesn´t speak with an accent.
** Also played straight in the North American version with Subject 16, who is now voiced by Graham Cuthbertson, rather than Creator/CamClarke, who portrayed him in ACII and Brotherhood.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Revelations'' originally began development for the Nintendo3DS under the name ''Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy'' in 2010, but was instead turned into a console/PC game when the game proved to be too large for the 3DS to handle. A reference to the original "Lost Legacy" name is still present in the game as the name of one of the final missions.

* FanNickname: Leandros is more commonly known as "Evil Bald Guy With A Cape," thanks to {{Tobuscus}}' literal trailer, which pegs him as, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an evil bald guy with a cape]].

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Suleiman sounds a lot like Malik.
** Shao Jun is both Ezio's sister and his daughter ([[TalkingToHimself and speaks to the latter]]).
** One of Leandros' men sounds like [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Cesare Borgia]].
** The Assassin Recruit you pick up in the side mission The Brawler is voiced by Tom Curry, most well known for voicing [[Franchise/DragonAge Zevran Arainai]]- an assassin in his own right.
** A lot of the people Altaïr saved from guards in the first game have their voices show up here, especially the women Ezio saves who join the order.

** Creator/JohnDeLancie is William Miles.
** Creator/SteveBlum is Leandros.

** Also played straight in the North American version with Subject 16, who is now voiced by Graham Cuthbertson, rather than CamClarke, who portrayed him in ACII and Brotherhood.

** SteveBlum is Leandros.

** The Assassin Recruit you pick up in the side mission The Brawler is voiced by Tom Curry, most well known for voicing [[DragonAge Zevran Arainai]]- an assassin in his own right.

** Also played straight in the North American version with Subject 16, who is now voiced by Graham Cuthbertson, rather than Cam Clarke, who portrayed him in ACII and Brotherhood.

** One of Leandros' men sounds like [[AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Cesare Borgia]].

* ShoutOut:
** The achievement for climbing the Hagia Sofia in under 25 seconds is [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider Assassin]].
** One of Desmond's [[CosmeticAward achievements]] is [[EscapeFromNewYork Escape To New York]].
** Ezio is "[[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld only the most interesting man in [Sofia's] life]]."
** Very early on, Ezio encounters [[StreetFighter a family man that he tells to go home]].
** One of the Cappadocia memories where Ezio interacts with [[StopHelpingMe Dilara]] is titled, "[[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe The Spy Who Shunned Me]]".

* FanNickname: Leandros is more commonly known as "Evil Bald Guy With A Cape," thanks to {{Tobuscus}}' Literal trailer, which pegs him as, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an evil bald guy with a cape]].

** [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]] is Desmond's Dad.
*** No wonder the Assassins oppose the extreme order of the Templars, they've got [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]] leading them.
** Also, [[MassEffect2 Grunt]] is the leader of the Masyaf Templars.