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- Jossed by the bios. Though it is worth noting that Gordon Smith (yes, we now know his first name) does appear in "Complex". (He's in the cafeteria sleeping.)
- Although he isn't a SHIFTer, alternate timelines are confirmed in Completing the Mission.
- Confirmed with Mission's Special BROvert Ops route, where Henry has a choice between Portrait Portal, Bug Juice, and Swapper; the latter is both the correct choice and a new device reviewed by Gadget Gabe.
- Another set of choices in Cleaned 'em Out from Mission is between three devices, ALL of which have been reviewed by Gadget Gabe. It's up to you to pick the right one.
- Why else would Ellie be in The Wall? Because she was a part of a notorious mercenary group.
- Alternatively, she could have the HAVEN trooper costume as one of her gadget options for the final game.@Love 777
- Moneybag is the only ‘successful’ ending of Bank.
- Badass is the only ending in Prison where Henry steals a police car. This car later appears in the beginning of Airship, making it canon that Henry stole it for all paths in the game.
- Henry’s scooter is destroyed in the Aggressive ending of Diamond, yet reappears at the beginning of Airship - thus Aggressive is non-canon. From there it’s a toss-up between Undetected and Epic, but is there really any chance that Henry would willingly leave the Diamond behind like he does in the Epic ending?
- The Government endings in Airship are extremely unlikely to lead to Henry’s imprisonment in the Complex, as his criminal record was cleared. The Toppat ending would presumably lead to the now-non-canon Betrayed ending in Complex. The Lightning-Quick Larcenist ‘ending’ gets Henry killed. That leaves the Pure-Blooded Thief as the most-canon ending.
- Convict Allies is just the best ending of Complex, and Ellie was well-liked enough that Puffballs included her as an ally in Completing the Mission. Honestly there’s not much to go on here, but it just feels like the correct ending if ever there was one.
- Don't treat The Betrayed Ending as automatically non-canon, you can choose it in Completing the Mission, as a screenshot reveals.
- 'Completing the Mission' is out, and it has revealed that ALL of the endings are canon... kind of. 'Mission' has an entirely different plot depending on which combination of endings from 'Airship' and 'Complex' you choose, though some are incompatible with others (for instance, the Rapidly Promoted Executive rank in 'Airship' (Henry took over the Toppat clan) cannot be used with the Government Rescue Operative rank in 'Complex' (Charles rescues you from the Wall).
- Choosing the Thief and Allies routes can lead to either “Pardoned Pals” or "Toppat Recruits". I’ll have to go with the latter, because like it was said when talking about “Diamond”, it wouldn’t make sense for Henry to willingly leave the diamond behind, so he’s not one to stray from a mission. Ellie’s mission was to join the Toppats, and so I think they did just that.
- Jossed entirely; Puffballs himself confirmed on Twitter that all endings are canon, stating that having a canon path defeats the purpose of being able to choose your own path. (Which makes sense; why give people a choice only to later say that some choices are wrong?) If you want proof in the game, an Omega Ending shows that all 16 endings (along with 164 fails) are part of a collective multiverse.
Surprisingly, "The Betrayed" can also be chosen as an ending to continue from, even though Word of God stated Henry dies in that ending.
So, either the creators changed their mind, or choosing this ending as a starting point will lead to an immediate fail, with the fail screen claiming that Henry is dead.
- Maybe choosing “The Betrayed” ends up revealing Henry had a child before his death, and we’re playing as Stickmin Jr., finishing the job his father started.
- Or maybe we will play as a friend of Henry we never saw before who wants to avenge him, or a member of the Toppat clan who preferred Henry as a leader and thus become a traitor to the clan.
- Jossed. Choosing "The Betrayed" ending leads to the "Revenged" ending of Mission, in which Henry has been revived as a Cyborg and gets his revenge on the Toppat Clan.
- A screenshot heavily implies this is true, as The Betrayed Ending can't be chosen after the Government Supported Private Investigator Ending was chosen.
- Confirmed. "International Rescue Operative" can only be paired with "Government Supported Private Investigator" or "Relentless Bounty Hunter". And "The Betrayed" can only be paired with "Rapidly Promoted Executive".
- If this is confirmed, then it might be a funny case of Sibling Yin-Yang, with Jacob being a law-abiding guard and Ellie being a master criminal.
- Jossed. During the first part of the Developer Commentary stream, Puff confirmed that Jacob and Ellie are not related.
- Jossed (kind of). the trailer for Fleeing the Complex reveals that Henry is only 110 pounds. Then again, this might be poking fun at the fact that he's a stick figure, since he's apparently six feet tall. Heck, this might actually be a lot for stick figure standards!
- He probably isn't, as the "consistently with a stick body" part is incorrect. Kev Portly and Mayor Fredrickson are noticeably fatter than other characters.
- There might also be possibility for branches of non-CA pathes from Ellie's perspective, and maybe some Ct M pathes, but it's unlikely.
- Jossed. The trailer for Complex confirms Grigori proposed imprisoning Henry to Dmitri.
- For starters, they've been around for a while.
- Second, they cared about the Toppat Clan.
- Reginald wants the Toppats to have a good leader who's big on loyalty and knows how to be a leader: Reginald sees himself as such, explaining why he betrayed Henry in TB.
- The Right Hand Man is the most loyal Toppat that we know of, willing to give up his hatred of Henry if Reg trusts him.
With the two being good and caring leaders, Burt feels safe when they are in charge. Sven, however?
- He became the leader a few months ago at best, as the entire series happened in one year. He's new and clearly doesn't know much.
- He doesn't even want to be the Toppat Leader.
- He doesn't hestitate to leave some Toppats behind if he has to.
Burt doesn't feel as safe as before when the Toppat Leader is an unwilling new guy who doesn't hestitate to leave him behind. He panicked in the SALS option above because he feared what Sven could do.
Galeforce purposefully blamed it on the Toppat Clan and got rid of anything connecting Henry to the theft so there will be more dirt on the Toppats.
Henry seemingly remembers all the times the Teleporter didn't work, becoming increasingly more afraid of using it, until he chooses to destroy it in Mission. These include the time he got stuck in wall in Bank, got shot in the fire range in Prison, got stuck in an empty dimension in Airship and got teleported into Starcraft in Complex.
Charles, in the Government/Rescue route when the player chooses to use the IR Sniper, seem to remember when in Complex he accidentally shot Henry with a sniper, saying that "there is zero chance I will hit you with that". But he never took the shot back in Complex. If you choose ”Charles” in Government/Dead route, he says “I’ve always wanted to that” after crashing his ship. Meaning he knows he would crash his helicopter/ship so many times.
- Charles saying "I’ve always wanted to that" doesn't mean he know he would crash his helicopter multiple times, every time he crashed it is technically the first time because they all lead to a fail except for the one in Mission. It just means that he was waiting for the opportunity to do it at least once in his life, but it's not a proof of him remembering the fails at all.
Ellie in Complex instinctively shoot Henry with the Taser, when choose in combination with the Sniper Rifle. She seemingly already knows about Henry's bad aim and the accident that happens if combined Sniper Rifle and Crossbow, where Henry erroneously shoot Ellie, which never happened.
- Jossed; it's been stated by Puffballs that there won't be any more official content.
The Toppats are still blamed for the theft, whether Dave spread the word early enough or the clan was framed by the Government for the heist.
The Multiverse Correction reveals that the CCC had to send Henry the package to solve the growing imbalance. There are two likely reasons that they let Henry break out of prison:
- Without Henry, the Toppats would be free to set up their space superbase and reign without Henry on their side.
- To ensure there's enough chaos for the CCC to have a purpose, but not too much for even it to handle.
Grigori might know their use of him as well, which would be why he decided to make Henry a prisoner of the CCC's ally (The Wall); no one would believe that the CCC's using Henry's anomalous capabilities for their own ends.
Where did Ellie's force powers come from? Well, Ellie was born inside the CCC's test tube. She probably has Henry's DNA, considering her greed, ability to summon items out of nowhere, and Wild Card status to him. After she broke free from her tube due to her strong psychic powers, CCC's ally, the Wall, decided to recapture her.