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** One of the Dark Aether audio logs added involves a German man recounting how he, among others, willingly entered the Dark Aether as part of a plan. [[spoiler: It would later be revealed that he was referring to ''Task Force Baldr'', a contingency plan involving a battalion of Nazi soldiers who would hide out in the Dark Aether and then re-emerge to secure Germany's victory in WW2. Unfortunately, they would fall under the influence of the Forsaken.]]
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** One of the Dark Aether audio logs added involves a German man recounting how he, among others, willingly entered the Dark Aether as part of a plan. [[spoiler: It would later be revealed that he was referring to ''Task Force Baldr'', a contingency plan involving a battalion of Nazi soldiers who would hide out in the Dark Aether and then re-emerge to secure Germany's victory in WW2.[=WW2=]. Unfortunately, they would fall under the influence of the Forsaken.]]
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* In the intro cutscene of ''Five'', John F. Kennedy nonchalantly acknowledges the invaders as zombies and reveals a full stash full of loaded weapons, which invokes RuleOfCool at the first glance. Come ''Classified'', and we learn that the Pentagon scientists took part in experiments with Element 115 after World War 2, and Kennedy himself was aware of the whole thing, [[FridgeBrilliance which also explains]] [[ProperlyParanoid the reason behind so many weapons (and Pack-a-Punch) secretly being stored in the walls of the entire building]].
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** It seems we now know the reason that Weasel knew Nikolai's name. [[spoiler: The end of ''Blood'' sees the souls of Sal, Finn, and Weasel return to help fight off Brutus, and presumably, this is how he learned of Nikolai, who became the new leader of Primis.]]
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** It seems we now know the reason that Weasel knew Nikolai's name. [[spoiler: The end of ''Blood'' sees the souls of Sal, Finn, and Weasel return to help fight off Brutus, and presumably, this is how he learned of Nikolai, who became the new leader of Primis.]]
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** One of the Dark Aether audio logs added involves a German man recounting how he, among others, willingly entered the Dark Aether as part of a plan. [[spoiler: It would later be revealed that he was referring to ''Task Force Baldr'', a contingency plan involving a battalion of Nazi soldiers who would hide out in the Dark Aether and then re-emerge to secure Germany's victory in WW2. Unfortunately, they would fall under the influence of the Forsaken.]]
*''Die Maschine''
** One of the Dark Aether audio logs added involves a German man recounting how he, among others, willingly entered the Dark Aether as part of a plan. [[spoiler: It would later be revealed that he was referring to ''Task Force Baldr'', a contingency plan involving a battalion of Nazi soldiers who would hide out in the Dark Aether and then re-emerge to secure Germany's victory in WW2. Unfortunately, they would fall under the influence of the Forsaken.]]
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* The board in the Warden's office in ''Mob of the Dead'' foreshadows what's really going on in the map. A picture of the lightning striking the Golden Gate Bridge is seen, as well as newspaper clippings about the Warden and "GATORY". While the former foreshadows the mobsters' true fate, the latter is a hint to the fact you're in [[spoiler:purgatory]].
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** Whereas ''Mob'' foreshadowed the end of the cycle, it also foreshadowed the ''breaking'' of the cycle. The mobsters eventually realize the futility and permanence of their predicament and try to escape and survive, but ultimately, they're forced to accept that the only way the cycle will end is if most of them die, as Weasel breaks the cycle by killing the others. [[spoiler:This is ultimately how the Aether story ends. Ultimis and Primis, and indeed everyone else in the series except for Samantha and Eddie all die, so that the latter two can leave the cycle behind and pass on to whatever is next.]]
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* In ''Der Eisendrache'', Nikolai voices his hope to Dempsey that he never sees the day when the crew turns on each other. [[spoiler:Come ''Blood of the Dead'', and Nikolai is the one who outright schemes to overthrow Richtofen's leadership, and ultimately succeeds him as the leader of Primis.]]
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** In radio logs, the Warden is heard conversing with his unseen Satanic master, who demands that Richtofen must suffer. [[spoiler:Brutus later speaks in the Apothicon language, expresses a desire for "he"/"they to be freed, and several Apothicon symbols appear in the boss arena. It's pretty clear his master is the Shadow Man.]]
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** In radio logs, the Warden is heard conversing with his unseen Satanic master, who demands that Richtofen must suffer. [[spoiler:Brutus later speaks in the Apothicon language, expresses a desire for "he"/"they to be freed, and several Apothicon symbols appear in the boss arena. It's pretty clear his master is the Shadow Man.]]]] It was later discovered that the player can actually hear [[spoiler:the Shadow Man]] conversing with the Warden if they listen while aiming through the charged Spectral Shield.
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* In ''Shangdi La'', Takeo and Dempsey both realize [[spoiler:Richtofen]] is up to something big. [[spoiler:Turns out in ''Moon'', everything so far has been a part of his grand scheme to take over the Zombies.]]
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* In ''Shangdi ''Shangri La'', Takeo and Dempsey both realize [[spoiler:Richtofen]] is up to something big. [[spoiler:Turns out in ''Moon'', everything so far has been a part of his grand scheme to take over the Zombies.]]]]
* In ''[=TranZit=]'', Samuel is often complaining about being hungry, especially when killing zombies. This is because as ''Die Rise'' reveals, Samuel was a member of The Flesh, a cult that consumed zombie flesh to survive.
* In ''[=TranZit=]'', Samuel is often complaining about being hungry, especially when killing zombies. This is because as ''Die Rise'' reveals, Samuel was a member of The Flesh, a cult that consumed zombie flesh to survive.
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** Weasel complains that he can't get the name "Nikolai" out of his head for some reason. This turned out to be important especially for ''Blood of the Dead'' (see below).
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* In ''Origins'', we see strange statues in the likeness of the crew in the Crazy Place. [[spoiler:Ultimately, the ''Origins'' crew is allowed to live out the rest of their days as the heroes and leaders of the human-Keeper alliance to fend off the Apothicon invasion in Primis, making it clear why there were statues of the crew in the Agarthan place.]]
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* In ''Origins'', we see strange statues in the likeness of the crew in the Crazy Place. [[spoiler:Ultimately, the ''Origins'' crew is allowed to live out the rest of their days as the heroes and leaders of the human-Keeper alliance to fend off the Apothicon invasion in Primis, making it clear why there were statues of the crew in the Agarthan place.]]
* ''Blood of the Dead'':
** Nikolai asks Dempsey to help him overthrow Richtofen so that they can take command. [[spoiler:At the end of the map, Nikolai is appointed the new leader of Primis after leaving Richtofen to die (ironically enough, it was post-''Revelations'' Richtofen who put him in charge.]]
** In radio logs, the Warden is heard conversing with his unseen Satanic master, who demands that Richtofen must suffer. [[spoiler:Brutus later speaks in the Apothicon language, expresses a desire for "he"/"they to be freed, and several Apothicon symbols appear in the boss arena. It's pretty clear his master is the Shadow Man.]]
** It seems we now know the reason that Weasel knew Nikolai's name. [[spoiler: The end of ''Blood'' sees the souls of Sal, Finn, and Weasel return to help fight off Brutus, and presumably, this is how he learned of Nikolai, who became the new leader of Primis.]]
* ''Blood of the Dead'':
** Nikolai asks Dempsey to help him overthrow Richtofen so that they can take command. [[spoiler:At the end of the map, Nikolai is appointed the new leader of Primis after leaving Richtofen to die (ironically enough, it was post-''Revelations'' Richtofen who put him in charge.]]
** In radio logs, the Warden is heard conversing with his unseen Satanic master, who demands that Richtofen must suffer. [[spoiler:Brutus later speaks in the Apothicon language, expresses a desire for "he"/"they to be freed, and several Apothicon symbols appear in the boss arena. It's pretty clear his master is the Shadow Man.]]
** It seems we now know the reason that Weasel knew Nikolai's name. [[spoiler: The end of ''Blood'' sees the souls of Sal, Finn, and Weasel return to help fight off Brutus, and presumably, this is how he learned of Nikolai, who became the new leader of Primis.]]
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* The fly trap easter egg in ''Der Riese'' feels like a horror movie where you communicate with an unseen demonic force. Come Moon, it's revealed [[spoiler:that's exactly what you're doing: whoever's soul is within an alien device is taken to another dimension, the Aether, where they can control the Zombies. Richtofen knew this all along]] and only in ''Der Riese'' did he realize it was all just a game to Samantha.
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* The translated cypher on the lyric video for "Where Are We Going" - [[spoiler:"Let go and the beginning will become the end." - revealed what the final map would be like - a return to the original six major characters during the first zombie outbreak, which (for now at least) seems to wrap up the story and has the characters finally reaching the fabled [[spoiler:Agartha]].
** In the end cutscene, [[spoiler:after the Apothicons are defeated, Richtofen reveals that he took vials of blood from the ''Mob'' gangsters, as their dimension had been sealed off from the Apothicons, creating a paradox that allowed the crew to survive the resetting of the universe.]]
** In the end cutscene, [[spoiler:after the Apothicons are defeated, Richtofen reveals that he took vials of blood from the ''Mob'' gangsters, as their dimension had been sealed off from the Apothicons, creating a paradox that allowed the crew to survive the resetting of the universe.]]
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* The translated cypher on the lyric video for "Where Are We Going" - [[spoiler:"Let go and the beginning will become the end." - revealed what the final map would be like - a return to the original six major characters during the first zombie outbreak, which (for now at least) seems to wrap up the story and has the characters finally reaching the fabled [[spoiler:Agartha]].
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* The voices Richtofen and other characters have been feeling since the beginning of the series? [[spoiler:''Revelations'' strongly implies this to be the voice of the Shadow Man, who's bent on letting his masters, the Apothicons, destroy this dimension.]]
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* The voices Richtofen and other characters have been feeling since the beginning of the series? [[spoiler:''Revelations'' strongly implies confirms this to be have been the voice of the Shadow Man, who's bent on letting his masters, the Apothicons, destroy this dimension.]]
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** If you listen closely to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfIenjGXzw8&t=68s theatrical mix]] of "Dead Again", the musical Easter egg for ''Der Eisendrache'', at 0:55, you can hear the same tune heard in ''Mob of the Dead'''s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6_J1IVvlg Where Are We Going]]" during the cipher that translated to "Let go and the beginning will become the end".
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** If you listen closely to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfIenjGXzw8&t=68s theatrical mix]] of "Dead Again", the musical Easter egg for ''Der Eisendrache'', at 0:55, you can hear the same tune heard in ''Mob of the Dead'''s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6_J1IVvlg Where Are We Going]]" during the cipher that translated translates to "Let go and the beginning will become the end".end".
* The translated cypher on the lyric video for "Where Are We Going" - [[spoiler:"Let go and the beginning will become the end." - revealed what the final map would be like - a return to the original six major characters during the first zombie outbreak, which (for now at least) seems to wrap up the story and has the characters finally reaching the fabled [[spoiler:Agartha]].
* The translated cypher on the lyric video for "Where Are We Going" - [[spoiler:"Let go and the beginning will become the end." - revealed what the final map would be like - a return to the original six major characters during the first zombie outbreak, which (for now at least) seems to wrap up the story and has the characters finally reaching the fabled [[spoiler:Agartha]].
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* In ''Revelations'', Monty muses about how when you cut a worm in half, the two halves will keep living. He then talks about how eventually, one of them inevitably dies, but seems to lose his train of thought. [[spoiler: He's actually hinting that Primis is due to be erased from existence once the battle with the Apothicons ends, them being the half of the worm that dies (with the children in The House being the ones who get to live).]]
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A series as lore-heavy as ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' is chock full of foreshadowing. You can find it in character quotes, hidden ciphers, hell even the musical score can hint to the future if you listen carefully!
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* The fly trap easter egg in ''Der Riese'' feels like a horror movie where you communicate with an unseen demonic force. Come Moon, it's revealed [[spoiler:that's exactly what you're doing: whoever's soul is within an alien device is taken to another dimension, the Aether, where they can control the Zombies. Richtofen knew this all along]] and only in ''Der Riese'' did he realize it was all just a game to Samantha.
* On the Wii version of ''Kino'', one can find a very poor quality video clip revolving around the Great Leap Forward[[note]]an incredibly crude effort implemented by Mao Zedong to boost China's prosperity by having everyone work themselves to death trying to make steel for the country - which resulted in [[EpicFail an even bigger economic loss and the deaths of millions of people]][[/note]]. In ''Black Ops II'', the first DLC map is in a location called "Great Leap Forward" in Shanghai, China.
* Takeo muses in ''Ascension'' that the zombies are the greater threat than [[spoiler:Richtofen]] and resolves to focus on the former. In a way, he's right: whatever force controls the Zombies [[spoiler:and is the source of power behind whoever is the Demonic Announcer]] is a far greater threat than Samantha, [[spoiler:Richtofen or Maxis. This evil entity turns out to be the Shadow Man and the Apothicons.]]
* In ''Nacht'', ''Der Riese'', ''Ascension'', and ''Shangri La'', the Moon is clearly visible. You can just see a red smudge that grows more and more visible with each map. The final map of ''Black Ops'' and ''the'' WhamEpisode of the story takes place on the Moon.
* In ''Shangdi La'', Takeo and Dempsey both realize [[spoiler:Richtofen]] is up to something big. [[spoiler:Turns out in ''Moon'', everything so far has been a part of his grand scheme to take over the Zombies.]]
* Some of the survivors of ''Black Ops II'' seem to realize Maxis intends to [[spoiler:destroy the Earth,]] although considering all the insanity and hysteria of the apocalypse, the player probably didn't take them too seriously. [[spoiler:They should have.]]
* The translated cypher on the lyric video for "Where Are We Going" - [[spoiler:"Let go and the beginning will become the end." - revealed what the final map would be like - a return to the original six major characters during the first zombie outbreak, which (for now at least) seems to wrap up the story and has the characters finally reaching the fabled [[spoiler:Agartha]].
* In the trailer of ''Der Eisendrache'', Dempsey calls the titular map "a suicide mission". [[spoiler:He ends up being the one to kill his [=WW2=] self at the end of the Easter Egg]].
* The voices Richtofen and other characters have been feeling since the beginning of the series? [[spoiler:''Revelations'' strongly implies this to be the voice of the Shadow Man, who's bent on letting his masters, the Apothicons, destroy this dimension.]]
* Notice how the plot of the series really started when a meteor of Element 115 landed in the swamps of ''Shi No Numa''? [[spoiler:That's because Element 115 is a material created by the Apothicons, who speak to whoever comes in contact with it via the Shadow Man and direct the listener towards bringing about the destruction of their dimension for them. Richtofen and Maxis eventually destroyed the Earth in the original timeline after the insanity of exposure to Element 115.]]
* Originally thought to be a BreatherEpisode from the current StoryArc, ''Mob of the Dead'' turned out to be perhaps the most important game in the entire series with numerous clues to the endgame.
** Weasel complains that he can't get the name "Nikolai" out of his head for some reason.
** The opening cinematic of ''The Giant'' (and the map itself) uses the ''Mob of the Dead'' round music when 2.0 Richtofen emerges from the teleporter. Later, the same cue is used during the first trailer for ''Revelations''.
** If you listen closely to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfIenjGXzw8&t=68s theatrical mix]] of "Dead Again", the musical Easter egg for ''Der Eisendrache'', at 0:55, you can hear the same tune heard in ''Mob of the Dead'''s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6_J1IVvlg Where Are We Going]]" during the cipher that translated to "Let go and the beginning will become the end".
** In the end cutscene, [[spoiler:after the Apothicons are defeated, Richtofen reveals that he took vials of blood from the ''Mob'' gangsters, as their dimension had been sealed off from the Apothicons, creating a paradox that allowed the crew to survive the resetting of the universe.]]
* In ''Origins'', we see strange statues in the likeness of the crew in the Crazy Place. [[spoiler:Ultimately, the ''Origins'' crew is allowed to live out the rest of their days as the heroes and leaders of the human-Keeper alliance to fend off the Apothicon invasion in Primis, making it clear why there were statues of the crew in the Agarthan place.]]
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* The fly trap easter egg in ''Der Riese'' feels like a horror movie where you communicate with an unseen demonic force. Come Moon, it's revealed [[spoiler:that's exactly what you're doing: whoever's soul is within an alien device is taken to another dimension, the Aether, where they can control the Zombies. Richtofen knew this all along]] and only in ''Der Riese'' did he realize it was all just a game to Samantha.
* On the Wii version of ''Kino'', one can find a very poor quality video clip revolving around the Great Leap Forward[[note]]an incredibly crude effort implemented by Mao Zedong to boost China's prosperity by having everyone work themselves to death trying to make steel for the country - which resulted in [[EpicFail an even bigger economic loss and the deaths of millions of people]][[/note]]. In ''Black Ops II'', the first DLC map is in a location called "Great Leap Forward" in Shanghai, China.
* Takeo muses in ''Ascension'' that the zombies are the greater threat than [[spoiler:Richtofen]] and resolves to focus on the former. In a way, he's right: whatever force controls the Zombies [[spoiler:and is the source of power behind whoever is the Demonic Announcer]] is a far greater threat than Samantha, [[spoiler:Richtofen or Maxis. This evil entity turns out to be the Shadow Man and the Apothicons.]]
* In ''Nacht'', ''Der Riese'', ''Ascension'', and ''Shangri La'', the Moon is clearly visible. You can just see a red smudge that grows more and more visible with each map. The final map of ''Black Ops'' and ''the'' WhamEpisode of the story takes place on the Moon.
* In ''Shangdi La'', Takeo and Dempsey both realize [[spoiler:Richtofen]] is up to something big. [[spoiler:Turns out in ''Moon'', everything so far has been a part of his grand scheme to take over the Zombies.]]
* Some of the survivors of ''Black Ops II'' seem to realize Maxis intends to [[spoiler:destroy the Earth,]] although considering all the insanity and hysteria of the apocalypse, the player probably didn't take them too seriously. [[spoiler:They should have.]]
* The translated cypher on the lyric video for "Where Are We Going" - [[spoiler:"Let go and the beginning will become the end." - revealed what the final map would be like - a return to the original six major characters during the first zombie outbreak, which (for now at least) seems to wrap up the story and has the characters finally reaching the fabled [[spoiler:Agartha]].
* In the trailer of ''Der Eisendrache'', Dempsey calls the titular map "a suicide mission". [[spoiler:He ends up being the one to kill his [=WW2=] self at the end of the Easter Egg]].
* The voices Richtofen and other characters have been feeling since the beginning of the series? [[spoiler:''Revelations'' strongly implies this to be the voice of the Shadow Man, who's bent on letting his masters, the Apothicons, destroy this dimension.]]
* Notice how the plot of the series really started when a meteor of Element 115 landed in the swamps of ''Shi No Numa''? [[spoiler:That's because Element 115 is a material created by the Apothicons, who speak to whoever comes in contact with it via the Shadow Man and direct the listener towards bringing about the destruction of their dimension for them. Richtofen and Maxis eventually destroyed the Earth in the original timeline after the insanity of exposure to Element 115.]]
* Originally thought to be a BreatherEpisode from the current StoryArc, ''Mob of the Dead'' turned out to be perhaps the most important game in the entire series with numerous clues to the endgame.
** Weasel complains that he can't get the name "Nikolai" out of his head for some reason.
** The opening cinematic of ''The Giant'' (and the map itself) uses the ''Mob of the Dead'' round music when 2.0 Richtofen emerges from the teleporter. Later, the same cue is used during the first trailer for ''Revelations''.
** If you listen closely to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfIenjGXzw8&t=68s theatrical mix]] of "Dead Again", the musical Easter egg for ''Der Eisendrache'', at 0:55, you can hear the same tune heard in ''Mob of the Dead'''s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6_J1IVvlg Where Are We Going]]" during the cipher that translated to "Let go and the beginning will become the end".
** In the end cutscene, [[spoiler:after the Apothicons are defeated, Richtofen reveals that he took vials of blood from the ''Mob'' gangsters, as their dimension had been sealed off from the Apothicons, creating a paradox that allowed the crew to survive the resetting of the universe.]]
* In ''Origins'', we see strange statues in the likeness of the crew in the Crazy Place. [[spoiler:Ultimately, the ''Origins'' crew is allowed to live out the rest of their days as the heroes and leaders of the human-Keeper alliance to fend off the Apothicon invasion in Primis, making it clear why there were statues of the crew in the Agarthan place.]]
