History Fridge / AtopTheFourthWall

* In the April Fools ''Atop the Lightbulb: Target $20 Lamp Review'' Linkara mentions that his favourite color shade [[Franchise/GreenLantern is the green one]].

* So Linkara at the end of the Contest of Champions has won the Infinity Gauntlet, but can't use it because it's attuned to its specific universe...and his reaction is to literally tell Linksano to ''JAILBREAK IT TO MAKE IT WORK!?'' Linkara is literally asking to have what is essentially a universal NUKE easily activated, despite living in a world where he's a giant TroubleMagnet and has probably gained a few enemies (like the guy that he won the contest against to AVOID him getting it)...and his reaction is to [[TooDumbToLive hand them a functional Gauntlet on a silver platter.]]

* There's a play on words when Linkara and Erin meet for the first time, after he beams her and Seras to his home. He asked, "Your name is Erin, yes?", she goes "Well, my full name is-" before she seemingly gets cut off by Linkara addressing Seras. But her full name, as given to her by Mirrorkara, is Erineas, pronounced as "Erin-yes". She might have just been saying, "Well, my full name is." As in, "Yeah, Erineas (erin-yes) is my full name"! An AccidentalPun? Or intentional JustforPun?

* Allen gets fired by Trump, after Allen gives them a Long since Due TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, during "Yet Another 15 Screw-Ups of [=AT4W=]". Allen is certain he shall get his job back, once President Biden is inaugurated. In the [=AT4W=] Movie, Allen did mention he did once act as look out while the Vice-President (who was Joe Biden at the time) went for a whizz in the bushes. So, it's likely President Biden would remember Allen for this, and approve his rehiring.

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* The main plot point of the story can seem a bit odd, given that Linkara has arguably been through a lot of terrible things up until that point, [[{{Determinator}} and that he frankly managed to power his way through despite all]] of that with his usually swaggering egotism. However, it makes more sense when you take into consideration the most important events that occured recently and how that would lead up to that point in the beginning of the film:
** 1) '''Linkara was forced to confront the fact that his arrogance and cruel egomania was [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope making him go down the path of evil.]]''' In all prior cases, he was able to brush off the experiences he went through because he had always been able to fall back on his ego and successes to compensate for his trauma. However, finding out that he was turning into a monstrous person, and with hard evidence in the form of Holokara likely would have badly shaken his fortitude and self-perception. This probably wasn't helped that not too long afterwards...
** 2) '''Linkara ended up playing part in a huge mistake that caused someone else to be hurt, but he couldn't just undo the damage this time.''' When he fought against the likes of Vyce (twice) and the Entity, he made errors in judgment that caused harm to those around him, or made his problems worse due to his arrogance. [[AesopAmnesia The difference is that those lessons didn't stick]] because he was able to correct the problem before the lesson sunk in, thus making him grow worse and worse without learning anything of value. In the 6th Storyline up until the Movie however, he ended up fucking up multiple times without being able to properly resolve the situation, such as trapping Jaeris in his dimension due to his anger getting the better of him. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone This would have likely stuck with him]], especially so soon after his journey to restore his magic, because Jaeris is a point blank ''failure'' on his part, and he can't just undo the mess he made instantaneously; he has to do it the hard way. This would have punctured his already shattered ego even further, probably bringing into question just how invincible he really was.
** 3) '''The next few villains after put him in positions of helplessness that he could not resolve at all without outside help.''' Prior successes against Mechakara, Insano, Vyce and the Entity could be considered pure luck or contrivances, but was internalized by Linkara as being purely his own power and success. But when Vyce took over Nimue, he was basically powerless to stop him until Jaeris intervened, and he was able to get NIMUE to full strength and had her defeat Vyce that time. The King of Worms was even ''worse'', because NONE of his preparations worked against him, and he only won by accident. That realization of just how lucky he really was, how much his grandiose fantasies of superiority were just a lie built on sheer dumb luck, would have only destroyed his sense of invincibility, and made him more susceptible to finally falling into his depression/traumatized state.
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* Mirror Margaret's return to attack Linkara and to proclaim herself a god is [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed as being an act of vengeance and her posturing to deny the trauma from her shared tragic backstory with Prime Universe's Mark.]] But there's also another strong indicator of why her proclaimations are faulty; ''because she's attacking the wrong person.'' The person who killed Mirrorkara was ''Moarte'', who quickly proves himself to be her superior in power and strength despite her proclaimations of superiority. This ultimately shows why she's not the godly being she claims to be, and also how much she darkly parallels Mark; whereas he was willing to consistently stand up to evils that vastly exceeded him out of care and loyalty, she ultimately chooses to go after an easier target of her wrath instead of facing against the being that actually did the final blow, and indulges in excessive cruelty to avoid confronting [[DirtyCoward her own cowardice.]]

* Mirror Margaret's return to attack Linkara and to proclaim herself a god is [[Deconstruction deconstructed as being an act of vengeance and her posturing to deny the trauma from her shared tragic backstory with Prime Universe's Mark.]] But there's also another strong indicator of why her proclaimations are faulty; ''because she's attacking the wrong person.'' The person who killed Mirrorkara was ''Moarte'', who quickly proves himself to be her superior in power and strength despite her proclaimations of superiority. This ultimately shows why she's not the godly being she claims to be, and also how much she darkly parallels Mark; whereas he was willing to consistently stand up to evils that vastly exceeded him out of care and loyalty, she ultimately chooses to go after an easier target of her wrath instead of facing against the being that actually did the final blow, and indulges in excessive cruelty to avoid confronting [[DirtyCoward her own cowardice.]]

* When 90s Kid talks about a Music/{{Nirvana}} reunion that involves Music/KurtCobain as a puppet, this may seem like a case of ArtisticLicense or [[CriticalResearchFailure research failure, since Cobain was cremated]]. Of course, the real 90s Kid would presumably know that, so that statement has another layer of {{foreshadowing}} that it's not the real 90s Kid in addition to it being [[EveryoneHasStandards twisted even by his standards]].

** 1) '''Linkara was forced to confront the fact that his arrogance and cruel egomania was [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope making him go down the path of evil.]]''' In all prior cases, he was able to brush off the experiences he went through because he had always been able to fall back on his ego and successes to compensate for his trauma. However, finding out that he was turning into a monstrous person, and with hard evidence in the form of Holokara likely would have badly shaken his fortitude. This probably wasn't helped that not too long afterwards...

** 1) '''Linkara was forced to confront the fact that his arrogance and cruel egomania was [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope making him take a dark path down the path of evil.]]''' In all prior cases, he was able to brush off the experiences he went through because he had always been able to fall back on his ego and successes to compensate for his trauma. However, finding out that he was turning into a monstrous person, and with hard evidence in the form of Holokara likely would have badly shaken his fortitude. This probably wasn't helped that not too long afterwards...

** 3) '''The next few villains after put him in positions of helplessness that he could not resolve at all without outside help.''' Prior successes against Vyce and the Entity could be considered pure luck or contrivances, but was internalized by Linkara as being his own power and success. But when Vyce took over Nimue, he was basically powerless to stop him until Jaeris intervened, and he was able to get NIMUE to full strength and had her defeat Vyce that time. The King of Worms was even ''worse'', because NONE of his preparations worked against him, and he only won by accident. That realization of just how lucky he really was, how much his grandiose fantasies of superiority were just a lie built on sheer dumb luck, would have only destroyed his sense of invincibility, and made him more susceptible to finally falling into his depression/traumatized state.

* The main plot point of the story can seem a bit odd, given that Linkara has arguably been through a lot of terrible things up until that point, [[Determinator and that he frankly managed to power his way through despite all]] of that with his usually swaggering egotism. However, it makes more sense when you take into consideration the most important events that occured recently and how that would lead up to that point in the beginning of the film:

[[folder: Storyline 11: ''The Clone Saga'' [[note]]Chronologically set between ''Contest Of Champions Part 1 and Part 2[[/note]]]]

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[[folder: Storyline 3: All That He Sees, He Conquers]]

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* In the review of ''Ultimates Three'', during the discussion of the [[RobotWar robot uprising]], Linkara complains about how the robots in question are incompetent. However, that's actually Mechakara. When he says the robots aren't up to snuff, he's speaking from personal experience.
* Doctor Insano is the resident HarmlessVillain, doesn't have the same continuity as the other villains, and has gotten less important as the plot's progressed. However, all the major {{Big Bad}}s (Mechakara, Lord Vyce, The Entity, even Linksano if you wanna count him) have come to our world from alternate universes... something that only became possible due to Insano's interference with hypertime, which caused the boundaries between universes to weaken. Insano is not only a NotSoHarmlessVillain but really, indirectly responsible for every terrible thing in the plot to date.

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[[folder: Storyline 7: Ghost of the Machine]]

[[folder: Storyline 8: The Machination of Worms]]

[[folder: Storyline 9: The Sleepwalker]]

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[[folder: Storyline 1: His Heart Is Steel]]
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[[folder: Storyline 2: The Other Insano]]
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* When Linkara loses his magic in the "Gun and Sorcery" arc, the magical items he's taken from other people still work. The only exception is the Magic Gun, which stubbornly refuses to work even though it was ''definitely'' not made by Linkara. No one in-universe comments on it, but in hindsight it's kind of a heavy hint that Margaret's responsible.

* 90's Kid and Harvey are both tied to two major eras of comics. 90's Kid's is obvious, given the 90's was a major turning point for comics for many ways, often worst. Harvey however comes from the 50's, when DC began the Silver Age. However like 90's Kid, Harvey's time brought something bad to comics as a whole: the Comics Code Authority.
* At the end of his look at Marvel's crossover event Civil War, Linkara explains his stance on the comic's main debate: He would be against forced registration, but would accept voluntary registration of superheroes. This ties into the storyline, where it's explained that due to all the bizarre happenings around Linkara, the government wanted him assassinated until a reasonable authority figure (Allen) managed to create ties with him, making the interactions smoother. In some way, Linkara has lived it; a government that very suddenly tries to deal, without much tact, with a rising problem involving powered individuals who have the potential to cause great damage - and he found his own solution (build actual links of trust with someone there, like a form of "voluntary registration").

* After Linkara defeats the Entity the first time, everybody comes back from havimng disappeared. The first thing Suede does is turn on his game console to seek out [=MissingNo=]. in his Pokémon game. Many years later, during the Sleepwalker arc, we find out that Linkara was possessed by a piece of the Entity. What awoke it? The touch from the King of Worms, who was looking into Linkara's memories. The King of Worms was voiced by Suede.

* In his review of ''Silent Hill: Dying Inside #3-4'' it begins with an intro referencing ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' replacing the Silent Hill characters with ones from Atop the Fourth Wall. And who does it have playing the part of Maria, the character with a secret identity who seems to support the protagonist but generally is the final boss? 90's Kid.
* Linkara's Plan A for the Entity in ''A Piece of the World is Missing'' (shoot it with the Magic Gun) failing makes sense when you consider a) the logic of the plan (since the gun was made by the Entity, it would logically effect it) and b) [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Where the Entity came from]]. It had a type advantage.

* When 90s Kid talks about a Music/{{Nirvana}} reunion that involves Music/KurtCobain as a puppet, this may seem like a case of ArtisticLicense or research failure, since Cobain was cremated. Of course, the real 90s Kid would presumably know that, so that statement has another layer of {{foreshadowing}} that it's not the real 90s Kid in addition to it being [[EveryoneHasStandards twisted even by his standards]].
* During the Sleepwalker Saga, the Entity, still inside Linkara, takes on the form of Freddy Krueger to contact him in his own mind. The Entity taking on the form of the nightmare slasher makes a lot more sense once one remembers the other movie outside of the Elm Street franchise that "Freddy" took a role in: ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'', where the villain is an ancient demon taking on the form of Freddy Krueger. The villain's name? '''The Entity'''.
** The reference is doubled by the fact that the final contact the Entity makes as Freddy to Linkara has him covered in shadows, a direct reference to a scene in the movie.
* Allen gets fired by Trump, after Allen gives them a Long since Due TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, during "Yet Another 15 Screw-Ups of [=AT4W=]". Allen is certain he shall get his job back, once President Biden is inaugurated. In the [=AT4W=] Movie, Allen did mention he did once act as look out while the Vice-President (who was Joe Biden at the time) went for a Wizz in the bushes. So, it's likely President Biden would remember Allen for this, and approve his rehiring.
* Linkara refusing to review the Caligula comic has a second layer to it, as the graphic content (both in terms of [[BloodierAndGorier violent]] and [[HotterAndSexier sexual]]) would be enough to cause Youtube to flag it as inappropriate, regardless of if Linkara has ads run on it or not. So, rather than go through with the extremely risky video for a person he no longer associates with, he went with the more risk-free Spider-Man comic.

FridgeLogic in ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''.

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* Why is Mirror-Universe Pollo Tom Servo? In this universe, Creator/RobLiefeld is legitimately talented, so perhaps their equivalent of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' used cheap props. This means that Linkara would use a good puppet to distinguish himself from them.
** ...and now a reading from Website/TheOtherWiki:
-->"As with the films that they riff on, [=MST3K=] was economical. Everything, right down to the sets, props and ''robots'' are made from household items found at thrift shops."
** In other words, the robots were ALREADY cheap props.
*** Besides, Rob Liefeld's talent wasn't brought up, just his ''delays''. And since Mirror-Linkara is just '''nuts''', it makes SENSE why he'd praise him.

* Linkara has stated his arcs and his villains are meant to seem like nerdy things he enjoys. Mechakara was ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and Lord Vyce was ''Series/DoctorWho''. Now, remember what comics both of these arcs ended on?

* Linkara used confuse ray. Missingno. became confused. Missingno. hurt itself in its confusion.

* Sort of Fridge Brilliance on this one. I always wondered why Lewis never involved Liz in the show more. Linkara's a character who's ''incredibly'' prone to badass, heroic speeches, so it always seemed weird to me that he never did like a "THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND, AND YOU WILL NOT HARM HER -- DO YOU HEAR ME!?" thing to any of the villains. It was always very underplayed compared to show's usual over-the-top approach to most things. But as their eventual breakup (and some fans' ''extremely'' inappropriate reactions toward her for it) went to show, it was probably a very good idea not to mix business with your personal life too much.
** This seems more likely to stem from Linkara's stance as a feminist - he probably just [[ActionGirl doesn't see her as someone who needs protecting from him]], at least no more so than any of his other TrueCompanions. The one time he does give a speech against a villain's treatment of Liz, it's demanding that Vyce take her seriously and treat her with some respect.
* Why is Lord Vyce such a dangerous villain? Because he uses both science and magic, just like Linkara. Vyce's shades are a combination of robotics and magic showing his skill in both areas. Linkara also uses both magic (Magic Gun, his spell book, etc.) and science (Pollo, Nimue, etc.). This is also why Linkara has little difficulty with most of his enemies. Dr. Insano and Dr. Linksano both focused on science and the Franchise/SilentHill cult and the Gunslinger both focused on magic. Since they rely on just one of the two, it makes them weak in the other field allowing Linkara to one-up them. Lord Vyce however doesn't have this weakness since he specializes in both and requires more strategic thinking. The same can be said about the entity since it's [=MissingNo=], a computer glitch, with god-like powers.
** Despite being played by a different actor, Lord Vyce easily fits the role of Linkara's EvilCounterpart: both of them use both science and magic, are convinced that they're in the right, and their FatalFlaw is Pride. The difference? Linkara [[HeelRealization realized he was going down a dark path]]-Lord Vyce [[CassandraTruth did]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans not.]]
** Similarly, [=MissingNo=] comes from the Pokémon universe, where science (Silph Co. Bill's machines, and plenty of examples) and magic (Psychics and ghosts) coexist.

* When asked about the status of the next History of the Power Rangers episode in the Power Rangers' Christmas crossover with WebVideo/ObscurusLupa, Linkara stated that he was "Atop the Fourth Wall Linkara" and "Atop the Fourth Wall Linkara" did not recognize that show's existence. This makes sense because the Linkara character from [=AT4W=] wouldn't have time for secondary shows like H ot PR with his need to make magical devices, rebuild Pollo, increase the security of his apartment and repeatedly save the world.

* In Todd in the Shadows' review of "S&M" by Rihanna, there is a brief cutaway gag where 90s Kid is put in charge by The Other Guy of reviewing music. He asks, "Dude, what the heck is a Ree-hanna?" At a glance, this is easily just 90s Kid being [[CloudCuckooLander 90s Kid]]. However, this review was released in May 2011, a couple of months after Linkara's KISS Comics #1 review, the earliest known point where The Entity possessed 90s Kid. Therefore, it makes sense that 90s Kid, as ditzy as he is, wouldn't be familiar with a famous modern-day singer--because ''The Entity'' isn't familiar with her.
* In the April Fools ''Atop the Lightbulb: Target $20 Lamp Review'' Linkara mentions that his favourite color shade [[Franchise/GreenLantern is the green one]].
* In the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: TNG]]''/''X-Men'' crossover Linkara, wearing a Star Fleet admiral's uniform, announced that he was an admiral now and that he "[[DeadpanSnarker could do that]]". As the only person shown on the Awesomeverse Earth to have a Starship at his command Linkara himself basically constitutes his reality's Star Fleet and thus would be in a position to declare himself admiral.
* In the ''ComicBook/TandyComputerWhizKids: A Deadly Choice'' review, he questions why he's holding a Weedle plushie. Why a Weedle, of all things? He was originally known as [=PsyWeedle=] when he wrote fanfiction.

* Just had a FridgeBrilliance about Margaret. In one review Linkara notices she has blue in her hair and Margaret says she can control how she looks. Seeing as the actress looks older than she is and the age she's meant to be she could have easily made herself look older, maybe because she didn't want to look so young in front of Linkara.

* In the ''Silent Hill Dead/Alive'' review, Linkara is utterly gleeful at the prospect of harm coming to Christabella, a character he loathes. Fair enough. But while he's enjoying the prospect of a ''fictional'' little girl being hurt, Mechakara is {{Gaslighting}} him into believing ''he tortured a REAL little girl to death''. That plot didn't just ''coincide'' with the Silent Hill reviews because a horror plot should go with horror comics. ''The reviews helped it happen''.

* According to the flashback in the ComicBook/CaptainFlash review on the DVD, Pollo was specifically built to host the show. But his voice wouldn't work, so Linkara decided to host it himself. Mechakara, Who is Pollo from another Universe, claims that he is as he is cause the Linkara of that Universe made him Review the Comics. Mechakara comes from a Universe where his Voice did initially work!?
* In the review of ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doom #1]]'', 90's Kid claims that the game was an accurate account about space marines fighting the demons of Mars "back during World War II". Some might dismiss this as 90's Kid [[ArtisticLicenseHistory slacking off with his history]], but it could also be a reference to the second game, which featured bonus levels based on the UsefulNotes/WW2 first-person shooter ''Wolfenstein 3D'', which shares the same developers--and universe--as the ''Doom'' series.

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** ...and now a reading from Wiki/TheOtherWiki:

** Despite being played by a different actor, Lord Vyce easily fits the role of Linkara's EvilCounterpart: both of them use both science and magic, are convinced that they're in the right, and their FatalFlaw is Pride. [[NotSoDifferent The difference?]] Linkara [[HeelRealization realized he was going down a dark path]]-Lord Vyce [[CassandraTruth did]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans not.]]

** Speaking of the potential FaceHeelTurn, check his "Top 15 Worst Heroes Becoming Villains", mainly [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Superboy-Prime]]: a [[FromNobodyToNightmare comic book nerd]] who took comics as SeriousBusiness, hates the other characters because [[{{Pride}} they aren't acting]] [[ItsAllAboutMe the way HE thinks they should]] and will [[KnightTemplar do whatever it takes to "fix" his favourite comics]]. [[NotSoDifferent This is disturbingly similar to what an evil Linkara would do.]] And like Superboy-Prime, he started as a hero (though Linkara didn't [[FallenHero fall]]), have thought both a MultiversalConqueror and counterpart respectively ([[AntiVillain Lord Vyce]]/ [[OmnicidalManiac the Anti-Monitor]] for the conqueror, and [[RobotMe Mechakara]]/[[TheMultiverse Superman and Superboy]] for the counterpart). Both have dealt with [[ComicBook/BlackestNight a Black Lantern version of their friend.]] And finally, Superboy-Prime [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is beginning to see how horrible his actions are.]]