History Fridge / AxisPowersHetalia

** England's been stated to have been a weakling early in his history himself and we see him looking no older than about 3-5 in the early thousands. Only by the Hundred Years War did he reach an apparent age of about 15-17.

** Which makes sense InUniverse, actually. Although the physical likeness as well as real-life history would mean Germany is HRE, this Germany is supposed to be specifically ''modern'' Germany, which came into being in the tail end of warfare between Prussia and France, earning Germany an archenemy from the get-go. Germany does not recall Italy when they meet at all, which means his memories start at the declaration of his country... meaning he had a few decades at best before World War One, the humiliating treaties, Spanish Flu, and World War Two happened.

* Italy's taste in horror movies is already surprising, because, well, it's Italy. He doesn't seem to be the type to be into gory and vulgar films. But apparently, he is. To the point, he didn't know there were movies out there that didn't have large amounts of gore and nudity like his. But when you think about it, it makes sense. This guy lived through some of the bloodiest times in history as a mere child. After what he's seen, he's desensitized. He seemed more scared of the psychological horror than the blood and guts stuff.

* The English dub of the Japan goes Italian scene gave Japan an accent almost exactly like [[SuperMarioBros Mario]], considering Mario is an Italian plumber created by Japanese people. Todd Haberkorn, Italy's voice actor, even said he channeled Mario in a commentary for the anime.

* Liechtenstein's [[DyingAlone near-death situation]] after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is no doubt tear-inducing. But then you consider the fact that until 1918, the principality was under the protection if not the influence of Austria/Austria-Hungary...only to be abandoned to the post-war chaos even though it really had no significant role in said war. So in other words, this implies that Austria and Hungary left her to die alone - the most likely story is that they were forced to against their better wishes as the post-WW1 chaos reared its ugly head in, but '' still''....

* Another piece of FridgeBrilliance regarding Canada: He's the least-noticed sibling in the Anglo-sphere family (the other nations such as Australia and New Zealand are more recognizable, despite not having appeared outside of the Holiday Specials), and he never gets a chance to get his say. Combined with his rather beta personality compared to his brother, he has to repeat himself constantly to get a word in edgewise. Now, maybe this is a coincidence, but even if it is, it's a great one. Canada displays personality traits and character tropes that are also seen in another well-known Canadian character: The least-noticed brother? From a big family? Soft-spoken compared to the others? Never gets his word in, to the point where he is completely ignored unless he makes himself heard? Did Himaruya read and/or watch JacobTwoTwo?

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* Liechtenstein's [[DyingAlone near-death situation]] after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is no doubt tear-inducing. But then you consider the fact that until 1918, the principality was under the protection if not the influence of Austria/Austria-Hungary...only to be abandoned to the post-war chaos even though it really had no significant role in said war. So in other words, this implies that Austria and Hungary left her to die alone - the most likely story is that they were forced to against their better wishes as the post-WW1 chaos reared its ugly head in, but ‘’still’’...

* Liechtenstein's [[DyingAlone near-death situation]] after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is no doubt tear-inducing. But then you consider the fact that until 1918, the principality was under the protection if not the influence of Austria/Austria-Hungary...only to be abandoned to the post-war chaos even though it really had no significant role in said war. So in other words, this implies that Austria and Hungary left her to die alone (most likely Story is that they were forced to against their better wishes as the post-WW1 chaos reared its ugly head in, but still...)

* Liechtenstein's [[DyingAlone near-death situation]] after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is no doubt tear-inducing. But then you consider the fact that until 1918, the principality was under the protection if not the influence of Austria/Austria-Hungary...only to be abandoned to the post-war chaos even though it really had no significant role in said war. So in other words, this implies that Austria and Hungary left her to die alone...or at least ''forced to...''

* Speaking of, another thing that is potentially ruined with Modern politics is the shipping, as one misunderstanding could lead to war between the couple. It's made even worse if the couple broke up due to a horrific thing that was done to one of them. Also, one nation-tan is harassed/assaulted by a normal human? Congratulations, you human are known on the watchlist of that nation. And if the harassment/bullying/assault is done by another Nation-tan? Another reason for the government to declare war on that nation. And if the victim in question is a member of NATO/a major NATO ally? Well then, prepare for WW3.

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* Why is England a tsundere in the series? Because in real life Great Britain is essentially the world's ''biggest'' tsundere towards the United States. Seriously, Britain have been allies, then enemies, then our allies again and so on and so forth. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.

* [[CanadaEh Canada]] and [[HotBlooded Cuba]] being friends, despite being separated by the United States. In the 18th century, Canada and Cuba were trading with each other and have kept a cordial relationship with each other since, Canada even protesting against the United States about the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helms-Burton_Act Helms-Burton Act]]. It is also noteworthy to point out that Canada's former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Cuba's former Prime Minister Fidel Castro were good friends, up to Trudeau's death.

* Spain has kansai accent, and some of the nordics have touhoku accent. This fits quite well, considering kansai is Eastern Japan and touhoku is Northern Japan. Admittedly, though, other characters' accents are not so readily explainable. Even more potential Fridge Brilliance to that: Spain has a kansai accent, which would seem more to fit Eastern vs. Northern Japan. However, if you were taught Spanish as a second language, one of the things you're taught is that the Spanish most commonly taught [the Latin/South American Spanish] and Castillian [for Spain] are relatively different...

** More like Fridge Brilliance, if you realize that Creator/DarioArgento is arguably the most well known Italian horror director, specifically of the Giallo genre, and his films are notoriously sexual and bloody.

* Chibi-England always has a bunny following him around. Hundreds of years pass, and adult England has seen with an entity fans call "Flying Mint Bunny" due to the dub. Flying Mint Bunny is a strange color and has wings, kind of like...angel wings...is Flying Mint Bunny the ghost of England's poor dead bunny friend from childhood? Or worse, depending on how you interpret the "imaginary friends"...is he a hallucination of the pet England misses so much?

* Liechtenstein's [[DyingAlone near-death situation]] after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is no doubt tear-inducing. But then you consider the fact that until 1918, the principality was under the protection if not influence of Austria/Austria-Hungary...only to be abandoned to the post-war chaos even though it really had no significant role in said war. So in other words, this implies that Austria and Hungary left her to die alone...or at least ''forced to...''

* The Lily of the Valley incident between Latvia and Sealand, where Latvia stabs Sealand with the stem of a Lily of the Valley flower, just seemed odd to me. Sure, Latvia is acting kind of weird in the scene and Sealand's scream after the stab is out of nowhere... until you find out that the Lily of the Valley plant, in all of its parts, are highly toxic, with consumption of it in even small amounts can result in abdominal pain, vomiting, and a reduced heart rate. The plant even contains 38 toxins that can cause ''heart failure''. So yeah, Latvia may have tried to kill Sealand.
* A description of Lithuania's character traits says that he's "easy to take advantage of". Okay, so he's a little naïve and gullible. But read about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Lithuania Lithuania during WWII]]. Lithuania was one of the first nations where the Final Solution was implemented and consequently is considered one of the places the Holocaust started. Furthermore, there was general cooperation with Nazi occupiers because of their exploitation of anti-Soviet sentiment. What makes this so horrifying is that Lithuania is one of the kindest characters in Hetalia. His desire to get out from under Russia was so strong that Lithuania may allowed himself to be manipulated into doing something completely out of character. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a well developed character flaw.

* If you subscribe to the "Young-soo is both North and South Korea" theory, the Korean war seems even more horrific(Even more than what it is, to begin with) as poor Young-soo is trapped in a state of possibly being horrifying ill throughout the whole war. Damn, way to make History even more horrible than ever Fangirls.

* Italy's taste in horror movies is already surprising, because, well, it's Italy. He doesn't seem to be the type to be into gory and vulgar films. But apparently he is. To the point he didn't know there were movies out there that didn't have large amounts of gore and nudity like his. But when you think about it, it makes sense. This guy lived through some of the bloodiest times in history as a mere child. After what he's seen, he's desensitized. He seemed more scared of the psychological horror than the blood and guts stuff.
** More like Fridge Brilliance, if you realize that Creator/DarioArgento is arguably the most well known Italian horror director, specifically of the giallo genre, and his films are notoriously sexual and bloody.

* Chibi-England always has a bunny following him around. Hundreds of years pass, and adult England is seen with an entity fans call "Flying Mint Bunny" due to the dub. Flying Mint Bunny is a strange color and has wings, kind of like...angel wings...is Flying Mint Bunny the ghost of England's poor dead bunny friend from childhood? Or worse, depending on how you interpret the "imaginary friends"...is he a hallucination of the pet England misses so much?
* England's reaction to America growing up seemed like the normal joke of 'oh those kids grow up so fast when you're not looking'. Until you think about chibitalia. Italy was a kid for at least a few hundred years it seemed. For a country America did grow up freakishly fast.

* Romano, aka Southern Italy. The region (expect Sardinia, which, truth be told, is not quite Southern Italy anyway) is geologically ''very'' active with volcanoes like Etna and Vesuvius. To be specific, Etna killed ''16,000 people alone'' in the Sicilian port of Catania while the latter killed ''18,000'' in A.D. 79 and has erupted ''thirty-six times since '''that''' eruption''. If that wasn't bad enough, earthquakes take a ''heavy'' toll in the region as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1693_Sicily_earthquake 1693 Sicily]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783_Calabrian_earthquakes Calabria]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Messina_earthquake Messina]] ''horrifically'' show. Now, consider that one of Fanon's theories is that 'disaster = Nation-tans suffering pain'...

* The Lily of the Valley incident between Latvia and Sealand, where Latvia stabs Sealand with the stem of a Lily of the Valley flower, just seemed odd to me. Sure, Latvia is acting kind of weird in the scene and Sealand's scream after the stab is out of nowhere... until you find out that the Lily of the Valley plant, in all of its parts, are highly toxic, with consumption of it in even small amounts can result in abdominal pain, vomiting, and a reduced heart rate. The plant even contains 38 toxics that can cause ''heart failure''. So yeah, Latvia may have tried to kill Sealand.

* So we know that Nation-tans die when their nations are dissolved; that's how Holy Rome and Germania died, at least. For some reason, though, Prussia is still hanging around after his country's dissolution - supposedly as East Germany, but that region is no longer a real ''thing'' either. Romano may still be around even though North and South Italy are united, but they were separate for a long time; we don't see a Confederate America still running around or anything like that. Presumably, Prussia should be long dead by now. So he's on ''borrowed time''. According to WordOfGod, some of Germany's older brothers have "slowly disappeared" in the past; basically, Prussia is slowly dying, fading into nonexistence as SocietyMarchesOn. That would explain why Germany puts up with all of his crap. How could you turn your dying brother out on the street, even if he's intolerably obnoxious?

* We all know about the horrifying things that happened in UsefulNotes/WW2, but the Asian brothers in the modern strips don't seem to have much worse feelings towards each other than irritation, Japan and America actively like each other, and everyone in Europe gets along normally with Germany. England and France have literal millenia of hatred between them but seem to actually enjoy the conflict. What the hell did Russia do to make the Baltics so frightened of him? The above examples suggest it can't be just what their countries did, and Lithuania used to be a great warrior.

* Everyone knows how during the Revolutionary War, England was close to shooting America, but thankfully didn't in the end. Everyone ''also'' knows how much he adored and doted on the boy and spoiled him, despite not being able to be with him all the time, which is in stark contract to his relationship with, oh, every other nation ever. It follows thus that what makes England physically sick in the days leading up to the anniversary of that wretched day is not ''simply'' the fact that someone he loved that much left him, it's ''also'' the fact that he ''nearly shot and thus almost killed the person he admittedly loved the most amongs the nations, period.''

* Fridge {{Squick}}: Spain feeding tomatoes to toddlers looks adorable until you remember that around that time tomatoes were known as "love apples" and thought to have aphrodisiac properties. [[{{Shotacon}} Not helping your case, Spain.]]

* We all know about the horrifying things that happened in WW2, but the Asian brothers in the modern strips don't seem to have much worse feelings towards each other than irritation, Japan and America actively like each other, and everyone in Europe gets along normally with Germany. England and France have literal millenia of hatred between them but seem to actually enjoy the conflict. What the hell did Russia do to make the Baltics so frightened of him? The above examples suggest it can't be just what their countries did, and Lithuania used to be a great warrior.

* We all know that Germany and Prussia drink pretty much nothing but beer, and England is a big believer in going to the pub. Could also be stereotyping without any deeper meaning, but it could be a brilliant little poke at the relationship between Germany, Prussia, and England. The name "England" actually comes from "Angle Land" since the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invaded England not long after the fall of Rome. The Angles and Co. were Germanic tribes. England is Germany and Prussia's cousin, so that's why all three of em are serious about their drinking.

* Romano, aka Southern Italy. The region (expect Sardinia, which, truth be told, is not quite Southern Italy anyway) is geologically ''very'' active with volcanoes like Enta and Vesuvius. To be specific, Etna killed ''16,000 people alone'' in the Sicilian port of Catania while the latter killed ''18,000'' in A.D. 79 and has erupted ''thirty-six times since '''that''' eruption''. If that wasn't bad enough, earthquakes take a ''heavy'' toll in the region as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1693_Sicily_earthquake 1693 Sicily]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783_Calabrian_earthquakes Calabria]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Messina_earthquake Messina]] ''horrifically'' show. Now, consider that one of Fanon's theories is that 'disaster = Nation-tans suffering pain'...