History Fridge / GuiltyGear

** Ky's favorite word is "hope." That Man calls Dizzy the "hope of the world beyond my expectations."

* Bridget getting recruited by Jam as her waitress/waiter. Jam had always wanted to recruit a blond, beautiful, blue and white clothed boy to serve her, and she has consistently failed to force Ky to do so. Now she gets a boy that fits her criteria, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim who attracts even the male customers.]]

* The input for Dizzy's Instant Kill move in the ''XX'' series is obnoxious, compared to the simpler inputs of everyone else. Fitting, since she believes in pacifism. As for why it's simpler to do in the ''Xrd'' series, it's not ''her'' initiating the Instant Kill, but the very temperamental Necro who has willingly tried to kill anyone threatening Dizzy (real or imagined). Even then, she still manages to stop the opponent getting vaporized (coincidentally causing them to surrender).
* Ky never seems to age. He also has to wear his hair longer than he used to, since it keeps growing back faster than he can cut it. As revealed in the climax of ''Xrd -SIGN-'', him being at least part-Gear might have something to do with that. His shorter hair in -STRIVE- may be a sign of him becoming more accustomed to his true nature and becoming used to its unique traits.
* No wonder Bedman's a MotorMouth; when he's fighting in the real world, he obviously can't do any trash-talking since he's in a coma. His rambling in places where he ''can'' talk [[IShallTauntYou make up for that]].

* Dizzy's worries of being accepted at the end of ''REVELATOR'' have deeper roots than her Gear status: Sister Ramlethal began ''SIGN'' as an OmnicidalManiac who declared to the whole world that she is going to destroy it, her other Sister Elphelt was also designed to be a PersonOfMassDestruction, Father Sol created the Gears and was involved in the Crusades, Mother Aria/Justice was brainwashed into ''the'' first PersonOfMassDestruction of a long line, Husband Ky was also a Crusader and had an illegitimate son with her... and finally Illegitimate Son Sin has a lot of untapped potential to become a PersonOfMassDestruction like his mother and was bounty-hunting with the aforementioned Sol. The fact that all of the members (mostly) look out for each other after the events of ''REVELATOR'' instead of going [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} full Mishima]] speaks volumes about how well things went between them.
* The lack of [[FinishingMove Instant Kills]] in ''Strive'' can be related to the newfound peace after the events of ''Xrd''. Several of the playable characters are absent on the Story Mode, while, when all is said and done, Ky and family moved onto a more pacific life and Sol is finally able to move on from his grief and settle down with Jack-O, among other examples. There's no need anymore for bloodshed and former enemies now duke it out for sparring rather than to kill the other dude, and they don't see the need to go all out pursuing revenge or whatever else previously motivated them during Instant Kills. It took several decades and lots of losses, but every living character [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned their happy ending]].

** Alternatively, considering the fact that he grew up as an inner-city orphan, it's very much possible that he's never gone to school or recieved any decent education.

** Command type Gears being female, passing their powers to their daughters and being the mothers of {{half human hybrid}}s. In real science, mothers pass mitochondrial DNA to their daughters only. This could explain the reason why Sin is more like his father than his mother. And Gear mothers are more suitable than human mothers in cross-breeding, since human mothers cannot sustain abnormal fetuses that can probably summon a magical fireball inside the placenta.

* One of Ky's notable visual features is his belt buckle, which has the word "HOPE" inscribed on it. And in the ''XX'' drama CD, the event of Ky's death in the original timeline is referred to as "the day the hope of the world crumbled".

* Ky never seems to age. He also has to wear his hair longer than he used to, since it keeps growing back faster than he can cut it. As revealed in ''Xrd -SIGN-'', him being a Gear might have something to do with that.

* Ramlethal developing an apparent infatuation with Leo come ''Strive'' seems completely out of left field, but there is actually one point of comparison between the two: their AnimalMotifs. Leo is blatantly associated with lions, and while Ramlethal isn't as overt with her cat motif, she does exhibit some feline characteristics during some of her animations. In that sense, it might be more thematically appropriate to describe Ramlethal's idolizing of Leo as like a cat looking up to a lion.

* Dizzy's worries of being accepted at the end of ''REVELATOR'' have deeper roots than her Gear status: Sister Ramlethal began ''SIGN'' as an OmnicidalManiac who declared to the whole world that she is going to destroy it, her other Sister Elphelt was also designed to be a PersonOfMassDestruction, Father Sol created the Gears and was involved in the Crusades, Mother Aria/Justice was brainwashed into ''the'' first PersonOfMassDestruction of a long line, Husband Ky was also a Crusader and had an illegitimate son with her... and finally Illegitimate Son Sin has a lot of untapped potential to become a PersonOfMassDestruction and was bounty-hunting with the aforementioned Sol. The fact that all of the members (mostly) look out for each other after the events of ''REVELATOR'' instead of going [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} full Mishima]] speaks volumes about how well things went between them.

* A possible reason for why Ky being ''the only person'' who didn't cry when I-No became "God" in ''-STRIVE-'' is because he ''already'' has his "brighter future" in the form of his family: Dizzy, Sin, Ramlethal, Elphelt, and charitably Sol and Jack-O[='=].

** If it weren't for Ky attempting to save I-No while she idly watched him with amusement, he wouldn't have died, and the original timeline wouldn't have fallen into disarray. That arguably makes things more frightening.
* In ''Xrd'', I-No's stage, "Babylon in five years", is a deserted ghost town devoid of color. At first, one would think that the name refers to the passing of time between XX and Xrd. However, I-No is also capable of travelling through time and taking others with her. As shown in ''Xrd -SIGN-'', Babylon's inhabitants got annihilated at the end of Sol and Ky's arcade mode.
* According to Dizzy's Instant Kill in ''Xrd -REVELATOR-:'', her power is capable of ''causing an explosion on level with a nuclear bomb.'' Necro fires a deadly ball of energy at the opponent, in which Dizzy narrowly stops by tackling Necro. While it still fires, it almost hits the opponent. But this near-death experience makes the opponent [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere give up the fight on the spot]]. Now imagine Necro suddenly losing his shit in a heavily populated area.
* Chipp's [[IdiotHero lack of intelligence]] is often treated humorously in-universe. But considering his severe drug usage in the past, it's entirely possible that it resulted in some form of lingering brain damage.
** Alternatively, considering the fact that he grew up as an inner-city orphan, it's possible that he's never gone to school.
** Adverse drug effects don't stop with just brain damage; virtually any part of your body can be affected depending on the kind of drug that's used, which can result in things like a compromised immune system to overall lower life expectancy. Now remember that Chipp is infamous for having [[FragileSpeedster low health and defenses]]...

* A possible reason for why Ky being ''the only person'' who didn't cry when I-no became "God" in ''-STRIVE-'' is because he ''already'' has his "brighter future" in the form of his family: Dizzy, Sin, Ramlethal, Elphelt, and charitably Sol and Jack-O[='=].

* Acquiring the Forbidden Beast. It's stated that it requires you to sacrifice what you treasure most. Zato lost his eyesight and it is unknown what Millia lost, though it's heavily implied to be her ability to bear children. Then what if you love your BiggusDickus? [[NightmareFuel Then it will probably be cut off.]]

* After Sol steals the Fireseal from the Sacred Order of Holy Knights, he doesn't even show even a hint of guilt at Ky's anger regarding the theft, or even an attempt to explain to Ky that he needs it to kill Justice. This is because Sol actually spent '''decades''' creating it along with all the Outrage pieces like Ky's Thunderseal to combat Gears in the first place. Or in simpler terms: he owns them and from his perspective, he doesn't have to give a singular shit about anyone claiming he doesn't deserve to use the Outrage weapons, let alone some holier-than-thou crusader that's using ''his work'' to try and steal back the Fireseal. In all reality, it's the other way around: ''everyone else'' stole his work and/or used it without his permission, such as the Holy Knights appropriating the Fireseal and the Thunderseal and treating it as their holy relics, and Anji Mito with Zessen.

* Faust randomly appears in different places like when he heals Josephine in the Grove, and he heals Marina in the novel. [[BeyondTheImpossible He swims on concrete,]] travels by a flying umbrella and most importantly, [[TeleportSpam he teleports through a door that opens in midair]]. With his capabilities, showing up in random locations is just par for the course.
* Bridget getting recruited by Jam as her waitress/waiter. Jam had always wanted to recruit a blond, beautiful, blue and white clothed boy to serve her, and she has consistently failed to force Ky. Now gets a boy that fits her criteria, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim who attracts even the male customers.]]

* The input for Dizzy's Instant Kill move in XX series is obnoxious. Fitting, since she believes in pacifism.

* Ramlethal developing an infatuation with Leo come ''Strive'' seems completely out of left field, but there is actually one point of comparison between the two: their AnimalMotifs. Leo is blatantly associated with lions, and while Ramlethal isn't as overt with her cat motif, she does exhibit some feline characteristics during some of her animations. In that sense, it might be more thematically appropriate to describe Ramlethal's idolizing of Leo as like a cat looking up to a lion.
* Sol having just the right weapon to take down god I-No because making god-killing weapon is his hobby may seem like a flimsy excuse to make up for having lost his power before facing her. However, recall that, at the start of ''-Strive-'' at least, Sol is undoubtedly one of the most powerful Gears in the world, and worse, as Asuka confirms later, his power is ''still growing'', threatening to overcome the PowerLimiter he has been wearing all this time. In other words, Sol is slowly but certainly growing to become ''godlike'' in power, but violent and dangerous to the world, including people he has come to care about. For him to create a god-killing weapon is thus something of a last resort: When/if he truly succumbs to his destructive Gear nature, that weapon he leaves behind can help his friends to [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]].
* Dizzy's [[IJustWantToBeAccepted acceptation worries]] at the end of ''REVELATOR'' have deeper roots than her Gear status: Sister Ramlethal began ''SIGN'' as an OmnicidalManiac, Sister Elphelt was also designed to be a PersonOfMassDestruction, Father Sol created the Gears and was involved in the Crusades, Mother Aria/Justice was brainwashed into ''the'' first PersonOfMassDestruction of a long line, Husband Ky was also a Crusader and had an illegitimate son with her; and finally Illegitimate Son Sin has a lot of untapped potential to become a PersonOfMassDestruction and was bounty-hunting with the aforementioned Sol. The fact that all of the members (mostly) look out for each other after the events of ''REVELATOR'' instead of going [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} full Mishima]] speaks volumes about how well things went between them.
* The lack of [[FinishingMove Instant Kills]] in ''Strive'' can be related to the newfound peace after the events of ''Xrd''. Several of the playable characters are absent on the Story Mode, while, when all is said and done, Ky and family moved onto a more pacific life and Sol was finally able to move on from his griefs and settled down with Jack-O, among other examples. There's no need anymore for bloodshed and former enemies now duke it out for sparring rather than to kill the other dude. It took several decades and lots of losses, but every living character [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned their happy ending]].

* The lack of [[FinishingMove Instant Kills]] in ''Strive'' can be related to the newfound peace after the events of ''Xrd''. Several of the playable characters are absent on the Story Mode, while, when all is said and done, Ky and family moved onto a more pacific life and Sol was finally able to move on from his griefs and settled down with Jack-O, among other examples. There's no need anymore for bloodshed and former enemies now duke it out for sparring rather than to kill the other dude.

** Ky is Kliff's successor. Dizzy is Justice's backup/daughter. [[TheRival Kliff and Justice were rivals.]]

* No wonder Bedman's a {{Motor Mouth}}; when he's fighting in the real world, he obviously can't do any trash-talking since he's in a coma. His rambling in places where he ''can'' talk [[IShallTauntYou make up for that]].

* Faust randomly appears in different places like when he heals Josephine in the Grove, and he heals Marina in the novel. [[CrazyAwesome He swims on concrete,]] travels by a flying umbrella and most importantly, [[TeleportSpam he teleports through a door that opens in midair]]. With his capabilities, showing up in random locations is just par for the course.

* After Sol steals the Fireseal from the Sacred Order of Holy Knights, he doesn't even show even a hint of guilt at Ky's anger regarding the theft, or even an attempt to explain to Ky that he needs it to kill Justice. This is because Sol actually spent '''decades''' creating it along with all the Outrage pieces like Ky's Thunderseal to combat Gears in the first place. Or in simpler terms: he owns them and from his perspective, he doesn't have to give a singular shit about anyone claiming he doesn't deserve to use the Outrage weapons, let alone some holier-than-thou crusader that's using ''his work'' to try and steal back the Fireseal. And on that point, it's everyone ''else'' who's stolen his work and/or using it without his permission, such as the Holy Knights appropriating the Fireseal and the Thunderseal and treating it as their holy relics and Anji Mito with Zessen.

* After Sol steals the Fireseal from the Sacred Order of Holy Knights, he doesn't even show even a hint of guilt at Ky's anger regarding the theft, or even an attempt to explain to Ky that he needs it to kill Justice. This is because Sol actually spent '''decades''' creating it along with all the Outrage pieces like Ky's Furaiken to combat Gears in the first place. Or in simpler terms: he owns them and from his perspective, he doesn't have to give a singular shit about anyone claiming he doesn't deserve to use the Outrage weapons, let alone some holier-than-thou crusader that's using ''his work'' to try and steal back the Fireseal. And on that point, it's everyone ''else'' who's stolen his work and/or using it without his permission, such as the Holy Knights appropriating the Fireseal and the Furaiken and treating it as their holy relics and Anji Mito with Zessen.

* According to Dizzy's Instant Kill in ''Xrd -REVELATOR-:'', her power is capable of ''causing a explosion on level with a nuclear bomb.'' Necro fires a deadly ball of energy at the opponent, in which Dizzy narrowly stops by tackling Necro. While it still fires, it almost hits the opponent. But this near-death experience makes the opponent [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere give up the fight on the spot]]. Now imagine Necro suddenly losing his shit in a heavily populated area.

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!!FridgeBrilliance

!!FridgeHorror

!!FridgeLogic

* [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Sol's bad ending Accent Core.]] In both endings, he is transported back in time by I-No where he fought his younger self, Ordel Sol. After the fight, I-No kills his younger self. Actually, it makes you wonder in the first place why Sol just fought a lookalike without thinking. In the bad ending, where Sol dies, why would you die if your younger self dies? Then who fought your younger self? Why did you exist in the first place?

* [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Sol's good ending in ''Accent Core'']] where he lives and beats the shit out of I-No. If your younger self dies, then how would you exist in the first place?
** Because of RubberBandHistory where multiple timelines can possibly exist like one big happy family. If I-No changes the past, she doesn't necessarily erase the former timeline, just like what happened in the Drama CD.

** How come Gears are created to grow fast that they become teenage lookalikes at 3 years old? Gears are treated as objects, specifically, weapons. If they need whole 18 years to mature then it wouldn't be practical to create them at the first place.

* At first, the abilities of [[CastingAShadow Zato]], [[PrehensileHair Millia]], [[ImprobableWeaponUser Venom]], and [[GoodOldFisticuffs Slayer]] seem like pure RuleOfCool... but then it hits you: they have those powers ''because they're assassins''. They're armed and ready to fight at all times, while remaining completely inconspicuous.

* Acquiring the Forbidden Beast. It's stated that it requires you to sacrifice what you treasure most. Zato lost his eyesight and it is unknown what Millia lost. Then what if you love your BiggusDickus? [[NightmareFuel Then it will probably be cut off.]]
* I-No's time trolling. '''She can go back to the past as many times as she want and change ANYTHING.''' She practically controlled reality and make things better, making all the characters look like {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s whenever they fight her.

* After Sol steals the Fireseal from the Sacred Order of Holy Knights, he doesn't even show even a hint of guilt at Ky's anger regarding the theft, or even an attempt to explain to Ky that he needs it to kill Justice. This is because Sol actually spent '''decades''' creating it along with all the Outrage pieces like Ky's Furaiken to combat Gears in the first place. Or in simpler terms: he owns them. And on that point, it's everyone ''else'' who's stolen his work and/or using it without his permission, such as Anji Mito with Zessen.
* Gears and their stuff

** How come Gears are created to grow fast that they become JailBait at 3 years old? Gears are treated as objects, specifically, weapons. If they need whole 18 years to mature then it wouldn't be practical to create them at the first place.

!!FridgeLogic

* How can I-No remove her top in her winpose? You can see her pulling her choker and then everything, including her sleeves get removed in one pull.
** RuleOfSexy. It doesn't matter how she does it, [[MaleGaze as long as we see her topless.]]
* May summons dolphins and whales, though the Jellyfish pirates actually travel on air.
** Again on May, her IK has everyone of her female friends joining her including Dizzy. Setting a mirror match aside, Dizzy can be seen flying along with the crew even if she's your opponent.
* Story modes in general. The first stage you're in China, then to London, then to Hell, then to Paris...
* [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Sol's bad ending Accent Core.]] In both endings, he is transported back in time by I-No where he fought his younger self, Ordel Sol. After the fight, I-No kills his younger self. Actually, it makes you wonder in the first place why Sol just fought a lookalike without thinking. In the bad ending, where Sol dies, why would you die if your younger self dies? Then who fought your younger self? Why did you exist in the first place?
--> '''Order Sol''': I'll crush you!
** [[http://blazen.thecomicseries.com/comics/99/ Hilariously featured in this comic.]]
* Same people existing at the same time, and fighting each other, in Sol and Axl's story modes. Then your current self magically poofed away from existence because you traveled to the past? What if a future Sol travels back? And faraway future Sol travels back... and Sol from every year travels back to the same time, same place...
** Then we can have a BadassArmy of a OneManArmy guy. THIS MUST HAPPEN!
* In ''Overture,'' Ky's servants dropped from the sky.
* It may be his main source of appeal, but why does Bridget still wear nun clothes if he wants to be so manly?
** Clearly, he does it out of [[IncrediblyLamePun habit]].
* How do the Mayship stops if May has the anchor?
** Because the Mayship is an airship, it doesn't need an anchor.
*** [[VoodooShark THAT JUST RAISES FURTHER QUESTIONS]]
** May carries a different anchor than the one her ship has. There's more than one anchor in the world, y'know.

* [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Sol's good in ''Accent Core'']] where where Sol lives and beats the shit out of I-No. If your younger self dies, then how would you exist in the first place?
** Because of RubberBandHistory where multiple timelines can possibly exist like one big happy family. If I-No changes the past, she doesn't necessarily erase the former timeline, just like what happened in the Drama CD.

** How come Gears are created to grow fast that they become JailBait at 3 years old?
*** Well... Gears are treated as objects, specifically, weapons. If they need whole 18 years to mature then it wouldn't be practical to create them at the first place.
** Command type Gears being female, passing their powers to their daughters and being the mothers of {{HalfHumanHybrid}}s. In real science, mothers pass mitochondrial DNA to their daughters only. This could explain the reason why Sin is more like his father than his mother. And Gear mothers are more suitable than human mothers in cross-breeding, since human mothers cannot sustain abnormal fetuses that can probably summon a magical fireball inside the placenta.
* Ky and Dizzy's relationship. Though some thought of this as a RomanticPlotTumor or an example of ShipsThatPassInTheNight it seems that it isn't the case.

* Faust randomly appears in different places like when he heals Josephine in the Grove, and he heals Marina in the novel. Just play him and find out. [[CrazyAwesome He swims on concrete,]] travels by a flying umbrella and most importantly, [[TeleportSpam he teleports through a door that opens in midair]]. With his capabilities, showing up in random locations is just par for the course.

* In the ''Guilty Gear X'' anime trailer, the captions ask "why do you fight?" Before Sol, the word "Justice" appears and before Dizzy, "Sin" appears. Coincidence or intentional? (And if intentional, that would've been a ''deep'' cut, showing that Sin as a character was planned for ''years'' ahead of ''Overture''.)

* Ky never seems to age. He also has to wear his hair longer than he used to, since it keeps growing back faster than he can cut it. His being a Gear might have something to do with that.

* Assassin's Guild recruitment: they take in orphans... from the Holy War.

** However, if it weren't for Ky attempting to save I-No while she idly watched him with amusement, he wouldn't have died, and the original timeline wouldn't have fallen into disarray. That arguably makes things more frightening.
* In ''Xrd'', I-No's stage, "Babylon in five years", is a deserted ghost town devoid of color. At first, one would think that the name refers to the passing of time between XX and Xrd. However, I-No is also capable of travelling through time and taking others with her. Now, which city's inhabitants got annihilated at the end of Sol and Ky's arcade mode?
* According to Dizzy's Instant Kill in ''-REVELATOR-:'', her power is capable of ''causing a explosion on level with a nuclear bomb.'' Necro fires a deadly ball of energy at the opponent, in which Dizzy narrowly stops by tackling Necro. While it still fires, it almost hits the opponent. But this near-death experience makes the opponent [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere give up the fight on the spot]]. Now imagine Necro suddenly losing his shit in a heavily populated area.

** Alternatively, considering the fact that he grew up as an inner-city orphan, it's possible that he's never gone to school.

* In the ''Guilty Gear X'' anime trailer, the captions ask "why do you fight?" Before Sol, the word "Justice" appears and before Dizzy, "Sin" appears. Coincidence or intentional?

* Chipp's usage of glasses in the most recent games. While it does help with the whole "Presidential" look he's going for, it is also incredibly common for people with albinism to have vision problems due to a lack of melanin in the eyes.

* After Sol steals the Fireseal, he doesn't even show even a hint of guilt or even an attempt to explain to Ky that he needs it to kill Justice. This is because Sol actually spent '''decades''' creating it along with all the Outrage pieces like Ky's Furaiken. Or in simpler terms: he owns them.

* Faust randomly appears in different places like when he heals Josephine in the Grove, and he heals Marina in the novel. Just play him and find out. [[CrazyAwesome He swims on concrete,]] travels by a flying umbrella and most importantly, [[TeleportSpam he teleports through a door that opens in midair.]]