History Fridge / Hitman2016

* In Hokkaido, Agent Smith is trapped in a freezer in the morgue. If you complete the mission without saving him, that means he would probably stay in there until he dies of hypothermia.
** Either that, or his captors free him but have an even worse fate planned for him...
*** His skin is covered in surgery markings. Since he was investigating the clinic for OrganTheft, it's pretty obvious that he is scheduled to be their "donor".
** Worse, with Smith only reappearing in two of the Sniper missions, neither of which [[AmbiguousTimePeriod are dated]], and not appearing or even being mentioned in any of the sequel missions, it's possible that Smith was actually left to die.
* Hell, any NPC can be knocked out and hidden in a chest freezer indefinitely. The game treats this as non-lethal, but that seems... optimistic.

* Why do civilian accident kills count against Silent Assassin rating, unlike in ''Blood Money''? Maybe Travis was in charge during BM, which would mean that he just didn't care about any civilian deaths unless they had to be covered up, something that "accidents" don't require. Following Travis's death, he was replaced by people with more strict rules about civilian casualties. Note that this works with the prologue too, since ''Codename 47'' forced a restart if there were too many civilian casualties, and Travis took over those guys later. This might not match info provided by ''Absolution'' or the books, I can't remember the details of the former and I've never read the latter.

* Being a former lightweight boxer, Viktor Novikov's favourite cocktail is the Bare Knuckle Boxer.

* Hell, any NPC can be knocked out and hidden in a chest freezer indefinitely.

* If Dr. Laurent kills Soders, it's very likely that he'll never be allowed to work as a surgeon again, and might even be facing charges for murder. After all, not only did he fail to save the patient, he did it intentionally while under the influence of drugs. WasItReallyWorthIt?

** Worse, with Smith only reappearing in two of the Sniper missions, neither of which [[AmbiguousTimePeriod are dated]], and not appearing or even being mentioned in any of the sequel missions, it's possible that was actually left to die.

*** Both of these routes require knocking out staff members and taking their disguises, so it'll still be an obvious hit.

* The shadow client has been following, possibly even watching you during the events of the previous games. Next time you replay any of older games, remember that somebody is analyzing your performance to learn about you and hone their skills.

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* Providence asking for the names of all ICA's active agents is kind of funny when one of the agency's biggest assets doesn't have one. They'll have next to nothing about the trigger man behind their failed coup d'état and super virus. [[spoiler: Soders]] is probably keeping it post operation partly for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness th]][[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves at]] too.
* The operating table [[spoiler: Soders]] lays upon resembles the underside of a spider. Spiders consume their prey by liquefying their insides and sucking all the fluids out, one of the many ways to end him.

* In Hokkaido, [[spoiler: Agent Smith]] is trapped in a freezer in the morgue. If you complete the mission without saving him, that means he would probably stay in there until he dies of hypothermia.

* If Dr. Laurent kills [[spoiler:Soders]], it's very likely that he'll never be allowed to work as a surgeon again, and might even be facing charges for murder. After all, not only did he fail to save the patient, he did it intentionally while under the influence of drugs. WasItReallyWorthIt?
** It's possible that the drive containing [[spoiler:Soders']] list of contracts is still at the hospital. That kind of information could be disastrous given some of the guy's more famous contracts.

* Why is Penelope Graves, a new, distrusted recruit of the militia who is not even part of the militia's leadership, a target in Freedom Fighters? [[spoiler: Soders put forth the operation and Graves, being the militia's analyst, would likely know about his betrayal of the ICA, and he decided SheKnowsTooMuch]].

** Additionally, the Silverballer is identical to the default firearm, StatisticallySpeaking, save for enabling aim stabilization. The weapon isn't that much different from other handguns, but 47 is so familiar with its subtleties he's more accurate than ever with his SignatureWeapon.

* In Hokkaido, [[spoiler: Agent Smith]] is trapped in a freezer in the morgue. If you complete the mission without saving him, that means he would stay in there......
** His skin is covered in surgery markings. Since he was investigating the clinic for OrganTheft, it's pretty obvious that he is scheduled to be their "donor".

* Why is Penelope Graves, a new, distrusted recruit of the militia who is not even part of the militia's leadership, a target in Freedom Fighters? [[spoiler: Soders put forth the operation and Graves, being the militia's analyst, would likely know about his betrayal of the ICA and he decided SheKnowsTooMuch. She might have essentially died for the safety of the ICA's traitor. You could see his assassination in the following mission as a vengeance for poor Ms Graves]].

* Why is Penelope Graves, a new, distrusted recruit of the militia who is not even part of the militia's leadership, a target in Freedom Fighters? Soders put forth the operation and [[spoiler: Graves, being the militia's analyst, would know about his betrayal of the ICA and he decided SheKnowsTooMuch. She might have essentially died for the safety of the ICA's traitor. You could see his assassination in the following mission as a vengeance for poor Ms Graves]].
* In hindsight of [[spoiler:Grey disbanding the militia]] in Season 2, perhaps Penelope Graves's death was a mercy for her. It's unlikely that she'll be willing to continue on with a criminal life [[spoiler:not directed against Providence]], leaving her at a MortonsFork. Either start a life of crime against her ideals or return to Interpol and risk being investigated, exposed and arrested. A young, pretty, physically weak former law enforcement agent would have little to look forward to in prison.

* Why is Penelope Graves, a new, distrusted recruit of the militia who is not even part of the militia's leadership, a target in Freedom Fighters? Soders put forth the operation, and Graves, being the militia's analyst, would know [[spoiler:about his betrayal of the ICA and decided SheKnowsTooMuch. She might have essentially died for the safety of the ICA's traitor. You could see his assassination in the following mission as a vengeance for poor Ms Graves]].

* Why is Penelope Graves, a new, distrusted recruit of the militia who is not even part of the militia's leadership, a target in Freedom Fighters? Soders put forth the operation, and Graves, being the militia's analyst, would know [[spoiler:about his betrayal of the ICA and decided SheKnowsTooMuch. You could see his assassination in the following mission as a vengeance for poor Ms Graves]].

* Providence asking for the names of all ICA's active agents is kind of funny when one of the agency's biggest assets doesn't have one. They'll have next to nothing about the trigger man behind their failed coup d'état and super virus.[[spoiler: Soders]] is probably keeping it post operation partly for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness th]][[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves at]] too.

* Why do civilian accident kills count against Silent Assassin rating, unlike in ''Blood Money''.? Maybe Travis was in charge during BM, which would mean that he just didn't care about any civilian deaths unless they had to be covered up, something that "accidents" don't require. Following Travis's death, he was replaced by people with more strict rules about civilian casualties. Note that this works with the prologue too, since ''Codename 47'' forced a restart if there were too many civilian casualties, and Travis took over those guys later. This might not match info provided by ''Absolution'' or the books, I can't remember the details of the former and I've never read the latter.
* Some players are disappointed that you can't get Francesca De Santis to kill Silvio Caruso after she discovers his plans to kill her in World of Tomorrow. However, as the virus is still uncompleted, Ether still needs Caruso’s expertise. Additionally, Caruso's death would call for a police investigation, and likely repossession of his villa, either of which could blow the cover on the project. De Santis's reluctance to kill Caruso may not be [[EvenEvilHasStandards hesitance]], but PragmaticVillainy to prevent the virus from being discovered.

* After the deaths of their two most high-profile guests, the Himmapan hotel staff and/or security are likely to be fired by Ms Mookjai.

** Making Cross kill Morgan and then throwing him out the window afterwards could make it look like Cross went nuts, killed Morgan, and then immediately offed himself out of guilt.

* Some players are disappointed that you can't get Francesca De Santis to kill Silvio Caruso after she discovers his plans to kill her in World of Tomorrow. However, as the virus is still uncompleted, Ether still needs Caruso’s expertise. Additionally, Caruso's death would cause a police investigation, and likely repossession of his villa, either of which could blow the cover on the project. De Santis's reluctance to kill Caruso may not be hesitance or hubris, but PragmaticVillainy to prevent the virus from being discovered.

* The Shadow Client is not looking for evidence of 47's work but a ''pattern''. The developer made sure to take the sneakiest of ''Hitman'' players into account, especially those who caters to 'leave no traces' playstyle.

* Why do civilian accident kills count against Silent Assassin rating, unlike in ''Blood Money''.? Maybe Travis was in charge during BM, which would mean that he just didn't care about any civilian deaths unless they had to be covered up, something that "accidents" don't require. Following Travis's death, he was replaced by people with more strict rules about civilian causalities. Note that this works with the prologue too, since ''Codename 47'' forced a restart if there were too many civilian causalities, and Travis took over those guys later. This might not match info provided by ''Absolution'' or the books, I can't remember the details of the former and I've never read the latter.

* If Dr. Laurent kills [[spoiler:Soders]], it's very likely that he'll never be allowed to work as a surgeon again, and might even be facing charges for murder. After all, not only did he fail to save the patient, he did it intentionally while under the influence of drugs. WasItReallyWorthIt

* Players are disappointed that you can't get Francesca De Santis to kill Silvio Caruso after she discovers he encoded her DNA to be used by the virus in World of Tomorrow. However, the virus is still uncompleted and Ether would still need Caruso. Additionally, Caruso's death would cause a police investigation, and the government would likely repossess the villa, either of which could blow the cover on the project. De Santis's to kill Caruso may not be hesitance or hubris, but PragmaticVillainy to prevent the virus from being discovered.

* The reason why 47 is so brutal in Landslide (pen in eye, impaling on spire) is because he hates people who disgrace or attack the church. Think about it: [[VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin his priest friend gets kidnapped]], [[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution Wade's goons slaughter a catholic orphanage, and Sheriff Skurky holds a priest at gunpoint]]. He's got to have some special disgust for people who desecrate churches or the Christian religion.