History Fridge / KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep

* I just got an amazing one: I was thinking about the end of BBS and how [[spoiler:each of the three main characters, at the end, wind up in a different realm - Aqua in the realm of darkness, Ventus at Castle Oblivion in the realm of in-between, and Terra (at least initially) at Radiant Garden in the realm of light.]] Then, out of nowhere, I suddenly remembered the original "The Gathering" promo video of them, where each of them takes up one of the three main keyblades - Aqua takes the Kingdom Key D for the realm of darkness, Ventus takes Way to Dawn for the realm of in-between (or balance between light and dark), and Terra takes the Kingdom Key for the realm of light! It all makes SENSE! 8D -- HakureiRyuu

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* Hey guys, think about this ''awesome'' piece of FridgeBrilliance. The VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon of the [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts first game]], End Of The World, had some parts of Snow White's, Cinderella's and Sleeping Beauty's worlds, that by now we know as Dwarf Woodlands, Castle of Dreams and Enchanted Dominion respectively. These three worlds are all next to each other, ''and'' next to Mirage Arena, where the teleport that links the save point with the main room works pretty much like the so-called "prison of the worlds" in End Of The World. This may lead us to think that Mirage Arena, Dwarf Woodlands, Castle of Dreams and Enchanted Dominion actually ''are'' End Of The World as it was in the beginning, since it's pretty much a chaotic mash-up of them. Now stop for a moment to think about one of the closest worlds to this mash-up: the fact that Radiant Garden was next to the then-future End Of The World creates a striking parallel with the fact that Hollow Bastion was also next to it in the first game, making the left half of the Birth By Sleep world map the past of the right half of the Kingdom Hearts world map, while the ''other'' world next to the then-future End Of The World is the world which became Castle Oblivion, that is ''the place Sora went to right after his visit to End Of The World'']], thus happening between the first KH and KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories. '''[[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything Wow.]]'''

!!Fridge Brilliance

* Here's a minor one, but Destiny's Embrace [[spoiler:(the keychain Kairi uses in KH2 and the one she gives to Aqua in this game)]] has the same strength/magic stats as Oathkeeper in KH2.

* Here's a minor one, but Destiny's Embrace (the keychain Kairi uses in KH2 and the one she gives to Aqua in this game) has the same strength/magic stats as Oathkeeper in KH2.

** Bit of an irony here, actually. Axel seems to remember his past self as Lea, yet does not recall memories of Ventus 10 years prior to his meeting with Ventus' carbon copy, Roxas.

** The [[AllThereInTheManual novels]] confirm the part about Vanitas [[spoiler:not having a face until Sora's heart merged with Ven's.]]

** Considering the things Eraqus says during the fight, that makes a lot of sense - TheKnower

* Possibly Fridge Horror. Xehanort's leap off the Slippery Slope seems to have been induced by these factors: [[curiosity about darkness he was not allowed to research, a long time spent away from the Land of Departure...as though he'd had good reason to avoid the place, say he'd gotten into A FIGHT with someone...and a later, very canon fight with Eraqus.]] Now, consider Xehanort's Letter from Ven's story. He says to [[hold a Mark of Mastery exam]], but nowhere in that letter does he suggest [[failing anyone on account of darkness]]! Xehanort is later able to [[recruit Terra because Terra is feeling rejected]]. Finally, [[Eraqus dies because Terra and Ven were acting in self-defense/friend-defense]]. Xehanort may be the purposeful wielder of darkness, but he isn't the one to blame for all the stuff that happened! [[ERAQUS IS!]]

* All three storylines happen parallel each other, you just explore different parts of each world at different times with each protagonist. This creates some problems though--say, Aqua visits the Castle of Dreams after Terra and Ven, at which point she and Prince Phillip destroy parts of Maleficent's castle while escaping. So why aren't these same portions destroyed if Ven and Terra come back later, after canonically Aqua has been there?

* FridgeLogic: Why ''was'' Ventus the size of a mouse for his portion of Castle of Dreams? At least Aqua had an excuse...

* FridgeHorror: Well, more like Fridge Despair. The end montage of all the worlds that had been visited becomes a lot less happy when you remember that only about half of them will make it to ''[=KH1=]'' unscathed. At least we know they get better thanks to Sora and company.
** Braig's eye damage. Eeew....
** [[spoiler:Even before Ventus was stripped of all his darkness, he showed that DarkIsNotEvil by still being [[NiceGuy the same person]]. If his darkness gave birth to a CompleteMonster like Vanitas, what would happen in the case of a ''legitimately'' evil being?]]
*** [[spoiler: An optimistic interpretation is that Vanitas really couldn't have been anything ''but'' a CompleteMonster, given that he was darkness.]]
*** [[spoiler:Going off of that, Vanitas is technically TheFaceless. Nomura states that Vanitas looks like Sora because Ven linked his heart to that of the young Keyblade Master. Should he have been aided by a different benefactor, Vanitas would have taken the attributes of said person. In other words, Vanitas could have been Evil!''Anyone''. YourMileageMayVary if that doesn't also qualify as FetishFuel.]]
** In Cinderella's world, Ven basically took over all roles that Gus had in the actual movie. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse So, what happened to Gus?]]

** It gets even better when you remember that Nomura was the creative producer of ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'', which also took a lot of inspiration from Catholic theology.
** Also, the [[spoiler: Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven can be found in the Hierophant tarot card, which features a man in a throne. At the end of the game, where is Ventus's body? On a throne.]]
* You know how every main game has a fight with the reflection of the character at the Awakening taking form of the enemy introduced in said game? ''Birth by Sleep'' notably doesn't do this until you learn that [[spoiler:it DOES, only at the end of the game instead of the beginning. Vanitas is fought at Ventus' Awakening and is his literal reflection, making him the first Unversed.]]
* Doesn't what Pete get banished for seem rather petty? Just trying to steal some prize? Look carefully at his stance, at what he was doing when he was trying to steal the prize. He was about to assault a city official. Not just any official, but the QUEEN. He was going to attack Minnie just to get the Million Dreams Prize. Not only does it make more sense and fit more with what was said in past games, but it also fits his petty, selfish character.
** Yes, that's right, he was about to beat up Minnie Mouse for ICE CREAM.

* Xehanort's past goes a long way towards explaining why [[spoiler: Xemnas was wearing armor]] when he went OneWingedAngel in ''Kingdom Hearts II''.

* Vanitas under the mask looks like [[spoiler: Sora. "Sora" is of course Japanese for "sky", but it can also translate as "void". "Void" is a synonym for emptiness, the Latin word for which is... Vanitas!]]
** Not my own FridgeBrilliance (I had some help), but Vanitas takes off his mask and looks like [[spoiler: Sora ''after'' Ven meets Sora. For all we know, Vanitas didn't have a face before Ven met Sora,]] and Vanitas gained his appearance from Ven's memories! - Darkaros
* I just got an amazing one: I was thinking about the end of BBS and how [[spoiler:each of the three main characters, at the end, wind up in a different realm - Aqua in the realm of darkness, Ventus at Castle Oblivion in the realm of in-between, and Terra (at least initially) at Radiant Garden in the realm of light.]] Then, out of nowhere, I suddenly remembered the original "The Gathering" promo video of them, where each of them takes up one of the three main keyblades - Aqua takes the Kingdom Key D for the realm of darkness, Ventus takes Way to Dawn for the realm of in-between, and Terra takes the Kingdom Key for the realm of light! It all makes SENSE! 8D -- HakureiRyuu
** It would work if WordOfGod hadn't stated that Riku's Keyblade is the same type of Keyblade as Sora's. From the realm of light.
*** Well, Nomura also stated that Keyblades can ''only'' be from either the realm of light or darkness. There are none from the realm of in-between. Thematically, Way to the Dawn is Riku's balance of light and darkness, thus being in-between.

* This Troper had a bit of FridgeLogic over the new [[Pinocchio Monstro]] battle. Why is he in the ocean like the real Pinocchio instead of in space like KingdomHearts 1? Then it hit me; this is 10 years before KingdomHearts 1, Monstro could of easily gotten into space in that time.

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** Not my own FridgeBrilliance, but Vanitas takes off his mask and looks like [[spoiler: Sora ''after'' Ven meets Sora. For all we know, Vanitas didn't have a face before Ven met Sora,]] and Vanitas gained his appearance from Ven's memories! - Darkaros