History Fridge / ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture

* Unlike Present Luke, we never see Future Luke communicating with animals. It's an early hint that he's not really who he claims to be, but it's easily overlooked because it doesn't seem important.

* The revelation that Future Luke is the BigBad is unexpected, but it makes perfect sense. If Future London is a fake, Future Luke must be a fake as well.

** Well, he ''does'' get arrested at the end.

* So, if Subject 1 was the parrot, and Subject 3 was... well, Subject 3, than who was Subject 2? It's not like there are any other random talking animals in this game. Well, there was Beasly, but he's n - [[TheWoobie oh god]] [[BreakTheCutie OH GOD]] '''[[NightmareFuel OH GO]]'''-- [[SubvertedTrope Oh wait, is that him in the credits?]]
* It turns out that Future London is a fake, and the Clock Shop is actually an elevator that takes its riders underneath the actual London to the fake Future one. While it's implied that the actors who pretended to be the inhabitants of future London didn't know what Clive was planning, like Cogg and Spring, the game mentions that at least one of the scientists is married. While it's bad enough for the scientist (whose name escapes me), it's indicated that Viv is the daughter of one of the scientists and one of the actual "residents" of Future London. She must have been born after Future London was established if she truly was the daughter of the scientist. Imagine what it must have been like for her when Future London was evacuated. Imagine, at a young age, learning that your entire LIFE is a lie, a facsimile designed to disguise a horrible weapon of mass destruction, and more personally, your mother knew the truth but didn't tell you. That could leave someone SERIOUSLY traumatized.

** It is never stated whether or not the scientists that Clive kidnapped were part of the original time machine experiments. Even if they were, it could be argued that unknowingly building a giant doomsday machine later used to wreck London could constitute karmic punishment.

** Adeline states that she moved from Cardiff to (Future) London 2 years prior to the game's events. How??

* The revelation that Future Luke is the BigBad is a ShockingSwerve but one that makes perfect sense. If Future London is a fake, Future Luke must be a fake as well.

* Future Luke's explanation as to why London is thrown into chaos makes little sense, or rather, are too disorganized to be true. First, there's the implication that Layton would work with the villains to create the time machine. Secondly, there's little observance to what happens with the rest of the UK, or why "Future Layton" would even want to make the time machine. This, like many things, is entirely a clue to why they aren't really in the future.

** Clive was kidnapping scientists and politicians for a longer time, so he could have very easily gotten weapons into London with little governmental interference. As to how he did this for quite some time, well, he was a journalist...

* There were times were Future Luke does not talk with the animals (such as when Present Luke was talking with the Parrot earlier). This is proof that Future Luke is a fake and he's actually Clive.

* Beside the buildings that were already destroyed, London has a giant sinkhole in it's center. Who knows how big that thing will get and how much of London it will consume.

* So, if Subject 1 was the parrot, and Subject 3 was...well, Subject 3, than who was Subject 2? It's not like there are any other random talking animals in this game. Well, there was Beasly, but he's n - [[TheWoobie oh god]] [[BreakTheCutie OH GOD]] '''[[NightmareFuel OH GO]]'''-- [[SubvertedTrope Oh wait, is that him in the credits?]]

** It is known that the ''Professor Layton'' games have lots of plot holes so let that one slide. If one is so stubborn, then it is safe to presume that Claire was launched into the future before the explosion got her so of course she would know how she will die because she can literally see it coming.
** Isn't it simple that Dimitri or someone telling her what happened to her? She could had also done some of her own research also and figure out the truth from there.

--> '''Clive:''' [[LampshadeHanging "And here I thought scientists are supposed to be observant!"]]

* Bill Hawks and the scientists getting away with what they did seems a cruel twist of fate at first... Until you realize that Clive had them under his control for the entire game and so had the opportunity to punish them all he could want to, but decided not to and [[MisplacedRetribution took out his "revenge" on the innocent citizens of London instead in a way that left the people he actually wanted "revenge" on unharmed.]]
** It is never stated the scientists that Clive kidnapped were part of the original time machine experiments. Even if they are, it could be argued that unknowingly building a giant doomsday machine later used to wreck London could constitute karmic punishment.
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[[AC:FridgeBrilliance]]
* The statue of the young boy and a man in a top hat [[spoiler:was actually Clive's tribute to Layton's kindness]].
* The puzzle in which two friends meet, with one having a fast watch he thinks is slow and the other having the opposite problem, takes on new significance when you consider that [[spoiler:the puzzle giver, one of the kidnapped scientists, thinks he's in the future, but is actually in the present.]]
* The revelation [[spoiler: Future Luke]] is the BigBad is a ShockingSwerve but one that makes perfect sense. [[spoiler: If Future London is a fake, Future Luke must be a fake as well.]]
* There were times were Future Luke does not talk with the animals (such as when Present Luke was talking with the Parrot earlier). [[spoiler: This is proof that Future Luke is a fake and he's actually Clive.]]

[[AC:FridgeHorror]]
* [[spoiler:How many people must've died during Clive's rampage on London? Every step he took crushed homes beneath his [[GiantMecha giant mecha's]] feet, and he was firing cannons all over the place the entire time, not to mention the huge chunk of the city he destroyed while making a hole for his mecha to rise from beneath the earth. Unless every single one of the homes destroyed happened to be empty at the time, countless lives must've been lost. And stranger yet is that nobody called Clive out on that.]]
** Well, [[spoiler:he ''does'' get arrested at the end.]]
* Forget the [[spoiler: buildings that were already destroyed]], London has [[spoiler: a giant sinkhole in it's center. Who knows how big that thing will get and how much of London it will consume.]]
* [[spoiler:Considering what Clive wanted to do and his motivation, he is pretty hypocritical, and it's a wonder why Layton didn't point to it and ask him how many more people has he made to be just like him.]]
* And at the end, [[spoiler: Claire knows she has to go back to get blown up.]]
* [[spoiler:So, if Subject 1 was the parrot, and Subject 3 was...well, Subject 3, than who was Subject 2? It's not like there are any other random talking animals in this game. Well, there was Beasly, but he's n - [[TheWoobie oh god]] [[BreakTheCutie OH GOD]] '''[[NightmareFuel OH GO]]'''-- [[SubvertedTrope Oh wait, is that him in the credits?]]]]

[[AC:FridgeLogic]]
* Most people would certainly notice a [[spoiler: 30+-story ''clock shop'' that suddenly terminates at nothing]] and think at least ''something'' was awry.
** It's mentioned several times how the sky is very hazy in [[spoiler: future London]] due to industrialization. It's entirely possible that [[spoiler: everything above the second floor]] is obscured by this.
* Also, the game apparently insinuates that if you live in London, you never leave. [[spoiler: Otherwise that fake Future London would be discovered rather quickly]].
* How does [[spoiler: Claire know how she died]]?? She isn't a ghost! If she was really just randomly launched into the future, then how the heck does she know about everything that's going on???
** It is known that the Professor Layton games have lots of plot holes so let that one slide. If one is so stubborn, then it is safe to presume that Claire was launched into the future before the explosion got her so of course she would know how she will die because she can literally see it coming.

* Where did [[spoiler: Clive get all the material for a skyscraper sized mecha? And how did he build that thing without anyone noticing?]]
--> [[spoiler: Clive:[[LampshadeHanging "And here I thought scientists are supposed to be observant!"]]]]

* [[spoiler: Bill Hawks and the scientists]] getting away with what they did seems a cruel twist of fate at first... Until you realize that[[spoiler: Clive]] had them under his control for the entire game and so had the opportunity to punish them all he could want to, but decided not to and [[FridgeLogic took out his "revenge" on the innocent citizens of London instead in a way that left the people he actually wanted "revenge" on unharmed.]]
** It is never stated the scientists that [[spoiler: Clive]] kidnapped were part of the original time machine experiments. Even if they are it could be argued that [[spoiler: unknowingly building a giant doomsday machine later used to wreck London]] could constitute karmic punishment.

* There were times were Future Luke does not talk with the animals (such as when Present Luke was talking with the Parrot earlier). [[spoiler: This is proof that Future Luke is a fake and he's actually Clive.]]

* [[spoiler:Considering what he wanted to do and his motivation, he is pretty hypocritical, and it's a wonder why Layton didn't point to it and ask him how many more people has he made to be just like him.]]

--> [[spoiler: Clive:[[LampshadeHanging "And here I thought scientist are supposed to be observant!"]]]]

* How does [[Spoiler: Claire know how she died]]?? She isn't a ghost! If she was really just randomly launched into the future, then how the heck does she know about everything that's going on???

* [[spoiler: Bill Hawks and the scientists]] getting away with what they did seems a cruel twist of fate at first... Until you realize that[[spoiler: Clive]] had them under his control for the entire game and so had the opportunity to do any number of horrible things to them, but decided not to and [[FridgeLogic took out his "revenge" on the innocent citizens of London instead in a way that left the people he actually wanted "revenge" on unharmed.]]

* [[spoiler: Bill Hawks and the scientists]] getting away with what they did seems a cruel twist of fate at first... Until you realize that[[spoiler: Clive]] had them under his control for the entire game and so had the opportunity to do any number of horrible things to them, but decided not to and [[WhatAnIdiot took out his "revenge" on the innocent citizens of London instead in a way that left the people he actually wanted "revenge" on unharmed.]]

* [[spoiler: Bill Hawks and the scientists]] getting away with what they did seems a cruel twist of fate at first... Until you realize that[[spoiler: Clive]] had them under his control for the entire game and so had the opportunity to do any number of horrible things to them, but decided not to and [[WhatAnIdiot took out his "revenge" on the innocent citizens of London instead.]]

--> [[spoiler: Clive:[[LampshadeHanging "And here I thought scientist are supposed to be observant!"]]

--> [[spoiler: Clive:"And here i thought scientist are supposed to be observant!"]]

* Where did Clive get all the material for a skyscraper sized mecha? And how did he build that thing without anyone noticing?