History Fridge / ShovelKnight

* Specter Knight, who is otherwise aloof and terse with other characters, becomes positively furious when he interacts with King Knight in both ''Showdown''. While the latter's [[TheFriendNobodyLikes unpleasant nature]] is a reasonable motive, think of what the Enchantress kept on doing after he chose to ally with her at the last moment in ''King of Cards'': Specter Knight kept being bound into servitude to her, [[spoiler: Reize, the one person he was sworn to protect, was corrupted by her, finally forcing him to kill the boy and trade his one chance at returning to life to undo the Enchantress' curse on him]], all because of King Knight's selfish decision. His grudge against him is ''deeply'' personal.

** The Lichyard's new song is perhaps one of the most upbeat and joyous, which seems a little odd considering it's Specter Knight's stomping grounds, one would think it would be the most somber remix. But this makes sense when you consider the town's still there; the tragedy has yet to occur and the song sounds ''[[IncrediblyLamePun lively]]''.

** Consequentially, his ''Shovel of Hope'' boss fight is rather genius on his part. In hindsight, by starting out in the state he does, he's ''not'' giving the fight his all. He's still presenting a modicum of effort for plausible deniability's sake, but he's intentionally making Shovel Knight's journey that much easier. ''This'' could be Specter Knight's revenge that Red muses about after collecting every red skull in ''Specter of Torment''.

** By ''Shovel of Hope'', it's possible he learned how to exploit this outward defeatism to his advantage. By starting the fight off with this simpler battle style, he's granting Shovel Knight one accessible step closer to the Tower of Fate. ''This'' could be Specter Knight's revenge that Red implies after collecting every red skull in ''Specter of Torment''.

* King Knight and Specter Knight are the first two Order of No Quarter bosses, while Plague Knight is only fought in the second set. As a boss he's more complex, and as a playable character he's ''still'' more complex.
* Why didn't Terrorpin's Jouctus advice work? Terrorpin couldn't see the cards!

** The Luan and Reize are only obtained from winning against Specter Knight, [[spoiler: whom as Donovan, was close to both of them]]. [[spoiler:Luan is already dead and Reize doesn't appear in ''King of Cards''. For the latter case, this might have been on purpose on Specter Knight's part to keep Reize away from the Tower of Fate and the Enchantress]].

* During King of Cards, from the two times you face Specter Knight, he seems to fight more akin to his moveset in Specter of Torment and he's notably exhausted afterwards. Only during the second one dues he go OneWingedAngel and fight like he does in Shovel of Hope or Plague of Shadows. Why is this? Well, King of Cards takes place before Specter of Torment. It's implied in the credits that Specter Knight just started serving the Enchantress since he hasn't gotten the rest of the Order of No Quarter together. As such, it's plausible that Specter Knight was just newly resurrected and hasn't gotten used to his powers or any potential undead pains he has.

* An odd observation is that even if you save them, King Knight still curses Shovel Knight, complaining about the loss of his lands, possessions and luxury. When you play King of Cards, this suddenly makes sense. [[spoiler: He betrayed ''everyone'' in order to get the Kingship he wanted. ''Nobody'' wants to associate with him. The castle, luxury, fiefdoms [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and chandeliers]] were likely the only things he had left, and now he doesn't even have them.]]

* In ''Specter of Torment'', we clearly see Plague Knight use the Tracer and Cascade Powders, as well as the Impact Fuse (all which need to be purchased from Mona). Yet why does he start ''Plague of Shadows'' with only the basic bombs? According to a comment Plague Knight makes, Percy once launched him by catapult straight into the ocean, waterlogging his bombs during a time when he couldn't afford another set. Hence why Plague Knight has only sub-par equipment at the start of the campaign and why he has to pay Mona for the rest of the bomb components and bursts.

* In ''Specter of Torment'', we clearly see Plague Knight use the Tracer and Cascade Powders, as well as the Impact Fuse (all which need to be purchased from Mona). Yet why does he start ''Plague of Shadows'' with only the basic bombs? According to a comment Plague Knight makes, Percy once launched him by catapult straight into the ocean, waterlogging his bombs during a time when he couldn't afford another set. Likely, those waterlogged bombs included the ones he uses in his boss battle, and he likely didn't have any funds to spare to replace them from working on the Ultimate Potion. Hence why Plague Knight has only sub-par equipment at the start of the campaign and why he has to pay Mona for the rest of the bomb components and bursts.

* In ''Specter of Torment'', we clearly see Plague Knight use the Tracer and Cascade Powders, as well as the Impact Fuse (all which need to be purchased from Mona). Yet why does he start ''Plague of Shadows'' with only the basic bombs? According to a comment Plague Knight makes, Percy once launched him by catapult straight into the ocean, waterlogging his bombs at a time when he couldn't afford another set. Likely, those waterlogged bombs included the ones he uses in his boss battle, and he likely didn't have any funds to spare to replace them from working on the Ultimate Potion. Hence why Plague Knight has only sub-par equipment at the start of the campaign and why he has to pay Mona for the rest of the bomb components and bursts.

* In ''Specter of Torment'', we clearly see Plague Knight use the Tracer and Cascade Powders, as well as the Impact Fuse (all which need to be purchased from Mona). Yet why does he start ''Plague of Shadows'' with only the basic bombs? Plague Knight makes a comment concerning Percy once launching from a catapult him straight into the ocean, outright stating he can't afford another set of waterlogged bombs. Likely, those waterlogged bombs included the ones he uses in his boss battle, and he likely didn't have any funds to spare to replace them from working on the Ultimate Potion. Hence why Plague Knight has only sub-par equipment at the start of the campaign and why he has to pay Mona for the rest of the bomb components and bursts.

** By ''Shovel of Hope'', it's possible he learned how to exploit this outward defeatism to his advantage. By starting the fight off with this relatively weaker battle style, he's granting Shovel Knight one accessible step closer to the Tower of Fate. ''This'' could be Specter Knight's revenge that Red implies after collecting every red skull in ''Specter of Torment''.