History Fridge / StardewValley

* Joja Cola doesn't restore much energy for a caffeinated beverage. Well, the most likely place you're going to find it is as fished up trash, since it's insanely overpriced in its vending machine. Everybody in town dislikes it, and they're throwing their cans away half-empty!

** On a more somber note: Penny's hated gifts include wine and beer. With her mother being an alcoholic, that shouldn't come as much surprise. Her dislike of grapes may seem odd until you quickly realize that wine is a product by fermenting grapes.
** On a brighter note, among her favorite gifts are Tom Kha Soup and Sandfish. These seem out of place; especially compared to her more modest favorites, the Red Plate (Red Cabbage and Radish) and the Roots Platter; and would be easy to write off as someone who's lived poor wanting a taste of something exotic. Except that these items are found in Calico Town, on the bus line. The bus line her mother used to work before it broke down. It's easy to gather that these foods were probably brought back when her mother was employed, and remind her of happier times.

* Less Fridge Horror, more Fridge Sadness. None of the characters have established ages, but Maru is old enough to be married and Sebastian is old enough that living in his parents' basement is a little embarrassing but young enough to be irritated by his mom coming to his room, and they both look fairly young. Sebastian would have been about ten years old ''at the most'' when Maru was born, probably younger. Demetrius has a book about how to be a first-time step dad but he never so much as mentions Sebastian's existence (or acknowledges ''your'' existence as his new son or daughter-in-law if you marry him). The situation is ambiguous, but given Demetrius' logical, scientific approach to pretty much everything in his life, it implies that his goal was "to be a dad", and he gave up on [[TheUnfavorite a less-than-ten-year-old Sebastian]] completely because he met that goal when Maru was born.

* Less Fridge Horror, more Fridge Sadness. None of the characters have established ages, but Maru is old enough to be married and Sebastian is old enough that living in his parents' basement is a little embarrassing but young enough to be irritated by his mom coming to his room, and they both look fairly young. Sebastian would have been about ten years old ''at the most'' when Maru was born, probably younger. Demetrius has a book about how to be a first-time step dad but he never so much as mentions Sebastian's existence (or acknowledges ''your'' existence as his new son or daughter-in-law if you marry him). The situation is ambiguous, but given Demetrius' logical, scientific approach to pretty much everything in his life, it implies that his goal was "to be a dad", and he gave up on [[TheUnfavorite a less-than-ten-year-old Sebastian]] completely because he met that goal when Maru was born.
** Emotional neglect is a very real subset of ParentalNeglect.

* Less Fridge Horror, more Fridge Sadness. None of the characters have established ages, but Maru is old enough to be married and Sebastian is old enough that living in his parents' basement is a little embarrassing but young enough to be irritated by his mom coming to his room, and they both look fairly young. Sebastian would have been about ten years old ''at the most'' when Maru was born, probably younger. Demetrius has a book about how to be a first-time step dad but he never so much as mentions Sebastian's existence (or acknowledges ''your'' existence as his new son or daughter-in-law if you marry him). The situation is ambiguous, but given Demetrius' logical, scientific approach to pretty much everything in his life, it implies that his goal was "to be a dad", and he gave up on [[TheUnfavorite a less-than-ten-year-old Sebastian]] completely because he met that goal when Maru was born.

* Why does Pierre claim he can't beat Joja's cheap prices when they sell seeds more expensive? Easy! As an independant businessman, Pierre can modify his prices ''just for you''. After all, after you've set up you're coming in at the start of every month buying several hundred seeds, his wallpaper catalogue, and backpacks. As for the cheaper cooking goods, that's because he likes you. Morris has no such flexibility as he can only sell at JojaMart's inflated prices until you have a membership and even then they're identical to Pierre's.

* Less Fridge Horror, more Fridge Sadness. None of the characters have established ages, but Maru is old enough to be married and Sebastian is old enough that living in his parents' basement is a little embarrassing but young enough to be irritated by his mom coming to his room, and they both look fairly young. Sebastian would have been about ten years old ''at the most'' when Maru was born, probably younger. Demetrius has a book about how to be a first-time step dad but he never so much as mentions Sebastian's existence (or acknowledges ''your'' existence as his new son or daughter-in-law). The situation is ambiguous, but given Demetrius' logical, scientific approach to pretty much everything in his life, it implies that his goal was "to be a dad", and he gave up on [[TheUnfavorite a less-than-ten-year-old Sebastian]] completely because he met that goal when Maru was born.

* Stardew Valley is situated at the coast of the Gem Sea. The Gotoro Empire, which is at war with your country, is across the Gem Sea. Should the Gotoro Empire strike, Pelican Town and the rest of the valley would be subject to attack.

* Void Spirits AKA Shadow People are among the monsters you can kill for a reward in the Adventurer's Guild. Think about that for a second. The existence of Krobus pretty much confirms that Shadow People are sentient. Granted, Marlon and Gil probably just intend it to be in self-defense rather than actively seeking out and killing them, but still.

*** Abigail loves Blackberry Cobbler, but hates Blackberries. This makes more sense when you realize that giving her a blackberry implies that she'd need to make the Cobbler herself, which itself implies she'd need to stay home / stay safe. As shown in her 6 heart cutscene, she hates being treated as such.

* Why does Pierre claim he can't beat Joja's cheap prices when they sell seeds more expensive? Easy! As an independant businessman, Pierre can modify his prices ''just for you''. After all, after you've set up you're coming in at the start of every month buying several hundred seeds, his wallpaper catalogue, and backpacks. As for the cheaper cooking goods, that's because he likes you. Morris has no such flexibility as he can only sell at JojaMart's inflated prices until you have a membership.

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* Void Spirits AKA Shadow People are among the monsters you can kill for a reward in the Adventurer's Guild. Think about that for a second. The existence of Krobus pretty much confirms that Shadow People are sentient. Marlon and Gil are encouraging you to invade a sentient race's home and ''kill them'' for a reward. This is made even worse when you realize that the Shadow Shamans actually run away and stop attacking you when their health gets low. The same cannot be said for the bulkier Shadow Brutes, however, who continue to attack regardless of their health.

* Why is the Joja Corporation even here, in this small town with few people and fewer businesses? You should be able to answer this question yourself in 2-3 years when you look at the sheer amount of money you make from farming, ranching, mining, and fishing. Joja doesn't give a flip about the town, they want the resources! They can't just take over because the Governor is fond of the town, so they're trying to sneak in the door by using Joja Mart to bankrupt Pierre and buying the Community Center from Lewis so that the town becomes dependent on them. This is actually hinted at early on, but you might not see it the first time: Joja was responsible for a pile of rocks functioning as a mine-blocking Broken Bridge, and is very careful to point out the legality of their operations when announcing the rubble has been cleared.
** Note that the ruling they cite is a Joja-specific legal exemption. They already ''have'' a hand in the government, and are buying their way around local ordinances that inconvenience them.

* Void Spirits AKA Shadow People are among the monsters you can kill for a reward in the Adventurer's Guild. Think about that for a second. The existence of Krobus pretty much confirms that Shadow People are sentient. Marlon and Gil are encouraging you to invade a sentient race's home and ''kill them'' for a reward.

* Void Spirits AKA Shadow People are among the monsters you can kill for a reward in the Adventurer's Guild. Think about that for a second. The existence of Krobus pretty much confirms that Shadow People are sentient. Marlon is encouraging you to invade a sentient race's home and ''kill them'' for a reward.

* Rabbits regularly drop [[AnArmAndALeg rabbit's feet]] once you start raising them. That raises all kind of [[{{Squick}} implications]] as to how they're being harvested.

** Take a look at the projects Maru and her father do: Maru does a lot of practical applications, building, and the like, whereas Demetrius is more observation and taking notes. It's probably no surprise that Maru likes Battery Packs whereas everyone else, even her father, doesn't like them: They're useless for Demetrius's research, but Maru likes them.

** One of Sebastian's favorite foods is Pumpkin Soup. And where do you get the recipe for Pumpkin Soup? From befriending his mother, Robin! The guy must really like his mom's home cooking. One of Seb's lines in the Fall season has him griping about "pumpkin spice everything". This isn't just simply him going against a trend; Sebastian ''knows'' good pumpkins from crap flavorings! He also has positive reactions from being gifted pumpkins, but this may just be a universal like.

** On a brighter note, among her favorite gifts are Tom Kha Soup and Sandfish. These seem out of place; especially compared to her more modest favorites, the Red Plate (Red Cabbage and Radish) and the Roots Platter; and would be easy to write off as someone who's lived poor wanting a piece of the more fancy life. Except the bus her mother drove goes to the Calico Desert which is the natural habitat for Sandfish and Coconuts (the latter's a key ingredient for the soup). In that case, it'd be safe to assume her mother would have something like this brought home by the end of the day, back when the bus was in regular use.
** Marnie's list of loved items include pink cake, farmer's lunch, pumpkin pie... and diamonds. The last one seems a bit odd for such a down-to-earth woman, doesn't it? Until you get to know her (and Lewis) a bit better. She's an old maid whose "boyfriend" insists on keeping their relationship secret, so she doesn't get any displays of affection that might clue others in, such as jewelry. The diamonds you can give her let her feel like a real woman for once.

* While the shrine that [[spoiler: erases your children's existence by turning them into doves is horrific enough, the fact that its owner is the Wizard's ex wife who is hinted to have left him after he cheated on her and had a child with another woman makes you wonder exactly why she owns it.]]

** Marnie's list of loved items include pink cake, farmer's lunch, pumpkin pie... and diamonds. The last one seems a bit odd for such a down-to-earth woman, doesn't it? Until you get to know her (and Lewis) a bit better. She's a old maid whose "boyfriend" insists on keeping their relationship secret, so she doesn't get any displays of affection that might clue others in, such as jewelry. The diamonds you can give her lets her feel like a real woman for once.

* While the shrine that [[spoiler: erases your children's existence by turning then into doves is horrific enough, the fact that its owner is the Wizard's ex wife who is hinted to have left him after he cheated on her and had a child with another woman makes you wonder exactly why she owns it.]]

* While the shrine that [[spoiler: erases your children's existence by turning then into doves is horrific enough, the fact that it's owner is the Wizard's ex wife who is hinted to have left him after he cheated on her and had a child with another woman makes you wonder exactly why she owns it.]]

* At first, it seems odd that Joja Cola would restore such a minuscule amount of energy and health, considering it's a caffeinated beverage. However, it becomes clear why when you remember where the Farmer worked before becoming a farmer: Joja. They probably had instant access to the stuff at cheap prices when they were working there, ''hate'' the stuff, and with the two combined became practically immune to any of its physiological effects.

* The reason why the Player Character can function on so much sleep is because they are an ex-corporate worker. Seeing how someone died while working for Joja and they didn't even bother to clean up the corpse suggests that Joja squeezes every ounce of sweat and blood out of their workers. Working at a farm might just be light work for the PC.