History Fridge / TheLastGuardian

* [[spoiler: When Trico and the second beast are freed from the master's control we see that their kind are [[GentleGiant friendly, intelligent]] creatures when not threatened or protecting those they care about, and after the master is destroyed we see all of those other griffins possibly fall to their doom, however Trico survived fall from similar heights so let's hope at least some of them lived to enjoy their new freedom.]]

* ''Why'' is the Nest the way it is? It's certainly not any sort of practical structure for human beings to inhabit. Then you realize - the ruin ''isn't'' designed for [[AlienGeometries human beings at all.]] It may have been ''built'' by humans long ago, but it was probably ''designed'' by an [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination explicitly for the use of it and the tricos]] - why your ''very'' large critter can fit through most passages and why there's absolutely NoOSHACompliance against death by falling anywhere in the ruin.

* ''Why'' is the Nest the way it is? It's certainly not any sort of practical structure for human beings to inhabit. Then you realize - the ruin ''isn't'' designed for [[AlienGeometries human beings at all.]] It may have been ''built'' by humans long ago, but it was designed by an [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination explicitly for the use of it and the tricos]] - why your ''very'' large critter can fit through most passages and why there's absolutely NoOSHACompliance against death by falling anywhere in the ruin.

* ''Why'' is the Nest the way it is? It's certainly not any sort of practical structure for human beings to inhabit. Then you realize - the ruin ''isn't'' designed for [[AlienGeometries human beings at all.]] It may have been ''built'' by humans long ago, but it was designed by an [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination explicitly for the use of it and the tricos]] - why your ''very'' large critter can fit through most passages and why there's absolutely NoOSHAStandards against death by falling anywhere in the ruin.

* It seems odd that every time Trico [[spoiler:is controlled into eating the boy, he faints and throws him back up afterwards. But then the ending shows that once the Master of the Valley is destroyed, all the Tricos wake up from their control and either falls from the sky or the tower as they apparently faint from the shock, likely the same thing that happened to the main Trico those two times in the game.]]

* A cutscene reveals that Trico [[spoiler:lost its wings in an accident, but for some reason the dark Trico that sometimes appears throughout the game ''also'' has stunted wings. It might have been to not give away that Trico used to have, or is going to have, full wings at some point.]]

*** WordOfGod confirms the dark Trico is the opposite gender of the main Trico, possibly in support of this interpretation.

* [[spoiler:TheStinger reveals that Trico had a baby. His mate was probably the darker Trico he and the boy occasionally encountered throughout the game, considering the loss of the helmet reverted her back to normal and she was shown to be alive and still in the valley at the end. (Alternatively reverse the genders.)]]

* The creature is named '''Trico''' because it's in the third game of the ICO series, completing the '''trio''' of '''ICO''' games.

* A cutscene reveals that Trico [[spoiler:lost its wings in an accident, but for some reason the dark Trico that sometimes appears throughout the game ''also'' has stunted wings. Although, it might have been to not give away that Trico used to have, or is going to have, full wings at some point.]]

* A cutscene reveals that Trico [[spoiler:lost its wings in an accident, but for some reason the dark Trico that sometimes appears throughout the game ''also'' has stunted wings. Although, it ''might'' have been to not give away that Trico used to have, or is going to have, full wings at some point.]]

* A cutscene reveals that Trico [[spoiler:lost its wings in an accident. It's not explained why the dark Trico that sometimes appears throughout the game ''also'' has stunted wings though.]]

* [[The ending reveals that the two times Trico got controlled into eating the boy, he didn't do so out of malice or hunger, but rather the mind control device telling him to ''collect'' the boy.]]
* It seems odd that every time Trico [[is controlled into eating the boy, he faints and throws him back up afterwards. But then the ending shows that once the Master of the Valley is destroyed, all the Tricos wake up from their control and either falls from the sky or the tower as they apparently faint from the shock, likely the same thing that happened to the main Trico those two times in the game.]]

* [[spoiler: Had it not been for single, lucky stroke of lightning, the Boy would have been eaten just like all the others before him.]]

* [[spoiler:TheStinger reveals that Trico had a baby. His mate was probably the darker Trico he and the boy occasionally encountered throughout the game, considering the loss of the helmet reverted her back to normal and she was shown to be alive and still in the valley at the end. (Alternatively reverse the genders with the main Trico being female and the darker Trico the male.)]]

* Even as you often have to find food for Trico, the boy himself never eats.

* [[spoiler: Had it not been for single, lucky stroke of lightning, the Boy would have been sacrificed just like all the others before him.]]
* [[spoiler: Just before the final confrontation in the game, both Trico and the Boy find themselves surrounded by a hundred or so broken barrels and one that was left untouched. Given the revelation that the Master of Valley has been feeding upon the people Trico and its kind brought to it, and be given the barrels as reward, one wonders exactly how long this has been going on and how long it would have continued to go on.]]

* [[spoiler: Had it not been for single, lucky stroke of lightning, the Boy would have been sacrificed to the Master of the Valley just like all the others before him.]]

* [[spoiler: Had it not been for single, lucky stroke of lightning, the Boy would have been turned into...whatever's inside those barrels that Trico and the rest of his species have been eating.]]
* [[spoiler: Just before the final confrontation in the game, both Trico and the Boy find themselves surrounded by a hundred or so broken barrels and one that was left untouched. Given the revelation that the Master of Valley has been turning the people that Trico and the rest of his kind have been kidnapping into these barrels, that are then subsequently used as FOOD, one wonders exactly how long this has been going on and how long it would have continued to go on.]]

* The griffin is named '''Trico''' because it's in the third game of the ICO series, completing the '''trio''' of '''ICO''' games.

[[AC: Fridge Horror]]

* [[spoiler: Just before the final confrontation in the game, both Trico and the Boy find themselves surrounded by a hundred or so broken barrels and one that was left untouched. Given the revelation that the Master of Valley has been turning the people that Trico and the rest of his kind have been kidnapping into these barrels, that are then subsequently used as FOOD, one wonders exactly how long this has been going on and how long it would have continued to go on.]]