History Fridge / ToTheMoon

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* We get a few foreshadowings about Neil being Lynri's son, but nothing is quite like Lynri's father. In ''To the Moon'', Neil talks about how his grandpa would always take him stargazing, and what was Lynri's dad doing with her in the beginning of the game? In the alternate reality, he was about to do it with alternate!Neil before the [[DeathOfAChild incident]]

* We get a few foreshadowings about Neil being Lynri's son, but nothing is quite like Lynri's father. In ('')To the Moon(''), Neil talks about how his grandpa would always take him stargazing, and what was Lynri's dad doing with her in the beginning of the game? In the alternate reality, he was about to do it with alternate!Neil before the [[DeathOfAChild incident]]

* We get a few foreshadowings about Neil being Lynri's son, but nothing is quite like Lynri's father. In "To the Moon", Neil talks about how his grandpa would always take him stargazing, and what was Lynri's dad doing with her in the beginning of the game? In the alternate reality, he was about to do it with alternate!Neil before the [[DeathOfAChild incident]]

* We get a few foreshadowings about Neil being Lynri's son, but nothing is quite like Lynri's father. In (")To the Moon("), Neil talks about how his grandpa would always take him stargazing, and what was Lynri's dad doing with her in the beginning of the game? In the alternate reality, he was about to do it with alternate!Neil before the [[DeathOfAChild incident]]

* At the very end of the game, Neil’s parents get to have a happy ending within the simulation, where both Lynri and Neil get to be healthy and live long, fulfilling lives. As part of that, the simulated Neil brings home Eva as his girlfriend, then wife. Given that the source of this part of the simulation is Faye, she likely didn’t know many people well enough to slot them into that spot, so she went with Eva because Neil knew her very well and it was easier to just draw from his memories rather than invent someone.

* Another one which makes you realize how truly screwed Johnny is: The reason Johnny's mother made him take the beta blockers which made him forget about his dead twin brother was because his mother was DrivenToMadness by Joey's death and wanted Johnny to become his ReplacementGoldfish, which puts her straight into the AbusiveParents field.

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* On the other hand, why didn't River in all those years, ever learned on her own of Johnny's past and the reason he never remembered?
** Johnny couldn't remember his past, and his mother either intentionally hides it or has snapped and thinks Johnny is Joey. In light of this, there's no way for River to have ever learned about it.]]
* Last I checked, NASA doesn't allow married couples to go into space together.
** On the other hand, it is possible that they got married after going to the moon, since we got a chance to see his memories post-lunar trip.
** Also, the illusion is created by combining actual data with the assumptions the person makes. maybe Johnny didn't know married couples are not allowed to go into space and the simulation decided not to enlighten him, as doing so would cause a bunch of trouble with keeping it going.
--->'''Neil''': Ah, yes, a wiki of existing facts tainted by personal fairytales.
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!!FridgeBrilliance
* Why didn't River just tell John about [[spoiler: their first meeting, without going through the whole rabbit ordeal]]? At first it seems that it's only due to her [[spoiler: Asperger's]], but revisiting the first part of the story, it becomes apparent that she wanted, in her own way, to bridge the gap between them by [[spoiler: reminding him of (arguably) the only time when they truly connected]], and that wouldn't work unless he remembered on his own.
* When you realize that River made the [[spoiler:rabbits to try and remind Johnny of their first meeting. And that when the white rabbits didn't work, she tried a yellow one, because the moon is yellow. And that when the yellow one didn't work, she managed to make one with a yellow belly (for the moon) and blue head and feet (for the sky and stars). To add an extra layer to it... Her wedding dress was yellow and blue.]]
* Why didn't Johnny accurately remember David's main morph?[[spoiler: Because he never read the books himself. ''Joey'' did.]] Also, why did he identify David as his favorite character? David is a three-book-arc villain and a thoroughly unlikeable character. [[spoiler: He remembers David's main morph as a cobra. On one of the "David" books, Marco morphs into David's pet cobra. Marco is actually a likable character.]]

* During gameplay, people that Johnny didn't bother remembering or forgot all about are just silhouettes, indicating that he remembers that someone was there, but he cannot remember who or what they looked like. People and places that Johnny remember to some extent appear blurry and pixelated, often without any definable faces. And as a fridge moment of heartwarming: The only people that Johnny can remember with perfect clarity throughout his entire life, aside from himself, are Nick, Isabelle, [[spoiler: his twin brother]] and River.

* The title itself. While, blatantly, it expresses Johnny's wish to go to the moon [[spoiler: as he had promised River when they were young]], it can also represent the love Johnny had for River as a whole in this one phrase: "I love you to the moon and back."
* At first glance, "Everything's Alright" (the song that plays when Johnny's memories are reconfigured for the last time) seems to be an elegy for River. Considering the subject matter (which hints at River's [[spoiler:Asperger syndrome]]), it probably is, but it could also be taken to refer to [[spoiler:''Joey''.]] The phrase "If you're with me, then everything's alright" refers to [[spoiler:the brother Johnny lost, whose return sets off a chain reaction that leads to the best possible outcome for Johnny's life.]]
* Of course, "Everything's Alright" certainly refers to River, with its references to her [[spoiler:Asperger syndrome.]] The first verse refers to Johnny [[spoiler: and his own struggles with her condition.]]

* Blink-and-you'll-miss-it: When Johnny, at Izzy's insistence, tells River that he initially decided to be friends with her because she was weird, he absently adds that he "shouldn't have tainted our first meeting" by telling her. River responds by pausing and ''staring'' at him, then challenges him to throw her hackey sack all the way to Anya. [[spoiler:She was testing him to see if he remembered giving it to her or if he really ''had'' forgotten. Of course, he threw it as far as he could, and the rest is history.]]
* River's reaching out of her hand for Johnny to hold seems a bit more normal than River's shown herself to be, even compared to later in her life. Then you remember that this is constructed from ''Johnny's memories''. It's the same reason as with [[spoiler: River showing up at NASA in the first place]]. All of River's data as an individual comes from ''him'' and is influenced by his wishes and desires.

!!FridgeLogic
* On the other hand, [[spoiler: why didn't River in all those years, ever learned on her own of Johnny's past and the reason he never remembered?]]
** Johnny [[spoiler:couldn't remember his past, and his mother either intentionally hides it or has snapped and thinks Johnny is Joey. In light of this, there's no way for River to have ever learned about it.]]
* [[spoiler:Last I checked, NASA doesn't allow married couples to go into space together.]]
** On the other hand, it is possible that [[spoiler:they got married after going to the moon, since we got a chance to see his memories post-lunar trip.]]
** Also, the illusion is created by combining actual data with the assumptions the person makes. [[spoiler:maybe Johnny didn't know married couples are not allowed to go into space and the simulation decided not to enlighten him, as doing so would cause a bunch of trouble with keeping it going.]]

!!FridgeHorror:
* During TheStinger, it's implied that [[spoiler: Neil might be dying.]] And once you think about it, you come to understand why he's constantly acting immature, doing stupid things, being mean, jerkish and funny: He's trying to make the most out of life before he dies...
** [[spoiler: It's implied that all of the game's events in fact take place in Neil's head, quite possibly while he is in a similar state to John. Consider the Deja Vu of the squirrels running along the same path twice, almost like a glitch in the matrix.]]
** The first theory is further hinted at the very beginning of the game, in an optional scene you could miss entirely if you played as [[spoiler: Eva]]: the mock RPG fight against the squirrel. If you check [[spoiler: Neil]]'s health bar, you'll see it's not full. If you play with [[spoiler: Eva]], the bar will be full.
** To support the theory that [[spoiler: Neil is dying]], at the carnival when they meet the fortune-teller, [[spoiler: Neil refuses to see his future.]] "Good or bad, I'd be s***ed either way."
* Another one which makes you realize how truly screwed Johnny is: [[spoiler: The reason Johnny's mother made him take the beta blockers which made him forget about his dead twin brother was because his mother was DrivenToMadness by Joey's death and wanted Johnny to become his ReplacementGoldfish, which puts her straight into the AbusiveParents field]].

!!FridgeBrilliance
* After knowing TheReveal, a lot of things [[spoiler:about Faye]] make a lot more sense.
** [[spoiler:She never interacts with anyone outside of Colin, no one ever acknowledges her, and even Colin himself doesn't talk to her when others are around.]]

** When Faye and Colin walk to the Community Theater, Eva and Neil are, of course, set to be non-interactive. [[spoiler:And yet Faye walks around them while Colin walks right on through.]]
** Her name itself. [[spoiler:Faye is a variation of "fae", which means fairy, and fairies are said to be invisible to most people]].
* In accord with Colin's wish, [[spoiler:aside from a last conversation with Faye, the only major change to Colin's memory was the deletion of Sigmund Corp. And its fantasy/promise/product of happiness on demand - meaning he wouldn't wonder WhatCouldHaveBeen.]]

* Why didn't Johnny accurately remember David's main morph?[[spoiler: Because he never read the books himself. ''Joey'' did.]]

* In accord with Colin's wish, [[spoiler:aside from a last conversation with Faye, the only major change to Colin's memory was the deletion of Sigmund Corp. And its fantasy/promise/product of happiness on demand.]]

* Of course, "Everything's Alright" certainly refers to River, with its references to her [[spoiler:Asperger syndrome.]] The other verse refers to Johnny [[spoiler: and his own struggles with her condition.]]

* Of course, "Everything's Alright" certainly refers to River, with its references to her [[spoiler:Asperger syndrome.]]

* After knowing TheReveal, a lot of things [[spoiler:about Faye]] make a lot more sense. [[spoiler:For example, she never interacts with anyone outside of Colin, no one ever acknowledges her, and even Colin himself doesn't talk to her when others are around.]]

* In accord with Colin's wish, [[spoiler:aside from a last conversation with Faye, the only major change to Colin's memory was the deletion of Sigmund Corp. And its fantasy/promise/product of happiness on demand.]]

* In accord with Colin's wish, [[spoiler:aside from a last conversation with Faye, the only major change to Colin's memory was the deletion of Sigmund Corp.]]

* After knowing TheReveal, a lot of things [[spoiler:about Faye]] make a lot more sense. [[spoiler:For example, she never interacts with anyone outside of Colin, no one ever acknowledges her, and even Colin himself doesn't talk to her when others are around.]]

** Thankfully, this is softened in the mid-credits sequence. After Johnny flat-lined, three sets of credits appears before it cuts back to child!River [[IWillWaitForYou sitting on the log at their spot]]. Soon, child!Johnny appears, hands her the stuffed platypus, [[TogetherInDeath and seats himself next to her]], cuing the rest of the credits.

** Also, Eva didn't [[spoiler: bring back Joey]] just out of sentimentality - she also guessed that [[spoiler: his death was what spurred Johnny into becoming a writer, as that was ''Joey's'' childhood dream]]. Not doing so would have caused the same block as before.