History Headscratchers / SuperMarioOdyssey

** The description literally calls it a replica. "''A replica of Peach's wedding dress (though it did have to be altered a bit for Mario's measurements)''" It's existence is also largely due to RuleOfFunny. That said, if the Lochlady dress is well known enough, it's totally possible that there are copies of it made by ''other people'', that's something that happens all the time in the real world.

* In the post-game, one of the costumes is Peach's wedding dress. Wasn't her dress actually the Lochlady Dress from the Lake Kingdom, since that's what Bowser sent the Broodals to get from there? It's possible that the costume you get is a copy of the dress, but the Lochladies in the kingdom treated the dress as if it was irreplaceable, so them making a copy doesn't seem too plausible.

* The Lochladies seem to live in some crumbling ruins. Why would they, a people known for artistic design, live in such a dilapidated environment? Were those structures theirs in the first place? Were they buitl by some predecessor civilization and the Lochladies moved in later? Do Lochladies even reside in those ruins, or do they just hang around there (and built a Crazy Cap branch into it)?

** If you look at the sky of New Donk City while using the Captured Binoculars, you will find flying cars, with sails attached to them. Maybe it had enough Moon Power to fly there, much like the Odyssey.

* How did the taxi driver drive all the way to the Moon Kingdom?

** Maybe they like the vintage look of the crumbling ruins.

* The Lochladies seem to live in some crumbling ruins. Why would they, a people known for artistic design, live in such a dilapidated environment? Were those structures theirs in the first place? Were they buitl by some predecessor civilization and the Lochladies moved in later? Do Lochladies even reside in those ruins, or do they just hang around there (and built a Crazy Cap branch into it)?

* What was the purpose of the Mechawiggler exactly? It seems to be sucking up energy from New Donk City, so would that mean that Bowser was planning to use the energy of the power moons to power the wedding on the moon.

** Most likely answer is that it can automatically open and close if a ship gets close enough.

* How does the Odyssey leave or enter the Steam Gardens? The dome doesn't have any obvious holes in it, so how does the Odyssey not crash through it every time it enters or leaves?

** The most likely answer is that he'd only recently found it. [[spoiler:Just because the Ruined Kingdom is right next door to his kingdom doesn't necessarily mean he's always known about the Dragon. The thing was probably curled up in a cave among all the scorched earth for who knows how long.]]

*** It seems to me that the idea of these hypothetical [[BehindTheBlack off-screen]] flyers is that they ''were'' intimidating Peach, and that's why she and Tiara didn't try to escape. As for not attacking Mario, {{Pride}} is a pretty consistent trait of Bowser's.

* How come Bowser hasn't sent [[spoiler: the Ruined Dragon]] after Mario in any of the previous titles? After all, [[spoiler: the Ruined Kingdom is LITERALLY the closest kingdom to Bowser's Castle.]]

** Kamek and his magikoopas. Junior. The Koopalings. Lakitus. Para-Koopas and the FlyingMook version that most other shock troops have. With the number of beings capable of flight and/or magic that were likely on or escorting the airship, any attempt by Peach to pull a ParasolParachute into the open sky would've likely ended in her getting snatched again mid-flight, at which point she ''would'' get stuffed in a cage til the ceremony. Bowser often gives Peach a lot more leeway than he should, given her occasional bouts of plucky meddling, but VideoGame/PaperMario showed that he's willing to get rough with her if he has to.

* Why don't Peach and Tiara ever try to escape? Peach isn't tied up, so she should be able to jump off of Bowser's airship and sneak away while Bowser is busy fighting Mario in the Cloud Kingdom. Heck, she could even jump off of Bowser's airship in the ''opening cutscene'' - if she believes the fall might kill her, it probably killed Mario too, which means there's no one to rescue her and she might as well commit suicide anyway. The lack of escape attempts makes even less sense for Tiara. She's a ghost creature who can float, so why doesn't she just float away?

** Possibly, though they probably wouldn't be as good at it as Cappy -- and even he has problems with some of the larger targets. Still, it would require the Bonneter to be willing in the first place, since without them there's no Cap in Cap-ture.

* Once Bonneters travel around to other kingdoms, some of them can be found disguised as various citizens' hats. Would this give those citizens the ability to capture other beings without them realizing it?

** Pauline ''does'' recognize Mario, it's just that he showed up at a bad time and she was focused more on the state of the city. Pauline does has a questionnaire with Mario where and she mentions being "kidnapped by a giant ape," then asking Mario if he remembered that. She also mentions dropping her purse "on that terrible day" and not finding the time to buy a new one.

* Once Bonneters travel around to other kingdoms, some of them can found disguised as various citizens' hats. Would this give those citizens the ability to capture other beings without them realizing it?

** Pauline ''does'' recognize Mario, it's just that he showed up at a bad time and she was focused more on the state of the city. Pauline does has a questionnaire with Mario where and she mentions being "kidnapped by a giant ape," then asking Mario if he remembered that. She also mentions dropping her purse "on that terrible day" and not finding the time to buy a new one.

** Pauline ''does'' recognize Mario, it's just that he showed up at a bad time and she was focused more on the state of the city. Pauline does has a questionnaire with Mario where and she mentions being "kidnapped by a giant ape," then asking Mario if he remembered that.

** Pauline has a questionnaire with Mario after the festival (or the postgame, not sure), and she mentions being "kidnapped by a giant ape," then asking Mario if he remembered that.

* Why doesn't Pauline ever recognize Mario, considering he once saved her from a rampaging gorilla? It seems pretty clear that ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' is canon, considering the festival.

* The Crazy Cap flyer for Shiveria states that the Frost-Frosted Cake is very popular at weddings, but it also says that they're only given out as grand prizes for the Bound Bowl Grand Prix. How could they be a staple of weddings if only Shiverian champions can obtain them? Do the champions just give them out (or sell them) to people organizing weddings? Does someone who wants a Frost-Frosted Cake at their wedding search for a Shiverian champion, before he or she starts eating it, and offer a price?