History Trivia / DetroitBecomeHuman

* ActorAllusion:
** It makes perfect sense that Carl would be sympathetic to his android Markus; after all, [[Creator/LanceHenriksen he]] [[Film/{{Aliens}} used to be one]].
** Markus is played by Jesse Williams, who is well known for his activism for black rights and fitting [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the perceived parallels to real-world oppression within the story]].
** Hank is played by Creator/ClancyBrown, who plays Mr. Krabs, who was believed to be a robot invader (and was also replaced by a mecha suit by Plankton) in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''. He also complains about spending money at the strip club.
*** Arguably, an even older one could be to ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', where one of the characters he played, Wolf, was a member of The Pack, a supervillain team where his organic (albeit genetically modified) character partnered with an android and two cyborgs.
** The Japanese Dub has the main character having previous roles in similar works.
*** Hanawa Eiji (Connor) has done several dub voice roles for several crime dramas, from ''CSI'' to ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
*** Yuuya Uchida (Markus) is the dub voice of Professor X of the Franchise/XMenFilmSeries, who is also fighting for the rights of prejudiced group of people, this time for the androids.

* OneOfUs: Creator/TaroYoko has tweeted that he has played the game and enjoyed it.

** Markus is played by Jesse Williams, who is well known for his activism for black rights and fitting [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the parallels to real-world oppression within the story]].

*** Mayumi Sako (Kara) is also the dub voice actor of the Major in the live-action ''Film/GhostInTheShell'' movie.

** Bryan Dechart (Connor) and Amelia Rose Blaire (Traci) have been engaged since June 2017.

*** Arguably, an even older one could be to the TV show ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', where one of the characters he played, Wolf, was a member of The Pack, a supervillain team where his organic (albeit genetically modified) character partnered with an android and two cyborgs.

* OneOfUs: Creator/YokoTaro has tweeted that he has played the game and enjoyed it.

** Minka Kelly, North's actress, also played a rogue {{Sex Bot}} in ''Series/AlmostHuman''.
*** No she plays a cop who's a "designer baby".

** Also not the first time that Creator/ClancyBrown's character has [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime worked with sentient robots and dealt with a character that keeps coming back from the dead]].

** Also not the first time that Creator/ClancyBrown's character has [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime worked with sentient robots]].

** The Japanese Dub has the main character having previous roles in similar works. Kara's seiyuu Mayumi Sako is also the dub voice actor of Creator/ScarletJohansson who portrayed Makoto Kusanagi in Film/GhostInTheShell. Connor's seiyuu Hanawa Eiji has done several dub voice roles for several crime dramas from CSI to Law and Order. Markus' seiyuu Yuuya Uchida is the dub voice of Professor X of the X-Men Cinematic Universe who is also fighting for the rights of prejudiced group of people, this time for the androids.

** The Japanese Dub has the main character having previous roles in similar works. Kara's seiyuu Creator/MayumiSako is also the dub voice actor of Creator/ScarletJohansson who portrayed Makoto Kusanagi in Film/GhostInTheShell. Connor's seiyuu Creator/HanawaEiji has done several dub voice roles for several crime dramas from CSI to Law and Order. Markus' seiyuu Creator/YuuyaUchida is the dub voice of Professor X of the X-Men Cinematic Universe who is also fighting for the rights of prejudiced group of people, this time for the androids.

** Bryan Dechart (Connor) and Amelia Rose Blair (Traci) have been engaged since June 2017.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Jesse Williams and Minka Kelly, the respective actors of Markus and North, were in a romantic relationship in real life until January of 2018, a few months before the game was released.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Jesse Williams and Minka Kelly, the respective actors of Markus and North, were in a romantic relationship in real life until January of 2018, a few months before the game was released.

* CastingGag: The scene where Kara has to hide evidence of her and her friends being Androids from the police is very similar to a scene in ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'', where Lucas had to conceal evidence of the murder he committed before an officer comes into his apartment. The cop in ''Detroit'' is voiced by David Gasman, Lucas' voice actor.

* CastingGag: The scene where Kara has to hide evidence of her and her friends being Androids from the police is very similar to a scene in ''VideoGame/Fahrenheit'', where Lucas had to conceal evidence of the murder he committed before an officer comes into his apartment. The cop in ''Detroit'' is voiced by David Gasman, Lucas' voice actor.

** Hank is played by Creator/ClancyBrown, who plays Mr. Krabs, who was believed to be a robot invader (and was also replaced by a mecha suit by Plankton) in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''. He also complains about spending money at the strip club.

** Markus is played by Jesse Williams, who is well known for his activism for black rights and fitting [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the parallels to real-world oppression within the story]].

** Markus is played by Jesse Williams, who is well known for his activism for black rights and fitting [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the parallels to real-world oppression the story has]].

* ActorAllusion: It makes perfect sense that Carl would be sympathetic to his android Markus; after all, [[Creator/LanceHenriksen he]] [[Film/{{Aliens}} used to be one]].