History Trivia / FireEmblemAwakening

** [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130119152540/fireemblem/images/b/bc/Tiamo1.jpg Certain concept art]] suggests Cordelia early on was planned to have blue hair.

* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Creator/YuriLowenthal voicing a KidHero, Creator/BrycePapenbrook voicing an [[{{Keet}} energetic, creepily cheerful]] KidHero, Creator/StephanieSheh voicing a [[{{Yandere}} bipolar]] character, Creator/KateHiggins voicing a {{Tomboy}}; and Creator/TaraPlatt voicing stern, serious mage, and a LadyOfWar, Creator/SamRiegel as a RidiculouslyAverageGuy BadassNormal villager, Creator/RichardEpcar voicing a [[EvilIsHammy hammy villain]].

** Creator/JamiesonPrice has a recognizable [[BadassBaritone deep and smooth voice]] that's pretty constantly used throughout all of his roles, meaning he usually doesn't get much of an opportunity to show off his vocal range. So his role as Virion, who uses a lighter voice with a French accent, came as a shocker to many people as nobody thought he was capable of pulling something like that off. In fact, many people thought that Virion was voiced by Creator/DanWoren for years before news came out that it was Price. To steal a quote from the comment section of Virion's Behind The Voice Actors page.

* NewbieBoom: ''Awakening'' got more marketing in the West than previous ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' titles, giving it much better mainstream exposure than its predecessors. It went on to become the best-selling ''Fire Emblem'' of all time, which in turn drew in many new players to the fandom. Robin, Lucina and Chrom's inclusion as playable characters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' a few years later sparked another small surge of new fans due to the ''Smash'' series' popularity.

* {{Jossed}}:
** It has been theorised that Lon'qu, the swordsman who CannotTalkToWomen, would extend his awkwardness around them to [[spoiler:his own prospect daughters from the future, should he marry a first generation character who gives birth to a girl]]. The Future Past DLC josses this: [[spoiler:if he marries Tharja and then he goes rescue the alternate universe Noire, Noire bluntly mentions his aversion to women, and Lon'qu's reply is basically "why would I be scared ''of my own daughter''?". Granted, conversations with other potential daughters suggest that while he is unafraid of being near his daughter, he ''was'' afraid that he ''might'']].
** It was theorized for a while that [[spoiler: Grima was an Earth Dragon formed from the sealed remains of many dead Earth Dragons, or something to that effect]]. This was jossed with the release of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]], where an optional dungeon reveals [[spoiler: Grima was created through an alchemist trying to create a Divine Dragon himself, and it all going terribly wrong]].

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Thanks to the [=SpotPass=] optional battles and paid DLC, '''50''' characters from past games are appearing in English for the first time ever in this game. Marth himself averts this, having previously appeared in ''Shadow Dragon''.
* NewbieBoom: ''Awakening'' got more marketing in the West than previous ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' titles, giving it much better mainstream exposure than its predecessors. It went on to become the best-selling ''Fire Emblem'' of all time, which in turn drew in many new players to the fandom. Robin and Lucina's inclusion as playable characters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' a few years later sparked another small surge of new fans due to the ''Smash'' series' popularity.

* FranchiseKiller: It would've been this if the game sold fewer than a quarter million units. (More in a retroactive sense; the game was expected to be the final game in the series and was developed as such.) Thankfully, this was averted with a ''vengeance'' as, thanks to global sales, it became the best-selling title in the history of the franchise by an extremely wide margin.

* {{Jossed}}: It has been theorised that Lon'qu, the swordsman who CannotTalkToWomen, would extend his awkwardness around them to [[spoiler:his own prospect daughters from the future, should he marry a first generation character who gives birth to a girl]]. The Future Past DLC josses this: [[spoiler:if he marries Tharja and then he goes rescue the alternate universe Noire, Noire bluntly mentions his aversion to women, and Lon'qu's reply is basically "why would I be scared ''of my own daughter''?". Granted, conversations with other potential daughters suggest that while he is unafraid of being near his daughter, he ''was'' afraid that he ''might'']].

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Thanks to the [=SpotPass=] optional battles and paid DLC, ''50'' characters from ''Gaiden'', ''Mystery of the Emblem'', ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', ''Thracia 776'', and ''The Binding Blade'' are appearing in English for the first time ever in this game. Marth himself averts this, having previously appeared in ''Shadow Dragon''.
* NewbieBoom: ''Awakening'' got more marketing in the West than previous ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' titles, giving it much better mainstream exposure than its predecessors. It went on to become the best-selling ''Fire Emblem'' of all time, which in turn drew in many new players to the fandom. Robin and Lucina's inclusion as playable characters in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros for 3DS and Wii U]]'' a few years later sparked another small surge of new fans due to the ''Smash'' series' popularity.
* NoDubForYou: While the various European localizations are very creative and heavily [[{{Woolseyism}} Woolseyized]], only English and Japanese voiceovers exist for the game, unlike ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]''[='s=] multiple European voices. However, all Western versions of the game contain both voice tracks, unlike with previous ''Fire Emblem'' games, and unlike the follow-up, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' (which contained only the English audio).

* RealitySubtext: It's possible to pair Miriel and Ricken. Their voice actors, Creator/TaraPlatt and Creator/YuriLowenthal, are married in Real Life. Doubles as HilariousInHindsight, as the two were a fairly popular pairing even before their English voice actors were announced.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[spoiler:Lucina]] and Lon'qu, though. Even though their voice actors (Creator/LauraBailey and Creator/TravisWillingham, respectively) are married in real life, they can't be paired up themselves because [[spoiler:the only character who can marry across generations is [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]]]].
** [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] in that Creator/TravisWillingham also voices Brady, who ''can'' marry [[spoiler:Lucina if he's not her brother]].

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Why Morgan [[spoiler:has amnesia]], as, depending on [[spoiler:whether the Avatar marries a first or second generation unit]], Morgan would have wildly different backgrounds and would require numerous script changes to their Supports. [[spoiler:Amnesia]] easily circumvents this problem.
* TalkingToHimself: Insofar as VoiceGrunting allows, given doubling up among both casts. Especially notable though with the mother-daughter pairs Sumia and Cynthia and Cordelia and Severa in the respective dubs (Ayano Yamamoto and Creator/JulieAnnTaylor respectively). Also, Donnel and Stahl share the same English [[Creator/SamRiegel actor]].

** In earlier trailers, Garrick (the Barbarian boss of the prologue) was named Grendel, but this was changed for unknown reasons.

** A critical/skill portrait was discovered for Phila was well; unfortunately, though, [[spoiler:she's killed off before she has a chance to use it]].
** The game's files list the names Andrea, Leopold, Bella, and Tracie among the game's characters. Although their names are all that is left of them in the game, these were apparently characters of some kind that were DummiedOut.
*** However, since Libra’s name is absent from that list, it’s likely that Leopold ''is'' Libra, And had his name changed to be more androgynous sounding.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Thanks to the [=SpotPass=] optional battles and paid DLC, HEAPS of of characters from [=FE2=], 3/12, 4, 5, and 6 are appearing in English for the first time ever in this game. Marth himself averts this, having previously appeared in ''Shadow Dragon''.

* OneOfUs: If his Website/{{Twitter}} is anything to go by, Creator/KaijiTang, the English voice actor for Owain, is an avid player of the game himself.

* FranchiseKiller: It would've been this if the game sold fewer than a quarter million units. (More in a retroactive sense; the game was expected to be the final game in the series and was developed as such.) Thankfully, this was was averted with a ''vengeance'' as, thanks to global sales, it became the best-selling title in the history of the franchise by an extremely wide margin.

* RealitySubtext: It's possible to pair Miriel and Ricken. Their voice actors, TaraPlatt and Creator/YuriLowenthal, are married in Real Life. Doubles as HilariousInHindsight, as the two were a fairly popular pairing even before their English voice actors were announced.

** Creator/SpikeSpencer as a [[SissyVillain Sissy]] SmugSnake [[DudeLooksLikeALady that looks like a lady]], Creator/LiamOBrien voicing a ''heroic'' ChivalrousPervert, and StephanieSheh playing a confident, training-loving knight.

* FakeBrit: MelaLee, who voices Tiki is actually American.

* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Creator/YuriLowenthal voicing a KidHero, Creator/BrycePapenbrook voicing an [[{{Keet}} energetic, creepily cheerful]] KidHero, StephanieSheh voicing a [[{{Yandere}} bipolar]] character, Creator/KateHiggins voicing a {{Tomboy}}; and TaraPlatt voicing stern, serious mage, and a LadyOfWar, SamRiegel as a RidiculouslyAverageGuy BadassNormal villager, Creator/RichardEpcar voicing a [[EvilIsHammy hammy villain]].

* FakeAmerican: GideonEmery, who voices Gaius, is actually British — for comparison, his other two most famous roles are [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Balthier]] and [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Fenris]], and for those, he keeps his natural accent.

* FakeAmerican: GideonEmery, who voices Gaius, is actually British - for comparison, his other two most famous roles are [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Balthier]] and [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Fenris]], and for those, he keeps his natural accent.

* FanNickname: [[FanNickname/FireEmblemAwakening So many it got its own page]].
* FranchiseKiller: It would've been this if the game sold fewer than a quarter million units. (More in a retroactive sense; the game was expected to be the final game in the series and was developed as such.) Thankfully, this was was averted with a ''vengeance'' as, thanks to global sales, it became the best selling title in the history of the franchise by an extremely wide margin.

** There were also a surprisingly large number of people who guessed, before the game was released, that [[spoiler: [[SamusIsAGirl "Marth" (or rather, Lucina) was actually a girl.]]]]
** Many also called [[spoiler: the Avatar being connected to Grima.]]
** With regards to localizations, just about ''everyone'' called "[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Thor Hammer]]" [[TranslationCorrection becoming]] "[[Myth/NorseMythology Mjölnir]]"
* {{Jossed}}: It has been theorised that Lon'qu, the swordsman who CannotTalkToWomen, would extend his awkwardness around them to [[spoiler: his own prospect daughters from the future, should he marry a first generation character who gives birth to a girl]]. The Future Past DLC josses this: [[spoiler: if he marries Tharja and then he goes rescue the alternate universe Noire, Noire bluntly mentions his aversion to women, and Lon'qu's reply is basically "why would I be scared ''of my own daughter''?". Granted, conversations with other potential daughters suggest that while he is unafraid of being near his daughter, he ''was'' afraid that he ''might'']].

* NewbieBoom: ''Awakening'' got more marketing in the West than previous ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' titles, giving it much better mainstream exposure than its predecessors. It went on to become the best selling ''Fire Emblem'' of all time, which in turn drew in many new players to the fandom. Robin and Lucina's inclusion as playable characters in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros for 3DS and Wii U]]'' a few years later sparked another small surge of new fans due to the ''Smash'''s series popularity.
* NoDubForYou: While the various European localizations are very creative and heavily [[{{Woolseyism}} Woolseyized]], only English and Japanese voiceovers exist for the game, unlike ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]''[='s=] multiple European voices. However, all Western versions of the game contain both voice tracks, unlike with previous ''Fire Emblem'' games, and unlike the follow up, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' (which contained only the English audio).

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [[spoiler:Lucina]] and Lon'qu, though. Even though their voice actors (Creator/LauraBailey and Creator/TravisWillingham, respectively) are married in real life, they can't be paired up themselves because [[spoiler: the only character who can marry across generations is [[PlayerCharacter the Avatar]].]]
** [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] in that Creator/TravisWillingham also voices Brady, who ''can'' marry [[spoiler: Lucina if he's not her brother.]]

** If you recruit [[spoiler: Walhart and Priam]], then [[spoiler: Creator/RichardEpcar and Creator/JamiesonPrice]] once again voice [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors super strong warriors]] [[OneManArmy capable of wiping out hundreds of soldiers]] in the same army. Though their characters never interact, [[spoiler:except for their Hot Spring Scramble conversations,]] their roles kind of intersect, too, since [[spoiler: Walhart and Dong Zhuo are both [[EvilOverlord evil overlords]], and Priam and Lu Bu are [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] killing machines.]]

* TalkingToHimself: Insofar as VoiceGrunting allows, given doubling up among both casts. Especially notable though with the mother-daughter pairs Sumia and Cynthia and Cordelia and Severa in the respective dubs (Ayano Yamamoto and Creator/JulieAnnTaylor respectively). Also Donnel and Stahl share the same English [[Creator/SamRiegel actor]].

** In terms of L.A-based roles, Creator/ToddHaberkorn went on to typically play SmugSnakes or {{Villains}} (like [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sugou/Oberon]] and [[Manga/SailorMoon Jadeite]]). Male Morgan is neither of these, and is a bit of a dork, and is also NiceGuy.

-->'''NCZ:''' Anyone who thinks Jamieson Price doesn't get to show off his range enough needs to let it sink in that it took 4 years for anyone to even consider that it was him voicing Virion.

** Averted in his appearance in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes]] where he's voiced by Ray Chase (who is American).

* AccidentallyAccurate: A joke in the Avatar's supports with Frederick has them trick him into eating bear meat ([[RunningGag again]]) by claiming it's "venison". While the word is nigh-exclusively used to refer to deer meat nowadays (and this was clearly the intention of the statement), technically, ''any'' meat from a hunt can be called venison.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/TravisWillingham voicing a samurai-type character who is also pretty stoic, and also happens to be a PerpetualFrowner... [[Manga/DGrayMan where have we heard that before]]?

* OneOfUs: If his {{Twitter}} is anything to go by, Creator/KaijiTang, the English voice actor for Owain, is an avid player of the game himself.

** Creator/JamiesonPrice has a recognizable [[BadassBaritone deep and smooth voice]] that's pretty constantly used throughout all of his roles, meaning he usually doesn't get much of an opportunity to show off his vocal range. So his role as Virion, who uses a lighter voice with a french accent, came as a shocker to many people as nobody thought he was capable of pulling something like that off. In fact, many people thought that Virion was voiced by Creator/DanWoren for years before news came out that it was Price. To steal a qoute from the comment section of Virion's Behind The Voice Actors page.