History Trivia / Infamous

** Empire City is also the name of a city in {{StevenUniverse}}. Both are amalgamations of large real-life cities, especially New York City.

** ''inFamous'' was planned to be Creator/{{Sony}}'s answer to Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games, before the development got overhauled. It was supposed to be LighterAndSofter than the final product. [[http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/14/5508106/infamous-animal-crossing Read here.]]

** Shades of UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, too. ''inFamous'' is a PS3 exclusive. It sold less as a result, but had more critical acclaim.

* NamesTheSame: Amusingly, Creator/MichaelChabon's ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' also featured a ShowWithinTheShow superhero fighting crime in a place called Empire City. After that, the similarities end. Another game with a level called Empire City is the PS3 and 360 versions of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the game was supposed to feature Cole's powers emerging at random, and varying in some way. But it was later decided that electricity worked best as it is an abundant source within modern society. Also, [[spoiler:it turns out Zeke was originally going to be the one who would murder Trish. However, Sucker Punch decided that Zeke was "stupid, but not a murderer."]]

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Cole is voiced by Jason Cottle ([[Film/ActOfValor Abu Shabal]]) in the first game. Jason [[TalkingToHimself also does the voice of Alden]].
** Caleb Moody ([[TrueBlood Royce Williams]]) is Zeke.
** October Moore ([[WiiFit Female Trainer]]) is Trish.
** Jessica Straus ([[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Juri Han]]) is Sasha.
** Sam A. Mowry ([[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent Alexander]]) is Kessler.
** Kymberli Colbourne ([[VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins Rosa Angel]]) is Moya.
** Derrick Forget is The Voice Of Survival/[[spoiler:Dallas]].
** Creator/PhilLaMarr is John White.
** John Patrick Lowrie ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Sniper]]) is Warden Harm.

** Kymberli Colbourne ([[VideoGame/{{Condemned}} Rosa Angel]]) is Moya.

** Shades of ConsoleWars, too. ''inFamous'' is a PS3 exclusive. It sold less as a result, but had more critical acclaim.

** Cole is voiced by Jason Cottle ([[ActOfValor Abu Shabal]]) in the first game. Jason [[TalkingToHimself also does the voice of Alden]].

** PhilLaMarr is John White.

* NamesTheSame: Amusingly, Creator/MichaelChabon's ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' also featured a ShowWithinTheShow superhero fighting crime in a place called Empire City. After that, the similarities end.

** Jessica Straus ([[StreetFighterIV Juri Han]]) is Sasha.

* ThrowItIn: Some of Zeke's lines were adlibbed and it actually gave the developers some ideas on where the story should head.

** Sam A. Mowry ([[AmnesiaTheDarkDescent Alexander]]) is Kessler.

** Cole is voiced by Jason Cottle ([[ActOfValor Abu Shabal]]) in the first game [[TheOtherDarrin and]] Eric Ladin ([[Left4Dead Ellis]]) in the second game. Jason [[TalkingToHimself also does the voice of Alden]].

** Dawn Olivieri ([[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Pepper Potts]]) is Lucy Kuo.
** Nika Futterman ([[StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]], [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]]) is Nix.
** PhilLaMarr is John White/[[spoiler:The Beast]].
** Graham [=McTavish=] ([[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Loki]], [[TransformersWarForCybertron Thundercracker]], [[{{Uncharted}} Lazarevic]]) is Bertrand.
** AprilStewart is Bloody Mary.

* ThrowItIn: Some of Zeke's lines in the first game were adlibbed and it actually gave the developers some ideas on where the story should head.

* AprilStewart is Bloody Mary.

** Jessica Straus ([[StreetFighterIV Juri]]) is Sasha.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Some people might wonder why Cole [[Left4Dead isn't talking about a buddy of his named Keith.]]
** And contrary to popular belief, Nix is not [[CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh 5]], but is actually [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]] and [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]]. It's true; check [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_Futterman TOW]].
** Festival of Blood isn't the only time [[TrueBlood Zeke's contended with vampires]].
** [[{{Uncharted}} Lazarevic]] apparently has an American twin.
** [[{{SamuraiJack}} Jack]] is a government agent assisting the hero in the first game[[spoiler:, kinda ironic that he's a supposedly demonic monster in the sequel.]]
** Why the heck is the WiiFit personal trainer the girlfriend of the protagonist in a PS3 exclusive game?
** Jesus, when did [[SouthPark Cartman's Mom]] become a fricking vampire?!?
* ThrowItIn: Some of Zeke's lines in the first game were adlibbed, and it actually gave the developers some ideas on where the story should head.

** [[{{Uncharted}} Lazorevic]] apparently has an American twin.

** Jesus, when did [[SouthPark Cartman's Mom]] become a fricking vampire?!?

** And contrary to popular belief, Nix is not [[{{KidsNextDoor}} Numbuh 5]], but is actually [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]]. It's true; check [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_Futterman TOW]].

** Why the heck is the WiiFit personal trainer the girlfriend of the protagonist in a PS3 exclusive game?

** And contrary to popular belief, Nix is not [[{{KidsNextDoor}} Numbuh 5]], but is actually [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]]. It's true; check [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_Futterman TOW]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Some people might wonder why Cole [[Left4Dead isn't talking about a buddy of his named Keith.]]

* HeyItsThatSound: The sound that plays any time Cole picks up a Blast Shard is the same sound effect that plays any time the player acquires a Precursor Orb in the JakAndDaxter games.