History Trivia / SilentHill

** In the VideoGame/SilentHillRevelations movie Travis makes a cameo in the end of the movie.

*** Unfortunately, their tendencies to bash anything not from the original four games blindly makes them rather untrustworthy, as if their blatant misrepresentation of interviews and ignoring of facts already didn't.

*** The Japanese publication Book of Lost Memories, as well as the instruction manuals for Silent Hill, SilentHillOrigins and Silent Hill: Homecoming, all have stated that the town is located in New England.
*** In SilentHillHomecoming, there is a book shelf which contains information about mining towns of New England in Shepherd's Glen Town Hall.

** In the SilentHillRevelations movie Travis makes a cameo in the end of the movie.

** [[http://lparchive.org/author/From_Earth From Earth]] (1-4), who uses the magic of screenshots to mock every single aspect of the series. At one point in his [=SH1=] LP he confuses Kaufman's dialogue for Harry's, but it works due to the running gag of Harry constantly asking stupid questions.

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Hell Is Silent Hill]]??

** The Official Cannon for Silent Hill is that it is located in Maine, New England; Maine is the most north-eastern state of the United States of America. Although its precise location was ambiguous for a long time, several hints implied Silent Hill to be in Maine throughout the series.
** The Japanese publication Book of Lost Memories, as well as the instruction manuals for Silent Hill, SilentHillOrigins and Silent Hill: Homecoming, all have stated that the town is located in New England.
** In SilentHillHomecoming, there is a book shelf which contains information about mining towns of New England in Shepherd's Glen Town Hall.
** Inside of the liner notes for the Japanese release of Silent Hill 4: The Room's soundtrack, an address is given for Heaven's Night that would have placed it in Maine. The state abbreviation for Maine is "ME".
** Further information can be found in Silent Hill 3; after Harry Mason left Silent Hill, he and Heather Mason moved to Portland, also sharing its name with Portland, Maine.
** In addition, Portland is the hometown to StephenKing. The series has many homages to Stephen King such as "Bachman Road", as well as Carrie and Pet Cematary posters.
** In Hiroyuki Owaku's (scenario writer of the first games in the series) Double Under Dusk, Silent Hill is placed in Maine. The two protagonists, Brian and Lindsay, are from Augusta and Orono, respectively.
** The Book of Lost Memories' timeline specifically notes "Maine becomes a state."
** In the trailer of Silent Hill: Downpour, a bus is seen bearing a Maine license plate.
** Additionally, a road sign bears the Interstate 95 logo, a highway that runs through and ends in Maine.
** In Downpour, when Murphy Pendleton is about to get on the transfer bus, Anne Cunningham stops him. Her clipboard shows "Maine State Board of Corrections" on it. Interestingly, Stephen King's The Shawshank Redemption is cited as an inspiration for Downpour, and its story is also set in Maine.
** The Gillespie House is based on the real life Olson House, which is located in Cushing, Maine.
** In Silent Hill: The Novel, Harry feels he should have been enjoying the "Maine wilderness" with his daughter, rather than searching for her.
* LetsPlay: Numerous due to the series' popularity. Some notable [=LPers=]:
** [[http://lparchive.org/author/From_Earth From Earth]] (1-4), who uses the magic of screenshots to mock every single aspect of the series. At one point in his [=SH1=] LP he confuses Kaufman's dialogue for Harry's, but it works due to the running gag of Harry constantly asking stupid questions.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/user/L0rdVega L0rdVega]] (1-3), who did ''blind'' runs and still somehow managed to beat the games.
** [[http://lparchive.org/author/Voidburger Voidburger]] (1 and Origins), who went above and beyond by going in-depth in various pieces of trivia and exploring the games' extras. Also, Mad Libs notes.
** [[http://lparchive.org/Silent-Hill-Homecoming/ Kamoc's Silent Hill: Homecoming]] LP raises the bar even further, by offering treasure troves of trivia and [[GoodBadBugs interesting glitches]], witty subtitles [[DeadpanSnarker mocking everything that is illogical]] (which is a lot), [[TheCameo cameos]] from Voidburger herself, and even branching paths for dialogue and actions within the videos themselves, giving viewers a level of interactivity.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield:

** WordofGod has actually stated Northern Maine in the United States is where it actually exists and there are several points to this which can be found [[http://silenthill.wikia.com/wiki/Silent_Hill,_Maine here]] but it seems to have been made the location Post - SilentHill2 release.

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where is Silent Hill]]??
** Offical Cannon Silent Hill is located in Maine, New England; Maine is the most north-eastern state of the United States of America. Although its precise location was ambiguous for a long time, several hints implied Silent Hill to be in Maine throughout the series.

** Inside of the liner notes for the Japanese release of Silent Hill 4: The Room's soundtrack, an address is given for Heaven's Night that would have placed it in Maine. The state abbreviation for Maine is "ME". [2]

** The Book of Lost Memories' timeline specifically notes "Maine becomes a state." [3]
** In the trailer of Silent Hill: Downpour, a bus is seen bearing a Maine license plate. [4]

** In the movie, Silent Hill is very obviously modeled after Centralia, Pennsylvania where a long-burning coal fire has caused most of the residents to be relocated elsewhere.

** Radha Mitchell, for some, will always be "that chick from ''PitchBlack''," just as Alice Krige will always be "[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact the Borg Queen]]".

** Radha Mitchell, for some, will always be "that chick from ''PitchBlack''," just as Alice Krige will always be "[[StarTrek the Borg Queen]]".

** [[GoldenEye And]] [[TheLordOfTheRings miraculously,]] [[{{Equilibrium}} he]] [[TypeCasting doesn't]] [[VasquezAlwaysDies die!]]

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** Radha Mitchell, for some, will always be "that chick from Pitch Black," just as Alice Krige will always be "the Borg Queen.

** This is actually a supplementary to a much larger project that was posted in 2010 with the intention of clearing up all speculation and inaccuracies residing within the community when it comes to the overall story and themes of Silent Hill. Watch all of the entire three and a half hour long documentary starting with the introduction [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMHMiyl4zLQ&feature=channel_video_title here.]] An eye-opening, provocative must-see for all fans of the series and an interesting, clarifying experience for newcomers alike.

** This is actually a supplementary to a much larger project that was posted in 2010 with the intention of clearing up all speculation and inaccuracies residing within the community when it comes to the overall story and themes of Silent Hill. Watch all the entire three and a half hour long [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMHMiyl4zLQ&feature=channel_video_title here.]] An eye-opening, provocative must-see for all fans of the series and an interesting, clarifying experience for newcomers alike.

** This is actually a supplementary to a much larger project that was posted in 2010 with the intention of clearing up all speculation and inaccuracies residing within the community when it comes to the overall story and themes of Silent Hill. Watch all the entire three and a half hour long [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMHMiyl4zLQ&feature=channel_video_title here.]] An eye-opening, provocative must-see for all fans of the series and an interesting and clarifying experience for newcomers alike.

** [[http://lparchive.org/author/From Earth From Earth]] (1-4), who uses the magic of screenshots to mock every single aspect of the series. At one point in his [=SH1=] LP he confuses Kaufman's dialogue for Harry's, but it works due to the running gag of Harry constantly asking stupid questions.

* ShoutOut:
** Every single street and most of the major buildings are named for horror/SF authors or famous stories.
** Adrian Lyne's film ''[=~Jacob's Ladder~=]'', cited by the development crew as a primary inspiration for the series, gets quite a few.
*** Alchemilla Hospital is a dead ringer for the nightmarish madhouse Jacob goes through in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=konk2HJ869Y this scene]].
*** An apartment in ''Silent Hill 2'' is also called the "Lyne House". There's also the gurney sequence when James warps to the alternate hospital.
*** The subway sequence in Silent Hill 3 echoes an early sence right down to the name of the street the Jacob is trying to reach. A street in Shepherd's Glen in Homecoming also bears Lyne's name.
** Heather can use a [[StarWars lightsaber]].
** There's a scene in Silent Hill 3 in the [[DarkWorld Dark Office Building]] where a lone wheelchair is visible from a great distance, illuminated by a single light. Word of God has confirmed this is a shout out to the memorably creepy "Hello...Gordon" scene from "Session 9".
** In ''Origins'', you can win the "Codebreaker" outfit ([=SH3=] Vincent's vest) by inputting the [[ClassicCheatCode Konami Code]]. Additionally, the Collector outfit makes Travis look like [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman]] and the Explorer outfit is evocative of IndianaJones.
** ''Shattered Memories'' has a movie theater which contains arcade machines for ''{{Contra}}'', ''{{Gradius}}'' and ''Rush'n Attack''.
*** And in the UFO ending for it, it has... [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om2SQCWQhAU Oh, just see for yourself]]]].
** The ''dramatis personae'' section of the first game's ending credits is done in a surprisingly upbeat manner identical to the cast credits at the end of ''{{Predator}}''.