History Trivia / TheSecretWorld

* ActorAllusion: Harrison Blake, played by Tim Russ of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', makes reference to RedShirts. His surprised assistant asks if he really just said that.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Yes that is Creator/NeilNewbon of ''VideoGame/BaldursGate3'' fame voicing Thutmose of the Sentinels
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In early promotional materials, both Agartha and Shambala were presented as [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] maps, where players would fight over anima resources and powerful relics respectively, by release, Agartha had become the transit link between the various regions, and Shambala was replaced by the Fusang battleground.

* IKnewIt: The game has quite a lot of clues to future story developments scattered throughout. Players have done quite a good job at putting these clues together and guessing future storylines.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In early promotional materials, both Agartha and Shambala were presented as [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] maps, where players would fight over anima resources and powerful relics respectively, by release, Agartha had become the transit link between the various regions, and Shambala was replaced by the Fusang battleground.
* TheWikiRule:
** [[https://secretworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Secret_World_Wiki The Secret World Wiki | Fandom]]
** [[https://secretworldlegends.fandom.com/wiki/Secret_World_Legends_Wiki Secret World Legends Wiki | Fandom]]

** [[https://wiki.crygaia.org/view/Main_Page CryGaia Wiki]]

* FanNickname:
** The FinalBoss character in the Whispering Tide event was nicknamed by the community as "Flappy" and it stuck. Even the developers found themselves referring to it by that nickname.
** [[FictionalCurrency Aureus of Initiation]] quickly became known as Oreos.
** Moths for the Ak'ab.
** The [[ElementalEmbodiment Guardians]] [[{{Golem}} of Gaia]] have collectively earned the name [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollums]]. It began as common misspelling of golem and went from there.
** The Patchwork Horror of the Filth Abnormalities event gained the nickname [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Teletubbie]].
** Mr. Reap, [[spoiler:the Nephilim that unlocks your first ultimate ability. Name comes from his dialogue "Reap what you have sown."]]
** The boss from the 2016 Anniversary Event was quickly dubbed the Hatekeeper.
** In a case of the old name becoming the nickname, veteran players will still refer to Lore when talking about the renamed Legends in ''Secret World Legends''.
*** This may due in part to the fact that if you're trying to search for guides to help find them all "secret world lore" will always be a more useful search than the alternative...

* TheWikiRule: [[https://wiki.crygaia.org/view/Main_Page CryGaia Wiki]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In early promotional materials, both Agartha and Shambala were presented as [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] maps, where players would fight over anima resources and powerful relics respectively, by release, Agartha had become the transit link between the various regions, and Shambala was replaced by the Fusang battleground.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In early promotional materials, both Agartha and Shambala were presented as PvP maps, where players would fight over anima resources and powerful relics respectively, by release, Agartha had become the transit link between the various regions, and Shambala was replaced by the Fusang battleground.

** The [[ElementalEmbodiment Guardians]] [[{{Golem}} of Gaia]] have collectively earned the name [[LordOfTheRings Gollums]]. It began as common misspelling of golem and went from there.

* IKnewIt: The game has quite a lot of clues to future story developments scattered throughout. Players have done quite a good job at putting these clues together and guessing future storylines.

** In a case of the old name becoming the nickname, veteran players will still refer to Lore when talking about the renamed Legends in the remake Secret World Legends.

** In a case of the old name becoming the nickname, veteran players will still refer to Lore when talking about the renamed Legend.

** Despite being renamed Legends for the relaunch, players will still use the old name of Lore.

** The Patchwork Horror of the Filth Abnormalities event gained the nickname [[{{Teletubbies}} Teletubbie]].

** The FinalBoss character in the Whispering Tide event was nicknamed by the community as "Flappy" and it stuck. Even the developers found themselves referring to it by it's nickname.

** The [[ElementalEmbodiment Guardians]] [[{{Golem}} of Gaia]] have collectively earnt the name [[LordOfTheRings Gollums]]. It began as common misspelling of golem and went from there.

** The boss from the 2016 Anniversary Event has been dubbed both the Hatekeeper and the Flarekeeper.

* HeyItsThatVoice
** Harrison Blake is [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Tuvok]].
*** And his assistant Ann Radcliffe is Creator/TaraStrong.
---> "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]. While your enthusiasm for the mission is commendable, your grasp of 'need to know' could use improvement."
** John Wolf is [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Varric]].
** Headmaster Hayden Montag is [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Weyoun]].
** ''The Devil'' used to be [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Male Hawke?]]
** Creator/PeterStormare is Dr. Aldini.
** Creator/TomKane is Sarge.
** In the case of [[Series/{{Lost}} Ethan]], both his [[Creator/WilliamMapother adult]] and child selves show up on Solomon Island, as Paul Gamelin and Danny Dufresne respectively.
** Harumi used to be a [[CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers water wielding Planeteer]].

** In the case of [[{{Lost}} Ethan]], both his [[Creator/WilliamMapother adult]] and child selves show up on Solomon Island, as Paul Gamelin and Danny Dufresne respectively.

** The FinalBoss character in the Whispering Tide event was nicknamed by the community as "Flappy" and it stuck.

** Mr. Reap, [[spoiler:the nephilim that unlocks your first ultimate ability. Name comes from his dialogue "Reap what you sow."]]