History Trivia / TombRaider

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''The Angel of Darkness'' was supposed to be the first game in a trilogy. [[spoiler:Karel]] was supposed to survive and be in Turkey, trying to bring back his fellow Nephilim. Kurtis's fate apparently depended on how much the fans liked him (i.e. he would come back if he was really liked, or he would not if he was really disliked). Of course, since ''The Angel of Darkness'' [[ExecutiveMeddling failed miserably]], the trilogy idea was scrapped and ideas attached to it along with it - [[OrphanedSeries and the original continuity was never continued]].
** Also in the same game, the watch Lara can find in Francine's apartment was supposed to play a bigger role or at least have a sub plot of its own.
** Also, the planned trilogy was going to reveal that the Nephilim and Atlantean races were connected, and Natla was possibly going to be brought BackFromTheDead, thus connecting it to the very start of the series.
** Jean-Yves was planned to be killed in the beginning of the game instead of Werner, and Werner instead was going to play a much larger role in the game.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The Tomb Raider comics series was a LongRunner, published by [=TopCow=] for 8 years in total, able to outlive Core Design and apparently the game series itself. When it was announced the franchise will be passed to Crystal Dynamics, obvious problems with license started. The original deal for comics was made when Core was still the sole holder of the rights - and now they were held by Eidos and leased to Crystal Dynamics. TopCow's license wasn't even revoked - it was as if it never existed in the first place. Since the company wanted to continue their work and Crystal Dynamics' only requirement was ContinuityReboot to fit the new Lara, all remaining plot threads were wrapped up by the final, 50th issue and... that's how the series ended. Lawyers of both companies proceed to exchange letters for next two years, after which everyone simply lost interest.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Amanda is voiced by Creator/KathSoucie.
** James Rutland is [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Batman]].
** Lara Croft is being hunted down by either [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddie]], [[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga Cielo]] or [[VideoGame/{{Persona2}} Katsuya Suo]] and a french [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Captain Qwark]].
** Anniversary!Tihocan is voiced by Creator/SteveBlum.
** Anniversary!Natla is voiced by Music/GreyDeLisle.
** ''Tomb Raider II'' and ''III'' have a male cast voiced by Simon Greenall, best known as Michael from ''Series/ImAlanPartridge''.
** Alister is [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Anders]] and [[VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned Johnson]].
** In the Crystal Dynamics continuity, Lara herself is voiced by Creator/KeeleyHawes.

** Lara Croft is being hunted down by either [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddie]], [[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga Cielo]] or [[{{Persona2}} Katsuya Suo]] and a french [[RatchetAndClank Captain Qwark]].

** Alister is [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Anders]] and [[ShadowsOfTheDamned Johnson]].

** Lara Croft is being hunted down by either [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddie]], [[DigitalDevilSaga Cielo]] or [[{{Persona2}} Katsuya Suo]] and a french [[RatchetAndClank Captain Qwark]].

** ''Tomb Raider II'' and ''III'' have a male cast voiced by Simon Greenall, best known as Michael from ''ImAlanPartridge''.

** Amanda is voiced by KathSoucie.

** Anniversary!Tihocan is voiced by SteveBlum.
** Anniversary!Natla is voiced by GreyDeLisle.

** In the Crystal Dynamics continuity, Lara herself is voiced by KeeleyHawes.

* ShoutOut
** There's a rolling giant boulder trap in ''Legend'', prompting "Aww, ''hell'' no," from Zip.
** There's a rolling giant boulder trap in the Tomb of Qualopec in ''Anniversary''. If that weren't enough it was recently discovered that the giant boulder has a bullwhip and IndianaJones -type hat [[http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=150201 flattened onto it]].
** Also, in the "Angkor Wat" level in ''The Last Revelation'', Lara comes across a spike trap... and in the middle of this spike trap is a skeleton, an Indy-style hat, and a whip. (Quite possibly a TakeThat.)
** The portrait of Kain (as a human) from the ''LegacyOfKain'' game series hangs in the lobby of Croft manor in the Crystal Dynamics games.
*** Lara's Goth outfit has Kain's emblem on her belt buckle as well as Raziel's emblem stamped on her wet suit.
*** The Soul Reaver is an unlockable special weapon in ''Legend''.
** Croft Manor in the Crystal Dynamics games is ripped straight from the live action movies.
** The Ark of the Covenant peeking from the lobby crates in the original ''Tomb Raider''.
** During Lara's battle with the Skateboard Kid, when you start to shoot him, he'll say [[TaxiDriver "Are you firin' at me? You firin' at me? Ain't nobody else here; you must be firin' at me!"]]
** A large semi-hidden hand at one point in ''Guardian of Light'' looks quite similar to the famous Midas hand.
** One of the cutscenes in ''Tomb Raider II'' has Lara entering a room in the Temple of Xian and spying on the happenings below, which involves members of the Fiama Nera cult ominously chanting. This is definitely a reference to ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''.
** One of the trophies in the PS3-updated ''Legend'' is "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS]]."
** The T-rex becoming a LivingMotionDetector in ''Tomb Raider III'' is a reference to ''Film/JurassicPark''.
** The fate of the RX-Tech mine workers and the entire level "RX-Tech Mines" in ''Tomb Raider III'' seem to be inspired by ''Film/TheThing1982''.

** Lara Croft is being hunted down by either [[{{Persona4}} Teddie]], [[DigitalDevilSaga Cielo]] or [[{{Persona2}} Katsuya Suo]] and a french [[RatchetAndClank Captain Qwark]].

** Lara was originally supposed to die for real at the end of ''The Last Revelation'' - Core Design wanted to kill her off as they were [[CreatorBacklash fed up with having to make a new game every year]]. [[ExecutiveMeddling Eidos has other ideas]].

** Lara was originally supposed to die for real at the end of ''The Last Revelation'', as Core Design were [[CreatorBacklash fed up with having to make a new game every year]]. [[ExecutiveMeddling Eidos has other ideas]].

** Core Design were in the process of making their own remake of the original game (which was looking to be far more faithful than ''Anniversary'') before Eidos dropped them.

** Alister is [[DragonAge Anders]] and [[ShadowsOfTheDamned Johnson]].

* FanNickname: The "Unknown Entity" that posesses Amanda in Peru is commonly known as "Fluffy" in the fandom.

** The fate of the RX-Tech mine workers and the entire level "RX-Tech Mines" in ''Tomb Raider III'' seem to be inspired by ''Film/TheThing''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Amanda is voiced by KathSoucie.
** James Rutland is voiced by Rino Romano, aka [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Batman]].

** In the Crystal Dynamics continuity, Lara herself is voiced by KeeleyHawes of ''TippingTheVelvet'' and ''AshesToAshes'' fame.

** One of the trophies in the PS3-updated ''Legend'' is "[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS]]."

** The T-rex becoming a LivingMotionDetector in ''Tomb Raider III'' is a reference to ''JurassicPark''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Amanda is [[{{Rugrats}} Phil and Lil]].
** James Rutland is voiced by WesternAnimation/TheBatman.

** ''Anniversary''![[SteveBlum Tihocan]] was either [[DigitalDevilSaga Vayu]], [[SlyCooper a raccoon ninja]] or [[RatchetAndClank the incompetent leader of a gang of hired thugs]] in a past life.
** ''Anniversary''![[GreyDeLisle Natla]] sounds like an older [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]].
** ''Tomb Raider II'' and ''III'' have a male cast voiced by Simon Greenall, best known as Michael from ''ImAlanPartridge'' and [[Advertising/CompareTheMeerkat a certain meerkat.]]

** In the Crystal Dynamics continuity, Lara herself is voiced by Keeley Hawes of ''TippingTheVelvet'' and ''AshesToAshes'' fame.

** During Lara's battle with the Skateboard Kid, when you start to shoot him he'll say [[TaxiDriver "Are you firin' at me? You firin' at me? Ain't nobody else here; you must be firin' at me!"]]

** One of the cutscenes in ''Tomb Raider II'' has Lara entering a room in the Temple of Xian and spying on the happenings below, which involves members of the Fiama Nera cult ominously chanting. This is definitely a reference to ''IndianaJones and the Temple of Doom''.

** The fate of the RX-Tech mine workers and the entire level "RX-Tech Mines" in ''Tomb Raider III'' seem to be inspired by ''TheThing''.

** "Doppleganger" was known early on as "Bacon Lara", and the new and improved Doppelganger is sometimes called "Dopplehoe" or shortened to "Dopple" or "Doppie".