History WMG / PacificRimUprising

** Confirmed by Anime/PacificRimTheBlack:he retired after the war but come out of retirement to help defend Australia where he goes [[NeverFoundTheBody M.I.A.]]

* Confirmed, though not as such: [[spoiler:The mention of Rare Earth Elements in Mt. Fuji seems to be a Shout Out to the Japanium(a key element of Super Alloy Z) and Sakuradite of ''Manga/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/CodeGeass'' found in the same place]]

* Jossed.[[PacificRimUprising/NightmareFuel Mostly.]]

* [[Franchise/LordOfTheRings Sauron]]: more humanoid than other Kaijus and with the appearance of a medieval knight, this one is designed to fight Jaegers in equal condition and is armed with biological equivalents of their weapons. The Precursors would deploy a number of them equal to the number of Jaegers to distract everyone while the other Kaiju attack different parts of the world.

Considering the essential part Scrapper played in saving the day in ''Uprising'', the PPDC will begin building dozens of similar small, highly mobile Jaegers to officially serve as a support unit to proper battle Jaegers.

When Dr. Newton "Newt" Geiszler drifted with the Kaiju Brain the Precursors got more information than just where he was to kill him. After their defeat they used the memories to prepare their next attack and discovered a bit about human culture that they use for inspiration to create more Kaiju. These are a few ideas for new Kaiju:

* [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Tarrasque]]: the second Category Five Kaiju, this would be one of the final Kaiju to fight. It looks like an Ankylosaurus but the body is crocodilian and has spikes on its tail closely resembling those of a stegosaurus. Like many other Kaiju it has six lmbs but it's non-bipedial.

** Only Semi-Jossed: Scrapper only needs a single pilot due to it's small size, and the drone control system seems to only use a single controller per unit.

Either as training exercise, a conflict between pilots of two Jaegers, or one of the bots got hijacked by a Kaiju that has the ability to control electronics (well, we already got a Kaiju with EMP ability in the first film, it's not that far fetched.)
* The trailer does show some Jaegers fighting one another and it it sure doesn't look like a training exercise. If I were to guess i'd say that when the common enemy of the kaijus [[EnemyMine uniting us]] disappeared, humanity simply [[HumansAreWarriors did what we always do]] and started fighting each other.

* Unknown. Ralgigh isn't mentioned much, but he seems to be alive, his relationship with Mako, if any, is not brought up.

Guillermo expressed interest in the idea of merging jaeger and kaiju technology. The idea of drifting with a kaiju and freeing it from the hive mind isn't entirely unreasonable, and would prevent the flashy new jaegers from stealing the show completely.

The "main" world and the Precursor world will be be fused together into one new environment, resulting in a strange new setting for sequel projects.

Which explains why he won't be coming back in the new film. During the time gap between the first film and this, Herc got too old to pilot Jaegers. That, doubled with the grief of losing his son Chuck, means he probably don't want to be involved in the project anymore.

The ability to [[CombiningMecha combine into a Gestalt]]. This is why the trailer shows multiple pilots working in four or six man teams in a single cockpit.

Given a major brawl is about to go down we see people going into shelters but we also see them closing leaving people outside. Subsequently the Jaeger pilots are given the all clear to engage with command telling them everyone is underground. This troper suspects that with so much on the line command made the choice to hide that the city was still populated from the cadets piloting the Jaegers so they wouldn't hesitate about causing collateral damage while the two professionals were well aware of it and willing to accept the cost of victory. As a result a lot, at least in the high hundreds to low thousands, of people died in Tokyo during the brawl.

But with a history similiar to our own. Rare highly reactive minerals undeneath Mt. Fuji? Sakuradites! They probably use it on the Jaegers. Heck they even manage to miniaturise Jaeger to about Knightmare Frame size with Scrapper.

* Prettymuch explicitly confirmed.

* Jossed, although judging by Jake's BadassBoast at the endit sounds like they will in the next film.

Given a major brawl is about to go down we see people going into shelters but we also see them closing leaving people outside. Subsequently the Jaeger pilots are given the all clear to engage with command telling them everyone is underground. This troper suspects that with so much on the line command made the choice to hide that the city was still populated from the cadets piloting the Jaegers so they wouldn't hesitate about causing collateral damage while the two professionals were well aware of it and willing to accept the cost of victory. As a result a lot, at least in the high hundreds to low thousands, of people died in Tokyo during the brawl.

Think about it. Between the nonsensical retcons, the shameless character assassination - both figurative and literal - and the plots foreshadowed, the franchise has been grievously wounded. Any prospective sequel will have to deal with all of this, and the only reasonable way to come out on top is to just cut it out entirely.

Given [[spoiler:Newt]] was regularly drifting with you know what to allow the [[spoiler:Precursors]] to remain in control. Now that he's been forcefully separated from it [[spoiler: Newts mind will start to reassert itself and overcome the mind control because the Precursors won't have a direct link to him]] but it won't be pretty and the recovery process will be like a drug addiction rehabilitation with constant threat of remission if he's allowed out where he can get his hands on a Kaiju [[spoiler:brain to drift with]], the urge to do it will never truly leave.

* In the third film (we know it will happen), Hermann will drift with Newt to [[spoiler:save him from the Precursors. We'll get an epic BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind]].

[[spoiler: Newt's invitation to Hermann was his cry for help. Think about it: With the way they Drifted together and how he's a genius in his own right, Hermann could have easily figured out something was wrong with Newt should he see "Alice".]]

More an observation of recurring trends than a solid theory. Later into a generation, Jaegers are built bigger and tougher, whereas early members of a Jaeger "Generation" are fast, light, and agile. Compare Bracer Phoenix to Striker Eureka, or to Cherno Alpha and Saber Athena. As understanding and test data from a new generation of Jaegers is gathered, more powerful ones can be built. At the same time, the next generation "framework" is then put into test with even greater agility and more advanced internal systems.

* Confirmed, though not as such: [[spoiler:The mention of Rare Earth Elements in Mt. Fuji seems to be a Shout Out to the Japanium(a key element of Super Alloy Z) and Sakuradite of ''Manga/Mazinger Z'' and ''Anime/CodeGeass'' found in the same place]]

[[WMG: Each generation of Jaegers start out with FragileSpeedsters, then build up]]

There's scenes where Amara is co-piloting with Jake instead of Nate, and a scene where he is on the ground firing an rifle at an imminent Kaiju threat.

Possibly in a twist ending, where Mako is introduced to a young boy named [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]].

In addition to the general theme of the film, there could be an appearance by someone who looks like [[Anime/MazingerZ Koji Kabuto]] , or even [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]].

Jake's CharacterArc seems to be about stepping out of his father's shadow, it would be a fitting parallel if doing so coincided with Avenger killing her symbolic "mother".

** Confirmed in the second trailer, which shows what appear to be Kaiju wearing Jaeger-esque armor.

The ability to [[CombiningMecha combine into a Gestalt]]. This is why the trailer shows multiple pilots working in four or six man teams in a single cockpit.

If the lyrics didn't tip off the theme and tone of the story, it would be.