Line #21 Fridge/SkullGirls


1	!!FridgeBrilliance
2	* "In a Moment's Time" is a sweet jazz song that initially sounds romantic. Paying closer attention to what the lyrics are implying reveals that the song is actually a VillainSong sung from the ''Skullheart's'' perspective. The latter half of the song after the quoted lyrics below mocks whoever falls for its trap and boasts that nobody ever learns to not wish on it.
3	--> The world is yours to conquer
4	--> Won't be long, dear
5	--> I'm the king and you're the pawn
6	--> We're the perfect pair
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8	--> Girl, you made the right [[DealWithTheDevil mistake]]
9	--> Choose me instead of constant heartbreak
10	--> Now let's raise the stakes,
11	--> Go on, you've earned it
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13	--> '''Ask for any wish''', I'm on it
14	--> [[JackassGenie Granted word for word]], I promise
15	--> Baby, that's the charm
16	--> You got it made, yes
17	* Robo Fortune fires missiles that have mouse ears. What's another word for a missile? A rocket. What sound does a mouse make in Japanese? Chu. In other words, she fires [[VideoGame/ChuChuRocket Chu Chu Rockets]]!
18	* Marie rarely flinches to anything but to the most relentless of Blockbusters or combos. During the introduction to Peacock's story, Dr. Avian gives some insight to her weaponry, describing the Z-Rays as being to able to 'disrupt a Skullgirl's very essence'. Coincidentally, Argus Agony happens to be one of the best Blockbusters when it comes to stun locking Marie. It's also very safe in comparison to most Blockbusters, and can hit Marie and destroy most of her undead servants simultaneously.
19	* When Marie says that Umbrella 'reminds me of an old friend', it could be seen as Marie referring to Peacock - or it could be the Skullheart speaking through her, referring to Parasoul's mother.
20	* In TheStinger of Robo Fortune's Story Mode she notes a "rising in sodium chloride levels" when other characters attempt to fight back against her robot uprising. Basically she's calling them salty.
21	* Why would the game be called ''Skullgirls'' if there's only one Skullgirl in the game, and she wasn't a playable character for most of the game's lifespan? [[FridgeBrilliance Fridge Brilliance]] kicks in when you realize that almost every single playable character in the game is a potential Skullgirl due to their wishes being considered "impure" by [[JackassGenie the Skullheart's]] [[IncorruptiblePurePureness impossible standards]]. Sure enough, basically all of the female characters' endings end with them turning into Skullgirls if they try wishing on it.
22	** This is supported by the fact the male characters as of now (Big Band and Beowulf) both oppose the Skullheart instead.
23	* What's the best way to make use of Ms. Fortune's Feral Edge Blockbuster? [[StealthPun Tiger]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Knee]] the motion.
24	* Marie wearing a Maid outfit, right? What do maids usually do? Clean. What was Marie's wish? To ''clean up the streets'', by getting rid of the Medici's!
25	* Double's role in the stories of the DLC character's stories are notable because she is by ''far'' a more active and/or dangerous threat than she is with the core cast, even serving as the Final Boss to Squigly and Annie's stories. That being said, she never even makes an appearance in Umbrella's story mode, which is odd until you remember Umbrella explicitly holds the potential to become an even ''more'' powerful [[PersonofMassDestruction Skullgirl]] than even her late mother, ''who almost ended the world''. Of course Double doesn't interfere, Double WANTS her to get the Skullheart!
26	* In Annie’s story mode Robo-Fortune says that after fighting Annie she's going to “pursue [her] true objectives” but who says she isn't secretly pursuing one now? After all, one of her objectives is to “master comedic timing” and where better to practice your comedic timing than while filming a TV Show? It helps that she's very jokey during this segment as well, supporting this.
27	!!FridgeHorror
28	* During Double's ending it shows that Ms. Fortune is among the characters getting eaten. Note that Ms. Fortune has the Life Gem, which allows her to regenerate instantly. Which would mean that [[AndIMustScream Ms. Fortune is constantly regenerating while being digested]].
29	** Moreover, Fortune was granted the Life Gem's powers by swallowing it. Which is what Double has done, consequently. Good luck, anyone brave enough to fight a [[EldritchAbomination Double]] who can now regenerate near instantaneously...
30	** In terms of Double's ending and her goals as seen in Beowulf's story, she intends to eat everyone who gets in her way or fails to make a wish, and seemingly is absorbing them into herself. This is likely why she can shapeshift into other characters and use their moves and abilities. She's absorbed the fighting prowess and abilities from all the playable characters from every possible bad-end, then moves to the next one. A horrifying abomination that not only has all your strengths but knows she can beat you because she already has!
31	* Eliza doesn't actually have a body — anything on her that isn't Sekhmet is basically blood. Including her skin, clothes, face, everything.
32	* It's implied that when Squigly first got Leviathan she had to help put down her Skullgirl mother. On her mother's birthday. Yeesh.
33	** Implied nothing, ''Skullgirls Mobile'' outright confirmed that Squigly had to fight both her mother and her corrupted father.
34	* Even more for Squigly, since her fate is horrible. Squigly is trapped in a never-ending loop of violence now. Whenever a new Skullgirl arises, the dead and Squigly rise again, but due to Leviathan she is immune to the Skullgirl's control. Meaning that she must defeat the Skullgirl if she ever wants to rest, but the Skullheart is guaranteed to appear again every 7 years, so it will inevitably awaken her once more and repeat the process ''forever''. And just to make things worse, Squigly's body will continue to degrade over the years until all that is left is a skeleton. There is some solace in that Squigly is the perfect counter to the Skullgirl, and as long as humanity and the Skullheart exists so will Squigly and Leviathan to stop them, though this is a cruel fate to bestow upon a 14 year-old girl.
35	* When Peacock arrives in Lorenzo Medici's office at the end of her story mode, it's implied that she got there by killing all of the Medici goons that stood in her way. Which quite probably includes Cerebella. In fact there's actually supporting evidence for this - in the shot with Peacock and all her cronies in the ending, she's holding a tattered scrap of Vice-Versa in her hand. Cerebella wouldn't give up her hat without a fight, so...
36	* When you play through the story modes for Double and Eliza, you realise something horrible about [[CrystalDragonJesus The Trinity]]: the revered goddesses of this world are actually [[DeityOfHumanOrigin former mortals who somehow ascended to godhood]] centuries ago, and at least two of them were ''killed'' by Eliza. And them losing everything is what drives them to ''hate'' humanity and now wish to destroy them; they ''created'' the Skullheart and its Skullgirls in hopes of eventually wiping humanity out. Oh, and the Skullheart? Is actually the last mortal remains of "The Mother". So, without even knowing it, humanity is worshiping a set of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who actively want to kill them all! Talk about VillainWithGoodPublicity...
37	* How about this: Cerebella is stated as being so "pure at heart" that she could have actually wished on the Skullheart without becoming a Skullgirl. That's right, the girl who ''crushes Ms Fortune to death'' for a mobster is somehow ''purer'' than Filia or Parasoul.
38	** Is it worse that she can do what she did in her ending and still be somehow better than the entire cast, or is it because she's the only selfless woman on the whole planet that could potentially end the Skullheart, but is hopelessly devoted to a monster?
39	*** Or is the "pure-hearted" thing because she never actually tries to wish on it? (Given that the purpose of the Skullheart is to create Skullgirls...)
40	* Extending from the question of whether ''Skullgirls'' is eligible for the JustForFun/GrandUnifiedTimeline (answer: probably not) - judging by the trees in Maplecrest, the game takes place in early autumn. That probably means that Peacock's birthday (November 13th) is coming up. Happy birthday, Peacock - you have to kill your best friend.
41	* Painwheel’s entire story is quite sad and horrifying already, but to make matters worse, the effects of the brainwashing she’s undergone is even worse than you’d think. Look at how her attacks look; she’s summoning long spikes from her joints and under her [[{{Fingore}} fingernails]], and her body contorts in unnatural ways when she’s fighting. There’s also the fact that the massive wheel attached to her back is heavy enough to bring her net weight up to 300 pounds, and she has to drag it everywhere. Not only is poor Painwheel forced to hunt the Skullgirl, she’s forced to undergo terrible pain and discomfort in order to do it.
42	* Annie (who has fought many Skullgirls in the past) doesn't comment on Marie being a child, implying that Skullgirls as young as her (or even younger) aren't unusual. Of course, in [[CrapsackWorld the kind of world this game takes place in]], why ''would'' they be?

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