User:Van Coto/Trivia
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This page is a work in progress.
As a result, the layout and/or content herein may be subject to change.
This page is some kind of archive for the useless trivia I know about some elements from the game series. I’m going to use it mainly to practice my writing and to explore in more depth some curious things that I haven’t yet taken the time to learn about.
"mind map" notes
- The Gardens -> England -> English History -> Tudor Period -> Elizabethan Era
- Shakespeare
- The Savannah -> African Wilderness -> Wildlife - Tribal Culture
- The Wedding -> Mexico -> Local Culture & Spirituality -> Day of Dead - Catholic Traditions
- Fèt Gede - Rock Stuff
- The Canyons -> Mexico -> Local Culture - Mexican Revolution - Aztec/Mexica Empire
- The Metropolis -> New York, USA -> Local Urban Culture
- The Islands -> Japan -> Traditional Culture - Martial Arts
- The Temples -> India -> Hinduism - Temples Ruins
- Russian Theater -> Imperial & Soviet Russia - Traditional Culture -> Circuses - Theater
- Down Under -> Australia -> Wildlife - Aboriginal Culture - Aussie History
- The Orient -> China -> Imperial China - Traditional Culture
- Bazaar -> Greater Persia -> Iran - Persian Culture
- Alpine Run -> Switzerland -> Swiss Alps - Traditional Culture
- Golden Sands -> Cairo, Egypt -> Ancient Egypt
- Arab World - Dreampark
- Tinsel Town -> Hollywood, USA - Silent Era - Golden Age -> B-Movies
- The Carnival -> Brazil -> Carnival Parades
- Da Vinci Hideout -> Italian Renaissance - Modern Era -> Scientific Revolution - Baroque, Classical & Romantic Eras
- Leonardo Da Vinci - Isaac Newton
- Victoria’s Lab -> UK -> Roaring 20s - Victorian Era -> 1st & 2nd Industrial Revolution
- Nikola Tesla - Frankenstein - Victorian “Sugar Boom” - Steampunk
- The Factory -> Space Race -> Atomic Era -> USSR - Fifties Culture - Sci-Fi
- Second Red Scare & non-soviet communism - Space Age “Lounge Culture” - Avant-garde movement
- Avalonia -> 3rd Industrial Revolution -> Miscellaneous Technology
- Robots -
- Eve’s Asylum -> Contemporary Era -> New Age - Modern Art -> Hispanic America & Spain - Art Nouveau -> Gustav Klimt
- Impressionism & Post-Impressionism - Tree Of Life Archetype
- Cosmos -> Eighties -> Post Vietnam Belical Fiction - Arcade Culture -> “8-Bit Era”
- Monster Islands -> Marshall Islands - Japan -> Shōwa Era -> “Golden Age of Kaijus” - WW2
- Kaiju-Jima - Shōwa “Occidentalization” - 60s American “Beach Culture”
- Progress Emporium -> USA -> Atomic Era -> Sci-Fi - “Golden Age of Capitalism”
- Carousel of Progress
- Space Bass -> Seventies -> Disco & Funk Culture - Late Space Race -> First Space Stations
- La Marionetta -> Balkans - Romani & Slavic Circus Caravans - Roaring 20s -> Vaudeville
- Land Of Odd -> Kingdom Of France -> Middle Ages - Early Modern Period -> Rococo
- Marie Antoinette
- Jackpot City -> American Eighties -> Electronics - Arcade culture - “Rise of Media”
- Coaster Valley -> WW1 Air Vehicles - Southern USA -> Post WW2 Suburbia
- Appalachia - No dieselpunk
- Spooky Mansion -> UK - “Horror Culture” -> Hollywood Renaissance Horror Films
- Stitchem -> UK -> Northern England -> Roaring 20s - Fifties - Countryside Culture -> Agricultural Fairs
- Thomas Edison Legacy
- Manglewood -> American Fifties (And early 60s) -> “Rock & Roll Era” - 50s Las Vegas - Late Hollywood Golden Age -> Rise of Sci-Fi
- Elvis Presley - 50s “Rocket Cars” - Googie Architecture
- Ziggurat -> Moscow, Russia - Russian Empire -> Orthodoxal Church - Industrial Revolution - Romantic Period -> “Russian Style”
- Russian Ballet - Fire of Moscow - Trans-Siberian Railway
- Bunkum Lagoon -> Venice, Italy -> Middle Ages - Local Culture -> Masquerade Carnivals
- Ancient Greece - Venetian Navy
- Soaring Summit -> Himalayas -> Shrines - Folklore/Mythology
- Colossal Canopy -> South America -> Amazon Rainforest - Pre-columbian Era
- Kingdom of Crablantis -> Atlantic Ocean - Greek Atlantis Myth
- British Museum
- Interstellar Junction -> 2000s -> Multi-touch Technology - “80s-90s Nostalgia”
Unthemed Curiosities
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
Mr Molecule   |
Common | |
Rexus  |
Common | |
Ice Cream Van  |
The Seaside | |
King Stamp  |
Gardens | |
Green Castle Flag  |
Gardens | |
Green Swimsuit  |
Possibly inspired by Borat's "Mankini" seen in the promotional campaign for the movie"Borat!". A sucessful 2006 mockumentary, critically acclaimed but highly controversial due to the questionable nature of its filming methods, among other things. | Common |
Movie Poster  |
It's an obvious parody of the "It came from Outer Space" Posters. | Manglewood |
Turkey Head Costume  |
Presumably inspired by the iconic joke seen in the Mr. Bean Christmas episode. | Turkey Head Costume |
Royal Curiosities
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
Elizabeth I  |
Girl costume of Queen Elizabeth I
Is know as the "good Queen Bess" due to the peace and prosperity of her reign, know as the Elizabethan Era
|
Women In History Costume Pack |
Queen Liz I  |
Ruff | History Kit |
Queen Stamp  |
Stamp of Elizabeth II when she was young. One of the most beloved queens of England and the longest reigning monarch in mundial history, surpassing her own great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. | Gardens |
Henry Face  |
There's a lot to say about him, so I'm going to organice it later | Gardens |
Henry VIII  |
A new version of Henry Sticker. It's on Da Vinci's Hidehout because the Tudor period takes place during the transition between Medieval and Renaissance England | Da Vinci's Hideout |
English Rose  |
Sticker of a red rose, the "queen of flowers". Considering the Gardens theme context, this sticker is likely here because of the Tudor Rose, the England national flower. An Emblem adopted by Henry as symbol of peace after the War of the Roses. | Gardens |
King's Head  |
It's based on King John, one of England's worst kings. He is primarily remembered as the "Robin Hood villain."
(Incomplete) |
Gardens |
Robin Hood Head  |
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw from medieval English folklore, who has become a well-known figure whose traits and story elements are now part of popular culture.
This sticker is located in Eve’s Asylum because, according to legend, his hideout was located in a giant tree.
|
Eve's Asylum |
Green Submarine  (Early Ver)  |
It's an obvious reference to the album Yellow Submarine from the The Beattles. One of the most legendary bands in rock history and a timeless icon of the British Invation The yellow color of the King's submarine seen in Swinging Safari is a wink to the same thing. |
Gardens |
Undead Curiosities
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
Los Muertos  |
Weddimg | |
Voodoo  |
At first I thought it was some allusion to Mexican witchcraft, but it turned out to be something much more interesting.
|
Wedding |
Bridezilla  |
Wedding | |
Psycho Bunny  |
A sticker of a bunny Alebrije.
Alebrijes are colorful handicrafts from Mexican folklore, whose spiritual significance has made them closely associated with the Day of the Dead. These figures represent fantastic animals that act as protectors and spiritual guides, connecting the physical world with the spiritual realm and accompanying souls already in the afterlife. |
Wedding |
Sugar Skull  |
Wedding | |
Saint  |
Wedding | |
Piñata Dog  |
Wedding | |
Marigold  Marigold Cluster  |
Wedding | |
Purple Piano  |
It´s a reference to the purple grand piano of the artist Prince Rogers Nelson, better know as Prince | Wedding |
Purple Stuff  Paisley Stitch  |
Wedding | |
Owl Drawing  |
Wedding | |
 |
Wedding |
Japanese Curiosities
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
Wooden Pagoda  |
Islands | |
Sensei Stamp - Torii  |
Journey Home | |
Gold Charm  White Charm  Red Charm  |
Islands | |
Wind Charm  |
Gohei | Islands |
Little Doll  |
Islands | |
Japanese Samurai  |
Islands | |
Pink Warrior Mask  |
Islands | |
Doji  |
Islands | |
Shuriken  |
Islands | |
Wooden Tower Platform  |
Islands | |
Geisha  |
Islands | |
Japanese Fish  |
Islands | |
Daruma Doll Face  |
Islands | |
Terrible Oni  |
Islands |
Aboriginal Curiosities
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
  Down Under |
"the land down under"
(Incomplete) |
Down Under |
Boomerang  |
Down Under | |
Kangaroo Sign  |
Down Under | |
Ned Head  |
A reference to Ned Kelly, the most famous bushranger from Australia and one of the last of his kind.
(incomplete) |
Down Under |
Emu  |
Emu War | Down Under |
Frog Eye  Frog Face  |
Based on the Litoria chloris, a red-eyed tree frog native to Australia. | Down Under |
Frog  |
A red-eyed tree frog costume with the yellow colors of a Litoria chloris, but with the eyes of a Agalychnis callidryas. A specie found in various Latin American countries. | Animals Costume Pack |
Mosquito  |
Down Under | |
Cork Hat  Cork Hat  |
Down Under / LBP(PS3) Common | |
BBQ  |
Down Under | |
Witchetty Grub  |
It's the Aussie name for the white, wood-eating moth larvae. They are a traditional bush food in the country, and it’s common to eat them raw (and alive) or cooked in Australia and several other countries. | Down Under |
Dystopian Curiosities
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
Red Hammer  |
The Factory (Journey Home) | |
Red Fist  |
The Factory | |
Red Comrades Logo  |
The Factory | |
Robot Antenna  |
Based on the Antennas of Robby the Robot, from the film "The Forbidden Planet" | The Factory (Journey Home) |
Big Head Alien  |
Based on the Aliens from the "Invasion Of The Saucer-men" posters. | The Factory |
Halftone Square  |
The Factory | |
Happy Management Bean  Sad Management Bean  |
A pair of stickers made in the UPA art style | The Factory |
Colourful Molecules  |
The Factory | |
Lady's Horn Rims  Man's Horn Rims  |
The Factory |
8-Bit Curiosities
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
Cool Dude Pilot  |
A sticker of an 80s Action hero with the classic war headband and presumably inspired by Chuck Norris's appearance. | Cosmos |
Cool Gal Pilot  |
Cosmos | |
Moustache Face  |
Cosmos | |
Robo Lenin  |
Cosmos | |
Full Metal Rabbit    |
An obvious reference to the war film "Full metal Jacket" | Cosmos |
Flight of the Bumblebees  |
Named after the title of the popular classical piece “Flight of the Bumblebee.” | Cosmos |
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Negativitron  |
Is named after the song "Set The Controls For the Heart of the Sun"
Once decoded, it reads: “Free Love". A social movement of the 19 century that claimed for love and relationships free from the state interference. |
Cosmos |
Where In The World Is Avalon Centrifuge?  |
A reference to "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?", a game show based in the educational videogames of Carmen Sandiego | Cosmos |
Spooky Curiosities
B-Movies, sci-fi, and Classic Horror. My kind of stuff.
| Info | Theme | |
|---|---|---|
Television Unit  |
A antique TV unit from the 50's, a decade in which the horror genre expanded its possibilities thanks to the rise of science fiction and the growing presence of television in people’s homes. | Spooky Mansion |
Evila  |
And obvious reference to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. The iconical Horror host created and interpreted by Cassandra Gay Peterson.
The White Line of her hair is inspired by the The Bride of Frankenstein. |
Monster Kit |
Edgar Allen Poe  |
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet and writer, master of the horror short stories and the creator of detective fiction. He is an icon of horror literature and dark romanticism, with many of his works considered horror classics. “Allen” is actually a common misspelling of his name. |
History Kit |
Franky  |
Based on the Frankenstein Monster from the 1931 film, Frankestein, an adaptation of the Mary Shelley’s novel "Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus". | Monster Kit |
Igor  |
It’s based on the Igor character trope, the stereotypical mad doctor henchman. This trope originates from the Fritz character in the original Frankenstein film, although it transcended as a popular trope thanks to the iconic character Igor of the parody film "Young Frankenstein".
It’s simply another element of the “Frankensteinian” pop-culture image of Frankenstein. |
Monster Kit |
Vampire Hunter  |
Based on the character Abraham Van Helsin (incomplete) | Monster Kit (Incomplete) |
Pink Blob Eye Lashes  Pink Blob Hungry Mouth  Pink Blob body  |
Based on the classic monster, the Blob, from the eponymous 1988 film "The Blob" (Incomplete) | Monster Kit |
