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The physical map that shipped inside the Special Edition of the game hides an extra layer that only shows up under UV light, revealing a fake business listing for 'Trevor Philips Enterprises' along with a set of driving directions to a spot near Raton Canyon, treasure-map style, for anyone dedicated enough to shine a blacklight over their strategy guide.
Before 2007, 'generic shooter setting' basically meant World War II. Call of Duty 4 flipped that overnight, and the shift was so complete that even other long-running WWII franchises started scrambling to set their games in the modern day instead.
Getting Jackson locked in as Nick Fury for another appearance wasn't guaranteed, and the negotiations that followed led to him signing an unprecedented nine-picture deal with Marvel to secure his future in the franchise.
Ever wondered where the weird title actually comes from? Vince Gilligan borrowed it from an old Southern colloquialism — 'breaking bad' basically means turning to a life of crime, or having a wild, rebellious streak. Fits Walt's arc a little too well.
Keep an eye on the furniture in Tommen's bedroom and the Small Council chamber and you'll spot chairs and decor carved with dragon motifs left over from Targaryen rule. The production team put them there on purpose, a subtle hint that the Baratheons and Lannisters never fully redecorated after seizing power and just kept using the old Targaryen furnishings.
Noble Six doesn't have a single fixed voice. Pick the male version at the start of the game and you get Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, pick the female version and it's Amanda Philipson instead, both fully recorded so the choice actually changes every line of dialogue you hear.
Inside the Sandtrap multiplayer map's temple, where the giant Elephant vehicle is parked, sits a two-screen laptop that will occasionally flash up a fake Windows-style error screen, complete with the kind of garbled system text you'd expect from a crashed PC rather than a 26th-century UNSC terminal.
Before the story's big timeskip, Toei padded the anime with 58 filler episodes to keep pace with the manga. After the timeskip, that number dropped to just 18, and none of the newer filler arcs run longer than four episodes, a clear sign the studio leaned much harder into staying close to Oda's source material as the story matured.
The film got the full fast-food tie-in treatment, with McDonald's releasing a set of eight Happy Meal toys based on it, plus another set a couple of years later blending in elements from the theme park ride too.
