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Another Capering Crusader
While free-running or climbing, a male bystander occasionally mutters "Another capering crusader," a nod to Batman, who is nicknamed the Caped Crusader and shares Ezio's love of rooftops and stealth.
Robert Downey Jr.'s Snack Stash
Downey Jr apparently kept snacks hidden all over the lab set so he'd never go hungry between takes. In one scene where he offers Chris Evans some blueberries, that wasn't scripted at all, it was just Downey munching on his stash and deciding to share, and Whedon liked the moment enough to leave it in the final cut.
The Da Vinci Disappearance DLC
Brotherhood's main story DLC, The Da Vinci Disappearance, sees Ezio teaming up once again with his old friend Leonardo after the Templars kidnap him to get their hands on his war machine blueprints. It launched on Xbox 360 in March 2011 before making its way to the other platforms.
Old School Only Exists Because of a Combat Rework
Old School RuneScape wasn't part of some grand plan — it exists because players hated the Evolution of Combat update so much that Jagex dug up a backup of the game from 2007 and let people play that version instead. It was meant to be a nostalgia trip, and it ended up becoming its own massively supported game.
A Whole Unseen Major Runs the American Campaign
Miller's entire American campaign is technically being directed by a Major Gordon, a character who plans operations and feeds intel over the radio but is never actually seen in person throughout the whole game.
Price Got Recast Because of His Age
When the series rebooted in 2019, Barry Sloane took over as Price instead of Billy Murray. Part of the reasoning reportedly came down to Murray being 77 at the time, which made the heavy motion capture work the newer games demand a much tougher ask.
Swan's Tragic Origin
That terrifying Super Mutant Behemoth guarding the pond in Boston Common used to be a man named Edward Swann, a convict who volunteered for prisoner reduction tests and ended up dosed with FEV. His journal entries chart the whole grim decline, starting with a boost to strength and intelligence, then a slow collapse into the mindless rage monster you eventually fight.
A Knightfall Nod on the Game Over Screen
Die at the wrong moment and one of the Game Over screens shows Bane snapping Batman over his knee. It's a direct lift from the iconic 'broken bat' scene in the Knightfall comics, and a genuinely nasty little punishment for messing up the fight.
The Dragon Language Has No Tenses
Senior designer Emil Pagliarulo has explained that as the Dragon language grew, it became too complicated for the design team to use consistently, so verb tenses, conjugation, and apostrophes were dropped altogether to keep it manageable.