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 * Possible spoilers ahead? Read at your own discretion. This is from old versions of the Skullgirls history and old profiles, so it could be out of date. If you're not sure, avoid it for now. If you don't mind potential spoilers, read on:

Filia is the long-lost scion of a Mafia clan.

 * One of Cerebella's lines on defeating Filia is "You should've stuck with the family!" An odd choice for a win quote, unless she's talking about a capital-F Family... Granted, Filia's not the Mafia Princess type on first glance, but the loss of her memories must have had a significant effect on her personality, as it often does in Easy Amnesia stories.
 * Also suggestive is the fact that her name (or at least the name she now goes by) is Latin for "daughter".
 * Maybe she was in the same line of work as Cerebella?
 * One of Peacock's winquotes against Filia also seems to suggest this: "Huh, I expected more from the Medici mob!"
 * It's possible that Cerebella and Peacock could be referring to Samson in those quotes, seeing as he's attached to the back of Filia's head and neither quote is gender-specific. Maybe he somehow works for the mob?
 * If you look REALLY closely at around 1:09 of this video shows a picture for just a moment that seems to contain Vitale Medici, his wife(?), and a black haired girl that looks like it could be Filia...
 * An even more frightening possibility -- the black-haired girl could also be Carol a/k/a Painwheel.
 * Confirmed.
 * Confirmed.

Samson

 * The evidence:
 * If they haven't changed the plotlines linked above, then we know that

There will be a Real Soviet Damage reference.

 * As either an achievement, a win quote or what not. Because it'd be epic.
 * Confirmed; the "Real Circus Damage" achievement.
 * Double Confirmed; The announcer can sometimes say "Now that's REAL Soviet Damage!"

One of the Anti-Skullgirls Lab characters will pull a Heel Face Turn.

 * This editor believes it will be Painwheel. Valentine is out, since she seems incredibly loyal and has done some pretty heinous things, and Peacock seems too psychotic and broken to snap out of her murderous personality.
 * Confirmed, except that.

Filia is a Skullgirl or connected to the current one somehow.

 * Possible spoiler ahead. Continue reading if you don't mind spoilers.
 * The evidence:
 * Jossed: Filia has no connection other than being part of the Medici Mafia who Marie hates, it's.
 * Jossed: Filia has no connection other than being part of the Medici Mafia who Marie hates, it's.

Double comes from a race of Abusive Precursors who want to wipe out humanity.
They ruled the world in ancient times and were even worshiped (which is why Double resembles the statue in the cathedral), but were driven into hiding at some point, probably by humans obtaining Living Weapons and science that could fight them. Double has been sent by their queen (the "Great Mother" mentioned in her battle quotes) to aid the Skullgirl in thinning out their numbers so they can take over again. She also calls humans "the real monsters" in one of her victory quotes, indicating some bad blood against them.
 * Going even further, it's possible that she or her people might have created the Skullheart itself for the purpose of turning humans into monsters.

The in-universe reason why the fights are presented as being filmed...
They are filming a movie in-universe and everyone is an animated actor.

Valentine has Survivor Guilt
She's the last survivor of 'The Last Hope'. There's hints that she was close to the team (she has a picture of them in her Valentine's Day artwork). Perhaps she has some major Hidden Depths?
 * Maybe she only joined up with the Skullgirl (heck, it even looks like she could have been forced to join) in order to get close enough to her to catch her off guard? She could be plotting to wait for the opportune time to backstab the Skullgirl and avenge her team, all while under the guise of being her servant.
 * At the end of the story mode trailer, the last clip is a scroll-up of a lot of dead bodies (most of them look like doctors), ending with a still of what appears to be Bloody Marie holding a sword up to Valentine's neck, with Double standing behind Valentine. Perhaps Bloody Marie forced her into a "you will be spared if you obey my commands" situation.
 * There's the above, but for those wondering about what Valentine did to Painwheel, her trope page itself says she was not happy about working on her and Brain Drain's plans for her. Perhaps she wants to Mercy Kill the poor thing?

The Skullheart can't really grant wishes
All it does is turn girls into monsters. The whole "needing a pure heart" story was a lie invented by the Skullheart's creator to trick girls into trying to make wishes on it. It'd be impossible to disprove, since no one has a truly "pure" heart -- everyone is at least capable of evil, and the very act of wishing is inherently selfish too.
 * Not if you wish for world peace.
 * Also if you wish for world peace. "I want peace so that I don't worry about anything anymore".
 * If old plotlines haven't changed, then we know that  was granted immortality due to someone else's wish on the Skull Heart, and   was revived from the dead via a wish on it. And, as the other person noted, the Queen's wish for peace. The thing definitely does seem to grant wishes, albeit in twisted ways. This Troper's theory is that it will always grant a wish, but it holds "pure" to such an impossible or alien standard that anyone who dares to wish will be guaranteed to turn into a Skullgirl.
 * Marie's wish was also similar. She wished to end the war that had taken her friend Patricia from her. The Skull Heart granted it by turning her into the Skullgirl, causing the warring nations to call a cease-fire so they can deal with the new threat.
 * Not true.

Filia is the only person that's capable of using the Skull Heart safely.
Before Samson got attached to her head, Filia wasn't considered "pure of heart." However, her memory loss actually made her eligible for that requirement, due to the memory loss most likely changing her personality quite a bit.
 * Jossed.
 * Someone who shakes people down for the Mafia has the purest heart... Either the Skull Heart was lying, or it's a terrible judge of character...
 * Someone who shakes people down for the Mafia has the purest heart... Either the Skull Heart was lying, or it's a terrible judge of character...

Ms. Fortune is a major case of Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass and/or Beware the Silly Ones.
She's probably the silliest member of the playable cast bar Peacock, with her lame puns and goofy animations, yet she managed to turn her Immortality into a unique fighting style. For all we know, she may be the biggest Badass too.
 * Confirmed, kinda. If her actions in Cerebella's story are anything to go by,  Underneath the puns, the kitty has claws.

After Squigly and Umbrella are released....
We will get as DLC to, followed by Black Dahlia, Leduc, Beowulf and more.
 * I can't help but wonder how will be made playable if they are really released as DLC.

Venus and Aeon are alternate versions of
They are from an alternate timeline where, Aeon will open hers and show she has the same condition.

The Life Gem and Skull Heart are sister artifacts.
One gives immortal life and the other turns you into a corrupted lich. If M.Fortune accepts the Skull Heart, her blood will flow through the Heart and the two will cancel each other out in a Bittersweet Ending.
 * Or the Life Gem is created from the Skull Heart. Skullgirl blood makes Painwheel shake off injuries, and the Life Gem was always.

Candidacy for the Skullgirl is being an orphan.
Cerebella, M.Fortune, and Valentine see their associates as their family. Filia and Painwheel are at the least separated from their parents. Parasoul and Umbrella's mother is dead and their father is missing. Just as Patricia and Marie are war orphans, anybody could have lost their parents in the war. A Skullgirl is someone who was

Double IS the "Mother"!
If one looks at the statue in the cathedral stage, one may notice a similarity between the middle statue and Double. They both have that strange head thing and that creepy side face among other similarities... The reason she talks about the "Mother" in 3rd person is that Double isn't speaking, the Nun is!

All wishes made on the Skull Heart will be corrupted, and the wisher WILL become a Skullgirl, regardless of the wisher's purity.
Based on this, this troper has to assume that it doesn't matter how pure a girl's heart may be: she makes a wish on the Skull Heart, and she's gonna become a Skullgirl.
 * Agreeable. Fillia In fact, the only way to disprove this would be if  were to use it.

The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You from Painwheel.
"Painwheel: Do you really think you can control me? The truth is...you're next!"
 * Take a look at this quote from her ending:


 * You would think that's foreshadowing her  but what are you playing the game with? Why yes, you are using a controller! But unfortunately for you...Painwheel doesn't like to be controlled.

Red Eyes indicate union between supernatural and human

 * The Skullgirl has red eyes. Filia, Painwheel and Squigly have all bonded with a parasite and have red eyes - and Painwheel has synthetic Skullgirl blood in her body too. Peacock's mechanical eyes are red. Valentine serves the Skullgirl and has cross-shaped eyes, probably not natural. Double has red eyes and it's a Eldritch Abomination in humanlike form. Umbrella has pink eyes and is attracted to the Skullgirl.
 * What about Parasoul? Her eyes are orange.
 * Her umbrella is a living weapon and perhaps she's partially bonded with it; it's not a part of her, but it likely only responds to her commands. This could also explain Umbrella's pink eyes; it could be their umbrellas can only bond with their owners, to keep non-royals from using them. Cerebella's weapon doesn't bond with its owner because Vitale doesn't want it to; it makes it easier to replace his enforcers.
 * Doctor Avian has red eyes. But he doesn't appear to have any kind of cool special abilities at all... There are also several unnamed NPCs with red eyes who don't appear to be playable or otherwise in the spotlight.
 * True, but just because they're supernatural doesn't mean their powers are awesome; they could easily be Blessed With Suck. And even if they had powers, it doesn't mean they all choose to use them. Plus, if Avian's got them, that could easily be foreshadowing: sure,

Skullgirls shares a universe with Madoka Magica, and it takes place
The Skull Heart is an Artifact of Doom forged by the QB's, which is why it always corrupts the user's wish (the "pure of heart" thing is a crock because few people would seek the heart if they knew it would corrupt them). Bloody Marie is the spitting image of a PMMM-style Puella Magi; it isn't unheard of them to be evil, and arguably, fighting The Mafia isn't especially evil anyway, and the Skull Heart functions exactly as a Soul Gem should. This is why Marie is still alive despite taking enough damage that she's missing most of her skin, and also why she's such a wicked boss. Her theme is of a maid because her wish was to completely clean New Meridian of the Medici Mafia. Double is basically a super-demon, the demon equivalent of a. And speaking of untold amounts of damage, the Life Gem is also a Soul Gem, albeit an empty one, but one which now contains Ms. Fortune's soul because she ate it.
 * Also, the universe is as messed up as it is because after Madoka became  she ran out of demons to slay and became

The world will end when more Renoirs are added to the roster.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in German are Pest(Pestilence), Krieg(War), Hunger(Famine), and Tod(Death). Parasoul and Umbrella use umbrellas called Krieg and Hungern. When their parents return, they will have the other two and bring about the Canopocalypse: Umbrellageddon.
 * I'd be interested to know what Queen Nancy's Umbrella of Choice was before her transformation...if she kept in Skullgirl form, or if somebody else got ahold of it.
 * Also they probably went with Hungern instead of Hunger because it sounds cooler. So Pest will get changed, too.
 * Famine is not literally "Hunger" or "Hungern" in German, but "Hungersnot". Considering what that looks like to an English reader, it's unsurprising they changed it

The Skull Heart came from a terrible love affair.

 * We know that the Skull Heart focuses totally on women, right? So what if it was a gift... Like, the Grim Reaper himself took his heart out and gave it to the girl he loved? What if she was pure of heart but was too afraid of the Reaper to love him? Heartbroken, he went to  Convinced that his maiden was   he brought the heart back and disguised himself as a handsome young man. His wife-to-be, enchanted by his appearance, is far more receptive to his approach now.
 * When he showed her the heart again, she was terrified. He calmed her down and told her it would grant her one wish.
 * She was so hypnotized by his visage that she wished them to be 'together forever'. The Reaper stood horrified as the woman of his dreams turned into the Skullgirl. She was forced to be a human weapon of unparalelled destruction, and he was forced to aid her and every other Skull Girl after her. The Skull Heart contains the jealousy and anger of the original Skullgirl, forced to spend all eternity in a spiritual prison. Whenever a new Skullgirl appears, he dedicates his life to protecting her. If he ever appeared in the actual storyline, he would be the second challenger, in his human form and carrying a tommy gun (he would be the weakest enemy in story mode due to him having no special powers he can use against the Skullgirl, for fear of killing her). He would also be the last boss, taking posession of the Skull heart and becoming a hulking Reaper. Worth a shot.
 * Before you ask, the reason why she was  is because she was too enchanted with the Reaper's power and what he could do rather than actually loving him.
 * Jossed.
 * Jossed.

Fillia is impure because she caused Painwheel's transformation...but not exactly how you'd think.

 * As you may have noticed in Painwheel's story, there's a picture of a girl with blonde hair with a group of friends with her. After some research, this is apparently  tormented poor Carol!Painwheel in school. This eventually lead to Carol!Painwheel having a breakdown and she ran out of school, crying. With nobody around outside of school, a certain nurse with 36E breasts found the perfect test subject to kidnap...and thus, Painwheel was born.   found out the next day that Carol had suddenly vanished after her breakdown, and she felt a little bit of guilt, AKA  . Somehow, even with her memories erased, that just never really left until she ran into Painwheel, who claimed to know her. If you've played Fillia's story, you know the rest.
 * Didn't Valentine object to the experimentation performed on Painwheel, though?
 * She didn't want to, but it's implied Brain Drain forced her into it.