Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Difference between revisions

* [[Always Night]]: Played straight in Detroit, played with in Hengsha: though it looks to be around sunset most of the time, it always looks dark in the lower city due to the upper level blocking out most of the light. {{spoiler|Averted in Panchaea}}.

* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: The {{spoiler|Illuminati}} from the first game, when they were still in their prime.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|The Hyron Drones. They don't ''stop'' screaming for help; Darrow all but outright says that the horror of what the Hyron involves was why he did what he did.}}

** {{spoiler|Pay close attention to the passwords auto-generated by Hyron that you find on pocket secretaries. They're things like "forgotten", "missingme" and so on.}}

** The [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic|NSF (New Sons of Freedom)]] mentioned throughout the game are all but stated to be the predecessor to the NSF (National Secessionist Forces) terrorists.

* [[Canada Eh]]: Picus' HQ is located in Montreal. {{spoiler|Coincidentally, it's also the Illuminati's main hub of operations.}}

* [[Casting Gag]]: Elias Toufexis played Adam Jensen, a man struggling with various secret societies who wish to control the spread of technology that mankind 'isn't ready to handle.' On ''[[Eureka]]'', Toufexis played Adam Barlowe, co-founder of a secret society that tried to control technology for that same purpose. He even uses the exact same voice in both roles.

* [[Chekhov's Armory]] / [[Chekhov's Army]]: The [[Black Mesa Commute]] in the game's prologue. Almost everything mentioned and everyone met turns out to be important: {{spoiler|the four scientists Megan speaks to are the other ones who are kidnapped (including Sevchenko's arm), the Typhoon is showcased to a military inspector, Pritchard is met and can be heard discussing the scientist's GPL implants, Jensen can read a little bit about Patient X, Malik does a flyby, Sarif mentions Hugh Darrow, not to mention getting glimpses of the three Must-Kill Bosses in the game.}}

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Most crates have "Do Not Destroy" written on them]].

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Subverted in the {{spoiler|final boss fight. Zhao chides your attempts to destroy the Hyron core, claiming that "there are too many contingencies built into the system". Turns out there weren't enough.}}

** In a similar vein crazy prophet in your second visit in Detroit prophesizes that a "gray and deadly" plague will come on the backs of 12 kings... cue Majestic 12.

** Lazarus may be a raving lunatic but some of his predictions eerily echo plot points of the original game...

* [[Hammerspace]]: In the cutscene before the {{spoiler|Namir}} boss fight, {{spoiler|Zhao pulls a remote out of thin air to use, just out of frame. It could not have fitted in her clothes and she does not carry a bag. She literally just drops her hand out of the frame and brings it back up with the remote.}}

* [[Hand Cannon]]: The revolver becomes a more literal example when upgraded to fire exploding ammunition.

* [[Heavily Armored Mook]]: Belltower Heavies and Spec-Ops Ogres.

* {{spoiler|1=[[The Hero Dies]]/[[Kill'Em All]]: In one of the possible endings.}}