Silent Hill (video game): Difference between revisions

* [[Booby Trap]]: {{spoiler|The fridge in Nowhere.}} It wouldn't be so bad, except that it's the only one in the entire game and happens without any warning.

** The broken chains and ominous noises coming from inside the fridge should be warning enough.

* [[Boss Corridor]]: Before the fight with Floatstinger.

** The final room in Nowhere is {{spoiler|Alessa}}'s old house. Heather revisits it in a later game.

* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Twice. "Was I dreaming?"

* [[Ceiling Cling]]: Hanged Scratchers are known to camp out on the ceiling.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Two. One is the Flauros, which, like any good [[Chekhov's Gun]], makes its purpose apparent at the right time. The other is the Aglaophotis, which ''may'' make its purpose apparent, and only ''after'' the knowledge is useful to either Harry or the player.

* [[Clock Tower]]: In Midwitch Elementery School's courtyard. Harry uses it to traverse into the Otherworld.

** {{spoiler|Dahlia}} burned Alessa for her to eventually give birth to the cult's god. At the end of the game, she gets burned to death by that same god.

** {{spoiler|Kaufmann}} was abusive towards Lisa and forced her into the psychologically-traumatic job of watching Alessa by using her drug habit as leverage. In the Good and Good+ endings, she hauls him off to his demise.

* [[Key Under the Doormat|Key Under The Doghouse]]: Harry will need to get past Fido to enter K. Gordon's house.

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: The Grey Children are the distorted projections of Alessa's abusive classmates. When stabbing Harry, the 'noise' they utter is actually a recording of a child's laughter slowed down.

* [[Lighthouse Point]]: Dahlia sends you here.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Breaking It, Harry]]: Twofold: He is being {{spoiler|used as a pawn by Dahlia, with potentially world-ending results}}, and in a more heartbreaking sense, {{spoiler|Harry may be able to acquire the means to save Cybil's life before it becomes necessary to do so. The only problem is, he doesn't ''know'' he has the means until after he kills her, which would have to make the final encounter that much more sickening for the man.}}

* [[No Name Given]]: Harry's late wife, who is only seen once, during the opening sequence. Harry doesn't even mention her until his first conversation with Dr. Kaufmann, where he states that she died four years prior to the current events.

* [[Portal Picture]]: In the school's waiting room, Harry comments that the gory painting is in poor taste. He ends up inside of it in the Otherworld.

* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: The 'worm' controlling Achemilla Hospital's staff. This is the first (and only) instance of ''Silent Hill's'' Nurses being linked with an external parasite.

* [[Remixed Level]]: "Nowhere" is a return trip through Midwitch, Achemilla, the shopping mall, and Dahlia's store.

* [[Rooftop Confrontation]]: Harry is diverted to the Post Office rooftop for the duel with Floatstinger.

* [[Snow Means Death]]: The snow falling from the sky [[Faux Symbolism|during the middle of summer]]. [[Handwaved]] as ash from an underground coal fire in [[Silent Hill (Film)|the movie]].

** Alessa's old teacher, "K. Gordon," is a reference to [[Sonic Youth]] bass guitarist Kim Gordon. This is confirmed by the reference to three more teachers who bear the names of "T. Moore", "L. Ranaldo" and "S. Shelley" (Kim's fellow bandmates, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, and Steve Shelley).

** According to [[Word of God]], heavily inspired by ''[[Jacobs Ladder]]''.

* [[Songs in The Key of Lock]]

* [[The Stinger]]: Both the good and bad endings have them, though with very different implications.

* [[Swallowed Whole]]: This is a big danger when tangling with Split Head. This battle will test your strafing skill.

* [[Teleporting Keycard Squad]]: The sewer exit key. {{spoiler|Immediately after grabbing it, a horde of Hanged Scratchers chase after Harry, forcing him back the way he came}}. Hope you memorized where the dead ends are.

* [[Ticking Clock]]: Dahlia warns that Harry has to stop the Mark of Samuel from appearing all over town, or else reality will be irrecoverable.

* [[Token Romance]]: The Good ending suggests this between Harry and Cybil.