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* The idea of male and females having varied stats is for many blatant sexism, but note that the Imperials, apparantly a more civilised people have less disparity between the two. Likely, the stats reflect how the people are raised. Men raised to be stronger, etc.
* The idea of male and females having varied stats is for many blatant sexism, but note that the Imperials, apparantly a more civilised people have less disparity between the two. Likely, the stats reflect how the people are raised. Men raised to be stronger, etc.
** Factoring in the numerous body mods, many aimed at making female characters naked, which only serves to make more players play as female characters, this is almost a [[Player Punch]] move.
** Factoring in the numerous body mods, many aimed at making female characters naked, which only serves to make more players play as female characters, this is almost a [[Player Punch]] move.
* The logo of the game becomes especially appropriate if you know the Daedric alphabet. At first, you might assume that it's supposed to be a stylised Oblivion Gate, but that particular symbol happens to be the Daedric rune corresponding to [[Brought to You By The Letter "S"|the Latin letter O]]. [[Title Drop|Now, name a word that starts with O.]]
* The logo of the game becomes especially appropriate if you know the Daedric alphabet. At first, you might assume that it's supposed to be a stylised Oblivion Gate, but that particular symbol happens to be the Daedric rune corresponding to [[Brought to You by The Letter "S"|the Latin letter O]]. [[Title Drop|Now, name a word that starts with O.]]
** Some editions of the box actually have the same cover as the Mysterium Xarxes, the book that the [[Religion of Evil]] uses to open a portal to "Paradise".
** Some editions of the box actually have the same cover as the Mysterium Xarxes, the book that the [[Religion of Evil]] uses to open a portal to "Paradise".
* The [[Artificial Atmospheric Actions]] and inherent [[Weirdness Censor]] in ''Shivering Isles'' actually looks a lot more... justified given that everyone in there is insane.
* The [[Artificial Atmospheric Actions]] and inherent [[Weirdness Censor]] in ''Shivering Isles'' actually looks a lot more... justified given that everyone in there is insane.
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== [[Fridge Horror]] ==
== [[Fridge Horror]] ==
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Video Game)|The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'', when you first join the [[Murder, Inc.|Dark Brotherhood]], you can talk to your new "family members" to get tips for your first contract. One of them, a large, friendly Orc named Gogron, will happily recount the time he "had a contract to kill a little Nord girl at her birthday party." He ends the story with a wistful chuckle and a comment that "she won't be seeing age six." Now, that's pretty horrifying on its own. The Fridge Horror kicks in when you realize he said he had a contract to kill her. Meaning someone had to deliberately arrange for the murder of a five year old girl.
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion|The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'', when you first join the [[Murder, Inc.|Dark Brotherhood]], you can talk to your new "family members" to get tips for your first contract. One of them, a large, friendly Orc named Gogron, will happily recount the time he "had a contract to kill a little Nord girl at her birthday party." He ends the story with a wistful chuckle and a comment that "she won't be seeing age six." Now, that's pretty horrifying on its own. The Fridge Horror kicks in when you realize he said he had a contract to kill her. Meaning someone had to deliberately arrange for the murder of a five year old girl.
** Even more horrifying. The person who arranged the contract was probably the relative of a child that girl didn't invite over to the party. (Like the child came home crying because she wasn't invited to the party, relative (who probably wasn't all that sane to begin with) got pissed and arranged to have that girl killed as payback.)
** Even more horrifying. The person who arranged the contract was probably the relative of a child that girl didn't invite over to the party. (Like the child came home crying because she wasn't invited to the party, relative (who probably wasn't all that sane to begin with) got pissed and arranged to have that girl killed as payback.)
*** A step further: to put a contract on somebody, you have to assemble a complete human skeleton and perform a dark ritual. Generally, this is achieved by robbing graves.
*** A step further: to put a contract on somebody, you have to assemble a complete human skeleton and perform a dark ritual. Generally, this is achieved by robbing graves.
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