Chapter 15

The Stuff You May Have Missed

"The Stuff You May Have Missed" is a tradition for me to use in my other stories, so I'm keeping it up and doing it once more. It's exactly what you'd think: Interesting facts and references I've used in the story that you may not have noticed.

The Stuff You May Have Missed:

-The City of Bellic that is mentioned is a reference to Niko Bellic from GTA IV.

-Bret's attitude is similar to that of "The Punisher" at times.

-Bret's death is foreshadowed in his dream before he attempted to kill the King again.

-I am not making fun of or taking light to schizophrenia. It is a very real and very serious illness that I myself was

almost diagnosed with as a child. I gave Bret the disease because I knew that it was unusual for an OC to have a disease, or any real flaws. I didn't want Bret to be perfect. I succeeded in turning him into a malfunctioning robot.

-The trenches used are a reference to WWI trench warfare.

-Bret and his watch symbolize the importance of time, struggle with time, and wishing life away.

-Rouge calls Bret different names about as much as Scorp calls Zaros stuff like "Zarey, Zarry, Zarrorific, etc" in my Runescape series.

-Bret resorts to primitive instincts such as growling and leering when something is done that he doesn't like.

-The SRCPS (Strategic Rescue and Civil Protective Squad) is similar to S.T.A.R.S (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad) from Resident Evil. Alpha Team and Bravo Team are also used as S.T.A.R.S units in Resident Evil games and movies.

-"Operation Stranglehold" is used in the movie "Delta Force 2" with Chuck Norris.

-The Loyalist Army gets it's name for being Loyal to a corrupt King. In times before the US declared independence from Great Britain, Americans who were loyal to the Mother Country were known as "Loyalists".

-In Chapter 13, Bret's dream of a utopia is of "Scatland", at least how I picture it. Words in quotation marks are actually lyrics from the "Song of Scatland" by, John Paul Larkin A.K.A. Scatman John.

- A Gi, as mentioned in Chapter 13, is a karate uniform.

-In Chapter 13, Bret's description of something smacking into his waist followed by a burning sensation is actually a fairly accurate description of being shot. "Being shot really doesn't hurt as bad as you'd think," says an ex-marine I knew that was shot twice at war.

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Shout outs (Not Cash Cab):

I'd like to personally thank the following:
-John Hiatt. You are an outstanding songwriter with skills to match any guitarist. You have my respect.

-SamuraiYoshi. You're desire to make this story into a comic is a major reason why I continued. You wanting to make a comic shows me that some people really do read my stories, and some people really do enjoy them. Not only that, but your positive reviews and other such praise gave me the drive and will to continue and finish this story. Had you not praised this story, I likely would not have finished. The wind would've definitely gone out of my sails. Kudos to you, man!

Oh, and a side note: I'm well aware that Knuckles vanished after Bret snapped his neck several chapters ago. I kept forgetting to involve him, but rest assured that after Tails revived Bret (My God, what were you THINKING?!), he still had enough of his concoction left over to find and bring back Knuckles.

Knuckles suffered an achy neck for the next three days.

I leave you with one final quote:

"It's a lot more fun to play with [the sharks] than to catch them because they'll be there tomorrow. They'll be there tomorrow when you play with them."
-Frank Mundus

**This story was first uploaded to this website on 5/30/2009 and has concluded as of 7/30/2009. It has taken approximately 60 days to complete. It is about 198KB.**