Kingdom Hearts Series - 72 Facts, Little Details & Easter Eggs! 

Number 20: Nomura being drunk when he wrote Re:Coded. It all makes sense now. Mr. Pancake was right.

I think this man is trying everything to avoid yozora and the mental asylum

We almost had a Treasure Planet world. In DDD. Never before has a piece of trivia made me so irate.

Yensid: Also my name spelled backwards is dis.. Cynical: And that right there are 72 facts about Kingdom Hearts!

46. The teeth of oblivion spell 闇 = “darkness”. Did you also know that the teeth of oathkeeper spell 光 = “light”? I’m surprised that wasn’t included

Cynical : ( brings up the timeless river ) Me : ( Vietnam flashbacks to the car enemy's )

Fact number 73: this game has darkness

Another fact which I read somewhere, but I have yet to test if it's actually true: In Kingdom Hearts 1, in Neverland when Sora's shadow on the ground literally becomes a physical enemy -- if you exit Neverland at this point and visit another world, Sora will have no shadow on the ground while he's there. This stays this way until Neverland is completed. I'll clarify this as soon as I can, and I'll edit this comment if it's true or not! EDIT (7th August): IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE WTF, SORA HAS NO SHADOW IF YOU START NEVERLAND AND THEN GO TO ANOTHER WORLD

The 3 mainline game covers being references to important future locations is a really cool detail.

Still sad that we never got the jungle book as a world in kh. It’d be so cool to see sora and mowgli interacting together. Since they’re both voiced by Haley Joel osment.

Me: pft, I know everything KH Cynical: The weight changes when you stand on it. Me: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?

Take notes boys, these "small facts" will be key plot points and twists 36 years from now. ESPECIALLY 7:44.

Excellent video, dude. Thanks. Also, am I the only one who wants Deep Jungle to return someday? Really miss that world. One of my favorites. Other references: -In San Fransokyo, citizens randomly mention Krei Tech. -In Enchanted Dominion, after you complete the world with either Ventus or Terra, if you return to Aurora's bedroom, her bed will be empty. -In Castle of Dreams, when the Fairy Godmother creates the carriage, you can actually see Major (Cinderella's horse friend) as a human. -In Sora's battle against the Hydra, Meg will always stay on the corner of the arena, watching the fight. If you get near her, she will throw healing orbs near you. -Originally, Marluxia was going to be a female character, but they decided against it, because they didn't want two female trying to overthrow the Organization. -In Wonderland back in Kingdom Hearts 1, if you sit on the chairs in the tea party area, random items fall from the sky. -In Port Royal back in Kingdom Hearts 2, one of the cannons in the very first area reads "James Norrington", one of the characters from the first film. -In La Cité des Cloches, after Judge Claude Frollo is killed, Quasimodo falls from the balcony, is saved by Phoebus, but is back at the balcony again, and not at a lower level. -If you visit The Grid before Prankster's Paradise, Sora will still be surprised to see Xemnas in the latter, even though he should not. -In Symphony of Sorcery, Zeus appears off-screen to throw lightning bolts at Sora sometimes. -Originally, the Final Fantasy gang from Radiant Garden were going to appear in Birth By Sleep, but the team thought the world already had too many plots of its own. -In Traverse Town back in Kingdom Hearts 1, when you rescue the Dalmatian puppies, one of them will happily follow Sora around in a room.

57 kinda blew my mind. It didn't even occur to me that KH2's cover gave us a preview of the Final World...I remember a long time ago before KH3 came out he said that those who have a keen eye can get an idea of what happens in KH3 if they pay attention to the game covers....that could have been what he was talking about....Nomura is a fucking madman.

Fact number 74: the game has hearts ❤

I wish I had the time to get Sora to at least level 50 on the islands. Imagine playing the first few worlds being that strong.

surprised you didn't mention the ark being in kh1. you'd be surprised the amount of people who dont know about khux stuff in general

19:43 You forgot to mention that using the ship in the battle will use the original theme instead of the remix

See this is why we need a remade in Unreal. Numora’s ideas, were too big for PS2 and handheld games.

This is the kind of videos that I've missed over the past year because of your hiatuses glad to have you back full time my dude!!

The ages of Sora, Riku, Kairi had always makes since to me. Sora and Kairi were 14 years old in Kingdom Hearts 1 while Riku was 15 years old in Kingdom Hearts 1. Kingdom Hearts 2 took place one year after Kingdom Hearts 1 so Sora and Kairi were 15 years old while Riku was 16 years old during the events of Kingdom Hearts 2. Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance took place sometime after Kingdom Hearts 2 so Sora and Kairi were still 15 while Riku was still 16 in Dream Drop Distance. They were the same ages in Kingdom Hearts 3 since the story took place immediately after Dream Drop Distance. Then in Kingdom Hearts 3 Re:Mind the Limit Cut took place one year later after Sora's disappearance so that makes Sora and Kairi 16 years old and Riku 17 years old. The ages always makes since to me.

Fun fact: In correlation to #58 and #61, the person at the desk talks about looking at the paintings. When you do, it tells you the time of day that paintings are about. When you hit the clock in room 2, the hands turn. When the hands turn to each of the times representing the paintings, you recieve a chest on the drawers in the same room. 😁

10:19 That's really funny to think that Japan were the ones region locked out of content for a change.

Fact number 85: Nomura actually hates the number 13

Something you might be interested in. You can actually date the years the series takes place in as, in the Toy Box, there is a game in the video game store that is similar to real world basketball games that release on a yearly basis. I don't exactly remember which year (somewhere between 1999 -2002, I think) but of course, KH 2 is within a year of KH 3 and BBS is ten years prior to KH 1. With that being said, we don't know how much time takes place within each game. We have some vague pointers, but without knowing the characters birthdays, it is possible Sora is 16 (or 15) during KH3.

Take a shot every time he says “actually.”

Dang, dude this gives me mad 2015 vibes. Awesome video. A lot of things I actually didnt know about in here!

This is my favourite video game series of all time and these little facts give me so much joy. Been playing since I was 9. Thank you x

#73: In Ventus's portion of Birth By Sleep, when Vanitas shows up in Ventus's room, you'll notice the books behind Vanitas say "Birth By Sleep", "Ultimania", and "Kingdomhearts" on the spines.

Been watching your videos over the past few years and you are definitely one of the few youtubers I watch on a regular basis except when you stopped uploading for a while.Always have appreacite it you're work ethic and funny jokes and videos.Been enjoying you're content for so long and have made a positive impact on me.Thank you for being such a genuine soul and hope some day I can meet you

I still find it a funny coincidence how kh1 came out 3 years after the original Tarzan in 1999. Such a strange coincidence...

Also surprised the marluxia originally being female fact wasn't here or even the movable huds for kh3

Damn I missed these videos, I watched every each of them the moment you uploaded them that's nostalgic man.

Another fun fact Demyx is the only Organization 13 member who you can write his name on a scientific calculator

How often do u wanna say 'actually'? That dude: *yes*

-In Kingdom Hearts II if you go Merlin's House there is a part where you can examine and say the next : 'There are books about the future'. Merlin has a book of prophecies? -In Neverveland after see antisora, Sora don't have a Shadow!

Big up from italy for you Jared for bringing back this kind of video and actually create basically the biggest sum-up video ever about KH secrets and details. Personally, i'd like to add three curiosities i've heard (i'm not 100% sure that they're true) and weren't brought up in this video: 1) about the Rikku one, the characters from FFX were probably included to promote further the game (published less then a year before KH1); Wakka from the same game wasn't originally included in KH, instead Irvine Kinneas from FFVIII (for the ones who don't know the series, He's Selphie's boyfriend) was supposed to live on the island; Rikku's exclusion probably led to Wakka's inclusion. 2) The "lion king" world was supposed to be present in KH1, but it was scrapped due to the fact that the system couldn't support a four-legs fighting character (in fact, the Simba summon doesn't actually "fight", he can only walk, jump and use the roar command which is a static charge move) 3) This is the one i'm less sure, but i've read somewhere (i'm sorry, i don't remember where) that Greg Weisman, the creator of Gargoyles, once stated that squaresoft actually called him to discuss a possible inclusion of the series in KH1; if it's true well i'm really sorry that it never went further because i'm a big fan of Gargoyles and i would really like a Gargoyles' world. Sorry if i made some errors, but english is not my mother language.

I’m happy you’re posting vids so frequently sometimes I like to click on them just to give it a like I hope you’re doing well mate keep at it!

I love these videos haha I like finding out tidbits I didnt know and being surprised by how many I do know

That point about the box art is actually pretty crazy sometimes I feel like Nomura may actually have a lot of this planned out but acts like he doesn’t

You are back better then ever, good to see!! Keep on m8!

Number 14, makes me think of the Mana series with Sora's concept art. This was an awesome video!👍

I do not envy the amount of research you had to put into making this video. What a legend.

Super stoked your back brotha love the content

Number 45: I have been trying to figure out how to get that chest for years and I never once thought to cast blizzard on the bubbles. Thank you for showing me this.

I’ve been playing Kingdom hearts all my life and you told me so many things I did not know about it

Saw the Tweet. Now i'm here lol I think this is the earliest i've ever been! Keep up the great work, gonna enjoy the vid now!

Number 66: How?? I dreamed of that place when i was younger! How did i know this place existed? I am so amazed right now! OMG! I never knew that place before yet it appeared in my dreams once??

Take a shot every time Cynical says the word Actually. You will ACTUALLY die.

Number 57… quite spot on.

Whoa number 57 is really cool! When KH3 came out a lot of people pointed out the similarity between the KH2FM cover art and The Final World, but I never noticed the similarities between the KH1 cover art and The World That Never Was, and the KH3 cover art and Shibuya.

Very informative didn't most of the info you displayed, appreciate it.

Bro this stuff touches my soul 🙃❤️🙏 much love my man keep up the great work

I find it funny that there's an A113 easter egg in Monstropolis, since Monster's Inc is the only Pixar film without the easter egg. Even animators who worked on the film say they don't remember it ever being added, and people are still trying to find it.

Woah! Woah! Woah!!! I have played KH 1 since it's original PS2 game and never knew about Number 45 in being able to freeze those bubbles! You are also telling me in number 48 I can go kick Seifer's butt outside the struggle match. Goodness I am learning a lot that I didn't know. Haha!

22:09 22:53 (number 58 and kinda 61 as well) another thing is if you ring the bells again after getting "Paintings are great..." you'll get some more dialogue telling you that something interesting happens if you strike the clock in your room. Then if you go into the green room and strike the clock above one of the doors enough times (You will know if a hit is successful if the hand moves) to about 7o'clock, a sound should play and a chest will spawn in the room.

green blood from the hydra is accurate to the Hercules movie, but the black smoke censor is accurate to Kingdom Hearts lore I'd say since the hydra works for Hades and Hades works for Maleficent and Maleficent works for the darkness, so that black smoke could be the darkness flowing through the hydra's veins

Kurt zisa is probably my all time favorite kh boss. And I have always loved the organization 13 with saix being my all time fav.

11:02 Cat doing the dreamworks face

Sora is on track to be a copy and paste of Ash from Pokémon. He never ages 😂

Loving all the kh content so much dude your like a part of Disney itself I get so excited to watch :)

This is great!!! Thanks for all your hard work!

I’m impressed there were actually a couple I didn’t know about lol also that music box is now very disturbing xD

Number 57 : for the front over of kingdom hearts 3, did you ever realize that one side of the sky is red and one side of the sky is blue, possibly a reference to Yozora for the next Kingdom Hearts game?

@TheGamersJoint if you look at the mansion in kh2 you'll see alot of unicorn along the walls. I always thought that It was a reference to union cross or that the house was connected to it in some way

Impressive work Thegamersjoint.

Definitely do a video about the new chapter of Dark Road, there are some seriously interesting plot points that happen that connect it more with KHUX!

You called the shibuya because the cover art! Good stuff man!

I really enjoyed this video in all of it’s interesting facts. The one I find the most interesting is the boxarts of 1,2, and 3 giving us sneak peaks to worlds we will visit in future Kingdom Hearts games. Another interesting theory is do summons predict future worlds as well? We got Simba and Mushu in KH1 then in KH2 we got Pride Lands and Land of Dragons, and the unused Woody and Buzz Summons predicted the Toy Box World in KH3, Nomura wanted what we all wanted as kids when we first played KH. I hope we eventually get a Jungle Book World, Treasure Planet, Pocahontas, Bugs Life, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and Brave.

Learning stuff about my favorite game series of all time

The Kingdom Hearts series is absolutely phenomenal!! Also Jared, I know that you're trying to expand, I recommend Spongebob Squarepants BFBB Rehydrated and maybe even a quick playthrough.

Drink every time he says “actually”

Great video man!!

12:54 "BALD MOUNTAIN" is a very famous disney film called Night On Bald Mountain that features Chernabog, one of the final bosses from KH1.

I swear I remembered kairi's panties in kh2 but now I got confirmation that it wasn't just a false memory

Fact number 73: In the Boneyard area of KH1's Halloween Town, a skeleton can be seen hanging from a tree and swaying slightly. When approached by Sora, the skeleton jerks away before returning to its normal position, staying completely still until you leave the area.

Possible 73rd detail: in DDD, in traverse town, areas that were previously accessible in kingdom hearts 1 are all blocked off by a wooden box

I definitely learned something from this. Good stuff

In KH3 one of the Desserts on the menu at The Bistro is "Crepes Suzette" which is a reference to the Disney Afternoon series "Talespin" which is set in the fictional city of Cape Suzette.

The fact that Nomoura came up with the lore of KH while drunk makes so much sense. And makes it even more awesome!

I didn’t know a lot of this stuff was in the games. Nice content yo.

You outdid yourself with this one Jared! 10/10

Jared really procrastinates when it comes to uplaoding the kh3 content we want lol

I love this kind of videos! Thank you Cynical, your the best

also didn't know Coded was made from Tetsuya Numorei getting drunk, forgive me if I misspelled his name, but since he was drunk when he came up with Coded, now it's just gonna be hilarious

The front covers for the mainline kingdom hearts games are still mind blowing to this day! I really hope you’re right about shibuya in kh4 cynical! I really hope you are!

Amazing video !! ✨✨

I made the Pikachu shocked face at that FF7 music tidbit in Ariel's Grotto....WTF :O

You were right about the character standing in the place the next game takes place in

*Kingdom Hearts will always have my heart..!*

Nomura wanting Toy Story in the series for so long, it makes sense he gave them such a cool moment in the story. Like when Woody stood up to Xehanort like a badass.

The Bald Mountain Painting references the Night on Bald Mountain scene in Fantasia.

In the video you said that the Chain of Memories command menu in KH2 is only in the white room (fact 32), however it's also used in the room with Sora's sleeping pod.

Fact number 2 is actually a misquote. Nomura thought Disney would reject it but didn't actually present it to Disney

You surprised me with 39 by using the Bahamut art used in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, a mobile game that I still happen to play.

That was really awesome!!

Yo I REMEMBER when you first made another list channel too! It's been so long!

I had already heard about most of those details before. But I didn't know about the "Who am I ?" soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII and oh my god... it's so dark !

Your video came out on my birthday.

#57 peeled my wig back lol