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* KillerApp: It was a console exclusive for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 in 2007, and alongside ''VideoGame/Halo3'', ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'', and ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'', helped cement it as ''the'' FPS console for that generation.
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* KillerApp: It was a console exclusive for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Platform/Xbox360 in 2007, and alongside ''VideoGame/Halo3'', ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'', and ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'', helped cement it as ''the'' FPS console for that generation.
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** For the game's German release, [[https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Robotic_Little_Sisters robotic versions of the Little Sisters]] were created as a potential substitute in case the German censors objected to the option to harvest the Little Sisters, but this ended up being unnecessary. The Robotic Little Sisters would appear (as static props) in the ''Minerva's Den'' DLC for the sequel.
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* CastAsAMask: Atlas and Fontaine have different voice actors in order to avoid having the audience guess TheReveal that they're the same person ahead of time (though Karl Hanover isn't credited in this game due to not being part of the American Acting Guild at the time). Hanover would later return, now voicing both characters, in the sequels.
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* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: Atlas and Fontaine have different voice actors in order to avoid having the audience guess TheReveal that they're the same person ahead of time (though Karl Hanover isn't credited in this game due to not being part of the American Acting Guild at the time). Hanover would later return, now voicing both characters, in the sequels.
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** Creator/GregBaldwin noted that had he'd been asked to do so, he would've tried to give Atlas an Irish accent himself.
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* FakeNationality:
** The Belarusan-German Brigid Tenenbaum is voiced by Anne Bobby, who is American.
** Dr. Yi Suchong is from Korea, yet he's voiced by the Japanese American James Yaegashi.
* FakeRussian: Andrew Ryan, who is originally from Soviet Russia, is voiced by the American Creator/ArminShimerman.
** The Belarusan-German Brigid Tenenbaum is voiced by Anne Bobby, who is American.
** Dr. Yi Suchong is from Korea, yet he's voiced by the Japanese American James Yaegashi.
* FakeRussian: Andrew Ryan, who is originally from Soviet Russia, is voiced by the American Creator/ArminShimerman.
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* NamesTheSame: Frank Fontaine is also the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Fontaine an American comedian, singer, and actor.]] It's also almost identical to the name of a French man involved in [[https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/cergy-pontoise-hoax a 1979 UFO hoax]] named "Fran''c''k Fontaine", who pretended he had been kidnapped by an UFO for a week.
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** Another notable iteration of the character would have had an American south accent. Play testers didn't trust this however and the voice was changed to Irish, but this version of the character helped inspire Sinclair for the sequel.
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** Another notable iteration of the character would have had an American south accent. Play testers didn't trust this however and the voice was changed to Irish, but this version of the character helped inspire Sinclair for the sequel.
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with Karl Hanover in 2022
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* ActingForTwo: {{Inverted|Trope}} in the first game, before being {{Zigzagged|Trope}} in the sequel and ''Infinite''. [[spoiler:Atlas and Fontaine]] have different voice actors in ''[=BioShock=]'' in order to avoid having the audience guess TheReveal that [[spoiler:they're the same person]] ahead of time (though interestingly, [[spoiler:Atlas's]] voice actor isn't credited in this game). [[spoiler:Atlas's]] voice actor would later return, now voicing both characters, in the sequels.
* CreatorBacklash: Ken Levine, a developer for this game admitted on Twitter that he regrets making Frank Fontaine naked during his boss fight at the end.
* CreatorBacklash: Ken Levine, a developer for this game admitted on Twitter that he regrets making Frank Fontaine naked during his boss fight at the end.
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* ActingForTwo: {{Inverted|Trope}} ActingInTheDark: When going in to record Atlas, Karl Hanover was given no other lines other than his own, and had absolutely no idea what his character even looked like, so he had little knowledge as to what the first game, before being {{Zigzagged|Trope}} in game was actually about. He also did not know about the sequel true meaning of "Would You Kindly", believing it was just a VerbalTic of Atlas's.
* CastAsAMask: Atlas and''Infinite''. [[spoiler:Atlas and Fontaine]] Fontaine have different voice actors in ''[=BioShock=]'' in order to avoid having the audience guess TheReveal that [[spoiler:they're they're the same person]] person ahead of time (though interestingly, [[spoiler:Atlas's]] voice actor Karl Hanover isn't credited in this game). [[spoiler:Atlas's]] voice actor game due to not being part of the American Acting Guild at the time). Hanover would later return, now voicing both characters, in the sequels.
* CreatorBacklash: KenLevine, a developer for this game Levine admitted on Twitter that he regrets making Frank Fontaine naked during his boss fight at the end.end of the game.
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* ReclusiveArtist: Karl Hanover hasn't appeared in any other media aside from this game series, and his online presence is nonexistent. He did do an interview on a website called The Gaming Liberty in 2014, but the site has long since shut down, making it impossible to view it without the Wayback Machine.
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* ReclusiveArtist: Karl Hanover hasn't appeared in any other media aside from this game series, and his online presence is nonexistent. He did do an interview on a website called The Gaming Liberty in 2014, but the site has long since shut down, making it impossible to view it without the Wayback Machine. He would finally be interviewed once more in 2022, which can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlJB1gQQn6I here]].
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** Frank Fontaine's voice actor, Greg Baldwin, was originally asked to voice Atlas as well using a American southern accent. Playtesters immediately distrusted him, so the developers instead got Karl Hanover to voice him with an Irish accent instead.
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** Ken Levine envisioned Creator/MorganFreeman as the voice of both Atlas and Fontaine, but had to give up on the idea due to budgetary concerns.
** Frank Fontaine's voice actor,Greg Baldwin, Creator/GregBaldwin, was originally asked to voice Atlas as well using a an American southern accent. Playtesters immediately distrusted him, so the developers instead got Karl Hanover to voice him with an Irish accent instead. Hanover also apparently tried his hand in voicing Fontaine, but he was replaced with Baldwin in the final release to prevent players from making the connection between Fontaine and Atlas (though Hanover would officially voice Fontaine in the sequels).
** According to Hanover, Atlas was going to be ''Australian'' during early production on the game. After Hanover was signed on however, however, he and Ken Levine played around with the voice up until it became the stereotypical Irish accent viewers know him for today.
** Frank Fontaine's voice actor,
** According to Hanover, Atlas was going to be ''Australian'' during early production on the game. After Hanover was signed on however, however, he and Ken Levine played around with the voice up until it became the stereotypical Irish accent viewers know him for today.
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* ReferencedBy: Andrew Ryan's "I chose ''RAPTURE!''" speech is sampled for the ''VideoGame/{{RAVON}}'' song "Rapture".
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* InspirationForTheWork: Ken Levine cited ''Film/{{Syriana}}'', ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', ''Film/FightClub'' and ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' as influences for this game's tone and story. The character of Frank Fontaine in particular is heavily based on Usual Suspects' enigmatic Keyser Söze.
