History Trivia / GuiltyGear

** Testament is an androgynous character who evokes nightmarish, occult imagery. In ''Strive'', they are voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi, who is not only no stranger to playing both female and male roles, but is known for her ''very'' nightmarish artwork. A more straightforward example occurs in the English dub as their English VA, Kayleigh [=McKee=], is [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transgender]].

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The agender Testament is portrayed in English by the transfeminine voice actress Kayleigh [=McKee=].

* BadExportForYou: The PAL [=PS3=] and [=PS4=] releases of ''Xrd -SIGN-'' were not only released months after the NTSC and Japanese versions, but were also only released digitally and did not get any patches or support post-release, meaning the DLC characters cannot be used and the online was locked into playing with other PAL players.
** This has since been recetified, and ''-SIGN-'s'' PAL digital has since gotten all of its DLC so far and its updates on par with the US and JP/Asia versions. Even though ''Revelator/Rev 2'' was already out by then in the PAL region.

* WordOfGay

* NoPortForYou: Every major installment has had at least one iteration come to Steam (and oftentimes, more than that.) The sole exception is ''Guilty Gear X'', which became especially egregious as of 2019 as Creator/ArcSystemWorks released the 1998 original on Steam and PS4.

* ColbertBump: One of the songs, ''Big Blast Sonic'' got a jump in popularity due to ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' using it in the Blacksmithing scene, as well as ''Coming Home'' being used as the aforementioned series' Season 1 finale theme.

** Bridget was originally voiced by Creator/HirokoKonishi. After she abandoned voice acting, Yukiko Kato took over the role in ''Accent Core''.

** [[http://gear-project.tumblr.com/tagged/GG+Prototype The prototype version]] of ''[=GG1=]'', while not wholly different from the final product, did have more than a few noticeable differences in character designs (most notably: May and Potemkin using large axes instead of using an anchor and bare melee attacks respectively, Millia being a KnifeNut, and Sol demonstrating CutlassBetweenTheTeeth) and in-game visuals, using pre-rendered 3D models instead of 2D sprites.

* QuoteSource:
** InsufferableGenius
** WouldHurtAChild

* FanNickname:
** [[FoodFight Bacon]] for Baiken, after a common mispronunciation of her name.
** ROFL-copter, for Robo-Ky, because of his Dust attack where he laughs while riding an exercise bicycle with, you guessed it, a helicopter rotor coming out of his head.
** Dr. Baldhead to "Dr. Baghead."
** [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Potemkin, Potemkin Elric, Alphonse Potemkin, or Potemkin the Chopper]] due to his ''Xrd'' redesign bearing more than a passing resemblance to Alphonse Elric and Barry the Chopper.
*** Alternatively, [[VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} Panzerfaust]], since he bears a striking resemblance to the ''Skullgirls'' character of the same name.
** Due this [[http://i.imgur.com/2uyLWls.jpg?1 image of the new character]] Leo, having long blond hair and a shocked expression, he was inmediately compared with [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Speedwagon]]
** Sol's Dragon Install in Xrd quickly became known as Metal Install by fans for [[MetalScream obvious reasons]].
** Anji Mito is known as "Locomía" or "Locomía reject" by Spanish and/or Latin-American fans. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyWA1GcDz9s This Locomia video]] clearly shows why.
** The redesign for Elphelt in ''-REVELATOR-'' quickly became known as [[DarkerAndEdgier Edgephelt]].
*** Due to people sometimes having problems spelling her name right, Elphelt is sometimes simply called "Elephant".
** Due to their similarities in personality and appearance, Leo is sometimes referred to as "Anime [[LetsPlay/YoVideogames Maximilian]]".
*** And now, when Answer is revealed, some fans refer to him as "Ninja Maximilian".
** Ramlethal's redesign in ''-STRIVE-'' is steadily gaining several of these, such as "Admiral[=/=]Commander[=/=]General Chocolate" and "[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII R. Valentine]]".
** Air Sol or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Plane Sol Plane]] for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elPgyWIRMH4 this cool-assed combo]], and others like it, because Sol carries the opponent in the air like a plane.
** "Darius Rose" for Nagoriyuki, originally springing forth from a [=4chan=] leak which caused speculation that "Darius Rose" was his official name. Although the leak ended up being false, the name was just [[AwesomeMcCoolname so damn cool]] that it stuck.
** Before their official names were revealed, fans gave certain character themes from ''-STRIVE-'' different names based on the lyrics heard. "Armor-Clad Faith", Potemkin's theme, was "Society", "Play the Hero", Chipp's theme, was "Fight Like a Tiger", "Alone Infection", Faust's theme, was "COLORS", and "Trigger", Giovanna's theme, was "Eye-to-Eye".
** The top level of ''Strive's'' Ranked Mode is officially called Celestia. Fans just call it Heaven (partially since it goes well with the preceeding floor being called ''[[Music/LedZeppelinIV Stairway To Heaven]]''). It is sometimes alternatively referred to as [[Manga/HunterXHunter Heaven's Arena]] due to the ranking tower system serving a similar function.
** Due to how abusable Mr. Dolphin is in ''Strive'', and how May players tend to spam them a lot, fights with May players are sometimes referred to as trips to Seaworld.
** Due to Happy Chaos's penchant for drama, some have taken to calling him "Twitterman", "Redditman", "[=FGCman=]", and other variations involving social media platforms.
** After the consensus agreed that he was the worst character in the game, some have derisively referred to ''Strive'' Faust as Laust.
** Silverback Stance for Leo's Brynhildr stance, since he's a Gorilla[=/=]Unga Bunga (and a match with him in it was the originator of the term), and he has gray metal on his back.
** Thanks to [[LetsPlay/TheOnlineWarrior Maximilian Dood]], "Gold Dick Lewison" has been gaining steam as a nickname for Goldlewis Dickinson, furthering his memetic status.
** "Bestament" for Testament, specifically their +R incarnation, due to being the undisputed best character in that game.

* VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub: Testament in ''-STRIVE-'' has a CrossdressingVoice in the Japanese version, but way more masculine voice in the English version.

** Testament originally was voiced by Takami Akkun. His voice actor from ''X'' onward is Akira Kobayashi, who uses aliases every single game. So far there's been Konishi Kobayashi and Kobayashi Katsuragi.

** Testament is an androgynous character who evokes nightmarish, occult imagery. In ''Strive'', they are voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi, who is not only no stranger to playing both female and male roles, but is known for her ''very'' nightmarish artwork.

** Testament is an androgynous character who evokes nightmarish, occult imagery. In ''Strive'', they are voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi, who is not only no stranger to doing CrossdressingVoices, but is known for her ''very'' nightmarish artwork.

** With Testament's redesign in ''-STRIVE-'', Daisuke confirmed that while they used to be male, the process that turned Testament into a Gear changed them into a being that transcends the traditional concepts of gender, and they officially identify as non-binary.

* NoDubForYou: Because the wait between the Arcade and Console version of the game was much shorter than ''-SIGN-'' in order to meet the deadline for Evolution 2016, ''-REVELATOR-'' did not get an English dub.

* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to a combination between, among other things, ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterz'' bringing new fans to the company, great marketing, and some other fighters being a bit on the disappointing side, ''Strive'' is the best selling ''Guilty Gear'' to date, selling six times more in its first few months than ''Xrd'' did in it's lifetime.

* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to a combination between, among other things, ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterz'' bringing new fans to the company, great marketing, and some other fighters being a bit on the disappointing side, ''Strive'' is the best selling ''Guilty Gear'' to date, selling six times more in it's first few months than ''Xrd'' did in it's lifetime.

** in ''Strive'', Jack-O' Valentine is voiced by Nicole Tompkins (Jill Valentine) from Resident Evil 3: Remake.

** A relatively minor one, but Ky was originally supposed to have been much older in ''Overture'' as evidenced by [[https://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-27/gg2o-ky-kiske-concept.html concept art]] of him with a [[Main/BadassMustache moustache]].

* AuthorExistenceFailure: The series has two examples.
** Creator/KanetoShiozawa, the original voice actor for Zato-1, died from injuries sustained in a tragic accident. Creator/TakehitoKoyasu would succeed him for that role.
** Creator/IemasaKayumi, Slayer's voice actor, died on September 30, 2014. He had however finished the recording for ''Xrd'', and future appearances are now handled by Creator/TakayaHashi.