History Trivia / Helloween

* BetterExportForYou:
** The 1989 Japanese edition of ''Walls of Jericho'' includes "Don't Run for Cover".
** The Japanese release of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' includes "Shit and Lobster".
** The Japanese release of ''Master of the Rings'' includes "Can't Fight Your Desire" and "Grapowski's [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Malmsuite]] 1001 (in D-Doll)".
** The Japanese release of ''The Time Of The Oath'' includes "Still I Don't Know" and "Take It To The Limit".
** The Japanese release of ''[[CoverAlbum Metal Jukebox]]'' comes with [[Music/DeepPurple "Rat Bat Blue"]].
** The Japanese release of ''The Dark Ride'' includes "The Madness Of The Crowds".
** The Japanese release of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' comes with [[Music/{{Accept}} "Fast As A Shark"]].
** The Japanese release of ''Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy'' comes with "Revolution".
** The Japanese release of ''Gambling With The Devil'' comes with "We Unite".
** The Japanese release of ''7 Sinners'' comes with "Faster We Fall" and a code for downloading "Aiming High".
** The Japanese release of ''Straight Out of Hell'' comes with "No Eternity" and a Hammond version of "Burning Sun" dedicated to [[Music/DeepPurple Jon Lord]].
** The Japanese release of ''My God-Given Right'' comes with "I Wish I Were There", "Wicked Game" and "Free World".

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: It's been said that [[Music/GammaRay Ralf]] [[Music/PrimalFear Scheepers]] was offered by Kai, Markus and Weiki the singer position before Kiske's arrival. This was denied by both Weiki and Ralf himself.

* ThePeteBest: The band was formed in 1978 by Kai Hansen and Piet Sielck, who left afterwards. Nowadays Piet is known as the leading force behind Music/IronSavior. As for Kai? He took part on the most celebrated era of the band, left citing CreativeDifferences, and went on to form Music/GammaRay. It took nearly 25 years before he returned to the band.

** Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch wanted to continue in a DarkerAndEdgier direction after ''The Dark Ride'', and were promptly shown the door. They went on to form Masterplan after being fired from their former band.

* FanNickname: "Michi" for Michael Kiske, and "Weiki" for Michael Weikath.

* RealTimeTimeskip: "Who is Mr. Madman?", from 2010's ''7 Sinners'', acts as a sequel song to "Perfect Gentleman", from 1995's ''Master of the Rings'', acknowledging that "15 years have passed".

** [[Music/{{Metalium}} Mark Cross]] was going to drum in ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' after the departure of Uli Kusch, until he became ill and was relaced by Stefan Schwarzmann (on tour) and Mikkey Dee (on studio) for the album. The only leftover from his participation is heard in the tracks "Don't Stop Being Crazy" and "Listen to the Flies".

* CanonDiscontinuity: The band itself is not exactly ''[[CreatorBacklash proud]]'' of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and ''Chameleon'':

** However, "Kids of the Century", a song from ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'', does appear on the ''United Alive in Madrid'' album released in 2019.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: After a very bad string of mishappenings which included him getting kicked out of the band, a divorce and the death of his father, Ingo Schwichtenberg committed suicide. The band dedicated the album ''The Time of the Oath'', and Michael Kiske wrote the song "[[GriefSong Always]]", (in his solo album ''Instant Clarity'') both to his memory.

** '''''Rabbit Don't Come Easy:''''' "Do You Feel Good?", "Back Against The Wall" and "Nothing To Say" were leftovers from the sessions for ''The Dark Ride''. "Never Be A Star" was a leftover from the sessions for ''Master Of The Rings''.

** '''{{B Side}}s:'''
*** "Les Hamburgueois Walkways", released as a bonus track for several editions of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and as part of the "Number One" single, belongs to the ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'' era. Weiki wanted the song, but Hansen refused.

*** The BSide "Les Hamburgueois Walkways" belongs to the ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1'' era. Weiki wanted the song, but Hansen refused.

*** "Heavy Metal Hamsters", was going to be left of ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' and be demoted to BSide. In the inverse of this case, "I Don't Care, You Don't Care" was cut from ''Pink Bubbles...'' because of the way Kiske sung it. The song “City Cries” was also recorded during the production of the album, but was never mixed nor released on any album.
*** "Number One", from ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape'' pre-dates Helloween, as it was a song from Weiki's old band, Powerfool.
*** "Windmill", from ''Chameleon'', was also going to be included in ''Pink Bubbles Go Ape''.
*** Weiki also composed "If I Knew", from ''The Time Of The Oath'', near the ''Chameleon'' era, for a solo album which never materialized, in a time where he was seriously doubting about the future of his band. The same goes for "Do You Know What You're Fighting For?", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy''.
*** Roland Grapow wrote "Hidden Answer" for ''Better Than Raw'', but it was passed over and ended up on his solo album Kaleidoscope.

*** ''Music/{{Masterplan}}''[='=]s "Into The Light" was originally written for ''The Dark Ride''. Roland and Uli were able to use it when they were sacked from Helloween.
*** Several songs of ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' are leftovers: "Do You Feel Good?", "Back Against The Wall" and "Nothing To Say" were leftovers from the sessions for ''The Dark Ride''; and "Never Be A Star" was a leftover from the sessions for ''Master Of The Rings''.

** The band wanted to re-record "Windmill", from ''Chameleon'', with Andi's voice, for the ''Treasure Chest'' compilation, but by the time the album was supposed to go into production, the master-tapes were lost, and the band was in no shape to record a song together. They also wanted to add "Oernst Of Life" from the ''Death Metal'' compilation to the tracklist, but the master-tapes had been deleted.
** [[Music/{{Metalium}} Mark Cross]] was going to drum in ''Rabbit Don't Come Easy'' after the departure of Uli Kusch, until he became ill and was relaced by Stefan Schwarzmann (on tour) and Mikkey Dee (on studio) for the album.

** [[Music/{{Evanescence}} Amy Lee]], [[Music/WithinTemptation Sharon Del Adel]] and Helena Iren Michaelsen, from Angel, were considered for the female spot on "Light The Universe", from ''Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 3: The Legacy'', before Candice Night took the place. There was also a consideration of Michael Kiske taking this place and the song being a duo between Michi and Andi.