Topic: It's the little things...

[theANdROId]

Seeing a question and answer in the Trivia topic reminded me of some of the "little" details in Castlevania games -- though they're not really important, or maybe not even necessary for the plot of the game -- they just add to the greatness of the games!  Things like:

- The fact that the clock in SotN chimes 13 times
- The life of the bird that nests under the Outer Wall in SotN

There are tons to name I'm sure.  What are some of your favorite "little things"?

[crisis]

the confessional in symphony
the "warp room" in haunted castle
all the throwbacks/easter eggs from the classics that are in harmony
the changing weather patterns in symphony
the "load rooms" in all the metroidvanias (sans harmony & circle)
the paintings in lament
maxim's Stellar Sword in portrait
changing into cat form in ecclesia, then watching all the cat demons follow you around

just to name a few

[theANdROId]

I don't remember all of these...I'm gonna have to go back and check them out!

[beingthehero]

The pooping ghost in PoR

Seeing the details change between the two castles in HoD, like the bloody decapitated statue in Entrance B and the angel statues growing demonic wings and facing away from the cross they're carrying in Sky Walkway B.

Seeing the bust of Dracula at the top of the pile of junk in Hammer's shop in Dawn of Sorrow.

The realistic portrait of Mathias in the throne room in Dawn's Julius mode.

[crisis]

alucard falling asleep if u sit too long in a chair, and the fairy familiar getting mad when she falls off his shoulder when you suddenly get up
literally seeing soma's breath in dawn
"soul of christopher" in harmony
leon belmont sprite in portrait
walking with the lifeless corpses that lead up to legion in aria
dracula watching in the background in rondo
rubber ducky in the bathhouse in aria
succubus titties
jailed demons banging on their bars in the background in symphony
giant floor piano in dawn
astarte charming jonathan in portrait
jester falling in love with charlotte in portrait
zombie maid vacuuming jonathan's ass/charlotte's skirt
simon belmont boss rush in harmony
peeping eye in marble gallery in symphony
st germain outfit for aeon in judgment
guitar weapon in curse
yoko appropriately adjusting her skirt whenever she crouches in dawn
terror bear in dawn
different capes/shields in symphony
deleted 5th ending in symphony where maria turns into a monster & both she & richiter are killed

[zangetsu468]

That painting you could jump into in COD
The Telescope showing the ferryman/ fish/ nothing in SOTN
Running outside of the castle in SOTN
The reflections off the mirrors in DOS (which actually become useful later on)
The van in the forgotten city which when Soma jumps on, bounces causing snow to fall off
Familiars talking to Alucard in SOTN
Juste, Lydie and Maxime reminding me of Leon, Sara, Mathias/ Trevor, Sypha, Grant (HOD)
Sumperjumping under the master Librarian in SOTN
The second Tower with the Gold Skeleton on COD
Secret areas in LOI (elemental whips)
That massive mouth which only lets you inside when you backdash in AOS
The painting of Vlad Tepes in OOE/ ROB
The carvings of faces which can be read both ways just before the throneroom in SOTN (near where the sword of dawn is located)
The Lizardman you can not hit/kill in N64 titles (I always felt bad for him :/)
The fact that you emerge on the hands of the clocktower in LOD
Having to kill the legion in 5 parts to attain the Legion soul in AOS
Getting the black book and turning into a Demon with Juste (HOD)
Player Albus saying "Optical shot" where as AI Albus says "Vertical shot" in OOE
The black and white checkered floor in the Richter Belmont fight in POR
The invisible man in OOE... He reminds me of Q from Third Strike

[The Puritan]

-the lanterns that light up by themselves in SCV4's final stretch (seen again in SOTN and AOS)
-POR's Skeleton Bartender
-I forgot what time exactly, but Charlie Vincent actually going to sleep in CV64
-those spooky window shadows in HOD's Castle B, seen whenever the lightning strikes
-Alucard casting no reflection in DOS
-Charlotte's broomstick double jump
-Fake Sypha reviving Fake Trevor as a zombie
-Owl Knight mourning for his pet Owl if the latter is killed first
-Alucard's random gargoyle form when petrified
-Blade/Red Smasher's thrown sword, when defeated, actually hurting you on OOE's Hard Mode
-random 8-bit sprites for Simon and Trevor during POR's Greatest Five

[Anglachel]

-Seeing the castle crumble while the lone warrior stand from afar.
- the name of Belmont, which rings with honor, purity, and fits perfectly for the greatest clan of vampire hunters. 
- the lightning strikes in SOTN and HOD
- climbing the stairs to the throne room
- bloody zombie shriek
- bloody tear statue in Chronicles
- the vampire killer whip
- Maxim's laugh as he runs out the skeleton room.
- finding odd foods/potions like ice cream/cheese
- the axe armor that is smashed by Talos in Harmony of Dissonance.

[Shiroi Koumori]

the bloody painting with moving eyes in DoS
the konami man, bell and crown items hidden somewhere
persephone's actions when you use the vacuum on her
wall meat
norio wakamoto and all the other japanese voice actors

[K.K. Drunkinski]

The "Power of Sire" item in SotN creating a brief image of a medieval woodcut of Vlad Dracula when used.

The names of locations in Simon's Quest referencing real places and/or people connected to the Dracula mythos. "Vrad Cemetary," "Brams Mansion," etc.

The accurate birth and death dates for Dracula listed on the tombstone at the end of Simon's Quest.

The somewhat accurate depiction of demons from the Goetia, such as "Buer" appearing as a lion's head in a wheel formation in AoS.

The appearance of impaled corpses here and there decorating the Castle in various CV games, notably the N64 games, and the prevalence of traps intended to impale you in the last two stages of CV Adventure.

And this one, I have no way of confirming as to whether or not it was on purpose, but, the name "Simon" was the name of the protagonist who destroys Dracula in the 1970 Hammer Studios film "Scars of Dracula."

[X]

dracula watching in the background in rondo

IGA thought that this was Dracula too, but it was only a guesstimate on his part when asked the question. I took a good look at this in a blown up image of the original Rondo game. Turns out it's not Dracula at all but a broken piece of wooden scaffolding with a cloth piece attached to it.

[zangetsu468]

Simeon also supposedly helped Jesus carry the cross.. Biblical reference maybe?

[beingthehero]

persephone's actions when you use the vacuum on her
wall meat

Oh lawd, I've heard it called many things but this is a first 

Also,

- CVII's Dracula being modeled after Count Magnus Lee's first dramatic appearance in Vampire Hunter D
- Seeing Nosferatu frozen in ice in Castlevania Chronicles
- Richter slamming his hand on Simon's map of Castlevania in Rondo's opening
- Seeing areas from both CV1 and SCIV in Chronicles

[Morning star]

The likeness off the goddess on the stained glass window that blows out revealing the moon behind it in chronicles.

The "harpie" (that looks like lucifer) that enters the room before revealing itself as Dracula in haunted castle.

The symbolism throughout the entire game in LOI.

Death and how they never manage to screw him up no matter how bad the game is.

The way they just say "to go north" in Simons quest. Being afraid to mention the place by name was just great.

[crisis]

the bat familiar falling in love when alucard is in bat form, then a ?? appearing over its head when he transforms back
the fountain turning from water to blood in olrox's quarters
the demon that we never see but is crushed to death & its blood fills up the passageway in harmony
seeing the name "david cox" in the symphony of the night credits
the eclipse from 1999 and 2035 actually linking up with real life
bloody handprints following you across the wall in portrait
latin names for each attack/spell in ecclesia
alucard cracking his back when he comes to a sudden halt near a ledge
rusty sword only working 50% of the time in symphony
dracula falling in love with little witch in akumajo dracula arcade (reference to tokimeki memorial)
st germain being based off the real st germain myth
seeing the leftover worms crawl away from the cerberus chase in portrait
bigfoot in dawn
homonculus gasping for air & drowning after u cut off its circulation in dawn
all individual enemy deaths in symphony
discovering unused data for playable hammer in dawn
putting the symphony disc in a cd player & hearing alucard telling u "this is a playstation black disc"
learning that several dungeon members that will rename nameless cried after beating mirror of fate
chainsaw wielding demons in ecclesia
processing draculas rib
learning that dave cox always thought dracula was wearing a mask in the classics
succubus turning into yoko in dawn
gabrian belmont screaming ENOUGH TALK HAVE AT YOU
alternate character designs for alucard in santa lilio sangre
putting the judgment cd in a disc player & hearing the simon vs trevor rap battle
exploiting galamoth with richiter in symphony
olrox still trying to attack even when he's a skeleton
picard saying carmilla will cry bloody tears before this night is over
hellfire soul in dawn
having aria plugged in with dawn in the original ds creates a chibi mina doll appear in the shop
alucard casting no reflection in dawn
alucard remembering trevors 8-bit sprite in symphony
updated/balanced maria mode in DXC
dracula resembling bela lugosi in portrait
dracula finally walking around in ecclesia
random shop merchant locations in harmony
seeing a trapped mouse in the floorboards in the outer wall in symphony
skeletons turning into ghosts in haunted castle
shanoa lifting her hair to reveal her sexy tattoo on her back
DSS system based off of roman mythology in circle
quincy morris being belmont related
hammer is actually hairless julius & vice-versa
konami completely ignoring the 25th anniversary