Arcane: 25 Things You Missed

Which characters do you feel like they got portrayed perfectly?

We do NOT need season two "now." Developers, take your time and do another outstanding job!

I know nothing about the game but I loved this series. Best thing I've seen in ages.

"Is that Vander"? Yes, yes it is. The clues are too many to not be. Warwick's backstory of a good man putting down his blade to protect those he loves, being called "the hound of the underground" in the literal first episode, the sounds he makes as Hulk-Vander just after taking Shimmer to save Vi, as he smashes the blonde kid up against the doorframe, is taken directly from Warwick's panting sounds ingame.

I’ve never played LoL in my life however this show was a mindblowing blast. The portrayal of Jinx’s insanity, Vi’s guilt, Silco’s idealistic goals and many more, and the way it thrives off characters in such a unique and creative way, combined with one of the best animations that we have in existence resulted in this awestrucking piece of art. I have no idea how Riot manages this, they have this ability to speak outside their intended audience which in this case is their playerbase. You know when so many people like me who don’t really care about the game fall in love with it, you truly have achieved something special. Thanks for the video, I’d never manage to get these references by myself! Can’t wait to see season 2, though i hope they take their time with it.

One Easter egg that many people miss is that when Vi tells Caitlyn about the game Vi and Powder use to play as kids, we actually got to see a hint of that because of the drawings on the wall of Vi’s old house with depictions of the slug monster and razor spike crab.

I don't play LoL, but I've heard people say that the thing hanging in Singed's shop is Warwick the werewolfy guy, and that somehow Singed keeps Vander alive the same way he did his little dragon thingy, and somehow turns him into Warwick.

Not sure if this was picked up by everyone so may be too obvious for an easter egg or reference. But when Viktor was by the river as a boy playing with his boat, the girl who comes to watch is named 'Sky'. You can hear a friend call out to her to make her come back. Sky is also the name of Viktor's assistant who loves him and is tragically killed by the Hexcore. This lends even greater weight to the fact that when Sky dies Viktor lost his only other friend (other than Jayce) and will make his transformation even more important. Singed made a comment that he and Viktor could be 'loners together', the sad thing is is that Viktor never was a loner, we always had Sky, he just never knew it until it was too late.

Correction and additions: 1st: the river in the song on the 1st episode is not the river in the game but the River Pilt where the city of Piltover and Zaun located. The name of the city is literally "Pilt-over". 2nd: Cupcake is Clan Kiramman's favorite dessert that is why Caitlyn's trap is cupcakes. She is a Kiramman even in guns and food.

Wasn’t that also Ekko’s Owl mask next to the other masks in the shop too? I believe it’s shown in the scene where Ekko spies on Vander when 1st meeting the Enforcers.

One thing to note is that in ep 3, when Vi says something like Jinx, all your fault-it’s the same line of dialogue fiddlesticks screams at jinx because he repeats traumatic lines to cause more fear

I've re-watched this show twice and still missed a few of those. Never noticed Gragas' picture on the canisters. I caught some of the Temo pictures, apparently not all of them.

Man, I was so glad I gave this show a chance!! Kinda leaves you emotionally devastated lol

there is also a cute little card interaction between vi and miss fortune where fortune says "vi? I shoulda brought flowers" to which vi responds with "try cupcakes" soooo vi does have a thing for caitlynnnnn

This show definitely blew my expectations out of the water. I am very happy to add this to the list of good game adaptations.

In Siged's lab it makes sense for that silhouette to be Vander; he might be going through the transformation to become Warwick (another champion from the game). In-game there are numerous voicelines hinting at the fact that Warwick has memory of Vi and Jinx from a seemingly previous life. It also falls in line with the lore of Singed, who is conducting cruel and agonising experiments, but he always selects the subject to be either dying, mortally wounded, or otherwise living with a disability, which excludes them from society.

I initially thought that last shot with singed had warwick in it not vander because of the claws but i watched a video by WolfStyles that showed small hints that vander will be warwick. From the same grunting noises when he is on that chemical to his in game interactions with Vi and Jinx

The appearance of Ambessa Medarda from Noxus opens a ton full of possibilities and foreshadowing the future.

I didn't realize that arcane was so so good until I was hooked by the song and the pilot episode.

The look of terror on Vi's face when she sees Shimmer Vander and his realization are heartbreaking