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Split into a few spoiler boxes due to being too big. I found this on TVTropes. ^^
And now for the greatest piece of Fridge Brilliance:
Spoiler ShowThe χ-Blade. χ is the first letter of the Greek spelling of Christ, and the Keychain resembles the symbol of the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven—which are also represented by the Kingdom Key (silver-shafted key) and Kingdom Key-D (gold-shafted key) that open Kingdom Hearts. Basically, all the meaningless symbolism—and several things which didn't even look like it—have been transformed into half-obvious references to Catholicism.
It gets even better when you remember that Nomura was the creative producer of The World Ends with You, which also took a lot of inspiration from Catholic theology.
Spoiler ShowYou know how every main game has a fight with the reflection of the character at the Awakening taking form of the enemy introduced in said game?
Birth by Sleep notably doesn't do this until you learn that it DOES, only at the end of the game instead of the beginning. Vanitas is fought at Ventus's Awakening and is his literal reflection, making him the first Unversed.
Spoiler ShowDoesn't what Pete get banished for seem rather petty? Just trying to steal some prize? Look carefully at his stance, at what he was doing when he was trying to steal the prize.
He was about to assault a city official. Not just any official, but the QUEEN. He was going to attack Minnie just to get the Million Dreams Prize. Not only does it make more sense and fit more with what was said in past games, but it also fits his petty, selfish character.
And now for the greatest piece of Fridge Brilliance:
Spoiler ShowThe Very Definitely Final Dungeon of the first game, End of the World, had some parts of Snow White's, Cinderella's and Sleeping Beauty's worlds, that by now we know as Dwarf Woodlands, Castle of Dreams and Enchanted Dominion respectively.
These three worlds are all next to each other, and next to Mirage Arena, where the teleport that links the save point with the main room works pretty much like the so-called "prison of the worlds" in End of the World.
This may lead us to think that Mirage Arena, Dwarf Woodlands, Castle of Dreams and Enchanted Dominion actually are End of the World as it was in the beginning, since it's pretty much a chaotic mash-up of them.
Now stop for a moment to think about one of the closest worlds to this mash-up:
The fact that Radiant Garden was next to the then-future End of the World creates a striking parallel with the fact that Hollow Bastion was also next to it in the first game, making the left half of the BbS world map the past of the right half of the Kingdom Hearts world map...
while the other world next to the then-future End of the World, Land of Departure, is the world whose remains were used to create Castle Oblivion - the place Sora went to right after his visit to End of the World, thus happening between the first KH and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
WOW.