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{{Quotation|[[ | {{Quotation|[[Paradox]]|Think I'll take a walk through the museum.}}The Paradox Museum is a pop-up gallery showcasing everything the Paradox Organisation steals. | ||
}}The Paradox Museum is a pop-up gallery showcasing everything the Paradox Organisation steals. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Paradox Organisation|The Paradox Organisation]] steals priceless artifacts to be showcased at the Paradox Museum, with the intention of showing that anything can be stolen by Paradox.<ref name=":0">{{HeroIcon|Paradox}}'s background: ''"What does Paradox do with the countless artifacts, state secrets, and celebrity paternity tests that they have stolen? Put it on display at pop-up museums, so that they can show the world that no one is out of Paradox’s reach."''</ref> Once a sufficient number of artifacts are gathered, the museum is open to the public for a short amount of time.<ref>[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Paradox & Wraith Conversation 3]] - {{HeroIcon|Paradox}}: ''"We're securing a few more items of interest, but hopefully the gallery will be opened shortly."''</ref> | [[Paradox Organisation|The Paradox Organisation]] steals priceless artifacts to be showcased at the Paradox Museum, with the intention of showing that anything can be stolen by Paradox.<ref name=":0">{{HeroIcon|Paradox}}'s background: ''"What does Paradox do with the countless artifacts, state secrets, and celebrity paternity tests that they have stolen? Put it on display at pop-up museums, so that they can show the world that no one is out of Paradox’s reach."''</ref> Once a sufficient number of artifacts are gathered, the museum is open to the public for a short amount of time.<ref>[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Paradox & Wraith Conversation 3]] - {{HeroIcon|Paradox}}: ''"We're securing a few more items of interest, but hopefully the gallery will be opened shortly."''</ref> | ||
The Paradox Museum isn't exclusively for art: it's also used to showcase stolen state secrets, celebrity paternity tests | The Paradox Museum isn't exclusively for art: it's also used to showcase stolen state secrets, celebrity paternity tests<ref name=":0" />, and forms of blackmail on renowned individuals.<ref name=":1">[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Paradox & Wraith Conversation 3]] - {{HeroIcon|Paradox}}: ''"Blackmail on Fairfax, the Ghent Altarpiece, the Tome of Anubis..."''</ref> | ||
As a pop-up gallery, the Paradox Museum has no set location | As a pop-up gallery, the Paradox Museum has no set location<ref name=":0" />. Where Paradox stores their artifacts while the Museum is closed is unknown. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Characters that have visited the Paradox Museum include but aren't limited to{{PageRef|name=Calico}} | * Characters that have visited the Paradox Museum include but aren't limited to{{PageRef|name=Calico}}<ref name=":2">{{HeroIcon|Calico}}'s in-game [[Calico/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|voice line]]: ''"Love your museums, by the way."''</ref>, {{PageRef|name=Dynamo}}<ref name=":3">[[Dynamo/Quotes#Conversations|Dynamo & Paradox Conversation 2]] - {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}}'': "I took Marla to the last pop-up. Truly... wonderful things to behold."''</ref> and {{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}<ref>[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Lady Geist & Paradox Conversation 2]] - {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}: ''"You know, I've been to the Paradox museum last summer."''</ref>. {{PageRef|name=Vyper}} has also visited the museum, but was kicked out.<ref>{{HeroIcon|Vyper}}'s in-game [[Vyper/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|voice line]]: ''"Okay, maybe next time, you guys shouldn't kick me out of the Paradox Museum!"''</ref> | ||
* The items that are known to be showcased at the Paradox Museum include [[wikipedia:Ghent_Altarpiece|The Ghent Altarpiece]] | * The items that are known to be showcased at the Paradox Museum include [[wikipedia:Ghent_Altarpiece|The Ghent Altarpiece]]<ref name=":1" />, a [https://www.museoomero.it/en/opere/bust-of-homer/ hellenistic Bust of Homer]<ref>[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Lady Geist & Paradox Conversation 2]] - {{HeroIcon|Paradox}}: ''"It had a hellenistic bust of Homer!"''</ref>, one of [[Minor characters#Johann Geist|Johann Geist's]] paintings<ref>{{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}'s in-game [[Lady Geist/Quotes#Enemy|voice line]]: ''"First my husband, now me. When will Paradox stay out of my life?"''</ref><ref>[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Lady Geist & Paradox Conversation 1]] - {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}: ''"I heard a rumor that you had one of my husband's paintings."''</ref>, the Tome of Anubis<ref name=":1" /> (which{{PageRef|name=Raven}} allegedly also has<ref>{{HeroIcon|Raven}}'s select [[Raven/Quotes#Select|voice line]]: ''"I have the Canopic Jar, I have the Tome of Anubis. All I need to do now is summon the Patron."''</ref>), and some kind of "blackmail on Fairfax"<ref name=":1" />. | ||
* {{HeroIcon|Calico}} and {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}} both show adoration for the Paradox Museum | * {{HeroIcon|Calico}} and {{HeroIcon|Dynamo}} both show adoration for the Paradox Museum<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />. {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}, on the other hand, describes it as "a multi-million exhibition with the emotional depth of a 10th grader writing "I will rage against conformity" in a poetry unit of Remedial English."<ref>[[Paradox/Quotes#Conversations|Lady Geist & Paradox Conversation 2]] - {{HeroIcon|Lady Geist}}: ''"It was a multi-million exhibition with the emotional depth of a 10th grader writing "I will rage against conformity" in a poetry unit of Remedial English."''</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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