History Fridge / ChickenRun

* Mrs. Tweedy's skepticism about the chickens being organized is further compounded by the fact that she almost never personally works with the chickens herself. Mr. Tweedy is the one who runs all the guard-patrol. She's never seen any of their escape attempts, so she isn't aware of them using any complex tricks or plans. Mr. Tweedy meanwhile has seen all these hi-jinx himself so he's only too aware of it.
** It may even be ''why'' she doesn't believe him: she just thinks he's losing his mind from hanging around chickens all day for too long.

* It's pretty bad financial sense to slaughter ALL of your stock in one big go. However, it may be an InUniverse example as Mrs. Tweedy just wanted to KillEmAll and not be a chicken farmer anymore.

** Or, as is my guess, Edwina was [[NightmareRetardant really stupid]]. Lets face it, most of these Chickens aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in a pack of light bulbs. These Chickens spend all of their time thinking of escaping, and Egg laying seems to be a secondary thing to them, especially Ginger. Many of them, even the smarter ones, also seem to lack common sense. Edwina could have easily forgotten to ask out of her devotion to the escape, not because she was suicidal or trying to be inspirational... - DingoWalley

* Mrs. Tweedy has every reason to be skeptical when her husband tells her that the chickens are organized. Or, rather, she would, if it weren't for the fact that the chickens are clearly wearing articles of clothing, some of which were probably knitted by Babs. So if the chickens are obviously smart enough to know what clothing is, and smart enough to make it, too, why would it be illogical to conclude they're organized?

** It may even be''why'' she doesn't believe him: she just thinks he's losing his mind from hanging around chickens all day for too long.

** This Troper remembers the plane making a pretty drastic turn before that scene.

** Later, we get treated to a scene inside of the Tweedys' house, where the bones of a roasted chicken sit on the dinner table, picked clean. It's just subtle enough to be chilling.

** If this is true, then it [[RealitySubtext ties back into]] the "chicken farm as a [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust concentration camp" idea]]: plenty of prisoners in those camps during the Holocaust were well aware that they weren't getting out and were so miserable from the literally endless work and horrible living conditions that they willingly accepted their destined murders as their only possibility of escape.

** Later, we get treated to a scene inside of the Tweedys' house. There, we get to see a roasted chicken which has been picked clean. Make of that what you will...

* Mrs. Tweety's skepticism about the chickens being organized is further compounded by the fact that she almost never personally works with the chickens herself. Mr. Tweety is the one who runs all the guard-patrol. She's never seen any of their escape attempts, so she isn't aware of them using any complex tricks or plans. Mr. Tweety meanwhile has seen all these hi-jinx himself so he's only too aware of it.

** Many of the chicks are blue eyed while Ginger and Rocky ahve green and brown eyes respectively. Some other combination had to have happened.

* Let's talk directionality here. In the movie's climax, [[spoiler:Mrs. Tweedy falls through the hole in the shed's front, landing in her own pie machine.]] However, the plane took off in the ''opposite direction'' of the house and shed, and there was no indication that Fowler turned around while in the air. RuleOfCool is likely in effect here, but still, kinda weird how [[spoiler:Mrs. Tweedy fell into a house]] that was in the complete opposite direction of their flight path.

** Fowler had quite a few other chickens dancing with him in the earlier scene.

* The main page doesn't omit the fact that Tweedy's Farm is a CrapsackWorld. Real chickens in factory farming have it much, much worse. At least these chickens can go outside.

** Either that, or she became essentially a martyr. Seeing an usually productive hen such as Bunty lay less eggs than usual could have been taken as a sign that she wouldn't have been worth keeping within some weeks.And that could be said of any other chicken.Edwina simply preferred to accept her fate rather than risk having someone else be unjustly killed because of her.

* In the scene in ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' where it's discovered Edwina hasn't laid any eggs, Ginger whispers to Bunty, "Why didn't you give her some of yours?" Bunty replies, "I would have, but she didn't tell me. She didn't tell anybody." Since going a week without laying eggs lands a chicken on the chopping block at the Tweedy's farm, which has already been established as a pretty rotten place to be, Edwina effectively committed [[DrivenToSuicide suicide.]]
** Either that, or she became essentially a martyr.Seeing an usually productive hen such as Bunty lay less eggs than usual could have been taken as a sign that she wouldn't have been worth keeping within some weeks.And that could be said of any other chicken.Edwina simply preferred to accept her fate rather than risk having someone else be unjustly killed because of her.

** Either that, or she became essentially a martyr.Seeing an usually productive hen such as Bunty lay less eggs than usual could have been taken as a sign that she wouldn't have been worth keeping within some weeks.And that could be said of any other chicken.Edwina simply preferred to accept her fate rather than risk having someone else be unjustly killed because of her.

* In the scene in ''ChickenRun'' where it's discovered Edwina hasn't laid any eggs, Ginger whispers to Bunty, "Why didn't you give her some of yours?" Bunty replies, "I would have, but she didn't tell me. She didn't tell anybody." Since going a week without laying eggs lands a chicken on the chopping block at the Tweedy's farm, which has already been established as a pretty rotten place to be, Edwina effectively committed [[DrivenToSuicide suicide.]]