History Fridge / Felidae

** Francis is probably a domestic short or mediumhair at least, while Bluebeard is likely a domestic mediumhair. Kong is probably a longhair, and perhaps also part bulldog. Felicity is a longhair Russian Blue. Hermann and Hermann have misaligned eyes, and crossed eyes is a trait many Siamese cats have. The Hermanns have yellow eyes, not blue, though it is stated in the book that they are Oriental cats.

** Especially considering that cats actually can't see much better in the dark than humans can. They are also nearsighted, and it's mostly their whiskers (on the face, above the eyes and on the front legs) that do the work so they don't bump into things and so they don't go into spaces that are too small. Whiskers also help with hunting.

** This actually leads to a bit of Fridge Logic though. If he killed 400 cats and is so easily killed by a claw attack to the chest by Francis, why the hell is he still alive in the first place? Are we supposed to believe that among these hundreds of victims, not even one ever bothered to fight back? Sure, he had the element of surprise on his side most of the time, but he also talked to some of them before attacking them, and he also kills some of them in rather messy ways that don't exactly look quick. Are we supposed to believe that Solitaire just sat back and did nothing while Pascal ripped her open and cut Kong's the kittens out of her belly?

** Francis is probably a domestic shorthair at least, while Bluebeard is likely a domestic mediumhair. Kong is probably a longhair, and perhaps also part bulldog.

* [[spoiler:Imagine the horror the owners of Felicity must have felt when they walked in to discover their beloved pet cat to be brutally decapitated?]] Worse, since many owners feel like pets are their children.
** [[spoiler:You see their reactions when you read that scene in the book. He's sitting in a chair, crying.]]

* [[spoiler:Why did Pascal's guts come out so easily when Francis scratched him? You would only expect a few scratches. However, Pascal was repeatedly and cruelly experimented on. That also means repeated dissections and tuning up. That means Pascal's belly was especially vulnerable to injury, or ''come apart''.]]

* [[spoiler:Imagine the horror the owners of Felicity must have felt when they walked in to discover their beloved pet cat to be brutally decapitated?]]

** [[spoiler:You see their reactions when you read that scene in the book.]]

** [[spoiler:This also explains Bluebeard's earlier comment on Pascal losing his "sexual parts".]]

* Shouldn't Francis have found it somewhat suspicious that Pascal already knew about [[spoiler:Felicity's murder]] so soon after it happened? You can chalk up his initial reaction to being horrified by the news, but even later on he doesn't question how Pascal learned of it.

* [[spoiler:Why did Pascal's guts come out so easily when Frances scratched him? You would only expect a few scratches. However, Pascal was repeatedly and cruelly experimented on. That also means repeated dissections and tuning up. That means Pascal's belly was quite vulnerable to injury, or ''come apart''.]]

* For a story wherein genetics and selective breeding play a big part, the art style of the film makes it hard to pinpoint the breeds of the characters (though in fairness, telling a cat's breed by sight alone in real life can be tricky in many cases, as they don't show as much structural variation as dogs), and the design of some characters directly contradicts the breeds given in the books.

* Comes up between books 1 and 2. The one that hits the hardest is the Company of the Merciful vs. Jesaja. Both the Company and Jesaja live underground. The Company have gone blind from living in the darkness, but Jesaja has not. While Jesaja seems healthy enough with no sun, the Company have to sunbathe briefly every day to avoid getting rickets. It's never specified just how long Jesaja stayed underground, but the whole situation feels rather fishy.