History Fridge / Jaws

* Fridge Horror in regards to the ride: You're a skipper of the tour. In-Universe, you've done tons of tours and all of a sudden, you encounter a shark for the first time. You're informed by your base to use the grenade launcher, which you thought was a non-functional prop. That's right, none of the skippers in over 35 years of there not being another shark attack were ever trained on how to use the grenade launcher as a part of their job in case such an emergency arose.

* Until the sequels disprove it, and if you discount the sequels, Amity just lost its tourism in one summer. The mayor knows that it's his fault; while Chrissie's death was an accident and no one could have saved her, Alex and the boaters' were preventable. He and the businesses kept trying to deny there was a shark to save their livelihood; shutting down the beaches proactively would have only caused a recession in the short term. Now he has to deal with everyone knowing he put them all in danger.

* Fridge Horror in regards to the ride: You're a skipper of the tour. In-Universe, you've done tons of tours and all of a sudden, you encounter a shark for the first time. You're informed by your base to use the grenade launcher, which you thought was a non-functional prop. That's right, none of the skippers in over 35 years of there not being another shark attack were ever trained on how to use the grenade launcher as a part of their job in case such an emergency arose.
!!Fridge Logic
Why did Brody and Hooper decide to hunt the shark using only Quint’s boat? All they know is that Quint is a shady shark hunter that they have no reason to trust (which gets proven when he destroys the radio). So why didn’t they use both the ORCA and Hooper’s boat to hunt the Shark? We know neither Brody or Hooper wanted the reward, surely they would be better equipped to go after the shark by having two boats. It would not only have greatly increased the chances of finding and killing the shark but it also would mean Hooper and Brody could get away if something happened to the ORCA or Quint could no longer be trusted.

Why did Brody and Hooper decide to hunt the shark using only Quint’s boat? All they know is that he is just a shady shark hunter that they can’t trust (which gets proven when he destroys the radio). So why didn’t they use both the ORCA and Hoopers boat as well? We know neither Brody or Hooper want the reward, they would be better equipped by having the two boats. It would not only have increased the chances of finding and killing the shark but it also would mean Hooper and Brody could get away if something happened to the ORCA or Quint could no longer be trusted.

* Fridge Horror in regards to the ride: You're a skipper of the tour. In-Universe, you've done tons of tours and all of a sudden, you encounter a shark for the first time. You're informed by your base to use the grenade launcher, which you thought was a non-functional prop. That's right, none of the skippers in over 35 years of there not being another shark attack were ever trained on how to use the grenade launcher as a part of their job in case such an emergency arose.

* When Pippet the dog does not come back before the shark kills Alex. It is highly likely that the dog was eaten be the shark.
** There's no "highly likely" - that's exactly what's happened. That's the whole point of showing that shot of the dog's stick just floating there. It's weird that some people consider that to be ambiguous.

* Fridge Horror in regards to the ride: You're a skipper of the tour. In-Universe, you've done tons of tours and all of a sudden, you encounter a shark for the first time. You're informed by your base to use the grenade launcher, which you thought was a non-functional prop. That's right, none of the skippers were trained on how to use the grenade launcher as a part of their job in case such an emergency arose.

* Until the sequels disprove it, and if you discount the sequels, Amity just lost its tourism in one summer. The mayor knows that it's his fault; while Chrissie's death was an accident and no one could have saved her, Alex and the boaters' were preventable. He and the businesses kept trying to deny there was a shark to save their livelihood; shutting down the beaches proactively would have only caused a recession in the short term. Now he has to deal with everyone knowing he put them all in danger.

* The scene where Hooper dives into the water seems not-so-scary until the reveal of Ben Gardner's head, since he knew that the shark was not in the area due to his boat's radar. Until you realize that Brody doesn't know how to operate any of the gear and couldn't warn him if the shark ''did'' start to return.

* FridgeBrilliance: Sean mimics his father. In Jaws The Revenge, Sean has become the chief of the Amity Police. He's ''still'' mimicking Martin.

* FridgeHorror:
** When Pippet the dog does not come back before the shark kills Alex. It is highly likely that the dog was eaten be the shark.
*** There's no "highly likely" - that's exactly what's happened. That's the whole point of showing that shot of the dog's stick just floating there. It's weird that some people consider that to be ambiguous.
** When the shark charges towards Brody in the final encounter, scraps of flesh are shown around its teeth. This may have been the last we have seen of poor Quint.
** In the beginning of the film, Michael Brody casually goes swimming with a ''fresh cut'' in shark infested waters. Obviously, nothing happens to him, but in hindsight...

* FridgeLogic: The scene after Hooper is shocked into dropping the huge shark tooth by the severed head in the hull of the boat consists of him and Brody confronting the mayor and demanding the beaches be closed. The mayor takes the absence of the tooth as the lack of evidence he needs to ignore their warnings - the two of them seem to forget they actually have ''stronger evidence'' in the form of the mutilated human remains aboard the wrecked boat! The reason for this gaping error is that the shot of the severed head was added by Spielberg at the last minute to wring "one more scream" out of the audience, but no script alterations were made to accommodate it.
** There is a misunderstanding here - the scene was *always* part of the film. Spielberg has said (and it's backed up by Carl Gottlieb in The Jaws Log) that following test screenings he remounted *just* the single shot of the head appearing, because he decided that the timing of the reveal of the head in the original shot wasn't sudden and scary enough and wasn't getting the extreme reaction he wanted from the test audiences. It wasn't a jump scare and he wanted to make it one (hence the "one more scream" quote). Literally just that one shot of the head appearing was all that was refilmed; all the other footage from that sequence is from principal photography. And Brody *does* refer to Ben Gardner's body when talking to the mayor - "You should have seen him!"

** The first shark victim wasn't enough evidence why should a busted up boat and a busted up body inside be proof of a shark to the mayor?
** The mayor still hoped the (dead) tiger shark was responsible.
** If you notice, there are worms in Gardner's eye socket, meaning he had been dead for awhile, even longer than Christie. Combine this with the fact that the Mayor had declared the shark dead, and that Hooper was saying a shark of an entirely different species was responsible for their deaths, and he would have needed the tooth.
*** Those aren't worms, they are tendrils that attached the eye to it's socket.
** Gardner couldn't have been dead longer than Christine: we see him during the massive shark hunt. He's the one who rambles: "Wait'll we get them silly bastards down in that rock pile. There'll be some fun. They'll wish their fathers had never met their mothers when they start takin' their bottoms out and slammin' into them rocks, boy."
* The scene where Hooper dives into the water seems not-so-scary until the reveal of Ben Gardner's head, since he knew that the shark was not in the area due to his boat's radar. Until you realize that Brody doesn't know how to operate any of the gear and couldn't warn him if the shark ''did'' start to return.

** There's no "highly likely" - that's exactly what's happened. That's the whole point of showing that shot of the dog's stick just floating there. It's weird that some people consider that to be ambiguous.

** When the shark charges towards Brody in the final encounter, scraps of flesh are shown around its teeth. This may have been the last we have seen of poor Quint.

* FridgeHorror: When you realize that Pippet the dog was probably eaten by the shark.
** That could be a foreshadowing that the shark was in the area.

* FridgeBrilliance: Sean mimics his father. In Jaws The Revenge, Sean has become the chief of the Amity Police. He's still mimicking Martin.

* The scene where Hooper dives into the water seems not-so-scary until the reveal of Ben Gardner's head, since he knew that the shark was not in the area due to his boat's radar. Until you realize that Brody doesn't know how to operate any of the gear and couldn't warn him if the shark did start to return.

** The mayor still hoped the (dead) tiger shark was responsible

** This troper took that as a foreshadowing that the shark was in the area.

* FridgeHorror: When you realize that Pippet the dog was probably eaten by the shark.

** Wait up there. The quote at the top of the main page infers the possibility of both evolution ''and'' {{God}}?
*** Not really FridgeLogic, depending on who you talk to...There are some people out there who are majoring in fields of science and very religious often stating things like, some people who are one of those don't deny that it is possible for evolution, that its probably one of "[[HandWave God's many mysterious we humans can't comprehend or understand]]" or something...I don't know....that and RuleOfCool obviously, the quote sounds pretty awesome the way it is, don't you try and deny it.
*** Not every Christian is a fundamentalist. Not even a majority, in most parts of Christianity in most parts of the world. Evolution is not mysterious, the basics can be taught at high school level.