History Fridge / OceansEleven

** Specifically, if you pay attention to Saul throughout the entire film you'll notice the first time he has one of these complications is ''after'' Rusty leaves after his talk. He started practicing ''right afterRusty gave him the ticket!''

* The Mormon jokes from the Malloy twins are remarkably accurate to true-life, making one suspect that there must have been some Mormons involved in the making of these films. In particular, when Turk is speaking with Saul at the beginning of Eleven, he tells Saul that he should "check out Provo. You could do very well for yourself there." This seems like simply making uncomfortable small talk, until you realize what Saul does to make his living--he's an expert con man! Utah is considered by many to be the testing ground for new scams because there are so many well-meaning people to take advantage of, so when Turk was telling Saul to go to Provo, he was being surprisingly astute.

* Before the heist begins in 13, Rusty shows up at Bank's office as a seismologist, sternly warning Bank about the potential danger of an earthquake, refusing to leave unless Bank creates an evacuation plan. While the visit is ostensibly to plant a camera in his office (disguised as a seismograph), it's more than possible that the group intended for the evacuation plan to be created as well, thus minimizing collateral damage as much as possible.

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* For Ocean's Twelve, the remaining parts of the crew (that haven't been arrested) need to fake a desperate Plan B, and decide to use the [[CelebrityParadox Celebrity Paradox]] plan of Tess Ocean having a strong resemblance to Julia Roberts to have her pretend to be Julia Roberts. What they don't seem to expect was [[OutsideContextProblem Bruce Willis]] being in town[[spoiler:...or did they? They knew Toulour was monitoring them, so they set themselves up to fail in their attempts to get the egg that they already stole, and fail spectacularly, as part of their con. It wouldn't be too hard to conjecture that they KNEW Bruce Willis was staying at the hotel they booked for "Julia", knowing he would probably recognize her.]]
* Many times through 12, they plainly have the characters tell you their plan, but you don't realize yet.[[spoiler:After the crew plan their times for the heist, Rusty states, "10:45, we all get arrested". Danny responds, "You bet." First time through, you would think it's just a dark joke, considering all the hurdles they had so far. Nope. That was the actual plan to sell the "failed" plan A.]]

* Many times through 12, they plainly have the characters tell you their plan, but you realize yet. After the crew plan their times for the heist, Rusty states, "10:45, we all get arrested". Danny responds, "You bet." First time through, you would think it's just a dark joke, considering all the hurdles they had so far. Nope. That was the actual plan to sell the "failed" plan A.

* For Ocean's Twelve, the remaining parts of the crew (that haven't been arrested) need to fake a desperate Plan B, and decide to use the [[CelebrityParadox Celebrity Paradox]] plan of Tess Ocean having a strong resemblance to Julia Roberts to have her pretend to be Julia Roberts. What they don't seem to expect was [[OutsideContextProblem Bruce Willis]] being in town[[spoiler:...or did they? They knew Toulour was monitoring them, so they set themselves up to fail in their attempts to get the egg that they already stole, and fail spectacularly, as part of their con. It wouldn't be too hard to conjecture that they KNEW Bruce Willis was staying at the hotel they booked for "Julia", knowing he would probably recognize her.]]

* For Ocean's Twelve, the remaining parts of the crew (that haven't been arrested) need to fake a desperate Plan B, and decide to use the [[CelebrityParadox]] plan of Tess Ocean having a strong resemblance to Julia Roberts to have her pretend to be Julia Roberts. What they don't seem to expect was [[OutsideContextProblem Bruce Willis]] being in town[[spoiler:...or did they? They knew Toulour was monitoring them, so they set themselves up to fail in their attempts to get the egg that they already stole, and fail spectacularly, as part of their con. It wouldn't be too hard to conjecture that they KNEW Bruce Willis was staying at the hotel they booked for "Julia", knowing he would probably recognize her.]]

* Saul repeatedly displays the signs that he's dealing with chest pain and other discomforts associated with heart attacks and strokes, which leaves viewers concerned that he might not be able to complete his task during the robbery, or that he might ''really'' be in distress when he keels over in the security room. But if you watch closely, he also speaks with his phony "Zerga" accent during a conversation ''with the other thieves'', when he has no need to deceive anyone. Saul was never ''really'' suffering from physical distress: he was '''practicing''' for how "Zerga" would need to expire on cue during the heist!

* The Mormon jokes from the Malloy twins are remarkably accurate to true-life, making one suspect that there must have been some Mormons involved in the making of these films. In particular, when Turk is speaking with Saul at the beginning of Eleven, he tells Saul that he should "check out Provo. You could do very well for yourself there." This seems like simply making uncomfortable small talk, until you realize what Saul does to make his living--he's an expert con man! Utah is considered by many to be the testing ground for new scams because there are so many well-meaning people to take advantage of, so when Turk was telling Saul to go to Provo, he was being surprisingly astute.

* The Mormon jokes from the Malloy twins are remarkably accurate to true-life, making one suspect that there must have been some Mormons involved in the making of these films. In particular, when Turk is speaking with Saul at the beginning of Eleven, he tells Saul that he should "check out Provo. You could do very well for yourself there." This seems like simply making uncomfortable small talk, until you realize what Saul does to make his living--he's an expert con man! Utah is considered by many to be the testing ground for new scams because there are so many well-meaning people to take advantage of, so when Turk was telling Saul to go to Provo, he was being surprisingly astute.
* The sequence in ''Twelve'' showing Toulour breaking into the museum can seem out of place, (relatively) unrealistic, or just plain ridiculous to most viewers, specially when he uses his Capoeira skills to bypass a field of moving lasers. However, one must remember that this scene is within a flashback ''[[UnreliableNarrator being told by Toulour himself]]''. It's very possible that he's embellishing or outright lying to make himself look better, or at the very least hide his real methods. Especially considering that when we ''do'' see him work in ''Thirteen'' his actual methods turn out to be rather silly.

* The sequence in ''Twelve'' showing Toulour breaking into the museum can seem out of place, (relatively) unrealistic, or just plain ridiculous to most viewers, specially when he uses his Capoeira skills to bypass a field of moving lasers. However, one must remember that this scene is within a flashback ''[[UnreliableNarrator being told by Toulour himself]]''. It's very possible that he's embellishing or outright lying to make himself look better, or at the very least hide his real methods.
** Especially considering that when we ''do'' see him work in ''Thirteen'' his actual methods turn out to be rather silly.

* The sequence in ''Twelve'' showing Toulour breaking into the museum can seem out of place, (relatively) unrealistic, or just plain ridiculous to most viewers, specially when he uses his Capoeira skills to bypass a field of moving lasers. However, one must remember that this scene is within a flashback ''[[UnreliableNarrator being told by Toulour himself]]''. It's very possible that he's embellishing or outright lying to make himself look better, or at the very least hide his real methods.

* The sequence showing Toulour breaking into the museum can seem out of place, (relatively) unrealistic, or just plain ridiculous to most viewers, specially when he uses his Capoeira skills to bypass a field of moving lasers. However, one must remember that this scene is within a flashback ''[[UnreliableNarrator being told by Toulour himself]]''. It's very possible that he's embellishing or outright lying to make himself look better, or at the very least hide his real methods.

* The Mormon jokes from the Malloy twins are remarkably accurate to true-life, making one suspect that there must have been some Mormons involved in the making of these films. In particular, when Turk is speaking with Saul at the beginning of Eleven, he tells Saul that he should "check out Provo. You could do very well for yourself there." This seems like simply making uncomfortable small talk, until you realize what Saul does to make his living--he's an expert con man! Utah is considered by many to be the testing ground for new scams because there are so many well-meaning people to take advantage of, so when Turk was telling Saul to go to Provo, he was being surprisingly astute.

* The Mormon jokes from the Malloy twins are remarkably accurate to true-life, making one suspect that there must have been some Mormons involved in the making of these films. In particular, when Turk is speaking with Saul at the beginning of Eleven, he tells Saul that he should "check out Provo. You could do very well for yourself there." This seems like simply making uncomfortable small talk, until you realize what Saul does to make his living--he's an expert con man! Utah is considered by many to be the testing ground for new scams because there are so many well-meaning people to take advantage of, so when Turk was telling Saul to go to Provo, he was being surprisingly astute.

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* In the remake of ''OceansEleven'', the thieves set off an electromagnetic device that shuts down all electrical systems in Las Vegas just so they can break into a vault. Initially, it seems like a CrowningMomentOfAwesome... until you stop to think about all the pacemakers that must have gone berserk when the pulse went off, or all the cars that went out of control, or all the planes and helicopters that fell out of the sky, or all the doctors who, in the middle of performing a delicate surgery, suddenly found themselves plunged into complete darkness. It becomes a lot harder to root for Danny's crew once you realize that little stunt probably killed dozens, if not hundreds, of people. Danny specifically states he wants an EMP that could knock out "all of Las Vegas". That's exactly what they get. They also take into account that the casino has backup generators. Admittedly, it only lasts around a minute. Not sure how scientifically accurate that is, but for the world of the film, they somehow manage to knock out ALL the power in Las Vegas for around sixty seconds.
** Actually, in real life, pacemakers are specifically constructed with material that shields Electromagnetic Pulses.
** Also most hospitals are equipped with generators in case of a power failure. Otherwise people would die every time there is a thunderstorm.
*** The machine in question would also fuck with backup generators, or at least the real life version would. It takes out any and all electrical systems, including backup power sources.
**** Only unshielded sytems. Many hospitals havesystem that are shielded to prevent interference with radiology sytems, as well as being partially EMP-proof.
***** Doesn't help with the vehicles, though.

**** Only unshielded sytems. Many hospitals havesystem that are shielded to prevent interference with radiology sytems, as well as being partially EMP-proof.

*** The machine in question would also fuck with backup generators, or at least the real life version would. It takes out any and all electrical systems, including backup power sources.