History Fridge / PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion

* It took me 3 re-watches to realize this : "No matter what sin i commit and what form i take, it's all right as long you are near me". [[spoiler: This is the moment when Homura finally lose it and breaks down. And this is the moment in which Homura decide she will turn into Devil.]]

* It was mentioned in the earlier season that Sayaka is the only magical girl who dies in ''every single timeline'', either by turning into Witch or by overusing her magic. Even Madokami couldn't do anything with since it would mean that Kyosuke would land back in hospital. [[spoiler: Homuniverse is the first timeline ever in which Sayaka is alive and yet Kyosuke's hand is still healed.]]

* Wonder how [[spoiler: Homura's witch barrier LotusEaterMachine was able to alter the memories of Mami and Kyoko]]? Go back to episode 4. Remember when Madoka gets sucked into Elly's barrier? She gets caught by Elly's familiars and is then ''altered''. Her body changes to resemble the art-style of the barrier. Morever, Madoka is shown images of Mami's death, which suggests Elly is reading her mind. In fact, Madoka only returns to normal when Sayaka attacks Elly. The implication is that anyone "invited" into a witch's barrier is brought under their power. [[spoiler: There's no reason to believe they can't do this to magical girls...but it's easy to see they wouldn't want to since magical girls can fight back.]] In ''Rebellion'', [[spoiler: when Kyubey is giving his explanation we see scenes of Mami and Kyoko doing ordinary things before Homulilly's Clara Doll familiars appear behind them. The Clara Dolls are powerful enough to take on a magical girl, so they must have been able to overpower Mami and Kyoko and bring them to Homulilly's barrier. Once caught by the barrier Mami and Kyoko were "altered" like Madoka was in Elly's barrier...but the alteration was done to their ''memories''.]]

* It was mentioned in the earlier season that Sayaka is the only magical girl who dies in ''every single timeline'', either by turning into Witch or by overusing her magic. Even Madokami couldn't do anything with since it would mean that Kyosuke would land back in hospital. Homuniverse is the first timeline ever in which Sayaka is alive and yet Kyosuke hand is still healed.

** Alternatively [[spoiler: Love is Homura herself.]]

* Alternatively [[spoiler: Love is Homura herself.]]

* Remember in episode 6 of the anime when Madoka asks her mother for advice about how to help Sayaka? Junko tells Madoka that doing the right thing doesn't always create a happy ending, and suggests that Madoka do something wrong for Sayaka. Junko also warns that it won't be a neat and tidy resolution, and that Sayaka might misunderstand Madoka's intentions. [[spoiler: Now apply this to the ending of ''Rebellion''. Homura believes that Madoka's ascension is keeping her from being happy, and so she does something wrong - extremely wrong - in order to ensure Madoka's happiness. The resolution is not neat or tidy.]]

** Sayaka is a raspberry as a [[ActorAllusion nod]] to [[FreshPrettyCure CureBerry]] and their matching elements.

** Kyoko is an apple because it is now her TrademarkFavoriteFood with boosted significance from ''The Different Story''.

* After the bus scene, the next we see of Kyoko is her in the arcade, in her casual outfit from the series, playing a dance game. This could probably mean that she's quit school and gone back to her old time-wasting habits since [[spoiler:she and Homura found out that they're in a fake world, and have had their minds tampered with to fit in]].

FridgeBrilliance:

* If one pays reaaallllyyyy close attention to the details in the illusionary world, its easy to tell its [[spoiler:a world of illusion made by Homura.]] Madoka's hair when down is longer in the movie than in the beginning of the anime, alluding to Madokami. Similarity the classroom was a lot more golden in the movie. When Homura enters, she is confident rather than shy but still her moe self, alluding to the fact that she wants to be confident but not the ultimate protector. On hindsight it gives us a really good insight on Homura's psyche.
* At the conclusion of their battle with a Nightmare, the magical girls have to ''sing'' to it. They all sit in a circle and sing a cutesy, repetitive song about cake and fruit. It seems completely silly and ridiculous--Madoka isn't a musical!--until you realize it's a ''lullaby''. Only natural that you'd need one to defeat a Nightmare.

* When the Cake Song is sung, Homura says she's a pumpkin. A story surrounding the pumpkin involves the origin of the Jack-O-Lantern, in which [[spoiler:a man was able to trick the devil into sparing his life by asking him to fulfill a last request, only to trap him with a crucifix when he does it. Who is often seen as the devil in ''Madoka Magica''?]]
** Similarly, Madoka's line in the Cake Song says that she's a melon. Melons are usually split into half, or pieces. [[spoiler:Now, what happens in the ending of the movie? Madoka is ''split'' from Madokami, like a melon, and forced to return to her human form, now without her goddess powers, though there is still an uneven connection.]]