History Fridge / RayaAndTheLastDragon

!!Fridge Horror

* In the beginning of the movie, when Namaari betrays Raya, she [[KickTheDog kicks away little Tuk Tuk]] for trying to stop her. [[spoiler: Later, towards the climax, she [[PetTheDog saves Tuk Tuk]] from being turned to stone by the Drunn, redeeming her from her earlier actions six years ago. This is meant to [[{{Foreshadowing}} lead up]] to how Namaari will redeem herself for betraying Raya (specifically by putting the Dragon Gem back together).]]
* Sisu not knowing about Toot-and-Boom beetles has an air of innocence, but there's also a tinge of brilliance (and [[FridgeHorror horror]]) as to why she wouldn't be familiar with this insect. If it's been 500 years since the initial Drunn attack, there's a chance that during the war between the five tribes, one of them probably bred this animal for the purpose of warding off enemies. Understandably, Sisu wouldn't know about these little guys because she hails from a time period when Kumandra was a peaceful land.

* Benja knows that the Drunn can't cross water, given he tosses Raya into the river to save her life as a child, and that the Dragon Gem doesn't confer prosperity on the owner. [[spoiler:It's implied he knew that a great show of trust would repel them once and for all, and he was going to explain this at the big feast. It was naïve effort, but a noble one. Namaari and Virana's actions doomed what would have been a peaceful way to stop their common enemy, and Namaari realizes it in the climax]].

!!Fridge Brilliance

** Spine is one of the sharpest part of a dragon, fitting for a warrior clan that knows nothing except battle and combat. Loneliness aside, one gets the idea that Tong is the way he is because of so much fighting.

** [[TheHeart Heart]] is rather [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin self-explanitory]]. Raya's father, despite being capable of [[spoiler: killing the other leaders who tried to steal the dragon gem]], chose a peaceful option.

* Raya opening up to Tong when she learns [[spoiler: he's alone and lost his family]] seems almost out of character for someone who spent six years of her life believing that trust is dangerous at best. But then it occurs ''why'' that endears Raya to him. [[spoiler: Raya is the last of the people of Heart, and aside from the fact he's not the Leader of Spine, she can relate to Tong when she sees [[NotSoDifferent he's the last of Spine as well]].]]

* If one notices carefully, Raya earns all her human allies by unknowingly giving them each a token of trust. She gave Boun half her money (and promised the other half), a transaction that couldn't have been done if she didn't want to trust him at all. Although trusting them was initially a mistake, Noi and the Ongis opened up to Raya when she promised them food in exchange for their services. Heck, Tong even received Raya's ''sympathy'' when she learned [[spoiler: he was [[NotSoDifferent the last of Spine and lost his family to the Druun]]. And when Raya gave Namaari back her dragon pendant, it proved (''almost'') successful in gaining her trust. But at least trusting her with the Dragon Gem shards lead to her [[FriendOrIdolDecision choosing to]] [[KarmicJackpot save the world]].]] Perhaps Sisu's "gifts-equal-trust" philosophy wasn't as crazy or naïve as Raya thought.

* Namaari's ChronicBackstabbingDisorder is borne partly out of her upbringing in Fang, and partly as a consequence of being branded as the person who broke the world by everybody else. Aside from her own people in Fang, literally ''everybody'' [[HateSink hates her for what she did]], which could be a major reason why she seems to be on edge and prone to making rash decisions all the time. For six years, she believes that the entire world is out to get her and she could trust nobody but her own people. Her mother's cynical summation of how the world blamed Fang for breaking the world didn't help matters, which culminated in her [[spoiler:not willing to buy Raya and Sisu's peace offering and brought a crossbow with her, with disastrous results.]] In a way, Namaari is NotSoDifferent from Raya as they're both victims of their own mistrust of others, even if in Namaari's case it's mostly her own fault.
* More on Namaari and Raya being NotSoDifferent: Raya's AMinorKidroduction training scene has her attempting to breach the defenses in the Dragon Gem temple and overcome its guardian, aka the exact same thing Namaari and potential gem hunters ended up doing.

* Notably, the trope LiarRevealed is zigzagged in the story. On one hand, you have Sisu who could've easily covered up that she was the least powerful of the dragons, but instead is upfront to Raya. On the other hand, you have Raya who played the trope straight and covered up Sisu's dragon nature until the truth revealed itself. Naturally, their allies are [[WhatTheHellHero not happy]] with her when they learn she kept the dragon a secret from them. This {{Foil}} is meant to show the follies of lying to your friends.

* In the beginning of the movie, when Namaari betrays Raya, she [[KickTheDog kicks away little Tuk Tuk]] for trying to stop her. [[spoiler: Later, towards the climax, she [[PetTheDog saves Tuk Tuk]] from being turned to stone by the Drunn, redeeming her from her earlier actions six years ago. How she treats Tuk Tuk is meant to signify her alignment and character arc.]]

** This could possibly be averted, as the dragons returning could help avoid this ever happening again. Now that everyone knows the secret to keeping the Druun away, it only takes a good history lesson.

* How sturdy is the stone of petrified humans? It's safe to assume that they wouldn't suffer from erosion of wind or water but what if a natural disaster happened? If a statue fell into water by accident would the person be drowning when revived? What if they were buried by a landslide? Or what if there was some force so hard that a statue could shatter?
* Given how Dang Hu from Talon tried to extort information out of Sisu by threatening to lock her out of the city gates and at the mercy of the Drunn, it's not unlikely that she took the position of Chieftain from Dang Hai by tricking him, taking the gem-fragment from him, and luring him outside those gates as well and locking him out.

* The gem was made by five dragons, it broke into five pieces, the first four contained the powers of Sisu's siblings, and the fifth completed it. Conveniently this enabled each of the five tribes to claim one piece.