History Fridge / SuicideSquad2016

* As soon as Flag [[spoiler: destroys the remote for the explosive collars and tells the squad they're free to go]], Boomerang immediately grabs his drinks and books it. During the squad's PowerWalk to go into the final battle, he joins in, having reconsidered his decision. What do boomerangs do? They come back.

* Amanda Waller arranges for Bruce's protection from those who would seek reprecussions for Waller's involvement with the events of the film. That's all well and good... except for one person, who not only fully knows what Waller did to his girlfriend, but also ''survived her order to have the both of them assassinated''. The Joker's probably not the type to just let bygones be bygones on something like that, so Amanda's got quite a target on her head and Bruce couldn't even save his own partner from the Joker's murderous rage. The Joker probably didn't even have a motive to kill Robin, but ''now'' he would. Long story short, Amanda should sleep with one eye open from now on. Then again considering Amanda deals with [[SeenItAll pissed off Gods, world class assassins and global politics on a daily basis]]. She may consider Joker whose main [[AlwaysABiggerFish ability is murder and mayhem low priority.]]

* To free Harley from the nanite bomb in her neck, Joker had some of his minions abduct the wife of one of the prison technical staff and use her as a hostage to demand it. Our only glimpse of this woman is from the live feed on a tablet, terrified with a knife to her throat. We never find out what happened to her ''or'' her husband, but given that it's ''Joker'' who holds their lives in his hands, and he's '''furious''' about Harley's predicament...

** And why are the mooks so bent on capturing Flag above the others? Because some part of June's consciousness is still active within the Enchantress.

** This is also not an out of character moment -- Boomerang realized he stood a better chance of surviving joining the rest of the Squad than trying to get out of Enchantress' way.

** Deadshot may also have been trying to call Waller's bluff, as he's one of the few members of the Squad who's capable of keeping her alive as he escapes.
** And he's hardly going to risk [[spoiler: killing ''the Joker's girlfriend'' unless he's 100% '''sure''' Mr. J is dead. Given that ''this'' Joker genuinely values Harley, he certainly wouldn't hesitate to go after Deadshot's ''daughter'' to make him suffer for killing his woman.]]

** You can also take that as a HeWhoFightsMonsters moment. Batman got the drop on Deadshot in an alleyway while the latter was with his daughter. Beating a man down in front of his family and possibly traumatizing the poor girl would make Bruce no better than the man who killed his parents, and fittingly gave Floyd the option to surrender so as to shield his child.
** There's also the line from Alfred in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' that implies that Bruce had only become so merciless around the time of the ''Film/ManOfSteel'' climax. There's no info on how long Deadshot and Harley have been in jail but it's possible Batman apprehended them before his minor FaceHeelTurn
** Harley is also herself a victim of Joker, though the story doesn't dwell on how the Joker manipulated her before her final fall.

** In the comics, Deadshot shows signs of ComplexityAddiction when taking his shots. Sometimes he gets bored taking straight shots -- and has a history of this with Batman in particular.

** Building on that, [[spoiler: although El Diablo's form doesn't really resemble any specific deity known from Myth/AztecMythology, it does call to mind two specific gods: Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec God of the Dead who usually appeared as a giant skeleton wearing a king's headdress, and Xolotl, a God of, among many other things, Fire & Death who also often appeared as a skeleton.]]

** Building on that, [[spoiler: Enchantress was seemingly NOT trying to destroy the world until after Waller forced her to do her bidding.]]

** Batman's also recruited from the Squad in the comics, and someone like Diablo would definitely be on his radar.

** Alternately, they're there for the specific scope of the mission -- Slipknot's climbing skills would've made rescuing Waller simple, and Katana's sword has a pretty good shot at taking down Enchantress.
* It's a little strange to hear a 6,000-year-old sorceress say "You don't have the balls!", right? Well, Rick has a sailor mouth and June probably heard him talk that way.
** Also, crude insults like mocking a man's genital deficiencies are probably one of the few things in human culture that haven't changed much in thousands, if not ''tens'' of thousands, of years. Saying such a thing ''in English'' may be new to her, the sentiment is not.
* Harley's favoured gun is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiappa_Rhino .357 Magnum Chiappa Rhino]]. This is ''exactly'' the gun Harley Quinn would have, for multiple reasons:
** The Rhino's most distinctive feature is a low-axis barrel that fires from the lower chamber to reduce muzzle flip and better handle the recoil, something that Harley would have found rather useful when she was still learning to shoot. After all, neither her nor the Joker are stupid, just crazy.
** The Rhino's cylinder is hexagonal for better concealed carry. Again, Joker and Harley are crazy, not stupid, and surprising an opponent with a concealed HandCannon would be very useful to them.
** While the Rhino is available in multiple chamberings, the .357 Magnum originated as a ''police'' round. Typical Joker humor.
** Chiappa, the name of the manufacturer, is Italian for "buttcheek" (it derives from its founder Ezechiele Chiappa). Again, typical Joker humor.

* Capt. Boomerang's theme during the introductory montage is "''Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap''" by Music/{{ACDC}}, an ''Australian'' rock band.
** It also underscores that Boomerang's a cheap hood.

** Moreover, on some level, Deadshot may feel that [[spoiler: during that confrontation, Zoe was ''rejecting him for Batman'', because she literally interposed herself to prevent him from firing at the vigilante. It's possible that Zoe ''not being there'' is the '''real''' element of that Might-Have-Been fantasy of Deadshot's, as if only he'd run into Batman in his daughter's absence, he could have (or thinks he could have) killed the Bat without losing Zoe's trust or admiration.]]

* [[spoiler: Waller casually murdering her entire on-site staff and claiming they didn't have high enough clearance to be a part of this, a poor excuse for removing any witnesses to her being the cause of the Midway City incident. How many times before has she murdered government employees to secure her own career? Plenty, in all likelihood. You could say she knows Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder.]]
** [[spoiler: What's really chilling is how ''Flag'' seems to brush off her justifications with a nonchalant "Hey, I've buried mistakes before". This is after watching her ''murder U.S. citizens in cold blood''. Really makes us wonder about Deadshot's "You've been to the Dark Side" comment earlier, and reminds us that principled and capable of love as Flag is, he's ''still'' a government-sanctioned killer and black operative.]]

** Not necessarily. The Enchantress's visions were all of impossible or near-impossible things. Chato can't get his family back; Harley can't have a normal, happy life with the Joker. Floyd, however, ''does'' have a chance at securing his daughter's safety and getting visits with her: Flag already promised that he would ensure it. The Enchantress was trying to turn the squad against Flag and the military by tempting them with things that the military could not give them. It's not necessarily that Floyd wants Batman dead more than he cares about his daughter, it's that he has almost no chance at revenge against Batman if he stays loyal to Flag, and he knows it. Chato even lampshades this when he says, "That's not what you want," implying that Floyd's daughter ''is'' more important to him, and that killing Batman is just a pipe dream.

** This is not even getting to the matter of her cell in Belle Reve, which is in the middle of the room, is essentially a cage with no sort of real walls for privacy, and is completely see-through from every angle including the upper levels. Considering we see Diablo, Killer Croc, Deadshot, and Boomerang in secluded, walled-in areas, the opportunities for perversion are clear and horrific. It should also be noted that Harley is a mentally-ill supervillain who was an accomplice to the death of a hero, which would not make people at all inclined to believe her if she alleged ''any'' kind of assault by the prison guards--or by any other law enforcement personnel, at that.
** On the other end of the spectrum, it shows just how terrifyingly dangerous Harley is. She's so dangerous that no one wants her out of view for even a second. Given what she ''does'' do during her introduction and when the guards try to take her to get her bomb implanted, it's hard to argue against the idea that someone has to keep an eye on her, no matter what she might be doing.
** This woman helped kill Robin, can beat up multiple thugs on her own, can take several hits from demons with only a couple of bruises, and has one of the most heavily armed and psychotic criminals in the world as a boyfriend. I think its fair to say that anyone who places the more vulnerable parts of their anatomy near Harley is receiving a castration at the first opportunity.
*** This is FridgeHorror in itself, because since she's a violent criminal, if she defends herself against a rapist or a groper, very few people will believe her if she reports the attempted rape/grope on her due to her criminal status.

* El Diablo, in a fit of rage, [[spoiler: incinerated his wife and children]]. As the act is not explicitly shown, it's not clear as to whether or not he did this [[spoiler: in his normal form or in his Aztec fire god form]]. If the former, it means that Diablo is a guy with HUGE impulse control problems with precisely the WRONG powerset for his disposition, and if it's the latter, it suggests that [[spoiler: his Aztec avatar is a highly destructive god with absolutely no regard for collateral damage or the murder of innocents]]. With either scenario, it's probably for the best that [[spoiler: Diablo dies in the final battle]], as it would be only a matter of time before he [[spoiler: commits another catastrophic atrocity]]. If anything, trying in a sad bit of FridgeBrilliance, this might have been the reason as to why [[spoiler: he goes for the HeroicSacrifice.]]
** Of course, if it's the latter, then [[spoiler: who's to say that the fiery death-god which cohabited in his body won't just find some ''other'' ruthless mortal to bond with?]]

** You can also take that as a HeWhoFightsMonsters moment. Batman got the drop of Deadshot in an alleyway while the latter was with his daughter. Beating a man down in front of his family and possibly traumatizing the poor girl would make Bruce no better than the man who killed his parents, and fittingly gave Floyd the option to surrender so as to shield his child.

* During the final battle, almost nobody was able to give [[spoiler:Incubus]] pause, except for El Diablo. But that makes sense; [[spoiler: Enchantress blatantly implies that Diablo's powers are magical in nature -- of course magic is better suited for fighting magic. And when he goes SuperMode, well, that just adds further sense; you'd expect one powerful one supernatural entity to be able to wrestle with another one.]]

** And why are the mooks so bent on capturing Flag above the others? because some part of June's consciousness is still active within the Enchantress.

* This is tied to a piece of fridge horror below, but Waller calling up Bruce for protection makes a lot of sense. It seems wierd that she's calling him for political protection, since Amanda's basically been throwing generals around for the whole movie, but there comes in the brilliance. She can handle the political fallout without Bruce's help. As flawed as Task Force X is, even if they caused the incident and destroyed millions in damages, there's too much power at stake for the generals to leave her in the lurch. The US government needs supers, and Amanda's the only person who has shown any control over them, it'd be like firing Oppenheimer because a test run destroyed a mountain. It's bad, but it also proves why you need the person in charge. So Waller's good on that end. But she made one mistake in the movie (besides unleashing a demon to destroy the world) that she can't fix on her own. She pissed off the ''Joker''. Joker has no regard for laws and jurisdiction, she can't tie him up with bureaucracy, and she has no political blackmail to control him, if he felt inclined, he'd just kill her on sight. He's already shown to be capable of breaking into Belle Reve, and compromising the people working for her. He's a loose end that could strangle her. So what does she do? She calls the one person who could stop him. She calls up the Bat. Hell, she didn't even need to mention the Joker, all she needed to do was act scared, make a deal for political protection she doesn't need, and give him some good intel. Now she's on his radar, now she's an ''asset'' to him. So if she goes missing, or if the Joker starts sniffing around for her, he knows where to start looking, and it gives him good reason to protect her in addition to you know, Bruce being a superhero. With him being the Bat, best case scenario he'll take care of the Joker before she even needs to know he's there, worst case, he slows the Joker down long enough for her to put up some better defenses. Either way, it frees her up to clean up the rest of her mess.

* The team is tasked with keeping Rick Flagg alive, or they're dead. Twice in the movie, [[spoiler: Enchantress']] Mooks capture and almost kill him. They're literally playing CaptureTheFlag.
** And why are the mooks so bent on capturing Flagg above the others? because some part of June's consciousness is still active within the Enchantress.
* As soon as Flagg [[spoiler: destroys the remote for the explosive collars and tells the squad they're free to go]], Boomerang immediately grabs his drinks and books it. During the squad's PowerWalk to go into the final battle, he joins in, having reconsidered his decision. What do boomerangs do? They come back.

* [[spoiler: Enchantress' FaceHeelTurn makes a lamaot of sense when you combine the earlier BullyingADragon treatment she received from Waller with her commentary on once being worshipped during her first conversation with Incubus. Think about it; she went from being respected and revered to having Waller openly treat her as a thing, talking right in front of Enchantress about how she considers "the witch" to be nothing more than a tool she can use as she see fit, all whilst abusing Enchantress' living heart to force compliance. It's really no surprise that she decided to violently remind Waller just where humanity stands on the food chain compared to her, especially if one considers the possibility she and Incubus may have been deceived and betrayed by humanity in the past -- they wound up as SealedEvilInACan ''somehow'', after all.]]

* Bruce Wayne consulting with Waller after the Squad saved the day wasn't just about gathering files on metahumans and skilled people. He wanted to see how they worked as a team. The Justice League has a lineup that parallels Suicide Squad's; There's a powerful swimmer (Aquaman/Killer Croc), an individual endowed with otherworldly powers (Cyborg/El Diablo) and a person who knows how to trail a target (The Flash/Deadshot & Captain Boomerang). Combine this with a veteran leader (Batman/Rick Flagg) and an expert swordswoman (Wonder Woman/Katana) and Bruce has a basic template for how he'll manage the Justice League once it's formed.

** [[spoiler: What's really chilling is how ''Flagg'' seems to brush off her justifications with a nonchalant "Hey, I've buried mistakes before". This is after watching her ''murder U.S. citizens in cold blood''. Really makes us wonder about Deadshot's "You've been to the Dark Side" comment earlier, and reminds us that principled and capable of love as Flagg is, he's ''still'' a government-sanctioned killer and black operative.]]

* If you look at Captain Boomerang and Slipknot's escape attempt, it becomes much more horrifying in context. Captain Boomerang was introduced killing his accomplice in a robbery, right before he was caught by The Flash. Furthermore, when he and Slipknot attempt to make their escape, Boomerang gives up rather quickly. The implication... Captain Boomerang incited the whole thing to test just how serious Waller and Flagg were about the bombs and sacrificed Slipknot to test the whole thing.

* Even with the Enchantress gone, June ''still'' won't be free to have a normal life. So long as Waller is alive, you can bet she'll use implicit threats against June to guarantee Flagg's loyalty, and to ensure that both of them remain silent about what ''really'' caused the catastrophe in Midway City.

* Why is Deadshot's HeartsDesire shown to be [[spoiler: killing Batman instead of quality time with his daughter? Loving father he may be but there is more to him than that. Batman is the reason he is in the situation he is in and the loss of his daughter. Consider this, Deadshot was an untouchable killing machine that the freaking Mob could not touch; just meekly hand over two million to complete a job. Deadshot walked around with impunity in the open without fear. Trying to convince his daughter he was not a multiple murderer. Suddenly Batman takes him down IN FRONT OF HER. To Deadshot Batman is to blame not only for his incarceration, but bringing him low in front of the only thing he really loves. For exposing Deadshot for the criminal he is, not the careful lie he tried to spin. Batman basically destroyed his image in front of his daughter. Logical? No. Prideful? Yes. The reason Deadshot wants to kill Batman so bad in his fantasy is because in his mind Batman cost him everything. The reason his daughter was not in his fantasy because even while hallucinating Deadshot does not want his daughter to see the cold blooded killer he thinks he is deep down.]]

* Amanda Waller arranges for Bruce's protection from those who would seek reprecussions for Waller's involvement with the events of the film. That's all well and good... except for one person, who not only fully knows what Waller did to his girlfriend, but also ''survived her order to have the both of them assassinated''. The Joker's probably not the type to just let bygones be bygones on something like that, so Amanda's got quite a target on her head and Bruce couldn't even save his own partner from the Joker's murderous rage. The Joker probably didn't even have a motive to kill Robin, but ''now'' he would. Long story short, Amanda should sleep with one eye open from now on. Then again considering Amanda deals with [[SeenItAll pissed off Gods, world class assasins and global politics on a daily basis]]. She may consider Joker whose main [[AlwaysABiggerFish ability is murder and mayhem low piority.]]

* El Diablo, in a fit of rage, [[spoiler: incinerated his wife and children]]. As the act is not explicitly shown, it's not clear as to whether or not he did this [[spoiler: in his normal form or in his Aztec fire god form]]. If the former, it means that Diablo is a guy with HUGE impulse control problems with precisely the WRONG powerset for his disposition, and if it's the latter, it suggests that [[spoiler: his Aztec avatar is a highly destructive god with absolutely no regard for collateral damage or the murder of innocents]]. With either scenario, it's probably for the best that [[spoiler: Diablo dies in the final battle]], as it would be only a matter of time before he [[spoiler: commits another catastrophic atrocity]].
** If anything, trying in a sad bit of FridgeBrilliance, this might have been the reason as to why [[spoiler: he goes for the HeroicSacrifice]]

*** This is FridgeHorror in itself, because since she's a violent criminal, if she defends herself against a rapist or a groper, very few people will believe her due to her criminal status.

** It makes Harley kissing Bruce when he tries to give her mouth-to-mouth even squickier. Being forcibly kissed by someone is bad enough; imagine being forcibly kissed by the woman who helped torture and murder your son. This does however also become a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Batman if he knew exactly what Harley did and yet still tried to save her life, ''especially'' for this version of Batman who no longer seems to have a no kill rule.

** Also, crude insults like mocking a man's genital deficiencies are probably one of the few things in human culture that haven't changed much in thousands, if not ''tens'' of thousands, of years.

** And he's hardly going to risk killing ''the Joker's girlfriend'' unless he's 100% '''sure''' Mr. J is dead. Given that ''this'' Joker genuinely values Harley, he certainly wouldn't hesitate to go after Deadshot's ''daughter'' to make him suffer for killing his woman.

* El Diablo, in a fit of rage, [[spoiler: incinerated his wife and children]]. As the act is not explicitly shown, it's not clear as to whether or not he did this [[spoiler: in his normal form or in his Aztec fire god form]]. If the former, it means that Diablo is a guy with HUGE impulse control problems with precisely the WRONG powerset for his disposition, and if it's the latter, it suggests that [[spoiler: his Aztec avatar is a highly destructive god with absolutely no regard for collateral damage or the murder of innocents]]. With either scenario, it's probably for the best that [[Diablo dies in the final battle]], as it would be only a matter of time before he [[spoiler: commits another catastrophic atrocity]].