History Fridge / Ted

* In the fight scene with John Ted is shown to be a much better fighter than him, this makes sense. Ted will have had to become a strong fighter because he and John would of been bullied relentlessly because of Ted being a living teddy bear.

** No, Ted was brought to life when John made a wish on a star, and the ending implies that you only get one. An idle everyday hate wish wouldnt do anything, its just a comedic coincidence.

*** This now falls under AscendedFridgeHorror since Ted's civil rights and Donny being a free man are plot points in Ted2.

** No, Ted was brought to life when John made a wish on a star, and the ending implies that you only get one. An idle everyday hate wish wouldnt do anything, its just a comedic coincidence.

* Ted doesn't take much damage from John in a fist fight, but later gets "killed" due to cuts and tears. This is true for real stuffed animals. Because they have a spongy consistency and lack brittle parts, impacts do not harm them, but they can be torn apart fairly easily.

* John tells Rex that he hopes Rex gets Lou Gehrig's Disease. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, we find out that Rex did, in fact, contract Lou Gehrig's Disease. Since the entire movie is based on the idea that John brought Ted to life through the power of a wish, does this mean that John possibly gave Rex Lou Gehrig's Disease with another wish?

*** Actually, that may have been his son that he had probably kidnapped from a wife or girlfriend that may have had custody of him.

** How about that because of this, a man who very nearly committed vehicular manslaughter over a freaking teddy bear is back on the streets, and remains the caretaker of an already-damaged child who may or may not even be his son? I mean, hell, he didn't act like Ted was his first kidnapping victim.

* In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, it's stated that Donny was arrested for kidnapping Ted, but the charges were dropped "when everyone realized how stupid that sounded." This is played for comedy, but it also implies that despite 27 years of Ted's existence, he's never been given legal rights. Taken further, it means that unless these steps are taken, others will be just as able to attempt to kidnap Ted without fear of repercussion.

* Ted doesn't take much damage from John in a fist fight, but later gets "killed" due to cuts and tears. This is true for real stuffed animals. Because of they have a spongy consistency and lack brittle parts, impacts do not harm them, but they can be torn apart fairly easily.

* Ted manages to beat the shit out of John easily, but is torn apart at the end pretty quickly. However, this makes more sense when you examine both scenes: John was inflicting blunt trauma on Ted. As he has no bones, tissue, muscles, internal organs, etc. then there's nothing to damage, and so he won't get hurt. He cuts himself on some glass, however, and his sutffing starts falling out. This is essentially the only thing keeping him from flopping to the floor. That's why rips and tears hurt him, as they're essentially pulling out his bones, not just making him bleed.

* In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, it's stated that Donny was arrested for kidnapping Ted, but the charges were dropped "when everyone realized how stupid that sounded". This is played for humor, but it of course makes Donny a KarmaHoudini.
** Beyond the KarmaHoudini factor, it means that the world has now grown accustomed to the existence of a magical sentient teddy bear, but has yet to great said bear any legal protection. Basically, there's no law against anyone doing anything to Ted.
** What's to prevent him from trying to kidnap Ted again?
*** A sequel has been announced.....
** That depends on your interpretation; Ted mentions being an American citizen. What most likely happened is that this defence was used to thoroughly deconstruct and ridicule Donny’s obsession to turn him into a harmless laughingstock.
** The charges may have been dropped, but they never said he wasn't put into a mental institution.

* [[spoiler: Ted manages to beat the shit out of John easily, but is torn apart at the end pretty quickly. However, this makes more sense when you examine both scenes: John was inflicting blunt trauma on Ted. As he has no bones, tissue, muscles, internal organs, etc. then there's nothing to damage, and so he won't get hurt. He cuts himself on some glass, however, and his sutffing starts falling out. This is essentially the only thing keeping him from flopping to the floor. That's why rips and tears hurt him, as they're essentially pulling out his bones, not just making him bleed.]]

* Think about the usual setting Creator/SethMacFarlane uses for his work: an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} unstable husband]], a CloserToEarth wife, and a non-human best friend. Maybe this film is a prequel to such a setting?...

*** Sequel hook!
***** A sequel has been announced.....

* [[spoiler: Ted manages to beat the shit out of John easily, but is torn apart at the end pretty quickly. However, this makes more sense when you examine both scenes: John was inflicting blunt trauma on Ted. As he has no bones, tissue, muscles, internal organs, etc. then there's nothing to damage, and so he won't get hurt. He cuts himself on some glass, however, and his sutffing starts falling out. This is essentially the only thing keeping him from flopping to the floor. That's why rips and tears hurt him, as they're essentially pulling out his internal organs.]]

** That depends on your interpretation; Ted mentions being an American citizen. What most likely happened is that this defence was used to thoroughly deconstruct and ridicule Donny’s obsession to turn him into a harmless laughingstock.

* Think about the usual setting Creator/SethMcFarlane uses for his work: an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} unstable husband]], a CloserToEarth wife, and a non-human best friend. Maybe this film is a prequel to such a setting?...

*** Sequel hook!

** What's to prevent him from trying to kidnap Ted again?

* In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, it's stated that Donny was arrested for kidnapping Ted, but the charges were dropped "when everyone realized how stupid that sounded". This is played for humor, but it of course makes Donny a KarmaHoudini.