History Fridge / Trigun

* While some of Wolfwood's weirder actions (before he really shows his true colors) can be handwaved as "it's a sci-fi setting, maybe the rituals have changed in the meantime", a hint to his true nature can be seen in his answer to Milly about his cross being "full of mercy" (as in, full of "quick mercy"--i.e. bullets): the Catholic "Hail Mary" prayer begins "Hail Mary, full of ''grace''"...

* Probably not fridge horror, more like "fridge sadness", but in the manga Vash is very unfazed by [[spoiler:Wolfwood's death. Vash has lived for almost two centuries on a planet where death is a common occurrence. The reason why he's unfazed might be because he probably has seen many friends come and go throughout his life, and has learned to handle it better because he knows with his long life span on such a deadly planet, the death of those close to him will be a common occurrence, so to him, Wolfwood was just another dead friend.]]
** Vash is actually very much affected by [[spoiler:Wolfwood's death. He uses his Angel Arm, which shortens his lifespan every time he fires it, to blast a hole in the Ark as it floats by so Knives could see that Wolfwood had died.]]

* While some of Wolfwood's weirder actions (before he really shows his true colors) can be handwaved as "it's a sci-fi setting, maybe the rituals have changed in the meantime", a hint can be seen in his answer to Milly about his cross being "full of mercy" (as in, full of "quick mercy"--i.e. bullets): the Catholic "Hail Mary" prayer begins "Hail Mary, full of ''grace''"...

** [[EpilepticTrees SPF 1000 sunscreen. Everybody wears superstrong sunscreen because there are two suns. Except those guys because none of them care about dying: Marlon is too drunk to think about it plus his family is dead, B.D.N. does't want to die but doesn't seem to care if he does as long as it's "flashy", and Legato is suicidal. The exception is Wolfwood, but he smokes so he probably doesn't care about cancer.]]

* In {{Trigun}}, this troper was confused when Wolfwood killed the samurai member of the Gung-Ho Guns, he (the samurai) would have helped them, given that because he failed to kill Vash, that he would be killed. After a second watch of the series, this troper realized [[spoiler:That since wolfwood was under the order of Knives to follow Vash, it was probably also in his order to kill failures.]]

* In "{{Trigun}}", when the major antagonist, Legato Bluesummers, is introduced, he tells Vash that he has a bag that contains a lesson from him. A woman then runs into the square and says that her husband is dead. It's heavily implied that Legato has the man's head in the bag. It becomes even more disturbing when you realize he was eating a hot dog out of the same bag. He also fed another hot dog from that very same bag to a little girl. Just where did Legato get those hot dogs?

** [[EpilepticTrees SPF 1000 sunscreen. Everybody wears superstrong sunscreen because there are two suns. Except those guys because none of them care about dying: Marlon is too drunk to think about it plus his family is dead, B.D.N. does't want to die but doesn't seem to care if he does as long as it's "flashy", and Legato is suicidal. The exception is Wolfwood, but he smokes so he probably doesn't care about cancer.]]

** [[EpilepticTrees SPF 1000 sunscreen.]]

* There's something odd, about the character designs, I mean. In the manga covers, the characters are shown with tanned complexions (which you can chalk it to the fact that they're done on purpose, due the fact it's a desert planet, and thus, they should be tanned. Otherwise, it's to shown them having more vibrant colors). But in the anime, save for a few characters like Nicholas, Frank Marlon, B.D.N, and Legato. Everyone else is really pale, or have normal (i.e. healthy) white skin tone. Shouldn't they have darker skin?

* While some of Wolfwood's weirder actions (before he really shows his true colors) can be handwaved as "it's a sci-fi setting, maybe the rituals have changed in the meantime", a hint can be seen in his answer to Milly about his cross being "full of mercy" (as in, full of "quick mercy"--i.e. bullets): the Catholic "Hail Mary" prayer begins "Hail Mary, full of ''grace''"... ~dotchan
* In {{Trigun}}, this troper was confused when Wolfwood killed the samurai member of the Gung-Ho Guns, he (the samurai) would have helped them, given that because he failed to kill Vash, that he would be killed. After a second watch of the series, this troper realized [[spoiler:That since wolfwood was under the order of Knives to follow Vash, it was probably also in his order to kill failures.]] ~FoxyProxy

* At the end of the anime, Vash "disables" Knives by shooting him in the joints, bandages his wounds, and starts the long trek to civilisation again, clearly hoping to finally "civilise" his brother. The thing is... Knives is not only a fanatical OmnicidalManiac, he presumably has the same PsychicPowers that Vash's grafted arm gave to Legato. Powers which we see ''on screen'' as being powerful enough to make people kill each other in the most horrific ways. Just what is Knives going to ''do'' when he wakes up, crippled physically, in full possession of his psychic powers and surrounded by innocent human beings?
** Well, if Vash's arm was what gave Legato the mind-control powers, maybe, odd as it seems given they're ''psychic'' powers, the ability comes from having use of one's arms? If that were the case, crippling Knives ''would'' render him at least considerably less harmful.

*** There are also littler native bugs. These seem to constitute an entire native ecology and ''share a hive mind''.

** Vash is actually very much affected by [[spoiler:Wolfwood's death. He uses his Angle Arm, which shortens his lifespan every time he fires it, to blast a hole in the Ark as it floats by so Knives could see that Wolfwood had died.]]

** That theory doesn't make much sense. That'd make the twins half human. Also, plants have been shown not to be able to survive outside of their little globe things. They're like fish out of water. It's slightly possible, but really unlikely. Though I do wonder how they got born.

* One of the EpilepticTrees for how independent plants get born is engineers...[[DudeShesLikeInAComa fooling around with the plants]]. If this were the case, Steve would be the only feasible candidate for the twins' father. Ugh.

* At the end of the anime, Vash "disables" Knives by shooting him in the joints, bandages his wounds, and starts the long trek to civilisation again, clearly hoping to finally "civilise" his brother. The thing is... Knives is not only a fanatical OmnicidalManiac, he presumably has the same PsychicPowers that Vash's grafted arm gave to Legato. Powers which we see ''on screen'' as being powerful enough to make people kill each other in the most horrific ways. Just what is Knives going to ''do'' when he wakes up, crippled physically, in full possession of his psychic powers and surrounded by innocent human beings?

* Near the end of the manga, it is mentioned that most of the towns have been destroyed by the ark and many did not survive. Lina and the old woman that took Vash in as Eriks may have been among those people that didn't survive.

** [[spoiler:Vash is actually very much affected by Wolfwood's death. He uses his Angle Arm, which shortens his lifespan every time he fires it, to blast a hole in the Ark as it floats by so Knives could see that Wolfwood had died.]]

* In {{Trigun}}, this troper was confused when Woolfwood killed the samurai member of the Gung-Ho Guns, he (the samurai) would have helped them, given that because he failed to kill Vash, that he would be killed. After a second watch of the series, this troper realized [[spoiler:That since wolfwood was under the order of Knives to follow Vash, it was probably also in his order to kill failures.]] ~FoxyProxy