History Headscratchers / Hugo

* Assuming that it was some form of law enforcement that informed Hugo's uncle Claude that his brother had died, and thus that he had to go collect his nephew, why did the people inspecting his death later ask Inspector Gustave if he had any other relatives? And even if they didn't happen to know themselves, why do they think a security officer at the train station would know that much about him?

** Malfunction in the museum's wiring? JerkAss asronists? [[TheWoobie The universe just hates Hugo?]]

** Malfunction in the museum's wiring? JerkAss asronists? [[The Woobie The universe just hates Hugo?]]

* What caused the fireball that killed Monsieur Cabret?

** I think we can safely assume the station just hired someone else.

** Common cause. It's mentioned that Georges was the first filmmaker to use the medium to recreate dreams. He may have had a dream in his early life about a spacecraft striking the man in the moon (probably after reading FromTheEarthToTheMoon) and it stuck with him. He created an automaton capable of drawing that dream along with his signature. When he had the technical ability later, he recreated it as a film.

* At the end of the movie, Hugo is adopted by Papa Georges, so who would take care of the station's clocks now, since Hugo no longer does them?

** Perhaps he based the scene from the film on the drawing?

* Melies built the automaton before moving into film, then dismantled it to make his first camera and never repaired it. How, then, does the automaton draw a scene from one of his films that was made after the automaton was dismantled?

** Trains stations are like airports. Security is important.

** His father drew it. It's one of the few things he has left of him.

** He's the chief of security at a government-run train station. That's a bit above mall cop.

* Between the first and second time Hugo gets caught by the station inspector, he is walking with Chloe Moretz and takes her hat to disguise himself. How could the station inspector be soooo easily fooled by Hugo putting on a hat?

* For that matter, how is what's basically a MallCop allowed a Rottweiler and a freakin' ''bullwhip''?

* For that matter, how is what's basically a MallCop allowed a Rottweiler and a freakin' whip?

* Did nobody notice that Hugo's uncle wasn't picking up his paycheques?

* Most of the first act of the film is driven by Hugo's concern over his notebook, without which he can't complete the automaton, but we later see him rebuilding it just fine and the notebook goes unmentioned. What happened? Did Hugo just remember more of the instructions than he gave himself credit for?