History Headscratchers / THERESCUERS

** Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappears when one is older. It's been lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' between Kate and Pal.

** Perhaps she thought that all the agents are so eager to go with her only because of her looks and would not consider her a real partner. The chairman is rather pompous and it can be assumed that other agents are similar. In contrast Bernard is a humble fellow who still truly believes in the Rescue Aid Society ideals (which is established when he sings the jingle standing outside) even though he's just a janitor. Also it was Bernard who said (again having no right to speak) that it's too dangerous for her to go alone. Most importantly the "qualified agents" doesn't look very adventurous themselves so it was enough for Miss Bianca to feel his {{HiddenDepths}} to make a choice.

** Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappears when one is older. It's been lampshaded in ''{{WesternAnimation/Arthur}}'' between Kate and Pal.
* There's a strange moment towards the end of ''Down Under'', when Bernard gets McCleach's truck shut off, and steals the keys. McCleach starts looking for the keys, while Bernard hides behind the pedal. Bernard then looks down at something on the floor of the truck, then has this look on his face like he just got an idea, and then.... we just see him jumping out of the truck with the keys, and running into Joanna. What was that all about?
** Presumably, he saw a way out of the truck, taking the keys with him to hinder McLeach further; realistically, he would look in the truck until he had exhausted every conceivable place they could have fallen into before it occurred to him that they may not be in the truck anymore. That and McLeach isn't very smart to begin with.

** Alternatively, Bianca is right: Medusa is insane.

** Medusa wasn't interested in money. She wanted the diamond. Presumably she planned to sell the other gems later, but she ''really'' wanted the Devil's Eye for herself.

** Perhaps she thought that all the agents are so eager to go with her only because of her looks and would not consider her a real partner. The chairman is rather pompous and it can be assumed that other agents are similar. In contrast Bernard is a humble fellow who still truly believes in the Rescue Aid Society ideals (which is established when he sings the jingle standing outside) even though he's just a janitor. Also it was Bernard who said (again having no right to speak) that it's too dangerous for her to go alone. Most importantly the "qualified agents" doesn't look very adventurous themselves so it was enough for Miss Bianca to feel his [[HiddenDepths]] to make a choice.

* Remember all those jewels that Penny finds during her earlier trips down into the cave and the many more mentioned down there later on? All those gems are implied to be worth a lot of money; they could have kept both Snoops AND Medusa living in luxury for the rest of their lives. How come they just didn't have Penny grab as many of those gems as she could and [[CutLexLuthorACheck then live off the piles of money]] the gems could have been fenced for?

A room full of qualified agents and Bianca chooses the janitor to be her co-agent? Why?

* About Croc Falls...is that water flowing ''uphill'' before it gets to the crest of it and goes down to the river?

** Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappears when one is older. It's been lampshaded in ''{{Series/Arthur}}'' between Kate and Pal.

** Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappears when one is older. It's been lampshaded in ''Series/Arthur'' between Kate and Pal.

** Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappears when one is older. It's been lampshaded in Arthur between Kate and Pal.

* ''TheRescuers'': Anybody noticed how similar this movie is to ''Film/TheGoonies''?
** How so? The only similarity I can think of is that it's about a kid looking for treasure in a flooded cave, and even that's not much of one--in ''Film/TheGoonies'', it's the entire plot, while it only occupies the climax of ''TheRescuers''.

** Or they might just shrug it off and go on with their lives. If they run into talking animals again they'll just be less shocked than everyone else. As for the kid in The Rescuers and 'Down Under, I think they'll be okay. Penny's talking to animals might be chalked up to loneliness issues if anyone worries about it at all. Cody, on the other hand, might be considered a bit raumatized from his multiple near-death experiences if he tells anyone the exact details of what he went through.
** Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappers when one is older. Its been lampshaded in Arthur between Kate and Pal.
* There's a strange moment towards the end of ''Down Under'', when bernard gets McCleach's truck shut off, and steals the keys. McCleach starts looking for the keys, while Bernard hides behind the pedal. Bernard then looks down at something on the floor of the truck, then has this look on his face like he just got an idea, and then.... we just see him jumping out of the truck with the keys, and running into Joanna. What was that all about?

* There's a strange moment towards the end of ''Down Under'', when bernard gets McCleach's truck shut off, and steals the keys. McCleach starts looking for the keys, while Bernard hides behind the pedal. Bernard then looks down at something on the floor of the truck, then has this look on his face like he just got an idea, and then.... we just see him jumping out of the truck with the keys, and running into Joanna. What was that all about?

** Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappers when one is older. Its been lampshaded in Arthur between Kate and Pal.

Well in the Peter in Kesgenton gardens (book set before Peter and Wendy, ie Peter Pan) and in the real Mary Poppins book. It seems like we can talk to birds/animals at birth but that ability disappers when one is older. Its been lampshaded in Arthur between Kate and Pal.

** Or they might just shrug it off and go on with their lives. If they run into talking animals again they'll just be less shocked than everyone else. As for the kid in The Rescuers and 'Down Under, I think they'll be okay. Penny's talking to animals might be chalked up to loneliness issues if anyone worries about it at all. Cody, on the other hand, might be considered a bit raumatized from his multiple near-death experiences if he tells anyone the exact details of what he went through.

* A good question for either movie, and any other movie that involves children talking to animals. What is going to happen to these kids when they get older? Will they eventually stop believing that animals can talk and assume they were speaking to imaginary friends the whole time? Or will they be placed in therapy and treated like they're crazy by the rest of the world for insisting they really did speak to animals?

** Who says he's the only one with that kind of truck? It could easily be a common model that a lot of people living in the outback have. Plus, I got the impression that they live in quite a sparsely populated area. While [=McLeach=] isn't book smart, he's street-smart enough to know to poach in areas that the Park Rangers usually don't look. (The sad thing is, that's actually TruthInTelevision...Park Rangers have ''other'' duties besides looking out for poachers, and there likely aren't enough to be constantly on the lookout for [=McLeach=]. That and park rangers aren't the police.)

* So [=McLeach=] is a wanted man, as evidenced by the WANTED poster we see at the beginning. Given that his truck leaves a trail a blind imbecile could follow, you'd think he'd be easier to find.

* ''TheRescuers'': Anybody noticed how similar this movie is to ''TheGoonies''?
** How so? The only similarity I can think of is that it's about a kid looking for treasure in a flooded cave, and even that's not much of one--in ''TheGoonies'', it's the entire plot, while it only occupies the climax of ''TheRescuers''.

* So McLeach is a wanted man, as evidenced by the WANTED poster we see at the beginning. Given that his truck leaves a trail a blind imbecile could follow, you'd think he'd be easier to find.