Line #26 YMMV/TheFastAndTheFurious


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2	Entries with their own YMMV pages:
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4	* ''YMMV/TheFastAndTheFurious2001''
5	* ''YMMV/TwoFastTwoFurious''
6	* ''YMMV/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift''
7	* ''YMMV/FastAndFurious''
8	* ''YMMV/FastFive''
9	* ''YMMV/FastAndFurious6''
10	* ''YMMV/Furious7''
11	* ''YMMV/TheFateOfTheFurious''
12	* ''YMMV/HobbsAndShaw''
13	* ''YMMV/FastAndFuriousSpyRacers''
14	* ''YMMV/FastAndFuriousCrossroads''
15	* ''YMMV/{{F9}}''
16	* ''YMMV/FastX''
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18	!!The franchise as a whole
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20	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: For the matter of the Shaw brothers, Owen mentioned that he got his code of 'Precision' from Deckard. That trait made him into the heartless bastard he is in the sixth movie, but come the seventh, Deckard forgets all about that and just goes all RoaringRampageOfRevenge on Dom's crew because they [[spoiler: crippled]] Owen, alone. Does this mean the Shaw brothers have some HiddenDepths within them, and that deep down they're not really that different from Dom when it comes to the importance of family? [[spoiler:Which is ultimately proven right in later films.]]
21	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
22	** Almost every song in the series. Music/{{Ludacris}}? Teriyaki Boyz? N.E.R.D? Don Omar? deadmau5? Cypress Hill? Peaches? Huh-uh.
23	** "See You Again" from the seventh movie, which is a TearJerker if ever there was one.
24	** And, of course, there are the soundtracks composed by BT[[note]] The Fast and the Furious [[/note]], David Arnold[[note]] 2 Fast 2 Furious [[/note]], Brian Tyler[[note]] The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift, Fast and Furious, Fast Five, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious and F9 [[/note]], Lucas Vidal[[note]] Fast and Furious 6[[/note]] and Tyler Bates[[note]] Hobbs and Shaw [[/note]].
25	* BaseBreakingCharacter: From the sixth film onwards, Roman became a controversial character due to a perceived decay on the quality of his comic relief and the fact that he is the most StaticCharacter in the entire franchise.
26	* BrokenBase: The franchise's famous tendency to insert the events of every installment into a bigger picture in the next (often in a heavy-handed way or using {{Retcon}} in plenty) is considered both a sign of ingenuity on the writers's part ''and'' an inevitable source of controversial and unexpected plot twists, if not downright AssPull moves. The discussion reached its peak at the eight film, which puts a lot of effort to turn the irredeemable villains of the two previous into heroic unwitting pawns at the expense of their characterization.
27	* CommonKnowledge:
28	** The "Remember when they used to steal DVD players" meme, since it was actually ''VHS'' (a cassette tape video format which went on decline by the time the first movie hits theatres) players. Which actually makes the SerialEscalation even worse.
29	** In a similar vein, the "''A todo gas''" meme in Latin America, which holds that purportedly the first film was released under that name in Spain, and is usually held as an example of BlindIdiotTranslation. In reality, the first film was released in Spain as ''The Fast and the Furious: A todo gas'', meaning that if anything it was actually a case of TheForeignSubtitle, and while the second film largely retained the same format (''2 Fast 2 Furious: A todo gas 2''), it was dropped by the time of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift'' (which was titled ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo '''Race'''''), and since ''Film/FastAndFurious'', it has simply titled the films "''Fast & Furious'' [number of entry]", and ironically, it has retained that format even when the original title strayed away from the franchise's name (such as ''Furious 7'' and ''The Fate of the Furious'' being simply titled ''Fast & Furious 7'' and ''Fast & Furious 8'').
30	* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/TheFateOfTheFurious Cipher]] & [[YMMV/HobbsAndShaw Brixton Lore]]. See those pages for details.
31	* CriticalDissonance: Every film in the franchise, though downplayed with the later entries as [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel reception of the franchise seems to generally become more positive]] (compare the middling 36% ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'' gets compared to the solidly positive 81% of ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious''). Each film has a higher audience score on Rotten Tomatoes than the actual critic score. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth films have audience scores in the 70-80%s.
32	* DesignatedHero: Dom and his crew frequently use plans that cause massive collateral damage and put innocent people in danger, but the films gloss over any potential casualties. In ''Film/FastFive'' they flat out murder over a dozen police officers when they break into the police station and escape with the vault full of money, and the movie glosses over saying the police are all corrupt. And yet Dom insists that they aren't killers. To be fair, in the sixth film, Dom and the crew (plus Letty, whose on Owen Shaw's team) are shocked when Shaw hijacks a tank and begins running over people, leading them to try to stop him from hurting anyone else by stopping the tank. However, even this just makes things even crazier when they ''continue'' to engage in plans that put civilians in needless danger.
33	* EvenBetterSequel: ''Film/FastFive'' and ''Film/FuriousSeven'' have the highest Website/RottenTomatoes ratings in the series at 78% and 82%, respectively (compared to 53% for the first installment).
34	* EvilIsCool: The Shaw brothers are considered the most badass villains in the franchise and are even considered among some of the best action movie villains in a long time.
35	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: From the beginning, the series has also been known for having a large and very dedicated Latino fanbase.
36	* GrowingTheBeard: The first four movies had their fans, but it was generally a niche audience and they received mixed-to-negative reviews. With ''Film/FastFive'', however, reception rose dramatically, both from critics and the public, a trend that continued to the next movies.
37	* HarsherInHindsight: Creator/PaulWalker (who played Brian O'Conner) being killed in a car crash becomes one considering that speeding cars is the bread-and-butter of the franchise, even after the street racing aspect was phased out. It becomes worse when you consider how many times Walker's character managed to escape or at the very least come away uninjured from serious accidents and explosions in the movies. Even worse, in fact, considering that Walker died on a Porsche when Brian and gang usually drive similar luxury cars.
38	* HilariousInHindsight:
39	** ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' poked at the apparent overlap with ''Film/TheExpendables'' franchise with the introduction of [[spoiler:Creator/JasonStatham]]. Now ''Film/FuriousSeven'' one-upped them by adding [[spoiler:Creator/RondaRousey!]]
40	** All these jokes about the franchise going to outer space due to how over-the-top it’s become lately finally pays off [[spoiler: as the ninth movie has Roman and Tej go to outer space for the climax.]]
41	* ItsPopularNowItSucks: As the franchise became more critically and commercially successful, it moved away from car culture and street-racing to heist-movies and spy thrillers, leaving a very vocal portion of the fanbase unhappy, believing that the cars and street-racing were the initial draw.
42	* JustHereForGodzilla: Or rather "just here for the cars, the hot women and the nonstop action".
43	* MagnificentBastard:
44	** [[GeniusBruiser Dominic "Dom" Toretto]] would become the [[BadassDriver most brilliant and skilled street racer]] after beating his brother, Jakob, in a race and exiling him for his role in their father's death. Perpetrating many high-speed semi hijackings, Dom persuades [[UndercoverCopReveal Brian O’Connor]] to give him his car to escape from the police. Returning to Los Angeles to attend Letty Ortiz’s funeral, Dom tracks down her supposed murderer and kills him while bringing his boss to justice. Escaping prison and traveling to Rio De Janeiro, Dom plots to steal 100 million dollars from [[CorruptPolitician Hernan Reyes]] letting Luke Hobbs kill Reyes while they steal his money. Learning that Letty is still alive, Dom is able to get Letty to turn against Owen Shaw and gets Hobbs to clear their names for helping him stop Owen. When Owen’s brother Deckard hunts Dom and his crew, Dom works with Mr. Nobody to defeat Deckard and his partner, Mose Jakande. [[{{Blackmail}} Blackmailed]] by Cipher into betraying his team and help her obtain nuclear codes, Dom schemes behind her back, having Owen and Deckard recuse Dom’s son from Cipher before foiling her plans. Facing Jakob, the two would join forces to stop Otto and Cipher before Dom reconciles with his brother, giving him his car to escape from authorities.
45	** [[BadassDriver Han Seoul-Oh]] started off as a petty criminal during his [[Film/BetterLuckTomorrow teenage years]] before becoming one of the series' most charismatic and well-known figures upon reaching adulthood. Joining Dominic Toretto’s driving crew Han would collaborates in Dom’s many heists and plans may it be stealing fuel tanks from a truck and 100 million dollars from Hernan Reyes in the [[Film/FastAndFurious fourth]] and [[Film/FastFive fifth]] films respectively to bring Letty Ortiz back and stop Owen Shaw from stealing the CPU in the [[Film/FastAndFurious6 sixth]] film while developing a romantic relationship with Gisele Yashar throughout the movies. Traveling to [[Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift Tokyo]] after Gisele’s death, Han opens his own garage, becoming Sean Boswell’s Driving Mentor and forms business relations with Takashi and the Yakuza while stealing money behind their backs. Though seemingly killed by Deckard Shaw, its revealed in Film/{{F9}} that he collaborated with Mr. Nobody to fake his death to keep Elle safe from rogue agents pursuing her before resurfacing to reunite with his team and rescue Elle.
46	* MemeticBadass: Dom. He doesn't need anything but family to [[https://twitter.com/i/events/1412175530334380033 kick someone's ass.]]
47	* MemeticMutation:
48	** [[http://iminyourface.ytmnd.com/ I'M IN YOUR FACE.]]
49	** Every time Creator/VinDiesel uses the word "Family" or educating other characters about TheBroCode. This ''really'' took off in 2021 when rumors circulated that Universal were considering a ''Fast and Furious'' crossover with ''Film/JurassicWorld'' of all things, leading to people inserting Dom into various events in other films and having him reassure everyone that nothing was stronger than family.
50	*** "I don't need X. I got Family. [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nothing-stronger-than-family Nothing stronger than Family.]]"
51	** In ''Fast And Furious'', you don't have a 5-Gear Manual, you have a 26-Gear Manual. [[labelnote:Explanation]] It's commonly joked that because of how frequently the Characters shift gears in the Franchise, that their cars have a Manual Transmission with more than the normal amount of Transmission Gears.[[/labelnote]]
52	** Fans comparing the earlier films to the later ones often comment something along the lines of, "Remember when this series was about stealing DVD players?" Though the actual target was ''[[OlderThanTheyThink [=VHS=] players]]''.
53	** ''A todo gas''. [[labelnote:Explanation]] The MarketBasedTitle for the film in UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} (though strictly speaking, it's actually a case of TheForeignSubtitle), and among [[UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica Latin Americans]] is considered part of the country's unholy trinity of BlindIdiotTranslation alongside [[Manga/DragonBall Onda Vital (Kamehameha)]] and [[ComicBook/XMen Lobezno (Wolverine)]].[[/labelnote]]
54	** Before the title was revealed as ''Fast X'', the fandom had pretty universally decided that the tenth movie needed to be titled ''[=Fas10=] Your Seatbelts''.
55	* MyRealDaddy: While the original movie was directed by Rob Cohen and the early films were written by Gary Scott Thompson, most people credit director Creator/JustinLin (with Creator/JamesWan also receiving some credit as of the seventh film) and writer Chris Morgan for really bringing the franchise to the heights it's known for today.
56	* {{Narm}}:
57	** Creator/VinDiesel's constant turning around in a badass way can get silly after a while.
58	** The deaths tend to be pretty over the top that they often cross into this, but the death of Jack Toretto in the opening of ''F9'', via flashback, is such an over-the-top crash that it ruins the genuine feeling of trauma it's supposed to have.
59	* NarmCharm: At times, the series can be so utterly ridiculous that it's hard not to enjoy it.
60	** Special mention goes to Dom's repeated gushing about "family"; it's pointless glurge that early on was intended to add some sympathetic traits to him but mostly just created a tonal contrast to the otherwise hypermasculine tough-guy feel of the character. At this point, however, it's became such a MemeticMutation (largely ''because'' of how narmy it is) that it's became part of the series' charm.
61	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The 2006 [=PS2=] and PSP game, made by Eutechnyx, though a bit cookie cutter, is an above-average open-world racing game set in Japanese expressways that basically combines ''Videogame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' with ''Videogame/NeedForSpeedUnderground'' (or ''Videogame/MidnightClub'').
62	* {{Padding}}: Most of the scenes in between car chases/races, especially in the early films, do nothing to advance the plot and could easily be removed without affecting the story.
63	* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Fast & Furious Crossroads'', despite being developed by acclaimed racing game developer Slightly Mad Studios and having of some the franchise's main actors among the cast, has been criticized for its weak and short story, heavy-handed linearity, [[ItsEasySoItSucks low difficulty]], [[DullSurprise bored voice acting]], dated graphics, bad controls, poor audio design, glitchy animations, {{Game Breaking Bug}}s, and lack of features such as car customization, [[DrivingStick manual transmission]], different camera angles or even ''a speedometer'', all while being priced as a $60 AAA title. It drew comparison with Eutechnyx's 2013 ''Videogame/RideToHellRetribution'', especially how both Eutechnyx and Slightly Mad Studios were acclaimed racing game developers.
64	* SignatureSong: Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" is far and away the most popular and most successful song to have ever been featured in the series. For the [[GaidenGame Gaiden Movie]] ''Tokyo Drift'', the titular song by the Teriyaki Boyz is arguably a close second.
65	* ShockingMoments: The first trailer for ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious''. [[spoiler: Notably Dom's (apparent) FaceHeelTurn, the team's EnemyMine with Shaw, the submarine, and the finale of Cipher kissing Dom in front of Letty.]]
66	** The trailer for ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' takes the franchise's [[SerialEscalation continuous disengagement from reality]] to unforeseen levels by featuring ''[[GenreShift an actual supervillain]]'' as the antagonist. As in, one with [[TheSeriesHasLeftReality actual superpowers]], and not just [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower implicit ones]].
67	** And then the trailer for ''F9: The Fast Saga'' pops up with a new bombshell: [[spoiler: ''[[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated HAN IS ALIVE]].'']]
68	* SpiritualAdaptation:
69	** The later films have been compared as a throwback to over the top action movies of TheEighties to the point that it could be considered as a better Expendables movie than the actual ''Film/TheExpendables'' movies (and sharing a star in Creator/JasonStatham doesn't hurt).
70	** The car stunts and chases have also been compared to the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' video game series.
71	** Some have compared it to ''Franchise/GIJoe'', given it started out realistic before amping up into over-the-top insanity -- with the most recent installments bringing in legitimate global-scale threats and actual supervillains.
72	** It began as grounded in reality gangster films before [[SequelEscalation ramping up the weirdness with each installment]], and features a group of protagonists who started out as [[VillainProtagonist anti-villain criminals]] before transitioning to outright heroic characters. This has made some call it the perfect ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' movie.
73	* SpecialEffectFailure: It's pretty obvious in the first four films when CGI is used for the cars. The fifth and sixth films are ''much'' less obvious about it. The best (worst?) examples of this are the race at the beginning of ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'' and the tanker heist in ''Film/FastAndFurious''.
74	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The early films were a loving revue of extreme sports culture at the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially tuner/car racing culture. Later films in the series (starting with the fourth) tend to be less obvious about it beyond the characters' choice of CoolCars, and seem to be more of an {{homage}} to the era. It may seem a bit bizarre that the original film's main conflict is over the theft of ''VHS players'', which not only went completely out of style, but are so old that most people [[CommonKnowledge misremember this detail]] and think it was DVD players (which themselves have mostly (but not completely) gone out of style a decade later in the face of emerging next-gen media formats like Blu-Ray, 4K and streaming).

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