As a Fridge subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.
Fridge Brilliance
- It makes sense the original release date for the movie was July 2020, it would have came out around The 4th of July, an American holiday known for grilling burgers. This also fits with the movie's eventual release date, May 27th 2022, as it fell on Memorial Day weekend, the start of barbeque season in the US.
- Felix is initially the prime suspect in framing Calvin, which is supported by the fact that he's tried to claim the fortune before. But in Felix's previous attempt, he'd tried to kill Calvin for it rather than create a convoluted plan to disqualify Calvin from the trust. However, looking carefully, Felix never attempted to claim the trust, just Wonder Wharf. The movie implies that the wharf isn't part of the trust, but rather something Calvin directly inherited (as in, even if he didn't have the trust, he'd have the wharf). Given the implication that Felix himself is disqualified from the trust (since Grover didn't have to also frame him for murder, just Calvin), it explains why Felix's methods were more direct than Grover's—he was specifically after Wonder Wharf because it was the only thing he had any legal claim to, and the only way he would inherit it is if Calvin died or willingly gave it away. Likewise, that's why Grover is attempting to burn down the wharf—it'd be the one thing Grover wouldn't inherit from Calvin's conviction, so it's still a loose end that he needs to get rid of. But he still needs the trust so he can have the funds to complete his master plan, so he can't just burn the wharf down immediately—he needs Calvin out of the way first.
Fridge Horror
- Grover's plot hinges on Calvin getting convicted of Cotton Candy Dan's murder because that would disqualify him from the Fischoeder inheritance trust, thus allowing Grover to inherit it. However, Grover ignores Felix entirely, even though Felix (as Calvin's brother) would have a stronger claim to the inheritance than Grover would. Given Grover indicates that being convicted completely disqualifies a Fischoeder from the trust, one has to wonder—did Grover just forget about Felix (as most people in the series tend to), or did Felix actually get convicted of something in the past? And if it's the latter—just what exactly did the trigger-happy, mentally-unstable Felix do?
- The series itself provides a possible answer—namely, Felix is the reason Calvin only has one eye. While initially presented as a throwaway line, it's possible that stabbing out his brother's eye got Felix convicted of assault or even attempted murder. While Calvin's influence might've gotten Felix out of jail time (or a reduced sentence), the conviction alone would disqualify Felix from the trust (Being convicted of a felony doesn't mean you'll serve jailtime, but it still remains a felony conviction under the law, disqualifying someone from any rights denied to convicted felons).
- Felix also kidnapped, falsely imprisoned, and attempted to murder Bob and Calvin; although he changed his mind, he still attempted it. It's entirely possible he was charged and convicted for that.
- Grover mentions that every Fischoeder except for himself and Calvin has been convicted of a felony. Now remember that Grover is a lawyer—the family lawyer to be exact. Grover probably defended the other Fischoeders during these cases. And every case that went to trial ended in a guilty verdict. He's probably been botching his defense all these years just to get his relatives out of the way of the inheritance trust, just in case their claim to it would be larger than his. It paints Grover's frustration at Calvin being a Karma Houdini in a new light—Calvin getting away would be aggravating enough on its own, but the fact that him doing so derails probable years of methodical planning (even ignoring the six years it took Cotton Candy Dan's corpse to be uncovered) would probably frustrate Grover to no end.
- Relatedly, one has to wonder—if Grover was willing to botch their defense, who's to say he didn't go the extra mile and fabricate the entire thing like he did for Calvin? How many Fischoeders actually committed their felonies, and how many were the victims of frame-ups?
- Furthermore, depending on how long Grover's had his plan to claim the inheritance trust, he probably became a lawyer specifically because it'd put him in the best position to get his relatives out of the way. We find out that Grover's from the "bad" part of the family - "They're bad because they're poor," per Felix - so Grover would have had motivation from an early age: He sees his family's not as rich as their relatives, knows it's unlikely this will improve as the trust stands, and his relatives would be likely to hire him once he has his law degree, because who doesn't want a lawyer in their pocket?
- Suppose Grover got tired of waiting for his plan to come to fruition. A man willing to hold literal children at spearpoint isn't above murdering another carnie if he gets impatient.
