Soo, why did Hunter want to get Storks out of baby delivery again? I know it had to do with the fact they couldn't deliver Tulip, but couldn't they just reform their methods so that they'd have backup systems to ensure proper delivery?
Furthermore, as seen later on, the Storks now have some kind of central computer system that could track package delivery locations. And the beacons don't seem to be that less advanced between 18 years ago and now. Couldn't they have figured out where Tulip needed to go from some kind of database, or if her intended family filed a complaint or something?
I can't remember if it's explicitly stated, but given Hunter's overall character I assume it was simply due to the fact that baby delivery was less profitable than package delivery, and the whole Tulip/Jasper situation was just a convenient reason to hang the switch on.
How did Tulip get her name?
Given that they raised her, who gave the name Tulip to Tulip?
Jasper?
Families know their progeny?
One thing confused me at the movie's end. Tulip's family members all recognize her as theirs on sight, even though she has no unique visible qualities linking her to them. As far as they should know, she's just one of thousands or millions of lanky redheads that must exist in the world. Given what we know of her origin story, these people have no obvious logical reason to suspect she even exists. So how are these people able to recognize this redhead as one of their own?
Two ways to look at this. A) The directors admit that this movie doesn't have fully consistent internal logic, so just roll with it. B) There are factors that would've clued in the family about Tulip being their " long lost daughter". As seen by Nate, there was a heavy precedent for babies being mail order for the storks before the shutdown, so of course they would have expected to receive Tulip. They sent a letter for what they expected about her. Maybe about her having long hair she'd always put in a ponytail, being really smart matching their hair colors or something like that. Also, it's more than possible thanks to the brochures that the Storks had a publicity department, so the family might've received advanced warning after the day or so of surprise deliveries that they'd finally be receiving "their overdue package". Also, it's more than likely that the hundreds of birds standing behind Tulip might've tipped them off that this was the Storks delivering. And as a final consideration, it's possible they just don't get many other redheads in their lives normally, so who else could this be?
Every member of the family has hair that is the exact same shade of red, and the female members all have the exact same frizzy hairstyle.
What happens to the unwanted babies?
Quick question: What happened to the babies that were no longer wanted or had a requester that could no longer care for them? Considering that they stopped delivering babies 18 years ago but letters were still coming in, isn't it possible that there may be people who wanted a baby and could afford a baby at the time when they sent their letter but as time passed they became financially unstable, gained children on their own either through pregnancy or adoption, or simply didn't want a child anymore? What if the requester died or became a widow(er) within the span of those years? What if they moved? What if by the time the baby is actually delivered the requesters are now too old to stay up all night with a newborn? What if the requester is currently single or a single parent? Did they even send a memo beforehand telling these people that they were finally going to get their baby? Were these people given time to prepare? If someone rejects the baby, what happens to the child? They can't be left with the person, that's child abuse/neglect waiting to happen.
I assume that in this eventuality, off-screen the storks do a bit of research or investigation to make sure they're matching a baby up to a family that wants that baby. Especially considering we only see the baby deliveries in montage and every person we see receive a baby clearly wants that baby.
I just figured that if the machine can magic a baby out of wishes and thin air, it can also tell if said baby has someone waiting for it and abort the process if not.
Why keep Tulip at all?
If the storks didn't want to keep Tulip, why didn't they just take her to an orphanage, foster home or any other organisations that look after kids with no parents?
It's shown that the stork/human interaction apart from Tulip is very minimal. Perhaps the storks didn't want to encounter a human who wasn't a client. Apart from that, if a stork or someone coming from that company went to an orphanage, the humans there would know that the Storks failed to do their job and that would have destroyed their reputation. So they decided to keep Tulip and never speak about the incident with others outside the company.
Why stop Diamond Destiny's delivery at all?
Once Hunter finds out about Junior and Tulip's efforts to deliver Diamond Destiny to the Gardners, he makes it his highest priority to stopping them. But why? Why not just let Junior complete the delivery, cover up the details, and act like nothing happened at all? Diamond Destiny's existence doesn't reflect on Hunter in any way, and it's unclear how her delivery jeopardizes Cornerstore.com or his promotion.
More likely if Diamond Destiny's delivery was success and was heard by lots of people, then they would demand more babies and Hunter's Cornerstore.com would likely diminish overtime.
