History Trivia / TheFastAndTheFurious

** Cuban-American Dominic Toretto is played by Creator/VinDiesel, who is mixed and may or may not be Cuban himself. His sister, Mia, is played by Jordana Brewster, who is Brazilian-American and his brother Jakob, is played by Wrestling/JohnCena, who is Italian-American, not to mention his cousin Tony, who is the main protagonist of spinoff ''[[WesternAnimation/FastAndFuriousSpyRacers Spy Racers]]'', is voiced by Creator/TylerPosey, who is of mixed Mexican and European descent.

** In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2'', Sonic compares the centuries long conflict between the Echidnas and the Owls to Creator/VinDiesel and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson's public feud.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://fastandfurious.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Fast and the Furious Wiki]].

* DoingItForTheArt: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Supposedly, Vin Diesel's cameo in ''Tokyo Drift'' was done in lieu of payment, but in exchange for the rights to the ''Riddick'' series.

* CashCowFranchise: Oh, ''so'' much, especially ''Furious 7''; it grossed $1 billion worldwide by the end of its first weekend in domestic release. ''Furious 7'' was fast tracked to production because Universal considered the franchise to be one of their moneymakers at the time, and not even Paul Walker's death could dent their plans. ''Fast X'' was originally intended to be the final film in the series, but Universal kept demanding for more films, until it ended up being the first of a planned trilogy to conclude the franchise.

* CashCowFranchise: Oh, ''so'' much, especially ''Furious 7''; it grossed $1 billion worldwide by the end of its first weekend in domestic release.

* FriendshipOnTheSet: Creator/VinDiesel and Creator/PaulWalker became close friends over the course of the series and Diesel was devastated by Walker's tragic death.
* HostilityOnTheSet: An infamous one between Creator/VinDiesel and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, sometimes memetically referred to as "[=#CandyAssGate=]" due to the latter's word choice in describing the former. The two largely refused to film scenes together in most of their shared films (resulting in scenes between the two rarely containing both their faces in the same shot, such as the hospital scene in ''Film/Furious7''), and routinely criticized each other (and not in an affectionate way) in interviews. After Diesel attempted to claim during interviews for ''Film/{{F9}}'' that his behavior on ''Film/FastFive'' was to bring Johnson's performance up to his standards, Johnson announced he was leaving the series, barring the Diesel-free ''Hobbs & Shaw'' films. Diesel later made a public offer for Johnson to return to the main series, which Johnson rebuffed. [[spoiler: He makes an appearance in TheStinger of ''Film/FastX'', however, indicating that they may have mended things behind the scenes.]]

--> '''Sonic:''' I feel just like Creator/VinDiesel! It's all about family, Tom!

* StuntCasting: One of the franchise's first selling points was the inclusion of known rappers in the cast, from Ja Rule in the first to Ludacris in the second and Lil' Bow Wow in the third - but now it looks to be subverted as Ludacris' staying power easily beats out all the others. ''Fast Five'' also dabble in this, adding Dwayne Johnson as a supporting (but important) character that eventually became one of the protagonists in later films. ''Fast & Furious 9'' will not feature Johnson due to him starring in [[Film/HobbsAndShaw his own spin-off]]; seemingly to make up for it, fellow wrestler-turned-actor Wrestling/JohnCena [[https://deadline.com/2019/06/john-cena-officially-joins-fast-furious-9-1202629115/ will be appearing instead]].

* ReferencedBy: In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', when Sonic takes the wheel of the pickup truck:

* HostilityOnTheSet: An infamous one between Creator/VinDiesel and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, sometimes memetically referred to as "[=#CandyAssGate=]" due to the latter's word choice in describing the former. The two largely refused to film scenes together in most of their shared films (resulting in scenes between the two rarely containing both their faces in the same shot, such as the hospital scene in ''Film/Furious7''), and routinely criticized each other (and not in an affectionate way) in interviews. After Diesel attempted to claim during interviews for ''Film/{{F9}}'' that his behavior on ''Film/FastFive'' was to bring Johnson's performance up to his standards, Johnson announced he was leaving the series, barring the Diesel-free ''Hobbs & Shaw'' films. Diesel later made a public offer for Johnson to return to the main series, which Johnson rebuffed.