History Fridge / Clerks

* At the end of the brief scene introducing Jay and Silent Bob, Snowball walks up to them ("[[ShoutOut What do you want]], [[TheLifeAndTimesOfGrizzlyAdams Grizzly Adams]] ?)". Because Jay and Silent Bob are dealers and Snowball is a stoner, it seems very likely that he's come to buy some weed from them, thus making the whole exchange very dismissable. However, a scene or two later, Veronica is explaining to Dante how Snowball (disgustingly) got his name... what was [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeteroSexualToday Jay just]] [[AnythingThatMoves talking to]] [[StupidSexyFriend Bob]] [[AThreesomeIsHot about]] before Snowball walked up?

* Does anyone believe that Caitlin is foolish enough to think that it was Dante? The corridor was so narrow and no one answered the door of toilet before she got out. This troper's conclusion: Caitlin wasn't worried about casual sex and she was really scared only after she saw a dead man.

* FridgeLogic: Randal unearths a ''Franchise/StarWars'' example, pertaining to the casualties that resulted from the destruction of the second Death Star: It was incomplete, so presumably the builders were still on board and working on it, and they couldn't have all been Stormtroopers. "All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed -- casualties of a war they had nothing to do with."

* Does anyone believe that Caitlin are foolish enough to think that it was Dante? The corridor was so narrow and no one answered the door of toilet before she got out. This troper's conclusion: Caitlin wasn't worried about casual sex and she was really scared only after she saw a dead man.

* ''Happy Scrappy Hero Pup''? Did [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo]] get his own movie?

* At the end of the brief scene introducing Jay and Silent Bob, Snowball walks up to them ("[[ShoutOut What do you want]], GrizzyAddams ?)". Because Jay and Silent Bob are dealers and Snowball is a stoner, it seems very likely that he's come to buy some weed from them, thus making the whole exchange very dismissable. However, a scene or two later, Veronica is explaining to Dante how Snowball (disgustingly) got his name... what was [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeteroSexualToday Jay just]] [[AnythingThatMoves]] talking to [[StupidSexyFriend Bob]] [[AThreesomeIsHot about]] before Snowball walked up?

* At the end of the brief scene introducing Jay and Silent Bob, Snowball walks up to them ("[[ShoutOut What do you want]], GrizzyAdams ?)". Because Jay and Silent Bob are dealers and Snowball is a stoner, it seems very likely that he's come to buy some weed from them, thus making the whole exchange very dismissable. However, a scene or two later, Veronica is explaining to Dante how Snowball (disgustingly) got his name... what was [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeteroSexualToday Jay just]] talking to [[StupidSexyFriend Bob]] about before Snowball walked up?

*** All this of course ignores the possibility that the Death Star may have been built with slave labor rather than independent contractors or droids, the latter being shown in ''Star Wars'' to be sentient anyways.

* FridgeLogic: Randal unearths a ''Franchise/StarWars'' example, pertaining to the casualties that resulted from the destruction of the second Death Star: it was incomplete, so presumably the builders were still on board and working on it, and they couldn't have all been Stormtroopers. "All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed--casualties of a war they had nothing to do with."

* The gum salesman who accuses Dante of being like the Nazis because he's [[HitlerAteSugar 'only following orders']] by selling cigarettes? Is a charismatic but unscrupulous man who uses powerful public speaking techniques to manipulate a crowd into demonizing and outright attacking a convenient and innocent scapegoat, relying on their unthinking emotional response and acceptance of his emotive and on-the-surface logical but actually deeply flawed arguments in order to cynically manipulate them into doing his bidding. When initially asked to stop causing trouble, he agrees, only to break his word and keep doing so. It eventually escalates to the point of (narrowly avoided, in this case) destructive violence. And he even has facial hair. [[AdolfHitler Sound like anyone we know?]]

* ''Happy Scrappy Hero Pup''? Did [[ScoobyDoo Scrappy Doo]] get his own movie?

*** As for the contractor, his point is still valid, and there's no hypocrisy; the contractor informed his friend about the job, but he is in no way responsible for the decisions made by his friend, who presumably knew the dangers as well. The friend didn't have to accept the job either.

** It's highly unlikely Randal was in on Dante's murder. It's clearly established throughout the film by both the main characters and various ancillary characters that Dante and Randal have been good friends for some time. Randal is a JerkAss, but he wouldn't be involved in the death of a friend. His switching off the security camera is just in keeping with his character, namely a lazy, irresponsible slacker who has no respect for his job or most rules that interfere with his fun time. The killer simply lucked out because of Randal goofing around, he was not in cahoots with him.

*** As for the contractor, his point is still valid, and there's no hypocrisy -- the contractor informed his friend about the job, but the friend -- who should have known the risks as well -- didn't have to take it either.

*** Wouldn't most of the Death Star's construction be done by droids anyway?

* FridgeLogic: Randal unearths a ''StarWars'' example, pertaining to the casualties that resulted from the destruction of the second Death Star: it was incomplete, so presumably the builders were still on board and working on it, and they couldn't have all been Stormtroopers. "All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed--casualties of a war they had nothing to do with."

** The contractor actually suggested it to his friend. Makes me wonder [[WithFriendsLikeThese how good of a friend it could have been]], and [[{{Hypocrite}} where he gets off]].

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** It's highly unlikely Randal was in on Dante's murder. It's clearly established throughout the film by both the main characters and various ancillary characters that Dante and Randal have been good friends for some time. Randal is a JerkAss, but he wouldn't be involved in the death of a friend. His switching off the security camera is just in keeping with his character, namely a lazy, irresponsible slacker who has no respect for his job or most rules that interfere with his fun time. The killer simply lucked out because of Randal goofing around, he was not in cahoots with him.