History Fridge / CorpseBride

[[folder:Fridge Logic]]
* The dead are not able to attack the living while in their world as they must obey by their rules, yet Scraps is still able to bite Lord Barkis. He is able to do this because he's a dog skeleton, and dogs are not well-known for being able to follow every little rule.
** Or, Scraps was Victors dog. Of course he can bite the person whose upsetting his master.
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*** With how Finis says "me" when he means "my", he doesn't seem to be upper-class originally... Did the two of them end up in the same arrangement, with even the genders matching, and for the same reasons as Victor and Victoria did years later?

* During the scene where Victoria is discussing her upcoming arranged marriage with her mother, she asks, "But what if we don't like each other?" Mrs. Everglott retorts, "As if ''that'' has anything to do with marriage!" Yes, it's poking fun at the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Everglott clearly can't stand each other, but consider that ''they'' probably had an arranged marriage (or at least a marriage of convenience), too.
** Given that either Mr. or Mrs. Everglott (or both) came from old money, it probably was. This also adds some insight into ''why'' their marriage is such a tense one: they went into their union for the sake of wealth and security -- and [[ImpoverishedPatrician ended up with neither]].
* You can actually infer that Mr. Everglot is the one who came from old money by the fact the manor is filled to the brim with aristocratic paintings of people who look [[GenerationXerox exactly like him.]]

!!The Parents

!!Emily tearing off the heads of the flowers in her bouquet

!!The Lighting at the end:

!!Emily herself completely fits the "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" custom.

!!The Skeletons:
* Now, who exactly are these skeletons who serve as a chorus to Bonejangles during ''Die, die, we all pass away'' ? Well, they have a very high-pitched voice when they shout "die, die, die, die die". Their size exclude the idea of children, so they must be women. Now, what are women doing with him ? Why, they're Bonejangles's groupies, of course ! After all, he behaves like a famous singer (falling from stage at the end of the song and all that), so it makes sense.

!!Other

!!Emily is dead, and then she dies... again?

!!Endless torture for Barkis Bittern
* The FateWorseThanDeath regarding Barkis Bittern, who after unwittingly consuming poison, is now one of the dead, which conveniently removes the restriction that the dead cannot harm the living, and has an angry mob descend upon him. Made worse in that we never really do find out what they do to him. NothingIsScarier.

!!Dead children

!!Emily's family

!!Social Class Distinctions:

* The dead are not able to attack the living while in their world as they must obey by their rules, yet Scraps is still able to bite Lord Barkis. He is able to do this because he is a dog skeleton and dogs are not well-known for being able to follow every little rule.

[[AC:FridgeBrilliance]]

[[AC:FridgeHorror]]

** A Napoleon-like skeleton drinks at the bar with a fellow (with a hole from a cannonball in his torso) clad in the dirty, tattered remains of a British uniform. In life, the French and English were bitter foes; joined in death, their old squabbles are forgotten, and they happily celebrate together. Technically, the uniform appears to be of ''American'' Revolutionary War vintage, not French, but, again, in eternity, these differences are immaterial.

** Given that either Mr. or Mrs. Everglott (or both) came from old money, it probably was. This also adds some insight into ''why'' their marriage is such a tense one: they went into their union for the sake of wealth and security -- and [[ImpoverishedPatrician ended up with nether]].

* I always found it brilliant that Emily's soul was freed after Victor and Victoria get together. She said she'd wait until she found true love, and she found it. A couple who genuinely love and care for each other, and would do anything for the other. Yes, she wasn't the one who had the 'love' but she found it, and that's what matters.

*** That statement, I'm afraid, is incorrect. The flowers follow the Victorian Period flower language (Floriography), a trend that was very much common at the time. Within the context of marriage, white Baby's Breath doesn't symbolize the wish to have a baby, but rather everlasting love, which was distinguished from eternal love (just keeping the lvoe alive) as the desire to spend the rest of your life with the person you love.

* TheTeetotaler: Creator/RichardEGrant, the voice of Barkis, has a distaste and physical intolerance for alcohol. The fate that befalls his character at the end of the film? [[spoiler:Dying due to downing a cup of wine that, unbeknownst to him, was poisoned.]]

* Lord Barkis appears on screen by walking from a fishmonger's. Given the way he acts even before [[spoiler:the reveal that he's a money-hungry wife-murderer]], it's easy to say that there is certainly something... [[IncrediblyLamePun fishy]] about him.

* It gets even worse when you consider what possible reason Barkis could have for coming back for Victoria after finding out her family was broke. He was probably going to murder her. After doing something [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil else...]] He ''does'' declare that she's still his wife, and therefore his. Just for added [[ForTheEvulz Evulz]], try and guess which he will do first....and how often.

* Don't forget that Barkis "is" dead, though: Like Emily said in her song, "In the ice and in the sun, it's all the same." Other actions in the movie, no one else seems able to feel pain, so they can't really hurt Barkis, just give him a good scare.

* Lord Barkis appears on screen by walking from a fishmonger's. Given the way he acts even before [[spoiler:the reveal that he's a money-hungry wife-murderer]], it's easy to say that there is certainly something...[[IncrediblyLamePun fishy]] about him.

* The contrast between the World of the Living and the World of the Dead is a rather clever play on class distinctions in the Victorian era. On at least one occasion, the two realms are ''literally'' identified as [[Series/UpstairsDownstairs "upstairs" and "downstairs"]]. The World of the Dead, as a reflection of working class culture, is colorful, lively, and unreserved; even Emily, who was wealthy in life, behaves more like a working class girl, being vivacious and free-spirited (in contrast to Victoria, who is proper and demure). By contrast, the World of the Living is drab, stuffy and restrained -- very much like the upper class itself.

[[AC:FridgeLogic]]
!!Emily knowing Victor's name and Scraps:
* When Victor runs from The Ball & Socket and Emily goes looking for him, she calls him by his name... even though the two had just met, AccidentalMarriage or not, and Victor didn't even have a chance to introduce himself (understandably, considering how fast things were going). She also somehow knew that Scraps was Victor's deceased dog, despite that, again, she and Victor had technically just met.
** Considering she knew Scraps and could understand him, it's possible they met at some point and he told her about Victor, who serendipitously happened to be the one to propose to her corpse.
** Also plausible that Victor has some dead relatives running around, especially considering the time. It seems unlikely at his age his grandparents aren't dead, and Emily seems popular enough among the dead that when she finds a husband they might know and recognize him?