History Fridge / Hancock

* [[spoiler: Mary says that she and Hancock are siblings. He says "That's a lie - brothers and sisters don't kiss the way you kissed me last night." But moments before she said that they were known as gods in some cultures. Now take a look at the family tree of almost any major pantheon. It is entirely possible they were married ''and'' siblings. That leads to another Brilliance, since their kind were worshiped as gods for thousands of years they may even be the basis for any given pantheon in their universe.]]
* During one scene, Hancock uses the word homo extremely liberally. It CrossesTheLineTwice that he says it while in the modern day when homosexuality and same sex marriage are accepted. [[spoiler:Then we figure out he's immortal and his last memory of his life was in the 1930s, a time where homosexuals were as oppressed as black people, like himself. Hancock lost his memories in the 1930s, but he remembers everything he did since then. Given how dismissive he is of Ray's chances at improving the public perception of his heroics, he's likely drawing on old-fashioned prejudices that he never really felt, pushing Ray away intentionally, to get Ray to quit so that he won't have to, because he doesn't want to put in the hard work to make it work. Like Ray suspects, Hancock tries to push people away, as he feels it is inevitable that people leave him, seeing himself as being the "asshole" that had nobody come to see them in the hospital, so it is less painful if he ''chose'' to chase them off by being an asshole ''intentionally''.
* [[spoiler:Mary]] eventually [[BorrowedCatchphrase uses Hancock's "Call me _______ one more time" catchphrase]]. Makes sense; spend over 3,000 years with someone, and you're bound to pick up some of his habits.

* During one scene, Hancock uses the word homo extremely liberally. It CrossesTheLineTwice that he says it while in the modern day when homosexuality and same sex marriage are accepted. [[spoiler:Then we figure out he's immortal and his last memory of his life was in the 1930s, a time where among most things, homosexuality was not accepted behavior. So he was really just saying what would be expected from a FishOutOfTemporalWater]].
** Hancock lost his memories in the 1930s, he remembers everything he did since then. Though given his lack of connections, he's never really needed to get with the times.

* After Hancock [[spoiler:leaves LA to save Mary]], it's shown that he settled [[spoiler:in New York City. Other than being on the other side of the country with plenty of distance, NYC is the perfect place for him]]. He's a legitimate superhero now, and where else would a superhero live?

* Part of Hancock's CharacterDevelopment is controlling his powers, trying to avert his DestructiveSaviour tendencies, which he seems to do so later in the film, making more controlled landings, less use of excessive force, but he doesn't seem to go through any training, and is considered to be because of his sobriety once he starts gaining popularity, but what else was he doing at the time? Spending time with the Embrys, he wasn't just gaining greater control, being around Mary was starting to DePower Hancock.

* What Is Mary's response to Hancock calling her crazy and cuckoo? Start a superpowered street fight with lightning and tornadoes in the middle of a very populated city street. Who's to say no humans were killed in that fight?

* During one scene, Hancock uses the word homo extremely liberally. It CrossesTheLineTwice that he says it while in the modern day when homosexuality and same sex marriage are accepted. [[spoiler: Then we figure out he's immortal and his last memory of his life was in the 1930s, a time where among most things, homophobia was not accepted behavior. So he was really just saying what would be expected from a FishOutOfTemporalWater]].
** Hancock lost his memories in the 1930's, he remembers everything he did(well when not drunk) since then. Though given his lack on connections, he's never really needed to get with the times.

* After Hancock [[spoiler: leaves LA to save Mary]], it's shown that he settled [[spoiler: in New York City. Other than being on the other side of the country with plenty of distance, NYC is the perfect place for him.]] He's a legitimate superhero now, and where else would a superhero live?

* What Is Mary's response to Hancock calling her crazy and cuckoo? Start a superpowered street fight with lightning and tornados In the middle of a very populated city street. Who's to say no humans were killed In that fight?