History Fridge / PacificRim

** Raleigh is frequently [[CallingYourAttacks telling Mako what to do next]] despite the fact that they are mind-connected through the Drift. At first, it seems like he's doing it for the audience. But that's not the case: notice that Mako's movements come just a little after Raleigh's, [[spoiler: at least until Otachi lifts them in the air]]. [[ShellShockedVeteran Raleigh]] has the lead in this fight and [[TheRookie Mako]] tries to keep up with his movements and tactics. He's simply making it easier for her by telling her out loud. Later in the battle, when Gipsy Danger is [[spoiler: almost in orbit]] and he's out of ideas, [[TheRookie she]] takes the lead and points out that they still have the [[spoiler: sword]]; now he's copying her moves.

* Striker Eureka, the only Mach 5 Jaeger, is capable of making mincemeat of Category 4 kaiju, as shown with Mutavore and to an extent Otachi (who he had dead to rights until Leatherback interfered), as well as putting up one heck of a fight with a Category 5 kaiju. It's quite likely the reason the Jaegers were dropping so easily was ''because'' rather than advancing further as they had been up until that point, the world leaders focused the money into what amounted to a gigantic publicity stunt that failed to accomplish anything, given the latest model was clearly up to snuff with the current kaiju.

** ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'': Ron Perlman plays '''H'''ellboy (an appropriated nickname), a an emotionally-driven monster-fighting secret agent demon who's constantly chafing at the bit of authority. His most distinctive features, besides his red skin, are his fist and his firearm.
** ''Pacific Rim'': Ron Perlman plays '''H'''annibal Chau (a chosen pseudonym) a cold, logical, intelligent businessman who operates more or less openly and profits off of the remains of monsters. He effectively ''is'' the authority. His most distinctive features are his shoes and his knife. His clothing is mostly red.

** In the sequel comic Aftermath, they do show that Chau is slowly dying of organ failure due to the toxicity of kaiju blue.

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** A second layer of symbolism: The humans made monsters to fight the monsters the Precursors were sending, so in a way, the Jaegers were humanity's version of the Precursor's monsters. But humanity didn't just send an upgraded version of the Precursor's monsters, they sent their own monster into the Rift as well, which was much worse. The humans sent into the rift the one weapon so destructive, they were scared to use it on themselves. [[NuclearWeaponsTaboo The one thing humans had that was even more destructive than any Kaiju.]] Gypsy Danger may have been the Precursor's nightmare, but her nuclear reactor was ours. [[HorrifyingtheHorror And even though the Precursors sent dozens of ''their'' monsters to our world and couldn't bring us to heel, all we had to do was send one of ours.]]

** A second layer of symbolish: The humans made monsters to fight the monsters the Precursors were sending, so in a way, the Jaegers were humanity's version of the Precursor's monsters. The humans sent into the rift the one weapon so destructive, they were scared to use it on themselves. [[NuclearWeaponsTaboo The one thing humans had that was even more destructive than any Kaiju.]] Gypsy Danger may have been the Precursor's nightmare, but her nuclear reactor was ours. [[HorrifyingtheHorror And even though the Precursors sent to send dozens of their monsters to our world and couldn't bring us to heel, all we had to do was send one.]]

** Actually, Raleigh could've just been BSing. Gipsy rips out Leatherback's organ that houses the EMP before he has a chance to use it, so we never find out if Gipsy would've been affected. Raleigh could've just been BSing to get into the fight, and since nobody knew how the EMP worked (and they didn't really have any other options) they believed him and put him and Mako into the fight.

** Actually, it's two levels of symbolism. The humans made monsters to fight the monsters the Precursors were sending, so in a way, the Jaegers were our version of the Precursor's monsters. But Jaegers weren't based off of ''our'' monsters, they were based off of theirs. Our monster we sent through was worse. The humans sent into the rift the one weapon so destructive, they were scared to use it on ourselves. [[NuclearWeaponsTaboo The one thing humans had that was even more destructive than any Kaiju.]] Gypsy Danger may have been the Precursor's nightmare. But her nuclear reactor was ours. [[HorrifyingtheHorror And even though the Precursors sent to send dozens of their monsters to our world and couldn't bring us to heel, all we had to do was send one.]]

* The reason that Raleigh decides to check for a pulse following Gipsy's tussle with Leatherback is because the last time he thought he killed a Kaiju with a plasma cannon, Knifehead, it snuck up on him and ambushed him, nearly killing him. So he wants to avoid that, especially since we know that the Kaiju can attack and repeat previous successful strategies.

** Actually, it's two levels of symbolism. The humans made monsters to fight the monsters the Precursors were sending, so in a way, the Jaegers were our version of the Precursor's monsters. But Jaegers weren't based off of ''our'' monsters, they were based off of theirs. Our monster we sent through was worse. The humans sent into the rift the one weapon so destructive, they were scared to use it on ourselves. [[NuclearWeaponsTaboo The one thing humans had that was even more destructive than any Kaiju.]] Gypsy Danger may have been the Precursor's nightmare. But her nuclear reactor was ours. [[HumansAreCthulhu And even though the Precursors sent to send dozens of their monsters to our world and couldn't bring us to heel, all we had to do was send one.]]

* The Kaiju are confirmed to have a digestive system, presumably need a huge amount of food, and target population centers. [[ImAHumanitarian This says quite a bit about their eating habits.]]

* In Mako's memory of the Tokyo attack, little-Mako's every gasp and whimper seems ''very'' loud in comparison to the background noise of rampaging kaiju, which can seem like over-the-top Narm at first. However, it's a great indicator that the memory is from ''her'' point of view: vocal sounds always seem a bit louder to the person who makes them, and hears them resonating within their own head, than to nearby listeners. We're literally hearing her desperate breaths as if we were that terrified little girl.

** Unfortunately this would be pretty easy for the Masters to counter: just reprogram the gate so it only opens for ''living'' Kaiju. Or make it reject metal. Or make it password-protected. More likely than not, ItOnlyWorksOnce.

** Even after death, Jaeger pilots are stated to often Ghost-Drift with each other, as shown with Raleigh and his brother. Herc has been piloting with his son for over ''five'' years... and [[spoiler: Chuck is now dead.]] It's very likely that Herc will be seeing his [[spoiler: dead child]] on regular basis, but only in his mind and the Ghost-Drift.