History Fridge / PulpFiction

* Near the beginning of Butch's story after he kills the other boxer, he goes to a pay phone and tells the person collecting his money from the bookies that him and his girlfriend will take a couple days to get to Knoxville and that the next time he talks to him they'll "be on Tennessee time". At the end of his story they have the incident in the pawn shop where he kills Zed and the other employee/owner. During that scene you can clearly see mounted on the wall behind the pawn shop guy a confederate flag and a Tennessee license plate... This is incredibly interesting to me. There's a very real possibility Butch sticks to his original plan after the movie ends and takes his girlfriend to Knoxville on Zed's custom personalized chopper. Now if these pawn shop guys were a part of a motorcycle chapter as well as some fringe part of organized crime and are *from* Tennessee they likely still have plenty of connections there and make regular trips between LA and Knoxville to meet up with their leadership. So heres where it gets interesting. When Butch arrives in Tennessee on this stolen chopper not only is it possible certain gamblers there have gotten word of that particular fight maybe being rigged, but they would certainly learn in a few days that their members in LA were recently murdered at their business front and his bike was stolen. When they see butch riding around on Zed's bike, he's going to be in serious trouble. I could actually see this being a fantastic setup for a sequel if they made one. Butch could arrive in Tennessee ecstatic that he finally got away from the chaos in LA, able to settle down and start his life over without needing to run. Perhaps he decided to stop in at a random biker bar near his hotel/safehouse to celebrate and is having a good time with a bit of cash from the setup so he starts buying everyone drinks and everyone is getting to know him, he's putting himself at the center of attention. At some point maybe someone walks into the bar and starts asking "where's Zed?" "what do you mean, I never heard anything about him coming out?" "Well his chopper is parked right outside... yeah see, that's his isn't it?" "Huh yeah that's his alright" at some point maybe the bartender tries to call their LA office and can't get through, eventually they make contact with someone to find out he was killed. Butch's tipsy mind is racing as he gradually realizes what's going on and prepares to bail, oblivious to how much information he gave out about himself while chatting.

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In the TV pilot Fox Force 5, Mia's specialty was "knives" - in Kill Bill, Uma Thurman's character uses Samurai swords (Copperhead specializing in knives as well) Latter film also features the Deadly Viper Squad, badass women with aliases that possess specialties.

In the TV pilot Fox Force 5, Mia's specialty was "knives" - in Kill Bill, Uma Thurman's character uses Samurai swords. Latter film also features the Deadly Vipers, ytough women with aliases that possess specialties.

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** Alternatively, the entire performance was intended for Marvin instead of Brett. No point in wasting your breath lecturing someone you're just going to kill anyway. But Marvin probably dedicated the rest of his life to staying on Marcellus Wallace's good side.
*** He might have, it's impossible to say for sure given what happens in the next scene.

* In the '50s style restaurant, when Mia orders a milkshake, the waiter asks her whether she wants the "Martin-Lewis" milkshake or the "Amos 'n Andy" milkshake. It took me years till I got the joke. When watching the movie for the nth time and it came to that scene, I thought to myself, "Who's Martin Lewis?" Then it dawned on me that it was a reference to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and it meant that the milkshake was vanilla, whereas "Amos 'n Andy" was chocolate.

* Vincent dies because he shits where he eats. He first comes close to doing so when he is tempted by Mia (his boss's wife) and then he seals his fate when he takes a bathroom break in Butch's apartment (the place he was working)
** And the one time he didn't take a shit where he metaphorically ate, was when he took a shit where he literally ate, at the diner.

* In a ''very'' subtle moment of {{foreshadowing}}: Jules' very first scene in the movie has him enthusiastically saying that he wants to go to Europe, after hearing Vincent's many stories about his travels there. The very ''last'' scene in the movie has him planning to [[WalkingTheEarth walk the Earth]] after quitting his life of crime. With his past behind him, now he has a reason to make good on his promise and go to Europe.

* Vincent, the "Elvis man," dies on the toilet, as Elvis infamously did.

* During the first Ezekiel 25:17 scene, Jules is really talking for Marvin's benefit. No point in lecturing someone you're just going to kill anyway.

* '''90's drug glossary =''' When Lance sells Víncent his heroin he says "I'm out of baloons, bag Okay?" wich Vincent agreed on. When we first see Mia she snorts cocain and later OD's while snorting Vincent's heroin. For those that don't remember 90's drug culture: You stored heroin in baloons, cocain in bags and you shoot heroin [Remember the close-up of Vincent's vein before he picked up mia] and snorts cocaine. She OD'd because the heroin was mis-labled and she thought it was cocaine.

* 90's drug glossary = When Lance sells Víncent his heroin he says "I'm out of baloons, bag Okay?" wich Vincent agreed on. When we first see Mia she snorts cocain and later OD's while snorting Vincent's heroin. For those that don't remember 90's drug culture: You stored heroin in baloons, cocain in bags and you shoot heroin [Remember the close-up of Vincent's vein before he picked up mia] and snorts cocaine. She OD'd because the heroin was mis-labled and she thought it was cocaine.

* 90's drug glossary = When Lance sells Víncent his heroin he says "I'm out of baloons, bag Okay?" wich Vincent agreed on. When we first see Mia she snorts cocain and later OD's while snorting Vincent's heroin. For those that don't remember 90's drug culture: You stored heroin in baloons, cocain in bags and you shoot heroin and snorts cocaine. She OD'd because the heroin was mis-labled and shethought it was cocaine.

* 90's drug glossary = When Lance sells Víncent his heroin he says "I'm out of baloons, bag Okay?" wich Vincent agreed on. When we first see Mia she snorts cocain and later OD's while snorting Vincent's heroin. For those that don't remember 90's drug culture: You stored heroin in baloons, cocain in bags and you shoot heroin and snorts cocaine. She OD'd because the heroin was mis-labled and thought it was cocaine.

* When Lance sells Víncent his heroin he says "I'm out of baloons, bag Okay?" wich Vincent agreed on. When we first see Mia she snorts cocain and later OD's while snorting Vincent's heroin. For those that don't remember 90's drug culture: You stored heroin in baloons, cocain in bags and you shoot heroin and snorts cocaine. She OD'd because the heroin was mis-labled and thought it was cocaine.

* During the first Ezekiel 25:17 scene, Jules is really talking for Marvin's benefit. No point in lecturing

* Related to the first point on this page, in a way: In his first appearances in "Vincent Vega and Marcellus Wallace's Wife" and the beginning of "The Gold Watch", we only ever see Marcellus Wallace from behind. This distances us from him, and dehumanizes him; he's an unknowable, almost inhumanly threatening presence, in constant command and control. Pretty much the first time we see his face is when Butch runs him over, and then during his [[RapeAsDrama experiences]] in the pawn shop. This 'humanizes' him, brings him down from his pedestal of all-powerful crime lord to vulnerable human being. Fittingly, when we see him in "The Bonnie Situation", although the segment is set before these experiences we see him from the front, demonstrating the humanity he developed in the earlier segment. CharacterDevelopment -- it doesn't have to happen in linear order.

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* Butch's father's watch was [[AssShove up the anuses]] of two men, who were infected with dysentery, for seven years. He still wears it.