History Fridge / RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes

* The interquel novel ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm'' has one of the protagonists investigate Will's house during the subsequent Simian Flu outbreak, only to find Will and Caroline missing and the computer equipment confiscated by a third party. Then he meets with Linda Anderson's sister and witnesses her being shot by a Gen-Sys hitman, only surviving [[spoiler:(not for long)]] thanks to another citizen taking the man out in a MutualKill. This brings up a question on whether Will might have died from Simian Flu... [[HeKnowsTooMuch or could he have been silenced by the very company he used to work for in a haste coverup attempt]].

* The interquel novel ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm'' has one of the protagonists investigate Will's house during the subsequent Simian Flu outbreak, only to find Will and Caroline missing and the computer equipment confiscated by a third party. Then he meets with Linda Anderson's sister and witnesses her being shot by a Gen-Sys hitman, only surviving [[spoiler:(not for long)]] thanks to another citizen taking the man out in a MutualKill. This brings up a question on whether Will truly died from Simian Flu... [[HeKnowsTooMuch or was he silenced by the very company he used to work in for about a decade in a haste coverup attempt]].

* Even if Franklin hadn't come across Hunsiker, he would have probably infected many other people he met after falling ill. Who would say that some of them wouldn't travel by bus, plane, ship or train? The second Franklin inhaled the gas and left the Gen-Sys facility, the whole world was doomed to crumble down.

** It wasn’t actually the scientists, at least not completely. The “Dawn” prequel book explains it all. He saw his mother die and then was owned by a human who beat him, electrocuted him, burned him with a cigarette-blinding his one eye-and slashed him with a knife. Then he ends up in the lab undergoing painful experiments. Still a horrific life to live, and could still possibly turn a bonobo completely crazy.

* The final scene of the film where [[spoiler: Koba wanted to kill Will for being a human (and one of the scientists of the company that experimented on him) and Caesar defending the latter]] perfectly foreshadowed the entire plot of [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]].

** It wasn’t actually the scientists, at least not completely. The “Dawn” prequel book explains it all. He saw his mother die and then was owned by a human who beat him, electrocuted him, burned him with a cigarette-blinding his one eye-and slashed him with a knife. Then he ends up in the lab undergoing painful experiments. Still a horrific life to live, and could still possibly turn a bonobo completely crazy.

* What do you think Will's neighbor probably did before he left on his flight at the end of the movie? '''Hugged his children'''. So much for InfantImmortality.

* Even if Franklin hadn't come across Hunsiker, he would have probably infected many other people he met after falling ill. Who would say that some of these people wouldn't travel somewhere by bus, plane, ship or train? The second Franklin inhaled the gas and left the Gen-Sys facility, the whole world was doomed to crumble down.

* Even if Franklin hadn't come across Hunsiker, he would have probably infected many other people he met after falling ill. Who would say that some infected people wouldn't travel somewhere by bus, plane, ship or train? The second Franklin inhaled the gas and left the Gen-Sys facility, the whole world was doomed to crumble down.

* Even if Franklin hadn't come across Hunsiker, he would have probably infected many other people he met after falling ill and probably infected them. Who would say that some infected people wouldn't travel somewhere by bus, plane, ship or train? The second Franklin inhaled the gas and left the Gen-Sys facility, the whole world was doomed to crumble down.

* Even if Franklin didn't come across Hunsiker, he would have probably infected many other people he met after falling ill and probably infected them. The second Franklin inhaled the gas and left the Gen-Sys facility, the whole world was doomed to crumble down.

** It wasn’t actually the scientists, at least not completely. The “Dawn” prequel book explains it all. He saw his mother die and then was owned by a human who beat him, electrocuted him, burned him with a cigarette-blinding his one eye-and slashed him with a knife. Then he ends up in the lab undergoing painful experiments.

** It wasn’t actually the scientists, at least not completely. The “Dawn” prequel book explains it all. He saw his mother die and then was owned by a human who beat him, electrocuted him, burned him with a cigarette-blinding his one eye-and slashed him with a knife. Then he ends up in the lab undergoing painful experiments.

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* Now, I'm no medical expert but after seeing that humanity is doomed and likely to be wiped out by the virus I wondered... there were still humans in the Planet of the Apes, being hunted, right? Sure the humans were a bit slow, but what are they? Immune? Then I realized... the virus was meant to cure Alzheimers, and the human it was tested on was cured, only to soon revert. Medicines given to someone without a disease can cause problems or issues. So one might say that the disease is only fatal to regular humans, while those suffering from Alzheimers get cured for a time before reverting to their simple, more forgetful selves.
** Trouble is, people with Alzheimers are usually too elderly to breed, meaning they're unlikely to be the ancestors of whatever future generations of intellectually-stunted humans remain. More likely, the plague will fall shy of a 100% mortality rate, but will leave any lucky survivors quite mentally damaged, and their children too.
*** The sequel says that the virus had a 99.8% mortality rate.
* The final scene of the film where [[spoiler: Koba wanted to kill Will for being a human (and one of the scientists of the company that experimented on him) and Caesar defending the latter]] perfectly foreshadowed the entire plot of [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]].
* Before running away, Bright Eyes tries to jump back into her cage. This act seems meaningless and is entirely forgetable if you don't rewatch, when you know baby Caesar is inside the cage.
* The last scene fades out on New York, the location of the original film. The credits reveal that the plane's destination is Paris, the origin of the astronauts in the novel.

* Before running away, Bright Eyes tries to jump back into her cage. This act seems meaningless and is entirely forgetable if you don't rewatch, when you know baby Caesar is inside the cage.

* Remember when Will was about to give his father the new ALZ-113 drug to permanently cure him of Alzheimer's but his father refuses it, prompting him to let him go. Later in the film, it's revealed that the drug is fatal to humans. If Will's father didn't refuse the drug at the last minute nor if Will didn't listened, he could of died a long painful death.

* Koba is probably the most viscious ape in the story, particularly toward his captors. When you realize that bonobos are one of the least aggressive species of ape (they'll fight if threatened, but they're nowhere near as psycho as chimpanzees), it makes you wonder: What were those scientists ''doing'' to him?

* The final scene of the film where [[spoiler: Koba wanted to kill Will for being a human (and one of the scientists of the company that experimented on him) and Caesar defending the latter]] perfectly foreshadowed the entire plot of [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]].

*** The sequel says that the virus had a 99.8% mortality rate.

** Trouble is, people with Alzheimers are usually too elderly to breed, meaning they're unlikely to be the ancestors of whatever future generations of intellectually-stunted humans remain. More likely, the plague will fall shy of a 100% mortality rate, but will leave any lucky survivors quite mentally damaged, and their children too.

* Now, I'm no medical expert but after seeing that humanity is doomed and likely to be wiped out by the virus I wondered... there were still humans in the Planet of the Apes, being hunted, right? Sure the humans were a bit slow, but what are they? Immune? Then I realized... the virus was meant to cure Alzheimers, and the human it was tested on was cured, only to soon revert. Medicines given to someone without a disease can cause problems or issues. So one might say that the disease is only fatal to regular humans, while those suffering from Alzheimers get cured for a time before reverting to their simple, more forgetful selves.

** And Will would have been next.

* Remember when Will was about to give his father the new ALZ-113 drug to permanently cure him of Alzheimer's but his father refuses it, prompting him to let him go. Later in the film, it's revealed that the drug is fatal to humans. If Will's father didn't refuse the drug at the last minute nor if Will didn't listened, he could of died a long painful death.

* Will was about to give his father the new ALZ-113 drug to permanently cure him of Alzheimer's but his father refuses it, prompting him to let it go. Later in the film, it's revealed that it is fatal to humans. If Will's father didn't refuse the drug at the last minute nor if Will didn't listened, he could of died a long painful death.

* What do you think Will's neighbor probably did before he left on his flight at the end of the movie? '''Hugged his children'''. So much for InfantImmortality.