History Fridge / TheFastAndTheFurious

!!'''Fridge Brilliance'''

* Luke Hobbs feeling mighty incensed about Deckard Shaw in ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' throughout the penitentiary scenes takes on a whole new meaning after TheReveal [[spoiler:regarding Dominic Toretto and Elena Neves' newborn son]]: back in ''Film/FuriousSeven'', [[spoiler:Hobbs had to protect Elena from an explosive used by Shaw when he infiltrated DSS headquarters - both getting thrown out of the window by the blast, with Hobbs landing on his back onto an SUV, breaking her fall. Hobbs wasn't simply protecting Elena - he was making sure her unborn child was unharmed, too]]. Hobbs being peeved about Shaw and going on a verbal tirade in ''Fate'' about "beating [Shaw's] ass like a Cherokee drum" is justified [[spoiler:because Shaw could have killed three people rather than two (assuming, of course, Hobbs caught wind of Elena's pregnancy between ''Seven'' and ''Fate'')]].
* In ''Film/TwoFastTwoFurious'', Markham tries to pair Brian with an Agent Dunn who's first seen drinking a soda from a cup labelled "Gallo's Pizza". Brian tests his tuning knowledge by asking if a Gallo 12 or a Gallo 24 would be a better motor for his Skyline. When Dunn suggests a Gallo 24, Brian rejects him as a partner. At first, it looks like Brian rejected him because he wasn't up on automotive knowledge, but Brian's question highlights a better reason to reject him: Dunn failed to remember what pizza place he got his soda at. Brian doesn't want to put his life in the hands of someone that unobservant.
** Another thing, the "12" and the "24" in the made-up engine names most likely refer to the number of pistons the engines have. Dunn suggests the 24-piston engine, but there is no modern car engine that has that many pistons.
*** This isn't necessarily true, though. A lot of engines have numbers in them that reflect various other components besides pistons, not to mention that it could be a designation of the engine's generation, a particular tuning spec, or other variables. [[Manga/InitialD A certain AE-86]] was fitted with a legendary tuner engine known as the 4A-GE 20V, not because of its piston count, but because of the number of valves it has in total, which was 20. Nissan's RB engines also use numbers in that range because they drop the decimal from the engine displacement in liters. So the [=RB26DETT=] (the engine powering the legendary Skyline GT-R), isn't a 26 cylinder engine, but a 2.6 liter inline 6. You'd have to know a lot about the car community to know off the bat what the numbers in an engine name is referring to, but you'd have to know less about cars to recognize that the Gallo 24 isn't a real engine, and you'd have to be pretty inattentive to not realize that the engine the guy in front of you is quizzing you about has the same name as the pizza joint you just ate at.

* Cipher's blackmail against Dominic should be obvious in hindsight. Given that he values family over everything, the only thing that could make him turn on his family is [[spoiler: closer family.]]
* Just before the first race in the first film, Dominic uses a remote control to turn on the stereo in his trunk. Why doesn't he just use the stereo controls right on the center console? Because as we see during the race, that's actually the controls for the nitrous system in disguise.
* In Hobbs and Shaw, the title characters get better and better at fighting Brixton because they simply become familiar with his tactics, abilities, resources, combined with his own arrogance. Turns out they aren't as evolved as they thought. Compare how Brixton beats Hattie's team in the intro with how [[spoiler:they're able to take him down in the ending by double-teaming him, because he simply ''can't'' take them by surprise as easily.]]
* In ''Tokyo Drift'' Han's crew give Sean a lot of crap for being rubbish at drifting, but, Sean is used to "Street" racing not "Drift" racing, he has to basically relearn how to drive, being that his muscle memory is "tuned" for a more straightforward style of racing where being faster is the order of the day, not the flowing style of drift.

!!'''Fridge Logic'''
* While Dom naming [[spoiler:his son]] Brian in ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' is a nice real-world tribute to the late Paul Walker, it's somewhat awkward in the context of the movie's universe since Brian is [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen alive and well]], and [[spoiler:the kid's uncle]]. Wouldn’t he be weirded out by Dom seemingly invoking the [[spoiler:DeadGuyJunior]] trope on him? Even moreso in ''Film/{{F9}}'' where Brian is apparently [[spoiler:babysitting the other Brian]] offscreen.

* Why was Han stealing from DK if he was already a millionaire? As Roman puts it in ''6'' when he keeps asking to borrow money for the vending machine, "That's how you stay a millionaire."

* While Dom naming [[spoiler:his son]] Brian in ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' is a nice real-world tribute to the late Paul Walker, it's somewhat awkward in the context of the movie's universe since Brian is [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen alive and well]], and [[spoiler:the kid's uncle]]. Even moreso in ''Film/{{F9}}'' where Brian is apparently [[spoiler:babysitting the other Brian]] offscreen.

* Luke Hobbs feeling mighty incensed about Deckard Shaw in ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' throughout the penitentiary scenes takes on a whole new meaning after TheReveal [[spoiler:regarding Dominic Toretto and Elena Neves' newborn son]]: back in ''Film/FuriousSeven'', [[spoiler:Hobbs had to protect Elena from an explosive used by Shaw when he infiltrated DSS headquarters - both getting thrown out of the window by the blast, with Hobbs landing on his back onto an SUV, breaking her fall. Hobbs wasn't simply protecting Elena - he was making sure her unborn child was unharmed, too]]. Hobbs being peeved about Shaw and going on a verbal tirade in ''Fate of the Furious'' about "beating [Shaw's] ass like a Cherokee drum" is justified [[spoiler:because Shaw could have killed three people rather than two (assuming, of course, Hobbs caught wind of Elena's pregnancy between ''Fast Seven'' and ''Fate of the Furious'')]].

*** This isn't necessarily true, though. A lot of engines have numbers in them that reflect various other components besides pistons, not to mention that it could be a designation of the engine's generation, a particular tuning spec, or other variables. [[Manga/InitialD:A certain AE-86]] was fitted with a legendary tuner engine known as the 4A-GE 20V, not because of its piston count, but because of the number of valves it has in total, which was 20. Nissan's RB engines also use numbers in that range because they drop the decimal from the engine displacement in liters. So the [=RB26DETT=] (the engine powering the legendary Skyline GT-R), isn't a 26 cylinder engine, but a 2.6 liter inline 6. You'd have to know a lot about the car community to know off the bat what the numbers in an engine name is referring to, but you'd have to know less about cars to recognize that the Gallo 24 isn't a real engine, and you'd have to be pretty inattentive to not realize that the engine the guy in front of you is quizzing you about has the same name as the pizza joint you just ate at.

*** This isn't necessarily true, though. A lot of engines have numbers in them that reflect various other components besides pistons, not to mention that it could be a designation of the engine's generation, a particular tuning spec, or other variables. [[Manga/InitialD:A certain AE-86]] was fitted with a legendary tuner engine known as the 4A-GE 20V, not because of its piston count, but because of the number of valves it has in total, which was 20. Nissan's RB engines also use numbers in that range because they drop the decimal from the engine displacement in liters. So the RB26DETT (the engine powering the legendary Skyline GT-R), isn't a 26 cylinder engine, but a 2.6 liter inline 6. You'd have to know a lot about the car community to know off the bat what the numbers in an engine name is referring to, but you'd have to know less about cars to recognize that the Gallo 24 isn't a real engine, and you'd have to be pretty inattentive to not realize that the engine the guy in front of you is quizzing you about has the same name as the pizza joint you just ate at.

* Luke Hobbs feeling mighty incensed about Deckard Shaw in ''Fate of the Furious'' throughout the penitentiary scenes takes on a whole new meaning after TheReveal [[spoiler:regarding Dominic Toretto and Elena Neves' newborn son]]: back in ''Fast Seven'', [[spoiler:Hobbs had to protect Elena from an explosive used by Shaw when he infiltrated DSS headquarters - both getting thrown out of the window by the blast, with Hobbs landing on his back onto an SUV, breaking her fall. Hobbs wasn't simply protecting Elena - he was making sure her unborn child was unharmed, too]]. Hobbs being peeved about Shaw and going on a verbal tirade in ''Fate of the Furious'' about "beating [Shaw's] ass like a Cherokee drum" is justified [[spoiler:because Shaw could have killed three people rather than two (assuming, of course, Hobbs caught wind of Elena's pregnancy between ''Fast Seven'' and ''Fate of the Furious'')]].
* In ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', Markham tries to pair Brian with an Agent Dunn who's first seen drinking a soda from a cup labelled "Gallo's Pizza". Brian tests his tuning knowledge by asking if a Gallo 12 or a Gallo 24 would be a better motor for his Skyline. When Dunn suggests a Gallo 24, Brian rejects him as a partner. At first, it looks like Brian rejected him because he wasn't up on automotive knowledge, but Brian's question highlights a better reason to reject him: Dunn failed to remember what pizza place he got his soda at. Brian doesn't want to put his life in the hands of someone that unobservant.
* Cipher's blackmail against Dominic should be obvious in hindsight. Given that he values family over everything, the only thing that could make him turn on his family is [[spoiler: closer family.]]

* In ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', Markham tries to pair Brian with an Agent Dunn who's first seen drinking a soda from a cup labelled "Gallo's Pizza". Brian tests his tuning knowledge by asking if a Gallo 12 or a Gallo 24 would be a better motor for his Skyline. When Dunn suggests a Gallo 24, Brian rejects him as a partner. At first, it looks like Brian rejected him because he wasn't up on automotive knowledge, but Brian's question highlights a better reason to reject him: Dunn failed to remember what pizza place he got his soda at. Brian doesn't want to put his life in the hands of someone that unobservant.

* Luke Hobbs feeling mighty incensed about Deckard Shaw in ''Fate of the Furious'' throughout the penitentiary scenes takes on a whole new meaning after TheReveal [[spoiler:regarding Dominic Toretto and Elena Neves' newborn son]]: back in ''Fast Seven'', [[spoiler:Hobbs had to protect Elena from an explosive used by Shaw when he infiltrated DSS headquarters - both getting thrown out of the window by the blast, with Hobbs landing on his back onto an SUV, breaking her fall. Hobbs wasn't simply protecting Elena - he was making sure her unborn child was unharmed, too]]. Hobbs being peeved about Shaw and going on a verbal tirade in ''Fate of the Furious'' about "beating [Shaw's] ass like a Cherokee drum" is justified [[spoiler:because Shaw could have killed three people rather than two (assuming, of course, Hobbs caught wind of Elena's pregnancy between ''Fast Seven'' and ''Fate of the Furious'')]].