History Fridge / TheProfessional

* Tony off-handedly points out that his "bank" doesn't have any forms to fill in. We find out when Leon is trying to check into a hotel that he's illiterate, so this would be helpful for Leon.

* Many people may find it odd that the grenade that sets off the bundle on Leon to kill Stansfield waited until after Leon finished his last words after handing Stansfield the safety pin. What people forget us that as long as the safety lever remained pressed down, you can pull the safety pin out and not have to worry right away about it detonating. The grenades were under Leon's vest, which may have been a tight fit, meaning that Stansfield opened the vest, it disengaged the safety lever on the grenade that Leon pulled the pin out of. Essentially, the vest Leon was wearing was keeping Stansfield alive and when he stupidly opened it to see where the pin came from, he sealed his own doom.

* Léon tries to adapt Mathilda's teachings about peace and about extending the meaning of "no women, no kids", but sadly his MO (and Mathilda's idea) is to kill. So while saying "no women, no kids", Léon kills Malky, who was mostly trying to hold back the other thugs.

* Five thugs survive the first shootout, but Mathilda offers Léon money to kill only four. Either Léon and Mathilda don't notice Willi Blood leaving later, so they think that he died in the shootout; or she wants to spare Malky (whom she had overheard try to hold back the thugs) but Léon doesn't discuss the plan with her and kills Malky.

* Five thugs survive the first shootout, but Mathilda offers Léon money to kill only four. Either Léon and Mathilda don't notice Willi Blood leaving later, so they think that he died in the shootout (FridgeLogic); or she wants to spare Malky (whom she had overheard try to hold back the thugs) but Léon doesn't discuss the plan with her and kills Malky.

* Léon is watching the hallway when the DirtyCops tell the old lady that they are from the police/DEA. So Léon knows that they might be DirtyCops, and probably convinces Mathilda off-screen to distrust the police and to not answer the door when the arriving police does the usual interrogation of neighbors/witnesses.

* Malky says Willi Blood's name when Mathilda hears him mention her brother's killing. She later ''sees'' in the DEA building whom the other cops call Blood, and that Léon shoots him. It remains unclear whether she hears, memorizes and connects all the dots.

* When Mathilda tries to kill Stansfield by herself, she does succeed in that Léon kills her brother's killer while rescuing her.

* Five thugs survive the first shootout, but Mathilda offers Léon money to kill only four. There are several possible explanations:
** Léon sees only four of the thugs leave Mathilda's apartment and despite being a professional doesn't realize that Willi Blood stays inside upon Stansfield's request.
** Mathilda sees Malky scold Willi Blood for killing her brother. She knows that there are five thugs and wants to spare Malky. This is probably the wrong explanation because Léon does kill Malky.
* Léon says "no women, no kids" as he kills Malky. Yet, Malky scolded Willi Blood for killing a little kid, tried to stop Stansfield's rampage, and to convince Mathilda's father to find a more peaceful solution. With the philosophy "no women, no kids" that Mathilda tried to teach Léon to act out more consistently (by burning the drugs), Léon should have killed Malky last or not at all. Instead, Léon kills Malky first, unleashing Stansfield's revenge upon himself (without Malky to calm down Stansfield). On the other hand, Malky's death is perfectly timed to stop Stansfield from killing Mathilda.

* Tony off-handedly points out that his bank doesn't have any forms to fill in. We find out when Leon is trying to check into a hotel that he's illiterate, so this would be helpful for Leon.

* Five thugs survive the first shootout, but Mathilda offers Léon money to kill only four. There are several possible explanations:
** Léon sees only four of the thugs leave Mathilda's apartment and despite being a professional assumes that the others are dead, not realizing that Willi Blood is unhurt and stays inside upon Stansfield's request.
** Mathilda hears Malky ''scold'' Willi Blood for killing her brother, that is how she finds out that he was killed. If she realizes that this is ''scolding'' then she knows that not all the thugs were in favor of killing her brother. Either Mathilda knows that there are five thugs and wants to spare Malky, or she thinks there are four.

* Léon says "no women, no kids" as he kills Malky. Yet, Malky scolded Willi Blood for killing a little kid, tried to stop Stansfield's rampage, and to convince Mathilda's father to find a more peaceful solution. With the philosophy "no women, no kids" that Mathilda tried to teach Léon to act out more consistently (by burning the drugs), Léon should have killed Malky last or not at all. Instead, Léon kills Malky first, unleashing Stansfield's revenge upon himself (without Malky to calm down Stansfield). This would be FridgeHorror, but on the other hand Malky's death is perfectly timed to stop Stansfield from killing Mathilda.
-->'''Stansfield:''' Death is... whimsical today.
** The reason why Mathilda tries to kill Stansfield by herself is that Léon leaves her frustrated by keeping her out of things. Another consequence of these events is that Léon kills Mathilda's brother's killer. Quite a [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zag]] of plans GoneHorriblyWrong.

* Malky says Willi Blood's name when Mathilda hears him mention her brother's killing. She later ''sees'' in the DEA building whom the other cops call Blood, and that Léon shoots him. But it remains unclear whether she had heard and memorized this as her brother's killer's name.

** The reason why Mathilda tries to kill Stansfield by herself is that Léon leaves her frustrated by keeping her out of things. Another consequence of these events is that Léon kills Mathilda's brother's killer. Quite a [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zag]] of protecting Mathilda GoneHorriblyWrong.

* Léon says "no women, no kids" as he kills Malky. Yet, Malky scolded Willi Blood for killing a little kid, tried to stop Stansfield's rampage, and to convince Mathilda's father to find a more peaceful solution. With the philosophy "no women, no kids" that Mathilda tried to teach Léon to act out more consistently (by burning the drugs), Léon should have killed Malky last or not at all. Instead, Léon killed Malky first, unleashing Stansfield's revenge upon himself (without Malky to calm down Stansfield). This would be FridgeHorror, but on the other hand news about Malky's death stop Stansfield from killing Mathilda.

* Léon says "no women, no kids" as he kills Malky. Yet, Malky scolded Willi Blood for killing a little kid, tried to stop Stansfield's rampage, and to convince Mathilda's father to find a more peaceful solution. With the philosophy "no women, no kids" that Mathilda tried to teach Léon to act out more consistently (by burning the drugs), Léon should have killed Malky last or not at all. Instead, Léon killed Malky first, unleashing Stansfield's revenge upon himself. This would be FridgeHorror, but news about Malky's death stop Stansfield from killing Mathilda.

!!FridgeHorror
* Léon says "no women, no kids" as he kills Malky. Yet, Malky scolded Willi Blood for killing a little kid, tried to stop Stansfield's rampage, and to convince Mathilda's father to find a more peaceful solution.

** Mathilda hears Malky ''scold'' Willi Blood for killing her brother, that is how she finds out that he was killed. If she realizes that this is ''scolding'' then she knows that not all the thugs were in favor of killing her brother. Either Mathilda knows that there are five thugs and wants to spare Malky, or she thinks there are four. In the latter case either she wants Malky dead even though he tries to stop others from killing little kids, or she didn't realize it was ''scolding''.

** Mathilda hears Malky ''scold'' Willi Blood for killing her brother, that is how she finds out that he was killed. If she realizes that this is ''scolding'' then she knows that not all the thugs were in favor of killing her brother. Either Mathilda knows that there are five thugs and wants to spare Malky, or she thinks there are four. In the latter case either she wants Malky dead even though he tries to stop others from killing little kids (which would be a case of FridgeHorror), or she didn't realize it was ''scolding''.