History Fridge / TheRescuersDownUnder

* It's possible to survive going over a waterfall. It's ''usually unlikely,'' but it is possible. Survivalists will tell you one of the secrets to surviving a waterfall is to tuck your body into a ball before you hit the water to absorb the impact and potentially take less damage from rocks. If you watch [=McLeach=] as he [[DisneyVillainDeath goes over Crocodile Falls]], he seems to tuck his body into a ball just before disappearing into the mist. Perhaps [=McLeach=] will soon be knocking on Cody's door to get back at him, and the Rescue Aid Society won't be able to intervene in time...

!!FridgeHeartwarming

* Wilbur is (grudgingly) tasked with watching Marahute's eggs while Bernard goes to rescue her, Bianca, Jake, and Cody and they hatch by the end. It was sadly confirmed earlier that [=McLeach=] had killed Marahute's mate, but with Wilbur being present at their birth and consideration of imprinting, maybe the chicks will grow up with a father figure after all.

!! FridgeLogic
* It makes you wonder how mice manage to encode a message in what is presumably the Pacific Fleet Headquarters at Pearl Harbor during the "Message Montage" scene.
** The R.A.S. has had hackers infiltrating human-computer systems for a while. The Internet will likely make their work more uncomplicated if a third Rescuers film ever gets made. On the Internet, nobody knows you're a mouse.
* The encoded message (that you see in Hawaii) just said that the boy had been kidnapped in Australia. Australia is a large continent. How did they know where to go?
* When Bernard tries to keep their mission hush-hush, Jake immediately reveals he knows all about the kidnapped boy, proclaiming that it's hard to keep secrets in the Outback. But when they get to [=McLeach=]'s place and hear him taunting Cody about Marahute and the eggs, Jake has no idea what he's talking about, nor does he recognize where they're headed or that Marahute has a nest there. So apparently Jake doesn't know everything going on in the Outback.
** FridgeBrilliance: Jake is just trying to impress the tourists.
* Those other animals [=McLeach=] captured do have a good chance of escaping or being rescued for the following reasons:
** Frank was able to pick the lock on his cage door once, and with [=McLeach=] dead (or severely badly injured) and Joanna being far away, there's nothing preventing him from doing it again and ''successfully'' getting the keys this time. Admittedly, it took him a while to pick the lock, but again, no one is around to stop him now.
** Cody, whom surely knows where [=McLeach's=] hideout is, could just call the Rangers after he gets home and tell them about it. They would then raid the hideout and rescue the animals themselves since [=McLeach=] is a wanted criminal.
* Even if [=McLeach=] ''did'' survive his plunge down the waterfall by tucking himself into a ball, he's going to suffer ''serious'' injuries that would either cause him to die of blood loss or leave him vulnerable to death by heat exposure or dehydration since he's stuck in the Australian Outback without any food or water. Or a predator could get him. And even if, by some miracle, he manages to evade all of that, Cody knows where his hideout is and will no doubt tell the Rangers about it, so he's going to have a hard time evading the law now.
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* The death of Marahute's mate gains a new depressing layer when you remember that eagles are monogamous. She loved him and ''only'' him and would have been with him for her whole life...but she didn't get the chance because [[MoralEventHorizon McLeach killed him]].

** Frank was able to pick the lock on his cage door once, and with [=McLeach=] dead (severely badly injured) and Joanna being far away, there's nothing preventing him from doing it again and ''successfully'' getting the keys this time. Indeed, it took him a while, but again, no one was around to stop him now.
** Cody, whom surely knows where [=McLeach's=] hideout is,d just call the Rangers after he gets home and tell them about it. They would then raid the hideout and rescue the animals themselves since [=McLeach=] is a wanted criminal.

* [=McLeach=] clearly has an American Southern accent despite the film taking place in Australia. He's likely on the run from the law for his poaching, so he's hiding out in Australia. Australia may in fact be his most recent hiding place.

* Cody leaves the room with the trapped, sentient, ''talking'' animals, with [=McLeach=] telling him he won't ever see them again. We never see anything that contradicts the obvious implication that he slaughtered them all. It did seem like [=McLeach=] immediately tricked Cody into leading him to the Eagle, then tried to kill him, leading directly to [=McLeach=]'s own death. All of this appeared to happen in sequence with no time to go back and kill and skin the animals for sale. There again, though, it raises the question of what happened to the chained up animals. All the characters seemed to just forget they existed. That would mean that they all slowly starved and dehydrated to death. Or worse, if Joanna, who appears to be a Lace Goanna ''(Varanus varius)'', remembered they were all there and went back, the rest of the animals might have had to watch the carrion eater eat them one by one as they died.

* Speaking of the crocodile falls, when [=McLeach=] shines a light on them, they immediately go into the water, almost like it's a signal that they associate with something edible going to be given to them. He even yells "That's right babies! Suppertime!" It's very likely that this isn't the first time he's fed someone to crocodiles.
* The death of Marahute's mate gains a whole new layer of depressing when you remember that eagles are monogamous. She had loved him and ''only'' him and would have been with him for her whole life...but she didn't get the chance because [[MoralEventHorizon McLeach killed him]].
* It's actually possible to survive going over a waterfall. It's ''usually unlikely'', but it is possible. Survivalists will tell you one of the secrets to surviving a waterfall is to tuck your body into a ball before you hit the water, to absorb the impact (and potentially take less damage from rocks). If you watch [=McLeach=] as he [[DisneyVillainDeath goes over Crocodile Falls]], he seems to tuck his body into a ball just before we see him disappear into the mist. Perhaps [=McLeach=] will soon be knocking on Cody's door with the intention of getting back at him and the Rescue Aid Society will not be able to intervene in time...

** Clearly the R.A.S. has had hackers infiltrating human computer systems for a while. If there's ever a third Rescuers film, the Internet is likely to make their work easier. On the Internet, nobody knows you're a mouse.
* The encoded message (that you see in Hawaii) simply said that the boy had been kidnapped in Australia. Australia is a large continent. How did they know where to go?
* When Bernard tries to keep their mission hush-hush, Jake immediately reveals he knows all about the kidnapped boy, proclaiming that it's hard to keep secrets in the outback. But when they get to [=McLeach=]'s place and hear him taunting Cody about Marahute and the eggs, Jake has no idea what he's talking about, nor does he recognize where they're headed or that Marahute has a nest there. So apparently Jake doesn't know everything going on in the outback.
** FridgeBrilliance: Jake was just trying to impress the tourists.
* Those other animals [=McLeach=] captured actually do have a good chance of escaping or being rescued for the following reasons:
** Frank was able to pick the lock on his cage door once, and with [=McLeach=] dead (or very badly injured) and Joanna being far away, there's nothing preventing him from doing it again and ''successfully'' getting the keys this time. Sure, it took him a while, but, again, no one's there to stop him now.
** Cody, whom surely knows where [=McLeach's=] hideout is, could just call the Rangers after he gets home and tell them about it. They would then raid the hideout and rescue the animals themselves, since [=McLeach=] is a wanted criminal.
* Even if [=McLeach=] ''did'' survive his plunge down the waterfall by tucking himself into a ball, he's going to suffer ''serious'' injuries that would either cause him to die of blood loss, or leave him vulnerable to death by heat exposure or dehydration since he's stuck in the Australian Outback without any food or water. Or a predator could get him. And even if, by some miracle, he manages to evade all of that, Cody knows where his hideout is and will no doubt tell the Rangers about it, so he's going to have a hard time evading the law now.

** The frilled lizard was able to pick the lock on his cage door once, and with [=McLeach=] dead (or very badly injured) and Joanna being far away, there's nothing preventing him from doing it again and ''successfully'' getting the keys this time. Sure, it took him a while, but, again, no one's there to stop him now.

* It's actually possible to survive going over a waterfall. It's ''usually unlikely'', but it is possible. Survivalists will tell you one of the secrets to surviving a waterfall is to tuck your body into a ball before you hit the water, to absorb the impact (and potentially take less damage from rocks). If you watch [=McLeach=] as he [[DisneyVillainDeath goes over Crocodile Falls]], he seems to tuck his body into a ball just before we see him disappear into the mist.

* Cody leaves the room with the trapped, sentient, ''talking'' animals, with [=McLeach=] telling him he won't ever see them again. We never see anything that contradicts the obvious implication that he slaughtered them all.
** Well, it did seem like [=McLeach=] immediately tricked Cody into leading him to the Eagle, then tried to kill him, leading directly to [=McLeach=]'s own death. All of this appeared to happen in sequence with no time to go back and kill and skin the animals for sale. There again, though, it raises the question of what happened to the chained up animals. All the characters seemed to just forget they existed. That would mean that they all slowly starved and dehydrated to death. Or worse, if Joanna, who appears to be a Lace Goanna ''(Varanus varius)'', remembered they were all there and went back, the rest of the animals might have had to watch the carrion eater eat them one by one as they died.
*** Frank the frilled-neck lizard, used his tail once to unlock his cage. Surely he could do it again, and successfully get the keys again with Joanna nowhere nearby to stop him.
*** Also, surely Miss Bianca, Jake, and Bernard would go back to free them once Cody told about their fate.
*** Not to mention that, once Cody was safely home, he probably told the authorities all about [=McLeach=] and his poaching operation, including the location of his base. It's not a stretch to assume they would have been rescued and set free.
*** Cody is unlocking one of the cages when McLeach comes up from behind and grabs him. When we next see Cody, he doesn't have the keys in his hand, meaning that they were either left in the lock or else fell onto the ground nearby. Since neither McLeach nor Joanna pick them up, presumably whichever animal was in that cage would be able to reach out, get them, and then free itself and the rest of the creatures.

** The coordinates from the first report (the one transmitted by those that witnessed the kidnapping) may have been included along with the message. I don't remember actually seeing the message, so its possible.

* So Percival C. [=McLeach=] may have only stuck in school till third grade and may be a lowly poacher, but on several occasions he's shown to be BookDumb but StreetSmart. Then how do you explain his actions towards the golden eagles? Instead of selling them to a zoo or bring them into society possibly making millions, he sells them on the black market. Considering how he's still hunting smaller animals and the way his shack looks, the first golden eagle didn't make him rich, so why should Marahute? Even if all of this can be explained by a greed for money and so forth, he employs Joanna to eat Marahute's eggs so golden eagles can stay rare.. what the fuck is wrong with him? Each of those eggs could be worth millions!
** Not making it past third grade may have something to do with his poor decision making. Also, the father eagle apparantly was brought in dead, and Marahute is alive. That might explain the assumed difference in value.
** Objection, OP. He can't sell them to a zoo ''because he's a wanted man!''
** Another thing about zoos is that you can't just pull a wild animal out of its natural habitat and stick it in a zoo, especially if its not poking its nose dangerously (dangerous to both the animal and any humans) into areas heavily populated by humans, and most of those animals would simply be released somewhere else. No zoo is ever knowingly buy an animal from a poacher, and [=McLeach=] would be pretty obvious as a poacher, having an extremely rare bird in his possession and all.

* Joanna seems like a weirdly specific name for a lizard, particularly for viewers who aren't from Australia and can't differentiate species. However, it all makes sense when you realize she's a [[goanna]] lizard, which rhymes with Joanna.

* Nearly all known species of eagle are monogamous, meaning that when they mate, they pair for life and never separate as a couple. With this in mind, it makes the death of Marahute's mate ten times more heartbreaking.