History Fridge / TheSuicideSquad

* Save those killed in action, those thousands of rats Cleo summons to take down Starro presumably went back to their regular lives as city vermin. No biggie, they were already living there anyway... except now, any rodent-phobic residents of Corto Maltese's capital city have ''seen for themselves'' just how many such animals are present in their communities, whether directly or on news footage of the event. It's a safe bet that a ''lot'' of locals will be moving to less-infested locations [=ASAP=], horrified by the size of Cleo's rat swarm.

* When Bloodsport first meets the Thinker, the former sticks his gun onto the back of the latter and commands him to "smile", which the Thinker does. Now, the viewer, at this point, is prone to believe at this point that the Thinker's smile is either a smile of A) Simply complying with was he's being told to do at gunpoint because he doesn't want to be shot or B) A sort of "reflex" that happens out of pure fear. But later in the movie, in response to Ratcather II threatening to torture him with her rats, the Thinker answers is a manner that reveals that [[TooKinkyToTorture he would actually ''enjoy'' torture]]. So the smile the Thinker flashed when Bloodsport threatened him? It was a 'genuine'' smile, he was ''getting off'' on the moment!

* Waller having the means to send a 16-year old girl for minor charges to be tried as an adult and sent to the worst prison in the US correctional system with a high chance of being killed, surely there would have been others than just Bloodsport's daughter who suffered this fate, possibly even people innocent of the charges.

-->'''Harley Quinn:''' I know. I know. I know what you're trying to say. "Harley, why not just leave?!" And I'd say, "Why are you screaming at me?! I'm not deaf! I'm standing right here!" And then I'd say, "When your taste in men is as bad as mine, they don't just go away quietly. They slash your tires, and they ''kill your dogs'', and tell you that the music you like ain't real music at all. And all the cruelty... tears you apart after a while."

* It looks like the Task Force X managers learned from [[Film/SuicideSquad the previous film]]:

* All of the humans under Starro's control speak with Scottish accents. Why? The voice he's likely been exposed to the most over the last thirty years is The Thinker's.

-->'''Harley Quinn:''' I know. I know. I know what you're trying to say. "Harley, why not just leave?!" And I'd say, "Why are you screaming at me?! I'm not deaf! I'm standing right here!" And then I'd say, "When your taste in men is as bad as mine, they don't just go away quietly. They slash your tires, and they ''kill your dogs'', and tell you that the music you like ain't real music at all. And all the cruelty... tears you apart after a while."
* Bad news for all those who found Sebastian the rat cute: if Ratcatcher II reappears in some future Extended Universe movie, it'll probably have to be ''Sebastian'' 2 (or 3, or 4, or 5...) who accompanies her. Brown rats like him only live for a few years.

-->'''Harley Quinn:''' I know. I know. I know what you're trying to say. "Harley, why not just leave?!" And I'd say, "Why are you screaming at me?! I'm not deaf! I'm standing right here!" And then I'd say, "When your taste in men is as bad as mine, they don't just go away quietly. They slash your tires, and they '''kill your dogs''', and tell you that the music you like ain't real music at all. And all the cruelty... tears you apart after a while."
** Which adds new levels of ominousness to the fact that ''Cassandra Cain'' is never once mentioned in this film.
*** Harley at the end of her speech to Luna did mention that she WouldntHurtAChild, so Cass is probably fine and is watch over by some of Harley's friends, even if they're just as crazy.
*** Harley's ''ex'' certainly WouldHurtAChild, though. And would probably make a quip about the girl following her around like a puppy while he did it....

** His maternal hallucinations also put a new spin on his previous reply to Bloodsport's comment that they're all going to die ("I hope so"). Polka Dot Man is not only [[DeathSeeker suicidal]], but he dearly wants to watch the rest of the team - people he no doubt ''also'' sees as the mother he hates - get killed.

* At first, a JokeCharacter like Calendar Man calling anyone else a pussy seems hypocritical… then you remember [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap the fan’s reception]] to his EasterEgg in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. If one wants to look at this on a Meta level, Calendar Man could be seen as mocking Polka Dot Man due to still not being taken seriously.
** To add even further brilliance, what this film did for Polka Dot Man, mirrors what Arkham City did for Calendar Man. Both characters became fan favorites because of each respective work. Granted, for the [[CreepyAwesome opposite]] [[{{Adorkable}} reasons.]]

** Bloodsport accepting to be a part of the Task Force X just to keep his child from going to prison and also having Waller to agree to never harming Tyla as long as he keeps Project Starfish classified to the rest of the world
** Ratcatcher II, who’s actually in her 20s, embodies an innocent, kind child who is friendly to almost everyone and everything. Dubois makes a promise to her that he'll keep her alive till the end of their mission and that he reminds her of his own daughter.

** The team now avoids SuperheroSpeciation, with several characters having a similar ImprobableAimingSkills and WalkingArmory gimmicks (Peacemaker, Bloodsport, Savant, Javelin, possibly Blackguard). In the first squad, the most reliable member of the team was Deadshot, whose BoringButPractical "superpower" was, more-or-less, carrying lots of guns and being really good with them, while many of the flashier characters [[OutOfFocus did next to nothing]]. Waller's more-or-less stocking the Squad now with people who have similar skillsets, likely to make them more efficient for their desired goal.
** Rick Flagg seems to be a little more maverick and ready to go loose and fast, as opposed to his by-the-book attitude in the previous film. Which makes sense given how in that film he was proven wrong about Deadshot and the first team at large, which would not only break down the "by the book" attitude but also make him more likely to be himself around the team.

** Harley Quinn killing Luna over him wanting to feed political enemies' children to Starro.

* With the revelation that the first team to deploy was the decoy team, it might seem strange that Flagg was in it, given that he's a heroic soldier and not one of the expendable criminals trying to work off his crimes. In the end, however, we see why: the real mission is covering up American crimes, something Flagg refuses to do. Placing Flagg in the decoy crew was an attempt to avoid the very confrontation we see play out between him and Peacemaker.
* Additionally the members in the second team make a lot of sense as the ones chosen to complete the proper mission. Peacemaker is needed in order to show the evidence of American involvement is removed, King Shark is added due to his durability and the fact he never would have died in the attack team one was wiped out in. Rat Catcher II can serve for espionage with her rats and Polka Dot man is another heavy hitter for the team, both equally vital due to how easy it would be to kill them in the event that Peacemaker has to do so. Bloodsport also serves as a useful back up in the event of Peacemakers death.
* Bloodsport's annoyance with the seeming inconsistency between Waller's words ("a team with unique skills") and her choices (picking Peacemaker, who has Bloodsport's skillset) is a funny moment at the time, but it is foreshadowing the way putting Flagg on the "distraction" team was: Peacemaker boasts that he's "better" than Bloodsport at what they both do, which suggests that Waller is gambling that he'll be able to eliminate Bloodsport - if he ever were to go rogue-, much as the distraction team debacle will hopefully eliminate Flagg. Additionally, Bloodsport is slightly wrong about his assessment that him and Peacemaker is the exact same. Bloodsport was put on the team to serve as a leader for them, something Peacemaker could never do due to his personality.
* The only member Peacemaker or Bloodsport couldn't kill is Kingshark. This oversight is fine though once one realises King Shark is dumb enough to not realise the importance of the evidence. Since great white sharks can bite through metal, he might actually be there just to EatTheEvidence if need be.

* During the scene at the bar, Flagg agrees with Peacemaker's idea for everyone to have a drink together as they wait for Thinker to arrive. The team, up until this point, had been fairly antagonistic to each other, but this improved their camaraderie and teamwork considerably. Of course Flagg would know this; in the first movie, he bonded with the original team in the scene they all sat at the bar for a drink!
* When Rick Flag and Bloodsport surrender at the bar they also offer up Peacemaker who acts surprised and worried. This makes sense as a gag but upon finishing the film takes on an extra layer. Peacemaker isn't concerned about just being caught, he's worried that he won't be able to intercept the evidence of America's involvement with the mission before the rest of the squad finds it.

* Harley telling The Thinker that "If you have [[VanityLicensePlate personalized licensed plates]], you die!" is played as a throwaway joke. In the 2016 Suicide Squad, a defining character moment for Harley was when Joker drove his Lamborghini into the river and left Harley to die as a distraction. His car, naturally, had personalized plates reading HAHAHA.
* Team A being a decoy team just sent to die as a distraction makes sense when you stop and look at who was on it. Flag, Harley, Boomerang, Javelin, Savant, and Blackguard are more-or-less BadassNormal characters whose skills aren't particularly unique on the Squad, with the latter two also proving to be psychologically unfit for service. Weasel's more-or-less a barely sentient wild animal, with seemingly no useful abilities beyond looking strange. TDK is a JokeCharacter with a completely ineffective superpower beyond causing mild annoyance. Mongal is a ProudWarriorRaceGuy who almost immediately gets herself and another teammate killed while drawing a lot of flash and attention. Overall, the team were built of characters who Waller ''could'' throw away without losing anything of value, whereas in comparison, Team B includes only two Badass Normals who at least also have much better weaponry and psych profiles, while also containing an unkillable demigod, a highly powerful metahuman, and a woman with HeartIsAnAwesomePower in play, all ''much'' more useful and certainly a team you wouldn't want to risk losing anyone to a stray bullet from a beach sentry.
* Lloyd Kaufman's cameo in the film doubles as a subversive reference to his film debut in "Rocky". In that film, he briefly appears as a drunken bar patron who is helped by Sylvester Stallone's character. In this film, he once again plays a drunken bar patron, but in an ironic twist, Stallone's character is shown to have been waiting outside the bar, never encountering Kaufman.
* Early in the movie, Peacemaker notes how "starfish" is the slang for butthole. Later, Ratcatcher II threatened The Thinker to make a dozen rats crawl up his ass. What happens at the climax of the movie? Dozens of rats crawling up into a giant "starfish" that (technically) belongs to The Thinker.

* No surprise that Abner would be the only one of the Squad to care what happens to Milton or notice the man's demise: he's the only one to ''envy'' Milton for being A) an ordinary person, and B) dead.

* Polka Dot Man see everyone around him as his mom. When he and Ratcatcher 2 have to escort the Thinker outside, they pass a room full of naked women, so Polka Dot Man must have seen a room full of his naked mother.
** His maternal hallucinations also put a new spin on his previous reply to Bloodsport's comment that they're all going to die ("I hope so"). Polka Dot Man is not only suicidal, but he dearly wants to watch the rest of the team - people he no doubt ''also'' sees as the mother he hates - get killed.

* It's a throwaway line, but (through his hosts) Starro says that among other things, the Thinker has "had his way with me". That's a pretty common euphemism for sex. Given we've already seen Thinker's fetish-happy nature (being threatened with ass-exploring rodents didn't faze him), it's a possibility, but surely not... until he gives a sleazy, remorseless smile and sarcastic shrug when Ratcatcher 2 looks at him for a response. Given his nature, his mandate, and the fact he's had thirty years to find ''every'' way to torture, examine, dissect, and ''dominate'' Starro so s/he can be controlled... who's to say he wouldn't have tried rape, too?

* Bad news for all those who found Sebastian the rat cute: if Ratcatcher 2 reappears in some future Extended Universe movie, it'll probably have to be ''Sebastian'' 2 (or 3, or 4, or 5...) who accompanies her. Brown rats like him only live for a few years.

* Waller having the means to send a 16-year old girl for minor charges to be tried as an adult and sent to the worst prison in the US correctional system with a high chance of being killed, surely there would have been others than just Bloodsport's daughter who suffered this fate.
** And, given Waller's ruthlessness and determination to collect every metahuman BoxedCrook she can find, some of those others might not have even committed the crimes they were sentenced for (e.g. WordOfGod about Weasel's possible innocence).

** Which adds new levels of ominousness to the fact that ''Cassandra Cain'' is never once mentioned in this film.

-->'''Harley Quinn:''' I know. I know. I know what you're trying to say. "Harley, why not just leave?!" And I'd say, "Why are you screaming at me?! I'm not deaf! I'm standing right here!" And then I'd say, "When your taste in men is as bad as mine, they don't just go away quietly. They slash your tires, and they '''kill your dogs''', and tell you that the music you like ain't real music at all. And all the cruelty... tears you apart after a while."

** Indeed, that's probably ''exactly'' what happened to Cleo. Rat pickpockets = deadly weapon? Sounds like Waller may have had a hand in swaying that court ruling.

* Harley telling The Thinker that "If you have [[VanityLicensePlates personalized licensed plates]], you die!" is played as a throwaway joke. In the 2016 Suicide Squad, a defining character moment for Harley was when Joker drove his Lamborghini into the river and left Harley to die as a distraction. His car, naturally, had personalized plates reading HAHAHA.

* Waller having the ability of sending a 16-year old girl for minor charges to be tried as an adult and sent to the worst prison in the US correctional system with a high chance of being killed, surely there would have been others than just Bloodsport's daughter who suffered this fate.

* Harley telling The Thinker that "If you have personalized licensed plates, you die!" is played as a throwaway joke. In the 2016 Suicide Squad, a defining character moment for Harley was when Joker drove his Lamborghini into the river and left Harley to die as a distraction. His car, naturally, had personalized plates reading HAHAHA.

* Weasel is still alive at the end of the movie. It's ok because he's UglyCute, right? Never mind that he's a confirmed serial child killer loose on an island whose infrastructure and government is now functionally nonexistent. However, in an [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/08/the-suicide-squad-post-credits-scenes-what-they-are-1234652683/ interview]], James Gunn has suggested that Weasel may be innocent of the crimes attributed to him.

* Polka Dot Man see everyone around him as his mom. When he and Ratcatcher 2 have to escort Thinker outside, they pass a room full of naked women, so Polka Dot Man must have seen a room full of his naked mother.

* It's a throwaway line, but (through his hosts) Starro says that among other things Thinker has "had his way with me". That's a pretty common euphemism for sex. Given we've already seen Thinker's fetish-happy nature (being threatened with ass-exploring rodents didn't faze him), it's a possibility, but surely not... until he gives a sleazy, remorseless smile and sarcastic shrug when Ratcatcher 2 looks at him for a response. Given his nature, his mandate, and the fact he's had thirty years to find ''every'' way to torture, examine, dissect, and ''dominate'' Starro so s/he can be controlled... who's to say he wouldn't have tried rape, too?

--> ''' Harley Quinn:''' I know. I know. I know what you're trying to say. Harley why not just leave? And I'd say, Why are you screaming at me? I'm not deaf. I'm standing right here! And then I'd say, When your taste in men is as bad as mine, they don't just go away quietly. They slash your tires, and they ''' kill your dogs''' tell you that the music you like ain't real music at all. And all the cruelty tears you apart after a while.

** To add even further brilliance, what this film did for Polka Dot Man, mirrors what Arkham City did for Calendar Man. Both characters became fan favorites because of each respective work. Granted, for the [[CreepyAwesome opposite]] [[EndearinglyDorky reasons.]]

* At first, a joke character like Calendar Man calling anyone else a pussy seems hypocritical… then you remember [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap the fan’s reception]] to his EasterEgg in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''.

*** He ends up keeping his promise in the end, especially since Dubois saved Cleo's life from Peacemaker in Jotunheim.