Misfits (TV series)/Fridge

• In the title sequence, the characters are stood together and their shadows hint at their powers. However, it is not immediately obvious what Curtis's shadow (at a different angle from the rest) is supposed to signify. After a while, it may start to sink in that his shadow is wonky because he has gone back in time and therefore the sun is in a different position in the sky.
  • This troper thought that the shadow was running backwards.
  • The first troper is referring to the second shadow you see of Curtis', when all five are in a bunch drawn cartoonishly. In the first one, yeah the shadow is running backwards
• Ok, we know that Nathan has trouble thinking clearly when under pressure, such as his inability to remember he's immortal when threatened with life threatening situations... but exactly how long after the "Vegas Special" will it take it to sink in that his new ability of being a Reality Warper means that he could easily walk out of that prison at any time.
  • Until the day before he is supposed to be released, he will attempt to escape, get captured, and sentenced to 10 more years.
• Assuming that he also got his powers during the storm, how did Tim, the GTA guy, go so long without capture? He literally sees life as a video game and video games usually supply maps and warn against obstacles.
  • This troper thought it's possible that it wasn't Tim's power to be in a game but rather someone else with the power to trap people in games.
  • This other troper just thought he was a mentally ill person and didn't even connect it to the storm. Maybe he had only recently snapped.
• In the end of the episode where Curtis goes repeatedly back in time to the night he got busted it is revealed that, had Curtis never been caught, the Misfits would have been killed by their probation worker. All of them? No! Nathan has somehow managed to survive. Of course it is not until two episodes later that the viewers and characters find out that Nathan is immortal. This troper thinks it is very likely that Nathan had actually been killed and had resurrected before being found. And probably the scriptwriters had major fun dropping such an anvilicious foreshadowing.
• Bit of fridge horror: in the first episode of season 3 we see Tanya freeze/paralyse two policemen in order to escape. For all we know, they're now stuck in unresponsive comas.
  • Her power probably has a limited radius, so as soon as she was far enough away the effects should have worn off.
• In hindsight it's kinda obvious that Superhoodie is future!Simon. He knows future events, has a heroic personality and is deathly pale. Plus we already knew time-travel is possible.
• In Series 3 episode 2 one might wonder why Curtis didn't just change back to his male form for the drug test rather than pee all over the bathroom floor as Melissa. The test data would've revealed male hormones.
• Of course Nathan never realised his power was immortality when he was testing what his power would be. What kind of insane person would go through the test needed for that?
• Asking Peter if he would like to be his best friend seems to be a weird thing to say even for Simon. Turns out the whole dialogue was scripted by Peter. Potential Fridge Horror: How many of the events in that episode happened according to Peter's drawings?
• Season 3 episode 4 takes place in an alternative reality where the Nazis won World War II. In this episode we can see that Gary, who was killed in the pilot by the crazed probation officer, is still alive. Although it may look a bit random, it makes a lot of sense once you realize that said probation worker was a black man, and there is no way the ridiculously racist Nazis would have ever allowed a black man in that kind of position of power; therefore, he never had the chance to kill Gary.
  • On a similar note Curtis has the most different personality in the Nazi timeline, acting generally paranoid, desperate and more violent (particularly in comparison to Kelly, whose life is most similar), willing to kill innocents in order to weaken the Nazis. This is probably due to the fact that he's had a much, much harsher life in this more racist Britain.
• Why did Kelly never realise Superhoodie's identity by reading his mind? Because the first thing Simon did when he went back in time was to buy immunity to others' powers.
• At first it seem a bit of Fridge Logic why would Simon go back in time just to die saving Alisha. Meaning that he left Alisha in the Future alone. Turns out he was closing the loop. And that he was not leaving Alisha in the Future alone, as she was dead. Making the reason he went back make much more sense.
• Where does the photo of Simon and Alisha at Vegas come from?
  • This was explained in one of the earlier episodes of season three that they went with Nathan to Vegas. Of course one of the more confusing ones is how did Simon have footage of them being interviewed in the timeline where they where exposed if Curtis erased that timeline with a reset ?
    • Also a possibility, consider Simon at some point has to become Future!Simon, which means there was a Simon #1 who decided to go back in time to be with Alisha - no one said he had to be from the same timeline- what if, somehow Alisha got out of the situation somehow with the Video Game Guy or never got into the situation because there was no Superhoodie/Future!Simon to interfere in the first place (remember, he had been in the mix since Series 1) and they all continued on their timeline eventually falling in love, AND getting famous. Something goes wrong, maybe Mr. Grand Frommage, maybe something else, and Simon #1 decides to go back in time to change things bringing the footage. He changes things so much they get stuck in an endless time loop handing down the footage from one Simon to the next without actually experiencing the famous future, but get artifacts from the previous timeline because the Simons keep handing down the items to one another. Could be Wild Mass Guessing, but with this show - who knows?
• Ok this is a bit of Fridge Logic yeah. Simon brought the power to be immune from other powers from Seth. How the hell did Seth manage to get it from its original owner if the original owner power blocked other powers being used on him?
  • The only potential answer I've been able to come up with for this one is that it is a voluntary immunity, aka, the person could choose to allow a power to affect him/her. Which sort of makes sense as some of these powers can be useful for others (like the healing power from 2.06)
• Curtis being lactose-intolerant and thus impervious to lactokinesis, putting him in a position to undo Big Cheese's murderous rampage may seem a bit of a cop-out until you realise that lactase persistence (the ability to digest lactose into adulthood) is actually somewhat of an anomaly, commonly found in people with Western or Northern European ancestry, but the exception rather than the rule worldwide.
• Once Superhoodie's identity is revealed, one might wonder why he jumps around as a Highly-Visible Ninja without bothering to turn invisible. Later, we find out that he swapped that power for one which, along with the other two he later buys, allows him to fulfill Superhoodie's heroic responsibilities more reliably. This is both a smart move, and (due to the protective power he gives up) a very brave one.
• At first, I was a little confused as to how Friedrich could send himself into Hitler's office- or how Kelly could do the same thing- using Curtis' original power, which was based around Mental Time Travel. Then I looked back on a few other occasions where Seth bought and sold a power, and noticed this wasn't the first time this happened: Nikki's teleportation was almost completely uncontrollable, but it was transferred to "Jesus," he was able to use it at will; Lily's cryokinesis power had a nasty tendency to activate when she didn't want it to, but the Nazis forcibly transferred it Captain Smith, he showed no signs of accidentally freezing things at a touch. Then, I looked back on how Seth had mentioned that he'd wanted to be "The Ulimate Dealer" or something along those lines, and it made perfect sense: his power actually improves the ones he absorbs- after all, he doesn't want to deal in low-grade product, does he?
• In Season 2, Episode 2, Superhoodie saves Nathan's life outside of the rave, despite the fact that he is immortal. Why? Superhoodie knew that the drugs were still reversing his powers; Nathan would have died permanently!

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