Redwall/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

• One example is the death of Cluny, though many readers will overlook it. He was killed by the same bell that had earlier awakened him from his nightmares several times.
• Note that Cluny's Castle has some meaning to it. Lampshade Hanging, indeed. But of course this all makes sense if the reader is acquainted with Cluny Abbey.
• You know that sword that Martin spent pretty much all of Martin the Warrior trying to get back from Badrang? Read the series in chronological order and you'll realize that this was the same sword that was broken in the beginning of Mossflower, which makes the ending even worse.
• Taggerung gives us Madd, a mad old squirrel who suffered a serious head wound when vermin attacked and killed her family. Later on we meet Fwirl, a young squirrel who was orphaned when vermin attacked and killed her family. She recalls coming out of hiding and sitting near her mother, lying very still with a deep head wound. Hmmm...
• Marlfox is told in three acts, not three books like all the other Redwall novels. Apparently Florian tweaked the narrative a bit so he and all the Noonvale Companions could act out the entire book as a play. To spare you further confusion, we'll just say Jacques was Leaning on the Fourth Wall.
• At the end of Loamhedge, Bragoon and Saro commit a Heroic Sacrifice. However, if you look back on it, you'll notice it's also a Senseless Sacrifice. If Horty, Springald and Fenna hadn't left the Abbey in the first place, Bragoon and Saro probably wouldn't have had to sacrifice themselves. And to make it worse, the only reason why either of them went to Loamhedge was to find something to make Martha walk again, but Martha ends up walking on her own when Raga Bol's forces invade Redwall, meaning that Bragoon and Saro could've lived if they just stayed at the Abbey.

Fridge Horror

• In Mariel of Redwall. What the hell were the searats doing to Mariel offscreen? And wasn't she, like, twelve at the time? Argh!
  • It Gets Worse. Two Words: cornified papillae. You're welcome.

Fridge Logic

• This may also fit under Fridge Horror, but... where do they get the milk to make all that cheese that's constantly mentioned as being present at feasts and such?
  • There is a reference to plant-based milk at least once. I think it's called greensap milk or something such. Not very well versed on the art of cheesemaking but there are several kinds of plant-based milk you can buy and it may be possible to use it to make cheese, even if it is not like most cheeses we'd know.