History Film / TheFastAndTheFurious2001

* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Brian's Mitsubishi Eclipse is blown up when Johnny Tran and his gang shoot at it with their Micro Uzis, igniting the nitrous oxide leaking from the broken NOS system, and causing it to [[TechnicolorFire explode in a green fireball]]. There is two things wrong here: first of all, nitrous oxide doesn't burn green. Second, ''it doesn't burn at all'', in fact, nitrous oxide's non-flammability is one of the reasons it's widely used in racing.

* DrivenToSuicide: Quite literally in this film. After Brian blows his cover, forcing Dom's family to flee, and indirectly causing Jesse to die, Dom, now with nothing but the knowledge of his impending arrest, opts to kill himself by racing the quarter mile one last time, planning to get hit by a train that awaits him on the other side. In the very same car his father died in, no less. [[BungledSuicide It doesn't work, obviously.]]

** Dom drives import cars (the Madza RX-7 and the Honda Civic) for most of the film, but starts driving muscle cars as his vehicle/s of choice for the rest of the series. Justified as Dom was afraid of his Dad's 1970 Dodge Charger, only getting over his fear when he had to use the car to go after Johnny Tran for [[spoiler: killing Jesse]].

** This film is a pretty straightforward, grounded, middle-budget crime drama that features high-octane street racing as its selling point. The action got [[SerialEscalation progressively bigger and over-the-top]] that they became full-on blockbuster action/espionage movies with a few crazy car {{Chase Scene}}s to stay roughly on brand.

-->'''Dom:''' "You almost had ''me''? You never had me. You never had your ''car''. Granny shiftin', [[DanBrowned not double clutchin' like you should]]. You're lucky that hundred shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake. You almost had ''me''? Now me and the mad scientist [Jesse] gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried. Ask any racer, any ''real'' racer. It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning."

''The Fast and the Furious'' is the first installment of the ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' franchise. Starred Creator/VinDiesel, Creator/PaulWalker, Creator/JordanaBrewster, Creator/MichelleRodriguez and Creator/RickYune, was directed by Rob Cohen and released in 2001.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader - Dom
** TheLancer - Letty
** TheSmartGuy - Jesse
** TheBigGuy - Vince
** TheChick - Leon
** SixthRangerTraitor - Brian; unlike most examples of this trope, Brian legitimately cares for the crew despite that he's trying to stop them, as seen during the botched truck heist (see below entry).

-->'''Dom:''' ''(to Brian, regarding Mia)'' If you break her heart, I'll break your neck.

** This film is a pretty straightforward, grounded, middle-budget crime drama that features high-octane street racing as its selling point. The car action got [[SerialEscalation progressively bigger and over-the-top]] that they became full-on blockbuster action/espionage movies with a few crazy car {{Chase Scene}}s to stay roughly on brand.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Dom drives import cars (the Madza RX-7 and the Honda Civic) for most of the film, but starts driving muscle cars as his vehicle/s of choice for the rest of the series.
** Justified, since Dom was afraid of his Dad's 1970 Dodge Charger, only getting over his fear when he had to use the car to go after Johnny Tran for [[spoiler: killing Jesse]].

* HollywoodSilencer: Averted; Johnny Tran's crew use suppressed Micro Uzis as their WeaponOfChoice, but the guns are still very loud.

** FridgeBrilliance kicks in later on, Brian is a cop, and needs to gain Dom's trust, he probably told the police about the race, so the police were waiting until the race was over (again Brian probably called them on his way back to the starting line.) to chase Dom and have Brian pull a rescue, even Vince points out the response by the police was too fast and "Orchestrated" for a street racing call.

* TookALevelInBadass: Dominic Toretto, already the most badass character in the movie, manages to take ''[[UpToEleven yet]]'' [[UpToEleven another level]] after Brian rescued Vince from the truck and revealed that he's a cop. Dom used to be primarily an import racer and scared of his father's [[CoolCar supercharged 900hp Dodge Charger streetmachine]]. But when he sets out to find Jessie before Tran does, he has overcome his fear of the black Mopar brute (which is the only car available to him anyway) and changed into the American muscle aficionado of the sequels.

* OhCrap: Dom and Brian when they realises the latter's Eclipse is about to explode after Johnny Tran's gang shoot at it.

* ExtremeSportExcusePlot: Excuse is the street racers are hijacking shipment trucks to fund their activity and a cop goes undercover to infiltrate the group.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: A double subversion. Johnny Tran's gang pumps Brian's car full of bullets. Brian and Dom just keep standing next to it as it catches fire without blowing up. Seconds later Dom shouts "NOS!" and the car goes up in a massive fireball as they run away.

* OhCrap: Dom when he realises Brian's Eclipse is about to explode after Johnny Tran's gang shoot at it.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Dom's EstablishingCharacterMoment as this comes when Brian saves him from the Police in the first film. Dom's just beaten Brian in a race and had no high opinion of him before the rescue, but afterwards he treats Brian with friendship and respect, showing just how important loyalty is to him.

* RealityEnsues: As stated in the BadassBoast above, Brian's modifications to his car (specifically the NOS) nearly break his car during his race with Dom, as he didn't bother to actually think about what went in his car, just caring to go fast enough to beat Dom.

* DiagonalBilling: Done in the [[https://pixhost.to/show/59/227729216_fast-furious-end-credits.jpg end credits]], with Vin Diesel's name being placed in the top-right and Paul Walker's in the bottom left.

''The Fast and the Furious'' is the first installment of the ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' franchise. Starred Creator/VinDiesel, Creator/PaulWalker and Creator/RickYune, was directed by Rob Cohen and released in 2001.

* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Brian's Mitsubishi Eclipse is blown up when Johnny Tran and his gang shoot at it with their Micro Uzis, igniting the nitrous oxide leaking from the broken NOS system, and causing it to [[TechnicolorFire explode in a green fireball]]. There is two things wrong here: first of all, nitrous oxide doesn't burn green. Second, ''it doesn't burn at all'', in fact, nitrous oxide's inflammability is one of the reasons it's widely used in racing.

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Jessie]] is the only good guy to die. His death establishes the fact that Johnny Tran does not kid his words and is very dangerous.

* EvilIsPetty: Johnny and Dom have a deal to stay on each other respective sides of town. Brian accidentally drives into it while trying to get away from the cops after the street race. At first he seems reasonable enough and leaves without incident. Then a moment later two of his goons come back and shoot up the car. Forcing them to walk.

* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Brian's Mitsubishi Eclipse is blown up when Johnny Tran and his gang shoot at it with their Micro Uzis, igniting the nitrous oxide leaking from the broken NOS system, and causing it to [[TechnicolorFire explode in a green fireball]]. There is two things wrong here: first of all, nitrous oxide doesn't burn green. Second, ''it doesn't burn at all'', in fact, nitrous oxide's inflammablity is one of the reasons its widely used in racing.