History Fridge / TheNewMutants

* Dr. Reyes compared new mutants to baby rattlesnakes. A baby rattlesnake can't control how much venom it secrets similar to how new mutants have a hard time controlling their powers, which can make them dangerous. This brings to mind the time Rogue's powers activated in the first X-Men movie when she nearly killed her boyfriend. Not to mention [[{{Film/XMenApocalypse}} Cyclops]], or [[{{Film/XMenOriginsWolverine}} Wolverine]], or [[{{Series/TheGifted}} Andy Strucker]].

* The hospital is named Milbury Hospital... Nathan Milbury is Mr. Sinister in the comics, so it's foreshadowing.

* Dr. Reyes compared new mutants to baby rattlesnakes. A baby rattlesnake can't control how much venom it secrets similar to how new mutants have a hard time controlling their powers, which can make them dangerous. This brings to mind the time Rogue's powers activated in the first X-Men movie when she nearly killed her boyfriend.
** Not to mention [[{{Film/XMenApocalypse}} Cyclops]], or [[{{Film/XMenOriginsWolverine}} Wolverine]], or [[{{Series/TheGifted}} Andy Strucker]].
** The baby rattlesnakes fact is actually rather contested. Perhaps unintentionally rather fitting if Dr. Reyes is wrong about it.

** Of course, there are questions as to where a Russian girl even learned all those Native American insults to throw them. Her choice of insults didn't come off as confused external stereotypes, but rather as someone raised in *American* culture being deliberately rude.
* When Rahne admits after kissing Dani that she never did anything with a girl before, she sounds like it was the first time she's admitted that to anyone. Considering her deeply religious background and her upbringing (not to mention the fact her priest beat and branded her for being a Mutant), that would make sense.
** And Dani, growing up on a reservation and probably being the only girl there who likes other girls, then of course she's going to think that she made someone like Rahne up. Which brings a whole other kind of fridge brilliance to it when you consider her Mutant abilities.

* The Demon Bear is a literal demon....meaning that there might be other demons in the X-Men Cinematic Universe, like [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToI Belasco]].
** Except that it turns out that the Demon Bear is actually a manifestation of Dani's powers, so there's no telling if demons actually do exist.

* The hospital is named Milbury Hospital... Nathan Milbury is Mr. Sinister in the comics, so it's foreshadowing.
!! Fridge Logic:
* How come neither Dani or any of the young mutants ask for a phone call to their families or anyone on the outside? If they asked and Dr. Reyes refuses then surely they would know something was wrong.

* The Demon Bear is a literal demon....meaning that there might be other demons in the X-Men Cinematic Universe, like [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToL Belasco]].

* How come Dani or any of the young mutants ask for a phone call to their families or anyone on the outside? If they asked and Dr. Reyes refuses then surely they would know something was wrong.

* How come either Dani or any of the young mutants ask to for a phone call their families or people on the outside? If they asked and Dr. Reyes refuses then surely they would know something was wrong.

Fridge Logic: How come either Dani or any of the young mutants ask to for a phone call their families or people on the outside? If they asked and Dr. Reyes refuses then surely they would know something was wrong.

* The hospital is named Milbury Hospital... Nathan Milbury is Mr. Sinister in the comics, so it's foreshadowing.

* Not to justify Illyana's racism towards Dani (It was completely unnecessary for establishing her as The Bad Girl), but in a way it's understandable given that Russia lacks the West's complicated racial history, especially if she's from a rural region like in the comics. It likely wasn't drilled into her head from a young age that you don't talk to people of color that way. To her, mocking Dani for being Native might have seemed no different than, say, mocking Sam for being American and/or Southern.

* Not to justify Illyana's racism towards Dani (It was completely unnecessary for establishing her as The Bad Girl), but in a way it's understandable given that Russia lacks the racial baggage that you get in the West, especially if she's from a rural region like in the comics. It likely wasn't drilled into her head from a young age that you don't talk to people of color that way. To her, mocking Dani for being Native might have seemed no different than, say, mocking Sam for being American and/or Southern.

* Not to justify Illyana's racism towards Dani (It was completely unnecessary for establishing her as the AlphaBitch), but in a way it's understandable given that Russia lacks the racial baggage that you get in the West, especially if she's from a rural region like in the comics. It likely wasn't drilled into her head from a young age that you don't talk to people of color that way. To her, mocking Dani for being Native might have seemed no different than, say, mocking Sam for being American and/or Southern.

* Not to justify Illyana's racism towards Dani (It was completely unnecessary for establishing her as the AlphaBitch), but in a way it's understandable given that Russia lacks the racial baggage that you get in the West, especially if she's from a rural region like in the comics. It likely wasn't drilled into her head from a young age that you don't talk to people of color that way, since she might have never met a non-white person in her life. To her, mocking Dani for being Native might have seemed no different than, say, mocking Sam for being American and/or Southern (though it still would've been nice to see her own up to it).