History Fridge / TheWarriors

* The Riffs “colors” are orange robes, but in the final scene they wear plain black jeans and t-shirts because they are on the Warriors turf, and wearing colors on someone else’s turf without permission is disrespectful.

* When the Riffs show up at the beach at the end they are all wearing black shirts and black pants. While their gang colors are orange and black, this is not their official "uniform", which consists of a stylized orange karate gi for the rank and file members and black for presumably the officers. This makes sense when you consider that they are invading Warrior turf, but are doing this so they can get the Rogues, not to disrespect or attack the Warriors at this point. Like with the Orphans earlier demanding the Warriors take their vests off to get safe passage through their turf, the Riffs came to the beach as civilians, not Riff soldiers.

* When the Riffs show up at the beach at the end they are all wearing black shirts and black pants. While their gang colors are orange and black this is not their official "uniform" which consists of a stylized orange karate gi for the rank and file members and black for presumably the officers, this makes sense when you consider that they are invading Warrior turf, but are doing so they get the Rogues not the disrespect the Warriors. Like with the Orphans earlier demanding the Warriors take their vests off to get safe passage through their turf the Riffs came as Civilians not Soldiers.

* Why Luther blame Cyrus' death on the Warriors?
** After shooting Cyrus, Luther noticed Fox (wearing his Warriors vest) staring at him as he tried to shoot him before the cop lights blinded him for a mere five seconds, allowing Fox to escape. Or probably when he next saw Cleon, another Warriors member, near the Gramecy Riffs, he probably thought Fox already told him, so he gambled "Not only beat them to it, but also turn the table on them" because while the Riffs normally the [[OnlySaneMan saniest of all gangs in the movie]] but having witnessed their leader's death in front of their eyes, they'll be so [[{{RoaringRampageOfRevenge}} primed to avenge their leader without any second thought.]]

** After shooting Cyrus, Luther noticed Fox (wearing his Warriors vest) staring at him as he tried to shoot him before the cop lights blinded him for a mere five seconds, allowing Fox to escape. Or probably when he next saw Cleon, another Warriors member, near the Gramecy Riffs, he probably thought Fox already told him, so he gambled "Not only beat them to it, but also turn the table on them" because while the Riffs normally the [[OnlySaneMan saniest of all gangs in the movie]] but having witnessed their leader's death in front of their eyes, they'll be so [[Roaring RampageOfRevenge primed to avenge their leader without any second thought.]]

* The Gramercy Riffs take their name from Gramercy Park, a private park in an affluent Manhattan neighborhood. This is the kind of place you'd expect gang royalty like Cyrus to live.

* The cops - while working to capture the gangs - wear [[NotSoDifferent bright colored uniforms and are essentially defending their turf]] just like the gangbangers.

* The cops - while working to capture the gangs - wear [[NotSoDifferent bright colored uniforms and are essentially defending their turf]] just like the gangbangers.

!!FridgeLogic
* Each gang was only allowed to bring nine members to the big meeting, but as we see, even fourth-rate gangs like the Orphans actually have many more members than that. So why is it that when the Warriors finally make it back to their home turf they are unable to call on any extra help?
** Because they're a small gang and don't have extra help. Their theme song is "Last of a Ancient Breed" and it's mentioned that no one thought The Warriors would ever make it home and no one in the Riffs (The larges and most powerful gang in New York) even knows who they are.. They only had nine members to send to begin with.
*** The game kinda jossed that. Mostly it's just more likely that they didn't have time to head back to their hideout for backup with the Rouges chasing em down as soon as they made it to the Island. It was dawn after all, and they were only awake because they'd been running all night.
*** The movie's deleted beginning scene does mention there are over 120 members in the gang, but it is entirely plausible that they had no chance to contact anyone for help and that, at that time in the morning, no other Warriors might be around the area.
** Plus, on top of all that (odd hours, always on the run, etc), this is the era before cell phones. Meaning calling help requires a landline - rare unless you count a working phone booth and having change. And if their hideout is an old abandoned amusement park, there may not be a phone on the other end. Heck, they may not even remember the number.

!!FridgeHorror
* In response to the above logic statement. Two possibilities to why. One many of the gangs before the climax went to Coney Island first and killed off the other members. Two, word reached to Coney that Cleon died, and they left leaving the 8 left.
** No. The Warriors are stated in the cut material to have over 100 members. The reason no-one has heard of the Warriors is that they're still a relatively small, low-key gang who hold turf pretty far from Gramercy Park, where the Riffs are based. And, as Cyrus says, there are 2000 gangs in New York City.
*** The working script reportedly had Warrior gang members hanging about Coney Island helping draw Luther and Rogues towards the beach for the final showdown.
*** The leader of the Rogues, Luther, recognized one on sight, in the middle of the chaos following Cyrus' shooting, with only the vest as a clear marker. The Turnbull ACs recognized them from down the street while the Warriors were standing in shadows. These two gangs, at the least, have strong familiarity.
** The issue with getting help is communication. This is before cellphones, people. How do you get people where you need them if you don't know where you're going, don't have runners to spare, can't spend time finding a payphone, and possibly don't have any change left? By the time they're pinned down, they know the fight with Luther will be over by the time relevant reinforcements get there.

* It took me a bit of puzzling, but I finally figured out why the anarchic gang member who shoots Cyrus in ''The Warriors'' is named "Luther": he fractured the great gangland alliance by sowing paranoia, just as his namesake had split the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century!

** Because they're a small gang and don't have extra help. Their theme song is "Last of a Dying Breed" and it's mentioned that no one thought The Warriors would ever make it home and no one in the Riffs (The larges and most powerful gang in New York) even knows who they are.. They only had nine members to send to begin with.

* In response to the above logic statement. Two possibilities to why. One many of the gangs before the climax went to Coney Island first and killed off the other members. Two, word reached to Coney that Cleon died, and they left leaving the 8 left.

** Because they're a small gang and don't have extra help. Their theme song is "Last of a Dying Breed" and it's mentioned that no one thought The Warriors would ever make it home. They only had nine members to send to begin with.

* It took me a bit of puzzling, but I finally figured out why the anarchic gang member who shoots Cyrus in ''TheWarriors'' is named "Luther": he fractured the great gangland alliance by sowing paranoia, just as his namesake had split the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century!

* Each gang was only allowed to bring nine members to the big meeting, but as we see, even fourth-rate gangs like the Orphans actually have many more members than that. So why is it that when the Warriors finally make it back to their home turf they are unable to call on any extra help?

* The cops - while working to capture the gangs - wear [[NotSoDifferent bright colored uniforms and are essentially defending their turf]] just like the gangbangers.