History YMMV / TheFastAndTheFurious2001

* GeniusBonus: The Chinese restaurant has a statue of a Chinese scholarly type with the name Kung Fu Tze. It's not a pun on 'kung fu', it's the Chinese title that the name Confucius is derived from.

* FridgeBrilliance: Vince points out the cops responding to a street racing call in such force, when they were supposedly busy with a homicide call, was too fast and orchestrated, Brian probably told them where the street race was and again once it ended, to give him an in by rescuing Dom, two points clue us in:
** The first is that the random police car singles out Dom, clearly knowing him, but no police presence at his home afterwards.
** The second is Brian turning up, in order to get to Dom, Brian would've had to pass the police car to get into the alley, so the police car probably ''let'' Brian in.

** On the first DVD release, there was a PSA done by Walker about the races in the film being done by professionals and to follow driving laws. This PSA and his death eerily parallels the PSA and death of Creator/JamesDean.

* FridgeBrilliance: Vince points out the cops responding to a street racing call in such force, when they were supposedly busy with a homicide call, was too fast and orchestrated, Brian probably told them where the street race was and again once it ended, to give him an in by rescuing Dom, two points clue us in@

* HilariousInHindsight: Dom losing a fight to an unnamed truck driver is laughable when the franchise's eventual SequelEscalation made him into an unstoppable badass going up against rogue mercenaries and international terrorists, and winning each time.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "You can have any brew you want, so long as it's Corona". In 2020, the release of ''Film/{{F9}}'' was delayed because of the corona virus.

* TearJerker: The look of complete betrayal on Dom's face when Brian reveals he's a cop.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "You can have any brew you want, so long as it's Corona". In 2020, the release of ''Film/F9TheFastSaga'' was delayed because of the corona virus.

** Dom's explanation of his father's death is eerily similar to how Walker's fatal accident played out.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "You can have any brew you want, so long as it's Corona". In 2020, the release of ''Film/Fast9'' was delayed because of the corona virus.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "You can have any brew you want, so long as it's Corona". In 2020, the release of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious9'' was delayed because of the corona virus.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: "You can have any brew you want, so long as it's Corona". In 2020, the release of ''Film/FastAndFurious9'' was delayed because of the corona virus.

* SpiritualLicensee: The first film follows many of the same beats as ''[[Film/PointBreak1991 Point Break]]'', with the main differences being extreme sports replaced with street racing and Dom surviving at the end.

* TearJerker: The look of complete betrayal on Dom’s face when Brian reveals he’s a cop.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Most of the deaths are due to Brian not being very good at his job. He pointed his team to Johnny Tran instead of Toretto and inspired Jesse to race Tran for pink slips. Without Brian, Tran probably wouldn't have had reason to shoot Jesse and then get killed, himself. However, he did probably save Vince from being killed by the truck driver.

* SpiritualLicensee: The first film follows many of the same beats as [[Film/PointBreak1991 ''Point Break'']], with the main differences being extreme sports replaced with street racing and Dom surviving at the end.

* SpiritualLicensee: The first film follows many of the same beats as Film/PointBreak, with the main differences being extreme sports replaced with street racing and Dom surviving at the end.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Most of the deaths are due to Brian not being very good at his job. He pointed his team to Johnny Tran instead of Toretto and inspired Jesse to race Tran for pink slips. Without Brian, Tran probably wouldn't have had reason to shoot Jesse and then get killed, himself. However, he did probably save Vince from being killed by the truck driver.

** Dom explanation of his father's death is eerily similar to how Walker's fatal accident played out.
* HoYay: Does Brian throwing away his career in the first movie, and willingly facing the possibility of criminal charges of aiding and abetting just to save Dom count? Or does it go without saying by this point?

* TearJerker: The look of complete betrayal on Dom’s face when Brian reveals he’s a cop. A major SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct moment for Creator/VinDiesel.

* OneSceneWonder: The shotgun-toting truck driver who successfully fights off the gang.

* HarsherInHindsight: Eerily enough, Creator/{{TNT}} broadcast the film on the day it was announced Creator/PaulWalker was killed. No, it wasn't a tribute. The broadcast was scheduled weeks in advance.