History Fridge / Defiance

* When Deirdre Lamb (aka Treasure Doll) is first introduced as [=DJing=] for the radio station, the song that plays is called "Dead Girl Walking". [[spoiler:Not only is it a foreshadow of her eventual death]], it is also an EasterEgg reference to the show's co-creator and Executive Producer Kevin Murphy, as the song featured in the episode is a remix of the song from the Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Teen Dark Comedy, ''Heathers'', which he performed the adaptation of.

* When Deirdre Lamb (aka Treasure Doll) is first introduced as [=DJing=] for the radio station, the song that plays is called "Dead Girl Walking". [[spoiler:Not only is it a foreshadow of her eventual death]], it is also an EasterEgg reference to the show's co-creator and Executive Producer Kevin Murphy, as the song featured in the episode is a remix of the song from the Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Teen Dark Comedy, ''Heathers''.

* When Deirdre Lamb (aka Treasure Doll) is first introduced as [=DJing=] for the radio station, the song that plays is called "Dead Girl Walking". Not only is it a Foreshadowing of [[spoiler:her eventual death]], it is also an EasterEgg reference to the show's co-creator and Executive Producer Kevin Murphy, as the song featured in the episode is a remix of the song from the Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Teen Dark Comedy, ''Heathers''.

* When Deirdre Lamb (aka Treasure Doll) is first introduced as DJing for the radio station, the song that plays is called "Dead Girl Walking". Not only is it a Foreshadowing of [[spoiler:her eventual death]], it is also an EasterEgg reference to the show's co-creator and Executive Producer Kevin Murphy, as the song featured in the episode is a remix of the song from the Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Teen Dark Comedy, ''Heathers''.

* Another fridge horror that comes to mind is the Afflicted from the game. They are described as "victims of a viral hemorrhagic plague." At the time they were introduced, it was around the same time of the premiere of the episode "If I Ever Leave This World Alive", with the town of Defiance dealing with a similar viral hemorrhagic plague. Though it's unclear if the plague seen in town is an earlier variant to the one seen in the game, but the fact that the victims in town died can be considered a good thing. Had it been the same variant as those seen in the victims in San Francisco, the town could have been swarmed with aggressive, zombie-like victims with no means of defending themselves (mostly because of the limited amount of weapons in their cache due to Nolan's interference in "A Well Respected Man" and no one in town sporting an EGO units like the players of the game, who are able to easily handle the Afflicted).

* Fridge Horror borderlining on Fridge Brilliance: in Season 3, when the body of a dead Indogene is found, Doc Yewll tells Samir, "Hey, hands of my body!" Later on, [[spoiler:Yewll discovers that the body is of a clone of her. She inadvertently told Samir to literally "keep your hands off ''my'' body", and not realized it until the reveal]].

** Also, it's not just limited to viruses and plagues either. Pilar McCawley is a great example of what happens when mental health services no longer exist. Due to the war and the devastation caused by it, medication for her mental illness stopped being produced, leading to some dangerous and violent behavior (as in, she tried to kill her kids). Even if psychiatrists and psychologists still exist, they have no way to treat or manage mental illnesses that can be somewhat managed currently.

* [[spoiler: Nolan and Doc Yewll flying off into the universe together makes a lot of sense. Yewll and Nolan both had their share of clashing, and there's a good reason why: [[NotSoDifferent Both of them had been trying to find redemption for the horrible acts they both committed during the Pale Wars.]] Doc Yewll was comfortable with performing a DeathEqualsRedemption by staying behind on the Omec ship to keep the self-destructing of it occurring. Nolan originally was okay with destroying the Omec ship, but after his HeelFaceTurn due to Irisa, he was willing to also die if the plan to take the ship off didn't work when trying it. But now, both Yewll and Nolan have found redemption at the same time and together.]]

* The Gateway Arch surviving the terraforming event seems like a weird thing to have happened in the show. However, when you take into the actual history of real the Gateway Arch, a noticeable theme shows, making some sense as to why the show's creators chose to have the Arch being the only thing remaining of Old St. Louis after the events of the Pale Wars and the terraforming while the town sunk underground: the development of the real life park had major difficulty and took decades to perform. The man who started the project, Luther Eli Smith, started the project of a memorial park in the 1935. The park's construction got delayed by several small issues, such as lawsuits from landowners, and major historical events including World War II. Smith continued to lobby and work on the project after World War II when it could have easily gone to the wayside. Essentially, the Arch's entire existence was built in defiance of all odds of things thrown at it. If the history of the Arch in the show is the same, and including the show's universe and history, the Arch continues to remain standing in defiance of everything that has happened. Even after [[spoiler:having been bombed in Season 3 and having a significant portion of it missing]], it still remains standing by the series' conclusion. Amanda Rosewater was right in her speech to the town to rally them to fight the Volge in the premiere episode: despite everything that's happened, the Arch remained standing, and is a fitting icon for a small town named Defiance.