Fairy Tail/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

 * During the Phantom Lord's Arc, it is finally revealed that Mirajane is an S-Class Wizard. But in the Galuna Island Arc a few chapters before, Mirajane can be seen descending from the second floor- which is restricted to anyone but S-Class Wizards
 * After Etherion strikes the Tower of Heaven, Jellal and Erza are bombarded by howling wind. But when Siegrain comes to join them, the wind doesn't touch him and he remains immaculate. Being nothing more than a thought projection of Jellal's the entire time, he never had a tangible body to begin with, so why would it?
 * Cobra's poisonous snakes seem pretty silly next to the rest of the Oración Seis' powers, or just about anyone's in the series for that matter -- but he probably chose to raise them in the first place than in hopes that they would do any good in a fight.
 * Edolas!Mirajane acts exactly the same way are Earthland!Mirajane, it seems to be for comedic effect until you realize the reason Earthland!Mira had a 180 personality change was because Lisanna died. Guess who's still alive in Edolas?
 * Subversion from the Edolas arc.
 * In the Edolas arc, it actually foreshadows that the whole plot to capture the dragonslayers was a
 * In-universe example.
 * Everyone's wondering how non-S-class wizards (Natsu, Gray, Elfman) all managed to score victories against Element 4. In general it seems like Fairy Tail has a lot of mages who would make S-class somewhere else, but for some reason aren't here. Remember that being S-class means that they can go on far more dangerous missions, and the last thing Makarov wants is to see his guild members get injured or die, so his standards for S-class qualification are probably much higher than other guildmasters.
 * Is also because being an S-Level Wizard means much more than being strong: Natsu, Grey and Elfman may be very strong, but they lack the maturity and wisdom required for the job.
 * Also when Gildarts returns to the guild, Cana, is nowhere to be found.
 * Massive example from the Fighting Festival Arc: not one Fairy Tail member makes any significant victory against Laxus while acting alone.
 * In the Tenrou Island arc, why was Gildarts placed in route  for the first test?
 * Rogue and Sting are clearly shocked, moreso than Rufus and Orga, when they see . Sabertooth's "strongest five mages" probably aren't as powerful compared to Fairy Tail's mages as they thought they were.
 * In the Tenrou Island arc, why was Gildarts placed in route  for the first test?
 * Rogue and Sting are clearly shocked, moreso than Rufus and Orga, when they see . Sabertooth's "strongest five mages" probably aren't as powerful compared to Fairy Tail's mages as they thought they were.
 * In the Tenrou Island arc, why was Gildarts placed in route  for the first test?
 * Rogue and Sting are clearly shocked, moreso than Rufus and Orga, when they see . Sabertooth's "strongest five mages" probably aren't as powerful compared to Fairy Tail's mages as they thought they were.
 * In the Tenrou Island arc, why was Gildarts placed in route  for the first test?
 * Rogue and Sting are clearly shocked, moreso than Rufus and Orga, when they see . Sabertooth's "strongest five mages" probably aren't as powerful compared to Fairy Tail's mages as they thought they were.
 * Rogue and Sting are clearly shocked, moreso than Rufus and Orga, when they see . Sabertooth's "strongest five mages" probably aren't as powerful compared to Fairy Tail's mages as they thought they were.

Fridge Horror

 * In episode 9 of the Fairy Tail anime, we have a filler episode. They come upon a bunch of monsters at about the halfway point, and proceed to eat them. Later on, they break a spell and turn the monsters back into people. Yes. The monsters, that they ate, were people. In a comedy episode.
 * The characters have a moment of horror about this in the actual episode.
 * During the Edoras arc,  are fused into a giant mass of Lacrima crystal, so that the Edolas Kingdom can harvest all their magic for their own needs.
 * Right after the Battle of Fairy Tail arc, we see Ivan turning a crow into a shikigami doll paper with his magic. Earlier he's seen talking to Gajeel with a human-shaped puppet. Do the math...
 * Alzack being disappointed for not being qualified for the S-Class Exam., it was a good thing.
 * The fact that Flare was able to during her match should tell you how safe the rest of the audience in the Grand Magic Games actually are.
 * That egg Happy came out of was large enough to hold him as an adult, and his mom isn't any larger. Exceed pregnancy/egg laying must be the single worst experience in the multiverse.
 * That, or Exceed eggs somehow grow in size after being laid.
 * The Fairy Tale guild is known for causing massive amounts of property damage and destruction. It is really hard to believe that in spite of all the damage and destruction that guild caused over the years that not a single innocent civilian has even gotten hurt or killed because of it!
 * To be fair, that reputation is 1) largely overstated, and 2) almost entirely Natsu.
 * Chapter 281. Gemma berates the hell out of the entire guild for a mere setback and . Based on the behavior of the guild members, it seems it wasn't the first time they experienced witnessing someone being psychologically torn down by Gemma for even the slightest disappointment. Picture how short-lived the membership is even for talented wizards in that guild and how tense things are on a daily basis knowing one screw up can wreck their career.
 * The dragon slayers' noses. Say you go stab someone. They'll smell blood on you. Broke down and started pigging out on food you swore off of for a diet? They smell it. Some girl is trying to keep a pregnancy secret? They can smell that. You have an affair while your wife is out of town? Better wash up real good or they'll smell what you just did.
 * Assuming that Kagura is around 19-20 or even early twenties- she was at least 12 years old when the Tenrou team disappeared. Imagine what could have happened in that time.
 * If she has the same reason as everyone else-having been enslaved-then that means she would have been 4 or 5 at the tower, and Erza implies that they were all kept there for some time before the revolt as well.