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What happens to Buddy Jr in Fried Green Tomatoes? ›

However, tragedy strikes when on the wedding day of Idgie's older sister Leona, Buddy goes chasing after Ruth's hat that has been blown away. He catches it but gets his foot stuck in the nearby railroad tracks, and is unable to get away before he is killed by a train coming down the tracks.

Although in the book Idgie and Ninny are two distinctly separate characters, at the end of the film it is largely hinted that they are one and the same. This runs counter to Ninny's earlier comment that "I was practically adopted by the Threadgoodes; I married her [Idgie's] brother, Cleo".

However, in Juliette, Georgia, just 10 miles off Interstate 75 from Forsyth about one hour south of Atlanta, guests are welcome to ramble the set where "Fried Green Tomatoes" was filmed.

The book doesn't elaborate on that fact because in the time that the story takes place 30's (?) this kind of relationship simply wasn't talked about. But the book makes clear that Idgie was gay and that she and Ruth were together (or would be) when Ruth sent Idgie that biblical verse.

Buddy Jr. would suffer his own mishap with a train. Fortunately he lived after his accident but at the cost of his arm.

Also when Ninny talks about having a special needs son, Idgie could very well have had a child after Ruth passed away, and if she was older when she had him that could have contributed to his disability. After all she was about 8-10 years younger than Ruth.

Contrary to the ending of the movie, though, Idgie did not become Ninny Threadgoode, the Jessica Tandy character. Ninny married Idgie's older brother, Cleo.

The very end will make it more clear to you. Debra Hammond Ninny and Idgie are different people. Kimberly Keyes The movie made it seem like Ninny and Idgie are one and the same. Reading the book, it's clear that they are two different women.

Also Ninny wears a wedding ring and told the story about having a mentally defective baby that she kept even though doctors told her to institutionalize him. She cared for him for 30 years. In the movie, Idgie did not marry, nor have any children.

Idge and Ruth opening the cafe scene in Fried Green Tomatoes

As they walk, they laugh and enjoy each other's company, fully immersed in the beauty of their surroundings. Juliette Dam is a historic structure on the Ocmulgee River in Juliette, Georgia.

Is whistle stop alabama a real place? ›

The "Whistle Stop Cafe" is loosely based on the Irondale Cafe in Irondale, Alabama, a suburb near Flagg's birthplace. The cafe was bought by Flagg's aunt, Bess Fortenberry, in 1932 and run for four decades by her and two friends. It is still operating and, like the fictional cafe, is known for its fried green tomatoes.

Who is Ninny Threadgoode? In Fried Green Tomatoes an older woman named Ninny, played by Jessica Tandy, tells stories from her childhood to Evelyn (Kathy Bates); these stories are the basis for the flashback scenes we see in the movie.

They are not the same person. Early in the movie Ninny tells Evelyn that she had married Idgie's brother, Cleo.

There are no love scenes written in, or even kisses for that matter. Neither Ruth nor Idgie ever refers to the other as their “wife,” “girlfriend” or “partner.” But there are passages from the novel so cuttingly direct that they defy the need for labels.

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop is the sequel to Fannie Flagg's novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. It is a delightful novel that jumps back and forth in different time periods between the 1930s and present day, and tells us the further adventures of Buddy Threadgoode Jr. and others.

In 1936, Ruth's son, Buddy Jr, is in a train accident and loses his arm, giving rise to his nickname: “Stump.” Ruth dies of cancer 11 years later. Idgie raises Stump, and he grows up to marry a local girl and establish a family of his own.

Now, Idgie would do absolutely anything to help her dearest friend Ruth, so when Ruth winds up married to a monster of a man, Idgie steps in. The two end up raising Ruth's child together, while running a small café in Whistle Stop, Alabama.