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It was originally supposed to hit Altoona and miss Pittsburgh entirely -- but when something decided that Phil Connors needed teaching a lesson, the weather was altered in order to strand him there. After all, so much more of a punishment to trap him in a small town he hates with limited options than trap him in a large city with plenty of alternatives to amuse / distract himself.
== Ned Ryerson is a [[Doctor Who
After seeing for the first time what a huge douche his 'friend' was, Ned decided to teach Phil a lesson in humility. Much like the WMG below states, the loop was not broken by Phil's change of heart, but by his actual and sincere kindness towards Ned.
May overlap with a very vague, temporal, [[Stalker
* Another possibility is that Ned just wants to sell insurance. On the last day of the loop, Phil buys a major policy from Ned. Only after this purchase does Ned allow Phil out of the time loop.
* Rita must be the doctor's companion!
* That adds a lot of meaning to Ned saying "Whoa-ho-ho... that first step is a doozy!" on the first day.
** OMG. That also adds meaning to Ned's last lines!
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'''Phil:''' Mine too.
'''Rita:''' Mine too.
'''Ned:''' Where are we going?
'''Rita:''' [[Wham! Line|Oh, let's not spoil it!]]<br />
'''Ned:''' I got that. [noise] }}
** They're going to ''tomorrow''!!!!!
== The Infinite Time Loop had nothing to do with Phil Conners. ==
In another part of Punxsutawney, a Japanese transport college student by the name of [[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* One problem with this though: Why was Phil Conners able to remember every further Groundhog Day? And why wasn't anybody else?
** Because... Phil Conners is Furude Rika's [[Opposite
** Because Phil Connors is an [[Haruhi Suzumiya
** Because Phil Conners was sleeping in a room above the temporary Secret Storage Facility where the [[Stargate SG
** Because Phil Connors is a ghost buster. Also, he was possessed by Cthulhu. Time ripples just do not compare.
== The Phil Connors shown at the end of the film is not the real Phil Connors. ==
He got [[Bored
== Phil Connors is Old Spock from Star Trek (2009). ==
He's Old Spock from an alternate universe where he decided, unwisely, to try touching the Red Matter with his tongue. Groundhog Day is the unfortunate result. His escape at the end is a hallucination - he remains in Puxatawny forever.
== Groundhog Day ends when Phil learns to put up with Ned Ryerson. ==
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== Phil is trapped in the world's most elaborate [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] plot ever. ==
Think about it. A number of events seem to happen in a specific order no matter how much time has passed or what you've done in the meantime. Phil can dilly-dally getting to Gobbler's Knob or he can jump out of bed and sprint there, and the same events will be happening. He can make minor choices, but the outcomes are few and simple. Slap, slap, slap, die, die, die.
* This entry right here has made my day.
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*** [[Bag of Spilling|Don't]] [[Money for Nothing|forget]][[Majoras Mask|...]]
* This also explains the sudden burst of suicide. The player was probably frustrated by how hard the game was proving and engaged in a little therapeutic [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|cruelty]] by ramming their character into every hazard they could think of.
== The time loop was caused by a [[Red Dwarf
** So, what is it?
*** Only joking!
== Rita is the cause of the time loop and she did not even notice. ==
I will give you a minute to [[Hilarious in Hindsight|laugh]] [[Haruhi Suzumiya
== Phil did manage to return to [[Pittsburgh]] a few times, he just had to leave town the moment he woke up in the morning. ==
It just proved to be such an inconvenience he gave up at it. The blizzard would always hit while he was there and everywhere interesting closed.
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== Phil never got out ==
* He just went insane, this time irrevocably.
== The loop was caused by the hobo ==
== Everyone has a vague subconscious awareness of the Loop, but only Phil was consciously aware of it. ==
At one point during the many attempts at setting up a perfect date, Rita comments to Phil that this seems somehow familiar and asks him about deja vu. It's possible that while nobody noticed enough for them to alter their set pattern for Groundhog Day barring intervention from Phil, there are phantom memories in the subconscious that could cause people Phil interacted with over and over to remember him on a level they can't access consciously. Over the period of the loop (whether you believe it is ten years or several thousand, it makes no difference) all the things Phil does right starts to build up, which is why all the people like Phil so much on the final day, even though he should be a stranger that performed a good deed for them earlier; subconsciously remembering years to centuries of Phil's kinder acts means people on the final day instinctively react to him as the town hero rather than someone who's only been there a day. This is also how Rita accepts Phil admitting he loves her this time compared to her previous reactions; it's not just detecting his sincerity this time, it's also remembering on some level the many repetitions where Phil started improving himself by being nicer to her.
== [[
The reason Phil gets stuck in a loop is because Colter is hijacking his mind to stop a terrorist attack. The mind has nowhere to go, so it goes back a day. Idea gets expanded on [[Source Code
== [[Umineko no Naku Koro
== ''Groundhog Day'' takes place in the same universe as ''[[
It's been eight years since Jeff Winston finished his Replays. Eventually Phil and Jeff's paths cross (they're both in the news industry) and they talk about their experiences.
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