Groundhog Day: Difference between revisions

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=== Groundhog Day provides examples of: ===

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Being stuck reliving the same day over and over for ''years'' tends to not be fun.

* [[Anti Hero]]: Phil, [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|before the character development]].

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Phil, [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|before the character development]].

* [[Armor Piercing Slap]]: There's an entire ''montage'' of these, while Phil tries to refine his technique on Rita, only to get shot down every time.

* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: There's an entire ''montage'' of these, while Phil tries to refine his technique on Rita, only to get shot down every time.

* [[Bachelor Auction]]: Occurs near the end (during {{spoiler|Phil's last "Groundhog's Day" reliving}}).

* [[Big Eater]]: Phil's discovered the greatest diet plan ever.

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* [[Understatement]]: Phil tells Rita that "My years are not advancing as fast as you might think."

* [[Viewers Are Goldfish]]: Subverted by this film and many others that use [[Groundhog Day Loop]] plot devices, as each repetition has variations.

* [[Viewers ~~Are~~ Morons]]: Phil believes most of his audience are ("People like blood sausage: people are morons").

* [[Viewers are Morons]]: Phil believes most of his audience are ("People like blood sausage: people are morons").

* [[What Could Have Been]]: The original script featured the explanation for the unending loop and its escape clause, but they found by [[Doing in The Wizard|leaving it out]] made the film more magical.

** Considering the original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book, it's less "making the film more magical" and more "removing the idiocy".