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A well-loved 1993 film that massively popularised the [[Groundhog Day Loop|time loop]] trope. With [[Bill Murray]] at his deadpan best and a much lauded script, the film is considered a modern classic.
Phil Connors, an arrogant and smarmy weatherman for a Pittsburgh local news station, his new producer Rita (Andie MacDowell), and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) go to [[Everytown, America|Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania]] to film the Groundhog Day festival. Phil loathes the annual celebration and is surly throughout the proceedings, wanting nothing more than to pack up and go home. That proves impossible when a sudden blizzard arrives and closes the roads, forcing Phil and the crew to stay the night.
He wakes up the next morning to find it's still Groundhog Day. Everyone goes on ''exactly'' like they did the previous day, with only him aware of it. Surprised, he goes through the motions, still gets stuck in Punxsutawney, and wakes up the next morning to find it's still Groundhog Day, ''again''.
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* [[Convenient Slow Dance]]: Although by that point, Phil is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to have deliberately arranged it.
** And the best part of this? He wasn't even really "arranging" it, and certainly not in any attempt to take advantage of Rita. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|The dance and all that follows is his "reward" for being able to earn genuine admiration and love from both Rita and the citizens of Punxsutawney under no selfish pretenses.]]
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: Averted: Phil attempts CPR in an alley as a last-ditch effort to save the homeless man. No matter what he does, though (including this), the man still dies. Every time. It looks like exhausting and distressing work.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Harold Ramis plays a doctor. The commentary reveals that this wasn't intentional. The extra they hired never showed, and somebody had to step into the big white coat. He makes a very good doctor, since most people associate him with [[Ghostbusters|Dr. Egon Spengler.]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|When it comes to playing doctors, he's]] ''[[As Good As It Gets]]''!
* [[Cursed With Awesome]] or [[Blessed With Suck]], depending on how Phil makes use of his predicament.
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* [[Off the Rails]]: Phil tries this by {{spoiler|kidnapping the groundhog, going on a car chase, and getting ''both'' of them killed.}} [[Foregone Conclusion|It doesn't work.]]
* [[The Power of Love]]: Only by winning Rita's heart does Phil break the time loop.
* [[Punch, Spin, Gape]]: Phil decking Ned in the street. Andie MacDowell jokes in a featurette about what [[Large Ham|a ham]] Steve Tobolowsky is.
* [[Ring Ring CRUNCH]]: Phil does this to his clock radio that won't stop playing "I Got You Babe" every morning at 6:00.
** When he's finally out of the loop, the song starts at a totally different part with the alarm, and the radio show host says, "[[Irony|Oh no. Not again.]]"
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