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Fair warning, here: the plot of ''Lola Rennt'' does not ''at all'' adequately describe the movie; the plot is a [[MacGuffin]] in and of itself. Instead, think of this movie as a video game style exploration of love and fate, except that it's techno, fast, and features a hot, red-haired German chick [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|who spends most of the movie running]].▼
After his girlfriend Lola's scooter is stolen, Manni, a courier for a crime boss, accidentally leaves 100 000 Deutschmarks on the subway, where it's stolen by a homeless man. He's dead if he doesn't bring it in, so he decides to rob a grocery store in order to make up for the loss. He helpfully informs Lola of this 20 minutes beforehand. Lola, whose father is a wealthy banker, decides to see if she can get Manni's money for him.
▲Fair warning, here: the plot of '''''Lola Rennt''''' ('''''Run Lola Run''''') does not ''at all'' adequately describe the movie; the plot is a [[MacGuffin]] in and of itself. Instead, think of this movie as a video game style exploration of love and fate, except that it's techno, fast, and features a hot, red-haired German chick [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|who spends most of the movie running]].
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* [[Action Girl]]: Lola.
* [[Animated Credits Opening]]
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* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Zig zagged a little. When Lola takes part in the armed robbery in the first loop, Manni tells her how to turn the safety catch of a gun off. In the second loop she "remembers" this for when she stages her own robbery at the bank.
** Also, Lola's screaming ability, assuming that's what caused her to win at Rouelette.
* [[Cultural Translation]]: The English dub replaces the
* [[Death By Pragmatism]]: According to [[Word of God]], the man on the moped who dies in the third loop is the same man who robbed Lola's moped earlier in the day so he gets his comeuppance.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Lola runs past the bum that robbed the money only a few seconds after she leaves the house in each loop not knowing who he is.
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* [[The End]]: During the ending credits the word "Ende" scrolls by.
* [[Establishing Series Moment]]: Lola's death is the moment where you realize this isn't an ordinary crime thriller.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The German title "Lola Rennt" translates to "Lola Runs
* [[Family Relationship Switcheroo]]: "Besides, I could never have fathered a freak like you..." "Yeah but you did, jerk!" "[[The Reveal|No I didn't!]]"
* [[Flash Back]]: There are a few of these involving Lola and Manni having conversations while lying in bed.
* [[Flash Forward]]: The futures of some of the people Lola meets on her journeys are shown through [[Blipvert|Blipverts]], and the same people get different futures depending on the loop, and how their own minor interactions with Lola went. One old lady, who gets a Flash in each loop, was shown to lose custody of her child and kidnap another baby, win the lottery and live a life of decadence, or become a devout Catholic depending on whether Lola bumped into her or not.
* [[For Want of a Nail]]: The differences in the three timelines are caused by various minor events that cumulatively slow down or hurry Lola's journey. In a more focused manner, when Lola impacts someone's life, the audience sees a quick few
* [[Groundhog Day Loop]]: The film's events loop over and over until Lola stops getting the [[Bad Ending|Bad Endings]].
* [[Happy Marriage Charade]]: Lola's 'parents', who are both cheating on each other.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Though they're portrayed as the heroes of the piece, Lola and Manni need the money in the first place as they are both accomplices in what is probably a deal shipping (possibly stolen) Mercedes Benzes to Africa in exchange for illegal blood diamonds (often mined with slave
** When Lola's father swerves into the wrong lane to avoid Manni and the homeless man running across the road, he crashes into a white BMW, which is then hit from behind by the moped thief who stole Lola's scooter (setting the whole plot in motion). However
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: The "good" ending is the only one in which Lola doesn't try armed robbery.
** But Manni gave the homeless man his gun in exchange for the money, and he takes it with a crazed and desperate look in his eyes...
* [[Magic Countdown]]
* [[Magic Realism]]: Lola appears to have screams that can shatter glass as well as
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Lola's shouting can shatter glass.
* [[The Mistress]]
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** [if Manni had died of a terminal illness] "And then a man with these really big green eyes shows up at the door... And he's so super cool and compassionate, and he'll listen to you talk your heart out all night long until your ears drop off ... Then you'd hop into his lap, cross me off your list, and that'll be the end of me!"
*** [without challenging him] "But Manni... you're not about to die."
* [[Police Are Useless]]: In the first loop, a police officer accidentally shoots Lola. In the second, the police doesn't bother her... because of their stupidity
* [[The Power of Love]]: A possible explanation behind the loops (and certainly the reason for Lola's desperate attempts to get the money).
* [[Recycled in Space]]: The American independent film ''[[And Then Came Lola]]'' is ''Run Lola Run'' {{
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Rule of Three]]
* [[Sexless Marriage]]: Lola's 'parents'.
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* [[Wealthy Ever After]]
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' as directed by a Teutonic [[Quentin Tarantino]].
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Red Hair]]: Lola. A classic case of [[Author Appeal]], with the red hair also
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