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{{quote|'''Jules:''' Come back next week. Wait, you could be dead by then. Come back ''tomorrow''.}}
* [[Granola Girl]]: Ana Pascal, our resident baker.
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** In addition, both the novel and the film itself treat {{spoiler|Harold's watch as its own character. When the bus slams into Harold, the first thing it hits is his watch:-which is destroyed, but a part of it becomes embedded permanently in his arm and slows down the hemorrhage that would have killed him otherwise. So just like Harold [[Taking the Bullet|stepped in front of a bus to save a child]], his watch took the brunt of the hit for him}}.▼
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: "A tree doesn't... ''think'' it's a tree? It is a tree!"
** "Of course trees were trees. Harold knew trees were trees."
* [[Important Haircut]]▼
▲* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: When Harold Crick reads the ending Karen Eiffel finally decided on: that he is [[Taking the Bullet|killed by a bus after pushing a child out of the way]]: he decides that it's a sacrifice worth making, and goes through with it with full knowledge of the consequences.}}
▲** In addition, both the novel and the film itself treat {{spoiler|Harold's watch as its own character. When the bus slams into Harold, the first thing it hits is his watch:-which is destroyed, but a part of it becomes embedded permanently in his arm and slows down the hemorrhage that would have killed him otherwise. So just like Harold [[Taking the Bullet|stepped in front of a bus to save a child]], his watch took the brunt of the hit for him}}.
* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: Inverted hilariously when Harold mentions to Professor Hilbert that the narrator said "Little did he know":
{{quote|''I've written papers on "Little did he know." I've taught classes on "Little did he know." I once gave an entire seminar based upon "Little did he know." Sonofabitch, Harold. "little did he know" means there's something he did not know. [[Mind Screw|That means there's something you don't know]]. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Did you know that?]]''}}
▲* [[Important Haircut]]
* [[Lemony Narrator]]: In-universe example with Karen Eiffel's narration. Notable that she's not a man (though she is British), unlike most examples of this trope.
* [[Like You Were Dying]]: The premise of the movie. Harold thinks he's going to die soon. Professor Hilbert's advice is to do whatever it is he's always wanted to and never had the chance to
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* [[Oh, and X Dies]]: Early in the novel (and film), it's made clear that Harold is going to die at the end, and this is what kicks off his quest. {{spoiler|He doesn't, however.}}
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: For us. The narrator in any other movie would be the normal narrator, but here the main character reacts to a voice, as you do when someone describes your life in detail.
* [[Post Modernism]]
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]] / [[Rage Against the Author]]
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