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* RedshirtArmy: The army is quick to fall to the zombies.

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* ButchLesbian: Steph, who mentions she's got a girlfriend, has {{boyish short hair}} and masculine attire.



* DarkReprise: Subverted. [[spoiler:When Nick lures the zombies towards himself to let Anna escape, he sings a snippet of "Soldier at War", implying that this will be his last stand; however, he survives]].

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* FailedASpotCheck: During "Turning My Life Around", Anna and John dance in the streets, completely unaware of the apocalypse around them.
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* FailedASpotCheck: During "Turning My Life Around", Anna and John dance in the streets, completely unaware of the apocalypse around them.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:John pulls this when he's bitten, shoving Anna through a horde of zombies and drawing their attention to himself in order to let the others get to safety.]]

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* HiddenDepths: Nick acts like a prick through most of the film, but eventually breaks down [[spoiler:when he admits he had to kill his own father. And his father's last words were "Do the right thing, for once in your life."]] Ouch.

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Nick acts like a prick through most of the film, but eventually breaks down [[spoiler:when he admits he had to kill his own father. And his father's last words were "Do the right thing, for once in your life."]] Ouch.



* MoodWhiplash: The trailers rapidly switch between cheerful dance sequences and human-on-zombie violence.

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--> '''Lisa:''' I mean, yeah,he's got a body you could lick chocolate off but you'd have to have like, no self-respect. To even think... I mean, um...Not you, obviously! The others! Not that there's been loads, you know, it's probably all just rumors anyway.

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--> '''Lisa:''' I mean, yeah,he's yeah, he's got a body you could lick chocolate off but you'd have to have like, no self-respect. To even think... I mean, um... Not you, obviously! The others! Not that there's been loads, you know, it's probably all just rumors anyway.



* YouMonster: Anna has a few lines of this during "Give them a Show"

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** Steph is also pretty quick to switch to badass mode in the face of the zombies.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Savage may have some form of OCD. [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into the sociopathy and psychopathy.]]

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** Steph is also pretty quick to switch to badass mode in the face of the zombies.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Savage may have some form of OCD. [[spoiler:And that's [[spoiler:Which is not even getting into the sociopathy and psychopathy.]]
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--> '''Savage: ''' Hey kids! School's not boring is it? I've been calling you all zombies for years! Now fuck off!

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* VillainSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNegcZ0WNg8&list=PL3YUokjgxM2S4ydutSnwPFaRiTDlxK05z&index=10 Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now]]", sung by an increasingly unhinged Mr. Savage, [[spoiler:as he taunts Anna and her friends behind safety while they're being attacked from all sides by zombies]].

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* ClothingDamage: Lisa's concert dress gets ripped when Savage barks at her to run forward as a couple of her friends are putting the finishing touch on it.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Many of the people seen in the stands watching the Christmas pageant aren't seen either among the survivors hiding in the school or the zombies besieging it afterwards. Also, see Anna's neighbors mentioned under ExitPursuedByABear.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Many of the people seen in the stands watching the Christmas pageant pageant, aren't seen either among the survivors hiding in the school or the zombies besieging it afterwards. Also, see Many of the students from the pageant rehearsal, and the ''Hollywood Ending'' scene also disappear afterwards. And then there's Anna's neighbors mentioned under ExitPursuedByABear.ExitPursuedByABear.
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* WhosLaughingNow?: Invoked during ''Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now"
--> '''Savage: ''' All my life they told me I would never succeed, put me down, controlled me made me follow their lead bought the lies they sold me for too long, I am finally freeee!


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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Savage firmly believes this, although he's not exactly the best judge.
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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: SickeninglySweethearts Chris and Lisa form this nicely, with Chris being a film geek while one reviewer called Lisa a budding cabaret performer.

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**However, in the novel [[spoiler: Savage implies that his parents raised him like how he acts, but he doesn't show any kind of resentment towards them]].



* IAmGreatSong: Both "Soldier At War" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" have Nick and Savage sing highly about themselves here.

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* WildBachelorParty: mostly averted with the bachelor party Anna and John briefly see the night of the Christmas pageant, as while they do seem to be drunk they’re merely going bowling rather than partying.

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* IKnowYourInThereSomewhereFight: in the book Chris makes a prolonged but futile effort to do this for the zombie he ends up having to kill at the bowling alley.

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* IKnowYourInThereSomewhereFight: in the book IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Chris makes a prolonged but futile effort to do this for the zombie he ends up having to kill at the bowling alley.alley (it's more prolonged in the book).



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Many of the people seen in the stands watching the Christmas pageant aren't seen either among the survivors hiding in the school or the zombies besieging it afterwards.
* ZombieApocalypse: Yep.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After being humiliated, Savage lets the zombies inside the school]].

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afterwards. Also, see Anna's neighbors mentioned under ExitPursuedByABear.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After being humiliated, Savage lets the zombies inside the school]].school]].
* YouMonster: Anna has a few lines of this during "Give them a Show"
--> '''[[spoiler: Savage]].''': "And Never have I felt so much bliss."
--> '''Anna''': "Oh how can you take pleasure in this?"
* ZombieApocalypse: Yep.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: During her argument with her father regarding her plans for travel in Australia, Anna declares that she can't wait to get away from him. [[spoiler:She ended up getting it when she was forced to leave him behind after his ankle was bitten by a zombie, giving him seconds to say goodbye to her before his conversion]].

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: During her argument with her father regarding her plans for travel in Australia, Anna declares that she can't wait to get away from him. [[spoiler:She [[spoiler:Much to her regret, she ended up getting it her wish when she was forced to leave him behind after his ankle was bitten by a zombie, giving him seconds forcing her to say goodbye to her him before his death through conversion]].


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* BigNo: Anna yells this when [[spoiler:she saw her father getting bitten by a zombie through his ankle]], realizing that [[spoiler:not only she is forced to leave him behind, but also [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor getting her wish of trying to get away from him granted]]]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: During her argument with her father regarding her plans for travel in Australia, Anna declares that she can't wait to get away from him. [[spoiler:She ended up getting it when she was forced to leave him behind after his ankle was bitten by a zombie, giving him seconds to say goodbye to her before his conversion]].

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--> '''Lisa:''' I mean, yeah,he's got a body you could lick chocolate off but you'd have to have like, no self-respect
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** [[spoiler: The novel remains somewhat upbeat up until Savage murders Julie]].

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* NoodleIncident: It's never revealed in either the film or novel what happened to Steph and Chris on the day of the outbreak that saw them flee form the homeless shelter to the bowling alley.

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The Festival Cut confirms that this is John's mother, Anna points this out as she and Chris try to find their loved ones in the cafeteria before Savage alerts the zombies.


* SchrodingersCanon: The woman in the school who has dialogue arguing with Savage is John's mother in the novel, but this is left more vague in the novelization.
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* IKnowYourInTHereSomewhereFight: in the book Chris makes a prolonged but futile effort to do this for the zombie he ends up having to kill at the bowling alley.

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* IKnowYourInTHereSomewhereFight: IKnowYourInThereSomewhereFight: in the book Chris makes a prolonged but futile effort to do this for the zombie he ends up having to kill at the bowling alley.



** Lisa has a moment of this, combined with DiggingYourselfInDeeper when she insults Nick while briefly forgetting he and Anna had sex once.

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* DropTheHammer: One of Anna's neighbors tries to use this on a zombie but he apparently FailedASpotCheck and hits it on the top of the head, which is protected by a hard hat, rather than aiming for the face, which ends poorly for him.


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* ExitPursuedByABear: Most of the background characters from ''Turning my Life Around'' are last seen this way, although given how many of them don't appear zombified over the next couple days they might have made it out of town.


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** To be fair to John, he was taking a different route with fewer zombies in the street, but Anna outright misses two girls running out of cover to swat at zombies and outright trying to warn her for several seconds before they give up and run.


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** During ''Turning My Life Around'' the two girls who were helping Lisa try out her pageant dress from the school attempt to pull a BadassBystander moment by whacking zombies with their backpacks and futilely trying to yell to Anna for a while to warn her, but eventually give up and run for it.


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* IKnowYourInTHereSomewhereFight: in the book Chris makes a prolonged but futile effort to do this for the zombie he ends up having to kill at the bowling alley.


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* NoodleIncident: It's never revealed in either the film or novel what happened to Steph and Chris on the day of the outbreak that saw them flee form the homeless shelter to the bowling alley.


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* RayOfHopeEnding: Possibly unintentional, or meant to be a case of AndIMustScream, but the last time we see [[spoiler: the zombified Chris and Lisa]]. they're fingers seemed to be moving, trying to touch each other as they rambled along, maybe hinting at a ''Film/WarmBodies'' esque hope that they're FightingFromTheInside and that there is hope for at least some of the zombies to be cured or become more than mindless creatures.


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* SchrodingersCanon: The woman in the school who has dialogue arguing with Savage is John's mother in the novel, but this is left more vague in the novelization.


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* TemptingFate: Mr. Savage assuring the others that the nearby army base can clean up the epidemic quickly.


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** Lisa has a moment of this, combined with DiggingYourselfInDeeper when she insults Nick while briefly forgetting he and Anna had sex once.
--> '''Lisa:''' I mean, yeah,he's got a body you could lick chocolate off but you'd have to have like, no self-respect
to even think... I mean, um...Not you, obviously! The others! Not that there's been loads, you know, it's probably all just rumors anyway.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Many of the people seen in the stands watching the Christmas pageant aren't seen either among the survivors hiding in the school or the zombies besieging it afterwards.
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** Savage's part in Hollywood Ending, however it's more of a VillainousLament.

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** John mentions ''Literature/HarryPotter''

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** Near the end, [[spoiler:Anna finds and rescues her father, happy that she'll at least be able to save him...until he reveals the bite wound on his ankle]].

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* {{Breaking the Fourth Wall}}: During "Which Side You Are On?", Savage and Tony look directly at the audience when asking "which side are you on?".


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''Anna and the Apocalypse'' is a British [[GenreBusting zombie horror holiday musical comedy]] directed by John [=McPhail=] and starring Ella Hunt, loosely based on the 2011 short film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnYddpsP67U Zombie Musical]]'' by Ryan [=McHenry=]. It premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2017, to widely positive reviews. It had a limited release in the US on November 30, 2018, and a wide release a week later (December 7th). While receiving a home media release in the UK, the film's first US release will be on December 2, 2019 by Second Sight Films, a Blu-ray featuring the Festival Cut and Theatrical Cut together.

During the Christmas season, a ZombieApocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other…

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''Anna and the Apocalypse'' is a British [[GenreBusting zombie horror holiday Christmas musical comedy]] directed by John [=McPhail=] and starring Ella Hunt, loosely based on the 2011 short film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnYddpsP67U Zombie Musical]]'' by Ryan [=McHenry=]. It premiered Premiering at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2017, to widely positive reviews. It had reviews, the film received a limited theatrical release in the US on November 30, 2018, and a wide release a week later (December 7th). While receiving a home media release in the UK, the film's first US release will be on December 2, 2019 by Second Sight Films, a Blu-ray featuring the Festival Cut and Theatrical Cut together.

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During the Christmas season, a ZombieApocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other…



While receiving an immediate home media release in the UK, the film's first US release was on December 2, 2019 through Second Sight Films, a Blu-ray featuring the Festival Cut and Theatrical Cut together, along with the original short film.



* TheBully: Nick has shades of this, such as teasing John in the locker room, throwing cupcakes at asthmatic classmates and taunting Steph. The novelization mentions that, likely for standing up for Anna, John has been beaten up by Nick.


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* 0% approval rating-Savage is an incredibly unpopular figure especially in the book. His authority is ignored, someone keyed his car, he didn’t get invited to the faculty Christmas part even though Tony the janitor did, and it’s implied that in over twenty years of teaching he’s only gotten a single thank you card from a student at the end of the year.



* {{And I must scream}}: [[spoilers: Chris and Lisa]] trying to hold hands but moving past each other after zombification screams this, although it also has an optimistic interpretation-see HopeSpot.



* {{Asian airhead}}: zigzagged. Lisa is a Eurasian example. Early on she does make a few ditzy remarks (the DigginYourselfInDeeper moment, and nt knowing that a prosthetic leg and a fake leg are the same thing). This part of her character disappears after the first half hour though, once the zombies are making themselves known, at which point she comes across as more level-headed.



* BloodKnight: Nick and his friends, although there's a little more to Nick's character.



* {{break the cutie}}; averted with both Lisa and male cutie John, who are understandably shaken up by what they go through but are never quite broken.



*{{Digging yourself in deeper}}: played for laughs when Lisa briefly forget Nick and Anna used to date while insulting him.
Lisa-->I mean, yeah,he's got a body you could lick chocolate off but you'd have to have like, no self-respect
to even think...
[Lisa pauses and looks at Anna, then tries to backtrack]
I mean, um...Not you, obviously! The others! Not that there's been loads, you know, it's probably all just rumors anyway.



* {{Exit, pursue by a bear}}: quite a few backgroundcharatcers during "Turning My Life Around" are last seen running like hell with zombies ambling after them.



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* FinalGirl: Anna and Steph both subvert a lot of cliches usually found with this trope (part of what makes the movie so refreshing) by being apparently sexually active, more assertive personalities and tough action girls. Lisa (committed relationship in a bit of a damsel role) and gender-flipped John (virginal, loyal follower, unrequited love, sensitive) evoke a lot more of this but [[spoilers: they both get bitten]]
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** Quite a few during "Turning My Life around"; first one of Ana's neighbors fights back with a hammer but this turns into a negated moment of awesome. Then we see a car managing to back out of a driveway, but the driver is apparently killed by a zombie based on how blood splatters across the windshield. Two of Anna's classmates try to wave her down and alert her to the zombies but she can't hear them over her headphones. On a lighter note, many of the background characters are still alive but running when they're last seen, which could imply that more of the townspeople survived than the rest of the film would imply.
** Finding Lisa and Tony alive when they reach the school.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: in the novelization Chris mistakes the man whose running the soup kitchen for one of the homeless people, to his great embarrassment.
* {{Irony}}: a sad case Tony is the only person in the only person to show Mr. Savage any respect or kindness and yet he is the person Savage treats with the least respect and kindness.


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** Chris's mother also died when he was being born, according to the novel.


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* RunningGag: Anna and John being unable to remember the names of Santa's reindeer.


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* ThoseTwoGuys: the penguin-costumed rappers, and Lisa's costume assistants, although all four are more minor characters than normal for this trope.


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* {{True companions}: Anna, John, Steph, Chris and (despite how she's spectated from the group for so long) Lisa, with Nick as kind of a sixth ranger.

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** The star above the stage nearly hits Savage early on in the film; [[spoiler:Anna uses it to knock him to his fate, getting ripped apart by zombies]].



** At one point, a flaming tire is seen rolling down a road. [[https://www.twitter.com/onewiththeart72/status/1078981639340871680 Above-mentioned fan]] pointed out a possible connection to the Music/BobDylan [[Music/TheBasementTapes song "This Wheel's on Fire"]], but WordOfGod states that it was meant to be a "tumbleweed of the apocalypse". A boat on fire can be seen not too soon after.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At one point, a flaming tire is seen rolling down a road. [[https://www.twitter.com/onewiththeart72/status/1078981639340871680 Above-mentioned fan]] pointed out a possible connection to the Music/BobDylan [[Music/TheBasementTapes song "This Wheel's on Fire"]], but WordOfGod states that it was meant to be a "tumbleweed of the apocalypse". A boat on fire can be seen not too soon after.

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At one point, a flaming tire is seen rolling down a road. [[https://www.twitter.com/onewiththeart72/status/1078981639340871680 Above-mentioned fan]] pointed out a possible connection to the Music/BobDylan [[Music/TheBasementTapes song "This Wheel's on Fire"]], but WordOfGod states that it was meant to be a "tumbleweed of the apocalypse". A boat on fire can be seen not too soon after.

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