History Film / EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce

** Gong Gong was disappointed that his daughter Evelyn is a girl, [[IHaveNoSon abandoned her]] when she chose Waymond, and continues to criticize and belittle her in the present ''despite her already breaking her back to take care of him.'' [[spoiler:It's heavily implied Alpha Gong Gong wasn't much different and nagged Evelyn to keep running experiments, which resulted in Jobu Tupaki mass-murdering the multiverse.]]

** The scene where Jobu Tupaki channels a number of alternate selves and brutally dispatches a number of guards while wearing outlandish costumes and basically acting like a cartoon character can be seen as a dark parody of ''Film/TheMask'', or even a nod to the much more violent original comic books. One part of the scene is even underscored by zany cartoon sound effects.

** In the universe where people have hotdogs for fingers and use their feet to play piano, pianos still look the same as in our universe, and Music/ClaudeDebussy still composed "Clair de Lune." Evelyn also somehow still owns the same laundromat and lives in the same apartment above it.

* PronounTrouble: Early on Evelyn absentmindedly refers to Joy's butch girlfriend Becky with he/him pronouns. When Joy calls her on it, she tries to deflect that the difference does not exist in Chinese, but nobody's buying it.

* DownerEnding: InUniverse. [[spoiler:The second act ends with Evelyn's mind overloading, causing her to have a fatal seizure as Waymond desperately shouts for help. The film then fades out, and [[FakeOutFadeOut begins displaying credits]]... which are then revealed to belong to a film inside the universe where Evelyn is a movie star. As the audience begins to applaud, the Waymond of that reality [[LampshadeHanging comments that the ending was bold but quite sad]].]] That said, it's implied that [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse that was the fate of that universe]], as the third act follows other timelines where Deirdre wasn't punched in the face.

* FakeOutFadeOut: [[spoiler:The second act ends with one, depicting Evelyn having a fatal seizure from her mind being overloaded by her alternate realities as Waymond screams for help. It's particularly effective since it happens at the 90-minute mark and actually starts playing credits, which are then revealed to belong to a film in the universe where Evelyn is a movie star.]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: [[spoiler:The FakeOutFadeOut lasts ''just'' long enough to fool some people, but those who notice that Evelyn is credited as a producer will realize the movie isn't over yet.]]

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: By the end of the first act, Evelyn thinks she has it all figured out and is ready to face [[spoiler:Jobu Tupaki. Instead, [[MySkullRunnethOver her mind quite literally overloads]] and she gets a fatal seizure, ''which kills her'' and causes a FakeOutFadeOut. However, this actually turns out to be the beginning of Evelyn gaining control of multiverse jumping equal to Jobu Tupaki.]]

* PreEndingCredits: The film begins to roll the credits after [[spoiler:Evelyn appears to die]]. However, it turns out that when [[spoiler:Evelyn appeared to die]], we were watching [[RecursiveReality another version of the film]] that exists in an AlternateUniverse where Evelyn is an actress and her character is TheDanza. The film then continues from Evelyn's perspective.

** During the FakeOutFadeOut, [[spoiler:Jobu Tupaki is wearing a costume heavily based on ''[[Franchise/SailorMoon Black Lady]]'']].

* AsianRudeness: Zigzagged. Evelyn is a very grumpy, disgruntled person to her family and customers. This mostly comes from her ongoing existential crisis and dissatisfaction with her own life choices. Over the film as she confronts her relationship with the world, she softens to those around her. Her father Gong Gong is also generally a [[{{Jerkass}} mean bastard]]. But he even he is [[spoiler: surprisingly accepting of his granddaughter's sexuality.]] Completely averted with [[TheAntiNihilist Waymond]], Evelyn's AllLovingHero husband.

Meet Evelyn Wang (Yeoh), a middle-aged Chinese American laundromat owner who's trying to get her taxes done. One day, in the middle of a meeting about paperwork at the IRS office, she's suddenly whisked away and split between two alternate realities. It turns out that there's something threatening the very fate of what she discovers to be the multiverse, and she may be the only chance of stopping it. Peering into other universes, Evelyn can gain the experiences, memories, and emotions of her alternate selves and use those to her advantage. With her extraordinary new powers, she becomes an incredibly skilled -- albeit reluctant -- heroine.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"The universe is so much bigger than you realize."'']]

* CallingParentsByTheirName: In some alternate universes, Joy calls Evelyn by her first name, a signifier of her antagonistic relationship with her mother. This is ''very'' rude in Asian households, befitting Evelyn's constant nagging.

''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' is a 2022 absurdist action sci-fi comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Creator/TheDaniels Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert]] (aka DANIELS), who previously directed ''Film/SwissArmyMan''. The film stars Creator/MichelleYeoh, Creator/KeHuyQuan, Creator/StephanieHsu, Creator/JamesHong, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, Creator/JennySlate and Creator/HarryShumJr

* CallingParentsByTheirName: In some alternate universes, Joy calls Evelyn by her first name, a signifier of her antagonistic relationship with her mother.

* AlternateSpeciesCounterpart: Some of the alternate versions of Evelyn fall under this trope, such as Evelyn the doodle, Evelyn the pinata, and Evelyn the rock.

* FirstNameBasis: In some alternate universes, Joy calls Evelyn by her first name, a signifier of her antagonistic relationship with her mother.

* GenreMashup:
** The movie really lives up to its title's promise of ''everything''. It's an absurdist BlackComedy, a heartfelt DysfunctionalFamily drama, a sci-fi adventure, [[ExistentialHorror a cosmic horror movie]], a [[AffectionateParody parody of martial art films]], a surreal MindScrew experiment, a poignant arthouse thriller, and a fun popcorn movie all at the same time.
** The film has been more succinctly summarized as a ScienceFiction story about a potential multiversal war while at its core being a FamilyDrama about a mother trying to manage a struggling business, a failing marriage, and tense relationships with her father and daughter. And there is a strong comedic overtone, mostly of the surreal kind - the very "jump to an AlternateSelf" requires a character doing something that would be completely unexpected if not senseless.

->''[[TheAntiNihilist "We can do whatever we want. Nothing matters."]]''