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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Every morning, Lucy eats waffles for breakfast and makes little houses out of them.
** Henry's favorite is Spam and Reese's peanut butter cups.
** Henry's favorite is Spam and Reese's peanut butter cups.
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* NoodleIncident: Doug got disqualified from the Mr.Hawaii contest due to steroid abuse.
-->'''Doug''' I didn't know there was gonna be a urine test.
** Dr. Goldberg wishing his wife had Goldfield Syndrome so she wouldn't remember when she insulted her last night.
-->'''Doug''' I didn't know there was gonna be a urine test.
** Dr. Goldberg wishing his wife had Goldfield Syndrome so she wouldn't remember when she insulted her last night.
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* TheStoner: Ula, who is always smoking weed joints even though he denies it many times. Which would explain his behavior.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: When Henry talks to Lucy again, he makes a joke about him and his walrus that Lucy finds suggestive and insulting and believes him to being a stalker as she claims to have never even met him. This confuses Henry, prompting Sue to explain things to him.
---> '''Henry:''' My hands are extra fishy if you care to take a whiff.
---> '''Lucy:''' (confused) What...was that?
---> '''Henry:''' I was petting my walrus all morning and I was thinking about you the whole time.
---> '''Lucy:''' Okay, pervert. I think you should leave.
---> '''Henry:''' My hands are extra fishy if you care to take a whiff.
---> '''Lucy:''' (confused) What...was that?
---> '''Henry:''' I was petting my walrus all morning and I was thinking about you the whole time.
---> '''Lucy:''' Okay, pervert. I think you should leave.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: When Sue is telling Henry about the car accident that happened to Marlin and Lucy, in a few shots shows a pineapple flying out of the car and onto the grass, as the same time the car collides into a tree.
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* AllInTheManual: The photos and drawings scribbled in the end credits reveal [[spoiler: that Henry and Lucy's daughter is named Nicole.]]
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* BigWhy: Lucy appears to be yelling one of these when [[spoiler: she discovers the truth about her memory being wiped due to an accident that happened to her a year prior.]]
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* BigWhy: Lucy appears to be yelling one of these when [[spoiler: she discovers the truth about her memory being wiped due to an accident that happened to her a year prior.prior and runs out on the deck in tears.]]
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* BigWhy: Lucy appears to be yelling one of these when [[spoiler: she discovers the truth about her memory being wiped due to an accident that happened to her a year prior.]]
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* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Polynesian Man]]: Nick aka "Tattoo Face"
-->'''Nick''': Hey, mister peanut butter cups!\\
'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
-->'''Nick''': Hey, mister peanut butter cups!\\
'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
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* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Polynesian Man]]: Nick aka "Tattoo Face."
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'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
-->'''Nick''': Hey, mister peanut butter cups!\\
'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
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* OverprotectiveDad: Lucy's father does everything to make sure his daughter keeps reliving the same day and won't freak out. He also repeatedly tells Henry to stay away from Lucy. In the end, [[spoiler: he joins Henry and Lucy as they leave Hawaii]]. Doug and the cafe denizens definitely have this vibe, too, possibly to a greater extent. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of Lucy's condition.
** Henry actually calls Marlin out for enforcing this trope to an extreme extent by continually making Lucy living in a state of denial and not taking into factor of her future, or what would happen if she suddenly wakes up to see an old woman looking at her back from a mirror.
** Henry actually calls Marlin out for enforcing this trope to an extreme extent by continually making Lucy living in a state of denial and not taking into factor of her future, or what would happen if she suddenly wakes up to see an old woman looking at her back from a mirror.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Lucy's father does everything to make sure his daughter keeps reliving the same day and won't freak out. He also repeatedly tells Henry to stay away from Lucy. In the end, [[spoiler: he joins Henry and Lucy as they leave Hawaii]]. Doug and the cafe denizens definitely have this vibe, too, possibly to a greater extent. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of Lucy's condition. \n** Henry actually calls Marlin out for enforcing this trope to an extreme extent by continually making Lucy living in a state of denial and not taking into factor of her future, or what would happen if she suddenly wakes up to see an old woman looking at her back from a mirror.
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-->'''Nick''': Hey, mister peanut butter cups!
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-->'''Nick''': Hey, mister peanut butter cups!
-->'''Henry''':cups!\\
'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
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'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
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** "Hi, I'm Tom."
*** The fact that he can't remember anything for 10 seconds pretty much [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] it.
*** The fact that he can't remember anything for 10 seconds pretty much [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] it.
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** "Hi, I'm Tom."
*** The" (The fact that he can't remember anything for 10 seconds pretty much [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] it.)
*** The
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** The Callahan Institute was "founded out of [[Film/TommyBoy Sandusky Ohio by TB Callahan]], the automotive components tycoon".
***tycoon". To make it even clearer, Dan Aykroyd is the one who's saying the previous line.
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---> '''Tom:''' "Hi, Hi, I'm Tom!" (ten Tom! ''(ten seconds later) "Hi, later...)'' Hi, I'm Tom!"Tom!
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---> '''Lucy:''' "Yeah, KEEP RUNNING!!"
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---> '''Lucy:''' "Yeah, Yeah, KEEP RUNNING!!"RUNNING!!
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* AlohaHawaiiAlohaHawaii: The main setting of the film.
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* BatterUpBatterUp: Henry has Ula pretend to beat him up so that Lucy could help him and therefore greet her. Lucy ends up beating Ula up with a metal baseball bat and chases him off while still beating him up.
---> '''Ula:''' ''(running off)'' OH, YOU CRAZY BITCH!
---> '''Lucy:''' "Yeah, KEEP RUNNING!!"
---> '''Ula:''' ''(running off)'' OH, YOU CRAZY BITCH!
---> '''Lucy:''' "Yeah, KEEP RUNNING!!"
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* AwardBaitSong: "Love Song" by Music/ThreeEleven.
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* AwardBaitSong: "Love Song" by Music/ThreeEleven. Though because it's [[Music/TheCure a cover]], it wouldn't be able to get a nomination.
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* AlmostKiss: Defied. When Henry reunites with Lucy after several weeks of separation, they are about to kiss...[[MomentKiller until 10-second Tom breaks in for no apparent reason.]] But then, Henry shoos him away and continues the kiss, anyway.
* DistantFinale: [[spoiler: Lucy wakes up and watches the "Good morning, Lucy" video, which shows her the October 13 accident and her friends wishing her happiness as usual,...except that it ends with her and Henry's wedding. And then she comes outside to find that she's on board Henry's boat to Alaska, with Henry, Marlin, and her ''toddler daughter'', Nicole, for company.]]
* DramaticIrony: The primary conflict of the film. Because Lucy's anterograde amnesia makes her unable to form new memories after a period of 24 hours, she wakes up everyday thinking that it's October 13 of the previous year. Unless she is told herself, she doesn't follow any developments of her social circle afterward, including her friends' marriage or parenthood. The most important thing, however, is that she doesn't remember ever falling in love with Henry, as to her, he's a new person everyday, even though they've been dating for weeks and possibly months. Exemplified best during a montage of the falls-in-love.
--> '''Lucy:''' Nothing beats a first kiss.
--> '''Henry:''' Yeah.
-->''(the next day)''
--> '''Lucy:''' Nothing beats a first kiss.
--> '''Henry:''' Yeah.
-->''(repeated several times)''
--> '''Lucy:''' Nothing beats a first kiss.
--> '''Henry:''' Yeah.
-->''(the next day)''
--> '''Lucy:''' Nothing beats a first kiss.
--> '''Henry:''' Yeah.
-->''(repeated several times)''
* FallingInLoveMontage: Which repeats itself because of Lucy's amnesia, although Henry does his best to make it different each time.
* InternalReveal: The audience already knows Lucy's predicament, but Lucy herself doesn't realize this until the expired ticket incident. Which she has to relieve every single day after for the rest of her life.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Lucy's father does everything to make sure his daughter keeps reliving the same day and won't freak out. He also repeatedly tells Henry to stay away from Lucy. In the end, [[spoiler: he joins Henry and Lucy as they leave Hawaii]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of Lucy's condition.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Lucy's father does everything to make sure his daughter keeps reliving the same day and won't freak out. He also repeatedly tells Henry to stay away from Lucy. In the end, [[spoiler: he joins Henry and Lucy as they leave Hawaii]]. Doug and the cafe denizens definitely have this vibe, too, possibly to a greater extent. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of Lucy's condition.condition.
** Henry actually calls Marlin out for enforcing this trope to an extreme extent by continually making Lucy living in a state of denial and not taking into factor of her future, or what would happen if she suddenly wakes up to see an old woman looking at her back from a mirror.
** Henry actually calls Marlin out for enforcing this trope to an extreme extent by continually making Lucy living in a state of denial and not taking into factor of her future, or what would happen if she suddenly wakes up to see an old woman looking at her back from a mirror.
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** Henry being told that his head is egg-shaped. If you look closely, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent one of Lucy's paintings of him near the end even has his head being literally painted as an egg]].
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** Lucy's family watches [[Film/TheSixthSense The Sixth Sense]].
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** Lucy's family watches [[Film/TheSixthSense The Sixth Sense]].''Film/TheSixthSense''. Complete with Lucy being surprised at learning that Malcolm-er, Creator/BruceWillis is a ghost, while her dad and brother just nod uninterestedly because [[ItWasHisSled they already know that]].
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Henry is an ocean wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii who has built up a reputation of seducing attractive tourists who are looking to blow off some steam. In a chance encounter, he meets Lucy at a local restaurant and they connect, they have a great first date but the next day she looks at him like he's a stranger. He learns her injury permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories, forgetting everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as though it was the day before the accident.
Recognizing the difficulty of building a relationship with someone who will never remember him the next day, Henry finds himself unable to just let her go. So he resolves to "meet" her and fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
Recognizing the difficulty of building a relationship with someone who will never remember him the next day, Henry finds himself unable to just let her go. So he resolves to "meet" her and fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
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Henry is an ocean wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii who has built up a reputation of seducing attractive tourists who are looking to blow off some steam. In a chance encounter, he meets Lucy at a local restaurant and they connect, they have a great first date but the next day she looks at him like he's a stranger. He learns her injury permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories, forgetting everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as though it was the day before of the accident.
accident. Her closest friends and family have resolved to let her believe it is the day of the accident.
Recognizing the difficulty of building a relationship with someone who will never remember him the next day, Henry finds himself unable to just let her go. So he resolves to "meet" her and have her fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
Recognizing the difficulty of building a relationship with someone who will never remember him the next day, Henry finds himself unable to just let her go. So he resolves to "meet" her and have her fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
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''50 First Dates'' is a 2004 American RomanticComedy film. It stars Creator/AdamSandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian (Henry) and Creator/DrewBarrymore (Lucy) as an amnesiac. Henry has a great first date with Lucy, but discovers that the next day she has no clue who he is. Unfortunately, a freak brain injury has permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories and she forgets everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as a clean slate. Henry isn't daunted by this, however, and resolves to make her fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
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''50 First Dates'' is a 2004 American RomanticComedy film. It stars Creator/AdamSandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian (Henry) and Creator/DrewBarrymore (Lucy) as an amnesiac. amnesiac due to a brain injury during a car accident.
Henry is an ocean wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii who has built up a reputation of seducing attractive tourists who are looking to blow off some steam. In a chance encounter, he meets Lucy at a local restaurant and they connect, they have a great first datewith Lucy, but discovers that the next day she has no clue who he is. Unfortunately, looks at him like he's a freak brain stranger. He learns her injury has permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories and she forgets memories, forgetting everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as though it was the day before the accident.
Recognizing the difficulty of building aclean slate. relationship with someone who will never remember him the next day, Henry isn't daunted by this, however, and finds himself unable to just let her go. So he resolves to make "meet" her and fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
Henry is an ocean wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii who has built up a reputation of seducing attractive tourists who are looking to blow off some steam. In a chance encounter, he meets Lucy at a local restaurant and they connect, they have a great first date
Recognizing the difficulty of building a
* ActionGirl: When Henry has Ula pretend to beat him up as one of his attempts at a MeetCute with Lucy, Lucy takes a baseball bat and comes to his "rescue."
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* MeetCuteMeetCute: Henry has one with Lucy, but Lucy has a new one with him every day.
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* SceneryPorn: Makes great use of Hawaiian locations and vistas.
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* Henry being told that his head is egg-shaped.
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* Henry being told that his head is egg-shaped.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In one scene, Doug climbs to a chandelier and starts doing vertical sit-ups there. Both the chandelier and Doug then fall down.
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-->'''Ulla''': Bring me back a t-shirt.
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-->'''Ulla''': Bring me back a t-shirt.[[note]] What makes this scene even funnier is the fact that Ula doesn't wear a shirt when he says that.[[/note]]
* OverprotectiveDad: Lucy's father does everything to make sure his daughter keeps reliving the same day and won't freak out. He also repeatedly tells Henry to stay away from Lucy. In the end, [[spoiler: he joins Henry and Lucy as they leave Hawaii]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of Lucy's condition.
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** The two dolphins at Henry's place are named [[Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Mary-Kate and Ashley]].
** Lucy's family watches [[Film/TheSixthSense The Sixth Sense]].
** Lucy reads ''Still Life With Woodpecker - A Sort Of A Love Story'' by Tom Robbins.
** [[Music/TheBeachBoys The Beach Boys]] is mentioned several times during the film and their music is played.
** Lucy's family watches [[Film/TheSixthSense The Sixth Sense]].
** Lucy reads ''Still Life With Woodpecker - A Sort Of A Love Story'' by Tom Robbins.
** [[Music/TheBeachBoys The Beach Boys]] is mentioned several times during the film and their music is played.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Doug speaks with a lisp and fits into the GymBunny stereotype.
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** Doug speaks with a lisp and fits into the GymBunny stereotype.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Lucy remembers everything only up until her accident.
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** Lucy remembers everything only up until her accident.
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* RunningGag: "Hi, I'm Tom."
** The fact that he can't remember anything for 10 seconds pretty much [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] it.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** "Hi, I'm Tom."
** *** The fact that he can't remember anything for 10 seconds pretty much [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] it.
** "Hi, I'm Tom."
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* ShoutOut: The Callahan Institute was "founded out of [[Film/TommyBoy Sandusky Ohio by TB Callahan]], the automotive components tycoon".
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The Callahan Institute was "founded out of [[Film/TommyBoy Sandusky Ohio by TB Callahan]], the automotive components tycoon".
** *** To make it even clearer, Dan Aykroyd is the one who's saying the previous line.
** The Callahan Institute was "founded out of [[Film/TommyBoy Sandusky Ohio by TB Callahan]], the automotive components tycoon".
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* AwardBaitSong: "Love Song" by [[Music/ThreeEleven 311]]
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* AwardBaitSong: "Love Song" by [[Music/ThreeEleven 311]]Music/ThreeEleven.
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* ShoutOut: The Callahan Institute was "founded out of [[TommyBoy [[Film/TommyBoy Sandusky Ohio by TB Callahan]], the automotive components tycoon".
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** When Henry is golfing with Ula and his kids, Ula attempts (badly) the trademark HappyGilmore swing, only for Henry to say it's "the stupidest thing [he's] ever seen." The best is the kids then executing an adorable (and highly successful) version, in unison.
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** When Henry is golfing with Ula and his kids, Ula attempts (badly) the trademark HappyGilmore ''Film/HappyGilmore'' swing, only for Henry to say it's "the stupidest thing [he's] ever seen." The best is the kids then executing an adorable (and highly successful) version, in unison.
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* PairTheSpares: It's sort of implied that Alexa and Doug hook up in the end.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/DanAykroyd plays Lucy's neuro-physician, who mentions that their clinic is funded by TB Callahan in Sandusky, Ohio, [[TommyBoy yes, he'd know all about that.]] See ShoutOut below.
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* ActorAllusion: DanAykroyd plays Lucy's neuro-physician, who mentions that their clinic is funded by TB Callahan in Sandusky, Ohio, [[TommyBoy yes, he'd know all about that.]] See ShoutOut below.
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* ActorAllusion: DanAykroyd Creator/DanAykroyd plays Lucy's neuro-physician, who mentions that their clinic is funded by TB Callahan in Sandusky, Ohio, [[TommyBoy yes, he'd know all about that.]] See ShoutOut below.
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* EasyAmnesia: Averted. Also, Lucy is suffering from post-trauma memory loss. While much more common in real life, is rarely depicted in cinema.
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** The opening montage hints that Henry has had a relationship with a man, though it might have just been a one-sided crush.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lucy's condition is [[{{Handwave}} Handwaved]] away as being because "she can't convert her short-term memory into long-term memory in her sleep". Basically, she is totally normal except that every time she goes to sleep ([[FridgeLogic what if she stays up on a 48-hour bender? Or if she takes an afternoon nap?]]) she forgets everything that happened since a car accident a year before the story starts. Her family and friends go to great lengths to keep her from noticing that years have passed since the day of her accident.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lucy's condition is [[{{Handwave}} Handwaved]] away as being because "she can't convert her short-term memory into long-term memory in her sleep". Basically, she is totally normal except that every time she goes to sleep ([[FridgeLogic what if she stays up on a 48-hour bender? Or if she takes an afternoon nap?]]) she forgets everything that happened since a car accident a year before the story starts. Her family and friends go to great lengths to keep her from noticing that years have passed since the day of her accident. When Henry learns about this, he calls bullshit on them, asking if they haven't wondered what will happen when Lucy suddenly wakes up and is in her forties.
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''50 First Dates'' is a 2004 American RomanticComedy film. It stars Creator/AdamSandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian (Henry) and DrewBarrymore (Lucy) as an amnesiac. Henry has a great first date with Lucy, but discovers that the next day she has no clue who he is. Unfortunately, a freak brain injury has permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories and she forgets everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as a clean slate. Henry isn't daunted by this, however, and resolves to make her fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
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''50 First Dates'' is a 2004 American RomanticComedy film. It stars Creator/AdamSandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian (Henry) and DrewBarrymore Creator/DrewBarrymore (Lucy) as an amnesiac. Henry has a great first date with Lucy, but discovers that the next day she has no clue who he is. Unfortunately, a freak brain injury has permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories and she forgets everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as a clean slate. Henry isn't daunted by this, however, and resolves to make her fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
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''50 First Dates'' is a 2004 American RomanticComedy film. It stars Creator/AdamSandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian (Henry) and DrewBarrymore (Lucy) as an amnesiac. Henry has a great first date with Lucy, but discovers that the next day she has no clue who he is. Unfortunately, a freak brain injury has permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories and she forgets everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as a clean slate. Henry isn't daunted by this, however, and resolves to make her fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: DanAykroyd plays Lucy's neuro-physician, who mentions that their clinic is funded by TB Callahan in Sandusky, Ohio, [[TommyBoy yes, he'd know all about that.]] See ShoutOut below.
* AlohaHawaii
* AmbiguousGender: Alexa.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Doug speaks with a lisp and fits into the GymBunny stereotype.
* AmnesiacLover
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Lucy remembers everything only up until her accident.
** Also, Ten-Second Tom, whose memory span is a period of ten seconds.
---> '''Tom:''' "Hi, I'm Tom!" (ten seconds later) "Hi, I'm Tom!"
* AwardBaitSong: "Love Song" by [[Music/ThreeEleven 311]]
* BatterUp
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Lucy never truly recovers, though she does dream about Henry enough to almost remember him. The two marry and have a child, though Lucy still has to watch tapes of the events of her life since the accident to truly remember both of them. Clearly, they are making the best of a bad situation.]]
* EasyAmnesia: Averted. Also, Lucy is suffering from post-trauma memory loss. While much more common in real life, is rarely depicted in cinema.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Due to Lucy's amnesia.
* HollywoodScience: The exact type of amnesia depicted in film where an individual loses their memory of the last 24 hours when they wake up in the morning, referred to in the film as ''Goldfield Syndrome'', does not exist. However, in the years since the film came out, a woman named Michelle Philpots was discovered to suffer from a case of anterograde amnesia that closely resembled the fictional condition in the film. Though in her case, she also has severe problems with memory over the course of the same day (as opposed to the film's neat "24 hour memory" plot).
* IHaveThisFriend: Used by Doug about his steroid use.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: This is why Lucy tries to cut Henry out of her life so he doesn't have to dedicate his life to caring for her.
* InTheLocalTongue: After Ulla says something deep and meaningful sounding to Henry as they are saying goodbye:
-->'''Henry''': Thanks buddy, that's beautiful. What's it mean again?
-->'''Ulla''': Bring me back a t-shirt.
* LadykillerInLove: Henry's love-life consisted entirely of vacation flings with tourists until he met Lucy.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lucy's condition is [[{{Handwave}} Handwaved]] away as being because "she can't convert her short-term memory into long-term memory in her sleep". Basically, she is totally normal except that every time she goes to sleep ([[FridgeLogic what if she stays up on a 48-hour bender? Or if she takes an afternoon nap?]]) she forgets everything that happened since a car accident a year before the story starts. Her family and friends go to great lengths to keep her from noticing that years have passed since the day of her accident.
* [[GirlOfMyDreams Man Of My Dreams]]: Henry, for Lucy.
* MeetCute
* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler:Lucy eventually attempts to erase Henry from her memory, so she wouldn't screw up his plans to go to the Arctic and study walruses (or walri; the species he studies is ambiguously ambiguous). It ultimately fails, however, as she dreams about him almost every night and has an art studio full of paintings she's made of him]].
* NeverLearnedToRead: Henry uses this as a trick to get Lucy to talk to him on one of the many days he introduces himself to her in the diner. He splashes water on his eyes and acts like he's crying until she comes to see what's wrong. When he confesses that he can't read the menu, she spends all morning sitting with him "teaching" him. He blows it though when he doesn't ask her for a second date (because he knows she won't remember) and she gets furious and reveals that she knew the whole thing was a ploy and went along with it because she liked him.
* NoteToSelf: Lucy keeps a journal (later a video tape) since she loses her memory every day.
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Polynesian Man]]: Nick aka "Tattoo Face"
-->'''Nick''': Hey, mister peanut butter cups!
-->'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
* RelationshipResetButton: [[spoiler:Constantly for the rest of their life]].
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The penguin, especially when he's wearing his little Hawaiian shirt.
* RunningGag: "Hi, I'm Tom."
** The fact that he can't remember anything for 10 seconds pretty much [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] it.
** Doug's obvious steroid intake.
* ShoutOut: The Callahan Institute was "founded out of [[TommyBoy Sandusky Ohio by TB Callahan]], the automotive components tycoon".
** To make it even clearer, Dan Aykroyd is the one who's saying the previous line.
** When Henry is golfing with Ula and his kids, Ula attempts (badly) the trademark HappyGilmore swing, only for Henry to say it's "the stupidest thing [he's] ever seen." The best is the kids then executing an adorable (and highly successful) version, in unison.
* {{Tagline}}: "Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day."
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The cop that cites Lucy's car for being expired, is what leads to Lucy discovering about her memory loss issue.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: The Walrus.
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''50 First Dates'' is a 2004 American RomanticComedy film. It stars Creator/AdamSandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian (Henry) and DrewBarrymore (Lucy) as an amnesiac. Henry has a great first date with Lucy, but discovers that the next day she has no clue who he is. Unfortunately, a freak brain injury has permanently damaged her ability to form new long term memories and she forgets everything when she goes to bed and starts the next day as a clean slate. Henry isn't daunted by this, however, and resolves to make her fall in love with him anew every day. HilarityEnsues.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: DanAykroyd plays Lucy's neuro-physician, who mentions that their clinic is funded by TB Callahan in Sandusky, Ohio, [[TommyBoy yes, he'd know all about that.]] See ShoutOut below.
* AlohaHawaii
* AmbiguousGender: Alexa.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Doug speaks with a lisp and fits into the GymBunny stereotype.
* AmnesiacLover
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Lucy remembers everything only up until her accident.
** Also, Ten-Second Tom, whose memory span is a period of ten seconds.
---> '''Tom:''' "Hi, I'm Tom!" (ten seconds later) "Hi, I'm Tom!"
* AwardBaitSong: "Love Song" by [[Music/ThreeEleven 311]]
* BatterUp
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Lucy never truly recovers, though she does dream about Henry enough to almost remember him. The two marry and have a child, though Lucy still has to watch tapes of the events of her life since the accident to truly remember both of them. Clearly, they are making the best of a bad situation.]]
* EasyAmnesia: Averted. Also, Lucy is suffering from post-trauma memory loss. While much more common in real life, is rarely depicted in cinema.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Due to Lucy's amnesia.
* HollywoodScience: The exact type of amnesia depicted in film where an individual loses their memory of the last 24 hours when they wake up in the morning, referred to in the film as ''Goldfield Syndrome'', does not exist. However, in the years since the film came out, a woman named Michelle Philpots was discovered to suffer from a case of anterograde amnesia that closely resembled the fictional condition in the film. Though in her case, she also has severe problems with memory over the course of the same day (as opposed to the film's neat "24 hour memory" plot).
* IHaveThisFriend: Used by Doug about his steroid use.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: This is why Lucy tries to cut Henry out of her life so he doesn't have to dedicate his life to caring for her.
* InTheLocalTongue: After Ulla says something deep and meaningful sounding to Henry as they are saying goodbye:
-->'''Henry''': Thanks buddy, that's beautiful. What's it mean again?
-->'''Ulla''': Bring me back a t-shirt.
* LadykillerInLove: Henry's love-life consisted entirely of vacation flings with tourists until he met Lucy.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lucy's condition is [[{{Handwave}} Handwaved]] away as being because "she can't convert her short-term memory into long-term memory in her sleep". Basically, she is totally normal except that every time she goes to sleep ([[FridgeLogic what if she stays up on a 48-hour bender? Or if she takes an afternoon nap?]]) she forgets everything that happened since a car accident a year before the story starts. Her family and friends go to great lengths to keep her from noticing that years have passed since the day of her accident.
* [[GirlOfMyDreams Man Of My Dreams]]: Henry, for Lucy.
* MeetCute
* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler:Lucy eventually attempts to erase Henry from her memory, so she wouldn't screw up his plans to go to the Arctic and study walruses (or walri; the species he studies is ambiguously ambiguous). It ultimately fails, however, as she dreams about him almost every night and has an art studio full of paintings she's made of him]].
* NeverLearnedToRead: Henry uses this as a trick to get Lucy to talk to him on one of the many days he introduces himself to her in the diner. He splashes water on his eyes and acts like he's crying until she comes to see what's wrong. When he confesses that he can't read the menu, she spends all morning sitting with him "teaching" him. He blows it though when he doesn't ask her for a second date (because he knows she won't remember) and she gets furious and reveals that she knew the whole thing was a ploy and went along with it because she liked him.
* NoteToSelf: Lucy keeps a journal (later a video tape) since she loses her memory every day.
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Polynesian Man]]: Nick aka "Tattoo Face"
-->'''Nick''': Hey, mister peanut butter cups!
-->'''Henry''': Hey, mister could-kill-me-with-one-punch!
* RelationshipResetButton: [[spoiler:Constantly for the rest of their life]].
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The penguin, especially when he's wearing his little Hawaiian shirt.
* RunningGag: "Hi, I'm Tom."
** The fact that he can't remember anything for 10 seconds pretty much [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] it.
** Doug's obvious steroid intake.
* ShoutOut: The Callahan Institute was "founded out of [[TommyBoy Sandusky Ohio by TB Callahan]], the automotive components tycoon".
** To make it even clearer, Dan Aykroyd is the one who's saying the previous line.
** When Henry is golfing with Ula and his kids, Ula attempts (badly) the trademark HappyGilmore swing, only for Henry to say it's "the stupidest thing [he's] ever seen." The best is the kids then executing an adorable (and highly successful) version, in unison.
* {{Tagline}}: "Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day."
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The cop that cites Lucy's car for being expired, is what leads to Lucy discovering about her memory loss issue.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: The Walrus.
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