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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Lori basically goes through all this trouble of trying to murder Tree because the guy she's into falls for her instead of Lori. Granted, Tree isn't exactly a good person but she also hasn't tried to commit murder.]]
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tree has seemingly never heard of Creator/BillMurray, hence not being familiar with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' and (oh, the {{Irony}}) ''Film/{{Groundhog Day}}''.

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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tree has seemingly never heard of Creator/BillMurray, hence not being familiar with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' and (oh, the {{Irony}}) ''Film/{{Groundhog Day}}''.''Film/GroundhogDay''.

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* HardWorkMontage: Tree researching on who might be interested in killing her. Doubles as a FailureMontage given once a person is crossed off, the assassin shows up.



* HardWorkMontage: Tree researching on who might be interested in killing her. Doubles as a FailureMontage given once a person is crossed off, the assassin shows up.



* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tree has seemingly never heard of Creator/BillMurray, hence not being familiar with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} and (oh, the {{Irony}}) Film/{{Groundhog Day}}''.

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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tree has seemingly never heard of Creator/BillMurray, hence not being familiar with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' and (oh, the {{Irony}}) Film/{{Groundhog ''Film/{{Groundhog Day}}''.
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* ShoutOut:
**The shot of Tree and Carter near the end [[spoiler:before she eats the cupcake]] as they celebrate her birthday is reminiscent of ''Film/SixteenCandles''.
** Carter specifically mentions ''Film/GroundhogDay'' in regards to Tree's situation.
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: As a smoking gun of who the true killer is, Tree finding the murderer's mask in Lori's desk.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiling:The police car is ignited with a birthday candle... the same one from the cupcake baked for Tree.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiling:The [[spoiler:The police car is ignited with a birthday candle... the same one from the cupcake baked for Tree.]]

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* CurseCutShort: When the killer uses a birthday candle to ignite a gasoline stream from Tree's car, she says "holy fu-" before she ends up blowing up along with the car.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiling:The police car is ignited with a birthday candle... the same one from the cupcake baked for Tree.]]



* LogoJoke: The Universal logo restarts about three times to highlight the movie is centered around a GroundhogDayLoop.



* MomentKiller: When Tree returns to her sorority, a masked person like the one who killed her appears, so she punches him... totally killing the mood of the crowd that would reveal a surprise party.



* NotWhatItLooksLike: First, the very start - Tree is not awakening in Carter's room for spending the night with him, he just wanted to help her wasted self and thus went elsewhere to sleep. Then, when Tree is attacked by the killer in a bed, a bystander does not stop because he thinks it's just some kinky stuff.



* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: In the one loop where Tree is hospitalized, she runs in spite of medical orders fearing for her life. She evades the killer in the parking lot... [[ImplacableMan only for a reappearance on the road.]]



* PrecisionFStrike: Tree goes "Oh ''fuck''" before the cop car she's in blows up.

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* PrecisionFStrike: Tree goes "Oh ''fuck''" before the cop car she's in blows up. (on the trailer, it's a CurseCutShort)
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* ToiletHumor: Tree takes the opportunity to fart ''absolutely loudly'' in front of Carter.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Tree goes "Oh ''fuck''" before the cop car she's in blows up.
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* RescueRomance: Tree only falls for Carter once he gives his life to save her - to the point she kills herself to ensure he will be alive again.

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* RescueRomance: Tree only falls for Carter once he [[spoiler:he gives his life to save her - to the point she kills herself to ensure he will be alive again.]]
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tree has seemingly never heard of Creator/BillMurray, hence not being familiar with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} and (oh, the {{Irony}}) ''Film/GroundhogDay''.

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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tree has seemingly never heard of Creator/BillMurray, hence not being familiar with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} and (oh, the {{Irony}}) ''Film/GroundhogDay''.Film/{{Groundhog Day}}''.
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* CovertPervert: Carter's roommate. Tree even calls him out on his less-than-wholesome words for women ("If you describe us like that, you'll be having a long relationship with your hand").


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* DeadpanSnarker: Tree, with the snark growing along with her annoyance at dying so much.


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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Tree opens the day hungover, in a dorm room, after a night getting wasted.


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* TheLadette: In addition to drinking a lot, Tree also takes the opportunity while eating with Carter to burp and fart ''loudly''.


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* NiceGuy: Carter, to the point he didn't take advantage of a drunken Tree.


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* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Tree eventually finds out that the night before, not only she drank a lot, but also started fights, kissed a guy in front of his girl, and vomited pretzels all around. But at least she didn't sleep with Carter.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The protagonist is known as ''Tree'' - though it's only a nickname, as her given name is Teresa.

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Tree Gelbman is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in her friend's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting murdered by a masked man. After realizing what is going on, she attempts to figure out the masked man's identity and motives and prevent her death, but it won't be easy.

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Tree Teresa "Tree" Gelbman is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in her friend's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting murdered by a masked man. After realizing what is going on, she attempts to figure out the masked man's identity and motives and prevent her death, but it won't be easy.



* AlphaBitch: Tree's sorority is basically one full of those, herself included. She gets better, though.
* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: Once Tree decides to be nice, she pours chocolate milk in the head of her sorority's president.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Lori, who seems like the TokenGoodTeammate of the bitchy sorority, but is actually orchestrating Tree's murder.]]
* BloodyHilarious: Most blatantly when [[FailureMontage Tree is repeatedly killed]] [[SoundtrackDissonance as a pop song plays in the background]].



* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: When Tree investigates on Tim, he's about to engage in some self-love... [[spoiler:[[ManlyGay to gay porn]].]]
* ContinuingIsPainful: Every loop starts with Tree feeling what killed her the last time (drowning: she vomits; hanging: she cricks her neck). In the one where she's taken to the hospital, the x-rays show the internal damage from the last death was still present.



* GroundhogDayLoop: Every time Tree dies, she wakes up at the beginning of the day.

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* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler:Lori's ultimate fate.]]
* EmbarrassingRingtone: Lori changes Tree's ringtone to be an annoying voice singing "Hey it's my birthday! So I got to pick up the phone".
* HardWorkMontage: Tree researching on who might be interested in killing her. Doubles as a FailureMontage given once a person is crossed off, the assassin shows up.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Every time Tree dies, she wakes up at the beginning of the day. By the movie's end, this is lampshaded by discussing the TropeNamer... [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure which Tree has never seen]].
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Carter thinks the killer chose Tree's birthday on purpose. After some investigation, Tree dismisses it. [[spoiler:Carter is eventually proven right, to the point the initially intended object of murder was a poisoned cupcake.]]
* ImplacableMan: The killer is persistent as hell, most blatantly when Tree escapes in the hospital and some time later, the assassin shows up in a car of its own.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:The reason for Tree's murder: her roommate Lori is angry that the guy she likes only pays attention to Tree.]]



* MatchCut: Tree's head falling due to blunt force trauma changes to it going down to the pillow.



* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: [[spoiler:Tree's attempt to shoot Joseph Tombs fails due to this. The next time she has the gun, it's off, as she points out in the PreMortemOneLiner.]]
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Tree has seemingly never heard of Creator/BillMurray, hence not being familiar with ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} and (oh, the {{Irony}}) ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
* RecycledTrailerMusic: The trailer has every loop opens with Tree awakened in her birthday by Music/FiftyCent's "In Da Club", whose opening line is [[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic "Go shorty, it's your birthday!"]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:The fugitive who Tree initially thought was her killer. Though she figures out the assassin planned well in making him a scapegoat.]]
* RescueRomance: Tree only falls for Carter once he gives his life to save her - to the point she kills herself to ensure he will be alive again.



* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Every loop opens with Tree awakened in her birthday by Music/FiftyCent's "In Da Club", whose opening line is "Go shorty, it's your birthday!"

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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Every TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler:Tree figures out the cupcake Lori baked her was poisoned.]]
* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler: Twice - first, Tree discovers the seemingly GoldenPath didn't work out. Then, Carter {{troll}}s her into thinking the
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* TookALevelInKindness: After enough deaths,
Tree awakened in her birthday by Music/FiftyCent's "In Da Club", whose opening line is "Go shorty, it's your birthday!"grows from an AlphaBitch to someone who actually cares about others.



* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The heroine's first name is ''Tree''.

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: VaporTrail: The heroine's first name killer makes the police car in which Tree is ''Tree''.being held to leak fuel, and eventually lights the trail.
* YourCheatingHeart: Tree is sleeping with a married teacher.
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* MemeticMutation: "Byeeeeeee!!!" Also doubles as a MostAnnoyingSound.
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* MemeticMutation: "Byeeeeeee!!!" Also doubles as a MostAnnoyingSound.
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Unfortunate Names is when you're named something that translate to "butt" or something like that. Not what's going on here, unless "tree" means some euphemism that I'm not aware of.


* UnfortunateNames: The heroine's first name is ''Tree''.

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* UnfortunateNames: WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The heroine's first name is ''Tree''.
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''Happy Death Day'' is a SlasherMovie set for an October 13, 2017 release.

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''Happy Death Day'' is a SlasherMovie set for an October 13, 2017 release.
release. It was written by Creator/ScottLobdell.
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Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTaDm3atkc here]].

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Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTaDm3atkc here]].Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ba7796UwE International Trailer]].



* ABirthdayNotABreak \ HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Tree is being slaughtered daily in her own birthday.

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* ABirthdayNotABreak \ HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: ABirthdayNotABreak: Tree is being slaughtered daily in on her own birthday.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak \ HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Tree is being slaughtered daily in her own birthday.


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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The assassin wearing a baby mask.


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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Every loop opens with Tree awakened in her birthday by Music/FiftyCent's "In Da Club", whose opening line is "Go shorty, it's your birthday!"

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* FailOSuckyname: The heroine's first name is ''Tree''.


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* UnfortunateNames: The heroine's first name is ''Tree''.
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* FailOSuckyname: The heroine's first name is 'Tree'.

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* FailOSuckyname: The heroine's first name is 'Tree'.''Tree''.
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* FailOSuckyname: The heroine's first name is <i>Tree</i>.

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Tree Gelbman is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in her friend's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting getting murdered by a masked man. After realizing what is going on, she attempts to figure out the masked man's identity and motives and prevent her death, but it won't be easy.

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Tree Gelbman is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in her friend's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting getting murdered by a masked man. After realizing what is going on, she attempts to figure out the masked man's identity and motives and prevent her death, but it won't be easy.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[GroundhogDayLoop And again, and again, and again, and again...]] So, in conclusion, [[TagLine make every]] [[FalseReassurance death count.]]]]

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->'''Carter:''' The way I see it, you have an unlimited amount of lives. Unlimited opportunities to solve your own murder.\\
'''Tree:''' So I'm supposed to keep dying until I figure out who my killer is?\\
'''Carter:''' You want to live to see tomorrow, right?

''Happy Death Day'' is a SlasherMovie set for an October 13, 2017 release. The first trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTaDm3atkc here]].
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!Tropes in Happy Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTaDm3atkc here]].
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* CurseCutShort: When the killer uses a birthday candle to ignite a gasoline stream from Tree's car, she says "holy fu-" before she ends up blowing up along with the car.



* TrustPassword: Tree quickly convinces her friend Carter of what is happening by predicting the day's events.

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* TrustPassword: Tree quickly convinces her friend Carter of what is happening by predicting the day's events.events.
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Tree Gelbman is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in her friend's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting getting murdered by a masked man. After figuring out what is going on, she attempts to prevent her death, but the masked man won't make it easy.

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Tree Gelbman is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in her friend's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting getting murdered by a masked man. After figuring out realizing what is going on, she attempts to figure out the masked man's identity and motives and prevent her death, but the masked man it won't make it be easy.



* CarFu: The masked man kills a police officer who pulled Tree over by hitting him with his car.



* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Tree goes streaking during one of the loops.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Tree goes streaking during one of the loops.loops.
* SaveScumming: After a few loops, Tree pretty much memorizes what happens and is able to avoid some problems. However, the masked man does something different in each loop so her preparations are not enough.
* TrustPassword: Tree quickly convinces her friend Carter of what is happening by predicting the day's events.
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''Happy Death Day'' is a SlasherMovie set for an October 13, 2017 release. The first trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTaDm3atkc here]].

Tree Gelbman is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in her friend's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting getting murdered by a masked man. After figuring out what is going on, she attempts to prevent her death, but the masked man won't make it easy.

!Tropes in Happy Death Day
* GroundhogDayLoop: Every time Tree dies, she wakes up at the beginning of the day.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The masked man kills Tree in increasingly creative ways.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Tree goes streaking during one of the loops.

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