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The film centers around Mara Carlyle and Dylan Hovemeyer who begin dating amidst an epidemic in which kids in their high school senior class begin exploding. As more and more students die and scientists struggle to find a cure, the survivors try to navigate how to live life to its fullest when tomorrow is no longer promise.

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The film centers around Mara Carlyle and Dylan Hovemeyer who begin dating amidst an epidemic in which kids in their high school senior class begin exploding. As more and more students die and scientists struggle to find a cure, the survivors try to navigate how to live life to its fullest when tomorrow is no longer promise.promised.
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* ShoutOut: Dylan is a film buff, so both him and people close to him namedrop [[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenberg]], Film/BackToTheFuture1, Film/Traffic2000, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], and others. Mara's Halloween costume is Film/Carrie, though only Dylan recognizes her without the bloody splatter.

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* ShoutOut: Dylan is a film buff, so both him and people close to him namedrop [[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenberg]], Film/BackToTheFuture1, Film/Traffic2000, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/Traffic2000'', ''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]]'', and others. Mara's Halloween costume is Film/Carrie, from ''Film/Carrie1976'', though only Dylan recognizes her without the bloody splatter.
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* ShoutOut: Dylan is a film buff, so both him and people close to him namedrop [[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenberg]], Film/BackToTheFuture, Film/Traffic2000, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], and others. Mara's Halloween costume is Film/Carrie, though only Dylan recognizes her without the bloody splatter.

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* ShoutOut: Dylan is a film buff, so both him and people close to him namedrop [[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenberg]], Film/BackToTheFuture, Film/BackToTheFuture1, Film/Traffic2000, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], and others. Mara's Halloween costume is Film/Carrie, though only Dylan recognizes her without the bloody splatter.
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'''Spontaneous''' is a 2020 DarkComedy written by Aaron Starmer and directed by Brian Duffield. It stars Creator/KatherineLangford, Creator/CharliePlummer, Creator/PiperPerabo, Creator/RobHuebel, Hayley Law and Yvonne Orji.

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'''Spontaneous''' is a 2020 DarkComedy written by Aaron Starmer and directed by Brian Duffield. It stars Creator/KatherineLangford, Creator/CharliePlummer, Creator/PiperPerabo, Creator/RobHuebel, Hayley Law Creator/HayleyLaw and Yvonne Orji.
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* BittersweetEnding: Dylan and 30 other students are gone but Mara, Tess and the surviving students are seemingly safe from exploding with the pills being perfected. Mara learns to come to terms with loosing Dylan and looks forward to the future moving into a beach house with Tess like the two always planned.

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* BittersweetEnding: Dylan and 30 other Over thirty students (including [[spoiler:Dylan]]) are gone but Mara, Tess and the surviving students are seemingly safe from exploding with the pills being perfected. Mara learns to come to terms with loosing Dylan loss and looks forward unpredictability, committing to living in the future moving into moment and even fulfilling some of her childhood dream (like hanging out in a beach house with Tess like the two always planned.Tess).



* HopeSpot: When when it seems that scientists have created the right medication to keep students from exploding, the students return to school after weeks without an incident. Then kids start exploding at a more rapid rate then before with [[Spoiler:Dylan]] being one of them.
* LudicrousGibs: Mostly averted. People explore into what's either pure blood or a bloody puree with no identiable tissues. The exception: [[spoiler:Part of Dylan's jawbone did manage to hit Mara's forehead]].

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* HopeSpot: When when it seems that scientists have created the right medication to keep students from exploding, the students return to school after weeks without an incident. Then kids start exploding at a more rapid rate then before with [[Spoiler:Dylan]] [[spoiler:Dylan]] being one of them.
* LudicrousGibs: Mostly averted. People explore explode into what's either pure blood or a bloody puree with no identiable tissues. The exception: [[spoiler:Part of Dylan's jawbone did manage to hit Mara's forehead]].



* NotEnoughToBury: ZigZagged - We see at least two caskets getting buried, but it's unclear if they're just for show or if whatever blood could be scraped is places therein.

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* NotEnoughToBury: ZigZagged - We see at least two caskets getting buried, but it's unclear if they're just for show or if whatever blood could be scraped is places placed therein.

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* DespairEventHorizon: Mara hits this hard after Dylan dies, drinking excessively, engaging in reckless behavior and fighting with Tess.

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* DespairEventHorizon: Mara hits this hard after Dylan [[spoiler:Dylan]] dies, drinking excessively, engaging in reckless behavior and fighting with Tess.Tess.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: Both about the student deaths and the [[AnAesop theme/lesson]] learned about living life in the moment since tragedy could strike at any moment.
* EmptyPilesOfClothing: Well, bloodied piles are all that's left after the explosions. Most notable with Cole, who was wearing motorcross gear when he pops, making it all fall over in flate human shape.



* NotEnoughToBury: ZigZagged - We see at least two caskets getting buried, but it's unclear if they're just for show or if whatever blood could be scraped is places therein.



* ShoutOut: Dylan is a film buff, so both him and people close to him namedrop [[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenberg]], Film/Traffic2000, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], and others. Mara's Halloween costume is Film/Carrie, though only Dylan recognizes her without the bloody splatter.

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* ShoutOut: Dylan is a film buff, so both him and people close to him namedrop [[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenberg]], Film/BackToTheFuture, Film/Traffic2000, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], and others. Mara's Halloween costume is Film/Carrie, though only Dylan recognizes her without the bloody splatter.

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* GiverOfLameNames: Mara complains that the non-scientific name given by the government for the pill which (maybe) is keeping her and her friends from exploding is "the Snooze Button".
* GoryDiscretionShot: None of the first five explosions are directly shown, along with some others later on.



* HopeSpot: When when it seems that scientists have created the right medication to keep students from exploding, the students return to school after weeks without an incident. Then kids start exploding at a more rapid rate then before with Dylan being one of them.

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* HazmatSuit: How the CDC agents are dressed when they come take Mara and Dylan away after the twins explode while driving to their stash.
* HopeSpot: When when it seems that scientists have created the right medication to keep students from exploding, the students return to school after weeks without an incident. Then kids start exploding at a more rapid rate then before with Dylan [[Spoiler:Dylan]] being one of them.them.
* LudicrousGibs: Mostly averted. People explore into what's either pure blood or a bloody puree with no identiable tissues. The exception: [[spoiler:Part of Dylan's jawbone did manage to hit Mara's forehead]].
* MushroomSamba: After Katelyn's funeral, Mara buys some mushrooms from the dealer twins. She spends her trip with Dylan taking care of her as she hallucinates various copies.
* PinkMist: All the remains of most victims.
* PopGoesTheHuman: ZigZagged - the explosions just happen out of nowhere, with no visible inflation.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: In the middle of a pre-calculus class, Katelyn Ogden explodes.



* ShoutOut: Dylan is a film buff, so both him and people close to him namedrop [[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenberg]], Film/Traffic2000, [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ET]], and others. Mara's Halloween costume is Film/Carrie, though only Dylan recognizes her without the bloody splatter.



* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Dylan was a sweet hearted good natured fun loving guy who every one in the movie loved and his death changes the film from a pure dark comedic tone to a more dramatic and tragic one.

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* StraightGay: Implied with Perry Love, whom neither Mara nor Tess knew was gay.
* TheirFirstTime: Sometime after getting released from the tent, Mara takes Dylan's virginity in her room.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Dylan [[spoiler:Dylan]] was a sweet hearted good natured fun loving guy who every one in the movie loved and his death changes the film from a pure dark comedic tone to a more dramatic and tragic one.one.
* VisualPun: InUniverse, After receiving an anonymous declaration of a crush, Mara insists she doesn't want any dick pic. Her secret admirer, Dylan, sends a picture of UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, along with an apology that "it's crooked". He later sent her other pictures various Richards.
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* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: A variation that sets the plot in motion. While the kids do explode there is no flame just a lot of blood and guts.

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* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: A variation that sets the plot in motion. While the kids do explode there is no flame just a lot of blood and guts.guts.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Dylan was a sweet hearted good natured fun loving guy who every one in the movie loved and his death changes the film from a pure dark comedic tone to a more dramatic and tragic one.
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The film centers around Mara Carlyle and Dylan Hovemeyer who begin dating amidst San epidemic in which kids in their high school senior class begin exploding. As more and more students die and scientists struggle to find a cure, the survivors try to navigate how to live life to its fullest when tomorrow is no longer promise.

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The film centers around Mara Carlyle and Dylan Hovemeyer who begin dating amidst San an epidemic in which kids in their high school senior class begin exploding. As more and more students die and scientists struggle to find a cure, the survivors try to navigate how to live life to its fullest when tomorrow is no longer promise.
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* BittersweetEnding: Dylan and 30 other students are gone but Mara, Tess and the surviving students are seemingly safe from exploding with the pills being perfected. Mara learns to come to terms with loosing Dylan and looks forward to the future moving into a beach house with Tess like the two always planned.
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* RiddleForTheAges: The cause of the epidemic is never explained.
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* HopeSpot: When when it seems that scientists have created the right medication to keep students from exploding, the students return to school after weeks without an incident. Then kids start exploding at a more rapid rate then before with Dylan being one of them.

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* HopeSpot: When when it seems that scientists have created the right medication to keep students from exploding, the students return to school after weeks without an incident. Then kids start exploding at a more rapid rate then before with Dylan being one of them.them.
* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: A variation that sets the plot in motion. While the kids do explode there is no flame just a lot of blood and guts.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Mara hits this hard after Dylan dies, drinking excessively, engaging in reckless behavior and fighting with Tess.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Mara and Tess have been best friends since they were very young and have plans to grow old into [[CoolOldLady cool old ladies together]].
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'''Spontaneous''' is a 2020 DarkComedy written by Aaron Starmer and directed by Brian Duffield. It stars Creator/KatherineLangford, Creator/CharliePlummer, Creator/PiperPerabo, Creator/RobHuebel, Hayley Law and Yvonne Orji.

The film centers around Mara Carlyle and Dylan Hovemeyer who begin dating amidst San epidemic in which kids in their high school senior class begin exploding. As more and more students die and scientists struggle to find a cure, the survivors try to navigate how to live life to its fullest when tomorrow is no longer promise.
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* HopeSpot: When when it seems that scientists have created the right medication to keep students from exploding, the students return to school after weeks without an incident. Then kids start exploding at a more rapid rate then before with Dylan being one of them.

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