History Film / TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe

* ScriptWank: In an unusual moment for David Lynch, who is otherwise a master of the ShrugOfGod, he explicitly spells out -- via subtitles -- that the garmonbozia the Black Lodge denizens feed on represents pain and sorrow.

* DaylightHorror: The series always liked to mix the mundane with the terrifying, and the film is no exception.

Released after the series' 1991 conclusion, the film follows two separate plot threads. The first, which takes place a year before the events of the pilot, follows a pair of FBI agents (Chris Isaak and Creator/KieferSutherland) who are investigating the death of a waitress in the town of Deer Meadow. The second begins after one of the agents disappears while following up on a clue, the film cuts to a year later, where high school student Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) is balancing her perception as Twin Peaks' resident "good girl", a pair of boyfriends, hidden secrets and the unsettling behavior of her father, Leland Palmer (Creator/RayWise)...

* DecoyProtagonist: Agents Desmond and Stanley lead a good part of the film at first... and then [[spoiler: Desmond disappears without a trace]] and Stanley takes Teresa Bank's body back to Ontario.

* BreakTheCutie: The process is well underway by the time Laura's story begins, and it only gets worse from there for her.

* BringMyBrownPants: In ''The Missing Pieces'', the porter at the Palm Deluxe hotel soils himself in fear after witnessing Philip Jeffries first disappearing into thin air and then reappearing just as suddenly shortly thereafter right in front of him.

* SpotTheImposter: Although it's implied that the [[spoiler: Dale]] we see is the good one, Agent Jeffries isn't sure. "Now who do you think that is, there?"

-->'''The Man From Another Place''': [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf The chrome reflects our image]].

-->'''Leland''': I thought you always knew it was me.

[[caption-width-right:214:The angels wouldn't help you... because they've all gone away.]]

* BeatBag: In ''The Missing Pieces'', Bobby finds out, much to his chagrin, that the package of "cocaine" he got into a deadly gunfight over was actually just a bag of baby laxative.

* WhamLine: The film transitions hard from a comedic WhoDunnit to a surreal pychological thriller when these words are spoken ([[ShockingVoiceIdentityReveal backwards]]):

* BizarroWorld: Deer Meadows is Bizarro Series/TwinPeaks. The coffee is terrible, the waitresses are surly, the Sherriff's a walking balding dickbag and his secretary and deputy are a pair of snarky assholes. Nobody's interested in solving the Teresa Banks case, and there seems to be no industry to speak of. The only thing they seem to have in common is their [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest location]] and [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch refusal to release bodies to the FBI.]]

** ''The Missing Pieces'' recopilatory movie of deleted and extended scenes show up more of the rest of the Twin Peaks residents and their little stories that was eventually explored fully in the original series, and its (more or less) LighterAndSofter than ''Fire Walk With Me'', including with Sheriff Truman and co. antics, the Briggs parents, the Big Ed, Nadine and Norman love triangle and more. For people who missed the usual quirky Twin Peaks humor, don't worry, its in here fully.

* ScriptWank: In an unusual moment for David Lynch, who is otherwise a master of the ShrugOfGod, he explicitly spell out -- via subtitles -- that the garmonbozia the Black Lodge denizens feed on represents pain and sorrow.

* DoomedByCanon: Anyone watching the film would have seen the television series at this point and would know that Laura eventually dies.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the last scene of the movie, Laura appears reunited with Agent Cooper and her guardian angel in the Black Lodge.]]

-->'''Gerard:''' ''(screaming to make himself heard, showing Laura his ring)'' [[spoiler: IT'S HIM! IT'S YOUR FATHER!]]

-->'''ONE YEAR LATER'''
-->"Welcome to Twin Peaks"