History Series / DayBreak

* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: During one of the repeating days Hopper visits his mother's home to further the investigation by digging up information on his dead father. When she chastises him for not visiting her more often he explains that he's too busy at the moment since he's wanted for murder in Los Angeles, although he didn't actually do it. Her response? "Well of course -- I didn't raise no murderer!"

* FanService: [[ActionGirl Victoria Pratt]] and Moon Bloodgood are always lookin' good, and considering that Taye Diggs wakes up every morning with his shirt off... Except that one time after [[spoiler:[[FanDisservice he got shot]].]]

* AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler:Damian's attorney Nathan Baxter sold him to the conspiracy. He tries to sell Hopper in several episodes too. Hopper's attorney Barry Colburn turns out to be the mastermind behind the conspiracy.]]

* ArcWords: "Decisions ... consequences." These words are originally spoken by the Man in the Quarry to threaten Hopper, and recur several times throughout the series. It's appropriate to Hopper's predicament, since every action he takes during the [[GroundhogDayLoop time loop]] to solve the conspiracy could result in something he didn't foresee.

* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: Chad suggests this as a possible solution to Hopper's failure to end the loop and the misery he causes to his loved ones. [[spoiler:{{Foreshadowing}} that he's part of the conspiracy, as he truly ''does'' want Hopper dead for getting into a relationship with his ex-wife]]. Then again, Hopper's been holding him at gunpoint telling insane stuff for hours.
-->'''Chad''': I've got a solution. If everyone you care about is in trouble because of you, why don't you take yourself out of the equation?\\
'''Hopper''': What are you talking about?\\
'''Chad''': Kill yourself. Seems to me if you die, everyone else will be fine.

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Chad Shelton]] who tried to frame Hopper for the Garza murder. Also [[spoiler:Uncle Nick and Hopper's father]] who took the hush money and dropped the Jane Doe murder case.

** Detective Spivak (played by Mitch Pileggi) is one of the homicide detectives assigned to the Garza case, and unlike his [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure more reasonable]] partner [[InspectorJavert seems a bit too eager to nail Hopper for the murder he's been framed for]]. When Hopper finds out that the ballistics report was falsified, he suspects that Spivak is responsible and is part of the conspiracy. This is reinforced by Spivak's involvement in the corruption investigation. [[spoiler:Not only is Spivak not responsible, it turns out to have nothing to do with the conspiracy and was merely an act of revenge by InternalAffairs agent Chad Shelton, who was still bitter over his wife Rita leaving him and becoming involved with Hopper.]]

** Detective Spivak (played by Mitch Pileggi) is one of the homicide detectives assigned to the Garza case, and unlike his [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure more reasonable]] partner [[InspectorJavert seems a bit too eager to nail Hopper for the murder he's been framed for]]. When Hopper finds out that the ballistics report was falsified, he suspects that Spivak is responsible and is part of the conspiracy. This is reinforced by Spivak involvement in the corruption investigation. [[spoiler:Not only is Spivak not responsible, it turns out to have nothing to do with the conspiracy and was merely an act of revenge by InternalAffairs agent Chad Shelton, who was still bitter over Rita leaving him and becoming involved with Hopper.]]

* PetTheDog: Played with. At the end of the HostageSituation, the erstwhile dickish and obstructive Chad throws Hopper (who has been taken into custody) a bone, telling him not to bother searching Chad's office in the next loop because he can find the file that Hopper needs in Chad's parked car. However, Chad probably thinks Hopper is insane, making it meaningless gesture. Either that, or he taunts him with the whole hostage mess being avoidable.

* AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler:Hopper's attorney Barry Colburn turns out to be the mastermind behind the conspiracy.]]

* ArcWords: "Decision ... consequence." These words are originally spoken by the Man in the Quarry to threaten Hopper, and recur several times throughout the series. It's unintentionally appropriate to Hopper's predicament, since every action he takes during the [[GroundhogDayLoop time loop]] to solve the conspiracy could result in something he didn't foresee.

* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: Chad suggests this as a possible solution to Hopper's failure to end the loop and the misery he causes to his loved ones. [[spoiler:{{Foreshadowing}} that he's part of the conspiracy, as he truly ''does'' want Hopper dead for getting into a relationship with his ex-wife]].

* DirtyCop: Chad who tried to frame Hopper for the Garza murder. Also Uncle Nick and Hopper's father who took the hush money and dropped the Jane Doe murder case.

** [[spoiler:Subverted with Hopper's dad. His old partner actually killed him because he was digging too deep into a case.]]

* EmbarrassingRingtone: Chad has an embarrassing ringtone on his phone and Rita calls him out on it when they drive in his car.

* FrameUp: Several measures are taken to ensure Hopper is found guilty for Garza's murder. The murder weapon is planted in his apartment. A shirt with Garza's blood shows up at Rita's place. Garza's wife claims to have seen Hopper at the crime seen. And lastly Chad plants finger prints on the weapon to further incriminate Hopper.

* HostageSituation: Of all the places to have one, Hopper starts one in his own police station in downtown L.A. during one of the time loops. He needed information which only an InternalAffairs agent who hates Hopper could provide him with, but the agent chooses to be obstructive out of spite and couldn't be persuaded (let alone bribed, since he's I.A.), The first time Hopper tried force to get his way it immediately got him arrested, the second time he actually had to take the agent hostage in his own office, resulting in an hours-long armed stand-off with his colleagues.

* InspectorJavert: Detectives Spivak and Choi, who are investigating the Garza murder and proceed to arrest Hopper for the crime the conspiracy framed him for. Choi proves to be more reasonable than his partner however, and actually helps Hopper after Hopper saved his life in one loop.

* MeaningfulEcho: For every decision, there is a consequence. Decision.....consequence.....

* OnePhoneCall: Hopper demands one at LAPD after being arrested for murder.
* PetTheDog: Played with. At the end of the HostageSituation, the erstwhile dickish and obstructive Chad throws Hopper (who has been taken into custody) a bone, telling him not to bother searching Chad's office in the next loop because he can find the file that Hopper needs in Chad's parked car. However, Chad is only doing this because he thinks Hopper is insane and is thus a meaningless gesture.

** Detective Spivak (played by Mitch Pileggi) is one of the homicide detectives assigned to the Garza case, and unlike his [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure more reasonable]] partner [[InspectorJavert seems a bit too eager to nail Hopper for the murder he's been framed for]]. When Hopper finds out that the ballistics report was falsified, he suspects that Spivak is responsible and is part of the conspiracy. [[spoiler:Not only is Spivak not responsible, it turns out to have nothing to do with the conspiracy and was merely an act of revenge by InternalAffairs agent Chad Shelton, who was still bitter over Rita leaving him and becoming involved with Hopper.]]

* TrustPassword: At San Francisco's prison, Hopper mentions Detweiler's CatchPhrase "Decision... Consequence." to gain the warden's trust.

* PoliceLineup: At LAPD, Hopper's neighbor/housekeeper Mr. Zeitoun identifies [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Buchalter and Fencik]] as the [[JanitorImpersonationInfiltration false plumbers]] using this method.

* YouNoTakeCandle: Hopper's neighbor/housekeeper Mr. Zeitoun demonstrates this trope perfectly when identifying Buchalter and Fencik as the plumbers at LAPD.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** If Margo isn't hit by a bus, she is kidnapped, brought to a warehouse and [[spoiler:tortured to make courthouse passes to massacre judge Nitzberg and the jury]]. On the last day Hopper stopped the bus, but forgot about the warehouse. Did they kill her, keep her or let her go?
** Every day Detweiler and Tony try to persuade [[spoiler:Rita Shelton]] to testify against Brett. The one time we saw her refuse and leave, Detweiler tried to shoot Tony, but was shot by Brett and Chad. On the last day she refused, but the circumstances were very different. What happened to Tony?
** In the end of the last episode we see Chad Shelten sneak out of the elevator after he knocked down the police officer. But, whatever happend to him then?

* SelfMadeOrphan: Hitman Miguel Dominguez was originally locked up for killing his own parents. It's later revealed that he did this to protect his sister from their abusive father.
** This parallels what happened to Rita and Billy. [[spoiler:She killed her dad with a flashlight before he could beat her brother to death.

* ArcWords: Decision ... consequence.

* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: Detweiler leaves no doubt about this when showing Hopper the footage of Rita being shot and then adding shots of his sister's family.

* HostageVideo: The baddies leave one these behind showing Hopper's brother-in-law bruised up and tied to a chair.

* DarkSecret: Rita's backstory of having [[spoiler"killed her dad with a flashlight for him mistreating Billy]].

* DarkSecret: Rita's backstory of having killed her dad with a flashlight for him mistreating Billy.

* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: Chad suggests this as a possible solution to Hopper's failure to end the loop and the misery he causes to his loved ones.
-->'''Chad''': I've got a solution. If everyone you care about is in trouble because of you, why don't you take yourself out of the equation?
-->'''Hopper''': What are you talking about?
-->'''Chad''': Kill yourself. Seems to me if you die, everyone else will be fine.

* IgnoreTheSexy: Hopper can't be bothered to get involved with the sexy girl who made a pass at him on the plane to San Francisco. He's a bit preoccupied being stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop and having to clear his name after being framed for murder.

* IgnoreTheSexy: Hopper can't be bothered to get involved with the sexy girl who made a pass at him on the plane to San Francisco.

* IgnoreTheSexy: Hopper can't be bothered to get involved with the sexy girl who made a pass at him on the plane to San Fransisco.

->''"Remember, for every decision, there's a consequence."''

* ViewersAreMorons: Implied, but possibly justified given the complexity of the plot. Starting from later episodes, each new day for an episode begins with a caption to identify the day (Day 1, Day 2, etc.), but these only apply to the current episode, which is why you see multiple Day 1s and Day 2s from episode to episode.

* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Hopper can't be bothered to get involved with the sexy girl who made a pass at him on the plane to San Fransisco.

* ShowerOfLove: Happens in the pilot between Hopper and Rita but is defied by Hopper in later loops because he [[NotDistractedByTheSexy can't be wasting time in the morning]].

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Hopper believes that clearing his name would end the loop. He is devastated when achieving this goal and still waking up the same morning. So after a short period of despair he investigates further. [[spoiler:Turns out he has to bring down everybody connected with the Garza murder before the curse is over.]]
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