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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Maude kills herself, but Harold learns a lesson about living.It's not too bitter though as Maude is happy with the life she lived and has encouraged Harold to keep on living and continue to love people]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Maude kills herself, but Harold learns a lesson about living. It's not too bitter though as Maude is happy with the life she lived and has encouraged Harold to keep on living and continue to love people]].

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* DiedOnTheirBirthday: [[spoiler: Maude had long planned to end her life on her 80th birthday, and at the end of the movie, she follows through with that plan by [[SuicideByPills overdosing on pills]]]].



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Various lines by Maude imply that she will [[spoiler:commit suicide on her 80th birthday]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Various lines by Maude imply that she will [[spoiler:commit [[spoiler:[[DiedOnTheirBirthday commit suicide on her 80th birthday]].birthday]]]].



* NothingLeftToDoButDie: [[spoiler:Maude attempts suicide on her 80th birthday since, in her own words, "75 is too early but by 85 you're just marking time"]].

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* NothingLeftToDoButDie: [[spoiler:Maude attempts [[DiedOnTheirBirthday commits suicide on her 80th birthday birthday]] since, in her own words, "75 is too early but by 85 you're just marking time"]].



* SuicideByPills: [[spoiler: Maude had long planned to end her life on her 80th birthday, and at the film's climax takes a lethal dose of pills. Harold is horrified and distraught when he finds out and rushes her to the hospital against her wishes, but she doesn't survive.]]

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* SuicideByPills: [[spoiler: Maude had long planned to [[DiedOnTheirBirthday end her life on her 80th birthday, birthday]], and at the film's climax takes a lethal dose of pills. Harold is horrified and distraught when he finds out and rushes her to the hospital against her wishes, but she doesn't survive.]]



* WhamLine: Maude telling Harold that [[spoiler:she's poisoned herself.]] Also counts as PoorlyTimedConfession as she revealed this during her surprise 80th birthday party that Harold had planned.

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* WhamLine: Maude telling Harold that [[spoiler:she's poisoned herself.]] herself]]. Also counts as PoorlyTimedConfession as she revealed this during her surprise 80th birthday party that Harold had planned.

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