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* NakedOnArrival: When he dies, Mike arrives in Heaven completely naked. While his Aunt Lisa is happy to see him, after they greet each other, she immediately gives him a robe to put on.
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** As mentioned above, Music/NeilYoung (who wrote the song "We Never Danced" that plays in the movie) appears briefly as a truck driver who picks up Mike when he's hitch-hiking.
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** As mentioned above, Music/NeilYoung (who wrote the song "We "We've Never Danced" that plays in the movie) appears briefly as a truck driver who picks up Mike when he's hitch-hiking.
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: When they're down on Earth, Mike and Annie almost meet twice. The first time is when Mike has just gotten out of the army, and is about to wander into Annie while she's with Tom when a couple of Mike's old army buddies run into him. The second time is when Mike is playing the trumpet while unbeknownst to him, Annie is sitting in the car with Donald (Creator/DavidRasche) and talking, and the two never look at each other.
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: When they're down on Earth, Mike and Annie almost meet twice. The first time is when Mike has just gotten out of the army, and is about to wander into Annie while she's with Tom when a couple of Mike's old army buddies run into him. The second time is when Mike is playing the trumpet while unbeknownst to him, Annie is sitting in the car with Donald (Creator/DavidRasche) and talking, and the two never look at each other. [[spoiler:The third time's the charm]].
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* ReincarnationRomance: There is a Reincarnation/Incarnation Romance. After Mike dies in a HeroicSacrifice, he goes to Heaven and meets his OneTrueLove, Annie, a newborn female soul yet to be conceived on Earth. They fall in love and get married, but Annie is sent to incarnate for her first time on Earth; Mike chooses to reincarnate to find her, and is given 30 years to do so. [[spoiler:They find each other just as the deal is about to expire]].
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* ReincarnationRomance: There is a Reincarnation/Incarnation Romance. After Mike dies in a HeroicSacrifice, he goes to Heaven and meets his OneTrueLove, Annie, a newborn female soul yet to be conceived on Earth. They fall in love and get married, but Annie is sent to incarnate for her first time on Earth; Mike chooses to reincarnate to find her, and is given 30 years to do so. [[spoiler:They find each other just as the deal is about to expire]].expire]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Though Emmett is the one who told Mike he only had 30 years to find Annie, when he sees Mike in a bad way, he tells Mike he's rooting for him and Annie to get together.
* ShipperOnDeck: Though Emmett is the one who told Mike he only had 30 years to find Annie, when he sees Mike in a bad way, he tells Mike he's rooting for him and Annie to get together.
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** Mark Isham, who wrote the score for the movie, appears as a keyboard player.
** As mentioned above, Music/NeilYoung (who wrote the song "We Never Danced" that plays in the movie) appears briefly as a truck driver who picks up Mike when he's hitch-hiking.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The opening sequence of the movie, showing Mike on Earth, is in black-and-white, to set up how magical heaven looks when he gets there. When Mike and Annie first appear on Earth as children, it's shot in black-and-white as well.
* HeroicSacrifice: Mike dies saving the lives of a woman and her two children when their car goes over the bridge into the water.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: A variation - when Mike and Annie tell an angel about the wedding ceremony they've planned and how they want him to officiate, the angel admits, "I always wanted to do that." Unfortunately, he doesn't get to do it, as Annie gets sent down to Earth.
** Mark Isham, who wrote the score for the movie, appears as a keyboard player.
** As mentioned above, Music/NeilYoung (who wrote the song "We Never Danced" that plays in the movie) appears briefly as a truck driver who picks up Mike when he's hitch-hiking.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The opening sequence of the movie, showing Mike on Earth, is in black-and-white, to set up how magical heaven looks when he gets there. When Mike and Annie first appear on Earth as children, it's shot in black-and-white as well.
* HeroicSacrifice: Mike dies saving the lives of a woman and her two children when their car goes over the bridge into the water.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: A variation - when Mike and Annie tell an angel about the wedding ceremony they've planned and how they want him to officiate, the angel admits, "I always wanted to do that." Unfortunately, he doesn't get to do it, as Annie gets sent down to Earth.
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: When they're down on Earth, Mike and Annie almost meet twice. The first time is when Mike has just gotten out of the army, and is about to wander into Annie while she's with Tom when a couple of Mike's old army buddies run into him. The second time is when Mike is playing the trumpet while unbeknownst to him, Annie is sitting in the car with Donald (Creator/DavidRasche) and talking, and the two never look at each other.
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* NakedFirstImpression: When a real estate agent is showing Annie a house, they turn a corner and run into Donald, who's just taken a shower and is wearing nothing except a towel. The real estate agent [[{{Fainting}} faints in reaction]].
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** A non-romantic example from earlier in the film: [[spoiler:While hitch-hiking, Elmo meets Mike's now-elderly parents, who kindly give him a ride for part of his journey. During that ride, Mike's mother confides in ''this complete stranger'' that she is terminally ill, something she has not even told her husband. Nothing is explicitly stated, but the implication is that she is unconsciously aware that she is talking to her son.]]
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The movie also stars Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/AnnWedgeworth, Creator/JamesGammon, Creator/MareWinningham, Creator/DonMurray, Creator/TimDaly, Creator/DavidRasche and Creator/AmandaPlummer.
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The movie also stars Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/MaureenStapleton as Aunt Lisa, Creator/AnnWedgeworth, Creator/JamesGammon, Creator/MareWinningham, Creator/DonMurray, Creator/TimDaly, Creator/DavidRasche and Creator/AmandaPlummer.
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* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: When Annie incarnates for the first time (leaving Heaven in the process), Elmo reincarnates to be with her even though Emmett (a stand-in for God) warns him that they only have 30 years to meet The searching is the basis for the entire movie. Eventually, [[spoiler:when they see each other on the street, they remember their past in Heaven, including their love]].
* MeetCute: Played with, when the couple meets, falls in love and gets married in heaven. However, Annie is sent down to Earth. Mike goes down to find her and must MeetCute by the time he is 30. So, basically, MeetCute drives the main plot of the entire film.
* MundaneAfterlife: Heaven has a wide variety of places, but each one is pretty much Earth-like with a few extra abilities, like the ability to create objects mentally. Elmo falls in love with Annie, a new soul who has not yet been incarnated, and builds a house for her before she is incarnated to Earth, and the main plot begins (where he must incarnate to find her).
* {{Reincarnation}}: Elmo drowns after saving some people. In Heaven, he meets his OneTrueLove. She incarnates for the first time, while he begs Emmett (who specifically says he is not God) and is allowed to reincarnate early to try finding her.
* MeetCute: Played with, when the couple meets, falls in love and gets married in heaven. However, Annie is sent down to Earth. Mike goes down to find her and must MeetCute by the time he is 30. So, basically, MeetCute drives the main plot of the entire film.
* MundaneAfterlife: Heaven has a wide variety of places, but each one is pretty much Earth-like with a few extra abilities, like the ability to create objects mentally. Elmo falls in love with Annie, a new soul who has not yet been incarnated, and builds a house for her before she is incarnated to Earth, and the main plot begins (where he must incarnate to find her).
* {{Reincarnation}}: Elmo drowns after saving some people. In Heaven, he meets his OneTrueLove. She incarnates for the first time, while he begs Emmett (who specifically says he is not God) and is allowed to reincarnate early to try finding her.
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* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: When Annie incarnates for the first time (leaving Heaven in the process), Elmo Mike reincarnates to be with her even though her; Emmett (a stand-in for God, although he says that he is not God) warns him that they only have 30 years to meet meet. The searching is the basis for the entire movie. Eventually, [[spoiler:when they see each other on the street, they remember their past in Heaven, including their love]].
* MeetCute: Played with, when the couple meets, falls in love and gets married in heaven. However, Annie is sent down to Earth. Mike goes down to find her and the pair (now Ally and Elmo) must MeetCute by the time he is 30. So, basically, MeetCute drives the main plot of the entire film.
* MundaneAfterlife: Heaven has a wide variety of places, but each one is pretty much Earth-like with a few extra abilities, like the ability to create objectsmentally. Elmo mentally, and you can go on learning, helping others, even inventing things; it's close to Emanuel Swedenborg's ideas of the afterlife. Mike falls in love with tour guide Annie, a new soul who has not yet been incarnated, and builds a house for her before she is incarnated to Earth, and the main plot begins (where he must incarnate to find her).
* {{Reincarnation}}:Elmo Mike drowns after saving some people. In Heaven, he meets his OneTrueLove. She incarnates for the first time, while he begs Emmett (who specifically says he is not God) for a way to reunite with her, and is allowed to reincarnate early to try finding her.
* MeetCute: Played with, when the couple meets, falls in love and gets married in heaven. However, Annie is sent down to Earth. Mike goes down to find her and the pair (now Ally and Elmo) must MeetCute by the time he is 30. So, basically, MeetCute drives the main plot of the entire film.
* MundaneAfterlife: Heaven has a wide variety of places, but each one is pretty much Earth-like with a few extra abilities, like the ability to create objects
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A 1987 American fantasy-comedy directed by Creator/AlanRudolph that has a young man (Creator/TimothyHutton) reincarnating in order to find the woman (Creator/KellyMcGillis) he loves on Earth.
The movie also stars Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/AnnWedgeworth, Creator/JamesGammon, Creator/MareWinningham, Creator/DonMurray, Creator/TimDaly, Creator/DavidRasche and Creator/AmandaPlummer.
It was released November 6, 1987.
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!Tropes for the film:
* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: When Annie incarnates for the first time (leaving Heaven in the process), Elmo reincarnates to be with her even though Emmett (a stand-in for God) warns him that they only have 30 years to meet The searching is the basis for the entire movie. Eventually, [[spoiler:when they see each other on the street, they remember their past in Heaven, including their love]].
* MeetCute: Played with, when the couple meets, falls in love and gets married in heaven. However, Annie is sent down to Earth. Mike goes down to find her and must MeetCute by the time he is 30. So, basically, MeetCute drives the main plot of the entire film.
* MundaneAfterlife: Heaven has a wide variety of places, but each one is pretty much Earth-like with a few extra abilities, like the ability to create objects mentally. Elmo falls in love with Annie, a new soul who has not yet been incarnated, and builds a house for her before she is incarnated to Earth, and the main plot begins (where he must incarnate to find her).
* {{Reincarnation}}: Elmo drowns after saving some people. In Heaven, he meets his OneTrueLove. She incarnates for the first time, while he begs Emmett (who specifically says he is not God) and is allowed to reincarnate early to try finding her.
* ReincarnationRomance: There is a Reincarnation/Incarnation Romance. After Mike dies in a HeroicSacrifice, he goes to Heaven and meets his OneTrueLove, Annie, a newborn female soul yet to be conceived on Earth. They fall in love and get married, but Annie is sent to incarnate for her first time on Earth; Mike chooses to reincarnate to find her, and is given 30 years to do so. [[spoiler:They find each other just as the deal is about to expire]].
The movie also stars Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/AnnWedgeworth, Creator/JamesGammon, Creator/MareWinningham, Creator/DonMurray, Creator/TimDaly, Creator/DavidRasche and Creator/AmandaPlummer.
It was released November 6, 1987.
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!Tropes for the film:
* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: When Annie incarnates for the first time (leaving Heaven in the process), Elmo reincarnates to be with her even though Emmett (a stand-in for God) warns him that they only have 30 years to meet The searching is the basis for the entire movie. Eventually, [[spoiler:when they see each other on the street, they remember their past in Heaven, including their love]].
* MeetCute: Played with, when the couple meets, falls in love and gets married in heaven. However, Annie is sent down to Earth. Mike goes down to find her and must MeetCute by the time he is 30. So, basically, MeetCute drives the main plot of the entire film.
* MundaneAfterlife: Heaven has a wide variety of places, but each one is pretty much Earth-like with a few extra abilities, like the ability to create objects mentally. Elmo falls in love with Annie, a new soul who has not yet been incarnated, and builds a house for her before she is incarnated to Earth, and the main plot begins (where he must incarnate to find her).
* {{Reincarnation}}: Elmo drowns after saving some people. In Heaven, he meets his OneTrueLove. She incarnates for the first time, while he begs Emmett (who specifically says he is not God) and is allowed to reincarnate early to try finding her.
* ReincarnationRomance: There is a Reincarnation/Incarnation Romance. After Mike dies in a HeroicSacrifice, he goes to Heaven and meets his OneTrueLove, Annie, a newborn female soul yet to be conceived on Earth. They fall in love and get married, but Annie is sent to incarnate for her first time on Earth; Mike chooses to reincarnate to find her, and is given 30 years to do so. [[spoiler:They find each other just as the deal is about to expire]].
