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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Mazzy's distrubing obituaries are read over stylized black & white footage of the victims. In a quirky twist, [[spoiler:Mazzy and Cyd's supposed deaths are followed more black & white footage, except the couple is dressed as Tarantino-style hipsters (!!). The color gradually returns as Mazzy [[QuipToblack Quips to Black]].]]
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* ChekhovsGun: ''(bemused)'' "Mrs. French's cat is missing. The signs are posted all over town..."
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-->'''Mazzy:''' That was our own Ken Loney...interviewing....a screaming baby....coming from Mary Gault's eldest son's last dying gasps.
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* AnAesop: During his anti-establishment tirade, Mazzy concludes that society duly deserved this virus, as it had already [[DoubleSpeak raped language beyond all recognition]].
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* AnAesop: During his anti-establishment tirade, Mazzy concludes that society duly deserved this virus, as it had already [[DoubleSpeak raped [[spoiler:raped language beyond all recognition]].
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* FluffyTheTerrible: This whole mes began with a [[spoiler:flyer for a missing cat, "Honey."]]
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* MrExposition: John Mendez, Pontypool's very own [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Dr. Nick]]. He's currently under suspicion for wiritng false prescriptions.
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[[caption-width-right:300:"Ken, [[DeathByTransceiver you still there? Ken]]?]]
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-->"This is Grant Mazzy for CSLY Radio Nowhere. ...''And I'm still here, you cocksuckers.''"
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A Canadian horror film from 2009, set almost entirely inside a radio studio in the town of [[TitleDrop Pontypool]], Ontario. [[DumbassDJ Swaggering shock jock]] Grant Mazzy has just been hired by the local radio station, and this particular day sees the snowstorm from hell descend on Pontypool. After a strange encounter with a nonsensical woman who staggers off into the storm, he gets to work - immediately butting heads with producer Sydney Briar, who's assisted by staff member (and Afghanistan vet) Laurel-Ann Drummond.
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A Canadian horror film from 2009, 2008, set almost entirely inside a radio studio in the town of [[TitleDrop Pontypool]], Ontario. [[DumbassDJ Swaggering shock jock]] Grant Mazzy has just been hired by the local radio station, and this particular day sees the snowstorm from hell descend on Pontypool. After a strange encounter with a nonsensical woman who staggers off into the storm, he gets to work - immediately butting heads with producer Sydney Briar, who's assisted by staff member (and Afghanistan vet) Laurel-Ann Drummond.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The film happens entirely in one February 14th, Valentine's Day. This is part of the plot, because as stated above the virus is spread with terms of endearment and baby talk, and lovers are prone to do that on Valentine's Day.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The film happens entirely in one February 14th, Valentine's Day. This is part of the plot, because as [[spoiler:as stated above the virus is spread with terms of endearment and baby talk, and lovers are prone to do that on Valentine's Day.Day]].
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* DeadlineNews: [[spoiler: The news crew get's regular updates from their "traffic helicopter" reporter Ken Loney who is stuck out in the middle of the action.]]
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* ZombieInfectee: Numerous. The first one is the woman from the beginning of the film. [[spoiler: Laurel-Ann soon becomes one. So does Sydney, but she [[IGotBetter gets better.]] Grant has a brief brush with TheVirus, but his command of language seems to ensure his immunity.]]
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->''Shut Up or Die!''
A Canadian horror film from 2009, set almost entirely inside a radio studio in the town of [[TitleDrop Pontypool]], Ontario. [[DumbassDJ Swaggering shock jock]] Grant Mazzy has just been hired by the local radio station, and this particular day sees the snowstorm from hell descend on Pontypool. After a strange encounter with a nonsensical woman who staggers off into the storm, he gets to work - immediately butting heads with producer Sydney Briar, who's assisted by staff member (and Afghanistan vet) Laurel-Ann Drummond.
Then, the ZombieApocalypse happens. [[spoiler: Well, kind of. The infection is spread through the English language itself, in certain words (frequently terms of endearment) that get caught in the throats of the infectees and eventually drives them from MadnessMantra-sprouting lunacy to [[UnstoppableRage full-on monsters]].]] Trapped in the snowstorm, the three try to keep track of the situation through the radio, and eventually face a zombie siege.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AliensInCardiff: Or zombies in Ontario.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The radio station is breached.
* TheBBC: Pretty soon, the Pontypool situation becomes headline news.
* BilingualBonus: [[spoiler: The infection is only spread through the English language. Speak French, and you won't get infected.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: Happens to [[spoiler: Laurel-Ann]] in very gory fashion.
* BrownNote: [[spoiler:How the virus is spread.]]
* CanadaEh: The film could easily have taken place anywhere else [[spoiler: if not for the way that Canadian bilingualism becomes a major plot element later on]].
* CreepyChild: Happens with one of the singers who visits the studio. [[spoiler: Later, she appears in full-on zombie form.]]
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding:]] It's a zombie film, what would you expect? [[spoiler:Though Grant and Sydney have found a (theoretical) way to cure the infection, the town gets bombed anyway. It doesn't stop the spread, though; the closing credits are a voice-over montage of other radio stations and callers reporting the beginnings of the same strange events in Pontypool. The last lines we hear are the BBC anchor repeating "Pontypool, Pontypool", sounding rather bewildered.]]
* DuelingMovies: with ''[[Film/DeadAir Dead Air]]'', another 2009 film that shares the premise of having a DJ stuck in his broadcasting station while the world outside is full of [[TechnicallyLivingZombie not-Zombies]].
* DumbassDJ: Grant behaves like this early on.
* EarWorm: Intentionally invoked.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on the novel ''Pontypool Changes Everything''.
* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The French Canadian government knows exactly what is going on at the end, but they can't warn English speaking countries.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: The camera focuses on a wall poster advertising the station as [[spoiler: Grant and Sydney kick a twelve-year-old zombie to death]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Medez, the doctor, sacrifices his life to save Mazzy and Sydney from the infected.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Sort of, when the BBC calls and gets Mazzy on the air. He's usually the one asking the questions...
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The film happens entirely in one February 14th, Valentine's Day. This is part of the plot, because as stated above the virus is spread with terms of endearment and baby talk, and lovers are prone to do that on Valentine's Day.
* InfantImmortality: Averted. Mazzy and Sydney are attacked by [[spoiler: the youngest member of Lawrence and the Arabians, who showed earlier the signs of infection]] and are forced to kill her.
* ItGotWorse: The entire plot of the film.
* LastKiss
* MadnessMantra: Oh yeah.
* MagicCountdown: [[spoiler: The film ends at zero.]]
* MindScrew: [[spoiler: [[TheStinger The part after the credits.]]]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Possibly. Given the way the virus spreads, Sydney theorizes that they might have propagated it [[spoiler:through repeated mention of Honey the missing cat. Grant initially thinks she's off her rocker, but later it's suggested she might be right.]]
* NotUsingTheZWord: The producers stress that the infectees are not zombies, but [[spoiler: "conversationalists"]].
* OhCrap: "Do not translate...this...message." Oops.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: ''Very''. They're not created through bites, but through [[spoiler: certain words infecting the mind and causing people to go crazy]].
* PunnyName: The band "[[LawrenceOfArabia Lawrence and the Arabians]]", which are just a group of white people in tacky Arabian costumes (one of them is even nicknamed [[TooSoon Osama]]).
* RealLifeRelative: Mazzy and Sydney's actors are married in RealLife.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Thoroughly averted with Laurel-Ann, whose tour in Afghanistan was obviously angst-free.
** Or was it... [[spoiler: "Only the situation I brought back in my head..."]]
* ShoutOut: A copy of Neal Stephenson's ''SnowCrash'' is displayed suspiciously prominently in one scene. ''Snow Crash'' also deals heavily with [[spoiler: infections transmitted via language]].
* SurvivalHorror: Eventually.
* TechnicallyLivingZombie
* TheVoice: Ken Loney in his Sunshine Chopper [[spoiler:(actually his Dodge Dart, parked on a hill)]].
* ZombieApocalypse: The faint beginnings of one, though the term is certainly played with - see NotUsingTheZWord above.
* ZombieInfectee: Numerous. The first one is the woman from the beginning of the film. [[spoiler: Laurel-Ann soon becomes one. So does Sydney, but she [[IGotBetter gets better.]] Grant has a brief brush with TheVirus, but his command of language seems to ensure his immunity.]]
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A Canadian horror film from 2009, set almost entirely inside a radio studio in the town of [[TitleDrop Pontypool]], Ontario. [[DumbassDJ Swaggering shock jock]] Grant Mazzy has just been hired by the local radio station, and this particular day sees the snowstorm from hell descend on Pontypool. After a strange encounter with a nonsensical woman who staggers off into the storm, he gets to work - immediately butting heads with producer Sydney Briar, who's assisted by staff member (and Afghanistan vet) Laurel-Ann Drummond.
Then, the ZombieApocalypse happens. [[spoiler: Well, kind of. The infection is spread through the English language itself, in certain words (frequently terms of endearment) that get caught in the throats of the infectees and eventually drives them from MadnessMantra-sprouting lunacy to [[UnstoppableRage full-on monsters]].]] Trapped in the snowstorm, the three try to keep track of the situation through the radio, and eventually face a zombie siege.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AliensInCardiff: Or zombies in Ontario.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The radio station is breached.
* TheBBC: Pretty soon, the Pontypool situation becomes headline news.
* BilingualBonus: [[spoiler: The infection is only spread through the English language. Speak French, and you won't get infected.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: Happens to [[spoiler: Laurel-Ann]] in very gory fashion.
* BrownNote: [[spoiler:How the virus is spread.]]
* CanadaEh: The film could easily have taken place anywhere else [[spoiler: if not for the way that Canadian bilingualism becomes a major plot element later on]].
* CreepyChild: Happens with one of the singers who visits the studio. [[spoiler: Later, she appears in full-on zombie form.]]
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding:]] It's a zombie film, what would you expect? [[spoiler:Though Grant and Sydney have found a (theoretical) way to cure the infection, the town gets bombed anyway. It doesn't stop the spread, though; the closing credits are a voice-over montage of other radio stations and callers reporting the beginnings of the same strange events in Pontypool. The last lines we hear are the BBC anchor repeating "Pontypool, Pontypool", sounding rather bewildered.]]
* DuelingMovies: with ''[[Film/DeadAir Dead Air]]'', another 2009 film that shares the premise of having a DJ stuck in his broadcasting station while the world outside is full of [[TechnicallyLivingZombie not-Zombies]].
* DumbassDJ: Grant behaves like this early on.
* EarWorm: Intentionally invoked.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on the novel ''Pontypool Changes Everything''.
* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The French Canadian government knows exactly what is going on at the end, but they can't warn English speaking countries.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: The camera focuses on a wall poster advertising the station as [[spoiler: Grant and Sydney kick a twelve-year-old zombie to death]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Medez, the doctor, sacrifices his life to save Mazzy and Sydney from the infected.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Sort of, when the BBC calls and gets Mazzy on the air. He's usually the one asking the questions...
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: The film happens entirely in one February 14th, Valentine's Day. This is part of the plot, because as stated above the virus is spread with terms of endearment and baby talk, and lovers are prone to do that on Valentine's Day.
* InfantImmortality: Averted. Mazzy and Sydney are attacked by [[spoiler: the youngest member of Lawrence and the Arabians, who showed earlier the signs of infection]] and are forced to kill her.
* ItGotWorse: The entire plot of the film.
* LastKiss
* MadnessMantra: Oh yeah.
* MagicCountdown: [[spoiler: The film ends at zero.]]
* MindScrew: [[spoiler: [[TheStinger The part after the credits.]]]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Possibly. Given the way the virus spreads, Sydney theorizes that they might have propagated it [[spoiler:through repeated mention of Honey the missing cat. Grant initially thinks she's off her rocker, but later it's suggested she might be right.]]
* NotUsingTheZWord: The producers stress that the infectees are not zombies, but [[spoiler: "conversationalists"]].
* OhCrap: "Do not translate...this...message." Oops.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: ''Very''. They're not created through bites, but through [[spoiler: certain words infecting the mind and causing people to go crazy]].
* PunnyName: The band "[[LawrenceOfArabia Lawrence and the Arabians]]", which are just a group of white people in tacky Arabian costumes (one of them is even nicknamed [[TooSoon Osama]]).
* RealLifeRelative: Mazzy and Sydney's actors are married in RealLife.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Thoroughly averted with Laurel-Ann, whose tour in Afghanistan was obviously angst-free.
** Or was it... [[spoiler: "Only the situation I brought back in my head..."]]
* ShoutOut: A copy of Neal Stephenson's ''SnowCrash'' is displayed suspiciously prominently in one scene. ''Snow Crash'' also deals heavily with [[spoiler: infections transmitted via language]].
* SurvivalHorror: Eventually.
* TechnicallyLivingZombie
* TheVoice: Ken Loney in his Sunshine Chopper [[spoiler:(actually his Dodge Dart, parked on a hill)]].
* ZombieApocalypse: The faint beginnings of one, though the term is certainly played with - see NotUsingTheZWord above.
* ZombieInfectee: Numerous. The first one is the woman from the beginning of the film. [[spoiler: Laurel-Ann soon becomes one. So does Sydney, but she [[IGotBetter gets better.]] Grant has a brief brush with TheVirus, but his command of language seems to ensure his immunity.]]
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