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* DefrostingIceQueen: Corey calls Sam one at one point.

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* NerdGlasses: Jeremy sports them (up until the end, when his SanitySlippage is in full force).

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* SanitySlippage: Jeremy starts out a nervous geek. After he acquires a piece of the meteor, however, he becomes more aggressive and manic, culminating in him attacking Samantha on their date.

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* SanitySlippage: Jeremy starts out a nervous geek. After he acquires a piece of the meteor, however, he becomes more aggressive (to the point of being almost feral) and manic, culminating in him attacking [[spoiler: (and accidentally killing)]] Samantha on their date.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if [[spoiler: Billy is ever rescued from the abandoned mine or found.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if [[spoiler: Billy is ever rescued from the abandoned mine or found.]]
found]].
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* MindScrew: Attempted, at least. Unfortunately, so much weird shit happens in this movie that in the end, you just stop thinking about it.

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* MindScrew: Attempted, Intended, at least. Unfortunately, so much weird shit happens in this movie that in the end, you just stop thinking about it.

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* BilingualBonus: Conejo Springs gets its name from the Spanish word for "rabbit."

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* BilingualBonus: Conejo Springs gets its name from the Spanish word for "rabbit.""rabbit" or "bunny".



* MindScrew: Intended, at least. Unfortunately, so much weird shit happens in this movie that in the end, you just stop thinking about it.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Jeremy's bizarre physical symptoms and personality change night be the result of delirium and radiation poisoning from the meteor...or he might be influenced by some otherworldly force.
* MindScrew: Intended, Attempted, at least. Unfortunately, so much weird shit happens in this movie that in the end, you just stop thinking about it.
%%* * NerdGlasses: Jeremy sports them.them (up until the end, when his SanitySlippage is in full force).



* PimpedOutDress: The gold and white thrift store dress that Samantha wears in the "future visions", and later in the film's final act. It was actually a [[https://pin.it/2bY3PBC couture design]] by Elsie Katz, and consisted of over 300 individual silk circles.

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* PimpedOutDress: The gold and white thrift store dress that Samantha wears in the "future visions", and later for real in the film's final act.act (as per taking on her role as the "princess"). It was actually a [[https://pin.it/2bY3PBC it/3rx9sUA couture design]] by Elsie Katz, and consisted of over 300 individual silk circles.


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* SanitySlippage: Jeremy starts out a nervous geek. After he acquires a piece of the meteor, however, he becomes more aggressive and manic, culminating in him attacking Samantha on their date.

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The sequel to ''Film/DonnieDarko''.

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The 2009 sequel to ''Film/DonnieDarko''.
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The sequel to ''Film/DonnieDarko'' [[FanonDiscontinuity no fan will admit exists]]. Though the film is widely considered inferior to its predecessor, it does have some features that were praised, such as the [[SceneryPorn stunning cinematography]] and [[TheNineties nineties]] pop songs.

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The sequel to ''Film/DonnieDarko'' [[FanonDiscontinuity no fan will admit exists]]. Though the film is widely considered inferior to its predecessor, it does have some features that were praised, such as the [[SceneryPorn stunning cinematography]] and [[TheNineties nineties]] pop songs.
''Film/DonnieDarko''.
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* PimpedOutDress: The gold and white thrift store dress that Samantha wears in the final act. It was actually a [[https://pin.it/2bY3PBC couture design]] by Elsie Katz, and consisted of over 300 individual silk circles.

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* PimpedOutDress: The gold and white thrift store dress that Samantha wears in the "future visions", and later in the film's final act. It was actually a [[https://pin.it/2bY3PBC couture design]] by Elsie Katz, and consisted of over 300 individual silk circles.
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* PimpedOutDress: The gold and white "circle dress" that Samantha wears in the final act. It was actually a couture design by Elsie Katz, and consisted of over 300 individual circles.

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* PimpedOutDress: The gold and white "circle dress" thrift store dress that Samantha wears in the final act. It was actually a [[https://pin.it/2bY3PBC couture design design]] by Elsie Katz, and consisted of over 300 individual silk circles.
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Sam and Corey are two eighteen year olds on a road trip to California hoping to make it big as dancers there. Along the way, their car breaks down in Conejo Springs, a small town in Utah. [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys The town badass]], Randy, comes to their rescue, [[SmokingIsCool cigarette]] in hand.

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Sam Samantha "Sam" Darko (Creator/DaveighChase) and Corey Corn (Creator/BrianaEvigan) are two eighteen year olds eighteen-year-olds on a road trip to California hoping to make it big as dancers there. Along the way, their car breaks down in Conejo Springs, a small town in Utah. [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys The town badass]], Randy, Randy Holt (Creator/EdWestwick), comes to their rescue, [[SmokingIsCool cigarette]] in hand.



* NerdGlasses: Jeremy's.

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* SceneryPorn: Really good scenery porn at that!

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* StalkerWithACrush [[spoiler:Jeremy.]]

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* TheFundamentalist: [[spoiler: It is implied that Trudy is kidnapping the children and locking them up in the cave in some sort of attempt to keep them religiously pure.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Trudy''': You need to get to the children before they spoil]]
* KarmaHoudini: The person killing the children[[spoiler:, implied to be Trudy,]] never gets caught on-screen and does not seem to suffer any consequences for the deaths.

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* TheFundamentalist: [[spoiler: It is implied that Trudy is kidnapping the children and locking them up in the cave in some sort of attempt to keep them religiously pure.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Trudy''': You need to get to the children before they spoil]]
* KarmaHoudini: The person killing the children[[spoiler:, implied children, [[spoiler:implied to be Trudy,]] Trudy]], never gets caught on-screen and does not seem to suffer any consequences for the deaths.



* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: In the original timeline, the townsfolk are dismissive of Iraq Jack but when he goes back and is killed by the meteorite, they become quite upset.]]
* RetCon: Many things mentioned in S.Darko, such as their family still living in Virginia contradicts the WordOfGod from the first movie. Samantha also somehow got Donnie's copy of "The Philosophy of Time Travel", complete with Frank drawings by Donnie, even though he only got a copy of the book in the tangent universe in the original.

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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: In the original timeline, the townsfolk are dismissive of Iraq Jack [[spoiler:Iraq Jack]] but when he goes back and is killed by the meteorite, [[spoiler:the meteorite]], they become quite upset.]]
upset.
* RetCon: {{Retcon}}: Many things mentioned in S.Darko, such as their family still living in Virginia contradicts the WordOfGod from the first movie. Samantha also somehow got Donnie's copy of "The Philosophy of Time Travel", complete with Frank drawings by Donnie, even though he only got a copy of the book in the tangent universe in the original.
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* BilingualBonus: Conejo Springs gets its name from the Spanish word for "rabbit."
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: in the original timeline, the townsfolk are dismissive of Iraq Jack but when he goes back and is killed by the meteorite, they become quite upset.]]

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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: in In the original timeline, the townsfolk are dismissive of Iraq Jack but when he goes back and is killed by the meteorite, they become quite upset.]]
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Sam and Corey are two eighteen year olds on a road trip to California hoping to make it big as dancers there.
Along the way their car breaks down in Conejo Springs, a small town in Utah. [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys The town badass]], Randy, comes to their rescue, [[SmokingIsCool cigarette]] in hand.

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Sam and Corey are two eighteen year olds on a road trip to California hoping to make it big as dancers there.
there. Along the way way, their car breaks down in Conejo Springs, a small town in Utah. [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys The town badass]], Randy, comes to their rescue, [[SmokingIsCool cigarette]] in hand.
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* TrailersAlwaysLie: An early trailer for the movie made it appear as if it would take place during the events of ''Donnie Darko'', only from Samantha's [[POVSequel perspective]]. Doubles as WhatCouldHaveBeen.

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfGNUk4Jx4 An early trailer for the movie movie]] made it appear as if it would take place during the events of ''Donnie Darko'', only from Samantha's [[POVSequel perspective]]. Doubles as WhatCouldHaveBeen.
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The sequel to ''DonnieDarko'' [[FanonDiscontinuity no fan will admit exists]]. Though the film is widely considered inferior to its predecessor, it does have some features that were praised, such as the [[SceneryPorn stunning cinematography]] and [[TheNineties nineties]] pop songs.

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The sequel to ''DonnieDarko'' ''Film/DonnieDarko'' [[FanonDiscontinuity no fan will admit exists]]. Though the film is widely considered inferior to its predecessor, it does have some features that were praised, such as the [[SceneryPorn stunning cinematography]] and [[TheNineties nineties]] pop songs.



* ContinuityNod: At the party scene, there is a girl in a white bikini who drapes herself in an American flag. In the original ''DonnieDarko'', Donnie had a poster with a white swimsuit model backgrounded by an American flag.

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* ContinuityNod: At the party scene, there is a girl in a white bikini who drapes herself in an American flag. In the original ''DonnieDarko'', ''Donnie Darko'', Donnie had a poster with a white swimsuit model backgrounded by an American flag.



* TrailersAlwaysLie: An early trailer for the movie made it appear as if it would take place during the events of DonnieDarko, only from Samantha's [[POVSequel perspective]]. Doubles as WhatCouldHaveBeen.

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: An early trailer for the movie made it appear as if it would take place during the events of DonnieDarko, ''Donnie Darko'', only from Samantha's [[POVSequel perspective]]. Doubles as WhatCouldHaveBeen.
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* TheFundamentalist: [[spoiler: It is implied that Trudy is kidnapping the children and locking them up in the cave in some sort of attempt to keep them religiously pure.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Trudy''': You need to get to the children before they spoil]]
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* TelevisionPortal: At night, the dead version of Samantha reaches through a TV screen and pulls out a glowing feather.
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* KarmaHoudini: The person killing the children[[spoiler:, implied to be Trudy,]] never gets caught on-screen and does not seem to get consequences.

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* KarmaHoudini: The person killing the children[[spoiler:, implied to be Trudy,]] never gets caught on-screen and does not seem to get consequences.suffer any consequences for the deaths.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler: in the original timeline, the townsfolk are dismissive of Iraq Jack but when he goes back and is killed by the meteorite, they become quite upset.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: The person killing the children[[spoiler:, implied to be Trudy,]] never gets caught on-screen and does not seem to get consequences.
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* BadassPreacher



* TheNineties
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* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist]]: DoubleSubverted.

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* ShellShockedVeteran: Iraq Jack. He claims to have done some [[KickTheDog bad things]] during the GulfWar, but nobody seems to take him seriously.

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* ShellShockedVeteran: Iraq Jack. He claims to have done some [[KickTheDog bad things]] during the GulfWar, UsefulNotes/GulfWar, but nobody seems to take him seriously.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if [[spoiler: Billy is ever rescued from the abandoned mine or found.]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:My Frank! What big eyes you have!]]

->''Now 7 years later, Donnie's youngest sister, Samantha, seemingly alone and lost in the world, has run away from her home shattered by the death of her brother. Drowning in sadness and unable to dream, she has drifted deeper into the darkness of her sleep. And when darkness consumes the starlight, nightmares rule the night...''

Sam and Corey are two eighteen year olds on a road trip to California hoping to make it big as dancers there.
Along the way their car breaks down in Conejo Springs, a small town in Utah. [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys The town badass]], Randy, comes to their rescue, [[SmokingIsCool cigarette]] in hand.

As they end up staying for a while they meet a [[{{Expy}} Donnie look-a-like]] running amok in military clothes, a nerdy kid with a rash, a BadassPreacher and experience many a weird going-on.

The sequel to ''DonnieDarko'' [[FanonDiscontinuity no fan will admit exists]]. Though the film is widely considered inferior to its predecessor, it does have some features that were praised, such as the [[SceneryPorn stunning cinematography]] and [[TheNineties nineties]] pop songs.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BadassPreacher
* ContinuityNod: At the party scene, there is a girl in a white bikini who drapes herself in an American flag. In the original ''DonnieDarko'', Donnie had a poster with a white swimsuit model backgrounded by an American flag.
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist]]: DoubleSubverted.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Corey calls Sam one at one point.
* MindScrew: Intended, at least. Unfortunately, so much weird shit happens in this movie that in the end, you just stop thinking about it.
* NerdGlasses: Jeremy's.
* RetCon: Many things mentioned in S.Darko, such as their family still living in Virginia contradicts the WordOfGod from the first movie. Samantha also somehow got Donnie's copy of "The Philosophy of Time Travel", complete with Frank drawings by Donnie, even though he only got a copy of the book in the tangent universe in the original.
* SceneryPorn: Really good scenery porn at that!
* ShellShockedVeteran: Iraq Jack. He claims to have done some [[KickTheDog bad things]] during the GulfWar, but nobody seems to take him seriously.
* StalkerWithACrush [[spoiler:Jeremy.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It seems as though all of the male leads were chosen for looking like Donnie Darko.
* TheNineties
* TrailersAlwaysLie: An early trailer for the movie made it appear as if it would take place during the events of DonnieDarko, only from Samantha's [[POVSequel perspective]]. Doubles as WhatCouldHaveBeen.
* WildTeenParty
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