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* RealLifeRelative: The m,ayor is played by Bill Murry's brother, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray.

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* RealLifeRelative: The m,ayor mayor is played by Bill Murry's brother, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray.

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** See MistakenForGay on the main page, and then realize that that scene was ''improvised'' by Bill Murray; Ned's reaction was largely genuine. Stephen Tobolowsky (who plays Ned) is a great character actor, and did plenty of improvisation in the film, too.

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** See MistakenForGay on the main page, and then realize that that scene was ''improvised'' by Bill Murray; Ned's reaction was largely genuine. Stephen Tobolowsky StephenTobolowsky (who plays Ned) is a great character actor, and did plenty of improvisation in the film, too.



* RetroactiveRecognition:
** The assistant weatherman who's taking Phil's slot for the 10 o'clock show? It's [[Series/WhiteCollar Mozzie]]! Only slightly less bald.
** Larry the cameraman is [[Film/SnowDay the Snowplow man]].
** The groom who receives the ''Wrestlemania'' tickets? Creator/MichaelShannon.
** The young bride-to-be/bride Creator/HyndenWalch.
** The mayor is [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Captain K'nuckles]].

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m,ayor is [[Film/SnowDay the Snowplow man]].
** The groom who receives the ''Wrestlemania'' tickets? Creator/MichaelShannon.
** The young bride-to-be/bride Creator/HyndenWalch.
** The mayor is [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Captain K'nuckles]].
played by Bill Murry's brother, Creator/BrianDoyleMurray.



** The original script had a HowWeGotHere structure, opening with showing Phil going through a day from beginning to end and leaving his knowledge of everything a mystery before flashing back to the start of the time loop.

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** The original script had a HowWeGotHere structure, opening with showing Phil going through a day from beginning to end and leaving his knowledge of everything a mystery before flashing back to the start of the time loop.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: See MistakenForGay on the main page, and then realize that that scene was ''improvised'' by Bill Murray; Ned's reaction was largely genuine. Stephen Tobolowsky (who plays Ned) is a great character actor, and did plenty of improvisation in the film, too.
** As is usual for Bill Murray, when Rita slaps him, she really does hit him hard. Not surprising, since all of the abuse Murray suffered from Carol Kane in ''{{Scrooged}}'' were real as well.

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* EnforcedMethodActing: EnforcedMethodActing:
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See MistakenForGay on the main page, and then realize that that scene was ''improvised'' by Bill Murray; Ned's reaction was largely genuine. Stephen Tobolowsky (who plays Ned) is a great character actor, and did plenty of improvisation in the film, too.
** As is usual for Bill Murray, when Rita slaps him, she really does hit him hard. Not surprising, since all of the abuse Murray suffered from Carol Kane in ''{{Scrooged}}'' ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' were real as well.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original script featured the explanation for the unending loop and its escape clause, but they found by [[DoingInTheWizard leaving it out]] made the film more magical.
** The original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book.

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The original script featured the explanation for the unending loop and its escape clause, clause,[[note]]it involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book[[/note]] but they found by [[DoingInTheWizard leaving it out]] made the film more magical.
** The original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book.
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* WordOfGod: Phil ''had'' to have had days of "kill and destroy" in ten or 10,000 years he spent, [[ShrugOfGod depending on which writer you ask]], but decided it would change the tone too much and didn't show it.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Did Phil just buy [[Film/ManOfSteel General Zod]] and his new wife tickets to Wrestlemania?
** Larry, the cameraman is [[Film/SnowDay the Snowplow man]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: The young bride-to-be/bride in the final loop is HyndenWalch, aka ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Starfire! Glorious!

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Did Phil just buy [[Film/ManOfSteel General Zod]] and his new wife tickets to Wrestlemania?
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** Larry, Larry the cameraman is [[Film/SnowDay the Snowplow man]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: ** The groom who receives the ''Wrestlemania'' tickets? Creator/MichaelShannon.
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The young bride-to-be/bride in the final loop is HyndenWalch, aka ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Starfire! Glorious!Creator/HyndenWalch.



* RetroactiveRecognition: The groom who receives the ''Wrestlemania'' tickets? MichaelShannon.

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* ThrowItIn: After Phil smashes the radio, ''it keeps playing "I Got You, Babe"''. However, that wasn't ''supposed'' to happen. It was such a wonderful, dark moment that Ramis left it in.

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** In the DVD commentary, Ramis claims that all he had planned for the scene in which Phil punches Ned Ryerson was just a simple faked punch. Toblowsky, who admits he can be a LargeHam sometimes, turned it into a full-on spin-and-stare-directly-into-the-camera-then-fall maneuver in reaction to the punch. And did so on every single take they tried. Eventually, Ramis just threw it in.
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After Phil smashes the radio, ''it keeps playing "I Got You, Babe"''. However, that wasn't ''supposed'' to happen. It was such a wonderful, dark moment that Ramis left it in.
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** Considering the original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book, it's less "making the film more magical" and more "removing the idiocy".

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** Considering the ** The original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book, it's less "making the film more magical" and more "removing the idiocy".book.
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** The original script had a HowWeGotHere structure, opening with showing Phil going through a day from beginning to end and leaving his mysterious knowledge of everything a mystery before flashing back to the start of the time loop.

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** The original script had a HowWeGotHere structure, opening with showing Phil going through a day from beginning to end and leaving his mysterious knowledge of everything a mystery before flashing back to the start of the time loop.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: See MistakenForGay below, and then realize that that scene was ''improvised'' by Bill Murray; Ned's reaction was largely genuine. Stephen Tobolowsky (who plays Ned) is a great character actor, and did plenty of improvisation in the film, too.

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* EnforcedMethodActing: See MistakenForGay below, on the main page, and then realize that that scene was ''improvised'' by Bill Murray; Ned's reaction was largely genuine. Stephen Tobolowsky (who plays Ned) is a great character actor, and did plenty of improvisation in the film, too.
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* ShrugOfGod: How long Phil spent in the loop. Harold Ramis said it was ''10,000'' years, while Bill Murray mentioned they discussed it and decided on "about ten years".

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* ShrugOfGod: How long Phil spent in the loop. Harold Ramis said it was ''10,000'' years, while Bill Murray mentioned they discussed it and decided on "about ten years".years" (widely thought to be the "correct" answer).
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* RoleAssociation: Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.
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** They flirted with the idea of a DarkerAndEdgier film, by taking full advantage of the no consequences mentality, (major cruelty, murder etc.), but they decided not to, realizing a more light-hearted comedy would appeal more to the general audience.

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** They flirted with the idea of a DarkerAndEdgier film, by taking full advantage of the no consequences mentality, (major cruelty, murder etc.), but they decided not to, realizing a more light-hearted comedy would appeal more to the general audience.audience.
* WordOfGod: Phil ''had'' to have had days of "kill and destroy" in ten or 10,000 years he spent, [[ShrugOfGod depending on which writer you ask]], but decided it would change the tone too much and didn't show it.

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* RoleAssociation: Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.

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* RoleAssociation: Besides DuelingMovies: ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106188/ 12:01]]'', though it's an expansion of the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098962/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn 1990 short of the same name]], ''12:01 PM''.
* EnforcedMethodActing: See MistakenForGay below, and then realize that that scene was ''improvised'' by Bill Murray; Ned's reaction was largely genuine. Stephen Tobolowsky (who plays Ned) is a great character actor, and did plenty of improvisation in the film, too.
** As is usual for Bill Murray, when Rita slaps him, she really does hit him hard. Not surprising, since all of the abuse Murray suffered from Carol Kane in ''{{Scrooged}}'' were
real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.well.


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* RoleAssociation: Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.
* ShrugOfGod: How long Phil spent in the loop. Harold Ramis said it was ''10,000'' years, while Bill Murray mentioned they discussed it and decided on "about ten years".
* ThrowItIn: After Phil smashes the radio, ''it keeps playing "I Got You, Babe"''. However, that wasn't ''supposed'' to happen. It was such a wonderful, dark moment that Ramis left it in.
* TypeCasting: Mostly Bill Murray, alternately played straight and inverted during the course of the movie, but a couple of the others could be described as such too.
-->'''Creator/RogerEbert''': The Murray persona has become familiar without becoming tiring: The world is too much with him, he is a little smarter than everyone else, he has a detached melancholy, he is deeply suspicious of joy, he sees sincerity as a weapon that can be used against him, and yet he conceals emotional needs.
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** Larry, the cameraman is [[Film/SnowDay the Snowplow man]].


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** The mayor is [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Captain K'nuckles]].
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* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/BillMurray was going through a divorce during filming, which, coupled with arguments with Creator/HaroldRamis over what direction the movie should take, led to their friendship breaking down.
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** Considering the original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book, it's less "making the film more magical" and more "removing the idiocy".

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** Considering the original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book, it's less "making the film more magical" and more "removing the idiocy".idiocy".
** They flirted with the idea of a DarkerAndEdgier film, by taking full advantage of the no consequences mentality, (major cruelty, murder etc.), but they decided not to, realizing a more light-hearted comedy would appeal more to the general audience.
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* RoleAssociation - Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.
* HeyItsThatGuy - Did Phil just buy [[Film/ManOfSteel General Zod]] and his new wife tickets to Wrestlemania?
* HeyItsThatVoice - The young bride-to-be/bride in the final loop is HyndenWalch, aka ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Starfire! Glorious!

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* RoleAssociation - RoleAssociation: Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy Ryerson from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.
* HeyItsThatGuy - HeyItsThatGuy: Did Phil just buy [[Film/ManOfSteel General Zod]] and his new wife tickets to Wrestlemania?
* HeyItsThatVoice - HeyItsThatVoice: The young bride-to-be/bride in the final loop is HyndenWalch, aka ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Starfire! Glorious!
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: The newlyweds are excited to receive tickets to WrestleMania because they "...are going to be in Pittsburgh anyway" at the time. ''Wreslemania IX'' was held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas in '93. Considering how long it takes to make a movie, you would think someone would have bothered to look that up.
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** RetroactiveRecognition: The groom who receives the ''Wrestlemania'' tickets? MichaelShannon.

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** * RetroactiveRecognition: The groom who receives the ''Wrestlemania'' tickets? MichaelShannon.
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** The groom who goes to ''Wrestlemania'' went on to play [[Film/TakeShelter Curtis LaForche]]


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** RetroactiveRecognition: The groom who receives the ''Wrestlemania'' tickets? MichaelShannon.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: The newlyweds are excited to receive tickets to WrestleMania because they "...are going to be in Pittsburgh anyway" at the time. ''Wreslemania IX'' was held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas in '93. Considering how long it takes to make a movie, you would think someone would have bothered to look that up.
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* HeyItsThatGuy - Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.

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* HeyItsThatGuy RoleAssociation - Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.
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* HeyItsThatVoice - The young bride-to-be/bride in the final loop is HyndenWalch, aka ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Starfire! Glorious!

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* HeyItsThatVoice - The young bride-to-be/bride in the final loop is HyndenWalch, aka ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Starfire! Glorious!Glorious!
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original script featured the explanation for the unending loop and its escape clause, but they found by [[DoingInTheWizard leaving it out]] made the film more magical.
** Considering the original explanation involved a curse by an ex reading a "how to do magic" book, it's less "making the film more magical" and more "removing the idiocy".
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** The groom who goes to ''Wrestlemania'' went on to play [[Film/TakeShelter Curtis LaForche]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy - Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.

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* HeyItsThatGuy - Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]]) K'nuckles]], or [[{{WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants}} The Flying Dutchman]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy from {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.
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* HeyItsThatGuy - Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Captain K'nuckles]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy from {{Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.

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* HeyItsThatGuy - Besides the obvious ones, two minor characters you might not have recognized are Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill Murray's real life brother, also known as [[TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack [[{{WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack}} Captain K'nuckles]]) playing the mayor, and StephenTobolowsky (Sandy from {{Glee}}) {{Series/Glee}}) as Ned Ryerson.

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