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** Perhaps not quite so much as one might believe. Given the movie's penultimate scene is the realization of Lucy beginning to hold on to her memories thanks to everything she was doing with Henry day after day, all these years later she may be in a much better mental place than where she was just a year after her accident, with no treatment other than repeating the same day over and over to keep her in a state of calm. Presumably the two of them would have talked out precautions to take to keep her from injuring herself or the baby during the pregnancy in the mornings before her memories fully came back to her, and they adjusted their lives around her condition to make sure they could both live as comfortably as possible.
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* TheWoobie: Lucy.

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* TheWoobie: Lucy.Lucy and "10 Second Tom."
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** The whole montage of Lucy's father and brother getting everything ready so they can redo it all the next day, including repainting the mural in the garage Lucy painted for her father's birthday.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some critics complained that the movie didn't live up to the promise of re-teaming Sandler and Barrymore after [[Film/TheWeddingSinger their more familiar collaboration]].
** Many consider the premise itself (patient and her family dealing with short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia) having a potential for a very strong drama, yet being undermined by lowbrow humor typical for other Adam Sandler movies.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: ToughActToFollow: Some critics complained that the movie didn't live up to the promise of re-teaming Sandler and Barrymore after [[Film/TheWeddingSinger their more familiar collaboration]].
** * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many consider the premise itself (patient and her family dealing with short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia) having a potential for a very strong drama, yet being undermined by lowbrow humor typical for other Adam Sandler movies.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Henry's first recap video for Lucy claims that the Red Sox have won the World Series since her accident. This is followed by "Just kidding!" The movie came out in 2004, just a few months before the Red Sox won their first World Series of the 21st century.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Henry's HilariousInHindsight:
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first recap video for Lucy claims that the Red Sox have won the World Series since her accident. This is followed by "Just kidding!" The movie came out in 2004, just a few months before the Red Sox won their first World Series of the 21st century.


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** Henry's assistant at the aquarium is named Alexa, which is rather amusing since Amazon came out with its virtual assistant of the same name.
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who you calling "loosely" :P


** Barrymore's next movie, which she produced as well as acted in? ''Film/FeverPitch'', loosely set across the backdrop of the 2004 Red Sox season.

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** Barrymore's next movie, which she produced as well as acted in? ''Film/FeverPitch'', loosely set across the backdrop of the 2004 Red Sox season.
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** Lucy and Henry tearing up [[spoiler: Lucy's scrapbook so she'll have no memories of being with him.]]

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** Lucy and Henry tearing up [[spoiler: [[spoiler:editing Lucy's scrapbook so she'll have no memories of being with him.]]
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* EsotericHappyEnding: Many have felt that the ending is arguably this due to the sheer amount of FridgeHorror caused by the life Lucy is now living. (Example: She now has a young daughter whom she must meet for the first time ''every single day''. What kind of effect will that have on the daughter overtime?)
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** Many consider the premise itself (patient and her family dealing with short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia) hasving a potential for a very strong drama, yet being undermined by lowbrow humor typical for other Adam Sandler movies.

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** Many consider the premise itself (patient and her family dealing with short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia) hasving having a potential for a very strong drama, yet being undermined by lowbrow humor typical for other Adam Sandler movies.
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** Many consider the premise itself (patient and her family dealing with short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia) has a potential for a very strong drama, yet it's undermined by lowbrow humor typical for other Adam Sandler movies.

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** Many consider the premise itself (patient and her family dealing with short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia) has hasving a potential for a very strong drama, yet it's being undermined by lowbrow humor typical for other Adam Sandler movies.
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** Many consider the premise itself (patient and her family dealing with short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia) has a potential for a very strong drama, yet it's undermined by lowbrow humor typical for other Adam Sandler movies.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Rob Schneider delivers a pretty decent performance as a native Hawaiian, but it serves as painful foreshadowing for Schneider's later career, which consists almost ''entirely'' of playing increasingly-offensive ethnic characters in Sandler's films.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Rob Schneider Creator/RobSchneider delivers a pretty decent performance as a native Hawaiian, but it serves as painful foreshadowing for Schneider's later career, which consists almost ''entirely'' of playing increasingly-offensive ethnic characters in Sandler's films.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Rob Schneider delivers a pretty decent performance as a native Hawaiian, but it serves as painful foreshadowing for Schneider's later career, which consists almost ''entirely'' of playing increasingly-offensive ethnic characters in Sandler's films.
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* NightmareFuel: Lucy marrying Henry and having to remind herself of their marriage, meaning she wakes up knowing she went to bed as a care-free teenager and is now in a marriage with a stranger miles from home, though at least her father is with her at the end. Worse, they have a daughter, so unless they adopted or used a surrogate, she would have woken up pregnant for at least four months straight with the only memories being those from before her accident.

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* NightmareFuel: The movie actually addresses the potential problems that Lucy marrying will have the longer she goes with her memory being the way it is, specifically waking up and looking into the mirror to see someone ten years older. Their solution is that they are giving her a full life even though they know the wake up point will be an issue every time. The ending of the movie she marries Henry and having had to remind herself of their marriage, meaning she wakes up knowing she went to bed as a care-free teenager girl and is now in a marriage with a stranger miles from home, though at least her father is with her at the end. Worse, they have a daughter, so unless they adopted or used a surrogate, she would have woken up pregnant for at least four months straight with the only memories being those from before her accident.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: The day where Lucy realizes on her own what has happened to her [[spoiler: and the fact that this is not the first time it's happened]].

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* {{Tearjerker}}: TearJerker: The day where Lucy realizes on her own what has happened to her [[spoiler: and the fact that this is not the first time it's happened]].
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* OneSceneWonder: Ten Second Tom.
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* Narm: While Lucy's condition is not funny, what caused it... sort of is. "Stray Cow Causes Car Accident". Given the movie's a comedy and the fact this accident happens in Hawaii, while it's more than possible, it can be funny for some viewers.

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* Narm: {{Narm}}: While Lucy's condition is not funny, what caused it... sort of is. "Stray Cow Causes Car Accident". Given the movie's a comedy and the fact this accident happens in Hawaii, while it's more than possible, it can be funny for some viewers.
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* Narm: While Lucy's condition is not funny, what caused it... sort of is. "Stray Cow Causes Car Accident". Given the movie's a comedy and the fact this accident happens in Hawaii, while it's more than possible, it can be funny for some viewers.
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* NightmareFuel: Lucy marrying Henry and having to remind herself of their marriage, meaning she wakes up knowing she went to bed as a care-free teenager and is now in a marriage miles from home, though at least her father is with her at the end. Worse, they have a daughter, so unless they adopted or used a surrogate, she would have woken up pregnant for at least four months straight with the only memories being those from before her accident.

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* NightmareFuel: Lucy marrying Henry and having to remind herself of their marriage, meaning she wakes up knowing she went to bed as a care-free teenager and is now in a marriage with a stranger miles from home, though at least her father is with her at the end. Worse, they have a daughter, so unless they adopted or used a surrogate, she would have woken up pregnant for at least four months straight with the only memories being those from before her accident.

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** Barrymore's next movie, which she produced as well as acted in? ''FeverPitch'', loosely set across the backdrop of the 2004 Red Sox season.

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** Barrymore's next movie, which she produced as well as acted in? ''FeverPitch'', ''Film/FeverPitch'', loosely set across the backdrop of the 2004 Red Sox season.season.
* NightmareFuel: Lucy marrying Henry and having to remind herself of their marriage, meaning she wakes up knowing she went to bed as a care-free teenager and is now in a marriage miles from home, though at least her father is with her at the end. Worse, they have a daughter, so unless they adopted or used a surrogate, she would have woken up pregnant for at least four months straight with the only memories being those from before her accident.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some critics complained that the movie didn't live up to the promise of re-teaming Sandler and Barrymore after [[TheWeddingSinger their more familiar collaboration]].
* TheWoobie: Lucy, full stop.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some critics complained that the movie didn't live up to the promise of re-teaming Sandler and Barrymore after [[TheWeddingSinger [[Film/TheWeddingSinger their more familiar collaboration]].
* TheWoobie: Lucy, full stop.Lucy.
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** Lucy and Henry tearing up [[spoiler: Lucy's scrapbook so she'll have no memories of being with him.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Henry's first recap video for Lucy claims that the Red Sox have won the World Series since her accident. This is followed by "Just kidding!" Then, in the following World Series...
** And then Drew Barrymore then produces and stars in a film whose plot revolved around those winning Red Sox...

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* HilariousInHindsight: Henry's first recap video for Lucy claims that the Red Sox have won the World Series since her accident. This is followed by "Just kidding!" Then, The movie came out in 2004, just a few months before the following Red Sox won their first World Series...
Series of the 21st century.
** And then Drew Barrymore then produces and stars in a film whose plot revolved around those winning Barrymore's next movie, which she produced as well as acted in? ''FeverPitch'', loosely set across the backdrop of the 2004 Red Sox...Sox season.
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* Tearjerker: The first time we see Lucy realize what has happened to her [[spoiler: and the fact that this is not the first time it's happened]].

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* Tearjerker: {{Tearjerker}}: The first time we see day where Lucy realize realizes on her own what has happened to her [[spoiler: and the fact that this is not the first time it's happened]].
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* Tearjerker: The first time we see Lucy realize what has happened to her [[spoiler: and the fact that this is not the first time it's happened]].
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** Bonus points in that Drew Barrymore then produces and stars in a film whose plot revolved around those winning Red Sox...

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** Bonus points in that And then Drew Barrymore then produces and stars in a film whose plot revolved around those winning Red Sox...
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* HilariousInHindsight: Henry's first recap video for Lucy claims that the RedSox have won the World Series since her accident. This is followed by "Just kidding!" Then, in the following World Series...

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* HilariousInHindsight: Henry's first recap video for Lucy claims that the RedSox Red Sox have won the World Series since her accident. This is followed by "Just kidding!" Then, in the following World Series...
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some critics complained that the movie didn't live up to the promise of re-teaming Sandler and Barrymore after [[TheWeddingSinger their more familiar collaboration]].
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** Bonus points in that Drew Barrymore then produces and stars in a film whose plot revolved around those winning Red Sox...
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Lucy beats up Henry's friend, Ula, with a baseball bat:
-->'''Ula''': (running off in the distance) You crazy bitch!
-->'''Lucy''': Yeah, keep runiiiing!
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler:Lucy and Henry marry and have a kid together]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: Henry's first recap video for Lucy claims that the RedSox have won the World Series since her accident. This is followed by "Just kidding!" Then, in the following World Series...

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