History YMMV / RunLolaRun

* EsotericHappyEnding: In the final, happiest ending, our heroes have rescued themselves without resorting to robbery, and Lola has helped save the life of the security guard. Along the way, however, they cause a nasty car crash, hand 100,000 Deutschmarks over to criminals, and apparently remain criminals themselves. Manni has also given a pistol to the homeless man, and the shifty way he looks at it and then glances around suggests he might do something drastic to make up for the loss of his sudden windfall.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Manni is an idiot criminal who screws up an operation, blames Lola, and expects her to rescue him. Ultimately, the nicest thing he does in the film is hand a homeless man a pistol.

%% SoBadItsGood: The English dub.
%%* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Manni is an idiot who screws up an operation but blames Lola for all his problems and expects her to rescue him, but he doesn't heed any of her advice at the same time. It's hard to believe they can overcome all the trials they face through ThePowerOfLove when it's mostly Lola loving and doing everything for him.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** There is one theory that Lola is essentially in a video game and keeps attempting this "level" until she gets it right. In the first scenario, her boyfriend has to teach her how to use the safety on a gun, but in the second she already knows, suggesting that she learned from previous failures. Also, the opening quote "The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, all else is theory." is a famous quote about soccer that sounds like an IceCreamKoan the first time but could be indicating that the movie itself a game.
** Lola's apparent superpower when it comes to shouting seems to lend itself to this theory.
*** Some people have even gone as far to believe she's [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Dragonborn]].
*** It could be her LimitBreak.
** Maybe Lola achieved her improbable casino win by SaveScumming.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Lola is [[Film/TheBourneSeries Marie]].
** Ronnie, Manni's boss, is [[Film/{{Downfall|2004}} Albert Speer]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

*** It could be her LimitBreak

** The bear-shaped cuckoo clock in the beginning with the opening jaws swallowing the camera; both [[spoiler:Lola and Manni's deaths.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Lola is [[Film/TheBourneSeries Marie]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[DoItYourselfThemeTune Composed by Tykwer himself]], with a bit of help from Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek. If you like techno, you'll love this movie.

** The bear-shaped cuckoo clock in the beginning with the opening jaws swallowing the camera; both [[spoiler:Lola and Manni's deaths]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Manni is an idiot who screws up an operation but blames Lola for all his problems and expects her to rescue him, but he doesn't heed any of her advice at the same time. It's hard to believe they can overcome all the trials they face through ThePowerOfLove when it's mostly Lola loving and doing everything for him.

* SoBadItsGood: The English dub.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: There is one theory that Lola is essentially in a video game and keeps attempting this "level" until she gets it right. In the first scenario, her boyfriend has to teach her how to use the safety on a gun, but in the second she already knows, suggesting that she learned from previous failures. Also, the opening quote "The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, all else is theory." is a famous quote about soccer that sounds like an IceCreamKoan the first time but could be indicating that the movie itself a game.

* NightmareFuel: The bear-shaped cuckoo clock in the beginning with the opening jaws swallowing the camera; both [[spoiler:Lola and Manni's deaths]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Manni is an idiot who screws up an operation but blames Lola for all his problems and expects her to rescue him, but he doesn't heed any of her advice at the same time. It's hard to believe they can overcome all the trials they face through ThePowerOfLove when it's mostly Lola loving and doing everything for him.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: YMMV, but if you don't like techno, you probably won't like the movie.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeEM7bluhxA This track]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: YMMV, but if you don't like techno, you probably won't like the movie.

*** Some people have even gone as far to believe she's [[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Dragonborn]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Everybody [[spoiler:all standing and staring in stunned silence after Lola gets her big casino win]].

** One of the flash-forwards of [[spoiler:the kind-hearted asian bank employee]]. And I don't mean the bondage one.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Lola pulls at least one per cycle.

* TooDumbToLive: Manni gives the homeless man he was just holding up his pistol in exchange for the bag of money, without ejecting the clip or even putting the safety on.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Lola is [[TheBourneSeries Marie]].

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The bear-shaped cuckoo clock in the beginning with the opening jaws swallowing the camera; both [[spoiler:Lola and Manni's deaths]].

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The bear-shaped cuckoo clock in the beginning with the opening jaws swallowing the camera; both Lola and Manni's deaths.