Line #11 YMMV/AnnaAndTheApocalypse


1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Has Nick always been a jerk to John, or did it only start recently due to his incorrect belief that John has a FriendsWithBenefits relationship with his ex-girlfriend?
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[AwesomeMusic/AnnaAndTheApocalypse Has its own page.]]
3	* CompleteMonster: Arthur [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Savage]] is, initially, just the strict headmaster of Little Haven's high school, and a consummate ControlFreak who lets a glimpse of his true nature show when, during the ZombieApocalypse, he callously "prioritizes" over an old woman with a heart condition. When Savage's desperate attempts to maintain authority over the survivors fails, Savage decides to allow the zombies in to slaughter all the survivors out of spite, gleefully locking his own students inside while promising to deliver whatever's left of Anna to her father whom Savage looks down upon, even attempting to murder both Anna and her father when [[UngratefulBastard they save his life]] from the ravenous zombies. Savage gleefully hopscotches over the line to demonstrate himself [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters worse than any of the mindless zombies]] ravaging Little Haven, attesting during "Give Them a Show" that he "might as well have some fun" with the collapse of society.
4	* CrossingTheLineTwice:
5	** Anna decapitating a zombie? Horrifying. John's high-pitched scream in response? Hilarious.
6	** The sight of John [[spoiler:as a zombie? Horrible. His novelty sweater lighting up one more time before the scene changes? Guiltily hilarious.]]
7	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
8	** Lisa and John are both frequently praised for their emotion-filled performances, humorous moments, good singing voices and ActionSurvivor statuses, even though Lisa is separated from the others for most of the movie and John is [[spoiler: the first to die]].
9	** The two girls swatting at zombies with backpacks during "Turning my Life Around" are probably the most memorable of the uncredited background characters.
10	* FanonDiscontinuity: Plenty of fans adore the first two acts of the movie but take it pretty hard when the third act [[spoiler:starts going into DwindlingParty territory]] and don't acknowledge those scenes.
11	* FriendlyFandoms: ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' and ''Film/Spirited2022'' are a pair of fairly different Christmas musicals that nonetheless share some of the same fans for both, having catchy soundtracks, unique and quirky set-ups, {{Bittersweet Ending}}s and atmospheres, and being greatly under-appreciated in the eyes of their admirers.
12	* HesJustHiding: In a sense, there aren't that many zombie movies out there that leave the audience [[spoiler: hoping for a cure as much as this one, given the final status of John, Tony, Lisa and Chris, zombified rather than put down]].
13	* HilariousInHindsight[=/=]HarsherInHindsight: When John and Chris are debating what celebrities may have been turned into zombies, John insists that Creator/RobertDowneyJr will be fine, affirming it by saying "Iron Man Lives", when [[spoiler:Tony Stark would die in the final battle]] of ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
14	* IdiotBall: Arguably, most of the character deaths are caused by Anna, Steph and Nick's actions and choices examples include [[spoiler:Nick's idea to go through the Christmas Tree Emporium results in not only his friends dying but also John, Lisa and Chris die due to Steph not being cautious enough, Tony dies due to a combination of him and Anna not realizing she had a longer reaching weapon in her hands to stop Savage, also she should have knocked him out when reaching the stage in the first place.]]
15	* JerkassWoobie: Nick is a bit of a prick, but over the course of the film, he [[spoiler:loses his friends and has to kill his father (whose parting words aren't exactly comforting)]], so it’s easy to feel sorry for him.
16	* {{Moe}}: Between her DiggingYourselfDeeper moment while discussing Anna and Nick's breakup, her SickeninglySweethearts moments with Chris, and her vulnerable scenes while holed up in the school (particularly during the ''Human Voice'' musical number), Lisa is a pretty huggable character.
17	** John, given his love for Christmas, goofy enthusiasm, [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl girlish scream]], and sad but mature reaction to Anna not returning his feelings for her.
18	* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Savage crosses this line when he lets zombies into the school to devour the survivors inside, just to keep his control over the school.]]
19	* OneSceneWonder: Quite a few uncredited characters from ''Hollywood Ending'' (which is very much a CrowdSong) and ''Turning My Life around'' (such as the two girls who spend a while trying to alert Anna while beating at zombies with their backpacks).
20	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: For the first half of the movie, Nick seems like a boring one-dimensional, meat-headed ex-boyfriend archetype with no charisma. Then the "Soldier at War" number comes along....
21	* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/GameOfThrones Thoros of Myr]] left the Seven Kingdoms to become the headmaster at Anna's school.
22	** Nick's next fling he ended up betraying the trust of? [[Franchise/TheWitcher Yennerfer of Vengerberg.]]
23	* SignatureSong: "Hollywood Ending" is arguably the most popular song on the soundtrack, which, considering the competition, is saying something.
24	* SpiritualSuccessor:
25	** A horror-comedy filled with MadeOfPlasticine zombies getting killed in BloodyHilarious ways with ridiculous novelty weapons, [[spoiler:Headmaster Savage losing his mind and turning into a textbook psychopath]]... this is pretty much ''VideoGame/DeadRising: TheMusical''. It even shares [[VideoGame/DeadRising4 the fourth game]]'s [[AnAssKickingChristmas Christmas setting]]!
26	** To ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''. But a musical!
27	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Christmas Means Nothing Without You" sounds more than a little like Music/MariahCarey's ubiquitous "All I Want for Christmas Is You".
28	* TheissTitillationTheory: The dress Lisa wears for her performance looks dangerously close to suffering a WardrobeMalfunction.
29	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The two penguin students could have also provided some humor if they'd been among the survivors inside the school for a while, possibly even [[spoiler: without removing the creepy scene of them in their costumes eating a body]]. which could have happened after Anna and the others arrived.
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Context YMMV / AnnaAndTheApocalypse