History Film / HappyDeathDay

* KaizoTrap: [[spoiler:The second to last loop. Tree kills Tombs, only to be killed by a poisoned cupcake.]]

* UnintentionalBackupPlan: [[spoiler:Inverted. Lori's first plan to kill Tree is to poison her with a cupcake. When Tree refuses, she concocts an elaborate scheme to disguise herself as a local serial killer and murder her that way. When ''that'' fails in the second to last loop, Tree celebrates by eating the cupcake.]]

** After a few deaths and loops, Tree gradually becomes hysteric and the camera angles slowly slant as she walks in the school grounds.

* TastesLikeDisdain: Lori never eats the cupcake that lori made for her, and even goes so far as to throw it in the trash the first time. The only time Tree ever actually eats it, she finds out that [[spoiler: Lori poisoned it, and was the baby faced killer the whole time.]]

* CopKiller: Tombs killed one officer in a shootout before being admitted to the hospital, and in the first loop he appears, he also killed the security guard by stabbing him in the back offscreen.

* FreezeFrameBonus: There are two books of [[GridPuzzle sudoku]] puzzles on the bedside table next to Tree when she wakes up. Sudoku puzzles get easier the more numbers you fill in, similar to how Tree's puzzle gets easier (somewhat) throughout the film by eliminating suspects and murder methods until she figures out who the killer is.

''Happy Death Day'' is a {{black|Comedy}} [[HorrorComedy comedy]] {{slasher|Movie}} film directed by Christopher B. Landon and written by Creator/ScottLobdell. It was released on October 13, 2017.

Teresa "Tree" Gelbman (Creator/JessicaRothe) is a college student who finds herself [[GroundhogDayLoop endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again]]. It begins with her waking up in a random guy's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting murdered by a masked man. After realizing what is going on, she attempts to figure out the masked man's identity and motives and prevent her death, but it won't be easy.

* ContinuingIsPainful: Every loop starts with Tree feeling what killed her the last time (drowning: she vomits; hanging: she cricks her neck). In the one where she's taken to the hospital, the X-rays show that the internal damage from the last death was still present.

** The killer mows down the police officer who was in the process of arresting Tree.

* HardWorkMontage: Tree researching on who might be interested in killing her. Doubles as a FailureMontage and DeathMontage given once a person is crossed off, the assassin shows up.

** [[AlphaBitch Danielle]] is a more conventional example. She isn't involved in the main plot [[spoiler:outside of serving as a RedHerring]], but spends all her screen time acting like a condescending shallow bitchy ValleyGirl towards everyone, especially Becky whom she's shown fat-shaming at one point. She acts as a character the audience can hate while the killer is a secret.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: First, the very start— Tree is not awakening in Carter's room for spending the night with him, he just wanted to help her wasted self and thus slept on his roommate's bed. Then, when Tree is attacked by the killer in a bed, a bystander does not stop it because he thinks it's just some kinky stuff, and also because he's drunk.
* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: [[spoiler:Tree's two attempts to shoot John Tombs fails due to this. The next time she has the gun, it's off, as she points out in the PreMortemOneLiner.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Tree summons a few cops for protection from the Babyface Killer, but none of them prove to be of any use. Officer Santora is killed off by vehicular manslaughter right before he can cart Tree off to jail (which she wanted so she can stay safe). The hospital's security guard, who is visibly fatigued by a lack of crimes, has become sedentary and unalert. Though in the end, [[spoiler: Tree does get Lori to confess by announcing she can bring Lori's cupcake to the police station for study, and even though she kills Lori by throwing her out the window, the police are able to tie together Lori's motive to kill her first and Tree faces no charges for it]].

* GriefInducedSplit: Somewhat {{downplayed}}, and a familial variation. Tree is distant towards her father, and before her character development, she deliberately avoids seeing him at a pre-arranged dinner and ignores his phone calls, in multiple iterations of the loop. This is because of her inability to move past her mother's death, [[spoiler:and in the penultimate loop, she gives him a heartfelt apology and opens up to him about her mother's death]].

* FreezeFrameBonus: There are two books of sudoku puzzles on the bedside table next to Tree when she wakes up. Sudoku puzzles get easier the more numbers you fill in, similar to how Tree's puzzle gets easier (somewhat) throughout the film by eliminating suspects and murder methods until she figures out who the killer is.

* PoliceAreUseless: Tree summons a few cops for protection from the Babyface Killer, but none of them prove to be of any use. Officer Santora is killed off by vehicular manslaughter right before he can cart Tree off to jail (which she wanted so she can stay safe). The hospital's security guard, who is visibly fatigued by a lack of crimes, has become sedentary and unalert. Though in the end, [[spoiler: Tree does get Lori to confess by announcing she can bring Lori's cupcake to the police station for study]].

-->'''Danielle''': Lori's little plot was super lame. Poisoning a cupcake? Really? We're Kappas. We don't eat cupcakes.

* SerialKiller: John Tombs, a serial killer who specifically targets young blonde women, and is said to have claimed six victims already. Subverted with the Babyface Killer, who targets Tree and Tree alone.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Tree goes barefoot often in the movie, even tossing her shoes away on the day when she tries being nice to everyone.

A sequel entitled ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U'' released in 2019. A third film, ''Happy Death Day to Us'', is in development.

A sequel entitled ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U'' released in 2019. In it, Tree finds herself in another time loop and facing a new killer who is going after her and all her friends. A third film, ''Happy Death Day to Us'', is in development.

''Happy Death Day'' is a {{black|Comedy}} [[HorrorComedy comedy]] {{slasher|Movie}} film released on October 13, 2017. It was directed by Christopher B. Landon and written by Creator/ScottLobdell.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[GroundhogDayLoop And again, and again, and again, and again...]] In conclusion, [[TagLine make every]] [[FalseReassurance death count.]]]]

''Happy Death Day'' is a [[SlasherMovie Slasher]] [[HorrorComedy Comedy]] Movie released on October 13, 2017. It was directed by Christopher B. Landon and written by Creator/ScottLobdell.

Teresa "Tree" Gelbman (Creator/JessicaRothe) is a college student who finds herself endlessly reliving her birthday over and over again. It begins with her waking up in a random guy's bed after drinking, and ends with her getting murdered by a masked man. After realizing what is going on, she attempts to figure out the masked man's identity and motives and prevent her death, but it won't be easy.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: InUniverse. It's CharacterDevelopment to Tree and the audience, since the loops happen one at a time. To the other characters in the work, particularly the sorority house, Tree just seems to have changed drastically from Sunday the 17th to Monday the 18th, especially the GoldenPath loop.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Used as a plot point towards the end. Every time Tree dies, she wakes up weaker and weaker and she feels the after effects of whatever killed her last. Additionally, this makes it harder to fight back. It's not clear if Tree has a set number of lives but if it continues, she realises she might not wake up.

* DramaticDrop: Two, both emphasized with slow-motion.

* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: Guy in this case. Carter is the first person Tree sees in every loop, and the one who shows the most concern and bouts of heroism for Tree's sake. As a result, Tree sees to it that Carter makes it out alive, even killing herself to reset from a loop he dies in.]]

* GrievousBottleyHarm: One of Tree's deaths happen as the killer strikes her with a ''bong''.

* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Tree does this to Tombs the second time she encounters him, when it looks like he's about to kill her with her own knife. She also kicks Lori in the groin during their final confrontation.]]

** [[AlphaBitch Danielle]] is a more conventional example. She isn't involved in the main plot [[spoiler:outside of serving as a RedHerring]], but spends all her screen time acting like a condescending shallow bitchy ValleyGirl towards everyone, especially Becky whom she's show fat-shaming at one point. She acts as a character the audience can hate while the killer is a secret.

* ImplacableMan: The killer is persistent as hell, most blatantly when Tree escapes in the hospital and some time later, the assassin shows up in a car of its own. [[spoiler: Justified since there are actually two killers.]]

** Tree whacks the killer in the head with a hammer in the third loop, and later tries do the same with a baseball bat (but accidentally gets Becky instead).

* InvincibleVillain: Not just because of the structure, or that there are [[spoiler:two killers.]] Nothing stops the killer, regardless of what Tree does. She barricades herself in her bedroom? Killer gets in. She hits the killer with a baseball bat then gets arrested? Killer kills the cop then the car in which Tree is handcuffed gets ''blown up''.

* NiceGuy: Carter is a stand up gentleman in almost every way. Not only did he refuse to take advantage of a drunk Tree and instead let her just crash in her room, he willingly helped her in every loop he knew about her situation in, and is always genuinely worried when she freaks out in the morning.

* RecycledTrailerMusic: The trailer has every loop opens with Tree awakened in her birthday by Music/FiftyCent's "In Da Club", whose opening line is [[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic "Go shorty, it's your birthday!"]]

** [[spoiler:In the final loop, Tree crosses the DespairEventHorizon and decides to do this to avoid being killed again. Subverted, as she doesn't leave, because she then realises who the killer is.]]

** The shot of Tree and Carter near the end [[spoiler:before she eats the cupcake]] as they celebrate her birthday is reminiscent of ''Film/SixteenCandles''. A nice bit of FridgeBrilliance included in this as well, when it's revealed that Tree has died sixteen times. The cake she's given at the beginning of the day has only one candle on it, but at the time of the referenced scene, she's been given it sixteen times. Do the math.

** When Tree wakes up in hospital and the blackout hits, Gregory is suddenly standing behind Carter when the lights come back on, freaking Carter out.

** Tree has a CatFight with Danielle in the street and are hit by a moving vehicle (in this case, a bus) within seconds.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: The one person Tree never put on her list of suspects was Lori, because she's the nicest girl in her sorority. Unfortunately, Lori turns out to be the Babyface Killer the whole time]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tree does this ''a lot''. She educates Ryan in respecting women on two separate days, completely destroys Gregory in the GoldenPath loop and proves her words aren't even necessary for someone as worthless as Danielle. [[spoiler: She gives a brief one to Lori, ''while Lori is trying to kill her'' at the end!]] Hell, she's so good at these she delivers one to ''herself'' when apologizing to her Dad.

** The first is during Tree's HellYesMoment when she seemingly escapes from the hospital, and triumphantly yells "Catch me now, bitch!", only to then have an OhCrap when a police car appears behind her.

** One loop Tree manages to escape from the killer at the hospital and she celebrates ecstatically while driving away...only to then be pulled over by the police for speeding. Subverted when [[spoiler: she realizes she can invoke GetIntoJailFree by claiming to be on all sorts of illegal drugs and be taken into custody and sit in a protected jail cell. Then Double Subverted when the lone officer arresting her is suddenly mowed down in another car, and out steps the killer. Due to being handcuffed and locked inside the cop car, she is completely defenseless and can only watch as the killer blows up the vehicle with her still inside.]]

--> "Hi, I'm the so-called fine vagine, and if that's the way you refer to girls, you and [[ADateWithRosiePalms your hand]] are going to have a ''very'' lasting relationship".