History Film / Coherence

* IAteWhat: What everybody thinks when Beth comes under suspicion of having [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drugged the food]] with ketamine.

* HystericalWoman: Laurie freaks out when [[AfraidOfBlood blood from Beth' nosebleed]] drips onto her arm.

* TheEmpath: Beth believes to be this.

** His [[ProperlyParanoid paranoia]] lets him get into useless fights with [[spoiler:[[OtherMeAnnoysMe his other selfs]]]].

* BreadMilkEggsSquick: Beth mentions that her relaxation concoction contains a bunch of ingredients: echinacea, valerian rook, ketamine.... When she hits the last one the other characters react exactly as you'd expect.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Hugh's brother gave him very vague warnings about the comet, telling Hugh to contact him if anything seemed strange. Unfortunately, this led him to leave the house, setting of many of the events of the film. It's implied that if he'd only give the other half of his advice (stay in the house), things might have turned out better for far more timelines.

* WrongAssumption: Mike jokes that he's the resident expert on paranormal phenomena due to appearing on ''Rosewell'', but he turns out to be the biggest liability of the group.

* WhamShot: The notepad.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Em hearing]] the otherwise trivial small-talk between Beth and Lee about the vase from "Galaxy, that thrift store" [[spoiler:for the second time.]]

** His comment to Hugh about having slept with Beth in every single reality sure doesn't help to de-escalate the situation.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Mike jokes that he's the resident expert on paranormal phenomena due to appearing on ''Rosewell'', but he turns out to be the biggest liability of the group.

* GenreSavvy: Subverted. Mike jokes that he's the resident expert on paranormal phenomena due to appearing on ''Rosewell'', but he turns out to be the biggest liability of the group.

* HumansAreBastards: Let's face it: all the people in this movie act with extreme hostility at best and brutal violence at worst. ''To (basically) themselves. For no real reason.'' '''In all possible universes but one''' (and even that lucky one is probably more a case of IgnoranceIsBliss than anything else).

* HumansAreBastards: Let's face it: all the people in this movie act with extreme hostility at best and brutal violence at worst. ''To (basically) themselves. For no real reason.'' '''In all possible universes but one.'''

* HumansAreBastards: Let's face it: all the people in this movie act eith extreme hostility at best and brutal violence at worst. ''To (basically) themselves. For no real reason.'' '''In all possible universes but one.'''

* DistressBall: Also ConflictBall and IdiotBall. The AnthropicPrinciple in full swing. For there to be a plot, characters are required not to stay calm and sit out the night in the house but rather venture out to solve the problem. Case in point is Hugh who desperately tries to contact his brother and ProperlyParanoid Mike. Even more than that, for the film to really work the characters should act not just of somewhat understandable curiosity, but of unprovoked fear of and hostility towards, basically, themselves. The fact that the movie ends with [[spoiler: one of the characters discovering that at least one party who ''did'' end up staying indoors all night consequently had a pleasant and stress-free time]] could be seen as a nod to this.

* DistressBall: Also ConflictBall and IdiotBall. The AnthropicPrinciple in full swing. For there to be a plot, characters are required not to stay calm and sit out the night in the house but rather venture out to solve the problem. Case in point is Hugh who desperately tries to contact his brother and ProperlyParanoid Mike. Even more than that, for the film to really work the characters should act not just of somewhat understandable curiosity, but of unprovoked hostility and fear of, basically, themselves. The fact that the movie ends with [[spoiler: one of the characters discovering that at least one party who ''did'' end up staying indoors all night consequently had a pleasant and stress-free time]] could be seen as a nod to this.

* DistressBall: Also ConflictBall and IdiotBall. The AnthropicPrinciple in full swing. For there to be a plot, characters are required not to stay calm and sit out the night in the house but rather venture out to solve the problem. Case in point is Hugh who desperately tries to contact his brother and ProperlyParanoid Mike. The fact that the movie ends with [[spoiler: one of the characters discovering that at least one party who ''did'' end up staying indoors all night consequently had a pleasant and stress-free time]] could be seen as a nod to this.

* {{Fainting}}: Near the end, [[spoiler: Em #1 inexplicably faints shortly after knocking out Em #2. This might be due to stress, or maybe from crossing the dark zone too many times. Anyway, that helps Em #2 to safely get out of the house.]]

* TheDanza: Half of the characters are named after their actor. Em is played by Emily (Baldoni). Hugh is played by Hugo (Armstrong). Beth is played by Elizabeth (Gracen). Laurie is played by Lauren (Maher).

* CastingGag: Nicholas Brendon plays an actor who claims to have been in all four seasons of ''Roswell'', and his wife indicates in one scene that his career was derailed due to alcohol addiction. Of course, Nicholas Brendon was in all but one episode of the '''seven''' seasons of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', and admitted in 2010 that he had a recurring problem with alcohol.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Mentioned by several characters. Mike [[TheAlcoholic in particluar]].

* LetsSplitUpGang: The trope that drives the plot. Lampshaded by Kevin: "Staying inside is not realistic."

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Mike and Beth apparently had a fling ten years back. Hugh is furious when he finds out.
** Laurie hits on Kevin, but he refuses her advances. Later on, in one of the other timelines Em sees Kevin and Laurie openly flirting.

* AfraidOfBlood: Laurie. She freaks out when blood from Beth' nosebleed drips onto her arm.

* DistressBall: Also ConflictBall and IdiotBall. The AnthropicPrinciple in full swing. For there to be a plot, characters are required not to stay calm and sit out the night in the house but rather venture out to solve the problem. Case in point are Hugh who desperately tries to contact his brother and ProperlyParanoid Mike. The fact that the movie ends with [[spoiler: one of the characters discovering that at least one party who ''did'' end up staying indoors all night consequently had a pleasant and stress-free time]] could be seen as a nod to this.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Every single continuity is screwed, involves people attempting to kill each other and almost everyones lives are altered for the worst. The one pleasant dimension that Em #1 escapes to is unintentionally sabotaged after her plan to kill Em #2 fails, trapping her in that continuity forever.]]

* SharedMassHallucination: Played with. At one point Em raises suspicion that Beth might have [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drugged the food]] with ketamine, which would have explained the weird occurrences. On top of her denial, the group admits that even if she had, they wouldn't all have the same hallucination.

* DownerEnding:[[spoiler:Every single continuity is screwed, involves people attempting to kill each other and almost everyones lives are altered for the worst. The one pleasant dimension that Em #1 escapes to is unintentionally sabotaged after her plan to kill Em #2 fails, trapping her in that continuity forever.]]

** Also he comes up with a plan to blackmail himself with a note about the one-night-stand he and Beth had ten year ago. However, he slips the note under the door [[FinaglesLaw for the wrong person to find]].

* BerserkButton: Hugh snaps and gives Mike a good beating after latter drops the line about having slept with his wife in a million different timelines.

** Hugh's band-aid. First it's made of cloth but later changes to regular.

* DoorHandleScare: Em [[spoiler:supposedly kills her other self]] and placed her in the shower. Next morning, she walks by the bathroom when suddenly the door knob is tried a few times from the inside. OhCrap. Then the door opens and [[CatScare another visitor of the house is exiting the bathroom]].

** Mike has starred in the cult TV series ''Series/{{Roswell}}'', which dealt with unexplained phenomenon.