History Film / DejaVu

* HistoricalRapSheet: The last time that the TimeMachine that is central to the plot was used to actually try to ''send'' something into the past instead of just viewing it, the power draw accidentally caused the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Blackout_of_2003 Northeast blackout of 2003]].

* WesternTerrorists: The bomber is discovered to be a disgruntled and mentally unstable US citizen who was denied entry into the US military.

* HistoricalRapSheet: The last time that the TimeMachine that is central to the plot was used to actually try to ''send'' something into the past instead of just viewing it, the power necessities accidentally caused the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Blackout_of_2003 Northeast blackout of 2003]].

* SingleTear: At the end [[spoiler:Claire does this when she and Doug are in the car with the bomb and she's certain she's going to die]].

* {{Western Terrorist|s}}: Type 1.

** The smile at the end also suggests that [[spoiler:Doug remembers or has an of idea what happened]]... somehow.
** It must be [[TitleDrop a little deja vu]].

* IronicEcho: Does it count if Doug is repeating something back to Carroll that [[spoiler:Carroll's past self technically hasn't said yet]]?

* StableTimeLoop: Doug's mission is to avoid one since he wants to save Claire and the ferry victims.
** If Doug failed in the movie there is a good chance that this would have started a multi-timeline loop where Doug is creating clues in one timeline that he subsequently eliminates the next time he goes back in time starting the entire process over.

* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: In regards to [[spoiler:Doug's note to himself, which Larry picked up and caused his death]] this was already done but subverted when [[spoiler:Doug himself goes back and stops the deaths from happening]].

* NoodleIncident: Half the North-East of Michigan had a blackout due to a mistake the technicians made but they [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark blamed Canada]].
** Not actually a NoodleIncident: This is in reference to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Blackout_of_2003 2003 Northeast Blackout]] which stretched from Boston to New York to Cleveland to Detroit to Toronto. Note that 50 million homes were affected, and these ARE Harvard guys and girls that are on Snow White, after all. "Blame Canada" jokes ran amok then as well when that happened when it was surmised that the cascading power failure originated in an Ontario power plant.
** The original "mistake" is how they are able to look back in time (the discovery was completely by accident) [[spoiler:and eventually send stuff back in time at the cost of a huge amount of power.]]

* PlotHole: We see a bunch of mysterious things at the victim's apartment at the beginning. We later learn that that it was left by the protagonist, when he traveled back in time. But he didn't visit the apartment until after he [[spoiler: already saved Claire's life, which didn't happen in the original past]]. So how did the stuff get there in the original past?
** Well, this makes sense if you accept that the time loop caused by Carlin's time travel is not actually stable. This means that Carlin may have tried to save Claire once before, leaving behind the evidence he later finds, but actually failed to stop the explosion. Remember the suspiciously familiar cell phone going off at the beginning of the movie? Takes on a greater significance now doesn't it?
*** This Troper read the above, paused, thought, and suddenly the ENTIRE movie made SO much more sense!
*** ''That's'' why they said Doug's prints were all over even though we ''saw'' him glove up! Also an aversion of audience omniscience.
** The article on the [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Other Wiki]] includes [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deja_Vu_Timeline.png a diagram]] showing that four runs of the timeline are needed in order to explain the events in the movie.
** In Timeline 3 (the timeline before the events of the movie) Claire is burned alive and has her fingers cut off by Carroll ''at her apartment''. Yet there is no evidence of this present in her apartment during the police investigation. Also how would Carroll have had enough time to do all that and beat Doug to the ferry in time to set off the explosion?

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies]]: Well, sort of.

2006 film starring DenzelWashington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel, and Paula Patton.

* WesternTerrorist: Type 1.

--->'''Doug''': I said explain it to me! Not talk science.

* In Timeline 3 (the timeline before the events of the movie) Claire is burned alive and has her fingers cut off by Carroll ''at her apartment''. Yet there is no evidence of this present in her apartment during the police investigation. Also how would Carroll have had enough time to do all that and beat Doug to the ferry in time to set off the explosion?

* HeroInsurance: Aside from him saying "Send paramedicts to the bridge" no mention is made of the serious injuries and possibly deaths Doug causes driving half blind that results in multiple car accidents.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Doug's note to his partner [[spoiler:leads the partner to his death]].

** The smile at the end also suggests that [[spoiler:Doug remembers or has an idea what happened]]... somehow.

* PlotHole: We see a bunch of mysterious at the victim's apartment at the beginning. We later learn that that it was left by the protagonist, when he traveled back in time. But he didn't visit the apartment until after he [[spoiler: already saved Claire's life, which didn't happen in the original past]]. So how did the stuff get there in the original past?

* StableTimeLoop: Doug's mission is to avoid one since he wants to save Claire and the ferry victims
** If Doug failed in the movie there is a good chance that this would have started a multi-timeline loop where Doug is creating clues in one timeline that he subsequently eliminates the next time he goes back in time starting the entire process over

* ArcWords: "What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they'd never believe you? What would you do?" "I'd try."

2006 film starring DenzelWashington, Jim Caviezel, and Val Kilmer.

Following a deadly ferry explosion on Fat Tuesday that kills hundreds of navy officers and their families, New Orleans ATF officer Doug Carlin (Washington) finds the body of a woman near the wreckage who appears to have been tortured and killed before the ferry explosion.

* ArcWords: "What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they'd never believe you?" "I'd try."

* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler:Claire and Future Doug drive the car with the bomb inside off the ferry. He helps her escape but he himself is trapped and dies. The man who comes to pick her up is Past/Present Doug and cue ArcWords and the Beach Boys.]]

* DeadPartner: At the start Doug's partner, Larry, has his car found at the bomb site and though he is dead [[spoiler:he is accidently killed by Doug's note.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Denzel Washington, [[BatmanForever Batman]] and TheHebrewHammer join forces to fight evil [[ThePassionOfTheChrist Jesus]].
** It's [[StarTrek 2009 Captain Pike]]!

* NoodleIncident: Half the North-East of Michigan had a blackout due to a mistake the technicians made but they [[SouthPark blamed Canada]].

* PlotHole: We see a bunch of mysterious at the victim's apartment at the beginning. We later learn that that it was left by the protagonist, when he traveled back in time. But he didn't visit the apartment until after he [[spoiler: already saved Claire's life, which didn't happen in the original past.]] So how did the stuff get there in the original past?
** Well this makes sense if you accept that the time loop caused by Carlin's time travel is not actually stable. This means that Carlin may have tried to save Claire once before, leaving behind the evidence he later finds, but actually failed to stop the explosion. Remember the suspiciously familiar cell phone going off at the beginning of the movie? Takes on a greater significance now doesn't it?

** The article on the OtherWiki includes [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deja_Vu_Timeline.png a diagram]] showing that four runs of the timeline are needed in order to explain the events in the movie.

* {{Technobabble}}: Making the question 'is she alive or dead?' seem difficult and this was before the TimeTravel.

* ThrowItIn: Adam Goldberg ad-libbed the line [[SaturdayNightLive "I need more cowbell!"]]
* WesternTerrorist: Type 1
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: In regards to [[spoiler:Doug's note to himself, which Larry picked up and caused his death]] this was already done but subverted when [[spoiler:Doug himself goes back and stops the deaths from happening.]]