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* DefiniteArticleTitle: ''The Birds''.
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* TheCameo: Richard Deacon, well known to 1963 audiences as ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow''[='s=] Mel Cooley, as Mitch's neighbor in San Francisco.
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->''"It could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made!"''
-->-- '''Creator/AlfredHitchcock''', {{tagline}}
-->-- '''Creator/AlfredHitchcock''', {{tagline}}
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* TheDogBitesBack: The trailer has Hitchcock go on about the ways mankind has made use of birds before he hears a cacophony of flapping wings and screeches. It seems to imply the birds are behaving the way they do to get back at humans for the exploitation of their kind, though it's not an interpretation the movie itself dwells on.
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* TheDogBitesBack: The trailer has Hitchcock go on about the ways mankind has made use of birds before he hears a cacophony of flapping wings and screeches. It seems to imply the birds are behaving the way they do to get back at humans for the exploitation of their kind, kind and countless birds that have been killed throughout history, though it's not an interpretation the movie itself dwells on.
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* ForTheEvulz: Different, random groups of birds start swarming and killing the populace of Bodega Bay. No reason or explanation is given as to why they attack. They just do it.
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* ForTheEvulz: Different, random groups of birds start swarming and killing the populace of Bodega Bay. No reason or explanation is given as to why they attack. They just do it. Though Hitchock himself in the trailer for the film makes the implications that the real reason they're attacking is [[TheDogBitesBack to get revenge on humanity]] for millennia of abusing and killing their kind.
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''The Birds'' is a 1963 suspense/horror film directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the short story of the same name]] by Daphne du Maurier. The film's innovative special effects, soundtrack, and apocalyptic theme influenced later "revenge of nature" disaster films.
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''The Birds'' is a 1963 suspense/horror film directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on on]] the short story of the same name]] name by Daphne du Maurier. The film's innovative special effects, soundtrack, and apocalyptic theme influenced later "revenge of nature" disaster films.
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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Copy_of_Birds.jpg]]
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* EyeScream / StaggeredZoom: A brief shot of one of the victims, with his eyes pecked out.
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* EyeScream / StaggeredZoom: EyeScream: A brief shot of one of the victims, with his eyes pecked out.
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* OhCrap: Melanie's face after seeing a massive flock of birds gathered next to the school.
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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** Melanie's face after seeing a massive flock of birds gathered next to the school.
** Melanie's face after seeing a massive flock of birds gathered next to the school.
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* PhoneBooth: Hiding inside one during an attack saves Melanie's life.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Why the birds attacked and whether it has anything to with the two birds Melanie bought at the start is never addressed.
** Why the chickens wouldn't eat.
** Why the chickens wouldn't eat.
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* RiddleForTheAges: RiddleForTheAges:
** Why the birds attacked and whether it has anything to with the two birds Melanie bought at the start is never addressed.
** Why the chickens wouldn'teat.eat is never explained.
** Why the birds attacked and whether it has anything to with the two birds Melanie bought at the start is never addressed.
** Why the chickens wouldn't
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A mother dining in the cafe with her two children overhears Melanie explain about what happened at the school and tries to hitch a ride with another diner patron. Unfortunately for her, the birds attack again and her would be driver picks a really bad time to light a cigar.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A mother dining in the cafe with her two children overhears Melanie explain about what happened at the school and tries to hitch a ride with another diner patron. Unfortunately for her, the birds attack again and her would be would-be driver picks a really bad time to light a cigar.
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The screenplay was written by Creator/EvanHunter. Creator/UbIwerks helped out with the special effects involving the birds. There was a [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] sequel, ''The Birds II: Land's End'' (1994), with a new cast of characters (and Ms. Hedren gamely contributing a cameo as a shopkeeper.) [[{{Sequelitis}} It fared poorly.]]
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The screenplay was written by Creator/EvanHunter. Creator/UbIwerks helped out with the special effects involving the birds. There was a [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] sequel, ''The Birds II: Land's End'' (1994), with a new cast of characters (and Ms. Hedren gamely contributing a cameo as a shopkeeper.) shopkeeper). [[{{Sequelitis}} It fared poorly.]]
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* TheTheTitle: ''The Birds''.
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** Lydia, though a subdued version, when the man who sold her the chicken feed mentioned he had a call from another customer that ''his'' chickens wouldn't eat either (and had a different feed brand).
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* AntagonistTitle: The titular flocks of birds that attack the townspeople.
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Crosswicking.
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* DisappearedDad: Frank Brenner, Lydia's husband and father to Mitch and Cathy, died some time prior to the events of the film. Lydia talks about missing him during a conversation with Melanie.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Birthday.
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Birthday.Mitch's Birthday is the day the birds attack in full.
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* TheTheTitle: ''The Birds''.
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* HotTeacher: Annie, who was once a lover of Mitch's.
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* HotTeacher: Annie, who was once a lover of Mitch's.Mitch's
* HystericalWoman: After the big bird attack in town, one of these confronts Melanie and calls her [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom the cause of all of this]] because the attacks started the day Melanie arrived.
-->'''Woman''': I think you're evil! '''EVIL-!''' (gets [[ShutUpHannibal bitch-slapped by Melanie]])
* HystericalWoman: After the big bird attack in town, one of these confronts Melanie and calls her [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom the cause of all of this]] because the attacks started the day Melanie arrived.
-->'''Woman''': I think you're evil! '''EVIL-!''' (gets [[ShutUpHannibal bitch-slapped by Melanie]])
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* BreakTheCutie: This is Melanie's main character arc.
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* BreakTheCutie: This is Melanie's main character arc. She starts sure of herself, and her last line in the film is a PTSD-fueled RapidFireNo when she sees that getting to the car will involve marching through a humongous bunch of birds.
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The screenplay was written by Creator/EvanHunter. Creator/UbIwerks helped out with the special effects involving the birds. There was a [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] sequel, ''The Birds II: Land's End'' (1994), with a new cast of characters (and Ms. Hedren gamely contributing a cameo as a shopkeeper.) [[AlanSmithee It fared poorly.]]
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The screenplay was written by Creator/EvanHunter. Creator/UbIwerks helped out with the special effects involving the birds. There was a [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] sequel, ''The Birds II: Land's End'' (1994), with a new cast of characters (and Ms. Hedren gamely contributing a cameo as a shopkeeper.) [[AlanSmithee [[{{Sequelitis}} It fared poorly.]]
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* AlanSmithee: ''The Birds II'' was credited to him.
