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[[WMG: The time loop was caused by a [[RedDwarf white hole]]. ]] After all, a white hole spews time back into the universe. After all, a white hole spews time back into the universe. Like just then, when time repeated itself.
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[[WMG: The time loop was caused by a [[RedDwarf [[Series/RedDwarf white hole]]. ]] After all, a white hole spews time back into the universe. After all, a white hole spews time back into the universe. Like just then, when time repeated itself.
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[[WMG: [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Witches]] are behind the GroundHogDayLoop]]
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[[WMG: GroundhogDay is part of a [[WMG/SourceCode Source Code]] experiment.]]
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[[WMG: GroundhogDay Film/GroundhogDay is part of a [[WMG/SourceCode Source Code]] experiment.]]
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[[WMG: GroundhogDay is part of a [[WMG/SourceCode Source Code]] experiment.]]
The reason Phil gets stuck in a loop is because Colter is hijacking his mind to stop a terrorist attack. The mind has nowhere to go, so it goes back a day. Idea gets expanded on [[WMG/SourceCode the link]].
The reason Phil gets stuck in a loop is because Colter is hijacking his mind to stop a terrorist attack. The mind has nowhere to go, so it goes back a day. Idea gets expanded on [[WMG/SourceCode the link]].
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[[WMG: Everyone has a vague subconscious awareness of the Loop, but only Phil was consciously aware of it.]]
At one point during the many attempts at setting up a perfect date, Rita comments to Phil that this seems somehow familiar and asks him about deja vu. It's possible that while nobody noticed enough for them to alter their set pattern for Groundhog Day barring intervention from Phil, there are phantom memories in the subconscious that could cause people Phil interacted with over and over to remember him on a level they can't access consciously. Over the period of the loop (whether you believe it is ten years or several thousand, it makes no difference) all the things Phil does right starts to build up, which is why all the people like Phil so much on the final day, even though he should be a stranger that performed a good deed for them earlier; subconsciously remembering years to centuries of Phil's kinder acts means people on the final day instinctively react to him as the town hero rather than someone who's only been there a day. This is also how Rita accepts Phil admitting he loves her this time compared to her previous reactions; it's not just detecting his sincerity this time, it's also remembering on some level the many repetitions where Phil started improving himself by being nicer to her.
At one point during the many attempts at setting up a perfect date, Rita comments to Phil that this seems somehow familiar and asks him about deja vu. It's possible that while nobody noticed enough for them to alter their set pattern for Groundhog Day barring intervention from Phil, there are phantom memories in the subconscious that could cause people Phil interacted with over and over to remember him on a level they can't access consciously. Over the period of the loop (whether you believe it is ten years or several thousand, it makes no difference) all the things Phil does right starts to build up, which is why all the people like Phil so much on the final day, even though he should be a stranger that performed a good deed for them earlier; subconsciously remembering years to centuries of Phil's kinder acts means people on the final day instinctively react to him as the town hero rather than someone who's only been there a day. This is also how Rita accepts Phil admitting he loves her this time compared to her previous reactions; it's not just detecting his sincerity this time, it's also remembering on some level the many repetitions where Phil started improving himself by being nicer to her.
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[[WMG: The loop was caused by the hobo]]
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[[WMG: Phil never got out]]
* He just went insane, this time irrevocably.
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[[WMG: The whole film is an inadvertant metaphor for Buddhism.]]
Harold Ramis admits he has a bit of a Buddhist bent, but it really hits the bullseye - getting "reincarnated" for 10 000 years? Only finding inner peace through compassion? Suicide won't kill you - you'll just get reincarnated? It's Buddhism to a T! Well... ''non-voluntary Buddhism'', for Phil.
Harold Ramis admits he has a bit of a Buddhist bent, but it really hits the bullseye - getting "reincarnated" for 10 000 years? Only finding inner peace through compassion? Suicide won't kill you - you'll just get reincarnated? It's Buddhism to a T! Well... ''non-voluntary Buddhism'', for Phil.
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** Because Phil Connors is an [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Integrated Data Interface]], sent to earth to investigate the phenomenon that humans believe allows groundhogs to predict the future on a certain day of the year.
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** Because Phil Connors is an [[SuzumiyaHaruhi [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Integrated Data Interface]], sent to earth to investigate the phenomenon that humans believe allows groundhogs to predict the future on a certain day of the year.
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I will give you a minute to [[HilariousInHindsight laugh]] [[SuzumiyaHaruhiNoYuutsu at it.]] Anyone find it weird that only after winning Rita's heart did Phil managed to break out of the loop? Plus, she shares the same [[NamesTheSame name]] as a certain [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers witch.]]
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I will give you a minute to [[HilariousInHindsight laugh]] [[SuzumiyaHaruhiNoYuutsu [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya at it.]] Anyone find it weird that only after winning Rita's heart did Phil managed to break out of the loop? Plus, she shares the same [[NamesTheSame name]] as a certain [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers witch.]]
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*I like the alternative idea that the bartender is also reliving Groundhog Day like Phil, but he just doesn't realize it. He probably gets the same customers every day anyhow, so he doesn't notice anything strange when it's the same routine with the same people--but he pays enough attention to them that he's happy to see Phil doing the right thing to impress Rita.
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[[WMG: Phil didn't ''go to'' sleep for ''years'']]
It's pretty obvious he got a good night's sleep before the loop - he never seems to need to take a nap. So I'm assuming outside of times when he tired himself out, he didn't actually go to sleep very often.
It's pretty obvious he got a good night's sleep before the loop - he never seems to need to take a nap. So I'm assuming outside of times when he tired himself out, he didn't actually go to sleep very often.
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Only after a lot of time had passed. This means that the last time was his Kyon moment.
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[[WMG: Phil was experiencing Haruhi's Endless Eight...]]
Only after a lot of time had passed. This means that the last time was his Kyon moment.
* Going along with that, he was created by the same organization that created Yuki.
** Or, the Data Interface was just trying to gauge the reaction of a repeated period of time on a normal human.
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Only after a lot of time had passed. This means that the last time was his Kyon moment.
* Going along with that, he was created by the same organization that created Yuki.
** Or, the Data Interface was just trying to gauge the reaction of a repeated period of time on a normal human.
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!The snowstorm is part of the [[GroundhogDayLoop time loop]].
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[[WMG: Ned Ryerson is a [[DoctorWho Time Lord]].]]
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[[WMG: Ned Ryerson is a [[DoctorWho [[Series/DoctorWho Time Lord]].]]
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[[WMG: Ned Ryerson is stuck in another (separate) time loop.]]
You know that scene where Phil randomly finds Nancy, asks her some basic information, then uses it to get her into bed the next time around? Ned did the exact same thing to Phil, implanting false memories in order to sell him insurance.
You know that scene where Phil randomly finds Nancy, asks her some basic information, then uses it to get her into bed the next time around? Ned did the exact same thing to Phil, implanting false memories in order to sell him insurance.
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* Or not, considering how many days he killed himself for kicks.
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*Maybe Phil is [[AllJustADream experiencing all this in a coma]] brought on by the shovel hit!
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[[WMG: The bartender was the cause of the infinite time loop.]]
The bartender, playing the role of the MagicalNegro, was the person who caused the infinite time loop-- judging by the KnowingGlance towards the camera when Phil finally picks Rita's favorite drink and does her favorite toast.
[[WMG: The time loop was started when Phil was hit in the head by the shovel after hanging up the phone.]]
This is the previous poster (the one about the bartender), and this is my sister's assertion.
The bartender, playing the role of the MagicalNegro, was the person who caused the infinite time loop-- judging by the KnowingGlance towards the camera when Phil finally picks Rita's favorite drink and does her favorite toast.
[[WMG: The time loop was started when Phil was hit in the head by the shovel after hanging up the phone.]]
This is the previous poster (the one about the bartender), and this is my sister's assertion.
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** OMG. That also adds meaning to Ned's last lines!
--->'''Ned:''' Phil, this is the best day of my life.
--->'''Phil:''' Mine too.
--->'''Rita:''' Mine too.
--->'''Ned:''' Where are we going?
--->'''Rita:''' [[WhamLine Oh, let's not spoil it!]]
--->'''Ned:''' I got that. [noise]
** They're going to ''tomorrow''!!!!!
--->'''Ned:''' Phil, this is the best day of my life.
--->'''Phil:''' Mine too.
--->'''Rita:''' Mine too.
--->'''Ned:''' Where are we going?
--->'''Rita:''' [[WhamLine Oh, let's not spoil it!]]
--->'''Ned:''' I got that. [noise]
** They're going to ''tomorrow''!!!!!
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It just proved to be such an inconvenience he gave up as it. The blizzard would always hit while he was there and everywhere interesting closed.
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It just proved to be such an inconvenience he gave up as at it. The blizzard would always hit while he was there and everywhere interesting closed.
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[[WMG: The powers that be of the time loop prevented Phil from doing anything that would be ''too'' damaging to his psyche.]]
While daydreaming about all the cray things Phil could do with his powers is always an interesting thought experiment, he may have found himself unable to do things which would possibly haunt him forever - shooting up the town square, rape, cold-blooded murder, killing Rita herself - if the powers that be were intending for him to end up with Rita in the end they kept him from doing anything that would interfere with that end product of the loop.
While daydreaming about all the cray things Phil could do with his powers is always an interesting thought experiment, he may have found himself unable to do things which would possibly haunt him forever - shooting up the town square, rape, cold-blooded murder, killing Rita herself - if the powers that be were intending for him to end up with Rita in the end they kept him from doing anything that would interfere with that end product of the loop.
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[[WMG: The powers that be PowersThatBe of the time loop prevented Phil from doing anything that would be ''too'' damaging to his psyche.]]
While daydreaming about all the cray things Phil could do with his powers is always an interesting thought experiment, he may have found himself unable to do things which would possibly haunt him forever - shooting up the town square, rape, cold-blooded murder, killing Rita herself - if thepowers that be PowersThatBe were intending for him to end up with Rita in the end they kept him from doing anything that would interfere with that end product of the loop.
While daydreaming about all the cray things Phil could do with his powers is always an interesting thought experiment, he may have found himself unable to do things which would possibly haunt him forever - shooting up the town square, rape, cold-blooded murder, killing Rita herself - if the
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[[WMG: The powers that be of the time loop prevented Phil from doing anything that would be ''too'' damaging to his psyche.]]
While daydreaming about all the cray things Phil could do with his powers is always an interesting thought experiment, he may have found himself unable to do things which would possibly haunt him forever - shooting up the town square, rape, cold-blooded murder, killing Rita herself - if the powers that be were intending for him to end up with Rita in the end they kept him from doing anything that would interfere with that end product of the loop.
While daydreaming about all the cray things Phil could do with his powers is always an interesting thought experiment, he may have found himself unable to do things which would possibly haunt him forever - shooting up the town square, rape, cold-blooded murder, killing Rita herself - if the powers that be were intending for him to end up with Rita in the end they kept him from doing anything that would interfere with that end product of the loop.
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[[WMG: Phil did manage to return to {{Pittsburgh}} a few times, he just had to leave town the moment he woke up in the morning.]]
It just proved to be such an inconvenience he gave up as it. The blizzard would always hit while he was there and everywhere interesting closed.
It just proved to be such an inconvenience he gave up as it. The blizzard would always hit while he was there and everywhere interesting closed.
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[[With each loop/new day, an alternate universe is created.]]
In the time loop, when a day ends, the day does not disappear into nothingness. It becomes an alternate universe in which Phil exits the time loop through that day. Like the ending of the movie, when Phil exited the time loop through the day in which he is nice to everyone and lives with the consequences and results of that day, each day in the time loop has its own alternate universe in which Phil lives the results and consequences of that day. This means that there is an alternate universe where Phil promised to marry a woman he did not know, several alternate universes in which Phil has a bad relationship with Rita, several alternate universes in which Phil is dead because of suicide, and so on. None of the Phils know this though, and each Phil except for the first and true Phil has exited the time loop, and only the first and true Phil retains the knowledge he has gained from each day. Furthermore...
[[The first Phil never exited the time loop.]]
The ending of the movie only showed Phil exiting the time loop in one of the many alternate universes. In reality, the first and true Phil woke up the next day as he woke up almost every other day: In the same time loop. The time loop will always continue, and the first and true Phil will never escape and will forever create alternate universes in which a different, alternate Phil must deal with the consequences of their corresponding day.
In the time loop, when a day ends, the day does not disappear into nothingness. It becomes an alternate universe in which Phil exits the time loop through that day. Like the ending of the movie, when Phil exited the time loop through the day in which he is nice to everyone and lives with the consequences and results of that day, each day in the time loop has its own alternate universe in which Phil lives the results and consequences of that day. This means that there is an alternate universe where Phil promised to marry a woman he did not know, several alternate universes in which Phil has a bad relationship with Rita, several alternate universes in which Phil is dead because of suicide, and so on. None of the Phils know this though, and each Phil except for the first and true Phil has exited the time loop, and only the first and true Phil retains the knowledge he has gained from each day. Furthermore...
[[The first Phil never exited the time loop.]]
The ending of the movie only showed Phil exiting the time loop in one of the many alternate universes. In reality, the first and true Phil woke up the next day as he woke up almost every other day: In the same time loop. The time loop will always continue, and the first and true Phil will never escape and will forever create alternate universes in which a different, alternate Phil must deal with the consequences of their corresponding day.
