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• Crowning Music of Awesome: Buy the DVD and see how long you can go without putting it in the drive and skipping right to the "Don't Stop Me Now" scene.
• Cult Classic
• Ear Worm: The use of "The Blue Wrath" by I, Monster as the opening theme.
• Funny Aneurysm Moment: "I'm not laughing." Neither are we, Shaun. Borders on a Tear Jerker moment itself.
• Informed Wrongness David is sensible if insensitive for most of the film and is treated as (literal) punching bag by Shaun. Even his argument for staying in the apartment is proven right by the end. As it's a parody of typical zombie movies it may have been intentional.
  • On the other hand, he doesn't disagree with Shaun because it's the smartest thing to do, he simply hates Shaun and wants to be a difficult, jealous prick.
  • Plus, as his own girlfriend points out, if he was that certain of what to do he'd have taken charge instead of drifting along with what Shaun was doing and making snide comments from the sidelines; he's just a pompous know-it-all when it comes down to it.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: There's a zombie on your lawn!
• Moral Event Horizon: David, having just forced Shaun to shoot his now zombified mother, makes a snide comment, causing Shaun to punch him in the face. What does David do? Grabs the rifle, points it at Shaun, and pulls the trigger. By sheer luck, the gun is empty, but the others (quite rightly) react with utter disgust at David for this.
• Retroactive Recognition: For the Americans in the audience, Martin Freeman's split-second Cameo as Yvonne's boyfriend is this. He was well-known in Britain at the time for his role in The Office, but he wouldn't get major recognition in the States until he was cast as John Watson and Bilbo Baggins several years later.
• Tear Jerker: A surprising number for what's otherwise a comedy. We have, in order Phillip's death, before which he tells Shaun that he's always loved him like a son, Barbara turning into a zombie and having to be shot by Shaun, and doomed Ed in the cellar. Mood Whiplash doesn't begin to do some of it justice. In the U.S. at least it was marketed as a straight-up comedy, which made the Tear Jerker moments come as something of a shock.
  • If you're a Troper, though, the placement of these moments becomes comedy gold--or at least, another entry for a Drinking Game. The predictability of the Tear Jerker moments and their content elevates this film to art.
• What an Idiot!: Ed. Deconstructed during the film, though some moments stand out (like having his cell phone on outdoor mode while surrounded by zombies.)

Roger Ebert: (in his review) When Liz complains that Ed is always around, Shaun says "he doesn't have too many friends," which is often an argument for not becoming one.