Rita's "déja vu" comment
What are we to make of that? Has some vague awareness of the time loop somehow bled over to her?
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Nancy however was only in the loop with Phil once...
What do you mean "only once"?
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Well, twice actually. With Nancy, Phil only had to reconnoiter once for info on Nancy's past and once more the next day when he ran into her again and "recognized" her from school then went home with her. With Rita, Phil probably spent dozens or hundreds of times in the loop trying without success to get Rita into the sack.
I always just assumed Phil went to Nancy for multiple visits even though its never shown on screen. Also, Phil spots Nancy at another time in the loop at the diner, saying she makes noises like a chipmunk, and also sees her at the theatre, so there was and would have been quite a few times she was in the loop with Phil at least in passing.
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He might have "visited" her several times, this we don't know.
We do see Phil getting intimate with Nancy at her place at least that one time. Because of this, Phil would know she made noises like a chipmunk "when she get's really excited". All he had to do was visit her but once to recognize her later at the restaurant and walking by the theater, or anywhere in town for that matter.
Did Phil visit Nancy more than once because she was a guaranteed score? Maybe. Maybe he went back to Nancy after striking out with Rita for those dozens or hundreds of times.
Yeah I meant, that seeing her in passing still counted as her being in the loop more than once with Phil, but yes obviously there would be no real sense of deja vu.
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