Everything that happens in the Tangent Universe happens for the reason of Donnie sending the Artifact back to the Primary Universe in order to save the Primary Universe. Richard Kelly states this in the DVD commentary with Jake Gyllenhal : Donnie laughs for the same reason the other characters were reflective at the end.
As explained in the POTT, they have some memory, if not of details than of a feeling by way of dreams. It could be that he woke from these dreams and felt relieved. Or that he found peace. Or that he didn't realise he was about to die. He had to die, so his girlfriend doesn't die in the future.
He did it to save her life. Human and Bunny Frank are the same. The bunny costume is always inhabited by Frank, though we do briefly see Frank outside of the costume. He is Elizabeth's boyfriend in both the Primary and Tangent Universes.
Now here's where it gets complicated - there are essentially three versions of Frank. The first is Frank in the Primary Universe. We only see him in the very ending montage of the film more on that later. Then there is the Tangent Universe, in which most of the film takes place. We first see him lure Donnie out of bed so he's not crushed by the jet engine the Artifact. This is the Manipulated Dead Frank. He was made a Manipulated Dead after his Tangent Universe counterpart is killed shortly before the Tangent Universe is to collapse.
Manipulated Dead are very powerful and have the ability to travel through time. So, Manipulated Dead Frank we'll call him MD Frank having been killed, travels back a few weeks in time to when the the Tangent Universe was created, to Donnie's bedroom, and makes sure Tangent Universe Donnie is not killed by the Artifact.
This is because Donnie is the Living Receiver - chosen by an unknown force and tasked to return the Artifact to the Primary Universe so that all existence doesn't collapse. Manipulated Living make decisions and perform actions to guide Donnie as well, but they're not aware of it.
In the theatre scene, MD Frank takes of the bunny head and reveals his eye is shot out. Towards the end of the movie, when Donnie, Gretchen, and his friends go to Roberta Sparrow's house and are attacked by the two bullies, a car comes racing down the street and runs over Gretchen, killing her.
The driver of the car is Tangent Universe Frank before he's killed. Donnie shoots him in the eye, killing him. MD Frank is watching from the bushes. All this leads to Donnie ultimately succeeding in his mission to return the Artifact and allow the Tangent Universe to collapse safely and the Primary Universe to once again be, primary. Back in the Primary Universe, the characters seem to have some deja vu memories from dreams on what happened in the Tangent Universe. In the closing montage, we see Primary Universe Frank drawing the bunny mask over and over and looking troubled as he lifts a hand and touches his eye.
There are two Manipulated Dead in the Tangent Universe. These two people are Frank and Gretchen. As Manipulated Dead, they have great power, including time travel, and use this power to guide Donnie to return the Artifact jet engine to the Primary Universe so that the Tangent Universe can collapse safely without taking the Primary Universe with it. Not exactly, but kind of. The Philosophy of Time Travel's final chapter is about dreams.
Survivors of the Tangent Universe are often haunted by dreams about what happened and experience Deja Vu. However, they don't recollect everything and see it as nightmares and odd phenomenon.
She's concerned that Donnie might be on the verge of a psychotic breakdown. She may also, as a Manipulated Living, subconsciously realise that the collapse of the Tangent Universe is coming.
It's implied that her mother was abducted by her ex-husband, Gretchen's father. Earlier in the film, Gretchen mentions to Donnie that her dad stabbed her mom in the chest four times and they had to move and choose new names.
It's never revealed what actually happened to her mom that night because it's just several hours from the collapse of the Tangent Universe. There aren't any clues if the same thing happened in the Primary Universe, or, if Gretchen, being one of the Manipulated Dead, was telling the truth.
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What parents need to know Parents need to know that Donnie Darko is a dark thriller with a cultlike following. Continue reading Show less. Stay up to date on new reviews. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. User Reviews Parents say Kids say. Ricky and Seth flee when an oncoming car swerves to avoid her and runs over Gretchen, killing her.
The driver is Elizabeth's boyfriend, Frank Anderson, wearing the same rabbit costume from Donnie's visions. A second Frank can also be seen standing in the bushes in the same scene. Donnie shoots him in the eye with his father's gun, and walks home carrying Gretchen's body. Donnie returns home as a vortex forms over his house.
He takes one of his parents' cars, loads Gretchen's body into it, and drives to a nearby ridge that overlooks town just before the police arrive at his house. There, he watches as the plane carrying Rose and the dance troupe home from Los Angeles gets caught in the vortex's wake, which rips off and catches one of its engines. Events of the previous 28 days rewind. Donnie wakes up in his bedroom, recognizes the date is October 2, and laughs as the jet engine falls into his bedroom, crushing him.
Around town, those whose lives Donnie would have touched wake up from troubled dreams. Gretchen, who in this timeline had never met Donnie, rides by the Darko home the next morning, and learns of his death. A little hostile there. Maybe you should be the one in therapy. Then maybe people will understand me.
The search for God is absurd. Everything he says! Everything he does…". I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep.
I hope that when the world comes to an end I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to. Donnie Darko Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central.
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