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[[Take Over the World]] meets [[Time Travel]]. This is a character, very common in [[Comic Books]] and occasionally appearing in other forms of [[Science Fiction]], who comes from a distant future, where the technology has advanced to the point where time travel is possible. Having found conquering his own time either too difficult or too easy, he travels back in time to the present, where he sets about using his advanced technology to conquer our world and become an [[Evil Overlord]]. Rarely does it occur to them that, if they were meant to succeed, history would already have recorded it, or that they might end up [[Grandfather Paradox|screwing themselves up by tampering with time]]. |
[[Take Over the World]] meets [[Time Travel]]. This is a character, very common in [[Comic Books]] and occasionally appearing in other forms of [[Science Fiction]], who comes from a distant future, where the technology has advanced to the point where time travel is possible. Having found conquering his own time either too difficult or too easy, he travels back in time to the present, where he sets about using his advanced technology to conquer our world and become an [[Evil Overlord]]. Rarely does it occur to them that, if they were meant to succeed, history would already have recorded it, or that they might end up [[Grandfather Paradox|screwing themselves up by tampering with time]]. |
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == |
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* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Chao Linshen is a subversion: the major antagonist for a huge portion of the story, bringing advanced technology from the future to meet her goal, she seems like this, but with two key differences: a) she doesn't want to conquer the world, just break the [[Extra Strength Masquerade]] earlier than "scheduled" and thus prevent a tragedy, and b) she's arguably not even a [[Well |
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Chao Linshen is a subversion: the major antagonist for a huge portion of the story, bringing advanced technology from the future to meet her goal, she seems like this, but with two key differences: a) she doesn't want to conquer the world, just break the [[Extra Strength Masquerade]] earlier than "scheduled" and thus prevent a tragedy, and b) she's arguably not even a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]], because she specifically ''avoids'' going to moral extremes [[Genre Savvy|to avoid becoming one]]: She doesn't lie, and [[Technical Pacifist|doesn't kill]]: her army of robot minions are equipped with [[The Nudifier|disarmament beams]]. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* The time colonists from ''[[Dresden Codak (Webcomic)|Dresden Codak]]'', who are sort of a [[Lawyer |
* The time colonists from ''[[Dresden Codak (Webcomic)|Dresden Codak]]'', who are sort of a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] of the ''Enterprise'' crew from ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]''. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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