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Also known as 5iVe Days to Midnight, this is a five-part Miniseries which ran on the Syfy in June 2004. It features J.T. Neumeyer, a physicist who discovers a briefcase containing postdated documents and evidence which indicate he will die five days in the future.

Tropes used in Five Days to Midnight include:

Alternate Universe: Created by JT being saved. Carl names the trope directly.
Chekhov's Gun: Lots of them, but the gun JT hid behind a radiator is an aversion, since he got Out-Gambitted by Sikorski.
Child Prodigy: Jessie Neumeyer.
Corrupt Cop: Irwin Sikorski.
Drives Like Crazy: Carl when coming to kill JT.
Go Mad from the Revelation: Carl Axelrod is certain that the universe demands JT's death. It puts him over the edge.
Imported Future Phlebotinum: The "super-metal" case.
Papa Wolf: JT gets a little aggressive when his daughter is in danger.
Psycho Ex: Roy Bremmer.
Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Jessie Neumeyer's goal.
Screw Destiny: JT decides to do this.
Stable Time Loop
Who Dunnit to Me?: The whole point.
Write Back to the Future: Inverted.
You Can't Fight Fate: Carl is convinced of this.

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-Also known as ''5iVe Days to Midnight'', this is a five-part [[Miniseries]] which ran on the [[Sci Fi Channel]] in June 2004. It features J.T. Neumeyer, a physicist who discovers a briefcase containing postdated documents and evidence which indicate he will die five days in the future.
+Also known as ''5iVe Days to Midnight'', this is a five-part [[Miniseries]] which ran on the [[Syfy]] in June 2004. It features J.T. Neumeyer, a physicist who discovers a briefcase containing postdated documents and evidence which indicate he will die five days in the future.
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-=== Tropes: ===
 *  {{spoiler|[[Alternate Universe]]}}:  {{spoiler|Created by JT being saved. Carl names the trope directly.}}
-* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Lots of them, but the  {{spoiler|gun JT hid behind a radiator}} is an aversion, since he got [[Out Gambitted]] by  {{spoiler|Sikorski}}.
+* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Lots of them, but the  {{spoiler|gun JT hid behind a radiator}} is an aversion, since he got [[Out-Gambitted]] by  {{spoiler|Sikorski}}.
 * [[Child Prodigy]]: Jessie Neumeyer.
 *  {{spoiler|[[Corrupt Cop]]}}:  {{spoiler|Irwin Sikorski}}.
 * [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Carl when  {{spoiler|coming to kill JT}}.
-* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: Carl Axelrod is certain that the universe demands JT's death. It puts him over the edge.
+* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: Carl Axelrod is certain that the universe demands JT's death. It puts him over the edge.
 * [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum|Imported Future Phlebotinum]]: The "super-metal" case.
 * [[Papa Wolf]]: JT gets a ''little'' aggressive when his daughter is in danger.
-* [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend|Psycho Ex]]: Roy Bremmer.
+* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|Psycho Ex]]: Roy Bremmer.
 * [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: '' {{spoiler|Jessie}}''  {{spoiler|Neumeyer's goal.}}
 * [[Screw Destiny]]: JT decides to do this.
 * [[Stable Time Loop]]
 * [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]: The whole point.
-* [[Write Back to The Future]]: Inverted.
+* [[Write Back to the Future]]: Inverted.
 * [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Carl is convinced of this.
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