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* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' [[The Multiverse|multiverse]]. In the main story world Tedd has serious self-esteem issues. In the "[[Alternate Universe|alpha dimension]]" Tedd—but not his friends—exists and apparently has enough of self-esteem issues to flip out, become [[Evil Overlord]] and try to kill his alternates. In yet another [[Alternate Universe]] ("Second Life") aliens fought in the American Revolutionary War, Ellen's best friend and crush are both [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half Human Hybrids]], but... guess what? Tedd still exists. And still has self-esteem issues.

** I think Dan said, at some point, that every possible dimension has a Tedd.

** Besides there always being a Tedd, all female versions of him shown so far are in relationships with Elliot.

*** And all female versions of Elliot shown so far, sans the Second Life universe. (Though Tedd's counterpart ''wanted'' a relationship with Ellen, the closest thing to a female Elliot that universe had.)

** [[Anthropic Principle]]. If they weren't {{spoiler|his future selves}}, they wouldn't ask him for help.

** There's sort of a reason for it. When you travel back in time to fix something, you don't actually prevent the Bad Thing from ever happening; you create a quantum split at the point you emerge in the past that creates two universes; one where you didn't arrive, thus creating the timeline you lived through that was so shitty you had to go back and fix it, and one where you ''did'' arrive, thus allowing you to avert the Bad Thing you came back to prevent, but in all likelihood there's going to be another Bad Thing that's just as cataclysmic rolling down the track in its place, which will send the newer, younger you traveling back through time to fix that (Chuck has apparently done this at least five times).

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