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It's Always Monday refers to those works of fiction where time just stands still. Similar to a Groundhog Day Loop, but instead of reliving the same events every day, time does not seem to progress at all despite any clocks, calendars or timers.

Often a case of Take Your Time in a video game.

In no way the same as Time Stands Still.

Compare Comic Book Time, Frozen in Time. Can result in an Retro Universe.

A certain lasagna loving cat wouldn't want to live in one of these.

Examples of It's Always Monday include:

Comic Books

In the comic Zot!, Zot's world is permanently stuck in 1965. On New Year's Eve, the year 1965 ends and the new year is 1965, and nobody notices.

Film

The Diamond Arm had a song "The Island of Bad Luck" about a tribe suffering from the literal version of this for lack of a proper calendar.

Literature

Pyramids: Djelibeybi lives the same day repeatedly - people are born, grow old, and die, but nothing ever changes.

Live-Action TV

M*A*S*H, during its original run on CBS, seemed to suffer from a form of this with a somewhat larger scope: the Korean War only lasted two years, but during the 11 years M*A*S*H was on the air, the 4077th celebrated several Christmases and Thanksgivings, had two commanding officers whose tenures only make sense if they overlap and even had a single episode that spanned an entire year, among other irregularities -- and it all allegedly took place between 1950 and 1952.

Puppet Shows

Sesame Street, The guys on Sesame Street have celebrated every kind of holiday including birthdays, but they never age.

Video Games

The Sims: The Trope Maker. In the first entry in the series, time just stood on the same day. The Sims would go to work every day, with no days off.
The Sims 2 averts this, it includes actual days of the week. With weekends.
- Only the trope maker for video games - Pyramids (mentioned above under Literature) is decades older and goes into more detail.

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+'''It's Always Monday''' refers to those works of fiction where time just stands still. Similar to a [[Groundhog Day Loop]], but instead of reliving the same events every day, time does not seem to progress at all despite any clocks, calendars or timers.
-{{trope workshop}}
-'''Monday Every Day''' refers to those works of fiction where time just stands still. Similar to a [[Groundhog Day Loop]].
+Often a case of [[Take Your Time]] in a video game.
+In no way the same as [[Time Stands Still]].
+Compare [[Comic Book Time]], [[Frozen in Time]].  Can result in an [[Retro Universe]].
+[[Garfield|A certain lasagna loving cat]] wouldn't want to live in one of these.
 {{examples}}
+== [[Comic Books]] ==
-* [[The Sims]]: The [[Trope Maker]]. In the first one, time just stood on the same day. The Sims would go to work every day, with no days off.
+* In the comic ''[[Zot!]]'', Zot's world is permanently stuck in 1965.  On New Year's Eve, the year 1965 ends and the new year is 1965, and nobody notices.
+== [[Film]] ==
+* ''The Diamond Arm'' had a [[Show Within a Show|song]] "The Island of Bad Luck" about a tribe suffering from the literal version of this for lack of a proper calendar.
+== [[Literature]] ==
-{{tropestub}}
+* ''[[Pyramids]]'': Djelibeybi lives the same day repeatedly - people are born, grow old, and die, but nothing ever changes.
+== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
-{{reflist}}
+* ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', during its original run on [[CBS]], seemed to suffer from a form of this with a somewhat larger scope:  the [[Korean War]] only lasted two years, but during the 11 years ''M*A*S*H'' was on the air, the 4077th celebrated several Christmases and Thanksgivings, had two commanding officers whose tenures only make sense if they overlap and even had a single episode that spanned an entire year, among other irregularities -- and it all allegedly took place between 1950 and 1952.
-[[Category:{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]
+== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
+* ''[[Sesame Street]]'', The guys on Sesame Street have celebrated every kind of holiday including birthdays, but they never age.
+== [[Video Games]] ==
+* ''[[The Sims]]'': The [[Trope Maker]]. In the first entry in the series, time just stood on the same day. The Sims would go to work every day, with no days off.
+* ''[[The Sims 2]]'' averts this, it includes actual days of the week. With weekends.
+** Only the trope maker for video games - ''[[Pyramids]]'' (mentioned above under Literature) is decades older and goes into more detail.
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[Category:Time Tropes]]
+[[Category:Plot Time]]
+[[Category:Pages Original to All The Tropes]]