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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. |
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Often a case of [[Take Your Time]] in a video game. |
Often a case of [[Take Your Time]] in a video game. |
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[[Garfield|A certain lasagna loving cat]] wouldn't want to live in one of these. |
[[Garfield|A certain lasagna loving cat]] wouldn't want to live in one of these. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* ''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. |
* ''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. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* ''[[Pyramids]]'': Djelibeybi lives the same day repeatedly - people are born, grow old, and die, but nothing ever changes. |
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== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
== [[Live-Action TV]] == |
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* ''[[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. |
* ''[[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. |
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== [[Puppet Shows]] == |
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* ''[[Sesame Street]]'', The guys on Sesame Street have celebrated every kind of holiday including birthdays, but they never age. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* ''[[The Sims]]'': The [[Trope Maker]]. In the first |
* ''[[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. |
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* ''[[The Sims 2]]'' averts this, it includes actual days of the week. With weekends. |
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** Only the trope maker for video games - ''[[Pyramids]]'' (mentioned above under Literature) is decades older and goes into more detail. |
** Only the trope maker for video games - ''[[Pyramids]]'' (mentioned above under Literature) is decades older and goes into more detail. |
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Latest revision as of 04:47, 30 April 2024
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.