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This is a bit difficult to figure out with most models of how time works. Let's say time is a horizontal line. In this case moving it to the left or to the right should result in the same line. As a consequence, the object you are trying to hide won't disappear at all, only get a second older or younger. In universes with branching timelines, your precious item may be placed on a different branch, but then again, people in that parallel universe can still interact with it. Possibly, it's analogous to putting it in a different "boat" in the same "river"; you're both traveling through the timestream at the same speed, but it's "ahead" of you, so you can never catch up with it. How that works in the physical world is anyone's guess.

 

 

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Contrast [[The Slow Path]], [[Portal to The Past]]. Compare [[Bag of Holding]], [[Pocket Dimension]], [[Phantom Zone]], and [[Invisible Main Character]], especially if invisibility occurs because the character is "out of phase."

 

== Anime & Manga ==

== Webcomics ==

* ''[[Mezzacotta|Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'' has one in [http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=310 this strip], which discusses the trope. This page was then created by the maker of that strip.

 

 

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