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== Fan Works ==
* The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Slash Fic]] ''Mobius'' by geneticallydead.{{context}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]'' has four of these to date, the most notable one being when {{spoiler|Harry pulled a prank on himself using a Time Turner, an Invisibility Cloak, two pies, and several sheets of parchment.}}
** His attempt to use Time Loop Logic (see Real Life below) as a manually-performed perfect algorithm was... less than successful. The output: {{spoiler|'''DO NOT MESS WITH TIME'''}}
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* One ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic (the name escapes me}{{verify}}) had a four-year-old Harry being sent back in time to when his parents were newly married. In the end, {{spoiler|Harry gets sent back to the present, completely forgetting everything that happened. Meanwhile in the past, Sirius convinces James to to make Peter his and Lily's secret keeper so they won't be killed, and the future Harry came from will never be.}} [[Downer Ending|...yeah.]]
* In the ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120423185747/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6904903/1/Chasing_An_Empty_Dream Chasing an Empty Dream]'', {{spoiler|after a few characters end up centuries in the past curtsey of [[Black Magic|England's magic]], Germany ends up saving Holy Roman Empire's life. Moments later, he's shocked to find out he had just saved himself}}.
* In another ''[[Harry Potter]]'' comedy slashfic (possibly ''Harry Potter and the Sword of Gryffindor''?{{verify}}), Hermione steals a time turner for the purposes of [[It Makes Sense in Context|"kinky sex" that will also hurt Death Eaters.]] This is explained by Hermione at the time saying that she sort-of got it through a time paradox, but not to worry about it. Later, Harry is sent to put it back in the Department of Mysteries at the same time as stealing it in the first place. On the way, he runs into Mad-Eye Moody, who says that the DoM is being guarded after the events of ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Order of Thethe Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and that he should probably not venture in there. Upon exiting in failure, Hermione suggests that he just give her the one that he had to put back. This leads to Harry having a [[Logic Bomb]] moment along the lines of "But you gave this to me after traveling through time... and I just gave it to you... where did it come from?!"
* The [[Marvel Universe|Marvel-verse]] fanfic ''[http://archiveofourown.org/series/10104 Dreams of the Waking Man]'' {{spoiler|is all about one giant stable time-loop.}} In the far future, Deadpool helps Cable and Hope to return to the present, which causes a chain of events that influences the entire Marvel universe {{spoiler|and ensures Deadpool will always be in the Future to help Cable and Hope to get back to the present.}}
* The ''[[Harry Potter]]/[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' fic ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'' incorporates at least ''three'' stable time loops, including the canon one responsible for Chibi-Usa's presence in the past. Another involves several people from the Crystal Millennium era going back to the 1990s to ''pretend to be the Black Moon Family'' and ensure that the Senshi's conflict with them remains basically bloodless.
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*** Also the first paragraph of the book takes place later in the story, despite being chronologically first.
** In ''[[I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', {{spoiler|eldery Tiffany}} insists this trope is ''not'' in effect, as each iteration of this time-traveller's encounter with young Tiffany will actually result in a different conversation. The fact of their encounter is stable, but the details aren't set in stone.
* ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Prisoner of Azkaban (novel)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''. Harry is saved from dementors by a Patronus Charm cast mysterious figure who he thinks is his father. After he travels back, he eventually finds himself in the same place and waits for his father to show up... [[You Already Changed the Past|and then realizes HE was the mysterious figure]], and saves himself. In fact, he only gains the ability to cast a true Patronus for the first time because he realized that he had already done it. Also, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione first head out to adventure, they hear noises that turn out to be Harry and Hermione as they complete adventure!part I.
** Stable Time Loop is often used as a justification for being unable to change history in the Potterverse, but it seems to contradict what Hermione tells Harry in ''Prizoner Of Azkaban'' about wizards and witches having to be careful to avoid killing their past and future selves. One can explain this in various ways, but the end result is that canon is not entirely clear.
*** Probably it was a mistake made by J. K. Rowling, who did not realise that killing your past self would have caused a paradox. In-universe, it could be explained by Hermione being nervous about what they are doing that she makes that mistake - or else [[Fridge Horror|someone made that mistake, but was able to send notice of what he had done]].
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