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{{quote|''"One cannot damage history, because history cannot be changed. I went back in time to steal this because history says it disappeared, and history says it disappeared because I went back to steal it. [[You Can't Fight Fate|Past, present, future; it's all written in stone, my dear.]]"'' |
{{quote|''"One cannot damage history, because history cannot be changed. I went back in time to steal this because history says it disappeared, and history says it disappeared because I went back to steal it. [[You Can't Fight Fate|Past, present, future; it's all written in stone, my dear.]]"'' |
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|'''Warp''', ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', "How Long Is Forever?"}} |
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Through [[Applied Phlebotinum]], [[Functional Magic]], or some other means, our heroes [[Time Travel|travel back to the past]]. In the past, they wind up being responsible for the very events that underpin their own "present." This creates a chicken-and-egg scenario, in which the looping sequence of events has no clear beginning. The result of breaking the zeroth law of [[Time Travel]]: do not cause the event you went back to prevent. |
Through [[Applied Phlebotinum]], [[Functional Magic]], or some other means, our heroes [[Time Travel|travel back to the past]]. In the past, they wind up being responsible for the very events that underpin their own "present." This creates a chicken-and-egg scenario, in which the looping sequence of events has no clear beginning. The result of breaking the zeroth law of [[Time Travel]]: do not cause the event you went back to prevent. |
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Importantly, this trope is not to be confused with [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. |
Importantly, this trope is not to be confused with [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* In ''[[Simoun]]'', {{spoiler|Dominura and Limone [[Time Travel|travel back in time]] using the Emerald Ri Maajon, purportedly to stop Simulacrum from using the Simoun. To avoid a [[Temporal Paradox]] that would prevent them from meeting, however, they instead teach the very Emerald Ri Maajon that got them there to the local inhabitants and show them how to use the Simoun that they have lying around... thereby ensuring that history unfolds exactly as they remember.}} |
* In ''[[Simoun]]'', {{spoiler|Dominura and Limone [[Time Travel|travel back in time]] using the Emerald Ri Maajon, purportedly to stop Simulacrum from using the Simoun. To avoid a [[Temporal Paradox]] that would prevent them from meeting, however, they instead teach the very Emerald Ri Maajon that got them there to the local inhabitants and show them how to use the Simoun that they have lying around... thereby ensuring that history unfolds exactly as they remember.}} |
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== Fan |
== Fan Works == |
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* The [[Harry Potter]] [[Slash Fic]] ''Mobius'' by geneticallydead. |
* The [[Harry Potter]] [[Slash Fic]] ''Mobius'' by geneticallydead. |
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* ''[[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.}} |
* ''[[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.}} |
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