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** The first sequel plays it straight, with Austin following Evil into the past.
** The first sequel plays it straight, with Austin following Evil into the past.
* Likewise, ''Time After Time'' has [[H. G. Wells]] traveling into the future in pursuit of Jack the Ripper.
* Likewise, ''Time After Time'' has [[H. G. Wells]] traveling into the future in pursuit of Jack the Ripper.
* ''[[Time Cop]]'' features [[Jean Claude Van Damme]] as, well, a Timecop who travels to the past to apprehend criminals who threaten to change the timeline.
* ''[[Time Cop]]'' features [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] as, well, a Timecop who travels to the past to apprehend criminals who threaten to change the timeline.
* ''[[Trancers]]'': When an evil psychic goes back in time to present day Los Angeles, Jack Deth is sent back to stop him.
* ''[[Trancers]]'': When an evil psychic goes back in time to present day Los Angeles, Jack Deth is sent back to stop him.
* ''[[Captain America (1990 film)]]'' with [[Captain America (comics)]] and the [[Red Skull]] being revived in the future.
* ''[[Captain America (1990 film)]]'' with [[Captain America (comics)]] and the [[Red Skull]] being revived in the future.
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** However {{spoiler|as said human has amnesia, and Grovyle [[Can't Spit It Out]], you spend about half the game helping Dusknoir instead.}}
** However {{spoiler|as said human has amnesia, and Grovyle [[Can't Spit It Out]], you spend about half the game helping Dusknoir instead.}}
* In ''[[TimeShift]]'', the [[Big Bad]] is a disgruntled scientist who uses a time-traveling suit to travel to the past and use his [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist|vast scientific knowledge]] to [[Take Over the World]] and establish a fascist dystopia. The player is a second scientist, also equipped with a time-traveling suit, who follows the first scientist through time in order to stop him.
* In ''[[TimeShift]]'', the [[Big Bad]] is a disgruntled scientist who uses a time-traveling suit to travel to the past and use his [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist|vast scientific knowledge]] to [[Take Over the World]] and establish a fascist dystopia. The player is a second scientist, also equipped with a time-traveling suit, who follows the first scientist through time in order to stop him.
* ''[[Blaz Blue]]'': {{spoiler|The Black Beast and Hakumen are both pulled into the past by the same incident, setting up the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] that plays out repeatedly in the game.}}
* ''[[BlazBlue]]'': {{spoiler|The Black Beast and Hakumen are both pulled into the past by the same incident, setting up the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] that plays out repeatedly in the game.}}
* Inverted like ''crazy'' by ''[[Brütal Legend|Brutal Legend]]''. {{spoiler|The evil "Emperor" (actually Empress, but demons don't differentiate apparently) Succoria is sent forwards in time, along with humanity's greatest warrior Riggnarok, who has sworn to slay her and is effectively her time-travel stowaway. When she reaches the future, she suffers a [[Villainous BSOD]] when she realises that humanity wins. Instead of slaying her, Riggnarok begins to feel the inklings of pity, and, well, the road gets lonely...}}
* Inverted like ''crazy'' by ''[[Brütal Legend|Brutal Legend]]''. {{spoiler|The evil "Emperor" (actually Empress, but demons don't differentiate apparently) Succoria is sent forwards in time, along with humanity's greatest warrior Riggnarok, who has sworn to slay her and is effectively her time-travel stowaway. When she reaches the future, she suffers a [[Villainous BSOD]] when she realises that humanity wins. Instead of slaying her, Riggnarok begins to feel the inklings of pity, and, well, the road gets lonely...}}
* Played with both ways in ''[[Dark Cloud]] 2'': Emperor Griffon, who resides {{spoiler|10 thousand}} years into the past, is doing battle with [[La Résistance]] 100 years into the ''future.'' In order to eliminate them, he sends out his [[The Dragon|agent]] into the ''present'', to destroy his enemies' settlements and erase them from existence. Enter [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|Monica]], from 100 years in the future, whose [[Cosmic Keystone]] allows her to travel back to the present. With the help of the present-day protagonist, Max, she restores her allies' "Origin Points" and preserves future history (and, in one notable case, improves upon it.) Of course, Griffon's agent Gaspard will try to thwart their efforts....
* Played with both ways in ''[[Dark Cloud]] 2'': Emperor Griffon, who resides {{spoiler|10 thousand}} years into the past, is doing battle with [[La Résistance]] 100 years into the ''future.'' In order to eliminate them, he sends out his [[The Dragon|agent]] into the ''present'', to destroy his enemies' settlements and erase them from existence. Enter [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|Monica]], from 100 years in the future, whose [[Cosmic Keystone]] allows her to travel back to the present. With the help of the present-day protagonist, Max, she restores her allies' "Origin Points" and preserves future history (and, in one notable case, improves upon it.) Of course, Griffon's agent Gaspard will try to thwart their efforts....
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has Veran, Nayru, Link, and Ralph, in a bizarre time-traveling quadrangle of [[Big Bad]], [[MacGuffin Girl]], the hero, and [[The Scrappy]].
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has Veran, Nayru, Link, and Ralph, in a bizarre time-traveling quadrangle of [[Big Bad]], [[MacGuffin Girl]], the hero, and [[The Scrappy]].
** Also happens in towards the very end of {{spoiler|''[[Skyward Sword]]''}}, where {{spoiler|Link and Groose follow Ghirahim back in time in order to both save Zelda and prevent the resurrection of the Demon King Demise}}.
** Also happens in towards the very end of {{spoiler|''[[Skyward Sword]]''}}, where {{spoiler|Link and Groose follow Ghirahim back in time in order to both save Zelda and prevent the resurrection of the Demon King Demise}}.
* ''[[Earthbound]]'' displays this right at the beginning of the game. [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|Giygas chose to stop Ness while he was still weak by sending a Starman Jr. back in time to kill him directly]]. Luckily for Ness, a time-travelling alien named Buzz Buzz found him first to protect him. Unfortunately, Buzz Buzz dies shortly afterward. In true Terminator fashion, it is this time-travel attack that kicks off the plot and sets Ness on the path to defeat Giygas.
* ''[[EarthBound]]'' displays this right at the beginning of the game. [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|Giygas chose to stop Ness while he was still weak by sending a Starman Jr. back in time to kill him directly]]. Luckily for Ness, a time-travelling alien named Buzz Buzz found him first to protect him. Unfortunately, Buzz Buzz dies shortly afterward. In true Terminator fashion, it is this time-travel attack that kicks off the plot and sets Ness on the path to defeat Giygas.
* The central premise of ''[[The Journeyman Project (series)|The Journeyman Project]]''.
* The central premise of ''[[The Journeyman Project (series)|The Journeyman Project]]''.
* Also the premise of the Inform game ''[[Jigsaw]]'', although neither side is really in the wrong.
* Also the premise of the Inform game ''[[Jigsaw]]'', although neither side is really in the wrong.
* In ''Millennia: Altered Destinies'', the player is given a timeship by a hooded alien to guide four races in the Echelon Galaxy in order to stop the expansion of the evil Microids. One of the major obstacles is an [[Evil Counterpart|alternate version of the player]] recruited by the Microids to sabotage the player's work. Like the player, he cannot be killed.
* In ''Millennia: Altered Destinies'', the player is given a timeship by a hooded alien to guide four races in the Echelon Galaxy in order to stop the expansion of the evil Microids. One of the major obstacles is an [[Evil Counterpart|alternate version of the player]] recruited by the Microids to sabotage the player's work. Like the player, he cannot be killed.
* ''[[Time Hollow]]'' plays a variation of this. Upon learning that the past has changed, the protagonist tries to undo the antagonist's interferences in time through time portals. The biggest conflict is {{spoiler|trying to save the antagonist's mother, who sent herself a letter in time to commit a form of suicide}}.
* ''[[Time Hollow]]'' plays a variation of this. Upon learning that the past has changed, the protagonist tries to undo the antagonist's interferences in time through time portals. The biggest conflict is {{spoiler|trying to save the antagonist's mother, who sent herself a letter in time to commit a form of suicide}}.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'' has [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Kyrie Florian jumping back in time to retrieve an artifact that could help her scientist father save their dying planet. [[Idiot Hero]] Amitie Florian then jumps back in time to stop her, since as said father mentioned, interfering with the time stream could lead to even worse consequences than the destruction of their evacuatable planet. {{spoiler|In addition, the both of them are also [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]}}.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'' has [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Kyrie Florian jumping back in time to retrieve an artifact that could help her scientist father save their dying planet. [[Idiot Hero]] Amitie Florian then jumps back in time to stop her, since as said father mentioned, interfering with the time stream could lead to even worse consequences than the destruction of their evacuatable planet. {{spoiler|In addition, the both of them are also [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]}}.




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