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'''Time''' (styled within the magazine as '''TIME''') is an American weekly [[Magazines|news magazine]] published in [[New York City]]. It was founded in 1923 and for decades was dominated by [[w:Henry Luce|Henry Luce]], who built a highly profitable stable of magazines.
Time has the world's largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 26 million, 20 million of which are based in the United States. Three other editions of '''Time''' are published for Europe, Asia and Australasia (South Pacific). ''Time for Kids'' is their division [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|for children]]. Their [[YouTube]] channel is available [https://youtube.com/user/TimeMagazine here].
'''Note''': To access old Time articles on their website, a subscription must be bought.
{{tropelist|page=Time Magazine}}
* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: Defied. After [[World War II|the Pearl Harbor attack]], the magazine published [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932034,00.html "How to Tell Your Friends from the Japs"] (mirror [https://web.archive.org/web/20170325070029/https://smpalestine.com/2012/08/07/how-to-tell-your-friends-from-the-japs-in-time-1941-vs-turban-primer-in-redeye-2012/ here]).
* [[Approval of God]]: [http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2085773_2085775_2085805,00.html "Top 10 Fake TIME Magazine Covers"] addressed a spoof of their 100 Most Influential People list by [[The Onion]], finding it [[Actually Pretty Funny]], and subverted a [[Take That]] in the process.
* [[From Bad to Worse]]: The magazine called [[Turn of the Millennium|2000-2009]] "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121125051754/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834-1,00.html the Decade from Hell]".
* [[Hiroshima as a Unit of Measure]]: Inverted. When the atomic bomb was first dropped on Hiroshima, the magazine described it as seven times the power of the [[wikipedia:Halifax Explosion|Halifax explosion]].
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: For the 200th anniversary of [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s birth, the TIME [[YouTube]] channel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPZUK2Oc5MM showcased] a biography of the president using examples of his character in movies and TV.
* [[Human Interest Story]]: The annual [[w:Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]] and [[w:Time 100|''TIME'' 100]] issues.
* [[If It Bleeds, It Leads]]: The "Red X covers" announcing the deaths of [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Saddam Hussein]], Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Osama bin Laden.
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* [[LOLcats]]: Discussed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20070716080708/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1642897,00.html this article] from 2007.
* [[Mad Artist]]: In [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745380,00.html a 1933 article], [[w:Ezra Pound|Ezra Pound]] was described as "a cat that walks by himself, tenaciously unhousebroken and very unsafe for children [...]".
* [[Memetic Mutation]]:
** A May 2013 issue cover about "The Me Me Me Generation" featuring a teenager taking a selfie was [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/time-magazine-cover-me-me-me-generation mocked in a photoshop meme] for its portrayal of Millenials.
** An August 2015 issue about virtual reality featuring Oculus founder Palmer Luckey became [[Narm|an object of ridicule]] and inspired [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/time-s-virtual-reality-magazine-cover a photoshop meme].
* [[Minimalistic Cover Art]]:
** The infamous ''[[God Is Dead|Is God Dead?]]'' [http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19660408,00.html issue],<ref>The cover and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130827203533/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835309,00.html article] in the ''Is God Dead?'' issue were so controversial, they have their own [[Wikipedia]] [[w:Is God Dead?|article]].</ref> from April 1966. Red text on a black background.
** [http://time.com/magazine/us/4710599/april-3rd-2017-vol-189-no-12-u-s/ "Is Truth Dead?"], the April 2017 issue about [[Donald Trump|President Trump]] and the truth, is a [[Shout-Out]] to the original design.<ref>[http://time.com/4709920/donald-trump-truth-time-cover/ TIME article about the April 2017 cover's design]</ref>
* [[The Mockbuster]]: Time Magazine did [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962623,00.html a whole article] on other musical versions of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' that ran rampant in the 1990s (regional tours, community theaters, etc.) to cash in on [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s adaptation, since the source novel is in the [[Public Domain]].
* [[My Real Daddy]]: Time Magazine [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988150,00.html likes to] [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1207820,00.html make the argument] about [[Theodore Roosevelt]] being this trope to the [[The United States|United States of America]]. True, the nation had already been founded in 1776, but Time argues that it was Teddy who built the groundwork for America becoming a world power.
* [[One-Letter Title]]: Ten examples listed in [http://entertainment.time.com/2011/01/24/top-10-books-with-one-letter-titles/ "Top 10 Books with One-Letter Titles"]:
{{quote|"You write a book, you get to the end, and then it's like—meh, I'll just pick one of the letters of the alphabet for the title."}}
* [[One of Us]]: Richard Corliss, longtime film critic for TIME magazine, has been a fan of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' since its inception, and often wrote about it in his columns.
* [[Police Brutality]]: The magazine wrote [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,844633,00.html an article] about incidents in 1968 ("Chicago Examined: Anatomy of a Police Riot").
* [[Prom Baby]]: [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986568,00.html "Prom Nightmare"] describes cases gone deadly.
* [[Retraux]]: The magazine published a special Bicentennial [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601760704,00.html "July 8, 1776" edition] in 1976. The entire issue is written as if ''Time'' had actually existed in 1776, with all its usual sections (with a few obvious exceptions like Film and Television). It apparently sold well, and was followed by a "1789" edition covering the first inauguration of George Washington.
* [[Review Ironic Echo]]: Their [https://web.archive.org/web/20130825204954/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1083942,00.html review] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' noted the book's parallels to the series' [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|second installment]] and quotes the character Hagrid saying "Chamber o' Secrets all over again, isn't it?"
* [[Saint Bernard Rescue]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lso-6PjpJU This mid 80s ad] shows a man being saved not with Brandy, but by Time Magazine.
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