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* '''Zigzagged''': ...which is [[Batman Gambit|exactly]] what the [[Big Bad]] wanted all along. Bob realises this and reactivates the Time Police. The heroes and the villain try to [[Gambit Pileup|outsmart each other]] in their time travels in an attempt to see whether they truly can change the past. [[Hope Spot|Maybe there is a way of bringing Alice back]]. |
* '''Zigzagged''': ...which is [[Batman Gambit|exactly]] what the [[Big Bad]] wanted all along. Bob realises this and reactivates the Time Police. The heroes and the villain try to [[Gambit Pileup|outsmart each other]] in their time travels in an attempt to see whether they truly can change the past. [[Hope Spot|Maybe there is a way of bringing Alice back]]. |
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* '''Parodied''': Alice lost [[Memetic Mutation|The Game]]. After much Wangst on her part [[Serious Business|(and people around her)]], she travels back in time to in order to tell her past self [[Rewarding Inactivity|not to think about The Game]], which [[Epic Fail|fails spectacularly]], as in each timeline the loss results in a [[Downer Ending]], in which the [[Big Bad]] [[Take Over the World|takes over the world]]. |
* '''Parodied''': Alice lost [[Memetic Mutation|The Game]]. After much Wangst on her part [[Serious Business|(and people around her)]], she travels back in time to in order to tell her past self [[Rewarding Inactivity|not to think about The Game]], which [[Epic Fail|fails spectacularly]], as in each timeline the loss results in a [[Downer Ending]], in which the [[Big Bad]] [[Take Over the World|takes over the world]]. |
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* '''[[Up to Eleven]]''': The [[Big Bad]] [[Crazy Prepared|constructed]] [[Xanatos Gambit|his plan]] in such a way that nobody, including Alice, would be able to change the timeline, [[ |
* '''[[Up to Eleven]]''': The [[Big Bad]] [[Crazy Prepared|constructed]] [[Xanatos Gambit|his plan]] in such a way that nobody, including Alice, would be able to change the timeline, [[Morton's Fork|even if they attempted to fix it]], by manipulating seemingly [[For Want of a Nail|minuscule details]] in the lives of seemingly random individuals. |
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* '''Exploited''': The [[Big Bad]] can be confident that nobody is going to rewrite the history to erease this very moment of his [[Evil Tastes Good|delicious]] [[Evil Is Hammy|triumph as a villain]]. |
* '''Exploited''': The [[Big Bad]] can be confident that nobody is going to rewrite the history to erease this very moment of his [[Evil Tastes Good|delicious]] [[Evil Is Hammy|triumph as a villain]]. |
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** ...[[Mind Screw|or are the heroes]] [[Batman Gambit|trying to use his reaction]] to ultimately defeat him? |
** ...[[Mind Screw|or are the heroes]] [[Batman Gambit|trying to use his reaction]] to ultimately defeat him? |
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