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* AlasPoorVillain: The typical (but by no means only) view of Sakura. While a lot of Awake beings fear her, including her own Anchor, it's typically acknowledged that when you get down to it, Sakura is just a sad girl who was the first to realize that she could toss away morality, since all of her actions ultimately amount to ''nothing.'' She has manages to recover a little bit, but she still has her relapses like every looper, and the reputation amongst loopers for being the namesake of "Sakura Syndrome" chases her everywhere.

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* AlasPoorVillain: The typical (but by no means only) view of Sakura. While a lot of Awake beings fear her, including her own Anchor, it's typically acknowledged that when you get down to it, Sakura is just a sad girl who was the first to realize that she could toss away morality, since all of her actions ultimately amount to ''nothing.'' She has manages to recover a little bit, but she still has her relapses like every looper, and the reputation amongst loopers for being the namesake of "Sakura Syndrome" chases her everywhere.



** MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: According to the background lore, backups of universes stored in the Hub (our world) cause the natives to write fiction about those universes. On a more tangible note, the Admins will occasionally dump multiple Anchors into the same loop [[LetsYouAndHimFight for the lulz.]]

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** MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: According to the background lore, backups of universes stored in the Hub (our world) cause the natives to write fiction about those universes. On a more tangible note, the Admins will occasionally dump multiple Anchors into the same loop [[LetsYouAndHimFight for the lulz.]]laughs or to settle bets]].



* DarkerAndEdgier: And LighterAndSofter. Gets [[ZigZaggedTrope zig zagged]] pretty frequently. While generally light hearted, some writers will often write darker and more serious snips for several reasons, be it for character development reasons, plot reasons, or just because. Likewise, more serious in nature loop series will often have sillier snips that fall more in line with usual loops shenanigans.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: And LighterAndSofter. Gets [[ZigZaggedTrope zig zagged]] pretty frequently. While generally light hearted, some writers will often write darker and more serious snips for several reasons, be it for character development reasons, plot reasons, or just because. Likewise, more serious in nature loop series will often have sillier snips that fall more in line with usual loops shenanigans. And some loops are, thanks to Yggdrasil's sickness, far more darker and worse off than the baseline of a given branch, such as when an Anchor's friends and family turn on them or the world was [[VillainWorld conquered by the villain]] before they woke up.



** [[spoiler:Rincewind]], on the other hand, is so efficient at running away that he has not yet died in ANY loop... [[spoiler:Until the death of Sir Terry Pratchett, at least. Since Death couldn't be there for Sir Terry in the Hub, Rincewind goes in his place, and dies for the first time in the Loops.]]

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** [[spoiler:Rincewind]], on the other hand, is so efficient at running away that he has not yet died in ANY loop... [[spoiler:Until the real-life death of Sir Terry Pratchett, at least. Since Death couldn't be there for Sir Terry in the Hub, Rincewind goes in his place, and dies for the first time in the Loops.]]



** Exactly how the mechanics of characters 'Awaking' for the first time in the loops work is a subject many authors of the loops can't seem to agree upon. The only thing set in stone is that they have to be important to the anchor in someway to start looping. Ask any of the authors about specifics though, and one will likely tell you only characters from baseline can loop, while another will say characters that originate from variants can loop, while others will say variant originated characters can only loop if soul bounded to the anchor, while others say they have to be soul bounded to an artifact that they can stuff in their subspace pocket to survive the loop transition, while others say that it's impossible because subspace pockets can't hold sentient creatures, even if they're in a non-sentient object like a Pokeball... And ''then'' there are people who say pretty much the only qualification is how popular they are with the readers, and if people/the authors care about them enough to do so.

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** Exactly how the mechanics of characters 'Awaking' for the first time in the loops work is a subject many authors of the loops can't seem to agree upon. The only thing set in stone is that they have to be important to the anchor Anchor in someway some way to start looping. Ask any of the authors about specifics though, and one will likely tell you only characters from baseline can loop, while another will say characters that originate from variants can loop, while others will say variant originated characters can only loop if soul bounded to the anchor, Anchor, while others say they have to be soul bounded to an artifact that they can stuff in their subspace pocket to survive the loop transition, while others say that it's impossible because subspace pockets can't hold sentient creatures, even if they're in a non-sentient object like a Pokeball... And ''then'' there are people who say pretty much the only qualification is how popular they are with the readers, and if people/the authors care about them enough to do so.



* DimensionalTraveler: Traveling to a variation of the universe you're in isn't a problem, as it's technically part of the same Loop. Traveling to a completely different Loop, on the other hand can create significant problems within Yggdrasil, especially if an Anchor spends a great deal of time during a Loop outside their Loop of origin. Series/OnceUponATime was been designated Read-Only for a long time, since no one could tell just how many Anchors were needed to stabilize the multiple tangled potential Loops it encompasses in the first place.
* DirtyBusiness: Came up during the Crisis. A virus had been uploaded that was guaranteed to activate someone by the end of the Loop and the coding of said virus was inclined towards villainous characters. There was no way to purge the virus or otherwise stop it on the Admins ends and crashing loops to stop it would act as activation criteria. So the Anchors and Loopers of the Loops had to go around killing all possible threats that could be activated to counter the virus. This did not just include villains either, but anyone who could become a threat should they begin Looping. Quite a few Loopers were far from happy with having to do so but accepted that it was necessary.
* DoingInTheWizard: With regards to what's going on with Yggdrasil at the Admin level. In the Innortal era, all that was explained was that Yggdrasil was broken and the goddesses from Manga/AhMyGoddess were working on it. It was little more than an ExcusePlot to allow for time looping shenanigans with the occasion crossover. As time has gone on, more focus has been placed on what's going on at the Admin level, and how the problems with Yggdrasil affect various loops.
* DoorStopper: As of adding this trope, the [=FiM=] loops have gone on for 105 chapters and ''1,041,039 words''. And that's not ''even'' counting all fics in the Infinite Loops as a whole...

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* DimensionalTraveler: Traveling to a variation of the universe you're in isn't a problem, as it's technically part of the same Loop. Traveling to a completely different Loop, on the other hand can create significant problems within Yggdrasil, especially if an Anchor spends a great deal of time during a Loop outside their Loop of origin. Series/OnceUponATime ''Series/OnceUponATime'' was been designated Read-Only for a long time, since no one could tell just how many Anchors were needed to stabilize the multiple tangled potential Loops it encompasses in the first place.
* DirtyBusiness: Came up during the Crisis. A virus had been got uploaded that was guaranteed to activate someone by the end of the Loop if they didn't die during it, and the coding of said virus was inclined towards villainous characters. There was no way to purge the virus or otherwise stop it on the Admins ends Admins' ends, and deliberately crashing loops to stop it would act as activation criteria.criteria and apply to everyone still alive when the crash happened. So the Anchors and Loopers of the Loops had to go around killing all possible threats that could be activated to counter the virus. This did not just include villains either, but anyone who could become a threat should they begin Looping. Quite a few Loopers were far from happy with having to do so but accepted that it was necessary.
necessary, with varying degrees of success.
* DoingInTheWizard: With regards to what's going on with Yggdrasil at the Admin level. In the Innortal era, all that was explained was that Yggdrasil was broken and the goddesses from Manga/AhMyGoddess ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' were working on it. It was little more than an ExcusePlot to allow for time looping shenanigans with the occasion crossover. As time has gone on, more focus has been placed on what's going on at the Admin level, and how the problems with Yggdrasil affect various loops.
* DoorStopper: As of adding When this trope, entry was first added, the [=FiM=] loops have had gone on for 105 chapters and ''1,041,039 words''. And that's not ''even'' counting all fics in the Infinite Loops as a whole...



* DramaPreservingHandicap: Characters can have some Loops where their ability to access their subspace pockets or out-of-loop abilities are curtailed or sealed for various reasons (such as a Loop being Read-Only). Loopers can also do this to themselves to keep things from getting too boring, such as Ranma, one of the Original Seven, going a whole Loop using only one discipline of martial arts or only one move (which, technically, qualifies for the former). Loops that involuntarily lock down a loopers abilities are generally not fun for the Looper in question, which is why such Loops are sometimes used as punishments for having crashed a Loop.
* TheDreaded: Malicious Looping Entities ([=MLEs=]) by and large, but while Kyubey, the Tick, and even Dio Brando are considered horrifying, even they pale compared to the [[LethallyStupid black hole of idiocy]] known simply as ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy]]''. Mandy, who was ''aiming'' to become TheDreaded, was slightly less than thrilled.

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* DramaPreservingHandicap: Characters can have some Loops where their ability to access their subspace pockets or out-of-loop abilities are curtailed or sealed for various reasons (such as a Loop being Read-Only). Loopers can also do this to themselves to keep things from getting too boring, such as Ranma, one of the Original Seven, going a whole Loop using only one discipline of martial arts or only one move (which, technically, qualifies for the former). Loops that involuntarily lock down a loopers looper's abilities are generally not fun for the Looper in question, which is why such Loops are sometimes used as punishments for having crashed a Loop.
* TheDreaded: Malicious Looping Entities ([=MLEs=]) by and large, but while Kyubey, the Tick, and even Dio Brando are considered horrifying, even they pale compared to the [[LethallyStupid black hole of idiocy]] known simply as ''[[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy]]''. Mandy, who was ''aiming'' to become TheDreaded, was slightly less than thrilled.thrilled at being upstaged by her idiotic friend.



* EvilVersusOblivion: The main reason Loopers that would otherwise be labeled "Evil" are allowed to loop. They may be violent, sadistic, or murderous, but in the end, they still need Yggdrasil to survive. Without it, they too would be destroyed. Also, many of them have started to reform over time.

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* EvilVersusOblivion: The main reason Loopers that would otherwise be labeled "Evil" are allowed to loop. They may be violent, sadistic, or murderous, but in the end, they still need Yggdrasil to survive.survive and their presence as Awake beings helps stabilize and repair the damage to the World Tree. Without it, they too would be destroyed. Also, many of them have started to reform over time.



** The cases where Loopers end up in Eiken usually qualify as this. [[spoiler: Except for Haruhi and those who come from the Red VS Blue Loops.]]
*** Ren and Stimpy was a looping world commissioned late in the game to act as a punishment when Eiken wasn't enough.

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** The cases where Loopers end up in Eiken ''Eiken'' usually qualify as this. [[spoiler: Except for Haruhi and those who come from the Red VS Blue Loops.]]
Loops... at which point the Admins find a Punishment Loop that works as intended for these people]].
*** Ren and Stimpy ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' was a looping world commissioned late in the game to act as a punishment when Eiken wasn't enough.



* FromBadToWorse: Force ending a bad loop will result in an even worse loop. The loopers learned this the hard way, and force themselves to tolerate bad loops for this reason. There have been a few instances where they decided they'd prefer a punishment loop to a ''particularly'' terrible loop.
* FusionDance: The Josuke Higashikata of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' Part 8: Jojolion, if put into a fused loop, will have the second person that makes up him be whoever 'Josuke' is replacing.

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* FromBadToWorse: Force ending a bad loop will result in an even worse loop. The loopers learned this the hard way, and force themselves to tolerate bad loops for this reason. There have been a few instances where they decided they'd prefer a punishment loop to a ''particularly'' terrible loop.loop, and sometimes the Admins agree with their decision or ''help them crash it faster'' because even they can't justify a looper enduring these kind of nightmares.
* FusionDance: The Josuke Higashikata of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' Part ''Part 8: Jojolion, Jojolion'', if put into a fused loop, will have the second person that makes up him be whoever 'Josuke' is replacing.



* GagBoobs: All females, including [[GenderBender genderbent males]], get these whenever they end up in Eiken.

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* GagBoobs: All females, including [[GenderBender genderbent males]], get these whenever they end up in Eiken.''Eiken''.



* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's been demonstrated that if no explanation is forthcoming, and no fused loops occur, most Loopers and Anchors tend to psychologically deteriorate. The first case of this is known to be amongst the four original Evangelion loopers who, in a bout of desperation, deliberately crashed their loop with enough violence to force an early fused loop. Since then, most worlds experience semi-regular (though still random) fused loops.

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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: It's been demonstrated that if no explanation is forthcoming, and no fused loops occur, most Loopers and Anchors tend to psychologically deteriorate. The first case of this is known to be amongst the four original Evangelion ''Evangelion'' loopers who, in a bout of desperation, deliberately crashed their loop with enough violence to force an early fused loop. Since then, most worlds experience semi-regular (though still random) fused loops.



** Intriguingly, an inversion of this is seen with Traveling Loopers. Since they crisscross the multiverse so much, they can not often form strong emotional bonds and are left feeling isolated and alone. The best example of this is Bariss Offee, whose own code regularly results in her being far away from other Loopers.

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** Intriguingly, an inversion of this is seen with Traveling Loopers. Since they crisscross the multiverse so much, they can not cannot often form strong emotional bonds and are left feeling isolated and alone.alone, akin to a leaf on the wind. The best example of this is Bariss Offee, whose own code regularly results in her being far away from other Loopers.



* {{Hammerspace}}: Pockets. These are the only way Loopers can carry things over between the loops. The size of a Pocket is a function of power, how recently someone began looping, and to some extent authorial choice. (For example, Ichigo early in his Loops has space for either his Shinigami badge or Kon, but not both; conversely, Ranma, one of the oldest and most powerful Loopers, collects death stars.)

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* {{Hammerspace}}: Pockets. These are the only way Loopers can carry things over between the loops. The size of a Pocket is a function of power, how recently someone began looping, and to some extent authorial choice. (For example, Ichigo early in his Loops has space for either his Shinigami badge or Kon, but not both; conversely, Ranma, one of the oldest and most powerful Loopers, collects death stars.Death Stars.)



** {{Anti Villain}}s can sometimes slip by though, due to [[LoopholeAbuse not technically being villains.]] [[spoiler: Paradox from the Franchise/YuGiOh loops is such an example.]]

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** {{Anti Villain}}s can sometimes slip by though, due to [[LoopholeAbuse not technically being villains.]] [[spoiler: Paradox from the Franchise/YuGiOh ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' loops is such an example.]]



* ImmortalityBisexuality: Actually justified. When Yggdrasil broke, one of the most common things to go was the code regarding Looper sexuality. In fact, a Looper having any form of sexuality is considered a miracle in of itself.
* ImpossibleThief: A few.

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* ImmortalityBisexuality: Actually justified. When Yggdrasil broke, one of the most common things to go was the code regarding Looper sexuality. In fact, a Looper having any form of consistent sexuality is considered a miracle in of itself.
* ImpossibleThief: A few.few, judged from the already impossible standards of Loopers.



** Franchise/CarmenSandiego. In the WebVideo/HitlerRants universe she stole Fegelein's antics, Hitler's ability to laugh at Fegelein, his rant for that ''and'' for stealing the other rant, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the door of his office]] and his men's ability to chase her; while in a visit to ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' she decided to top Lupin's previous heist by stealing Gate of Babylon (not the treasures inside, the immaterial Gate of Babylon itself) and Gilgamesh' ability to care for it (then Lupin stole her a kiss and her clothes).
*** Speaking of Carmen, she mentored [[WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego reboot self]] in impossible theft, to the point where her idea of a vacation loop starts with stealing ''every single VILE operative's'' thieving skills.

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** Franchise/CarmenSandiego. In the WebVideo/HitlerRants universe she stole Fegelein's antics, Hitler's ability to laugh at Fegelein, his rant for that ''and'' for stealing the other rant, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the door of his office]] and his men's ability to chase her; while in a visit to ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' she decided to top Lupin's previous heist by stealing Gate of Babylon (not the treasures inside, the immaterial Gate of Babylon itself) and Gilgamesh' ability to care for it (then Lupin stole her a kiss from her and her clothes).
*** Speaking of Carmen, she mentored her [[WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego reboot self]] in impossible theft, to the point where her idea of a vacation loop starts with stealing ''every single VILE operative's'' thieving skills.



* LesserOfTwoEvils: While Admins always strive to make morally upright characters the anchor, sometimes they end up being forced to go with more [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morally ambiguous characters]] as the anchor, simply because they're better in comparison to most of the ''other'' possible anchor candidates at the time.
** Pretty much the only reason Ryuk ended up anchoring the Anime/DeathNote universe is because of this. Not only does being a Shinigami make him immune to [[ArtifactOfDoom Death Notes]], he quite frankly doesn't give a crap about a vast majority of the people from his verse, making smaller room for MLE potential. (And considering he's one of the few people from the DN verse who ''isn't'' a raging psychopath...)
** WesternAnimation/TheTick ended up becoming the anchor of his verse simply because ''he was the only viable candidate'' from the universe, and ''still'' ended up becoming an MLE. Let that sink in...
** [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy When the Grim Reaper]] is the only viable anchor candidate for your universe, you know there's something seriously up there. Granted, [[SubvertedTrope he's actually not that bad of a guy]], even in comparison to more "normal" looper settings. [[spoiler: Doesn't stop Billy and Mandy from eventually becoming Loopers, though. Ironically, ''Billy'' is the one who became labeled the MLE of the two, due to being LethallyStupid.]]
** A less morally focused example would be the ''Nebulous Anchor'' system in general. It's only used in rare cases (the only commonly known example is with the Attack on Titan universe), and is generally considered low on the "resort to" list. It links several people together as Anchors, which can cause some severe dangers to the stability of the universe in question, but does allow for more efficient looping, and keeps options open in the event that one of the Anchor's dies in baseline.

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* LesserOfTwoEvils: While Admins always strive to make morally upright characters the anchor, Anchor, sometimes they end up being forced to go with more [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morally ambiguous characters]] as the anchor, Anchor, simply because they're better in comparison to most of the ''other'' possible anchor Anchor candidates at the time.
** Pretty much the only reason Ryuk ended up anchoring the Anime/DeathNote ''Anime/DeathNote'' universe is because of this. Not only does being a Shinigami make him immune to [[ArtifactOfDoom Death Notes]], Notes]] (so the Anchor doesn't randomly die and crash the Loop), he quite frankly doesn't give a crap about a the vast majority of the people from his verse, making smaller room for MLE potential. (And considering he's one of the few people from the DN verse who ''isn't'' a raging psychopath...)
** WesternAnimation/TheTick ended up becoming the anchor Anchor of his verse simply because ''he was the only viable candidate'' from the universe, and ''still'' ended up becoming an MLE. Let that sink in...
** [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy When the Grim Reaper]] is the only viable anchor Anchor candidate for your universe, you know there's something seriously wrong up there. Granted, [[SubvertedTrope he's actually not that bad of a guy]], even in comparison to more "normal" looper settings. [[spoiler: Doesn't stop Billy and Mandy from eventually becoming Loopers, though. Ironically, ''Billy'' is the one who became labeled the MLE of the two, due to being LethallyStupid.]]
literally LethallyStupid, to the point where he regularly crashes Loops and kills Anchors ''on accident'', or making loopers crash the current loop to get away from the hell he accidentally made. A number of loopers start killing him on sight just to avoid any further madness]].
** A less morally focused example would be the ''Nebulous Anchor'' system in general. It's only used in rare cases (the only commonly known example is with the Attack ''Attack on Titan Titan'' universe), and is generally considered low on the "resort to" list. It links several people together as Anchors, which can cause some severe dangers to the stability of the universe in question, but does allow for more efficient looping, and keeps options open in the event that one of the Anchor's dies in baseline.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Due to variant Loops, the exact relationships between characters (particularly those who are Awake and those who aren't) can happen from time to time.
* AlasPoorVillain: The typical (but by no means only) view of Sakura. While a lot of beings fear her, including her own anchor, it's typically acknowledged that when you get down to it, Sakura is just a sad girl who realized that she could toss away morality, since all of her actions ultimately amount to ''nothing.'' She has managed to recover a little bit, but she still has her relapses.

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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Due to variant Loops, the exact relationships between characters (particularly those who are Awake and those who aren't) can happen alter from time to time.
* AlasPoorVillain: The typical (but by no means only) view of Sakura. While a lot of Awake beings fear her, including her own anchor, Anchor, it's typically acknowledged that when you get down to it, Sakura is just a sad girl who realized was the first to realize that she could toss away morality, since all of her actions ultimately amount to ''nothing.'' She has managed manages to recover a little bit, but she still has her relapses.relapses like every looper, and the reputation amongst loopers for being the namesake of "Sakura Syndrome" chases her everywhere.



* ApocalypseHow: Actions that result in Eiken Loops or extremely messed-up Loops often fall somewhere in here. In addition, the Loops themselves are a last-ditch effort by the gods that run reality to stave off the absolute highest level of this.
** An event known as The Crash involves the highest level of destruction happening to an entire branch, that is a universe and its directly related multiversal variants, of Yggdrasil.

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* ApocalypseHow: Actions that result in Eiken ''Eiken'' Loops or extremely messed-up Loops often fall somewhere in here. In addition, the Loops themselves are a last-ditch effort by the gods that run reality to stave off the absolute highest level of this.
this, i.e. the complete annihilation and cessation of all reality throughout the infinite multiverses.
** An event known as The Crash involves the highest level of destruction happening to an entire branch, that is a universe and its directly related multiversal variants, of Yggdrasil. It has been completely and [[RetGone retroactively wiped from existence]]; loopers that once knew whatever branch it was simply do not, even the Admins only ''suspect'' that the Anchor for that branch had an instrument of some kind.



** The time loop itself can end up becoming this for a few loop compilations. While they usually start out following the 'screwing around with canon events' plotlines, depending on how much source material there is (and sometimes even if there is a lot to go on), the snips slowly start to go from 'messing around with canon events' to 'watching near god like characters play around and mess with each other', or 'watch them deal with odd variants', or 'watch them interact with characters not from their canon'. Of course, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is by no means a inherently bad thing.]] A lot of the more well known and liked snips tend to fall into those three categories.
* BazaarOfTheBizarre: During [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover big enough Fused Loops]] that don't entail loopers [[INeedAFreakingDrink catching up at the nearest bar]] or [[LetsYouAndHimFight huge, chaotic battles]], it's common for Loopers to form flea markets where they barter with whatever's cluttering up their [[HammerSpace Subspace Pockets]].

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** The time loop itself can end up becoming this for a few loop compilations. While they usually start out following the 'screwing around with canon events' plotlines, depending on how much source material there is (and sometimes even if there is a lot to go on), the snips slowly start to go from 'messing around with canon events' to 'watching near god like god-like characters play around and mess with each other', or 'watch them deal with odd variants', or 'watch them interact with characters not from their canon'. Of course, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is by no means a inherently bad thing.]] A lot of the more well known and liked snips tend to fall into those three categories.
* BazaarOfTheBizarre: During [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover big enough Fused Loops]] that don't entail loopers [[INeedAFreakingDrink catching up at the nearest bar]] or [[LetsYouAndHimFight huge, chaotic battles]], battles]] for sport, it's common for Loopers to form flea markets where they barter with whatever's cluttering up their [[HammerSpace Subspace Pockets]].



* BittersweetEnding: How the Crisis was resolved falls here. To counter a virus that threatened to activate any villains who lived to the end of the Loop already active Loopers had to go around killing them so they couldn't activate. This did not just include outright villains but also those who didn't necessarily qualify as villains but would have been threats regardless. The Loopers who went through this got put through an emotional wringer to wind up with a mixed blessing. On one hand not every villain could be found and killed before the Loop ended, meaning those universes now have Looping threats active in them. On the other hand the universes that did deal with threats successfully got a new friendly Looper activation. For an example of the latter, the ''[[Fanfic/TheRWBYLoops RWBY]]'' loopers compiled a list on who they ''didn't'' want looping, and successfully managed to kill them before their Loop ended. As a result, they gained two more Loopers in [[CoolOldLady Maria Calavera]] and [[spoiler:[[TheSociopath Mercury Black]]]], the latter trying (and failing) to Stealth Loop.
* BlackHoleSue: InUniverse, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Leah]] [[LampshadeHanging complains]] how no matter ''what'' she or anyone else does, "Everything seems to revolve around those two idiots (Bella and Edward) and their relationship, whether it wants to or not." It's a fact that most loopers, even from said verse, [[TakeThat cannot stand, and it's why those two are the most wildly hated two non-loopers both in and out of universe because of it.]] Regardless, it doesn't stop loopers from causing them hell every chance they get, no matter how much they eat up baselines they loop into.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Apparently, before Twilight Sparkle came along, all the potential Anchors for the Terminator Loop had a tendency to go mad, die, or go mad and then die.

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* BittersweetEnding: How the Crisis was resolved falls here. To counter a virus infecting Yggdrasil's master systems that threatened to activate any villains baseline villain who lived to the end of the Loop current Loop, already active Loopers had were asked to go around killing them the [=unAwake=] villains so they couldn't activate. This did not just include outright villains but also those who didn't necessarily qualify as villains villains, but would have been threats regardless. regardless due to them growing more powerful as they looped or were likely to become Malevolent Looping Entities. The Loopers who went through this got put through an emotional wringer to wind and wound up with a mixed blessing. On one hand hand, not every villain could be found and killed before the Loop ended, meaning those universes now have Looping threats active in them. On the other hand hand, the universes that did deal with these threats successfully got a new friendly Looper activation. activation to compensate. For an example of the latter, the ''[[Fanfic/TheRWBYLoops RWBY]]'' loopers compiled a list on who they ''didn't'' want looping, and successfully managed to kill them all before their Loop ended. As a result, they gained two more Loopers in [[CoolOldLady Maria Calavera]] and [[spoiler:[[TheSociopath Mercury Black]]]], the latter trying (and failing) to Stealth Loop.
* BlackHoleSue: InUniverse, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Leah]] [[LampshadeHanging complains]] how no matter ''what'' she or anyone else does, "Everything seems to revolve around those two idiots (Bella and Edward) and their relationship, whether it wants to or not." It's a fact that most loopers, even from said verse, universe, [[TakeThat cannot stand, stand Bella and Edward, and it's why those two are the most wildly hated two non-loopers both in and out of universe because of it.]] Regardless, it doesn't stop loopers from causing them hell every chance they get, no matter how much they eat up baselines they loop into.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Apparently, before Twilight Sparkle came along, all the potential Anchors for the Terminator ''Terminator'' Loop had a tendency to go mad, die, or go mad and then die.



* CantCatchUp: Several characters feel this way about themselves, especially if they Awoke later than others in their loop or from a Glitch.

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* CantCatchUp: Several characters feel this way about themselves, especially if they Awoke later than others in their loop or from a Glitch. Most loopers feel this way about the Original Seven, who were the first seven Anchors to begin looping, as they are undoubtly the most powerful Anchors by merit of their age.



** TheChosenMany: Loopers in general.

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** TheChosenMany: Loopers in general.general, who are usually activated after an Anchor to help strengthen their home universe and to keep their Anchor on the right side of sane.



* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Loopers who manage to crash a Loop by pulling too many shenanigans (creating extra work for the admin responsible for it) get punishment loops in unpleasant settings, the most notorious being the [[AnythingButThat Eiken loops]].

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Loopers who manage to crash a Loop by pulling too many shenanigans (creating extra work for the admin responsible for it) get punishment loops in unpleasant settings, the most notorious being the [[AnythingButThat Eiken loops]]. The rare few that enjoy Eiken loops get sent to places that they personally hate instead.



** The Literature/{{Twilight}} universe isn't highly regarded by visiting Loopers. It almost drove its Anchor, Leah, to despair and madness.

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** The Literature/{{Twilight}} ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' universe isn't highly regarded by visiting Loopers. It almost drove its Anchor, Leah, to despair and madness.madness, and Loopers forced to go there tend to raise hell or kill those responsible for the setting's condition.
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** One Loop had Carmen steal [[Franchise/SlyCooper The Cooper Gang's]] jobs, forcing them to be Interpol agents chasing her. A later Loop had them [[LaserGuidedKarma turn the tables one her]].

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** One Loop had Carmen steal [[Franchise/SlyCooper The Cooper Gang's]] jobs, forcing them to be Interpol agents chasing her. A later Loop had them [[LaserGuidedKarma turn the tables one on her]].
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** One Loop had Carmen steal [[Franchise/SlyCooper The Cooper Gang's]] jobs, forcing them to be Interpol agents chasing her. A later Loop had them [[LaserGuidedKarma turn the tables one her]].

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** The Gods trying to repair Yggdrasil being referred to as 'Admins. This was because, originally, the Admins from Anime/AhMyGoddess were the ones repairing the multiverse. As the loops continued to grow and more deities based on actual mythical deities began popping up, ''actual'' Admins from the anime started becoming rarer and rarer, to the point they almost never pop up at all.
** The time loop itself can end up becoming this for a few loop compilations. While they usually start out following the 'screwing around with canon events' plotlines, depending on how much source material there is (and sometimes even if there is a lot to go on), the snips slowly start to go from 'messing around with canon events' to 'watching near god like characters play around and mess with each other', or 'watch them deal with odd variants', or 'watch them interact with characters not from their canon'. Of course, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is by no means a inherently bad thing.]] A lot of the more well known and liked snips tend to fall into those three categories.

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** The Gods trying to repair Yggdrasil being referred to as 'Admins.'Admins'. This was because, originally, the Admins from Anime/AhMyGoddess were the ones repairing the multiverse. As the loops continued to grow and more deities based on actual mythical deities began popping up, ''actual'' Admins from the anime started becoming rarer and rarer, to the point they almost never pop up at all.
** The time loop itself can end up becoming this for a few loop compilations. While they usually start out following the 'screwing around with canon events' plotlines, depending on how much source material there is (and sometimes even if there is a lot to go on), the snips slowly start to go from 'messing around with canon events' to 'watching near god like characters play around and mess with each other', or 'watch them deal with odd variants', or 'watch them interact with characters not from their canon'. Of course, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is by no means a inherently bad thing.]] A lot of the more well known and liked snips tend to fall into those three categories. categories.
* BazaarOfTheBizarre: During [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover big enough Fused Loops]] that don't entail loopers [[INeedAFreakingDrink catching up at the nearest bar]] or [[LetsYouAndHimFight huge, chaotic battles]], it's common for Loopers to form flea markets where they barter with whatever's cluttering up their [[HammerSpace Subspace Pockets]].
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*** Speaking of Carmen, she mentored [[WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego reboot self]] in impossible theft, to the point where her idea of a vacation loop starts with stealing ''every single VILE operative's'' thieving skills.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: It's a given that Loopers will use their foreknowledge to avoid certain major tragedies (keep the original Jurrasic Park from failing, keeping Buddy Pine from becoming Syndrome, giving Carrie a wonderful prom, etc.).

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: It's a given that Loopers will use their foreknowledge to avoid certain major tragedies (keep the original Juraasic Park from failing, keeping Buddy Pine from becoming Syndrome, giving Carrie a wonderful prom, etc.).

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: It's a given that Loopers will use their foreknowledge to avoid certain major tragedies (keep the original Juraasic Jurrasic Park from failing, keeping Buddy Pine from becoming Syndrome, giving Carrie a wonderful prom, etc.).
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** {{Anti Villain}}s can sometimes slip by though, due to [[LoopHoleAbuse not technically being villains.]] [[spoiler: Paradox from the Franchise/YuGiOh loops is such an example.]]

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** {{Anti Villain}}s can sometimes slip by though, due to [[LoopHoleAbuse [[LoopholeAbuse not technically being villains.]] [[spoiler: Paradox from the Franchise/YuGiOh loops is such an example.]]
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Literally everyone is here.
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* ObviousRulePatch: After the problems with Grima, the admins created the Grima patch, which prevents any villain who is either linked to the hero, or a dark version of said hero, from having their looping memories.
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* The Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork loops are located [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/cartoon-network-infinite-loops-thread.329420/ here]] and [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-nickelodeon-infinite-loops.329421/ here]].

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* The Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork loops are located [[http://forums.[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/cartoon-network-infinite-loops-thread.329420/ here]] and [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-nickelodeon-infinite-loops.com/threads/the-nickelodeon-and-cartoon-network-infinite-loops.329421/ here]].
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** The VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Loops can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12984198/1/The-Infinite-Loops-Project-Doki-Doki-Literature-Club-Compilation here]].

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** The VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Loops can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12984198/1/The-Infinite-Loops-Project-Doki-Doki-Literature-Club-Compilation here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26963830/chapters/65812180 here]].

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* ImmortalityBisexuality: Actually justified. When Yggdrasil broke, one of the most common things to go was the code regarding Looper sexuality. In fact, a Looper having any form of sexuality is considered a miracle in of itself.



** The Trix from ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' are this even without being Loopers, having devised a way to steal the Dragonfire, a power that in their canon is impossible to do so (except they did it in canon, something that everyone and everything else who tried failed to do so). [[OvershadowedByAwesome Too bad there're better impossible thieves around here]]...

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** The Trix from ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' are this even without being Loopers, having devised a way to steal the Dragonfire, a power that in their canon is impossible to do so (except they did it in canon, something that everyone and everything else who tried failed to do so). [[OvershadowedByAwesome Too bad there're there are better impossible thieves around here]]...
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Loopers in general tend to collect things in their [[{{Hammerspace}} Pockets]], some of which are normal, but some of which are on the odder side - [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma Saotome]], for instance, collects ''[[Franchise/StarWars Death Stars]]''.
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* The Giant Mecha loops (formerly Gundam) can be found [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/giant-mecha-robot-infinite-loops-formerly-gundam-thread.350154/ here]].
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** The Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei and Franchise/{{Persona}} loops can be found [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13656134/1/Shin-Megami-Tensei-Persona-Infinite-Loops here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25575118/chapters/62065768 here]].
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* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Every BadassNormal becomes this over the course of the loops.
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* SuperWeightScale: Loopers are typically at least a Class 4 or 5 after enough time. The ability to Ascend seems to require someone being at least a Class 6. The Admins themselves are a Class 7.

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* The (now dead) Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei and Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Loops thread can be found [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-infinite-loops-shin-megami-teisei-person-infinite-loops.310709/ here.]] Its content has been moved to "Sega X Namco X Capcom Vs. Yggdrasil (Project X Zone Infinite Loops)".

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* The (now dead) Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' and Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' Loops thread can be found [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-infinite-loops-shin-megami-teisei-person-infinite-loops.310709/ here.]] Its content has been moved to "Sega X Namco X Capcom Vs. Yggdrasil (Project X Zone Infinite Loops)".
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** Janus, a god of passageways, manages the Portal Loops. [[spoiler: Also, he became Admin for Disney/Kingdom Hearts loops, but eventually needed to have other Minor Gods help out to lift some of the burden.]]

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** Janus, a god of passageways, manages the Portal Loops. [[spoiler: Also, he became Admin for Disney/Kingdom Disney / Kingdom Hearts loops, but eventually needed to have other Minor Gods help out to lift some of the burden.]]



** [[TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse Absolute Zero]] seems to have one of these moments. During said loop he installed an [=MP3=] player and spekaers in his armor, then started to ilberly play [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Let it Go]] when he felt like it. He however failed to check to see who else was Awake, so Argent Adept recorded the whole thing and uses it to annoy Absolute Zero.

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** There is also a thread where every Looper EVER is involved with the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Battle of Pelennor]]. View it [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-great-battle-of-pelennor-infinite-loops-style.288337/ here]].

** There is now a thread where every Looper EVER is involved in the making of a Theatrical Production, directed by [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi and the S.O.S brigade]]. View it [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-infinite-loops-movie.306132/ here]].

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This thread]] is now for a thread where story in which every Looper EVER is involved in with the making [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Battle of a Theatrical Production, directed by [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi and the S.O.S brigade]]. View it Pelennor]].
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[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-infinite-loops-movie.306132/ here]].
This thread]] is for a story in which every Looper EVER is involved in the making of a Theatrical Production, directed by [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi and the S.O.S brigade]].




** [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/infinite-loops-project-the-yggdrasil-olympics.553656/ This thead]] is for the Yggdrasil Olympics

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*** The second compilation, which revises and continues the original, can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12638027/1/The-Infinite-Loops-Disney-Kingdom-Hearts-Redux here]].

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*** The second compilation, which revises and continues the original, can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12638027/1/The-Infinite-Loops-Disney-Kingdom-Hearts-Redux here]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24965149/chapters/60434128 here]].
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* PriceOnTheirHead: Some loopers, such as Pikachu and Anakin Skywalker, are known to put out rewards for non-loopers to find and capture [=MLE=]s during loops.

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* CantCatchUp: Several characters feel this way about themselves, especially if they Awoke later than others in their loop or from a Glitch.



** Loops based around other fanfiction universes also tend to pop up pretty frequently too. Notably, even a few characters from Fanfiction universes have ended up becoming loopers too. These include FanFic/NobodyDies Rei and [[FanFic/PastSins Nyx]].

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** The fact that FanFic/TheConversionBureau variants are often treated with by disdain from the [=FiM=] loopers, and the multiverse at large, can be see as a TakeThat to its setting.

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* PocketDimension: Literally, since Loopers learn to create a storage dimension within their souls, referred to as "subspace pockets". The size varies depending on the users' power, and only the creator (or Admins) can access them.
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** The Sega thread is also dead and has been moved to the Nintendo thread.
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** The ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' Loops can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13571213/1/Infinite-Loops-Project-Garreg-Mach-Class-of-1180-Edition here]].

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* WhamEpisode: The Crash was a wham episode for every single Loop. An entire universe was wiped out, completely and utterly, damaging several other universes, and jumpstarting new Loopers in the process.
** The Crisis was another. Several Loopers were forced to cross lines they never wanted too in order to keep some nasty people from looping and in some cases that didn't even work. Adding onto this is that, following the end of the Crisis, the restrictions on villains looping have been lessened.

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** The Crisis was another. Several Loopers were forced to cross lines they never wanted too to in order to keep some nasty people from looping and in some cases that didn't even work. Adding onto this is that, following the end of the Crisis, the restrictions on villains looping have been lessened.

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