History Literature / SuperheroBlackHole

-->My apartment was, as it had been for so long a time, perpetually a mess. My desk was a case in point, littered with various 5D-[=DVD=]s: ''Film/{{Primer}}'', ''Film/{{Millennium}}'', the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' movies (except [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines the third]]), the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy, ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'', ''[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer The]] Film/TimeChanger'', ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''Film/DonnieDarko'', ''et multa cetera''.

* HeroicAlbino: Zoe calls him "[[PunnyName Al]]".

* BeenThereShapedHistory: At one point the protagonist ends up in Precambrian-Era Earth; his shoeprints become fossilized and are later uncovered in Australia. He attempts to avoid this when he's first given the briefcase with the antidote and escapes into the past in order to escape from Latrodecta, though he worked with Michaelangelo on the Sistine Chapel and mentions that he's "[[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution shot at a few Redcoats]]" and [[UndergroundRailroad helped runaway slaves]].

** In the course of the series it is mentioned that [[StanLee with great power comes great responsibility]].

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Latrodecta, who tries to basically torture the protagonist when he won't get back together with her when she cheats on him.

* BrickJoke: The above-mentioned fossilized footprints.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Al, as he preps his nuclear grenade.
* CrazyPrepared: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] – Being able to go back in time a bit and prepare beforehand, and the necessity of the goals of the plot.
* DeadpanSnarker: Zoe, when she's not raging. The protagonist also gets a few in.
* DeusExMachina: When one of the altnerate protagonists grabs him and saves him from Latrodecta, taking him into the In-Between.

* DrowningMySorrows: The protagonist, on occasion. This is not recommended for time-travelers, as they can drunkenly travel back in time and then change history and be unable to return to the present—as happens to our hero.

* FieryRedhead: Zoe.

* HeroicAlbino: Zoe calls him "Al".

* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: For Latrodecta, the protagonist's sociopathic ex-girlfriend, it seems.

* MindScrew: Just ''try'' making sense of the plot…

** One of the hero's alternate selves in the In-Between. Notably, he does not merely rehash things the protagonist and audience already know. [[spoiler:A lot of what he said was a lie.]]

* NoNameGiven: The protagonist. Al starts out this way but is given a name out of convenience.
* OntologicalInertia: Present. Used to the protagonists' advantage with respect to winning the lottery.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Zoe kisses the protagonist. [[spoiler:It's actually an AlternateUniverse version of Zoe. Aside from their personalities the main difference between them is the side on which they part their hair.]]
* PlaceBeyondTime: The In-Between.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Latrodecta.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The protagonist. Al. Latrodecta.

* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: But of course. There's even [[http://ficly.com/stories/26776 a chapter]] named after the trope, although the main plot point isn't exactly an example of it.
* TrappedInThePast: What happens if you change something significantly enough.

* YouAreNotAlone: When the protagonist meets Zoe.

-->“Yeah, we have an ex worthy of [[{{Maury}} Maury Povich]],” Me₂ retorted. “What are ''you'' doing here? And why did you stop me?” Me₂ glared at me—that is, the Real Me. “And don’t get me started on ''you''.”

* TheWarOnTerror: Zoe finds out she can travel through time while running for her life on 9/11.

** The series is named as a ShoutOut to {{Muse}} (who did a song called "Supermassive Black Hole").

-->My apartment was, as it had been for so long a time, perpetually a mess. My desk was a case in point, littered with various 5D-[=DVD=]s: ''Film/{{Primer}}'', ''Film/{{Millennium}}'', the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' movies (except [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines the third]]), the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy, ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'', ''[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer The]] TimeChanger'', ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''Film/DonnieDarko'', ''et multa cetera''.

-->My apartment was, as it had been for so long a time, perpetually a mess. My desk was a case in point, littered with various 5D-[=DVD=]s: ''Film/{{Primer}}'', ''Film/{{Millennium}}'', the ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]]'' movies (except [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines the third]]), the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy, ''TwelveMonkeys'', ''[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer The]] TimeChanger'', ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''Film/DonnieDarko'', ''et multa cetera''.

-->My apartment was, as it had been for so long a time, perpetually a mess. My desk was a case in point, littered with various 5D-[=DVD=]s: ''Film/{{Primer}}'', ''Film/{{Millennium}}'', the ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]]'' movies (except [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines the third]]), the ''BackToTheFuture'' trilogy, ''TwelveMonkeys'', ''[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer The]] TimeChanger'', ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''Film/DonnieDarko'', ''et multa cetera''.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: At one point the protagonist ends up in Precambrian-Era Earth; his shoeprints become fossilized and are later uncovered in Australia. He attempts to avoid this when he's first given the briefcase with the antidote and escapes into the past in order to escape from Latrodecta, though he worked with Michaelangelo on the Sistine Chapel and mentions that he's "[[AmericanRevolution shot at a few Redcoats]]" and [[UndergroundRailroad helped runaway slaves]].

-->My apartment was, as it had been for so long a time, perpetually a mess. My desk was a case in point, littered with various 5D-[=DVD=]s: ''{{Primer}}'', ''Film/{{Millennium}}'', the ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]]'' movies (except the third), the ''BackToTheFuture'' trilogy, ''TwelveMonkeys'', ''[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer The]] TimeChanger'', ''StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', ''DonnieDarko'', ''et multa cetera''.

** In the course of the series it is mentioned that [[SpiderMan with great power comes great responsibility]].

* MrExposition:j

* MrExposition: One of the hero's alternate selves in the In-Between. Notably, he does not merely rehash things the protagonist and audience already know. [[spoiler:A lot of what he said was a lie.]]

* BeenThereShapedHistory: At one point the protagonist ends up in Precambrian-Era Earth; his shoeprints become fossilized and are later uncovered in Australia. He attempts to avoid this when he's first given the briefcase with the antidote and escapes into the past in order to escape from Latrodecta, though he worked with {{Michaelangelo}} on the SistineChapel and mentions that he's "[[AmericanRevolution shot at a few Redcoats]]" and [[UndergroundRailroad helped runaway slaves]].

** [[spoiler:When the second Zoe shows up. Eventually the protagonist realizes their hair is parted on the opposite sides of their heads and refers to the alternate as "Other!Zoe".]]

* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: For Latrodecta, the protagonist's sociopathic ex-girlfriend, it seems.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: At one point the protagonist ends up in Precambrian-Era Earth; his shoeprints become fossilized and are later uncovered in Australia. He attempts to avoid this when he's first given the briefcase with the antidote and escapes into the past in order to escape from Latrodecta, though he mentions that he's "[[AmericanRevolution shot at a few Redcoats]]".

* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: But of course.

->''The short of it is, I’m from the past but also the future, and I have an ex who makes that guy you told me about look like Ricky from I Love Lucy, and I’m on a mission to stop her from ever starting this chain of events.''
-->-- ''[[NoNameGiven The protagonist]]''

* ReallyNineHundredYearsOld: The protagonist. Al. Latrodecta.