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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents: WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'': Timmy spends the second third of the movie being chased through TV Land by a mysterious masked adult, who he doesn't trust for being an adult. Said adult eventually reveals himself to be the future Timmy, who came back in time to stop Vicky from becoming a millionaire on a game show and taking over the world, at which point Timmy starts trusting him.

* ''Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': At one point, Rudeus is asked by Hitogami to enter a basement, only for him to be stopped by a mysterious old man. The old man is revealed to be a future version of Rudeus, who reveals to the present Rudeus that if he does as Hitogami requests, he will instigate a series of events that will see him become a monster and the deaths of all of his loved ones, including all three of his LoveInterest[=s=], on top of revealing Hitogami's true malevolent nature and how he has been manipulating Rudeus the entire time.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''

* Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers begins when Haruka Kito has her manga pulled from circulation due to being exactl identical to that of an author named Naoki Shiina. When we meet the other author, we learn that he wears a mascot suit and never speaks during public appearances, and Haruka’s attempts to get answers reveals that he also somehow recreated her recipe for beef stroganoff. Near the end, the mask comes off to reveal that Naoki is a version of Haruka from a future where she never had her career ruined by plagiarism accusations, who inadvertently got sent back in time when requesting a vacation. After PassingTheTorch of concluding the manga to her younger self, Future!Haruka returns to her own time… [[LeftHanging without resolving the fact her younger self is believed to be a plagiarist]].

* ''Manga/EdensZero'': In the Lendard arc, it's revealed that Ziggy, [[TheHero Shiki's]] adoptive grandfather and the current BigBad after he CameBackWrong, is a future version of Shiki from an AlternateTimeline where an attempt to stop the Antimatter bombs in Planet Nero led to him and Rebecce being flung 20,000 years into the future, leading to Rebecca's death and his own rebuilding into the robot Ziggy. He ended up in the past during a failed attempt to reach Universe 0, losing his memories and altering the course of many timelines.

* Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers begins when Haruka Kito has her manga pulled from circulation due to being exactl identical to that of an author named Naoki Shiina. When we meet the other author, we learn that he wears a mascot suit and never speaks during public appearances, and Haruka’s attempts to get answers reveals that he also somehow recreated her recipe for beef stroganoff. Near the end, the mask comes off tor Eve Al that Naoki is a version of Haruka from a future where she never had her career ruined by plagiarism accusations, who inadvertently got sent back in time when requesting a vacation. After PassingTheTorch of concluding the manga to her younger self, Future!Haruka returns to her own time… [[LeftHanging without resolving the fact her younger self is believed to be a plagiarist]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' film, ''Recap/StewieGriffinTheUntoldStory'', Stewie and Brian see a man on TV who looks and talks exactly like Stewie. Convinced this person is his real father, Stewie travels all the way to San Francisco to try and meet him. However when he finally does, Stewie is shocked to find out that the man is not his father, but ''himself'' from 35 years in the future.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever:'' This ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' movie features a character named Sammy, a boy that has been transported 40 years in time to the present day by the [[OlympusMons Mythical Pokémon]] Celebi. [[TheHero Ash]] and his friends meet him unconscious near a shrine dedicated to Celebi and nurse him back to health. Sammy plays an active and important role throughout the film, defending Celebi from poachers and a twisted villain that wants to use its power for himself. At the end of the film, Celebi and Sammy part ways with Ash and company, going back to the past. In the original Japanese version, it's unstated but heavily implied that Sammy is in fact the present-day [[TheProfessor Prof. Samuel Oak]], a beloved prominent recurring character in the franchise. In the international version (which actually had new scenes added to it), it is explicitly shown to be the case when we see a time-faded sketchbook previously established as belonging to Sammy in Oak's possession. Despite this, Oak decides to [[InternalReveal keep this secret to himself]].

* In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis: ComicBook/LegionOfThreeWorlds'', SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime arrives in the future and is received and treated as a god by the ComicBook/{{Legion|OfSuperHeroes}}'s villains who admired him for years and asked him to lead them to destroy the Legion. All of this was made by the Time Trapper, who brought Prime to this future. Later, it's discovered that this Time Trapper comes from Earth-Prime, and even more, it's revealed that his identity is a future version of Prime with long hair and beard but with the same [[GoodScarsEvilScars Superman symbol scar]], confirming they're the same person. However, the future that leads to him is ''not stable'', evidenced when the Legion score out Superboy-Prime's S-symbol scar, and the Time Trapper has suddenly has a matching old scar.

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* In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis: Legion of 3 Worlds'', SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime arrives in the future and is received and treated as a god by the ComicBook/{{Legion|OfSuperHeroes}}'s villains who admired him for years and asked him to lead them to destroy the Legion. All of this was made by the Time Trapper, who brought Prime to this future. Later, it's discovered that this Time Trapper comes from Earth-Prime, and even more, it's revealed that his identity is a future version of Prime with long hair and beard but with the same [[GoodScarsEvilScars Superman symbol scar]], confirming they're the same person. However, the future that leads to him is ''not stable'', evidenced when the Legion score out Superboy-Prime's S-symbol scar, and the Time Trapper has suddenly has a matching old scar.

* Parodied in ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' [[https://www.thewotch.com/?comic=dolly-14 here]].

* ''Literature/JohannesCabalAndTheFearInstitute'': Having been [[WasOnceAMan transformed into a ghoul]], Johannes lives with the other ghouls in their [[PlaceBeyondTime warrens outside of time]] and formulates a cure, which would only work on himself. He's aghast when the ghoul leader steals the cure and vanishes... then clues in, laughs, and [[StableTimeLoop takes command]].

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', [[MegaCorp Hereti-Corp]] executive Dr. Newguy, [[TheFaceless never seen without a bag over his head]], attends a time-flux experiment upon [[YouHaveFailedMe disgraced]] agents Drake and Tyler. Tyler gets zapped first, ending up in the past, where he leverages his knowledge of anime futures to build a new identity with a doctorate and a diagnosis of extreme rosacea: Dr. Edris Ilba Newguy. He then escapes with Drake before she can be subjected to the horrifically painful experiment too.