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** As soon as Bob materializes in the past, he instantly disintegrates because his arrival has dislodged a tiny grain of sand that caused all life on Earth to be wiped out at some point in less distant past.

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** As soon as Bob materializes in the past, he instantly disintegrates because his arrival has dislodged a tiny grain of sand caterpillar seed that caused all life on Earth to be wiped out at some point in less distant past.
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* '''Deconstructed:''' The people in the new timeline don't have a say in whether they ''want'' the timeline to be fixed. Fixing the timeline won't save them; [[RetGone it will finish them off]]. When one of the people he encounters points this out to Bob, he now has a SadisticChoice on his conscience: leave the people in his original timeline in oblivion, or send the people he created there instead?

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* '''Exaggerated:''' As soon as Bob materializes in the past, he instantly disintegrates because his arrival has dislodged a tiny grain of sand that caused all life on Earth to be wiped out at some point in less distant past.

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* '''Exaggerated:''' '''Exaggerated:'''
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As soon as Bob materializes in the past, he instantly disintegrates because his arrival has dislodged a tiny grain of sand that caused all life on Earth to be wiped out at some point in less distant past.past.
** Bob travels 30 years in the past and moves a chair. When he gets back, he finds that somehow, there are now dinosaurs working for the FBI.
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** "We can't just let Bob [[StatusQuoIsGod change the entire status quo]] with time travel. Something bad ''must'' happen to force Bob [[MakeWrongWhatWasOnceSetRight to undo everything]]."

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** "We can't just let Bob [[StatusQuoIsGod change the entire status quo]] with time travel. Something bad ''must'' happen to force Bob [[MakeWrongWhatWasOnceSetRight [[SetWrongWhatWasOnceMadeRight to undo everything]]."

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* '''Averted:''' [[InSpiteOfANail Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, nothing has changed.]]
* '''Enforced''': "Hey, we need a filler episode to pad out this season. Let's let Bob screw with time travel."

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* '''Averted:''' '''Averted:'''
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[[InSpiteOfANail Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, nothing has changed.]]
** Bob is in a StableTimeLoop, and couldn't change things even if he wanted to.
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"Hey, we need a filler episode to pad out this season. Let's let Bob screw with time travel."
** "We can't just let Bob [[StatusQuoIsGod change the entire status quo]] with time travel. Something bad ''must'' happen to force Bob [[MakeWrongWhatWasOnceSetRight to undo everything]].
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* '''Defied''': Bob takes great care not to disrupt anything while in the past, especially butterflies.
** Bob is in a StableTimeLoop, and couldn't change things even if he wanted to.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Bob takes great care not to disrupt anything while in the past, especially butterflies.
** Rather than immediately head back to the present, Bob is in a StableTimeLoop, meticulously examines the timeline for any events resulting from his changes that pave the way to the BadFuture, and couldn't change things even if he wanted to.irons them out to ensure the intended future without any negative consequences plaguing it.
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** Bob is in a StableTimeLoop, and couldn't change things even if he wanted to.
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* '''Exploited''': [[FemmeFatale Alice]], knowing that Bob is [[IdiotHero an absolute moron]], tricks Bob into going back in time, causing [[XanatosRoulette a chain of events which leads to Alice ruling the world.]]

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* '''Exploited''': [[FemmeFatale Alice]], knowing that Bob is [[IdiotHero an absolute a moron]], tricks Bob into going back in time, causing [[XanatosRoulette [[GambitRoulette a chain of events which inexplicably leads to Alice ruling the world.]]
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???As above, but it turned out he had just landed in the butterfly exhibit of the zoo...and then the moths come in and escort him to ''his'' cage.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"Hey, we need a filler episode to pad out this season. Let's let Bob screw with time travel."



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???[[FemmeFatale Alice]], knowing that Bob is [[IdiotHero an absolute moron]], tricks Bob into going back in time, causing [[XanatosRoulette a chain of events which leads to Alice ruling the world.]]
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* '''Inverted:''' Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful CrystalSpiresAndTogas utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.

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* '''Inverted:''' [[MergedReality Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful beautiful]] CrystalSpiresAndTogas [[MergedReality utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.]]
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* '''Inverted:''' [[MakeABetterWorld Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful]] CrystalSpiresAndTogas [[MakeABetterWorld utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.]]

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* '''Inverted:''' [[MakeABetterWorld Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful]] beautiful CrystalSpiresAndTogas [[MakeABetterWorld utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.]]

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Back to ButterflyOfDoom

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Back to ButterflyOfDoomButterflyOfDoom. Be careful not to step on anyth-- [[BigNo NOOOOO!!!]]

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* '''Inverted:''' [[MakeABetterWorld Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful CrystalSpiresAndTogas utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.]]

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* '''Inverted:''' [[MakeABetterWorld Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful beautiful]] CrystalSpiresAndTogas [[MakeABetterWorld utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': CloseEnoughTimeline
* '''Justified''': Every small thing plays a significant role in the natural course of events, so changing one of these things will change the course of events.
* '''Inverted:''' [[MakeABetterWorld Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful CrystalSpiresAndTogas utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.]]



* '''Averted:''' Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, nothing has changed.
* '''Inverted:''' Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, he finds it to be a beautiful CrystalSpiresAndTogas utopia, with technology centuries beyond what he knew.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob stepped on a butterfly in the past, which leads to butterflies taking over the world.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted:''' [[InSpiteOfANail Bob travels back in time and accidentally kills a butterfly. When he returns to the present, nothing has changed.
changed.]]
* '''Inverted:''' '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "All I did was step on a butterfly. How did all this happen?"
* '''Invoked''':
Bob travels wants to destroy the world, so goes back in time and accidentally kills every butterfly he sees.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob takes great care not to disrupt anything while in the past, especially butterflies.
* '''Discussed''': "Be careful. One little change here can destroy the Earth in the future."
* '''Conversed''': "Bob just stepped on
a butterfly. When he returns That can't be good."
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