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* '''Justified''': Time is a SentientCosmicForce and is trying to figure out what's going on after Alice's change and revising the timeline step by step from the event itself to the present.

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* '''Justified''': Time itself is a SentientCosmicForce sapient and is trying to figure out what's going on after Alice's change and revising the timeline step by step from the event itself to the present.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Time is a SentientCosmicForce and is trying to figure out what's going on after Alice's change and revising the timeline step by step from the event itself to the present.



* '''Double Subverted''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...or so it seems, as Alice then goes some time between the event of her time manipulation and the present, seeing that time ''has'' changed and recognising the present will likely follow.
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Again, ''how many minutes'' do I have, before I [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will have died]] an hour ago?"
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* '''Straight''': ???
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Straight''': ???
Alice is a time-traveler and uses her time manipulation to change something, but it takes a while for an effect to appear.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Alice blinks at a time she wasn't supposed to and as a result, in an hour, all of humanity ceases to exist.
* '''Downplayed''': ???The changes are subtle and in real-time, affecting memory as well, so its delay isn't even noticed.



* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???
The change Alice makes is very slow in effect, but the results of the change are shown immediately.
* '''Subverted''': ???[[YouAlreadyChangedThePast Alice makes a change to the past but history remains the same.]]



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
Combining YouCantFightFate with this results in Alice going back and changing the past, but that change [[YouAlreadyChangedThePast already happened]]. However, this is just one shown timeline, and the action happens in more than one, and effects can be seen in other timelines.
* '''Averted''': ???
Alice doesn't change the past at all.
* '''Enforced''': ???
A movie director thinks it would look cool and changes the script to make that happen.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"Okay, it should be about 20 minutes before I cease to exist."
* '''Invoked''': ???
A MadScientist builds a machine that uses this effect specifically.
* '''Exploited''': ???The CessationOfExistence effect mentioned above is used to commit crimes and cause a large amount of problems and leave no suspects.
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** A history-altering time ripple approaches from the future at a rate of -263,000.[[note]]That's half a year per minute, backwards in time.[[/note]] The date and time are currently 8:36 pm, June 28, 1960, and the ripple is still 20 years into the future. At what time will the wave hit?

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** A history-altering time ripple approaches from the future at a rate of -263,000.[[note]]That's half a year per minute, backwards in time.[[/note]] The date and time are currently 8:36 pm, June 28, 1960, and the ripple is [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble is]] still 20 years into the future. At what time will the wave hit?



** When [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will]] the wave hit June 28, 1950?

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** When [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will]] will/did]] the wave hit June 28, 1950?
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** A history-altering time ripple approaches from the future at a rate of -263,000.[[note]]That's half a year per minute, backwards in time.[[/note]] The date and time are currently 8:36 pm, June 28, 1960. At what time will the wave hit?

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** A history-altering time ripple approaches from the future at a rate of -263,000.[[note]]That's half a year per minute, backwards in time.[[/note]] The date and time are currently 8:36 pm, June 28, 1960. 1960, and the ripple is still 20 years into the future. At what time will the wave hit?
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???YouAlreadyChangedThePast



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** When [[TimeTravelTenseProblem will]] the wave hit June 28, 1950?

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** When [[TimeTravelTenseProblem [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will]] the wave hit June 28, 1950?



--> '''Answer 1:''' Because the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseProblem didn't/won't]] hit 1950 until 1960. In 1950, the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseProblem was]] 2.63 million years into the future, or hadn't been generated yet.

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--> '''Answer 1:''' Because the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseProblem [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble didn't/won't]] hit 1950 until 1960. In 1950, the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseProblem [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble was]] 2.63 million years into the future, or hadn't been generated yet.
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'''Basic Trope''': Something changes history, but the effect is delayed.
* '''Straight''': ???
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''':
** A history-altering time ripple approaches from the future at a rate of -263,000.[[note]]That's half a year per minute, backwards in time.[[/note]] The date and time are currently 8:36 pm, June 28, 1960. At what time will the wave hit?
--> '''Answer:''' 9:16 pm, same day.[[note]]-20 years/(-.5 year/min) = 40 min.[[/note]]
** When [[TimeTravelTenseProblem will]] the wave hit June 28, 1950?
--> '''Answer:''' 9:36 pm, June 28, 1960.
** Why weren't we affected by the ripple on June 28, 1950, when it hit that date?
--> '''Answer 1:''' Because the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseProblem didn't/won't]] hit 1950 until 1960. In 1950, the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseProblem was]] 2.63 million years into the future, or hadn't been generated yet.
--> '''Answer 2:''' Who says we weren't affected in 1950? Once the ripple hit us in 1960, the new history became the true history. Therefore, we ''were'' affected in 1950.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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