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* ApocalypseAnarchy: Despite the quick loss of 7 billion people there are evidently hordes of perfectly healthy bandits crawling the land, taking and murdering. All these bandits are - of course - [[ItsASmallWorldAfterAll hanging around where Cole is]].
* AsleepForDays: Cole for three days recovering from a gunshot wound in episode one. He also hops right up ready to go - and also invokes NobodyPoops unless Cassandra cleaned him and just happened to forget a bedpan today.
* AsleepForDays: Cole for three days recovering from a gunshot wound in episode one. He also hops right up ready to go - and also invokes NobodyPoops unless Cassandra cleaned him and just happened to forget a bedpan today.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Cassandra was trying the "my name must be on there" gambit and her ex-boyfriend happens to notice her just then.
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* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Instead of scouring the millions of square miles of land on the earth looking for supplies the bandits just hang around future Baltimore where the project is.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: In the mental hospital. Cole can go in Jennifer's room undetected. Jennifer can sneak into Cole's room undetected.
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Time traveler James Cole (Aaron Stanford) travels from the year 2043 to the present day in order to stop the release of a deadly virus by the enigmatic organization known as "Army of the Twelve Monkeys". That virus, in Cole's original timeline, caused the death of 93.6% of the world population. Cole will be helped by the brilliant virologist Cassandra Railly (Amanda Schull) and a math genius with mental issues, Jennifer Goines (Emily Hampshire).
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* TimeyWimeyBall: Cole is only chosen for the time-travel mission because there is a recording of Cassandra recovered in 2043 where she mentions him by name, implying some kind of StableTimeLoop is involved (Jones herself says that Cole's destiny is 'pre-ordained'). Yet, the entire premise of the series ([[spoiler: unlike the original film]]) is that history is mutable and that the past can be re-written (which is clearly demonstrated when Cole scratches Cassandra's watch, causing a scratch to simultaneously appear on its future counterpart).
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* TemporalParadox: Discussed frequently by the characters. Most notably, Cole must avoid 'corrupting' Cassandra's timeline too much because that would prevent her from recording the message that led to his time-travel mission. Then again [[spoiler: the paradox that would be caused by preventing the plague seems to concern no one]].
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* TemporalParadox: Discussed {{Discussed}} frequently by the characters. Most notably, Cole must avoid 'corrupting' Cassandra's timeline too much because that would prevent her from recording the message that led to his time-travel mission. Then again [[spoiler: the paradox that would be caused by preventing the plague seems to concern no one]].
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* SuperSoldier: Implied to be the case with Cole, who appears to have greater strength and endurance than normal men (from 2015 anyway). Goines' scientists, upon running tests on him, describe him as a 'molecular computer'. [[spoiler: Perhaps the injections and treatments Cole receives in the future before he is sent back in time have something to do with it]].
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* SuperSoldier: Implied {{Implied}} to be the case with Cole, who appears to have greater strength and endurance than normal men (from 2015 anyway). Goines' scientists, upon running tests on him, describe him as a 'molecular computer'. [[spoiler: Perhaps the injections and treatments Cole receives in the future before he is sent back in time have something to do with it]].
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* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Invoked by Cole in the pilot, and played with when he brings both the 2015 and 2043 versions of Cassandra's wristwatch together. [[spoiler: The result is a 'paradox', depicted here as a slowing down of time in the immediate vicinity that affects everyone present except Cole]].
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* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Invoked {{Invoked}} by Cole in the pilot, and played with when he brings both the 2015 and 2043 versions of Cassandra's wristwatch together. [[spoiler: The result is a 'paradox', depicted here as a slowing down of time in the immediate vicinity that affects everyone present except Cole]].
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* InSpiteOfANail: At the end of the pilot [[spoiler: Cole successfully kills Jeffrey Goines in 2015]], but this has no effect on the future, as his work is continued by others - [[spoiler: most likely, the titular '12 Monkeys']]. Of course [[spoiler: it is possible that Jeffrey Goines was ''never'' the one directly involved in the creation and release of the virus, which would void this trope]].
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* InSpiteOfANail: At the end of the pilot [[spoiler: Cole successfully kills Jeffrey Goines in 2015]], but this has no effect on the future, as his work is continued by others - [[spoiler: most likely, the titular '12 Monkeys']]. Of course [[spoiler: it is it's also possible that Jeffrey Goines was ''never'' the one directly involved in the creation and release of the virus, which would void this trope]].
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cole. He grew up in a post-apocalyptic world following the release of the plague in 2017, and became a 'Scavenger'. It's strongly suggested that he committed several violent and horrifying acts in order to survive, and became mentally and emotionally scarred as a result.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cole. He grew up in a post-apocalyptic world following the release of the plague in 2017, and became a 'Scavenger'. It's strongly suggested that he committed several violent and horrifying acts in order to survive, and became mentally and emotionally and mentally scarred as a result.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Necessary, given the transition from a 2-hour feature film to a 10 episode television season. The significant expansions include [[spoiler: a conspiracy surrounding the Army of the Twelve Monkeys and the assassin known as 'Pallid Man']], greater exploration of the post-apocalyptic future, and ''many'' more time-travel missions for Cole.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Necessary, given the transition from a 2-hour feature film to a 10 episode 10-episode television season. The significant expansions include [[spoiler: a conspiracy surrounding the Army of the Twelve Monkeys and the assassin known as 'Pallid Man']], greater exploration of the post-apocalyptic future, and ''many'' more time-travel missions for Cole.
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* CassandraTruth: Referenced in Dr. Reilly, whose first name is Cassandra here - no one believed her story that Cole vanished right before her eyes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cole. He grew up in a post-apocalyptic world following the release of the plague in 2017, and became a 'Scavenger'. Its strongly suggested that he committed several violent and horrifying acts in order to survive, and became mentally and emotionally scarred as a result.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cole. He grew up in a post-apocalyptic world following the release of the plague in 2017, and became a 'Scavenger'. Its strongly suggested that he committed several violent and horrifying acts in order to survive, and became mentally and emotionally scarred as a result.
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* CassandraTruth: Referenced in Dr. Reilly, Railly, whose first name is Cassandra here - no one believed her story that Cole vanished right before her eyes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cole. He grew up in a post-apocalyptic world following the release of the plague in 2017, and became a 'Scavenger'.Its It's strongly suggested that he committed several violent and horrifying acts in order to survive, and became mentally and emotionally scarred as a result.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cole. He grew up in a post-apocalyptic world following the release of the plague in 2017, and became a 'Scavenger'.
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** ''Mentally Divergent'' itself references a mental patient explaining he's this, and then asking if Cole is as well.
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** Cole first learns about the Army of the Twelve Monkeys from Leland Goines, who in turn only heard about them because a future version of Cole asked him about it in 1987.
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** Cole first learns about the Army of the Twelve Monkeys from Leland Goines, Goines in 2015, who in turn only heard about them because a future version of Cole asked him about it in 1987.
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* StableTimeLoop: Seemingly averted by the premise of the series that history is mutable (as demonstrated when Cole scratches Railly's watch, causing a scratch to instantaneously appear on the future version of the watch). Nonetheless, the trope is played with.
** Cole only travels back in time to meet Cassandra Railly because she leaves a message, recovered in the future, in which she mentions him.
** In ''Mentally Divergent'', Cole is searching for the records of a certain patient in the the remains of a mental institution in 2043. Since the records are missing, he is sent back to 2015 to infiltrate the institution and find out about the patient himself. Cassandra visits the institution when she finds out Cole is there and in the process, steals the records of the patient in question, thus causing them to go missing in the future in the first place.
** Cole first learns about the Army of the Twelve Monkeys from Leland Goines, who in turn only heard about them because a future version of Cole asked him about it in 1987.
** Cole only travels back in time to meet Cassandra Railly because she leaves a message, recovered in the future, in which she mentions him.
** In ''Mentally Divergent'', Cole is searching for the records of a certain patient in the the remains of a mental institution in 2043. Since the records are missing, he is sent back to 2015 to infiltrate the institution and find out about the patient himself. Cassandra visits the institution when she finds out Cole is there and in the process, steals the records of the patient in question, thus causing them to go missing in the future in the first place.
** Cole first learns about the Army of the Twelve Monkeys from Leland Goines, who in turn only heard about them because a future version of Cole asked him about it in 1987.
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** In both the film, as well as the pilot episode ''Splinter'', Cole infiltrates a dinner party/event thrown by Leland Goines, though for very different reasons.
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** Probably applies to pretty much every character in 2043, most notably Jones.
** Jennifer Goines. [[spoiler: She witnessed the massacre of her entire laboratory team by the Pallid Man, and was framed for the killings and committed to a mental institution. Between these traumatic experiences, as well as the medications she is given, she has truly become mentally unhinged]].
** Jennifer Goines. [[spoiler: She witnessed the massacre of her entire laboratory team by the Pallid Man, and was framed for the killings and committed to a mental institution. Between these traumatic experiences, as well as the medications she is given, she has truly become mentally unhinged]].
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** At some point in 2017, prior to her death, Cassandra made a recording for the scientists in the future, telling them about Leland Goines, [[spoiler: the Army of the Twelve Monkeys]], and mentioning Cole by name.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Cole. He grew up in a post-apocalyptic world following the release of the plague in 2017, and became a 'Scavenger'. Its strongly suggested that he committed several violent and horrifying acts in order to survive, and became mentally and emotionally scarred as a result.
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** In both the film and the show, there is a recording made by [[spoiler: Railly]] which provides important information to the scientists in the future and thus drives the plot.
** In the film, Cole is accidentally sent back to WW1 before being sent to 1996. In 1996, Railly finds a photograph of him from WW1, which convinces her that he's a time-traveler. In ''Mentally Divergent'', Cole is accidentally sent to North Korea in 2006, before being sent to 2015. In 2015, Railly finds photographs of Cole from the 2006 incident, including a picture of a note Cole was carrying which allows her to track him in 2015.
** In the early part of the film, Cole ends up in a mental institution after being considered insane by local authorities, where he meets fellow inmate, Jeffrey Goines. In ''Mentally Divergent'' too, Cole ends up in a mental institution, albeit this time, he deliberately infiltrates it to find fellow inmate Jennifer Goines.
** In the film, Cole is accidentally sent back to WW1 before being sent to 1996. In 1996, Railly finds a photograph of him from WW1, which convinces her that he's a time-traveler. In ''Mentally Divergent'', Cole is accidentally sent to North Korea in 2006, before being sent to 2015. In 2015, Railly finds photographs of Cole from the 2006 incident, including a picture of a note Cole was carrying which allows her to track him in 2015.
** In the early part of the film, Cole ends up in a mental institution after being considered insane by local authorities, where he meets fellow inmate, Jeffrey Goines. In ''Mentally Divergent'' too, Cole ends up in a mental institution, albeit this time, he deliberately infiltrates it to find fellow inmate Jennifer Goines.
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* MythologyGag: Multiple references to the original film.
** Familiar lines of dialogue from the movie are repeated in the show, such as time travel not being "an exact science", Jones saying "right on the money" when commenting on the accuracy of the time machine, and Cole's assertion that everyone in the past is "already dead".
** Familiar lines of dialogue from the movie are repeated in the show, such as time travel not being "an exact science", Jones saying "right on the money" when commenting on the accuracy of the time machine, and Cole's assertion that everyone in the past is "already dead".
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* AdaptationExpansion: Necessary, given the transition from a 2-hour feature film to a 10 episode television season. The significant expansions include [[spoiler: a conspiracy surrounding the Army of the Twelve Monkeys and the assassin known as 'Pallid Man']] and ''many'' more time-travel missions for Cole.
* CassandraTruth: Referenced in Dr. Reilly, whose first name is Cassandra here-no one believed her story that Cole vanished right before her eyes.
* CassandraTruth: Referenced in Dr. Reilly, whose first name is Cassandra here-no one believed her story that Cole vanished right before her eyes.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Dr. ''Kathryn'' Railly from the film becomes Dr. ''Cassandra'' Railly on the show.
* CassandraTruth: Referenced in Dr. Reilly, whose first name is Cassandrahere-no here - no one believed her story that Cole vanished right before her eyes.
* AdaptationNameChange: Dr. ''Kathryn'' Railly from the film becomes Dr. ''Cassandra'' Railly on the show.
* CassandraTruth: Referenced in Dr. Reilly, whose first name is Cassandra
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* InSpiteOfANail: At the end of the pilot [[spoiler: Cole successfully kills Jeffrey Goines in 2015]], but this has no effect on the future, as his work is continued by others - [[spoiler: most likely, the titular '12 Monkeys']]. Of course [[spoiler: it is possible that Jeffrey Goines was ''never'' the one directly involved in the creation and release of the virus, which would void this trope]].
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Cole seems to believe this, which is his motivation for agreeing to participate in the time-travel missions. If he succeeds, he (or at least, this particular version of him) will be [[{{RetGone}} erased from existence]], along with all the violent actions he committed as a 'Scavenger' in order to survive in the harsh post-apocalyptic world.
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* TemporalParadox: Discussed frequently by the characters. Most notably, Cole must avoid 'corrupting' Cassandra's timeline too much because that would prevent her from recording the message that led to his time-travel mission. Then again [[spoiler: the paradox that would be caused by preventing the plague seems to concern no one]].
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* WriteBackToTheFuture: Unintended, but has the same effect. In ''Mentally Divergent'' Cole was carrying a note with the address of a mental institution he intends to infiltrate in 2015, when he accidentally ends up in North Korea in 2006. In 2015, Cassandra sees a nine year old photograph of the note (which was left behind at the North Korean military base when Cole was transported to 2015) and concludes that Cole will be at the mental institution right now.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Cole's mission throughout the series is to somehow prevent the release of the plague in 2017 that decimates most of humanity and brings the species to the brink of extinction by 2043.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Necessary, given the transition from a 2-hour feature film to a 10 episode television season. The significant expansions include [[spoiler: a conspiracy surrounding the Army of the Twelve Monkeys and the assassin known as 'Pallid Man']] and ''many'' more time-travel missions for Cole.
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* RippleEffectIndicator: Cassandra's wristwatch. Cole finds the 2043 version of it and brings it back to the past with him. When he scratches the present-day version of the watch, a scratch simultaneously appears on the future version.
* TheSlowPath: Cassandra Railly lives the two years between her initial encounter with Cole in 2013 and his re-appearance in 2015 naturally, while for Cole the transition is instantaneous owing to time travel. Cassandra is understandably bothered by this, since things haven't gone well for her in the past two years.
* TheSlowPath: Cassandra Railly lives the two years between her initial encounter with Cole in 2013 and his re-appearance in 2015 naturally, while for Cole the transition is instantaneous owing to time travel. Cassandra is understandably bothered by this, since things haven't gone well for her in the past two years.
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* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Invoked by Cole in the pilot, and played with when he brings both the 2015 and 2043 versions of Cassandra's wristwatch together. [[spoiler: The result is a 'paradox', depicted here as a slowing down of time in the immediate vicinity that affects everyone present except Cole]].
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* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Invoked by Cole in the pilot, and played with when he brings both the 2015 and 2043 versions of Cassandra's wristwatch together. [[spoiler: The result is a 'paradox', depicted here as a slowing down of time in the immediate vicinity that affects everyone present except Cole]].Cole]].
* SuperSoldier: Implied to be the case with Cole, who appears to have greater strength and endurance than normal men (from 2015 anyway). Goines' scientists, upon running tests on him, describe him as a 'molecular computer'. [[spoiler: Perhaps the injections and treatments Cole receives in the future before he is sent back in time have something to do with it]].
* SuperSoldier: Implied to be the case with Cole, who appears to have greater strength and endurance than normal men (from 2015 anyway). Goines' scientists, upon running tests on him, describe him as a 'molecular computer'. [[spoiler: Perhaps the injections and treatments Cole receives in the future before he is sent back in time have something to do with it]].
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* HaveWeMetYet: Dr. Jeffrey Goines, as well as the 'Pallid Man', have already encountered future versions of Cole at the time Cole first meets them. Cole is understandably confused by their familiarity with him. Jones has to remind him that he is "experiencing time out of order".
* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Invoked by Cole in the pilot, and played with when he brings both the 2015 and 2043 versions of Cassandra's wristwatch together. [[spoiler: The result is a 'paradox', depicted here as a slowing down of time in the immediate vicinity that affects everyone present except Cole]].
* TimeyWimeyBall: Cole is only chosen for the time-travel mission because there is a recording of Cassandra recovered in 2043 where she mentions him by name, implying some kind of StableTimeLoop is involved (Jones herself says that Cole's destiny is 'pre-ordained'). Yet, the entire premise of the series ([[spoiler: unlike the original film]]) is that history is mutable and that the past can be re-written (which is clearly demonstrated when Cole scratches Cassandra's watch, causing a scratch to simultaneously appear on its future counterpart).
* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Invoked by Cole in the pilot, and played with when he brings both the 2015 and 2043 versions of Cassandra's wristwatch together. [[spoiler: The result is a 'paradox', depicted here as a slowing down of time in the immediate vicinity that affects everyone present except Cole]].
* TimeyWimeyBall: Cole is only chosen for the time-travel mission because there is a recording of Cassandra recovered in 2043 where she mentions him by name, implying some kind of StableTimeLoop is involved (Jones herself says that Cole's destiny is 'pre-ordained'). Yet, the entire premise of the series ([[spoiler: unlike the original film]]) is that history is mutable and that the past can be re-written (which is clearly demonstrated when Cole scratches Cassandra's watch, causing a scratch to simultaneously appear on its future counterpart).
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Dr. Goines]] who survives the original movie. Here he's killed in the very first episode.
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GenderFlip: Jeffrey Goines turns into ''Jennifer'' Goines.
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A television series adaption of the 1995 film Film/TwelveMonkeys, produced by the SciFiChannel and premiering in January 2015. It has been updated to the modern day and loosely follows the film's plot.
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!!This film provides examples of:
CassandraTruth: {{Referenced}} in Dr. Reilly, whose first name is Cassandra here-no one believed her story that Cole vanished right before her eyes.
DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Dr. Goines]] who survives the original movie. Here he's killed in the very first episode.
GenderFlip: Jeffrey Goines turns into ''Jennifer'' Goines.
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CassandraTruth: {{Referenced}} in Dr. Reilly, whose first name is Cassandra here-no one believed her story that Cole vanished right before her eyes.
DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Dr. Goines]] who survives the original movie. Here he's killed in the very first episode.
GenderFlip: Jeffrey Goines turns into ''Jennifer'' Goines.
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