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Forgot in my previous edit that the trope has been renamed, though as the trope page includes examples of still-living monsters being exploited (Lavos as an energy source, for example), this should still apply.
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* MainliningTheMonster: The reason the Time Office of the Tempus Maleficarum has access to time travel in the first place is because they've captured Kronos, the God of Time. More specifically, in the first episode, Quantum and Gus enter a cage and are then lowered by a chain into one of Kronos's multiple mouths in order to travel back in time, with Quantum stating that if Kronos doesn't comply to their demands then the people in charge "have a way" of making him do what he needs to.
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* MonsterOrganTrafficking: The reason the Time Office of the Tempus Maleficarum has access to time travel in the first place is because they've captured Kronos, the God of Time. More specifically, in the first episode, Quantum and Gus enter a cage and are then lowered by a chain into one of Kronos's multiple mouths in order to travel back in time, with Quantum stating that if Kronos doesn't comply to their demands then the people in charge "have a way" of making him do what he needs to.
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As the trope was removed due to "just being captured" not counting as Mainlining, I have chosen to add more detail on how the Monster is used.
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* MainliningTheMonster: The reason the Time Office of the Tempus Maleficarum has access to time travel in the first place is because they've captured Kronos, the God of Time. More specifically, in the first episode, Quantum and Gus enter a cage and are then lowered by a chain into one of Kronos's multiple mouths in order to travel back in time, with Quantum stating that if Kronos doesn't comply to their demands then the people in charge "have a way" of making him do what he needs to.
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TRS cleanup: mere capture is not an example.
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* MainliningTheMonster: The reason the Time Office of the Tempus Maleficarum has access to time travel in the first place is because they've captured Kronos, the God of Time.
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* LogicalWeakness: Quantum cannot make a proper illusion of something he does not know what it looks like. In episode 1, his illusion of Jesus is noted to look like what he ''thinks'' Jesus looks like. Judas, who knows what the real Jesus looks like, asks who the hell he is.
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* LogicalWeakness: If Quantum doesn't know what something looks like, he cannot make a proper create an illusion of something he does not know what it looks like. it. In episode 1, his illusion of Jesus is seamless but noted to look like what he ''thinks'' Jesus looks like. Judas, who knows what the real Jesus looks like, asks who the hell he is.
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Surreal Symbolic Heads is being dewicked for large overlap with its Missing Supertrope, Non Human Head. Potential examples are being collected in Sandbox.Surreal Symbolic Heads; low or no context examples are being moved to Non Human Head or removed (if they don't specify the body is humanoid)
* NonHumanHead: Time Boss, Quantum and Gus' boss, is a human with an analog clock (with a mustache) for a face.
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* SurrealSymbolicHeads: Time Boss, Quantum and Gus' boss, is a human with an analog clock (with a mustache) for a face.
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* LogicalWeakness: Quantum cannot make a proper illusion of something he does not know what it looks like. In episode 1, his illusion of Jesus is noted to look like what he ''thinks'' Jesus looks like. Judas, who knows what the real Jesus looks like, asks who the hell he is.
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* CuteAndPsycho: Runt, the owner of the zoo in Episode 2, is a CuteSlimeMook alien with a soft voice that enjoys taking care of animals and worries about the safety of his/her coworkers...because they equate "love" with "possessing as many lifeforms as possible". [[spoiler:Runt can also completely consume and devour the corpse of a former friend in a matter of seconds, as seen in the ending.]]
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* BrainFood: Unlike the rare cyan squid offshoot that function as TranslatorMicrobes to the Time Wizards, the original magenta versions introduced in Episode 2 just outright eat their host's brain.
* CuteAndPsycho: Runt, the owner of the zoo in Episode 2, is a CuteSlimeMook alien with a soft voice that enjoys taking care of animals and worries about the safety of his/her coworkers...because they equate "love" with "possessing as many lifeforms as possible". [[spoiler:Runt can also completely consume and devour the corpse of a former friend in a matter ofseconds, seconds in order to always keep a piece of them with him, as seen in the ending.]]]]
* FantasticNatureReserve: The focus of Episode 2 is a travelling interstellar space zoo, which houses various rare and endangered species.
* CuteAndPsycho: Runt, the owner of the zoo in Episode 2, is a CuteSlimeMook alien with a soft voice that enjoys taking care of animals and worries about the safety of his/her coworkers...because they equate "love" with "possessing as many lifeforms as possible". [[spoiler:Runt can also completely consume and devour the corpse of a former friend in a matter of
* FantasticNatureReserve: The focus of Episode 2 is a travelling interstellar space zoo, which houses various rare and endangered species.
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* RogueAgent: The main threat of Episode 1 is a Rogue Time Wizard, who's part of a cult that thinks they can rewrite history to fit their desires by causing {{Temporal Paradox}}es.
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* RogueAgent: The main threat of Episode 1 is has a Rogue Time Wizard, who's part of a cult that thinks they can rewrite history to fit their desires by causing {{Temporal Paradox}}es.Paradox}}es, interfere with Quantum and Gus's first mission.
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* VaguenessIsComing: In Episode 2, Quantum and Gus are assured that they can do whatever they want during their mission, as the travelling zoo they're being sent to was never seen again after the date they arrive. For the rest of the episode, Gus is doubting about whether it's ethical to leave all of the zoo's crew to their fate, as well as curious as to what actually happens to the ship. [[spoiler:It turns out the crew just changes the zoo's name and muddle some records to escape the law after they have to kill a traitor trying to steal their exotic animals.]]
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* VaguenessIsComing: In Episode 2, Quantum and Gus are assured that they can do whatever they want during their mission, as the travelling zoo they're being sent to was never seen again after the date they arrive. For the rest of the episode, Gus is doubting about whether it's ethical to leave all of the zoo's crew to their fate, as well as curious as to what actually happens to the ship. [[spoiler:It turns out the crew just changes the zoo's name and muddle some records to escape the law after they have to kill a traitor trying to steal their exotic animals.]]
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* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: Episode 2 focuses on retrieving a squid that will be used to breed the Tempus Maleficarum's [[TranslatorMicrobes translation squids]], like the one used on Gus in Episode 1. When Gus points out the TemporalParadox, Time Boss tells them it's a special case due to how the organization functions.
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* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: Episode 2 focuses on retrieving a squid that will be used to breed the Tempus Maleficarum's [[TranslatorMicrobes translation squids]], like the one used on Gus in Episode 1. When Gus points out the TemporalParadox, Time Boss tells them it's a special case due to how the organization functions.functions outside of time.
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''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5j80D9V7lqZcIoilQ8dJaIdjrEdTuYZZ Magic Time Wizards]]'' is a comedy animation series by Creator/TeamFourStar, starring Kirran as Quantum Felnar, Grant as Gus Epoch, and Stephan as...everybody else. The series is notable for all of its events and dialogue being entirely improvised, with suitable visuals added afterwards.
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''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5j80D9V7lqZcIoilQ8dJaIdjrEdTuYZZ Magic Time Wizards]]'' is a comedy animation series by Creator/TeamFourStar, starring Kirran Somerlade as Quantum Felnar, Grant Smith as Gus Epoch, and Stephan Krosecz as...everybody else. The series is notable for all of its events and dialogue being entirely improvised, with suitable visuals added afterwards.
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* TimePolice: The main protagonists are these.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The Tempus Maleficarum have cyan squids that force themselves up a nasal cavity into a person's brain, and bonds with their new host to grant them the ability to understand all languages..
* TranslatorMicrobes: The Tempus Maleficarum have cyan squids that force themselves up a nasal cavity into a person's brain, and bonds with their new host to grant them the ability to understand all languages..
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* TimePolice: The main protagonists are these.
part of an organization that's meant to keep the timeline stable.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The Tempus Maleficarum have cyan squids that force themselves up a nasal cavity into a person's brain, and bonds with their new host to grant them the ability to understand alllanguages..languages.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The Tempus Maleficarum have cyan squids that force themselves up a nasal cavity into a person's brain, and bonds with their new host to grant them the ability to understand all
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''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5j80D9V7lqZcIoilQ8dJaIdjrEdTuYZZ Magic Time Wizards]]'' is a comedy animation series by Creator/TeamFourStar, starring Kirran as Quantum Felnar, Grant as Gus Epoch, and Stephan as...everybody else. The series is notable for all of its events and dialogue being entirely improvised, with suitable visuals added afterwards.
Quantum and Gus are members of the Tempus Maleficarum, TimePolice that work to ensure that history remains intact...even the unfortunate parts.
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* AnachronismStew: Played for comedy in the first episode, with a location named "Whatever the Equivalent of a Bar in Our Time Is", and Quantum trying to disguise himself as the pale-skinned Christ depicted in Renaissance art before the actual, more historically accurate Jesus shows up...and speaks like one of Music/TheBeatles.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Gus Epoch has the power to create these, as well as sentient animals. Unfortunately, they tend to have annoying personalities, and he lacks the power to create ''non''-animate objects.
* BlackComedy: The tone of the series is made clear when the first mission Quantum and Gus are sent on is to ensure the successful arrest and execution of ''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}''.
* BlessedWithSuck: Every agent of the Tempus Maleficarum has a unique psychic power with a major drawback. Gus can create any object, but they're {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s with annoying personalities. Quantum is a MasterOfIllusion, but his body goes into a near-mindless, auto-pilot state as long as the illusion's active.
* CuteAndPsycho: Runt, the owner of the zoo in Episode 2, is a CuteSlimeMook alien with a soft voice that enjoys taking care of animals and worries about the safety of his/her coworkers...because they equate "love" with "possessing as many lifeforms as possible". [[spoiler:Runt can also completely consume and devour the corpse of a former friend in a matter of seconds, as seen in the ending.]]
* MainliningTheMonster: The reason the Time Office of the Tempus Maleficarum has access to time travel in the first place is because they've captured Kronos, the God of Time.
* MasterOfIllusion: Quantum has the power to turn things completely invisible, change his appearance into another person's, and create other convincing illusions...but doing so puts his body into a stationary, "auto-pilot" mode.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the first episode, Judas is having second thoughts over betraying his friend Jesus, and ends up hating himself when forced to go through with it.
* OffscreenInertia: Referenced in a BreakingTheFourthWall moment during Episode 2's introduction, when Time Boss mentions that Quantum and Gus had gone on multiple missions since Episode 1, but they were so successful and without incident that they were too boring to show on-camera.
* RogueAgent: The main threat of Episode 1 is a Rogue Time Wizard, who's part of a cult that thinks they can rewrite history to fit their desires by causing {{Temporal Paradox}}es.
* SomethingWeForgot: At the end of the first episode, Time Boss is proud that Quantum and Gus pulled off their mission without leaving behind anything that could change the course of history...and then it cuts to art of Jesus' crucifixion with ''the sentient helmet and blue whale'' Gus materialized in the background.
* SurrealSymbolicHeads: Time Boss, Quantum and Gus' boss, is a human with an analog clock (with a mustache) for a face.
* TimePolice: The main protagonists are these.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The Tempus Maleficarum have cyan squids that force themselves up a nasal cavity into a person's brain, and bonds with their new host to grant them the ability to understand all languages..
* VaguenessIsComing: In Episode 2, Quantum and Gus are assured that they can do whatever they want during their mission, as the travelling zoo they're being sent to was never seen again after the date they arrive. For the rest of the episode, Gus is doubting about whether it's ethical to leave all of the zoo's crew to their fate, as well as curious as to what actually happens to the ship. [[spoiler:It turns out the crew just changes the zoo's name and muddle some records to escape the law after they have to kill a traitor trying to steal their exotic animals.]]
* WonderChild: Quantum is stated to have been a "Time Baby", an infant with above-the-norm psychic powers found in a rift between time and space.
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: Episode 2 focuses on retrieving a squid that will be used to breed the Tempus Maleficarum's [[TranslatorMicrobes translation squids]], like the one used on Gus in Episode 1. When Gus points out the TemporalParadox, Time Boss tells them it's a special case due to how the organization functions.
Quantum and Gus are members of the Tempus Maleficarum, TimePolice that work to ensure that history remains intact...even the unfortunate parts.
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* AnachronismStew: Played for comedy in the first episode, with a location named "Whatever the Equivalent of a Bar in Our Time Is", and Quantum trying to disguise himself as the pale-skinned Christ depicted in Renaissance art before the actual, more historically accurate Jesus shows up...and speaks like one of Music/TheBeatles.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Gus Epoch has the power to create these, as well as sentient animals. Unfortunately, they tend to have annoying personalities, and he lacks the power to create ''non''-animate objects.
* BlackComedy: The tone of the series is made clear when the first mission Quantum and Gus are sent on is to ensure the successful arrest and execution of ''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}''.
* BlessedWithSuck: Every agent of the Tempus Maleficarum has a unique psychic power with a major drawback. Gus can create any object, but they're {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s with annoying personalities. Quantum is a MasterOfIllusion, but his body goes into a near-mindless, auto-pilot state as long as the illusion's active.
* CuteAndPsycho: Runt, the owner of the zoo in Episode 2, is a CuteSlimeMook alien with a soft voice that enjoys taking care of animals and worries about the safety of his/her coworkers...because they equate "love" with "possessing as many lifeforms as possible". [[spoiler:Runt can also completely consume and devour the corpse of a former friend in a matter of seconds, as seen in the ending.]]
* MainliningTheMonster: The reason the Time Office of the Tempus Maleficarum has access to time travel in the first place is because they've captured Kronos, the God of Time.
* MasterOfIllusion: Quantum has the power to turn things completely invisible, change his appearance into another person's, and create other convincing illusions...but doing so puts his body into a stationary, "auto-pilot" mode.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the first episode, Judas is having second thoughts over betraying his friend Jesus, and ends up hating himself when forced to go through with it.
* OffscreenInertia: Referenced in a BreakingTheFourthWall moment during Episode 2's introduction, when Time Boss mentions that Quantum and Gus had gone on multiple missions since Episode 1, but they were so successful and without incident that they were too boring to show on-camera.
* RogueAgent: The main threat of Episode 1 is a Rogue Time Wizard, who's part of a cult that thinks they can rewrite history to fit their desires by causing {{Temporal Paradox}}es.
* SomethingWeForgot: At the end of the first episode, Time Boss is proud that Quantum and Gus pulled off their mission without leaving behind anything that could change the course of history...and then it cuts to art of Jesus' crucifixion with ''the sentient helmet and blue whale'' Gus materialized in the background.
* SurrealSymbolicHeads: Time Boss, Quantum and Gus' boss, is a human with an analog clock (with a mustache) for a face.
* TimePolice: The main protagonists are these.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The Tempus Maleficarum have cyan squids that force themselves up a nasal cavity into a person's brain, and bonds with their new host to grant them the ability to understand all languages..
* VaguenessIsComing: In Episode 2, Quantum and Gus are assured that they can do whatever they want during their mission, as the travelling zoo they're being sent to was never seen again after the date they arrive. For the rest of the episode, Gus is doubting about whether it's ethical to leave all of the zoo's crew to their fate, as well as curious as to what actually happens to the ship. [[spoiler:It turns out the crew just changes the zoo's name and muddle some records to escape the law after they have to kill a traitor trying to steal their exotic animals.]]
* WonderChild: Quantum is stated to have been a "Time Baby", an infant with above-the-norm psychic powers found in a rift between time and space.
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: Episode 2 focuses on retrieving a squid that will be used to breed the Tempus Maleficarum's [[TranslatorMicrobes translation squids]], like the one used on Gus in Episode 1. When Gus points out the TemporalParadox, Time Boss tells them it's a special case due to how the organization functions.
