Line #24 PlayingWith/DelayedRippleEffect


1	'''Basic Trope''': Something changes history, but the effect is delayed.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is a time-traveler and uses her time manipulation to change something, but it takes a while for an effect to appear.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice blinks at a time she wasn't supposed to and as a result, in an hour, all of humanity ceases to exist.
4	* '''Downplayed''': The changes are subtle and in real-time, affecting memory as well, so its delay isn't even noticed.
5	* '''Justified''': Time itself is 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.
6	* '''Inverted''': The change Alice makes is very slow in effect, but the results of the change are shown immediately.
7	* '''Subverted''': [[YouAlreadyChangedThePast Alice makes a change to the past but history remains the same.]]
8	* '''Double 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.
9	* '''Parodied''':
10	** 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 [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble is]] still 20 years into the future. At what time will the wave hit?
11	--> '''Answer:''' 9:16 pm, same day.[[note]]-20 years/(-.5 year/min) = 40 min.[[/note]]
12	** When [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will/did]] the wave hit June 28, 1950?
13	--> '''Answer:''' 9:36 pm, June 28, 1960.
14	** Why weren't we affected by the ripple on June 28, 1950, when it hit that date?
15	--> '''Answer 1:''' Because the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble didn't/won't]] hit 1950 until 1960. In 1950, the ripple [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble was]] 2.63 million years into the future, or hadn't been generated yet.
16	--> '''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.
17	* '''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.
18	* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't change the past at all.
19	* '''Enforced''': A movie director thinks it would look cool and changes the script to make that happen.
20	* '''Lampshaded''': "Okay, it should be about 20 minutes before I cease to exist."
21	* '''Invoked''': A MadScientist builds a machine that uses this effect specifically.
22	* '''Exploited''': The CessationOfExistence effect mentioned above is used to commit crimes and cause a large amount of problems and leave no suspects.
23	* '''Defied''': YouAlreadyChangedThePast
24	* '''Discussed''': "Again, ''how many minutes'' do I have, before I [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will have died]] an hour ago?"
25	* '''Conversed''': ???
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32	%%* '''Implied''': ???
33	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
34	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
35	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
36	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / DelayedRippleEffect