1 | '''Basic Trope''': Despite changes in the past, improbable events still have occurred in the present. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob goes in back in time to kill Hitler before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and succeeds. He still exists in the new timeline that results from this event, despite his dad's parents originally having met in the war. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob destroys the asteroid that killed off all the non-avian dinosaurs. Humanity still evolves. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob creates a minor obstacle in the way of his grandparents' courtship. They still get together. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** There's a TimePolice, GuardianOfTheMultiverse, or other mysterious forces that try to keep the timeline on track. |
7 | ** Alternatively, since Bob changed history, he still exists in order to prevent a paradox. |
8 | ** When Bob travels to other universes, he ensures his machine can only send him to realities where he exists. Since there's an infinite number of worlds, he could find a version of himself [[GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel where the Nazis won WWII.]] |
9 | ** When Bob kills Hitler, he creates an alternate timeline where Hitler died before World War II. This isn't tied to his own timeline, in which he's still alive. |
10 | ** Bob's grandparents would have met somewhere where the war didn't take place. Even in times of peace, they would still meet during the 40s. |
11 | ** RubberBandHistory |
12 | * '''Inverted''': PointOfDivergence. |
13 | * '''Subverted''': Bob is shocked when discovers he prevented his father from being born. |
14 | * '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that his father was born in a different part of the world. And his father is even somehow the exact same person in spite of this. |
15 | * '''Parodied''': Bob causes many changes during his time travel trips, but no matter what, his parents will still meet and his favorite movies still exist. |
16 | ** Bob is relieved knowing he was still voted prom king in high school despite going eons back in time and accidentally destroying the Earth before it was fully formed. |
17 | * '''Zig Zagged''': While the new present appears to be very different from the old one at first, there are still inexplicable similarities. |
18 | * '''Averted''': |
19 | ** History changes in the way that one would expect it to happen. |
20 | ** No one tries to change the past. |
21 | * '''Enforced''': |
22 | ** "We don't want to scare people into thinking that they might accidentally wipe themselves from existence." |
23 | ** Conservation of [[LawOfConservationOfNormality normality]] and [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail detail]] are more important to the work's creators than realism, so they simply decide to rely on WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief for the sake of storytelling. |
24 | * '''Lampshaded''': "I can't help noticing how some things remain the same in this new timeline." |
25 | * '''Invoked''': Bob says that he knows that if he kills Hitler, his paternal grandparents will still meet. |
26 | * '''Exploited''': A time traveler or a group of time travelers explicitly made changes in some way with the past to their liking, knowing full well that they themselves won't change in any way. |
27 | * '''Defied''': Bob made sure to change every single thing he can think of to make sure the present he came back to will be completely different. |
28 | * '''Discussed''': "TimeTravel does not work that way. If you managed change something in the past, there are bound to be some unexpected consequences!" |
29 | * '''Conversed''': "Why is it that whenever these characters succeed in changing something, there aren't ''any'' unexpected consequences?" |
30 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
31 | ** It turns out it has an effect later on. |
32 | ** It's not having an effect because [[TimeCrash something bad has happened to time itself.]] |
33 | * '''Reconstructed''': The world is much better and everyone is happy. |
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35 | You know, even if you went back in time and made sure nails were never invented, you'd still be able to go to {{In Spite of a Nail}}. |
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37 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
38 | %% |
39 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
40 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
41 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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