"How many years... How many years? Oh, how many years I've waited. How many times has this been repeated? How many hundreds of times?! How many THOUSANDS?! ONE HUNDRED THOUSANDS?! MILLIONS?! TRILLIONS?! I've repeated this worthless comedy show more times than I can count! Hmhmhmhm... Yes... Just a little bit more... Just a bit more, and it will be within reach — the lost "Embryo". Once that's done, this shitty, worthless comedy show will end."
"You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life."
Koizumi: We've entered an endless recursion of time.
Kyon: Huh? What?
Koizumi: We've entered an endless recursion of time.
Kyon: Huh? What?
Kyon: Huh? What?
Koizumi: We've entered an endless recursion of time.
Kyon: Huh? What?
— The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, "Endless Eight"
Cat: So, what is it?
Kryten: I've never seen one before — no one has — but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
Rimmer: A white hole?
Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe: a white hole returns it.
Lister: So, that thing's spewing time back into the universe?
Kryten: Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.
Cat: So, what is it?
Kryten: I've never seen one before — no one has — but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
Rimmer: A white hole?
Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe: a white hole returns it.
Lister: So, that thing's spewing time back into the universe?
Kryten: Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.
Lister: What time phenomena?
Kryten: Like just then, when time repeated itself.
Cat: So, what is it?
Kryten: I've never seen one before — no one has — but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
Rimmer: A white hole?
Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe: a white hole returns it.
Lister: So, that thing's spewing time back into the universe?
Kryten: Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.
Cat: So, what is it?
Kryten: I've never seen one before — no one has — but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
Rimmer: A white hole?
Kryten: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe: a white hole returns it.
Lister: So, that thing's spewing time back into the universe?
Kryten: Precisely. That's why we're experiencing these curious time phenomena on board.
Lister: What time phenomena?
Kryten: Like just then, when time repeated itself.
Cat: So, what is it?
— Red Dwarf, "White Hole"
Mario: Wouldn't it be nice if every day were Christmas?
Luigi: Uh, not exactly.
Luigi: Uh, not exactly.
Guildenstern: You know your way around?
The Player: I've been here before.
Guildenstern: We're still finding our feet.
The Player: I should concentrate on not losing your heads.
Guildenstern: Do you speak from knowledge?
The Player: Precedent.
Guildenstern: You've been here before.
The Player: And I know which way the wind is blowing.
The Player: I've been here before.
Guildenstern: We're still finding our feet.
The Player: I should concentrate on not losing your heads.
Guildenstern: Do you speak from knowledge?
The Player: Precedent.
Guildenstern: You've been here before.
The Player: And I know which way the wind is blowing.
Carter: We haven't been to P4X-639.
O'Neill: Yes we have. 'No we haven't.' That's what you were gonna say.
Daniel: Of course that's what I was gonna say.
O'Neill: ...Ok, bad example.
O'Neill: Yes we have. 'No we haven't.' That's what you were gonna say.
Daniel: Of course that's what I was gonna say.
O'Neill: ...Ok, bad example.
"And here comes the explosion." (boom) "And look - crispy Woody."
— Cody Martin, The Suite Life on Deck
"W-What just happened?! Everything has... started over..."
Sam: Okay, look, yesterday was Tuesday, right? But today is Tuesday too!
Dean: Yeah. No. Good. You're totally balanced.
Dean: Yeah. No. Good. You're totally balanced.
— Supernatural, "Mystery Spot"
I can't remember how this all got started
But I can tell you exactly how it will end
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
But I can tell you exactly how it will end
Every day is exactly the same
Every day is exactly the same
— Nine Inch Nails, "Every Day is exactly the same"
I think I've been here before
I think I've run into you
I know the things that you do
'cause this is deja vu
I think I've run into you
I know the things that you do
'cause this is deja vu
— 3OH!3, Deja Vu
Nathan: You're stuck in my se-
Audrey: Second-favourite Bill Murray movie, yeah we've had this conversation before.
Audrey: Second-favourite Bill Murray movie, yeah we've had this conversation before.
— Haven
Anya: This whole day — has it gone by too quickly for you?
Buffy: No. No, I don't think that's exactly the problem.
Buffy: No. No, I don't think that's exactly the problem.
Tucker: This is just like last time! Once Wyoming lost, everything seemed to—
[Wyoming resets time to a few minutes before]
Tucker: ...reset.
[Wyoming resets time to a few minutes before]
Tucker: ...reset.
As it turned out, Middle Earth was under a bizarre curse; perhaps from a witch with a sick and twisted sense of humor. Every single time the nine walkers began their journey, a mysterious girl with impossible features and skills would end up with them. They always ended up under her love spell and in absolute awe of all her skills, power, beauty and whatever else made her into the most desirable lady ever. Because of this unnatural interference, time kept reverting itself and would continue to do so until the issue was resolved.
— MagnoliaCinderellaCupcake, fan fiction of The Lord of the Rings
If I get it wrong this afternoon
I'll get it right today,
when Tomorrow Is this Morning Again
I'll get it right today,
when Tomorrow Is this Morning Again
— Candace and Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Phineas and Ferb "Last Day of Summer"
Quentin: So, what, this is just some giant, blood-soaked Groundhog Day?
Fogg: You always bring up that fucking movie. I still haven't seen it. Now it's a point of pride.
Fogg: You always bring up that fucking movie. I still haven't seen it. Now it's a point of pride.
— The Magicians (2016), "Thirty-Nine Graves"
"Peggy": You are condemning us both to death!
The Doctor: Not quite. I time-looped this pocket dimension so that no matter what happens, you always end up back at square one. Nothing you do can alter or delay the course of events. What has happened will happen, must happen.
"Peggy": You intend to trap us here forever? For all eternity?
The Doctor: The time loop will continue until I return and deactivate it. Until then, you must remain here and learn what it is to be human. Find out how it feels to suffer as a human suffers, find out how it feels to fear as a human fears, find out what it feels like to die.
"Peggy": How long must we wait?
The Doctor: However long it takes. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have two friends who'll be beginning to wonder where I've got to. I'd start work on that fallout shelter if I were you...
The Doctor: Not quite. I time-looped this pocket dimension so that no matter what happens, you always end up back at square one. Nothing you do can alter or delay the course of events. What has happened will happen, must happen.
"Peggy": You intend to trap us here forever? For all eternity?
The Doctor: The time loop will continue until I return and deactivate it. Until then, you must remain here and learn what it is to be human. Find out how it feels to suffer as a human suffers, find out how it feels to fear as a human fears, find out what it feels like to die.
"Peggy": How long must we wait?
The Doctor: However long it takes. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have two friends who'll be beginning to wonder where I've got to. I'd start work on that fallout shelter if I were you...
"How long can I keep doing this, Clara? Burning the old me, to make a new one?"
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "Heaven Sent"
Daisy: I think I'm time looping. I, I've done this already. I've done this, already.
Simmons: Oh, well that's fun.
Sousa: It's actually creepy.
Simmons: Oh, well that's fun.
Sousa: It's actually creepy.
Coulson: The time drive is stuck. It keeps looping back on itself over and over again.
Daisy: Like feedback.
Coulson: I've been thinking about it like a record skipping. [strange look from Daisy] Every time I say that you give me the same look. Vinyl's back! You're supposed to know records again.
Daisy: Like feedback.
Coulson: I've been thinking about it like a record skipping. [strange look from Daisy] Every time I say that you give me the same look. Vinyl's back! You're supposed to know records again.
Zari: Yeah, I don't have a plan, because nothing I do matters anyway. Sara always yells at me, nobody believes what I say, and Ray always trips on his platforms. I have no idea why I'm stuck in this time loop.
Nate: Time loop? You mean like "Groundhog Day"? [Zari shrugs] You don't know "Groundhog"... all right, it's a movie about this guy who lives the same day over and over and over again until he learns to be a better person. I know it sounds totally hacky. However, it's very well executed. (loud bang, and the ship shakes) What's that noise?
Zari: [wearily] Oh, that noise just means that we're all about to die.
Nate: All right, if what you're saying is true, and you find yourself in the loop again, find me and say the words "Groundhog Day".
[SCENE CHANGE]
Zari: I have something to tell you... "Hedgehog Day".
[Nate looks at her blankly]
Zari: Damn it, you told me if I said "Hegdehog Day", you would know what I was talking about!
Nate: Do you mean "Groundhog Day"? Why would I tell you to tell me about a Bill Murray movie?
Zari: I don't know! All I know is I'm stuck in this time loop!
Nate: Oh, like "Groundhog Day"! Okay, got it, okay.
Nate: Time loop? You mean like "Groundhog Day"? [Zari shrugs] You don't know "Groundhog"... all right, it's a movie about this guy who lives the same day over and over and over again until he learns to be a better person. I know it sounds totally hacky. However, it's very well executed. (loud bang, and the ship shakes) What's that noise?
Zari: [wearily] Oh, that noise just means that we're all about to die.
Nate: All right, if what you're saying is true, and you find yourself in the loop again, find me and say the words "Groundhog Day".
[SCENE CHANGE]
Zari: I have something to tell you... "Hedgehog Day".
[Nate looks at her blankly]
Zari: Damn it, you told me if I said "Hegdehog Day", you would know what I was talking about!
Nate: Do you mean "Groundhog Day"? Why would I tell you to tell me about a Bill Murray movie?
Zari: I don't know! All I know is I'm stuck in this time loop!
Nate: Oh, like "Groundhog Day"! Okay, got it, okay.
Loki: O.B., how long will it take me to know everything that you know about mechanics, physics, and engineering?
O.B.: How much do you know?
Loki: Let's assume I don't know much, but I'm a fast learner and I'm a god.
Casey: Let's start at the beginning.
Loki: Start at the beginning.
O.B.: We don't have time. It's better if we work alone.
Loki: O.B., I understand. But if I had to know, I mean, I really, really, really had to know, how long would it take?
O.B.: ...Decades.
Victor Timely: C-c-centuries.
Loki: [deep breath]
Centuries Later
Mobius: [as Loki is rushing down the hall] Loki, I'm not questioning your surprisingly advanced engineering skills, but maybe O.B. should test that thing first?
O.B.: How much do you know?
Loki: Let's assume I don't know much, but I'm a fast learner and I'm a god.
Casey: Let's start at the beginning.
Loki: Start at the beginning.
O.B.: We don't have time. It's better if we work alone.
Loki: O.B., I understand. But if I had to know, I mean, I really, really, really had to know, how long would it take?
O.B.: ...Decades.
Victor Timely: C-c-centuries.
Loki: [deep breath]
Centuries Later
Mobius: [as Loki is rushing down the hall] Loki, I'm not questioning your surprisingly advanced engineering skills, but maybe O.B. should test that thing first?
— Loki (2021), season 2 episode 6 "Glorious Purpose"
