History Film / ThePhiladelphiaExperiment

* ConflictBall: [[JustEatGilligan All Herdeg had to do was go with the military]]. He is never given any reason ''not'' to trust the military -- when the group of soldiers comes down the hall at the hospital, he just runs for no reason. Of course, judging by his character through the movie, he's not the brightest bulb. It gets worse when Herdeg meets the man who he takes into the base at gunpoint who out-and-out tells Herdeg "You'll never get into the base -- it's secure!" despite the fact that that very base was the one looking for Herdeg. The conflict is all quite contrived, but TropesAreTools.

* JustEatGilligan: As under ConflictBall above, all Herdeg and Parker had to do was check in with the military and explain their story. The scientists were indeed looking for them and didn't mean them any harm.

A sequel, ''The Philadephia Experiment II'', was released in 1993. Herdeg wakes up one morning to discover that Germany has retroactively conquered the United States, apparently having won WorldWarTwo using a mysterious super-bomber. It turns out that yet another teleportation experiment resulted in the transportation of a nuclear-armed F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter to 1943, and he must return to the past to stop it from being used by the Nazis. It features none of the original cast.

!!Tropes present in ''The Philadelphia Experiment'':

!!Tropes present in ''The Philadelphia Experiment II'':
* ALittleSomethingWeCallRockAndRoll: Rock's absence in the alternate Nazi-run America is indirectly noted. The main bad guy is introduced as he tries to decide what background music to use for a propaganda film celebrating 50 years of totalitarian rule. After listening to Mahler, Wagner, Strauss, and Handl, he decides that "highbrow Eurotrash" won't cut it. Later on, he settles on country swing, but it still doesn't sound quite right.
* AlternateHistory: A scientific experiment sends a stealth fighter carrying nuclear bombs back in time to 1943. The Nazis capture the jet and use it to bomb Washington D.C. and win WorldWarII.
* ForWantOfANail: A rather ''big'' nail, but still.
%%* TheFutureIsShocking
* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Albeit by accident -- a stealth aircraft armed with nuclear bombs is transported back in time to Nazi Germany, where it's used to attack several cities in the eastern United States.
* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel: The point of the film.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: You'd think that scientists in this world would have figured out by now not to try to teleport things or make them invisible.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Somehow the altered modern timeline knows about what went wrong in the unaltered one.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: A variation in that Herdeg has to fix the past to stop the future from screwing with the past.
* StableTimeLoop: Inverted; see below.
* StupidJetpackHitler: Thanks to TimeTravel.
* TemporalParadox: In this case, [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong setting right what once went wrong]] ''destabilizes'' the StableTimeLoop and erases the entire incident from ever having happened.
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* AlternateHistory: A scientific experiment sends a stealth fighter carrying nuclear bombs back in time to 1943. The Nazis use the jet to bomb Washington D.C. and win WorldWarII.

* DisneyDeath: Herdeg jumps off of the ''Eldridge'' into the vortex just before it collapses. The destroyer reappears in 1943, the town reappears in 1984, and everyone's happy (except for the horribly maimed sailors, one imagines), but where's the hero? [[spoiler:Cut to Allison walking through the town... and there's Herdeg.]]

%%* DisneyDeath

%%* TheFutureIsShocking
%%* GoneHorriblyWrong

%%* MassTeleportation

* ProductPlacement: Löwenbräu beer.

* TemporalParadox: If the time vortex is stopped back in 1943, then how does it start in 1984 and cause the events of the movie? This is, [[MST3KMantra perhaps mercifully]], left unanswered.
%%* TimeCrash
%%* TimeTravel

* VeryLooselyBasedOnARealStory: There was a project involving degaussing naval ships to allow them to pass through a field of magnetic sea mines. One sailor was electrocuted, but otherwise it was a success. That's about the closest the film gets to reality.

* DisneyDeath

* TheFutureIsShocking
* GoneHorriblyWrong

* MassTeleportation

* TimeCrash
* TimeTravel

* TheFutureIsShocking

* TimeTravel

* ConflictBall: [[JustEatGilligan All Herdeg had to do was go with the military]]. He is never given any reason ''not'' to trust the military - when the group of soldiers comes down the hall at the hospital, he just runs for no reason. Of course, judging by his character through the movie, he's not the brightest bulb. It gets worse when Herdeg meets the man who he takes inot the base at gunpoint who out-and-out tells Herdeg "You'll never get into the base - it's secure!" despite the fact that that very base was the one looking for Herdeg. The conflict is all quite contrived, but TropesAreTools.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Actually some scenes of this were deleted. The most subtle bit was Parker's reaction to the bill for two breakfasts and coffee - which probably cost seveal times the dollar amount it would have in 1943, but we just see his reaction to the check, not the price.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: One soldier manages to get onto the elevator with Herdeg. There are lots of innocent bystanders there. The guard waits until ''after'' a stop when someone is let onto the elevator - the perfect opportunity to get Herdeg away from said bystanders - and waits until the elevator is even ''more full and the door shut'' before attempting to restrain Herdeg.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blink and you'll miss it - After Herdeg turns off the machine in 1943 and as he walks over to talk to Jimmy on the ship, he puts his 1984 gloves in his 1984 helmet and tosses it off to the side. He never retrieves them, leaving them in 1943. The movie's almost over, and there's no time to bring this up. He returns to 1984 without them.

* CaliforniaDoubling: "Philadelphia" is actually Charleston, South Carolina. The "docked" ships you see are at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots_Point Patriot's Point]], and you can even see the first nuclear powered mercantile vessel, [[the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah NS Savannah]] there in the film (it was moved from there in 1994), a huge anachronism.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater

* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: Despite the fact that Herdeg is indirectly responsible for the burning death of a car full of his subordinates, and the injury of some in the one he was riding in, he's more than happy to be the one driving Herdeg out (and engaging him in chit chat) so he can get back to 1943.

* JustEatGilligan: As under ConflictBall above, all Herdeg and Parker had to do was check in with the military and explain their story the scientists were indeed looking for them and didn't mean them any harm.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blink and you'll miss it - After Herdeg turns off the machine in 1943 and as he walks over to talk to Jimmy on the ship, he puts his 1984 gloves in his 1984 helmet and tosses it off to the side. He never retrieves them, leaving them in 1943. The movie's almost over, and there's no time to bring this up. He returns to 1984 without them.

* ConflictBall: [[JustEatGilligan All Herdeg had to do was go with the military]]. He is never given any reason not to trust the military - when the group of soldiers comes down the hall at the hospital, he just runs for no reason. Of course, judging by his character through the movie, he's not the brightest bulb. It gets worse when Herdeg meets the man who he takes inot the base at gunpoint who out-and-out tells Herdeg "You'll never get into the base - it's secure!" despite the fact that that very base was the one looking for Herdeg. The conflict is all quite contrived, but TropesAreTools.

* TheOtherDarrin: None of the original cast returned for this film, so different actors played the two continuity characters.