History Literature / ElevenTwentyTwoSixtyThree

* PhonyDegree: Jake has a genuine degree...from 2011, and knows better than to produce it to get a job in the late 1950s/early 1960s. So he gets a second degree from a diploma mill. [[spoiler: It only works for so long, [[RealityEnsues as the school officials in Jodie take time to investigate his background]]. A state law requiring vaccination records for all schoolteachers ultimately undoes Jake's ruse, although he's garnered enough goodwill that he's allowed simply to leave once his contract expires rather than forfeit all pay and possibly go to jail.]]

%%** [[spoiler: Sadie by 2011/2016]].
%%* CuteClumsyGirl: Sadie.

*** Al and Jake both had moral objections to killing someone they weren't certain was guilty, even if they could undo their act through a reset.

*** Both Al and Jake had moral objections to shooting someone they weren't certain was guilty, even if they could undo their act through a reset.

* RaceLift: Ms. Mimi is African American in the series.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: One of Jake's friends tells him to stop wasting his time and bet the Bears to win the NFC in 1963. The Bears ''did'' win the title that year, but it was still the NF'''L'''. The NFL/AFL merger (which led to the creation of the NFC and AFC) would not be agreed to until 1966, and was not consummated until 1970.

* OnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Bill wants to be the one to kill Frank Dunning [[spoiler:for what happened to his sister and nephew, both of whom he believes were murdered by Frank. During Jake's first trip back through time, he gets his wish.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Frank Dunning, Oswald, and Johnny]] would.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Frank Dunning]] certainly would as well.

* CoolOldLady: Mild-mannered librarian Mimi Corcoran, who secretly holds a great deal of clout in the actual running of the school--enough to get Jake hired. She also manages to figure out he's a time traveler. [[Spoiler: When she's diagnosed with cancer, she goes to Mexico with the intention of either getting the best medical care available or [[DieAsYourself committing suicide while she's still able to do so.]]

%%* CoolOldLady: Mimi Corcoran.

* {{Doorstopper}}: The book is thick.

%%* OutsideContextProblem: Jake is this to the FBI, Oswald, and several other characters, and the Yellow Card Man is this to Jake.
* PhonyDegree: Jake has a genuine degree... from 2011, and knows better than to produce it to get a job in the late 1950s/early 1960s. So he gets a second degree from a diploma mill. [[spoiler: It only works for so long, [[RealityEnsues as the school officials in Jodie take time to investigate his background]]. A state law requiring vaccination records for all schoolteachers ultimately undoes Jake's ruse, although he's garnered enough goodwill that he's allowed simply to leave once his contract expires rather than forfeit all pay and possibly go to jail.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jake finds out that not only did stopping the Kennedy assassination make a world ''far'' worse, it will eventually destroy the fabric of time. Jake is able to undo this easily, but sadly he can't ever meet Sadie again. Thankfully, she turns out to still be alive in modern days, albeit wounded by her crazy ex. Ultimately, the only thing he changed was that he aged the years he spent in the past. (only five)]]

* AlternateHistory: [[spoiler: Jake creates a spectacularly bad future, where the Vietnam War went nuclear, George Wallace and ''Curtis [=LeMay=]'' became president, the Civil Rights Act never passed, and racial tensions are even worse. And that ignores the Earthquakes that will destroy the world]]...

** ''JIMLA!''
** Life turns on a dime.
** The past harmonizes.
** The past is obdurate.
** Dancing is life.

** [[Literature/{{Christine}} A red Plymouth Fury keeps turning up as well, particularly as it's driven by Sadie's psychotic ex]].

* FallenStatesOfAmerica: [[spoiler:The US ends up like this by 2011 as a result of Jake preventing the Kennedy assassination.]]

* {{Doorstopper}}

* YearInsideHourOutside: No matter how long you spends in the past, returning through the portal dumps you two minutes after you left.

** Jake fears killing Frank Dunning could result in his imprisonment in [[Literature/{{TheShawshankRedemption}} Shawshank State Prison]].

** '''JIMLA!'''

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jake finds out that not only did stopping the Kennedy assassination make a world '''far''' worse, it will eventually destroy the fabric of time. Jake is able to undo this easily, but sadly he can't ever meet Sadie again. Thankfully, she turns out to still be alive in modern days, albeit wounded by her crazy ex. Ultimately, the only thing he changed was that he aged the years he spent in the past. (only five)]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jake finds out that not only did stopping the Kennedy assassination make a world '''far''' worse, it will eventually destroy the fabric of time. Jake is able to undo this easily, but sadly he can't ever meet Sadie again. Thankfully, she turns out to still be alive in modern days, albeit wounded by her crazy ex. Ultimately, the only thing he changed was that he aged the years he spent in the past.]]

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Jake hits [[spoiler: Johnny]] in the head with a fire poker, driving the spike clean through his skull. Perhaps as a result of the amateur lobotomy, [[spoiler: Johnny]] just stares at him blankly, looking a bit confused. [[spoiler: Then Sadie, to everyone's immense relief, blows Johnny away with the handgun he dropped.]]