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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'': Tempus is a villain from a utopian future that was created by heroism of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Having grown bored of his timeline, Tempus steals a time machine created by H.G. Wells, with the intention of [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight ruining it by any means necessary]], including [[TerminatorTwosome going back to Smallville when Superman was a baby to assassinate him]] or brainwash the United States [[PresidentEvil to become President]].

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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'': Tempus is a villain from a utopian future that was created by heroism of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Having grown bored of his timeline, Tempus steals a time machine created by H.G. Wells, with the intention of [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight ruining it by any means necessary]], including [[TerminatorTwosome going back to Smallville when Superman was a baby to assassinate him]] or brainwash the United States [[PresidentEvil to become President]]. He also insults Lois about how blind she must be [[ClarkKenting to not notice how obvious Clark and Superman are the same person]].
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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'': Tempus is a villain from a utopian future that was created by heroism of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Having grown bored of his timeline, Tempus steals a time machine created by H.G. Wells, with the intention of killing Superman while he is a baby.

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* ''Series/LoisAndClark'': Tempus is a villain from a utopian future that was created by heroism of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Having grown bored of his timeline, Tempus steals a time machine created by H.G. Wells, with the intention of killing [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight ruining it by any means necessary]], including [[TerminatorTwosome going back to Smallville when Superman while he is was a baby. baby to assassinate him]] or brainwash the United States [[PresidentEvil to become President]].
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wait a minute technically there aren't any time travellers involved at all


* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': It's mentioned in passing that the (literal) AlienSpaceBats who tossed the town of Grantville, West Virginia back in time to the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar are a bunch of jerks who cause these kinds of acts all of the time due to "shavings" from making "[[MadArtist art]]" with the fabric of spacetime. The note that provides this {{Handwave}} finishes by mentioning that the aforementioned aliens [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty were eventually completely annihilated]] by a race of humanity's distant descendants who got fed up with their crap.
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* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': It's mentioned in passing that the (literal) AlienSpaceBats who tossed the town of Grantville, West Virginia back in time to the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar are a bunch of jerks who perform these kinds of acts all of the time as a kind of self-proclaimed "[[MadArtist art]]". The note that provides this {{Handwave}} finishes by mentioning that the aforementioned aliens [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty were completely annihilated shortly after transporting Grantville]] by another alien race who was fed up with their crap.

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* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': It's mentioned in passing that the (literal) AlienSpaceBats who tossed the town of Grantville, West Virginia back in time to the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar are a bunch of jerks who perform cause these kinds of acts all of the time as a kind of self-proclaimed due to "shavings" from making "[[MadArtist art]]". art]]" with the fabric of spacetime. The note that provides this {{Handwave}} finishes by mentioning that the aforementioned aliens [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty were eventually completely annihilated shortly after transporting Grantville]] annihilated]] by another alien a race of humanity's distant descendants who was got fed up with their crap.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'': In [[Recap/TheSecretShowS2E5VictorOfTheFuture "Victor of the Future"]], Future Professor Professor turns out to be an even bigger asshole than his younger self. When asked by present Victor how the Floaty-heads were defeated back when this was happening for him, he trolls him by having him play a guessing game and then throw ''potatoes'' at their ship.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'': In [[Recap/TheSecretShowS2E5VictorOfTheFuture "Victor of the Future"]], Future Professor Professor turns out to be an even bigger asshole than his younger self. When asked by present Victor how the Floaty-heads were defeated back when this was happening for him, he trolls him the latter by having him play a guessing game and then throw ''potatoes'' at their ship.
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[[caption-width-right:350:One candyass' trash is a manly man's treasure.]]
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->'''Timmy''': Hey, Beethoven, you wanna hear music from the future? ''[plays dubstep]''
->'''Beethoven''': Oh my God, that shitty music made me go deaf!

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\n->'''Timmy''': Hey, Beethoven, you wanna hear music from the future? ''[plays dubstep]''
->'''Beethoven''':
dubstep]''\\
'''Beethoven''':
Oh my God, that shitty music made me go deaf!
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'': Vinnie Wells may hold the all-time record for time-traveling jerkassery. A punk who got his hands on a pocket-sized time-travelling machine called the Chrono Field Generator, he starts out by using it to rob the Bank of Riverdale. When his plans are thwarted by Archie, he decides to use the Chrono Field Generator to repeatedly ruin Archie's life, then wipe him from existence, making himself a God-Emperor of Earth in the process. When Archie ruins his plans again, Vinnie then brings in a T-Rex from prehistoric times to have it destroy Riverdale.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'': Vinnie Wells may hold the all-time record for time-traveling jerkassery. A punk who got his hands on a pocket-sized time-travelling machine called the Chrono Field Generator, he starts out by using it to rob the Bank of Riverdale. When his plans are thwarted by Archie, he decides to use the Chrono Field Generator to repeatedly ruin Archie's life, then [[RetGone wipe him from existence, existence]], making himself a God-Emperor of Earth in the process. When Archie ruins his plans again, Vinnie then brings in a T-Rex from prehistoric times to have it destroy Riverdale.

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