History PlayingWith / HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct

** Hitler himself time-travels to the past in a desperate attempt to change his fate, he ends up [[SelfFulfillingProphecy become the catalyst of his inevitable suicide]].

* '''Defied''': After killing Hitler, the time-travellers stay in the past to ensure that history runs a new course that they plotted.

* '''Downplayed''': Killing Hitler makes the war three days longer and causes the moon landing to be delayed by a year.

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* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': To make sure nobody breaks the course of modern history, a TimePolice is focused on protecting Hitler against time travellers. Since this work makes the Time Police complicit of Nazi Germany's crimes (and its agents are very aware of it), the agents affected to Hitler's protection live in a constant "MyGodWhatHaveIDone" state of mind, and are very prone to suffer from alcoholism or nervous breakdowns.

** A young German artist time travels to 1900 in an attempt to [[ScrewDestiny assassinate a would-be dictator when he's still a child]], all because of a vague prophecy. He specifically targets artists because he learnt that the would-be dictator was an artist. While it seems that he managed to kill Hitler since he wiped out all artists in Germany, he never realised one thing which [[ShootTheShaggyDog renders all of his efforts useless]]: [[TomatoInTheMirror He]] ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy is]]'' [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]].

** A young German artist time travels to 1900 in an attempt to [[ScrewDestiny assassinate a would-be dictator]] when he's still a child, all because of a prophecy. He specifically targets artists because he learnt that the would-be dictator was an artist. While it seems that he managed to kill Hitler since he wiped out all artists in Germany, he never realised one thing which renders his efforts useless: [[TomatoInTheMirror He]] ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy is]]'' [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]].

** A young German artist time travels to 1900 in an attempt to [[ScrewDestinty assassinate a would-be dictator]] when he's still a child, all because of a prophecy. He specifically targets artists because he learnt that the would-be dictator was an artist. While it seems that he managed to kill Hitler since he wiped out all artists in Germany, he never realised one thing which renders his efforts useless: [[TomatoInTheMirror He]] ''[[SelfFulfillingProphecy is]]'' [[FromNobodyToNightmare Adolf Hitler]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Killing Hitler prevents Nazis from taking power. However UsefulNotes/WorldWarII still occurs with a more competent and dangerous revival of the German Empire which causes more soldier casualties on both sides and a prolonged war. On the bright side many atrocities never occur due to [[PragmaticVillainy being a poor use of resources]].

* '''Downplayed''': Killing Hitler [[InSpiteOfANail changes absolutely nothing]].

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Averted''': Killing Hitler manages to prevent UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

* '''Subverted''': Bob announces his intent to stop the holocaust before heading back in time. TimePolice expect him to kill Hitler and prepare to stop him. They watch over Hitler during the time frame Bob traveled to and he never showed up, much less tried to assassinate him. Turns out Bob infiltrated the Treaty of Versailles instead and prevented the reparations which would have led to Nazis rising to power.

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* '''Parodied''': When the would-be assassins reach Hitler, they find him posing [[AtopAMountainOfCorpses Atop A Mountain Of Dead Time-Travellers]].

* '''Lampshaded''': All time machines have a placard saying "No Murdering Hitler" in big red letters.

* '''Discussed''': "I wish I had a time machine." "And what would you do with it, go back and kill Adolf Hitler?" "Please... everyone knows that would only make things worse."

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* '''Double Subverted''': Ironically one of the time cop guards for Hitler decided to kill him.

* '''Invoked''': The TimePolice monitor Hitler and prevent time-travellers from killing him so that history runs it's natural course.

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** A group of time-travelling neo-Nazis talks Hitler out of suicide, but it cause UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to end faster.

** A group of time-travelling neo-Nazis tried to save Hitler from assassination,but it cause UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to end faster.

'''Basic Trope''': You can't go back in time, kill AdolfHitler, and get away with it.

** A group of time-travelling neo-Nazis kills Creator/WinstonChurchill, but that act just spurs the Allies into attacking sooner.

** A group of time-travelling neo-Nazis kills WinstonChurchill, but that act just spurs the Allies into attacking sooner.

* '''Deconstructed''': [[YouWillBeBeethoven You will be Hitler]]

* '''Inverted''': A group of time-travelling neo-Nazis kills WinstonChurchill, but that act just spurs the Allies into attacking sooner.

* '''Straight''': Killing Hitler causes WorldWar2 to be longer and bloodier.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Killing Hitler prevents Nazis from taking power. However WorldWar2 still occurs with a more competent and dangerous revival of the German Empire which causes more soldier casualties on both sides and a prolonged war. On the bright side many atrocities never occur due to [[PragmaticVillainy being a poor use of resources]].
* '''Averted''': Killing Hitler manages to prevent WorldWar2.

* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why is it that killing Hitler always ends bad for time travelers on TV." "Perhaps because WorldWar2 was so influential in the history of 20th century? You can't just remove ''that'' and call it a day."

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Justified''': In absence of Hitler, a more competend dictator emerged to give Allies even bigger trouble.

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why is it that killing Hitler always ends bad for time travellers on TV." "Perhaps because WorldWar2 was so influental in the history of 20th century? You can't just remove ''that'' and call it a day."

* '''Invoked''': The TimePolice monitor Hitler and prevent time-travellers from killing him so that history runs it natural course.

* '''Played For Drama''': A Holocaust survivor goes back in time to kill Hitler and thus [[ItsPersonal save his family and friends]] [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong among countless others]] - [[NiceJobBreakingItHero but it only makes matters worse]].