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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Not an episode of ''ars PARADOXICA''" consists entirely of Mischa Stanton explaining, repeatedly, that what you're currently listening to is, well, not an episode of ''ars PARADOXICA" (as well as giving an explantion for the delay).
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Not an episode of ''ars PARADOXICA''" consists entirely of Mischa Stanton explaining, repeatedly, that what you're currently listening to is, well, not an episode of ''ars PARADOXICA" PARADOXICA'' (as well as giving an explantion for the delay).
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Not an episode of ''ars Paradoxica''" consists entirely of Mischa Stanton explaining, repeatedly, that what you're currently listening to is, well, not an episode of ''ars Paradoxica" (as well as giving an explantion for the delay).
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Not an episode of ''ars Paradoxica''" PARADOXICA''" consists entirely of Mischa Stanton explaining, repeatedly, that what you're currently listening to is, well, not an episode of ''ars Paradoxica" PARADOXICA" (as well as giving an explantion for the delay).
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Not an episode of ''ars Paradoxica''" consists entirely of Mischa Stanton explaining, repeatedly, that what you're currently listening to is, well, not an episode of ''ars Paradoxica" (as well as giving an explantion for the delay).
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* ProfessorGuineaPig: An unwitting example in "Butterfly": A scientist is recruited to test the effects of the Timepiece on rats, but a subsequent conversation between Esther Roberts and Hank Cornish implies that the scientist was actually the subject of the experiment.
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* BollywoodNerd: Nikhil is Indian, and he's a scientist who bonds with Sally over shared pop culture references.
* JewishAndNerdy: Esther Roberts is Jewish and is a mathematician working for [[spoiler:and later running]] ODAR.
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'''Carmen:''' Jesus, you’ve never had to think about this because you don’t look Latina! I used to have people follow me around stores when we were kids. And as soon as we passed the 60s, it got even worse. So don’t tell me it’s as easy as getting on a bus, and finding some town, and getting some job, and living some life because that’s not the reality I live in!\\
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'''Carmen:''' Jesus, you’ve never had to think about this because you don’t look Latina! I used to have people follow me around stores when we were kids. And as soon as we passed the 60s, it got even worse. So don’t tell me it’s as easy as getting on a bus, and finding finding some town, and getting some job, and living some life because that’s not the reality I live in!\\
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* DeconstructedTrope: Yep. Wacky sci-fi adventures have ''consequences'' in Ars Paradoxica. Head injuries lead to [[spoiler: chronic pain and alcohol abuse]], continually being a ManipulativeBastard [[spoiler: backfires violently on [=ODAR=]'s leader]], increasingly unethical experiments prompt more than one character to declare ScrewThisImOutOfHere, the TimeTravel can cause [[spoiler: severe brain damage]], handing incredibly powerful new inventions over to the government without considering the fallout leads to [[spoiler: the government ''abusing'' those inventions]], and that's the tip of the iceberg.
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* RealityEnsues: Yep. Wacky sci-fi adventures have ''consequences'' in Ars Paradoxica. Head injuries lead to [[spoiler: chronic pain and alcohol abuse]], continually being a ManipulativeBastard [[spoiler: backfires violently on [=ODAR=]'s leader]], increasingly unethical experiments prompt more than one character to declare ScrewThisImOutOfHere, the TimeTravel can cause [[spoiler: severe brain damage]], handing incredibly powerful new inventions over to the government without considering the fallout leads to [[spoiler: the government ''abusing'' those inventions]], and that's the tip of the iceberg.
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* DifficultySpike: The codes after each episode, which get more complicated and twisted with every iteration.
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** Carmen through her travels with the rest of the Plasticity kids finds significantly more difficulty living in past decades than the white-passing Petra, demonstrated early on when Petra is able to purchase items freely from a store in the 1980s with no trouble, while Carmen is regarded with extreme suspicion by the store clerk, who tries to "encourage" her to leave the store. This culminates in a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] example when Petra asks Carmen to leave ODAR to live with her in the 1950s, but Carmen angrily states that she can't because living in the 1950s would be disastrous for her since she looks more obviously Latina than white-passing Petra.
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** Carmen through her travels with the rest of the Plasticity kids finds significantly more difficulty living in past decades than the white-passing Petra, demonstrated early on when Petra is able to purchase items freely from a store in the 1980s with no trouble, while Carmen is regarded with extreme suspicion by the store clerk, who tries to "encourage" her to leave the store. This culminates in a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] example when Petra asks Carmen to leave ODAR to live with her in the 1950s, but Carmen angrily states that she can't because living in the 1950s would be disastrous for her since she looks more obviously Latina than white-passing Petra.
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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Comes up multiple times due to having multiple time-traveling non-white characters:
** When Nikhil and Sally go on a road trip together, Nikhil gets some... interesting reactions from the locals.
-->'''Sally:''' Okay that last [stop] was definitely the worst!\\
'''Nikhil:''' My favorite!\\
'''Sally:''' Wait, wait, just do the voice again!\\
'''Nikhil:''' Which one, that boy who walked up to us or his mother?\\
'''Sally:''' The kid!\\
'''Nikhil:''' ''[imitating]'' Gee, mister. I know about white men and black men but a brown man? Now I’ve really seen ‘em all! ''[laughs]''\\
'''Sally:''' ''[laughs]'' You were so nice about it! I would have no idea how to respond to that.
** Carmen through her travels with the rest of the Plasticity kids finds significantly more difficulty living in past decades than the white-passing Petra, demonstrated early on when Petra is able to purchase items freely from a store in the 1980s with no trouble, while Carmen is regarded with extreme suspicion by the store clerk, who tries to "encourage" her to leave the store. This culminates in a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] example when Petra asks Carmen to leave ODAR to live with her in the 1950s, but Carmen angrily states that she can't because living in the 1950s would be disastrous for her since she looks more obviously Latina than white-passing Petra.
-->'''Carmen:''' I can’t go. Not because I don’t want to. I do, that sounds... amazing but... ODAR can do a lot of good for a lot of people and I, we, could help with that! Think of the perspective we could bring! We could make sure that no kid goes through what we did.\\
'''Petra:''' You’re not even going to consider the possibility of coming?\\
'''Carmen:''' What would I do out there, Petra? Look at me. Do you know how difficult it’d be for me to find a job? To find a neighborhood that doesn’t mind me taking my dog for a walk?\\
'''Petra:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Carmen:''' Jesus, you’ve never had to think about this because you don’t look Latina! I used to have people follow me around stores when we were kids. And as soon as we passed the 60s, it got even worse. So don’t tell me it’s as easy as getting on a bus, and finding some town, and getting some job, and living some life because that’s not the reality I live in!\\
'''Petra:''' Carmen, I–\\
'''Carmen:''' –Didn’t know. I get it. I never brought it up because I didn’t want you to feel bad but there was a reason I didn’t go out as much when we got older and it’s not because I wanted to continue quizzing myself on Spanish slang of 19-fifty-whatever!
** When Nikhil and Sally go on a road trip together, Nikhil gets some... interesting reactions from the locals.
-->'''Sally:''' Okay that last [stop] was definitely the worst!\\
'''Nikhil:''' My favorite!\\
'''Sally:''' Wait, wait, just do the voice again!\\
'''Nikhil:''' Which one, that boy who walked up to us or his mother?\\
'''Sally:''' The kid!\\
'''Nikhil:''' ''[imitating]'' Gee, mister. I know about white men and black men but a brown man? Now I’ve really seen ‘em all! ''[laughs]''\\
'''Sally:''' ''[laughs]'' You were so nice about it! I would have no idea how to respond to that.
** Carmen through her travels with the rest of the Plasticity kids finds significantly more difficulty living in past decades than the white-passing Petra, demonstrated early on when Petra is able to purchase items freely from a store in the 1980s with no trouble, while Carmen is regarded with extreme suspicion by the store clerk, who tries to "encourage" her to leave the store. This culminates in a particularly [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] example when Petra asks Carmen to leave ODAR to live with her in the 1950s, but Carmen angrily states that she can't because living in the 1950s would be disastrous for her since she looks more obviously Latina than white-passing Petra.
-->'''Carmen:''' I can’t go. Not because I don’t want to. I do, that sounds... amazing but... ODAR can do a lot of good for a lot of people and I, we, could help with that! Think of the perspective we could bring! We could make sure that no kid goes through what we did.\\
'''Petra:''' You’re not even going to consider the possibility of coming?\\
'''Carmen:''' What would I do out there, Petra? Look at me. Do you know how difficult it’d be for me to find a job? To find a neighborhood that doesn’t mind me taking my dog for a walk?\\
'''Petra:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Carmen:''' Jesus, you’ve never had to think about this because you don’t look Latina! I used to have people follow me around stores when we were kids. And as soon as we passed the 60s, it got even worse. So don’t tell me it’s as easy as getting on a bus, and finding some town, and getting some job, and living some life because that’s not the reality I live in!\\
'''Petra:''' Carmen, I–\\
'''Carmen:''' –Didn’t know. I get it. I never brought it up because I didn’t want you to feel bad but there was a reason I didn’t go out as much when we got older and it’s not because I wanted to continue quizzing myself on Spanish slang of 19-fifty-whatever!
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** [[spoiler: Jack Wyatt]], deeply afraid of his work, abruptly leaves Point Of Exile with the waitress he loves. He only comes back in the last 2 episodes of the show.
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** [[spoiler: Jack Wyatt]], deeply afraid of his work, abruptly leaves Point Of Exile with the waitress he loves. Considering what ODAR got up to, this is probably for the best. He only comes back in the last 2 episodes of the show.
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''ars PARADOXICA'' is a love letter to physics, fiction, and the future. It's a disorienting journey through spacetime and the Cold War. It's a tome of secret history you stumbled across in a library in the dead of night.
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Described by the creators themselves as a "time-travel tragedy podcast," ''ars PARADOXICA'' is a love letter to physics, fiction, and the future. It's a disorienting journey through spacetime and the Cold War. It's a tome of secret history you stumbled across in a library in the dead of night.
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** The [[spoiler: two Petras]] in Episode 22: Dawn
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** The [[spoiler: two Petras]] in Episode 22: DawnDawn.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At least two:
** [[spoiler: Jack Wyatt]], deeply afraid of his work, abruptly leaves Point Of Exile with the waitress he loves. All indications are that he's not coming back. Which, considering what [=ODAR=] gets up to, is probably for the best.
** Sally has [[spoiler: stepped down from protagonist duties and turned her back on [=ODAR=]]] as of episode 16.
** [[spoiler: Jack Wyatt]], deeply afraid of his work, abruptly leaves Point Of Exile with the waitress he loves. All indications are that he's not coming back. Which, considering what [=ODAR=] gets up to, is probably for the best.
** Sally has [[spoiler: stepped down from protagonist duties and turned her back on [=ODAR=]]] as of episode 16.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At least two:
Prevalent to the point of perhaps being (part of?) a central theme. Many characters attempt to stay with ODAR for various reasons, hoping that they can [[InternalReformist change it for the better, use time travel to help the world,]] and otherwise make a positive impact. This usually fails in some way, with the characters realizing just how little they're capable of doing, or how incapable they are of fixing something that is inherently broken, and leave for something else, eventually finding themselves happier. Examples include:
** [[spoiler: Jack Wyatt]], deeply afraid of his work, abruptly leaves Point Of Exile with the waitress he loves.All indications are that he's not coming back. Which, considering what [=ODAR=] gets up to, is probably for He only comes back in the best.
last 2 episodes of the show.
** Sally has [[spoiler: stepped down from protagonist duties and turned her back on [=ODAR=]]] as of episode 16. She comes back, of course.
** Helen Partridge leaves ODAR behind for good to become a singer.
** Lou Gaines gives up on being an ODAR agent to become a teacher, and finds himself much happier.
** Esther leaves ODAR to be with [[spoiler: Bridget]]
** [[spoiler: The ending of the podcast has Petra, Sally, and her time duplicate destroying the Timepiece and ending ODAR before it can ever exist, surmising (perhaps correctly) that the world is better off without it.]]
** [[spoiler: Jack Wyatt]], deeply afraid of his work, abruptly leaves Point Of Exile with the waitress he loves.
** Sally has [[spoiler: stepped down from protagonist duties and turned her back on [=ODAR=]]] as of episode 16. She comes back, of course.
** Helen Partridge leaves ODAR behind for good to become a singer.
** Lou Gaines gives up on being an ODAR agent to become a teacher, and finds himself much happier.
** Esther leaves ODAR to be with [[spoiler: Bridget]]
** [[spoiler: The ending of the podcast has Petra, Sally, and her time duplicate destroying the Timepiece and ending ODAR before it can ever exist, surmising (perhaps correctly) that the world is better off without it.]]
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* TimeIsDangerous: The entire show revolves around trying to fix problems created by time travel.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Everyone suffering from [[spoiler: butterfly syndrome]].
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Everyone suffering from [[spoiler: butterfly syndrome]].
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* TimeIsDangerous: The entire show revolves around trying to fix problems created by time travel.
travel, and more often than not creating more in the process.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Everyone suffering from [[spoiler: butterflysyndrome]].syndrome, a form of neurological disorder caused by the brain being incapable of comprehending time travel.]].
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Everyone suffering from [[spoiler: butterfly
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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Sally's present-day technical expertise causes ODAR [[spoiler:and other governments]] to radically upgrade their technology far beyond what was possible in the 1940s.
