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->''"Sometimes there are things in life we wish we could go back and change. Wrongs we wish we could right. Mistakes we wish we could fix. But in real life, there are no do-overs. So then what are we left with? We're left with remorse. We're left with regrets. We're left with the memories of the times we wish we could've done something different. This won't be one of those times."''
-->--'''Riley Brown'''

From Ray William Johnson of ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'' fame comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel.

It stars Riley Brown (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to TimeTravel, using her "rewinding" ability to go into the past. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]].

However, as the plot unravels, more storylines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and suddenly the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...

Act one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PevwW0v0uM here]], and each act links to the next.

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->''"Sometimes ->''"Sometimes, there are things in life we wish we could go back and change. Wrongs we wish we could right. Mistakes we wish we could fix. But in real life, there are no do-overs. So then what are we left with? We're left with remorse. We're left with regrets. We're left with the memories of the times we wish we could've done something different. This won't be one of those times."''
-->--'''Riley -->-- '''Riley Brown'''

From ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg3r1-Tv9e1CMrG8gmixrHt2gDg61JS7u Riley Rewind]]'' is a web series directed by Ray William Johnson (''WebVideo/EqualsThree'') and written by Creator/AnnaAkana. It is Johnson's first scripted series, and consists of ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'' fame comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts parts (or "acts") that were originally released on the same day (Dec his Website/{{Facebook}} account before additionally being released on his [=YouTube=] channel on December 13, 2013) on Ray's channel.

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2013.

Akana
stars as Riley Brown (Creator/AnnaAkana), Brown, a teenage girl who lives a seemingly insignificant life as an outsider at her high schooler who school -- except for the fact that she is able to TimeTravel, using her "rewinding" ability to [[TimeTravel "rewind" time]] and go into the past.past to relive or change moments. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]].

However, as the plot unravels, Riley is forced to master her power quickly when more storylines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], starting with a classmate of hers committing suicide and suddenly culminating with the fate of the her entire school is being put on her shoulders...

Act one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PevwW0v0uM here]], and each act links to
shoulders.

While Akana made several statements in 2013 about being in
the next.process of writing a second season of the show, it ultimately did not come to pass.



* ArcWords: "Nobody cares."
** [[spoiler:It's the note Angela left before committing suicide.]]
** [[spoiler:Riley, attempting to prevent the suicide, explicitly says to Angela that she cares.]]
** [[spoiler:Edward says that nobody cared when Angela died.]]



* CerebusSyndrome: Act 1 focuses more on Riley's high school life without much emphasis on her power. By Act 3, Riley's power gets more attention and the series begins to transform into a drama, with things cranked up to eleven by Act 5.

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* CerebusSyndrome: Act 1 has a lighter tone and focuses more on Riley's high school life without much emphasis on her power. By Act 3, Riley's power gets more attention and the series begins to transform into a drama, with things cranked up to eleven by Act 5.



* CliffHanger: At the end of Act 5, the aforementioned "time cops" burst into Riley's room. She tries to rewind, but one of them stops her. [[spoiler:He says there will be no more rewinding.]] The series ends.

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* CliffHanger: At the end of Act 5, the [[spoiler:the aforementioned "time cops" burst into Riley's room. She tries to rewind, but one of them stops her. [[spoiler:He her and says there will be no more rewinding.]] The series ends.There was no continuation of the series, so the significance of this is left unresolved.



* MeaningfulEcho: "Nobody cares."
** [[spoiler:It's the note Angela left before committing suicide.]]
** [[spoiler:Riley, attempting to prevent the suicide, explicitly says to Angela that she cares.]]
** [[spoiler:Edward says that nobody cared when Angela died.]]



** Riley wants to believe that [[Franchise/{{Superman}} she was the last of a race on a dying planet, and her parents sent her to Earth to be the last surviving hope for her species.]] [[LampshadeHanging "But, that origin story's already taken."]]

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** Riley wants to believe that [[Franchise/{{Superman}} she was the last of a race on a dying planet, and her parents sent her to Earth to be the last surviving hope for her species.]] species]]...[[LampshadeHanging "But, "but, that origin story's already taken."]]



* SlowMotionFall: Riley, as seen in the poster and series intro. [[spoiler:Why she's falling is explained in the first 30 seconds of Arc 1.]]
* TimeTravel

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* SlowMotionFall: Riley, as seen in the poster and series intro. [[spoiler:Why she's falling is explained in the first 30 seconds of Arc Act 1.]]
* TimeTravel TimeTravel: Riley has the ability to rewind time, and the series revolves around her coming to terms with her powers and learning how to use them.



** Act 3: After spending all of Act 2 [[spoiler:befriending Angela to prevent her from her death]], Riley then [[spoiler:goes to her house to see her hanging body]].

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** Act 3: After spending all of Act 2 [[spoiler:befriending Angela to prevent her from her death]], Riley then [[spoiler:goes to her house to see her hanging body]].



* WhamLine: At the very end of Act 5; [[spoiler:"Unfortunately, there will be no more rewinding."]]

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* WhamLine: At the very end of Act 5; [[spoiler:"Unfortunately, 5, and by proxy the final line of the series.
-->[[spoiler:"Unfortunately,
there will be no more rewinding."]]
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* CerebusSyndrome: Act 1 focuses more on Riley's high school life without much emphasis on her power. By Act 3, Riley's power gets more attention and the series begins to transform into a drama, with things cranked UpToEleven by Act 5.

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* CerebusSyndrome: Act 1 focuses more on Riley's high school life without much emphasis on her power. By Act 3, Riley's power gets more attention and the series begins to transform into a drama, with things cranked UpToEleven up to eleven by Act 5.

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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel.

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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', Johnson of ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'' fame comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel.



''Riley Rewind'' now has [[Characters/RileyRewind a character sheet!]]

Act one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PevwW0v0uM here]] and each act links to the next. It's also on Netflix!

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''Riley Rewind'' now has [[Characters/RileyRewind a character sheet!]]

Act one is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PevwW0v0uM here]] here]], and each act links to the next. It's also on Netflix!next.

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It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]].

But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and suddenly the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...

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It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] Brown (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can TimeTravel, using her "rewinding" ability to go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future.past. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]].

But then However, as the story plot unravels, more story lines storylines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and suddenly the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...



* ArcWords: "Nobody cares." [[spoiler:It's the note Angela left before committing suicide. Riley says to Angela that she cares. Edward says that nobody cared when Angela died.]]

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* ArcWords: "Nobody cares." "
**
[[spoiler:It's the note Angela left before committing suicide. Riley suicide.]]
** [[spoiler:Riley, attempting to prevent the suicide, explicitly
says to Angela that she cares. Edward cares.]]
** [[spoiler:Edward
says that nobody cared when Angela died.]]



-->"I want you running so fast the world spins backwards!"



* ExactWords: Riley asks Angela if they can hang around at her place. [[spoiler:When she goes to Angela's house, she finds her hanging corpse.]]
* FlippingTheBird: When we first see Angela, being pushed around by a group of [[AlphaBitch alpha bitch]] cheerleaders, she does this.

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* ExactWords: Riley asks Angela if they can hang around at her place. [[spoiler:When she goes to Angela's house, she finds her hanging corpse.]]
* FlippingTheBird: When we first see Angela, being pushed around by a group of [[AlphaBitch alpha bitch]] AlphaBitch cheerleaders, she does this.



* HighSchool
* HistoryRepeats: No matter how many times she rewinds, Riley ends up [[spoiler:walking in on Angela's hanging corpse]] several times.



* TheScream: Riley when she sees [[spoiler:Angela hanging.]]



* SelfReferentialHumor: When Riley makes up nicknames for herself, she does a TitleDrop and then says "Nah, that's stupid."

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* SelfReferentialHumor: When Riley makes up nicknames for herself, she does a See TitleDrop and then says "Nah, that's stupid."below.



-->'''Riley''': They call me Riley, the Life-Saver. They call me Riley, Time Traveler. They call me Riley, the Rewinder. Riley Rewind. [[LampshadeHanging Nah,]] [[SelfReferentialHumor that's stupid.]]

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-->'''Riley''': They call me Riley, the Life-Saver. They call me Riley, Time Traveler. They call me Riley, the Rewinder. Riley Rewind. ({{beat}}) [[LampshadeHanging Nah,]] [[SelfReferentialHumor that's stupid.]]

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* WhamEpisode: [[WhamEpisode/RileyRewind See here.]]

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* WhamEpisode: [[WhamEpisode/RileyRewind See here.]]Considering how compact the series is and how the story unfolds, almost all of the acts count.
** Act 1: Remember that Angela girl you saw getting bullied? [[spoiler:She hangs herself at the end of the act.]]
** Act 3: After spending all of Act 2 [[spoiler:befriending Angela to prevent her from her death]], Riley then [[spoiler:goes to her house to see her hanging body]].
** Act 4: Riley and Jay [[spoiler:hide just in time to see the bomb getting planted--by none other than Edward, the disabled kid.]]
** Act 5: [[spoiler:Edward planted the bomb because he wanted to get revenge on those who bullied Angela to her suicide. Angela was completely innocent, and Edward was actually going to ask her to prom. Riley rewinds ''back to Act 1'', receiving mortal injury, to save Angela, and ends up apprehended by the "time cops" at the end]].

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-->'''Riley Brown'''

From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and suddenly the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...

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-->'''Riley -->--'''Riley Brown'''

From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. channel.

It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. everyone]].

But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and suddenly the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...
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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and everything suddenly the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...

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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and everything suddenly the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...
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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and everything suddenly leads up to a prom night and [[spoiler:a bomb]], and soon enough the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...

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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (AnnaAkana), (Creator/AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and everything suddenly leads up to a prom night and [[spoiler:a bomb]], and soon enough the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...
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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes '''''Riley Rewind''''', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and everything suddenly leads up to a prom night and [[spoiler:a bomb]], and soon enough the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...

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From Ray William Johnson, the guy behind ''WebVideo/EqualsThree'', comes '''''Riley Rewind''''', ''Riley Rewind'', a Website/YouTube web series told in five "acts". All acts were released on the same day (Dec 13, 2013) on Ray's channel. It stars [[KidHero Riley Brown]] (AnnaAkana), a high schooler who is able to [[TimeTravel travel through time]]. She can go into the past ("rewinding"), but not into the future. Call her a superhero if you will, but she believes that [[ScrewDestiny it's not really much of her business to save everyone]]. But then as the story unravels, more story lines are introduced [[MythArc in between the acts]], and everything suddenly leads up to a prom night and [[spoiler:a bomb]], and soon enough the fate of the entire school is on her shoulders...
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* CreatorCameo: Ray William Johnson plays a gym teacher in one scene.
-->"I want you running so fast the world spins backwards!"

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