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''The Road Home'' is an animated film set within the ''Series/BabylonFive'' universe, written by original show creator Creator/JMichaelStraczynski.

!! The trailer contains the following tropes:

* AndTheAdventureContinues: After Sheridan returns to his own time, the end of the film focuses on the "No Shadow War" timeline he visited last. That Sheridan meets his version of Delenn (still full Minbari), Garibaldi discussing visiting the Great Machine with Zathras, G'Kar and Londo arguing about the most recent Centauri/Narn dispute, and ending on Ivanova on the bridge as the camera zooms out into space. The original story may be over, but this one is just beginning.

** As in the original series, the trailer shows that still no one listens to Zathras.
** The alternate timeline where the Shadows assault a Sinclair-led B5 is more or less a variation of the bad future from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E20BabylonSquared Babylon Squared]]" and "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E16WarWithoutEndPart1 War With]][[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E17WarWithoutEndPart2 out End]]" namely Garibaldi and Sinclair fighting the Shadows to trigger the station's self destruct and Ivanova sending a distress call that's nigh identical to the one in the latter two-parter.

* CurbstompCushion: The Battle of Alternate B5, B5's defenses are no match for the Shadows but they do manage a couple of hits in retaliation.
** We see that B5's Starfuries are barely doing anything to the Shadow fighters but they do manage a couple of kills including one Starfury pilot taking out a Shadow fighter by latching onto it with a grapple and towing it into the station's hull.
** The ultimate outcome of the battle, B5 is destroyed but the self-destruct sequence takes out the Shadow vessels surrounding it, allowing the evacuation ships to escape. This provides hope that Delenn and the League council escaped to continue the war.

* ForWantOfANail: In the final timeline, the Shadow War never happened because Interplanetary Expeditions went bankrupt before the Icarus expedition could even happen. Meaning that that Shadows are still dormant for the time being.
* GoodAllAlong: The mysterious glowing orb which seems to be pursuing Sheridan. It's actually Delenn, following him to bring him home, with the aid of tech provided by the Zathri.

* BorrowedCatchphrase: Upon hearing that Zathras has come up from Epsilon III to the alternate B5 (right after Garibaldi insisted that there was nothing and nobody down there), Sheridan quips, "No-one listens to Sheridan."

* AndTheAdventureContinues: After Sheridan returns to his own time, the end of the film focuses on the non-Shadow timeline he visited last. That Sheridan meets his version of Delenn (still full Minbari), Garibaldi discussing visiting the Great Machine with Zathras, G'Kar and Londo arguing about the most recent Centauri/Narn dispute, and ending on Ivanova on the bridge as the camera zooms out into space. The original story may be over, but this one is just beginning.

* ForWantOfANail: In the final timeline, the Shadow War never happened because the exploration company that woke them in the prime timeline went bankrupt.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Sheridan is unstuck in time ''and'' space, but a multiverse-aware Zathras will not let him say that he is lost in time and ''Franchise/LostInSpace'' because the copyright concerns are complicated.

* DramaticIrony: The final timeline Sheridan, after seeing his other self leave with the love of his life, muses to his own Delenn that he would like to meet the woman willing to jump through time to rescue her husband.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Ivanova and Londo in the Shadow victory timeline decide to watch Earth's destruction by ColonyDrop at the precise point the moon will impact, sitting on a balcony in lounge chairs and sharing a drink while discussing the [[ApocalypseWow spectacular view.]]

* PlotDemandedManualMode: [=B5=]'s SelfDestructMechanism requires three heavy levers to be pulled in sequence which circle the perimeter of the reactor and are a fair distance apart, to ensure that whoever ordered the self-destruct absolutely intends to blow up the station on purpose. Sheridan complains about the distance, as the Shadows are hot on his heels, but the computer merely responds that it isn't responsible for the design and can only do as it was programmed.

* StuffBlowingUp: Including the station itself as seen in the trailer.

* SinkTheLifeboats: In Sinclair's Shadow War timeline, the Earth Alliance personnel do everything they can to hold the Shadows off for as long as possible, as the Shadows will turn on the civilian transports once they've neutralized the military resistance.

* TimeCrash: Sheridan's travel between alternate timelines threatens to destroy all of reality, as each one he observes becomes real and the timelines clash attempting to exist simultaneously.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: After Sheridan returns to his own time, the end of the film focuses on the non-Shadow timeline he visited last. That Sheridan meets his version of Deleen (still full Minbari), Garibaldi discussing visiting the Great Machine with Zathras, G'Kar and Londo arguing about the most recent Centauri/Narn dispute, and ending on Ivanova on the bridge as the camera zooms out into space. The original story may be over, but this one is just beginning.

* DramaticIrony: The final timeline Sheridan, after seeing his other self leave with the love of his life, muses to his own Deleen that he would like to meet the woman willing to jump through time to rescue her husband.

* ColonyDrop: In the timeline where the Shadows won the war, the Vorlons decide to destroy Earth. However, because it's a fairly large planet, instead of using their planet buster directly, they instead use it to push the moon out of orbit and into Earth, achieving the same effect with less energy expenditure.

%%No citation* DefiantToTheEnd: In one timeline, Ivanova is at her post as the station is about to meet its end:
%%-->'''Ivanova''': Everything ends. I'm not afraid. BringIt.

%%No citation * FaceDeathWithDignity: In another timeline, Ivanova and Londo are calmly awaiting the end, sitting on a balcony in lounge chairs and sharing a drink while discussing the [[ApocalypseWow spectacular view.]]
%%No citation * LastStand: DiscussedTrope, when Sinclair offers Sheridan a rifle while informing him he's just joined one.
* OhCrap: Said word for word by Sheridan in the trailer when he's told the Minbari facility he's in runs on tachyons, and realizes he's in for something screwy.

%%No citation * SelfDestructMechanism: Sheridan activates the station's self destruct. The computer [[MoodDissonance doesn't treat it with the gravitas one usually expects]]:
%%-->'''Computer''': Destruct sequence? Are you feeling alright? This isn't just one of those 'I'm having a bad day' things.

* DimensionalTraveler: The trailer reveals that due to being unexpectedly exposed to tachyons, Sheridan begins to drift across different timelines, where things went very differently for the B5 station.

** As in the original series the trailer shows that still no one listens to Zathras.

** Sheridan references G'Kar's epilogue from "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E22ZHaDum Z'Ha'Dum]]" during the opening of the tachyon facility.
* DefiantToTheEnd: In one timeline, Ivanova is at her post as the station is about to meet its end:
-->'''Ivanova''': Everything ends. I'm not afraid. BringIt.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: In another timeline, Ivanova and Londo are calmly awaiting the end, sitting on a balcony in lounge chairs and sharing a drink while discussing the [[ApocalypseWow spectacular view.]]
* LastStand: DiscussedTrope, when Sinclair offers Sheridan a rifle while informing him he's just joined one.

* SelfDestructMechanism: Sheridan activates the station's self destruct. The computer [[MoodDissonance doesn't treat it with the gravitas one usually expects]]:
-->'''Computer''': Destruct sequence? Are you feeling alright? This isn't just one of those 'I'm having a bad day' things.
* ShoutOut: One alternate Franklin calls Sheridan being unstuck in time and moving between alternate universes "[[Series/{{Sliders}} sliding]]".
* StuffBlowingUp: Including the station itself as seen in the trailer, presumably after Sheridan triggers it's self-destruct in one of the many timelines.

The Road Home is an animated film set within the Series/BabylonFive universe, written by original show creator Creator/JMichaelStraczynski.

Taking place before the SeriesFinale, former Babylon 5 commander, John Sheridan, President of the Earth Alliance, and hero of the Shadow War, is taken across timelines after being exposed to tachyon energy on Minbar.

* StuffBlowingUp: Including the station itself as seen in the trailer, presumably after Sheridan triggers it's self-destruct in one of the many timelines.

* ShoutOut: One alternate Franklin calls Sheridan being unstuck in time and moving between alternate universes "[[Series/Sliders sliding]]".

* CallBack: As in the original series the trailer shows that still no one listens to Zathras.

* OhCrap: Said word for word by Sheridan in the trailer when he's told the Minbari facility he's in runs on tachyon's, and realizes he's in for something screwy.

!! This film contains the following tropes:

The Way Home is an animated film set within the Series/BabylonFive universe, written by orignal show creator Creator/JMichaelStraczynski.

* OhCrap: Said word for word by Sheridan in the trailer when he's told the Minbari generator runs on tachyon's, and realizes he's in for something screwy.

* OhCrap: Said word for word by Sheridan in the trailer when he's told the Minbari generator runs on tachyon's, and he's in for something screwy.

* StuffBlowingUp: Including the station itself as seen in trailer, presumably after Sheridan triggers it's self-destruct in one of the many timelines.

The Way Home is an animated film set within the Babylon 5 universe, written by orignal show creator Creator/JMichaelStraczynski.