| 1 | [[quoteright:322:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ThreeCats_2104.JPG]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:322:Cats also don't know.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Creator/AugustineOfHippo''' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Time passes. Often, this is significant to characters and plots alike. |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | [[index]] |
| 10 | !!Tropes: |
| 11 | [floatboxright: |
| 12 | '''Categories:''' |
| 13 | + TwentyFourHourTropeClock |
| 14 | + AgingTropes |
| 15 | + BirthdayTropes |
| 16 | + ClockIndex |
| 17 | + FateAndProphecyTropes |
| 18 | + FlashbacksAndChronology |
| 19 | + HolidayTropes |
| 20 | + HollywoodHistory |
| 21 | + InstantTropes |
| 22 | + LengthTropes |
| 23 | + PlotTime |
| 24 | + SeasonalIndex |
| 25 | + SynchronizedIndex |
| 26 | + TimeMarchesOn |
| 27 | + TimeTravelTropes |
| 28 | + WeWillNotUseAnIndexInTheFuture |
| 29 | ] |
| 30 | * TenThousandYears |
| 31 | * AbUrbeCondita |
| 32 | * AbsurdlyLongWait |
| 33 | * AdvanceNoticeCrime: A criminal announces what they plan to do before committing a crime. |
| 34 | * AgeProgressionSong |
| 35 | * AllOfTimeAtOnce |
| 36 | * AlternativeCalendar: A calendar where the names of the months are different. |
| 37 | * AlwaysLate |
| 38 | * AmbiguousTimePeriod: It is not clear what time period the story takes place. |
| 39 | * AnachronisticClue |
| 40 | * BaitAndSwitchTimeSkip: It ''seems'' like a long time has passed, but it's only been a little while. |
| 41 | * BelatedInjuryRealization |
| 42 | * BizarreSeasons |
| 43 | * BulletTime: A visual effect in which time is slowed down to show something really fast happening. |
| 44 | * CartoonlandTime |
| 45 | * CatastrophicCountdown |
| 46 | * TheCavalryArrivesLate: The heroes' reinforcements don't show up until after the villains have already been defeated. |
| 47 | * CelestialDeadline |
| 48 | * CharityWorkplaceCalendar: Posing for a workplace calendar to raise money. |
| 49 | * {{Chronoscope}} |
| 50 | * ClockDiscrepancy: The time of an event doesn't happen at the time it was said. |
| 51 | * ClockKing |
| 52 | * ClocksOfControl |
| 53 | * ClockOfPower |
| 54 | * ClockTampering |
| 55 | * ClockworkPrediction |
| 56 | * ColourCodedTimestop |
| 57 | * CueOClock: Clock dial numbers are replaced by a non-time-related cue or nonsense. |
| 58 | * DistantFinale: The series' ending takes place many years in the future with the surviving characters much older. |
| 59 | * EventDrivenClock: Time doesn't progress until the player progresses. |
| 60 | * ExactlyExtyYearsAgo |
| 61 | * ExplodingCalendar |
| 62 | * ExtremelyShortTimespan |
| 63 | * ExtyYearsFromPublication |
| 64 | * FantasticTimeManagement |
| 65 | * FastForwardToReunion |
| 66 | * FatherTime: AnthropomorphicPersonification of time. |
| 67 | * FlashbackBPlot |
| 68 | * FlashForwardFic |
| 69 | * FloatingClocks |
| 70 | * FreshClue |
| 71 | * FunnyFlashbackHaircut |
| 72 | * GoWaitOutside: Despite a NonPlayerCharacter saying a commission will take a while, no out-of-universe time is needed to go retrieve it. |
| 73 | * HatingOnMonday |
| 74 | * TheHiddenHour |
| 75 | * ImplausibleSynchrony: All clocks show the exact same time of day. |
| 76 | * InItForLife |
| 77 | * JustInTime |
| 78 | * LateToTheAction |
| 79 | * LiminalTime |
| 80 | * LimitedDestinationTime: Each place has a time limit for how long you can stay. |
| 81 | * LineageLadder: When describing a repetition of ancestors or descendants conveys age or time passage. |
| 82 | * MagicCountdown |
| 83 | * MeaningfulReleaseDate: A work is released on a date that has some connection to the work itself. |
| 84 | * {{Microts}}: Fictional units of time. |
| 85 | * MoveInTheFrozenTime |
| 86 | * OverlyGenerousTimeLimit: A TimedMission where the amount of time given is much longer than the average player is expected to need. |
| 87 | * PatiencePlot: A plot where characters wait for something to happen. |
| 88 | * ThePresentDay: The current period of time you're living in right now. |
| 89 | * ProgressiveEraMontage |
| 90 | * RaceAgainstTheClock |
| 91 | * RealTime |
| 92 | * RightOnTheTick: The association of important plot events with a specific time. |
| 93 | * ARottenTimeToRevert: A transformed character is forced to revert to their natural form at the worst possible time. |
| 94 | * ScheduleFanatic: A character is obsessed with scheduling everything. |
| 95 | * ScottyTime |
| 96 | * SeasonalBaggage |
| 97 | * SnailMail |
| 98 | * SpinningClockHands |
| 99 | * SpinningPaper: Newspapers rotate into view with headlines relevant to the events of the story. |
| 100 | * SpringIsLate |
| 101 | * StandardTimeUnits |
| 102 | * StoppedClock |
| 103 | * SundayIsBoring |
| 104 | * TardinessTropes: tropes about being late |
| 105 | * TakeYourTime |
| 106 | * ThousandYearReign |
| 107 | * TimeAbyss: A being who is much older than all recorded history. |
| 108 | * TimeBomb |
| 109 | * TimeCapsule |
| 110 | * TimeCompressionMontage |
| 111 | * TimeCrash |
| 112 | * TimeDilation |
| 113 | * TimedMission: A goal must be reached ''[[{{Speedrun}} quickly]]''! |
| 114 | * TimePassesMontage |
| 115 | * TimeFreezeTrollingSpree: Someone freezes time or takes advantage of time being frozen so they can play pranks on people without the risk of getting caught. |
| 116 | * TimeIsDangerous |
| 117 | * TimeMaster: Someone who has the power to [[TimeTravel manipulate time]] at will. |
| 118 | * TimeSkip: A sequel or continuation that takes place a specific amount of time after the original. |
| 119 | * TimeStandsStill: Someone or something causes time to freeze and everyone around them to become motionless. |
| 120 | * TimeZonesDoNotExist: When a world logically should have different time zones, yet none are shown or mentioned. |
| 121 | * UniversalUniverseTime |
| 122 | * UnnecessaryTimePrecision: Doing complicated time calculations just to say that the date requested is very recent. |
| 123 | * WeWait: Characters must wait for their enemy to fall into a trap. |
| 124 | * WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve |
| 125 | * WhenThePlanetsAlign |
| 126 | * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The story ends by explaining what happened to the characters after the story's events. |
| 127 | * AYearAndADay |
| 128 | * YearInsideHourOutside: A long time in an alternate reality is only a short time in the regular universe. |
| 129 | * YearOutsideHourInside: A short time in an alternate reality is much, much longer in the regular universe. |
| 130 | * YearX |
| 131 | * YouAreTooLate |
| 132 | [[/index]] |
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