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4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
25th Apr, 2019 06:52:55 AM
Time-Travel Tense Trouble, or Timey-Wimey Ball, lampshaded
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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
25th Apr, 2019 07:08:06 AM
Not a trope, but you could add it to Other Stock Phrases
(See also No New Stock Phrases}
Seconding Timey-Wimey Ball for the concept being conveyed, however. It's also often taken as a request for Layman's Terms.
Edited by Scorpion451
In countless time travel stories, the time traveler gets things explained, like "You'll need to go to the past and meet her, but don't worry, because technically you've already been going to have had met her," and the time traveler replies "Understanding this stuff gives me a headache" or make some similar complaint. Is that a trope?