For fanfiction, this trope can follow The Stations of the Canon. Kamen Rider Zero-One does a variant of this as the method by which the title character acquires his final upgrade: when faced with a nearly unbeatable opponent, his robot assistant hooks herself up to the world's most powerful supercomputer and runs herself through tens of thousands of simulations of the upcoming few hours until she figures out exactly what new super-suit they need to build in order to win. My life as a anime. Similar to the Astro Boy: Omega Factor example, Disgaea and its New Game Plus system plays out like this, although with no meta elements: The normal ending, which you will end up getting your first time through, has an incredible Downer Ending — Laharl confronts the head of the angels, he kills Flonne, and Laharl murders him in a rage. In its sixth season, Lost portrayed flash-sideways of the main characters in a parallel universe, but in contrast to the emotional cripples they started out as in the prime timeline, all of them possess five seasons worth of character development, which allows them to come to terms with their severe psychological baggage.
When the Snake Bearer activates his "Second Chance" power it starts a five-minute countdown, at the end of which the Bearer will de-transform. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 4 reveals that the entire story up to then has been a Peggy Sue plot orchestrated by former King Albert and Queen Elisha. While the above was later retconned as just a simulation, the seventeenth season features a straight case: everyone but Donut and Washington is trapped in the past, reliving their memories in a loop, for having caused a Reality-Breaking Paradox. Minerva seriously wonders how many more times he can stand before his sanity or his body break down. In some hands, this can turn into a Fix Fic, with the character going back in time to prevent some canon event that the author doesn't like (such as the death of a beloved character). Sort of played with, in Mortal Kombat 9. The Musical, which features Lucy, Sally, and Peppermint Patty singing about how much better their lives would be if they had grown up already knowing the things that they'd learned throughout childhood. My life as a chicken hentai. The first episode milks the hell out of this, with Yu reacting (or underreacting) to events leading up to the TV world in ways not possible in the game. If he reevaluates his life, he sees that his original decisions weren't as horrible as he believed them to be. Or, less commonly, breaking it. Incidentally, there is a horse named Peggy Sue, but that's something different. After what looks like a massive, massive Downer Ending in which the world is nearly ruined and Astro dies.
Then he finds himself in a loop lasting months to years. Next is a film where a character effectively has this (or perhaps something more like Save Scumming) due to possessing pre-cognition as a power. Picard reacts to the situation which led to his death in a manner that negates his later death. The scene where he accidentally prevents the killing altogether becomes a CMOA for the president, who with a moment's warning singlehandedly clobbers John Wilkes Booth. A story arc in the third season of Red vs. Blue has Church travelling physically back in time, and attempting to undo all the damage caused in the first two seasons. In the Void Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, the Void itself gives people the power to do this, at the cost of consuming the rest of the galaxy to provide the necessary energy. The events of the game happen at a time where she has finally figured out the right way to pull it off and is about to if not for Liu Kang merging with Raiden's godly power and finally putting an end to her once and for all. The trope namer, of course, though Peggy Sue Got Married is actually a subversion of the usual Set Right What Once Went Wrong aspects of the trope as Peggy Sue quickly realizes that she still doesn't have all of the answers and settles for adding some experiences she wished she'd had the first time around. Once there, he can short-range Mental Time Travel at will. In 1982, the 32-year-old ecologist Vincent Degan has a car accident on the soccer world cup night (after a France defeat). The Taming Of The Tyrant: Charlize Ronan is chosen to be a "living sword" by the Emperor, a position she happily accepts in order to bring honour to her learns that he meant she would be turned into a literal sword and used as a mere tool for the emperors. Kamen Rider: - Cruelly subverted in Kamen Rider Ryuki. As is so often the case with a popular story archetype, Follow the Leader writers Ignored The Aesop in favor of the escapism.
During the finale finale, Big Bad Skullmaster was in the process of altering time, and Max leaps in to stop him. Unfortunately, this happens at the cost of leaving young Al in a POW camp instead of changing the timeline to rescue him. The ending though, is probably the film's best example of this trope. Not if you did it for that Infinity +1 Sword that you need to power up to absurd levels.
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Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out. "There's gotta be one here somewhere. What you think, piggy? " Christopher's mother drives him to school, and meets Siobhan.
"She may just have what it takes. "Can you hear me down there, Bird-boy? " He'd do something much better. "Batman doesn't stand a chance! They'll be dead soon, oh, and so-will-you! Once you have prepared, think positively. "As a psychiatrist, silly. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. "If he gets up, I'm gonna knock you boys down. Nanobomb in her neck). Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, understand? " Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up. Are you saying I belong at Weenie Hut Juniors? SpongeBob Boss: One more crack like that and you're outta here!
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You're getting closer. No way you'll get me". Don't you ever, ever think about other people for one second, eh? " The more focused you are, the more energy goes toward what you're working on. "Why are you so mean??!! To Deadshot about Joker). We're just going to do a quick psychiatric evaluation. "Aw, today ain't your day cupcake. Oh, I got something to show you... One second, B-man! "Don't let your guard down boys! Talk to your mom or dad, your teacher, or your school guidance counselor. "Come on, you meatheads! Anxiety is a feeling a person gets when he or she expects something stressful to happen.
How can you choose talent? It's natural to think that people who get better results than us are simply more talented. Let's root for each other and watch each other grow. He likes it because it's quieter than usual outside. That was close, B-man. "Here, piggy, piggy. I'm only doing this to help you.
You have to make tradeoffs. "Give it up already. "That one's for you, Mr. ". A week has 672 blocks, and a year has 34, 944. Well, I won't do you no good. "Tell Batman he's next! "Change of plan, take her to the smelting chamber Mr. J wants this one to suffer a little longer! " We don't want that vermin escaping, do we? "You'll never find it, dumb-ass! Maybe you want to take a look in the mirror sometime.
"Where's the freaking gas pedal!? Opens the door to the Property Room). The following week, Christopher's father tells his mom she has to move out of the house.