time traveler meddling in history theme
A person travels back in time and changes history somehow.
Examples
In tz1985e1x20a "Profile in Silver", we saw history professor Dr. Joseph Fitzgerald travel back in time from the year 2172 to quietly observe President John F. Kennedy. Alas, when the sinister moment arrived Joseph could not stop himself but impulsively intervened to save the much admired President. This action had unexpected and dire consequences for the world.
16 total · 4 choice · 9 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Thrill Seekers (1999) | choice | The premise of the film is that people are traveling back in time to watch deadly disasters for entertainment, but in so doing the future ends up getting altered in various ways. |
| movie: Timecop (1994) | choice | It was up to Max to stop time travelers from altering the timeline by their actions in the past. |
| rd1988e7x01 | choice | The crew went back in time and accidentally prevented the assassination of JFK. |
| tz1959e4x10 | choice | Harvey cautioned Paul about the potential of accidental meddling in history to result in temporal chain reactions, but Paul ignored his warning and tried to meddle in history anyway, although his efforts to do so ultimately failed. |
| movie: 2009: Lost Memories (2002) | major | Central to the plot was the Japanese right-wing nationalist Inoue traveling back in time to the year 1909 to prevent the assassination of Resident-General of Korea Ito Hirobumi. This he did knowing it would trigger a series of events resulting in Imperial Japan coming out of World War II with its colonial empire intact. |
| movie: Bill and Teds Bogus Journey (1991) | major | In 2691, former gym teacher turned terrorist Chuck De Nomolos hatched a nefarious plot to alter the history of what he considers to be a foolish and frivolous society by sending evil robot replicas of Bill and Ted back to the late 20th century to prevent the originals from winning the San Dimas Battle of the Bands. |
| movie: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991) | major | Some time travelers from the year 2204 traveled back to 1991, and subsequently 1944, in an effort to alter history to make it so that Godzilla had never existed. |
| movie: Running Against Time (1990) | major | David traveled back in time to stop President John F. Kennedy's assassination. |
| movie: Stargate: Continuum (2008) | major | Ba'al traveled back in time to 1939 to stop the Stargate program from ever starting as part of a plot to conquer Earth. |
| movie: The Blue Yonder (1985) | major | Jonathan traveled back in time form 1985 to 1927 to stop his grandfather's fatal attempt at a solo trans-Atlantic flight. |