what if I met myself from a different time theme
We imagine what it would be like to encounter our own self from an earlier or later time of our life.
Examples
In tz1985e1x11b "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus was somehow transported back the to 1940s where he became a confidant of his childhood self in order to persuade him to choose a different path in life. Alas, instead he became the very progenitor of the problems he sought to remedy.
41 total · 4 choice · 17 major · 20 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| as1985e2x13 | choice | A grand revelation of the story is that the hitchhiker who Charlene picked up on the roadside was actually herself from about 30 years in the future. |
| movie: Gemini Man (2019) | choice | The main novelty of the story surrounds the 51-year-old, over-the-hill assassin Henry Brogan being pursued by his younger and seemingly more ruthless clone, Junior. And while not explicitly mentioned, the file title "Gemini Man" evidently draws a parallel between the clones Henry/Junior and the Gemini twins Castor/Pollux from Greek mythology. |
| movie: Looper (2012) | choice | Joe met his future self. |
| talesfromtheloop1x01 | choice | Because of some peculiar causality loop caused by her mother's tinkering with a strange device, Young Loretta came to meet an older version of herself. |
| ds93x17 | major | Miles met his future self. |
| movie: Back to the Future Part II (1989) | major | Marty Young Jennifer Parker and Old Jennifer Parker were shocked to come face to face with one another. Old Biff went back in time to give his younger a sports almanac that told the results of future sporting events. Young Doc crossed paths with Old Doc in the year 1955. |
| movie: Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020) | major | Bill and Ted encountered various future versions of themselves. |
| movie: Meet the Robinsons (2007) | major | In a pointed scene, Lewis met his successful inventor, adult self from the year 2037. Bowler Hat Guy traveled back in time and met his child self, Goob. |
| movie: Timecrimes (2007) | major | There were three versions of Héctor going around trying to kill one another. |
| rbt1985e4x06 | major | The story turns on the old Jonathan somehow traveling back in time from the year 2025 to dissuade his younger self from murdering his (their) wife. |