Repeating events - Revision history

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	* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)		* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)
	* "Monday" ([[X-Files]] episode)		* "Monday" ([[X-Files]] episode)
	* "[[5:55]]" ~~s.2 e.~~3 of ''[[~~Blood Ties~~]]''		* "[[5:55]]" (2x03 episode ''[[Blood Ties]]'')
			* ''[[Mystery Spot]]'' (season 3 episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)\|Supernatural]]''

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	Examples:		Examples:
			* ''[[Being Erica]]'', in which Erica relives past events (usually one per episode) to try to fix her mistakes
	* [[Been There, Done That]] (3x02 episode of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]])		* [[Been There, Done That]] (3x02 episode of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
	* "[[Life Serial]]" (s6 episode of [[Buffy]])		* "[[Life Serial]]" (s6 episode of [[Buffy]])

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	Examples:		Examples:
	* [[Been There, Done That]] (3x02 episode of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]])		* [[Been There, Done That]] (3x02 episode of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
	* "Life Serial" (s6 episode of Buffy)		* "[[Life Serial]]" (s6 episode of [[Buffy]])
	* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)		* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)
	* "Monday" (X-Files episode)		* "Monday" ([[X-Files]] episode)
			* "[[5:55]]" s.2 e.3 of ''[[Blood Ties]]''


	Variants - one-time repeat:		Variants - one-time repeat:

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	* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)		* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)
	* "Monday" (X-Files episode)		* "Monday" (X-Files episode)

			Variants - one-time repeat:
	* "[[Tru Calling]]" (the entire show is premised on the one-time-only opportunity to repeat the previous day, to "fix" whatever went wrong)		* "[[Tru Calling]]" (the entire show is premised on the one-time-only opportunity to repeat the previous day, to "fix" whatever went wrong)
			* "I Will Remember You" (S1 episode of Angel; one-time repeat)

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Time travel]]		* [[Time travel]] (which can permit reexamination of the same event from a different perspective, or efforts to redo it)


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'''Repeating events''' is a common SFnal plot device. A character wakes up and goes through the day's events; something horrible (or perhaps mundane) happens; then the next day when they wake up they relive the same day again.

Variations:
* The day, or events, could be changed slightly each time
* Events could range from horrible to mundane
* Character's awareness of what happened
* How (or if) character stops the cycle
* Explanation of how the repeat happened?

Examples:
* [[Been There, Done That]] (3x02 episode of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]])
* "Life Serial" (s6 episode of Buffy)
* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)
* "Monday" (X-Files episode)
* "[[Tru Calling]]" (the entire show is premised on the one-time-only opportunity to repeat the previous day, to "fix" whatever went wrong)

==See also==
* [[Time travel]]

[[Category:Plot devices]]