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* ''[[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]]) | ||
* "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle) | * "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle) | ||
* "Monday" (X-Files episode) | * "Monday" ([[X-Files]] episode) | ||
* "[[5:55]]" (2x03 episode ''[[Blood Ties]]'') | |||
* ''[[Mystery Spot]]'' (season 3 episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' | |||
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) | ||
[[Category:Plot devices]] | [[Category:Plot devices]] | ||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:55, 2 September 2011
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:
- 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)
- "Life Serial" (s6 episode of Buffy)
- "Groundhog Day" (Bill Murray vehicle)
- "Monday" (X-Files episode)
- "5:55" (2x03 episode Blood Ties)
- Mystery Spot (season 3 episode of Supernatural
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)
- "I Will Remember You" (S1 episode of Angel; one-time repeat)
See also
- Time travel (which can permit reexamination of the same event from a different perspective, or efforts to redo it)