time loop

plot device in science fiction
Thing narrative_technique Q186610
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time loop

Summary

time loop is a narrative technique[1]. It draws 428 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #7 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • time loop is credited with the discovery of Malcolm Jameson[3].
  • time loop is credited with the discovery of Petr Uspensky[4].
  • time loop's instance of is recorded as narrative technique[5].
  • time loop's instance of is recorded as plot device[6].
  • time loop's subclass of is recorded as time travel[7].
  • time loop's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • time loop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02bbg9[9].
  • time loop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Time loop films[10].
  • time loop's Quora topic ID is recorded as Time-Loop[11].
  • time loop's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as time_loop[12].
  • time loop's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/GroundhogDayLoop[13].
  • time loop's Archive of Our Own tag is recorded as Time Loop[14].
  • time loop's IMDb keyword is recorded as time-loop[15].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Malcolm Jameson[3], a novelist[16], 1891–1945[17], of United States[18] and Petr Uspensky[4], a philosopher[19], 1878–1947[20], of Russian Empire[21].

Why It Matters

time loop draws 428 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_technique category, ranking #7 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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