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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
22nd Sep, 2023 03:20:10 AM
I think is part of San Dimas Time
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Tropiarz
Since: Sep, 2022
22nd Sep, 2023 05:42:37 AM
Didn't Think This Through and Missing Steps Plan, while not directly time-travelling tropes, are fitting this sort of the situation. Which one it is depends on details.
molokai198
Since: Oct, 2012
22nd Sep, 2023 08:12:27 AM
Maybe The Cretaceous Is Always Doomed if you keep ending up exactly when event A is happening?
Time travelling lack of plan
Bob has access to a time machine and want to fix event A. instead of going back a long time before or several times, Bob goes back in just the nick of time and are barely able to fix it.