- "Krux's power was the opposite of his brother's; he could reverse time. It's a huge advantage in combat. Know your opponent's next move, know how to counter it."
- ― Master Wu explaining Krux's power to control the Reversal Movement of Time (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- "Oh, I like that! Say it again!"
- ― Kang the Conqueror to Ravonna before rewinding time (LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2)
- "Deus..Ex..Machina!"
- ― God after turning back time (The Simpsons)
The ability to rewind time temporarily. Sub-power of Time Manipulation and Time Travel. Opposite to Time Acceleration and Flash-Forward. Not to be confused with Time Travel.
Also Called
- Temporary Revival Time/Temporal Time Revival
- Temporal Time Reset/Temporal Time Reversal/Temporal Time Rewind
- Turning Back Time
- Brief Time Reset
Capabilities
The user can rewind time to a few seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years into the past and alter it temporarily. This method of time travel rarely entails any time paradoxes (such as the grandfather paradox) if the user rewinds time on themselves to a parallel timeline.
Applications
- Aim Dodging- Prevent and dodge an attack by rewinding time.
- Limited Memory Erasure, Physical Restoration, Resurrection and/or Event Negation
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Temporal Healing
- Temporal Inversion
- Temporal Restarting
- Temporal Resurrection
Variations
Associations
Limitations
- May be limited to how far back can rewound.
- May not be able to rewind beyond the point of birth.
- May require Energy, as the further you go, the more energy you need.
- May require energy to be extracted from environment causing harm to those in the immediate area.
- Users of Temporal Protection or Accelerated Probability will notice time rewinding and try a different approach.
- Actions that occur after time is rewound changes the timeline, and could cause unexpected consequences.
- May need to set a "checkpoint" ahead of time to return to.
- May be unable to return to their original time and must re-live the timeline up until they get to the time period in which they originally left.
- May be unable to control.
- May not prevent paradoxes if the user doesn't rewind parallel with time.
- Temporal Immunity
- May not be used to revive the user themselves, as it requires them to be alive to use this power.
Known Users
Cartoons
- Francis Grey (The Batman)
- Eon (Ben 10)
- Alien X (“Ben 10”)
- Professor Paradox (Ben 10)
- Clockwork (Danny Phantom)
- Xanubian (Generator Rex)
- Nox (Wakfu)
- Krux (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Thanos (Silver Surfer: The Animated Series)
- Luka Couffaine/Viperion (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Marianne Lenoir/Backwarder (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
Movies
- Major William Cage (Edge of Tomorrow)
- Sergeant Rita Vrataski (Edge of Tomorrow)
- Phil Connors (Groundhog Day)
- Superman (Superman)
- Makoto Konno (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)
- Myron Castleman (12:01 PM; 1990 short film)
- Isabel Bigelow (Bewitched; 2005 film)
- Rewind (We Can Be Heroes)
- Barry Allen/The Flash (Justice League)
Live Television
- Mallory (American Horror Story); via Tempus Infinituum
- Nora West-Allen/XS (Arrowverse)
- Rewind (Mighty Med)
- Barry Thomas (12:01 PM; 1993 television film)
- The Oracles (Angel)
- Tempus (Charmed)
- Zaira Vangoria (Chica Vampiro)
- Alistair Peck (Fringe)
- KirinRanger (Gosei Sentai Dairanger)
- John Mulligan (Heroes)
- Retro World (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)
- Sundial World (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)
- Curtis (Misfits)
- Jor-El (Smallville)
- Corrine Baxter (Strange Days at Blake Holsey High); one off
- Stephen Jameson (The Tomorrow People)
- Tru Davies (Tru Calling)
- Jack Harper (Tru Calling)
- Ferdinand Magellan's Astrolabe (Warehouse 13); can rewind and erase 24 hours for the user.
- Wizards (Wizards of Waverly Place); via Spell Casting
- Scaroth/Count Scarlioni/Captain Tancredi (Doctor Who); via the field interphase stabilizer
Literature
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Satoru Fujinuma (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi)
- Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- The Time Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Yuna D. Kaito (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Cards)
- Shunsuke Otosaka (Charlotte)
- Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
- Aoba Takatsu (Code: Breaker)
- Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live)
- Shido Itsuka (Date A Live)
- Amber (Darker than Black)
- Edrei (Denma); via Shockwave Clap Quanx ability
- Burger Director (Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes)
- Whis (Dragon Ball Super)
- Ultear Milkovich (Fairy Tail)
- Rebecca Bluegarden (Edens Zero); via Cat Leaper
- Saori (Gokukoku no Brynhildr)
- Geumbi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Kako (Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun)
- Various characters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Yoshikage Kira (Diamond is Unbreakable); via Bites the Dust
- Ringo Roadagain (Steel Ball Run); via Mandom
- Alice Maganuma (Mahou Shoujo Site)
- Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
- Kusuo Saiki (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan)
- Seokjin (SAVE ME)
- Users of Returner’s Clockwork Watch (SSS-Class Suicide Hunter)
- Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero)
- Misty (Super Doll Licca-chan)
- Chloe Aubert (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken)
Video Games
- Tim (Braid)
- Mercurius (Dies Irae); via his Law Acta est Fabula
- Time Mages (Final Fantasy V); via the spell Reset/Return
- Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses); via Divine Pulse
- Loki/Yoshino Reiji (Fortissimo Akkord Bsusvier)
- Sissiel (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective)
- Young Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance)
- Ekko (League of Legends)
- Zilean (League of Legends)
- Max Caulfield (Life is Strange)
- Transcendents of Time (MapleStory)
- Kirston (MapleStory)
- Arkarium (MapleStory)
- Will (MapleStory)
- Von Bon (MapleStory)
- Black Mage (MapleStory); via Rhinne's ability
- Gerand Darmoor (Aaron) (MapleStory); via Chronica's ability
- Aion (Norn9); limited to rewinding all of history
- Deja Vu (Skylanders)
- New Kid (South Park: The Fractured but Whole)
- D is Astranagant (Super Robot Wars)
- Tracer (Overwatch)
- Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe)
- Tama (World of Final Fantasy)
- Kang the Conqueror (Lego Marvel Superheroes 2)
- Doctor Strange (Lego Marvel Superheroes 2)
- Ravonna/ Terminatrix (Lego Marvel Superheroes 2)
- Enchantress (Lego Marvel Superheroes 2)
- Stan Lee (Lego Marvel Superheroes 2)
- Monika ("Doki Doki Literature Club!"); via as President of the Literature Club
- Herrscher Of The Void (Honkai Impact 3rd)
Web Comics
- Aradia Megido (Homestuck); via her quartz music boxes and status as Maid of Time
- Dave Strider (Homestuck); via his Timetables and status as Knight of Time
- Seraphina (unOrdinary)
Known Objects
- Music Box (Chucklevision)
- Lyoko supercomputer (Code Lyoko); via the Temporal Reversion program.
- Stewie's time machine (Family Guy: Yug Ylimaf)
- Time Button (Futurama)
- Omega 13 (Galaxy Quest)
- Time Turner (Harry Potter)
- Time Vent Card (Kamen Rider Ryuki)
- Shuyong Seeds (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
- Reversal Time Blade (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Goddess Teardrops (MapleStory)
- Time Gem (Marvel Comics)
- Do Over Watch (Pair of Kings)
- Do-Over-Inator (Phineas and Ferb)
- Sands of Time (Prince of Persia)
Eliacube (Wakfu)
- Kang's Time Crystal (LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2)
- Hourglass of Time (The Smurfs)
- Youtube Remote (SMG4)
- Time Machine (The Time Machine)
- Field Interface Stabilizer (Doctor Who)
- Time Twirler (My Little Pony Equestria Girls)
- Zemeckis Cube (Ready Player One)
Known Locations
- The Altar of Despair (Bloodborne)
- SCP-001 - Bright's Proposal - The Factory (SCP Foundation)
Gallery
Francis Grey (The Batman) can rewind time for twenty seconds, which he uses to win every fight by predicting his opponent's moves.
After the second stab with the Stand Arrow, Yoshikage Kira's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamonds are Unbreakable) Stand, Killer Queen gained ability Another One Bites the Dust, that will kill anyone trying to find out his true identity and rewind time back an hour every time it triggers.
Giorno Giovanna's (JoJo Bizarre Adventure Part 5 Golden Wind) Stand, Gold Experience Requiem can reset everything that happen to him to the point of zero
Ringo Roadagain's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run) Stand, Mandom can rewind time within 6 seconds.
Maxine Caulfield (Life is Strange) can rewind time at will, but is has its limitation in temporal range.
When Curtis (Misfits) uses this power, the camera zooms in on one of his eyes as the events shown going backwards.
In the alternate timeline, Kelly (Misfits) got this ability from Seth to undo Friedrich's mistakes from making the Nazi's win the war.
When Tracer (Overwatch) activates her ability, Recall, it restores her health and position to what they were 3 seconds ago.
Using the Recall ability of the Sands of Time, the Prince of Persia (Prince of Persia) can reverse the flow of time.
Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica), as a result of her wish, can instantly rewind time to the point where she first met Madoka Kaname, which she uses in an effort to protect her.
Whenever Lann and Reynn fall in battle, Tama (World of Final Fantasy) can rewind time in order to save them, though it costs her one of her lives.
Amber (Darker than Black) rewinds the time by few minutes to save Amagiri and Brita from being burned to death.
With the use of his Time Crystal, Kang the Conqueror (LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2) can reverse time as often as he wants.
When the Hourglass of Time (The Smurfs) is accidentally turned around by the Smurfs, time flows in reverse for everyone, save for the smurfs and Father Time.
The Altar of Despair (Bloodborne) is a shrine dedicated to the corpse of Rom, the Vacuous Spider that can reverse the flow of time, allowing the Hunter to resurrect Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods by placing her flesh on top of it.
Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe) using the Time Stone to reverse Vision's death and to retrieve the Mind Stone from the android's forehead.
Scaroth (Doctor Who) uses the Field Interphase Stabiliser to rewind time, but not himself so he can travel to the prehistoric earth and stop his past self.
While normally seems dodging, Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) is actually warping several seconds into the past allowing him to teleport by activating his blue Rinnegan, avoiding being struck by any attacks.
Mallory (American Horror Story) is a witch gifted with Tempus Infinituum the power to travel through time and manipulate its flow.
Viperion (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) can use his power "Second Chance" to return time to a specific moment with five minutes of limit onwards.
Rewind (Mighty Med) has the power to travel 5 seconds into the past and when his powers are amplified with electrical force he could travel back to whatever time he was thinking about.
The Do Over Watch (Pair of Kings) is a watch that can rewind/reverse a king's day to the morning and they can do what ever they want and do it over by saying "Do Over".