Temporal Rewind

Temporal Rewind
Krux (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) briefly rewinds time to a couple of seconds ago.
Power/Ability to:	Rewind time.

"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)

"Rewind can only travel 5 seconds in the past."

― Oliver to Kaz on how the superhero Rewind powers work. (Mighty Med)

The ability to rewind time. Sub-power of Time Manipulation and Time Travel. Opposite to Time Acceleration and Flash-Forward. Not to be confused with Time Travel.

Also Called

• Revival
• Temporal Reversal
• Time Reversal/Rewind
• Turning Back Time

Capabilities

The user can rewind time to a few seconds, minutes, hours, days and years into the past and alter it. This method of time travel rarely entails any paradoxes (such as the grandfather paradox) if the user rewinds themselves parallel to time.

Applications

• Prevent and dodge an attack by rewinding time.
• Limited Memory Erasure, Physical Restoration, Resurrection and/or Event Negation
• Aim Dodging
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Temporal Healing
• Temporal Inversion
• Temporal Restarting
• Temporal Resurrection

Variations

• Temporal Reload

Associations

• Time Manipulation
• Time Travel

Limitations

• May be limited to how far back can rewound.
  • May not be able to rewind beyond the point of birth.
  • May require Energy.
  • The further you go, the more energy you need.
• May not be able to bring back those who died.
• 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

Known Users

Cartoons

• Francis Grey (The Batman)
• Eon (Ben 10)
• Professor Paradox (Ben 10)
• Clockwork (Danny Phantom)
• Krux (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Thanos (Silver Surfer: The Animated Series)
• Luka Couffaine/Viperion (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & 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)

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)
• 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

• Gemma (Star Darlings)
• Perdition (Worm)
• Gray Boy (Worm)
• Epoch (Worm)

Anime/Manga

• Satoru Fujinuma (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi)
• 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)
• Kusuo Saiki (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan)
• Whis (Dragon Ball)
• Ultear Milkovich (Fairy Tail)
• Rebecca Bluegarden (Edens Zero); via Cat Leaper
• Saori (Gokukoku no Brynhildr)
• Yoshikage Kira (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Deadly/Killer Queen: Bites the Dust
• Giorno Giovanna ("JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo/Golden WInd); via Gold Experience Requiem
• Ringo Roadagain (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VII: Steel Ball Run); via Mandom
• Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Misty (Super Doll Licca-chan)
• Burger Director (Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes)
• Kako (Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun)
• Yachiho Azuma (Mato Seihei No Slave)
• Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)

Video Games

• Tim (Braid)
• Mercurius (Dies Irae); via his Law Acta est Fabula
• Time Mages (Final Fantasy V); via the spell Reset/Return
• 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)
  • Rhinne
    • Goddess Teardrops
      • Larelle
  • Zero
  • Chronica
• Kirston (MapleStory)
• Arkarium (MapleStory)
• Will (MapleStory)
• Von Bon (MapleStory)
• Black Mage (MapleStory); via Rhinne's ability
• Gerand Darmoor (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

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)
• The Lyoko supercomputer (Code Lyoko); via the Temporal Reversion program.
• 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-Inator (Phineas and Ferb)
• Sands of Time (Prince of Persia)
• Kang's Time Crystal (LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2)
• The Hourglass of Time (The Smurfs)
• The Time Machine (The Time Machine)
• The Field Interface Stabilizer (Doctor Who)
• Time Twirler (My Little Pony Equestria Girls)
• Zemeckis Cube (Ready Player One)

Known Locations

• The Altar of Despair (Bloodborne)

Gallery

Francis Grey (The Batman) can rewind time for twenty seconds, which he uses to win every fight by predicting his opponent's moves.

Tim (Braid) can rewind time to solve puzzles and save himself from death.

Aoba (Code: Breaker) can revert time with anything her right hand touches, except death.

Clockwork (Danny Phantom)

Using his Temporal Do-Over, Whis (Dragon Ball Super) can rewind time up to three minutes.

Yoshino Reiji/Loki (Fortissimo Akkord Bsusvier) can rewind anything.

After the second stab with the Stand Arrow, Yoshikage Kira's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable) Stand, Deadly/Killer Queen gained ability Bites the Dust, that will kill anyone finding out his true identity and rewinding time back an hour every time it triggers.

Ringo Roadagain's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run) Stand, Mandom can rewind time within 6 seconds.

Young Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts) can rewind time to regenerate himself.

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.

Friedrich (Misfits) bought this ability from Seth to rewind time to kill Hitler but messed up.

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.

Using Kurumi's borrowed powers, Shido Itsuka (Date A Live) is able to rewind time by a day or more.

The Time Turner (Harry Potter) can turn time backwards.

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.

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.

Ekko, The Boy Who Shattered Time (League of Legends)

Zilean, The Chronokeeper (League of Legends)

Ultear Milkovich (Fairy Tail) using Restore.

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.

The Do-Over-Inator can rewind time.

Time Twirler (My Little Pony Equestria Girls)

Rewind (Mighty Med) can travel 5 seconds into the past, but when his powers are amplified with electrical force he could travel back to whatever time he was thinking about.

Using a Power Canister with Rewind superpower combined with high electricity, Skylar can reverse time to whatever time she was thinking of.

Zemeckis Cube (Ready Player One) allow the user to turn time back for 60 seconds.

Video

Superman (Superman) Reversing Time