Time Travel

"Time travel is theoretically impossible, but I wouldn't want to give it up as a plot gimmick."

― Isaac Asimov

"Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction. But I have seen the face of time, and I can tell you: they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm."

― The Prince, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

"I don't want my loved ones to miss me ... but that's the beauty of time-travel. Once I find a path back, I can arrange to get home just a few seconds after I left."

― Wally West (DC Comics)

The ability to move through time. Sub-power of Time Manipulation. Not to be confused with Event Experiencing.

Also Called

Chronoportation
Temporal Relocation/Travel
Time Jump/Jumping/Traveling

Capabilities

User can travel and send others to future/past. Some users may be limited to remaining on the same spatial spot of a differing timeline, others may be able to move to a different spatial position.

Applications

Alternate Reality Traveling by traversing between different timelines.
Alternate Timeline Creation by changing an event while in the past.
Alternate Timeline Traveling
Flash-Forward
Temporal Rewind
Temporal Trapping

Variations

Chronoskimming
Dimensional Travel through the dimension of time.
Remote Time Travel
Temporal Speed
Temporal Teleportation
Time Portal Creation
Teleport through the rift of space-time.

Associations

Limitations

May cause Butterfly Effect.
May be unable to move to a different location spatially, and instead just end up in the same location in a different timeline. Telefrag is possible as a result.
Protection conjecture, a cause that prevents the change of the past, could interfere with the Time Travel in some cases. If not and the past is change, results in the present time, before the travel, can have unwanted results.
Time travel may separate the user from space, which would leave them entrapped within time, rendering them biologically immortal, intentional or not.
Abuse and misuse of time travel may result in one's mind losing track in time, causing the body to age but the mind to remain young.
Because of the complexities and potential dangers, time travel is sometimes considered a taboo and against the law of nature, and even outlawed by some governments.
Cannot interfere in certain matters concerning the flow of time and space.
It's not known if the future is protected by the same cause the past is (see Precognition for more info how changes to the future could be prevented).
May distort the space-time continuum in exchange for traveling.
May only be able to transport living tissue through time.
May only be able to go either backward and forward in time.
May only be able to travel the duration of their own lifetime.
Time travel to the past may create an alternate timeline, in order to prevent changes to affect the original time. This means that the past would branch off into a new dimension of time, while the present timeline would continue as though nothing affected the past. This prevents intended changes.
Cannot escape users of Temporal Presence.
May not be able to travel to events that have been affected by Inevitable Event Creation.

Known Users

See Also: Time Travel.

Manga/Anime

Yū Otosaka (Charlotte); obtained through Shunsuke Otosaka
Shunsuke Otosaka (Charlotte); via Time Leap
Dwellers of the Dangai (Bleach)
The Return card (Card Captor Sakura)
Timemon (Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters)
Doraemon (Doraemon)
Nikaido (Dorohedoro)
Ultear Milkovich (Fairy Tail)
Kagerō (Flame of Recca)
Kurei Mori (Flame of Recca)
Ginji Amano (Getbackers)
Cyberdolls (Hand Maid May)
Frederica Bernkastel (Higurashi: When they Cry)
Hanyū Furude (Higurashi: When They Cry)
Kumosuke (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
Seiryu (Magic User Kurohime)
Mukade (Naruto)
The Academy (Steel Angel Kurumi)
Chiaki Mamiya (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)
Mikuru Asahina (The Melancholy of Harhi Suzumiya)
Ai Ijima (Time Traveler Ai)
Mari Hayase (Time Travel Girl)
Vector Prime (Transformers Cybertron)
Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica); only in the first universe
Yume Furusuna (Instant Bullet)
Satoru Fujinuma (Erased)
Yoshikage Kira (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Bites the Dust
Anima (Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer)
Animus (Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer)
Nataru (Tetsuwan Birdy Decode:02)

Video Games

Saint Germain (Castlevania)
Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
Noel Kriess (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
Serah Farron (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
Kratos (God of War)
Axl Low (Guilty Gear)
I-No (Guilty Gear)
Kessler (inFamous)
Precursors (Jak and Daxter)
Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Kingdom Hearts)
Young Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
Pokey Minch (Mother 3)
Celebi (Pokémon)
Dialga (Pokémon)
Zoni (Ratchet & Clank)
Portal Masters (Skylanders)
Nathaniel Renko (Singularity)
Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Shadow the Hedgehog (‘’Sonic the Hedgehog’’)
Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Time Eater (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Tracer (Overwatch)
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Turok (Turok: Dinosaur Hunter)
Aoko Aozaki (TYPE-MOON)
Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg (TYPE-MOON)
Neptune (Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls)
Mira (Dragon Ball Online/Xenoverse)
Démigra (Dragon Ball: Xenoverse)
Time Traveler (Valkyrie Crusade)
Anna (Starshine Legacy)
Robonyan (Yo-Kai Watch)
Max (Life is Strange)
Bowser (Super Mario Franchise)

Live Television/Movies

Nathael (Ángel o Demonio)
James Cole (12 Monkeys)
Illyria (Angel)
Dr. Tom (Being Erica); via Door Projection
All Doctors (Being Erica); via Door Projection
Cyd and Shelby (Best Friends Whenever)
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Billie Jenkins (Charmed); via Projection
Witches and Warlock (Charmed); via Spells
Cupids (Charmed); via their rings
River Song (Doctor Who); via Vortex Manipulator
Time Agents (Doctor Who)
Daleks (Doctor Who); via time corridor and emergency temporal shift
Time Lords (Doctor Who); via TARDISes
The Doctor (Doctor Who); via TARDIS
Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who); via Vortex Manipulator
The Chosen One (Every Witch Way)
Flash (The Flash)
Arthur Petrelli (Heroes)
Hiro Nakamura (Heroes)
Peter Petrelli (Heroes)
Gokaigers (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger)
Leo (Los Protegidos)
Kamen Rider Den-O (Kamen Rider Den-O)
Kamen Rider Kabuto (Kamen Rider Kabuto)
Kamen Rider Wizard (Kamen Rider Wizard)
The Iron Doom (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
Lucy (Lucy)
J (Men in Black)
Timerangers (Mirai Sentai Timeranger)
Curtis Donovan (Misfits)
Simon Bellamy (Misfits)
Emma Swan (Once Upon a Time)
Zelena (Once Upon a Time)
The Tall Man (Phantasm)
Samuel Beckett (Quantum Leap)
Captain Braxton (Star Trek)
Crewman Daniels (Star Trek)
Q (Star Trek)
Vosk (Star Trek)
Captain Janeway (Star Trek)
Poli Truper (Supertorpe)
Angels (Supernatural)
Castiel (Supernatural)
Chronos (Supernatural)
T-Infinity (Terminator 2: Infinity)
Malevolent Mame (The Chase 3: Great Minds Think Alike)
Merlin (The Sword in the Stone)

Comics/Cartoons

Gumball Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball); via "Clockdown"
Darwin Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball); via "Clockdown"
Chaos Knuckles (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Silver Agent (Astro City)
Clockwork (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/Ben 10: Omniverse)
Eon (Ben 10)
Professor Paradox (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/Ben 10: Omniverse)
Maltruant (Ben 10: Omniverse)
Time Beast (Ben 10: Omniverse)
Booster Gold (DC Comics)
Chronos (DC Comics)
Phantom Stranger (DC Comics)
Rip Hunter (DC Comics)
Superboy-Prime (DC Comics)
Superman (DC Comics)
Users of the Speed Force (DC Comics)
- Max Mercury
- Wally West
- Barry Allan
- Bart Allan
Zatanna (DC Comics)
John Constantine (DC Comics)
Mister E (DC Comics)
Edd (Eddsworld)
"Enigma" (Girl Genius)
Blendin Blandin (Gravity Falls)
Dave Strider (Homestuck)
Lord English (Homestuck)
Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Billy Kaplan (Marvel Comics)
Lucas Bishop (Marvel Comics)
Deathlok Prime (Marvel Comics)
Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics)
Eva Bell, Tempus (Marvel Comics)
Iron Man 2020 (Marvel Comics)
Kang the Conqueror (Marvel Comics)
New Son/Sun (Marvel Comics)
Nathaniel Richards/Iron Lad (Marvel Comics); via Iron Lad Armor
One-Above-All (Marvel Comics)
Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
Magik/Illyana Rasputina (Marvel Comics)
Thor (Marvel Comics)
Vision (Marvel Comics)
Timebreaker/Alix Kubdel (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
Shleemypants (Rick and Morty)
Sabrina Spellman (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Aku (Samurai Jack)
Walker Sloan (Spider-Man: Edge of Time)
Nina Crocker (Static Shock)
Time Squad (Time Squad)
Chroneks (Sendokai Champions)
Renet (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles); via Time Scepter
Uncle Grandpa (Uncle Grandpa)

Literature

Catty Turner (Daughters of the Moon)
Henry DeTamble (Time Traveler's Wife)
Some of those who participate in the Witness Anonymous Relocation Program (W.A.R.P. Series)
Time Leap Machine (Steins;Gate)

Known Objects

Comics/Cartoons

Temporal Boomerang (Ben 10 comic)
Time Cycles (Ben 10: Omniverse)
Chronoscaphe (Blake and Mortimer - The Time Trap)
Time Machine (Calvin and Hobbes)
Clockwork's Medallion (Danny Phantom)
Infi-map (Danny Phantom)
Time tape (Gravity Falls)
Iron Doom (LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
Time Gem (Marvel)
Star Swirl the Bearded's time spell scroll (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic)
The Hourglass (Steven Universe)
Time Scepter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Stone of Memories (Winx Club)
Sands of Time (Xiaolin Showdown)
Quantum Wand (Xiaolin Chronicles)
The WABAC (Mr. Peabody & Sherman)
Max 6 (Speed Racer: The Next Generation)
Chrono-Accelerator (Overwatch)