| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
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Times Like This is a webcomic created by Thomas Overbeck. It is, as the author puts it succinctly, a webcomic "about time travel, and all the fun and interesting stuff involved with it. It's also about lampooning historical figures and speculating humorously on current celebrities."In short – it's a "Comedy of Eras."The main character is Cassie Wells (whose name is doubly appropriate, all things considered), a young female genius who discovers the ability to travel through time. She works at a high-tech lab in the Dallas area specializing in Nanotechnology.She has two friends helping her with her travels: Matt Gahan, an electronics expert whom Cassie befriended when he worked at the travel agency next door; and her best friend from school, Bethany Gibson.She lives in the greater Dallas area along with husband Philip Webber, their new-born son Evan Theodore Webber, her pet dinosaur Mascus, and her MIRA-7 robot, named Nicki.Her travels are "monitored" by the Federal government - but not how you'd expect. Agent Keith Scott has been assigned by the FBI to keep tabs on her - and help her keep her secret. |
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DBTropes |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_125eb76c |
type |
This Is My Boomstick |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_125eb76c |
comment |
This Is My Boomstick: Evidently some ancient Mayans saw Matt play with his smartphone. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_125eb76c |
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| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_125eb76c |
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| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
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Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_125eb76c |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_126ce03c |
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I Was Quite a Looker |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_126ce03c |
comment |
I Was Quite a Looker: Cassie's great-grandmother Millie, the younger version whom Cassie unwittingly makes out with. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_126ce03c |
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| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_126ce03c |
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Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_126ce03c |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_135808c3 |
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GreenRock |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_135808c3 |
comment |
Green Rock: Literally. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_135808c3 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_135808c3 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_135808c3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_13646b1b |
type |
My Friends... and Zoidberg |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_13646b1b |
comment |
My Friends... and Zoidberg |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_13646b1b |
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| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_13646b1b |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_13646b1b |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_14a5a8e2 |
type |
Nerds Are Sexy |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_14a5a8e2 |
comment |
Nerds Are Sexy: Come on; a hot babe like her with a pink camisole under a lab coat, talking about having sex on a conference table? (Also contains an example of a Necktie Leash.) |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_14a5a8e2 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_14a5a8e2 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_14a5a8e2 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_161f1ebf |
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Relationship Upgrade |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_161f1ebf |
comment |
Relationship Upgrade: Cassie and Philip got married in 2013. The wedding storyline starts here. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_161f1ebf |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_161f1ebf |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
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Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_161f1ebf |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_17521f7f |
type |
Clothes Make the Superman |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_17521f7f |
comment |
Clothes Make The Pooper-Man: ANED-enhanced underwear in 2071. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_17521f7f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_17521f7f |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_17521f7f |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1759af2f |
type |
Feghoot |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1759af2f |
comment |
Feghoot: Cassie tells a tale of her old classmate Eli, which turns into a Shout-Out to Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1759af2f |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1759af2f |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1759af2f |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1777688d |
type |
Genre Savvy |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1777688d |
comment |
Genre Savvy: Cassie knows pretty much from the day she began time traveling that she needed to keep it a secret. Agent Scott just helped things along. Philip, even before he knew about Cassie's time travelling capability. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1777688d |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1777688d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1777688d |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_181c8a41 |
type |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_181c8a41 |
comment |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Subverted here. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_181c8a41 |
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-0.3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_181c8a41 |
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| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_181c8a41 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_18ce8f1d |
type |
Full-Frontal Assault |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_18ce8f1d |
comment |
Full-Frontal Assault: Happens a few times, but since it's not a Hentai-type comic, it's not the focus. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_18ce8f1d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_18ce8f1d |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_18ce8f1d |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b3b48f3 |
type |
David Versus Goliath |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b3b48f3 |
comment |
David Versus Goliath: The actual original showdown. And Matt's a witness. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b3b48f3 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b3b48f3 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b3b48f3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b88fa4e |
type |
Uterine Replicator |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b88fa4e |
comment |
Uterine Replicator: The human incubator was invented in the 2040's and scientists figured out how to safely extract the fetus to finish gestation in said replicator by the time it was marketed in 2055. After becoming affordable, this spawned a new sexual revolution and woman's liberation. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b88fa4e |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b88fa4e |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1b88fa4e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1f250372 |
type |
I Need a Freaking Drink |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1f250372 |
comment |
I Need a Freaking Drink: After Agent Scott hears some strange news about the future. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1f250372 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1f250372 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1f250372 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1fe5e35b |
type |
A Little Something We Call "Rock and Roll" |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1fe5e35b |
comment |
A Little Something We Call "Rock and Roll": Some Renaissance-era minstrels learn a certain medieval-sounding Yes song. They came from the land of the ice and snow... The court jester performs "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" for... well, you know. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1fe5e35b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1fe5e35b |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_1fe5e35b |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_22f5d1b9 |
type |
Some of My Best Friends Are X |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_22f5d1b9 |
comment |
Some of My Best Friends Are X |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_22f5d1b9 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_22f5d1b9 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_22f5d1b9 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_23f1384a |
type |
Babies Make Everything Better |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_23f1384a |
comment |
Babies Make Everything Better: As of January 6, 2014. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_23f1384a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_23f1384a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_23f1384a |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_272b4fce |
type |
What's Up, King Dude? |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_272b4fce |
comment |
What's Up, King Dude?: Cassie seems to have no trouble gaining access to Julius Caesar, King Henry VIII or Napoleon. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_272b4fce |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_272b4fce |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_272b4fce |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ae247a4 |
type |
Auto-Doc |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ae247a4 |
comment |
Auto-Doc: The "Symptomatic" auto-diagnosis machines of the future. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ae247a4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ae247a4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ae247a4 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2d043142 |
type |
Entendre Failure |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2d043142 |
comment |
Entendre Failure: Matt, in the Old West, tells a saloon belle she could "pull a train". Guess what she does. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2d043142 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2d043142 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2d043142 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ec219ee |
type |
Butterfly of Doom |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ec219ee |
comment |
Butterfly of Doom: What happens if Cassie tells someone about the time machine, and they can't keep the secret? This. In this strip, Matt actually takes a butterfly from the present and releases it 500 years in the past. Which has dire consequences for Apple Computer. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ec219ee |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ec219ee |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2ec219ee |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2f64caee |
type |
X Called; They Want Their Y Back |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2f64caee |
comment |
X Called; They Want Their Y Back |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2f64caee |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2f64caee |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_2f64caee |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_307d41e7 |
type |
¡Three Amigos! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_307d41e7 |
comment |
¡Three Amigos!: Cassie, Matt and Bethany were the focus of the comic until Philip moved in. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_307d41e7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_307d41e7 |
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1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_307d41e7 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3149c4b0 |
type |
It Will Never Catch On |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3149c4b0 |
comment |
It Will Never Catch On: Cassie & Bethany suggests "Twilight" elements to the author of "Dracula". Cassie, in 1980, tells Devo they'll one day do kiddie-show music. Giving a network show idea to a past executive of the same network is probably a bad idea. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3149c4b0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3149c4b0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3149c4b0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_352def2a |
type |
Burn the Witch! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_352def2a |
comment |
Burn the Witch!: Apparently almost happened to Cassie in Salem (somehow). |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_352def2a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_352def2a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_352def2a |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_35ab4cec |
type |
You Watch Too Much X |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_35ab4cec |
comment |
You Watch Too Much X: From the "Miami Time Machine" storyline: |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_35ab4cec |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_35ab4cec |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_35ab4cec |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_39f27cae |
type |
Bedmate Reveal |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_39f27cae |
comment |
Bedmate Reveal: Philip wakes up after partying through time... but the other person in his bed is not his wife. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_39f27cae |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_39f27cae |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_39f27cae |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a3eb730 |
type |
Adventures in the Bible |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a3eb730 |
comment |
Adventures in the Bible: Cassie witnesses firsthand the birth of Jesus, while Matt has some fun with the dead, decapitated Goliath. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a3eb730 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a3eb730 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a3eb730 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a9bbb12 |
type |
Man, I Feel Like a Woman |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a9bbb12 |
comment |
Man, I Feel Like a Woman: Matt does this while controlling a female robot's body. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a9bbb12 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a9bbb12 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3a9bbb12 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3d92b13e |
type |
Research, Inc. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3d92b13e |
comment |
Research, Inc.: Cassie's employer TerCon Technologies, a nanotech laboratory. The products that she says "may happen in the future" at the conventions (see Running Gag below) are generally ones she's actually witnessed while time-tripping in the future. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3d92b13e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3d92b13e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_3d92b13e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4215e3e |
type |
Keeping Secrets Sucks |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4215e3e |
comment |
Keeping Secrets Sucks: Many a time to Cassie, especially after it forced her to break up with both Chad and Allen. Or wanting to tell her brother that his girlfriend exists only because Cassie talked her mother out of killing herself. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4215e3e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4215e3e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4215e3e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_46cf13c9 |
type |
Kid from the Future |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_46cf13c9 |
comment |
Kid from the Future: Every once in a while Cassie's great-granddaughter Julie will show up. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_46cf13c9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_46cf13c9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_46cf13c9 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4a3e547f |
type |
Leaning on the Fourth Wall |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4a3e547f |
comment |
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: "Oh please... It's not even worthy of a half-assed COMIC STRIP!" |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4a3e547f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4a3e547f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4a3e547f |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4acee1ed |
type |
Fish out of Temporal Water |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4acee1ed |
comment |
Fish out of Temporal Water: Cassie tends to subvert this, mostly because of her large cosplay collection. Maggie Harper, an Irish girl from the middle ages saved by Cassie. Joan Arquette, aka Joan of Arc. Yes, really. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4acee1ed |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4acee1ed |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4acee1ed |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4b316d47 |
type |
Break the Cutie |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4b316d47 |
comment |
Break the Cutie: Cassie's first romantic encounter (and virginity loss) was with Allen, as documented in a dinner conversation with Chad. They flirted together during a school field trip, got enamored with each other, and sneaked away to an empty motel room for a sexual fling. However, Allen never got around to asking how old Cassie was, figuring she was 15, when actually she was 13. And once they were caught in bed, the resulting parental firestorm shocked Cassie into an asexual antisocial shell until she went to college. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4b316d47 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4b316d47 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4b316d47 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4c23b50f |
type |
Land Mine Goes "Click!" |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4c23b50f |
comment |
Land Mine Goes "Click!": This strip. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4c23b50f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4c23b50f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4c23b50f |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e52a624 |
type |
Screw the Money, I Have Rules! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e52a624 |
comment |
Screw the Money, I Have Rules! / Secretly Wealthy: Although Cassie has amassed a tidy sum of money thanks to a few Compound Interest Time Travel Gambits, she doesn't live an extravagant lifestyle with huge mansions or fancy luxury cars, preferring to keep her nanotech job. Knowing her family isn't in on her time travel secret, she knows that living like the rich and famous would arouse suspicion over a) what kind of shady lifestyle she may have beyond her nanotech career, or b) the time travel secret itself. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e52a624 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e52a624 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e52a624 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e7c4536 |
type |
Wham Line |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e7c4536 |
comment |
Wham Line: A few. In the "Great Expectations" storyline: In "Twist of the Vice": |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e7c4536 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e7c4536 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_4e7c4536 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_501de366 |
type |
Temporal Paradox |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_501de366 |
comment |
Temporal Paradox: Somewhat subverted. Cassie isn't afraid to "meet" herself in the past... with all the squick that comes along with that. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_501de366 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_501de366 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_501de366 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e |
type |
Not What It Looks Like |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e |
comment |
Not What It Looks Like: This strip features the rare variant where what's really going on is even more embarrassing than what was assumed. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_52d1f46e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_551c5085 |
type |
It's a Wonderful Plot |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_551c5085 |
comment |
It's a Wonderful Plot: The "It's A Wonderful Nightlife" storyline done in conjunction with the Tiki Coladas webcomic, in which Cassie shows Kat, who just split from her boyfriend, all the things her man did for her. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_551c5085 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_551c5085 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_551c5085 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_55eaf38d |
type |
Time Travel Escape |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_55eaf38d |
comment |
Time Travel Escape: Joan of Arc has a new life because of this. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_55eaf38d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_55eaf38d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_55eaf38d |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_56240281 |
type |
Country Matters |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_56240281 |
comment |
Country Matters: This is one webcomic that doesn't shy away from that C-word. In fact, this strip highlights one of its supposed origins. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_56240281 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_56240281 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_56240281 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_565ce678 |
type |
Game Show Appearance |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_565ce678 |
comment |
Game Show Appearance: This strip. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_565ce678 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_565ce678 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_565ce678 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_582f5a70 |
type |
This Is the Part Where... |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_582f5a70 |
comment |
This Is the Part Where...: "And here is the part that made me say 'I don't know how to tell you this'...", |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_582f5a70 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_582f5a70 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_582f5a70 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5bca5a56 |
type |
Surprise Incest |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5bca5a56 |
comment |
Surprise Incest: "Cassie... that's your great-grandmother." |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5bca5a56 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5bca5a56 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5bca5a56 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5c36a51 |
type |
All Women Are Prudes |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5c36a51 |
comment |
All Women Are Prudes |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5c36a51 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5c36a51 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5c36a51 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5e323fa8 |
type |
The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5e323fa8 |
comment |
The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: Cassie can attest to this, especially with her relationships with exes Chad and Allen. She subverts it in other ways, of course. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5e323fa8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5e323fa8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_5e323fa8 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60441d9 |
type |
Future Slang |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60441d9 |
comment |
Future Slang: "Zmerding Like Crazy", "squinch the cake", "Bwageeahh!!!" (as an exclamation), and "What the glurtz, people?", to name a few. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60441d9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60441d9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60441d9 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60f92ddd |
type |
Oireland |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60f92ddd |
comment |
Oireland: Maggie Harper, a direct import from medieval Dublin, by the way. And don't get on her bad side if she's inebriated. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60f92ddd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60f92ddd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_60f92ddd |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_61b576af |
type |
I Take Offense to That Last One |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_61b576af |
comment |
I Take Offense to That Last One |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_61b576af |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_61b576af |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_61b576af |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_630910ba |
type |
Finger-Twitching Revival |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_630910ba |
comment |
Finger-Twitching Revival: How we know Philip survived a fiery blast. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_630910ba |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_630910ba |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_630910ba |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_641cf81d |
type |
Viewers Are Geniuses |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_641cf81d |
comment |
Viewers Are Geniuses: References to world history and late-20th-century pop culture abound, with the occasional obscure gag (like the Tempest video game or UTFO's "Roxanne Roxanne"). |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_641cf81d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_641cf81d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_641cf81d |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_643659d4 |
type |
Spit Take |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_643659d4 |
comment |
Spit Take: Chad during a dinner conversation with Cassie. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_643659d4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_643659d4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_643659d4 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6587a846 |
type |
Fantastic Time Management |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6587a846 |
comment |
Fantastic Time Management: Cassie is a master of this. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6587a846 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6587a846 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6587a846 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
type |
Author Avatar |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
comment |
Author Avatar: The creator showing up at a comic convention or a renaissance festival. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_66755d29 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_68069489 |
type |
Nipple and Dimed |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_68069489 |
comment |
Nipple and Dimed: Occasionally. For the most part, there isn't really an effort to conceal nudity, but there are times like, um, this, where Cassie would instinctively want to cover herself up. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_68069489 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_68069489 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_68069489 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_680f950 |
type |
Gilligan Cut |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_680f950 |
comment |
Gilligan Cut: Subverted in the Christmas Tree search of 2009. Played straight in this strip. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_680f950 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_680f950 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_680f950 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_69cce3dc |
type |
Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_69cce3dc |
comment |
Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Cassie's father breaks up a fight between her and her mother. ...and brings up his wife's cancer sooner than intended. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_69cce3dc |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_69cce3dc |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_69cce3dc |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6a44ee29 |
type |
Jeanne d'Archétype |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6a44ee29 |
comment |
Jeanne d'Archétype: Joan Arquette. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6a44ee29 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6a44ee29 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6a44ee29 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30 |
type |
Meaningful Name |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30 |
comment |
Meaningful Name: Cassie (officially from "Casio, makers of timepieces among other electronics") Lorraine Wells (no relation). (Oh yeah, and Webber too.) Nicki actually stands for "Not Vicki"... and Matt added on "Darling" supposedly as a joke. Mascus the dinosaur |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6e37c196 |
type |
Once Done, Never Forgotten |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6e37c196 |
comment |
Once Done, Never Forgotten: Cassie's (first) graduation speech. One guy still remembers it at the 10-year class reunion, and how bland it was. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6e37c196 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6e37c196 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_6e37c196 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_716d9138 |
type |
Bar Brawl |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_716d9138 |
comment |
Bar Brawl: This strip (and the one after that). |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_716d9138 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_716d9138 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_716d9138 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_720e28a4 |
type |
Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_720e28a4 |
comment |
Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_720e28a4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_720e28a4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_720e28a4 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_753a61d4 |
type |
Time-Travel Tense Trouble |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_753a61d4 |
comment |
Time-Travel Tense Trouble: "...has will have been visited..." |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_753a61d4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_753a61d4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_753a61d4 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_75d6bf40 |
type |
Belligerent Sexual Tension |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_75d6bf40 |
comment |
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Matt & Bethany. They always seemed at odds with each other, until... |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_75d6bf40 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_75d6bf40 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_75d6bf40 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_771b9373 |
type |
We Will Have Perfect Health in the Future |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_771b9373 |
comment |
We Will Have Perfect Health in the Future: Thanks to Ready Remedy vending machines, dispensing medicine that completely cures over 25,000 ailments. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_771b9373 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_771b9373 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_771b9373 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_772f4a4f |
type |
"Be Quiet!" Nudge |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_772f4a4f |
comment |
"Be Quiet!" Nudge: Here and here. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_772f4a4f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_772f4a4f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_772f4a4f |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7bc8c453 |
type |
Origins Episode |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7bc8c453 |
comment |
Origins Episode: The "Behind The Necklace" storyline. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7bc8c453 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7bc8c453 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7bc8c453 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5 |
type |
Potty Failure |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5 |
comment |
Potty Failure: Subverted in the "Cassandra's Secret" storyline. In the future, everyone will poop their pants... but their nanotech-enhanced underwear will instantly vaporize the excrement. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7d30a8fa |
type |
But We Used a Condom! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7d30a8fa |
comment |
But We Used a Condom!: Cassie figures her first pregnancy was probably the result of a condom leak. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7d30a8fa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7d30a8fa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_7d30a8fa |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_80251be3 |
type |
How We Got Here |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_80251be3 |
comment |
How We Got Here: The origins of Cassie's time-travel powers are shown in the "Behind The Necklace" storyline. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_80251be3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_80251be3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_80251be3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_808cbaeb |
type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_808cbaeb |
comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_808cbaeb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_808cbaeb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_808cbaeb |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8173ce7b |
type |
Amulet of Concentrated Awesome |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8173ce7b |
comment |
Amulet of Concentrated Awesome: The time machine itself. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8173ce7b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8173ce7b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8173ce7b |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8387bb18 |
type |
Good Girls Avoid Abortion |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8387bb18 |
comment |
Good Girls Avoid Abortion: During Cassie's first pregnancy, she's not sure she wants to keep it. When Nicki suggests aborting the baby, she doesn't want to do that... but she isn't ready for experiencing childbirth, either. Thanks to her ability to visit the future, however, she's able to Take a Third Option with a human incubator. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8387bb18 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8387bb18 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8387bb18 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_842b615e |
type |
I've Got an X, and I'm Not Afraid to Use It! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_842b615e |
comment |
I've Got an X, and I'm Not Afraid to Use It! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_842b615e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_842b615e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_842b615e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_84d29a11 |
type |
Drag Queen |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_84d29a11 |
comment |
Drag Queen: Matt as the original "Sweet Transvestite". |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_84d29a11 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_84d29a11 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_84d29a11 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_853e45d1 |
type |
Mistaken for Pregnant |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_853e45d1 |
comment |
Mistaken for Pregnant: Subverted in the "One In The Oven" storyline. Cassie's conceived a baby, but he's in an incubator in a closet, and she wants her and Philip's family to think she's pregnant when they come over for Thanksgiving. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_853e45d1 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_853e45d1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_853e45d1 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_85557b38 |
type |
Reality Is Unrealistic |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_85557b38 |
comment |
Reality Is Unrealistic / Retroactive Precognition: When she describes the future to people in the present... or past. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_85557b38 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_85557b38 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_85557b38 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_86e2d67b |
type |
Compound-Interest Time Travel Gambit |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_86e2d67b |
comment |
Compound-Interest Time Travel Gambit: This is implied as to how Cassie makes all that extra side money. However, it is mentioned when she talks about getting time-transplant Maggie settled into modern times. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_86e2d67b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_86e2d67b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_86e2d67b |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8a6423b6 |
type |
Cosplay |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8a6423b6 |
comment |
Cosplay: Or at least that's what people THINK all those costumes in her garage are for. Played straight with Philip; he mentions his cosplaying in his first in-person meetup with Cassie. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8a6423b6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8a6423b6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8a6423b6 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8c170cb1 |
type |
Ethical Slut |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8c170cb1 |
comment |
Ethical Slut: Cassie. And she states her case here. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8c170cb1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8c170cb1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8c170cb1 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8d23f3a7 |
type |
Timey-Wimey Ball |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8d23f3a7 |
comment |
Timey-Wimey Ball: The rules of time travel are constantly in flux, depending upon the relevancy to the plot. Word of God does say that the MST3K Mantra is in full effect here. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8d23f3a7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8d23f3a7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8d23f3a7 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8df19151 |
type |
Bouquet Toss |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8df19151 |
comment |
Bouquet Toss: This strip, though only the unwitting recipient is shown. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8df19151 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8df19151 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_8df19151 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9006ff70 |
type |
Sorry to Interrupt |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9006ff70 |
comment |
Sorry to Interrupt: Cassie's home, so she goes back in time to get an extra few hours of sleep. ...and catches Matt & Bethany in bed. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9006ff70 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9006ff70 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9006ff70 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4 |
type |
Art Shift |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4 |
comment |
Art Shift: Thanks to guest artist Halo Seraphim, Cassie looks quite artistically different once she arrives in Japan. Vas Littlecrow Vojtanowicz, creator of Rasputin Barxotka, did guest art for one strip as part of an April Fools' Day gag. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_93ed8515 |
type |
Set Right What Once Went Wrong |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_93ed8515 |
comment |
Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Subverted in the story arc with Jake Holland and Vietnam, but played straight with the rescue of Joan of Arc using a realistic human-looking movie prop. Also with the rescue of her boyfriend Philip and her co-worker Maggie. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_93ed8515 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_93ed8515 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_93ed8515 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_95bca4c9 |
type |
Tuckerization |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_95bca4c9 |
comment |
Tuckerization: The creator is fond of giving minor characters or businesses the names of friends, relatives or past acquaintances. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_95bca4c9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_95bca4c9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_95bca4c9 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9923f95e |
type |
Head Desk |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9923f95e |
comment |
Headdesk: Cassie's not happy right now. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9923f95e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9923f95e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9923f95e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a0870ae |
type |
Screw Yourself |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a0870ae |
comment |
Screw Yourself: Cassie briefly makes out with herself from an hour in the future. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a0870ae |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a0870ae |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a0870ae |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a1d239e |
type |
Been There, Shaped History |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a1d239e |
comment |
Been There, Shaped History (or what the author likes to call "Gumpification"): Sometimes Cassie or Matt accidentally do this, with the result ending up as inspiration for a pop song, the wording of a document, or a fad. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a1d239e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a1d239e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9a1d239e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9cbf01d6 |
type |
Stay in the Kitchen |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9cbf01d6 |
comment |
Stay in the Kitchen: One of Joan's prospective boyfriends expects her to be a full-time homemaker after they get married. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9cbf01d6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9cbf01d6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9cbf01d6 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720 |
type |
Barbie Doll Anatomy |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720 |
comment |
Barbie Doll Anatomy: Nicki. She's not a sexbot, you see. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d6427ec |
type |
Time Travel |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d6427ec |
comment |
Time Travel: Of course. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d6427ec |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d6427ec |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d6427ec |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d72d632 |
type |
Fanfic |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d72d632 |
comment |
Fanfic: Old Main is a short story of two college students who use a time machine to recover plans for an experiment that were lost in a massive fire decades ago. Cassie and Agent Scott show up as key players in the plot. Also This Time, a short story told from the point of view of Cassie's brother Patrick. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d72d632 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d72d632 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d72d632 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d7fa1f7 |
type |
Casual Time Travel |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d7fa1f7 |
comment |
Casual Time Travel |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d7fa1f7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d7fa1f7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9d7fa1f7 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9dd0f9bf |
type |
Acid-Trip Dimension |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9dd0f9bf |
comment |
Acid-Trip Dimension: During Cassie's visit to the original Woodstock. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9dd0f9bf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9dd0f9bf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9dd0f9bf |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153 |
type |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153 |
comment |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Two! Instances! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e10cbf2 |
type |
Magical Particle Accelerator |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e10cbf2 |
comment |
Magical Particle Accelerator: Cassie's workplace has their own atom smasher, which Cassie uses to forge the critical time-travel element. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e10cbf2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e10cbf2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_9e10cbf2 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7 |
type |
Naked People Are Funny |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7 |
comment |
Naked People Are Funny: Cassie and Philip trying to live like Adam and Eve. The storyline starts here (and the nakedness starts here). |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a58e5ad7 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2 |
type |
Ascended Extra |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2 |
comment |
Ascended Extra / Promoted to Love Interest: Philip Webber started out as a casual acquaintance on a Second Life-ish virtual world. After an in-person meet-up and various arguments, breakups and near-death experiences, he's become Cassie's steady boyfriend... and as a result showed up on the cast page by the end of 2011 (and after marrying her, he's now #2 on the cast listings). |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a6fa41b |
type |
Recycled Premise |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a6fa41b |
comment |
Recycled Premise |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a6fa41b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a6fa41b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a6fa41b |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 |
type |
Imagine Spot |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 |
comment |
Imagine Spot: Cassie dreams of the ultimate pet trick: a dog jumping through a time-hoop, from The Ed Sullivan Show to The Late Show with David Letterman. In this strip, Matt imagines the Star Wars galaxy and The View Askewniverse colliding. What if Perez Hilton were around in the Renaissance? |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a7382a73 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a8371e84 |
type |
Giving Radio to the Romans |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a8371e84 |
comment |
Giving Radio to the Romans: Ever wonder how Robin Hood managed to shoot arrows with such great accuracy? |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a8371e84 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a8371e84 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_a8371e84 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_aabe2fb |
type |
Deliberate Values Dissonance |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_aabe2fb |
comment |
Deliberate Values Dissonance: Crops up sometimes. The "Twist of the Vice" and "Thoroughly Modern Grandma Millie" storylines certainly don't shy away from the fact that the twenties and thirties weren't exactly gay-friendly. For another example, Joan is confused by modern ideas about sex even after living in the present for some time. When he goes back to the 40s, Connor learns the hard way that his grandpa wasn't exaggerating about the racism back then. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_aabe2fb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_aabe2fb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_aabe2fb |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c |
type |
Oh, Crap! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c |
comment |
Oh, Crap!: Two examples. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 |
type |
Accidental Misnaming |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 |
comment |
Accidental Misnaming: Myrtlinicus' introduction to King Arthur gets cut off in mid-name. Later, Arthur calls him "Merlin", which he is perfectly fine with. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_af616e40 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b4fb00f6 |
type |
Mistaken for Pedophile |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b4fb00f6 |
comment |
Mistaken for Pedophile: Turns out, some VERY uncomfortable situations can arise if you're not careful with your robot body. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b4fb00f6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b4fb00f6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b4fb00f6 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b6cebad3 |
type |
Double Standard |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b6cebad3 |
comment |
Double Standard |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b6cebad3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b6cebad3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b6cebad3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b76f2a49 |
type |
Class Reunion |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b76f2a49 |
comment |
Class Reunion: The "Takin' Her Back To The Old School" storyline. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b76f2a49 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b76f2a49 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b76f2a49 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b794b807 |
type |
What Is This, X? |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b794b807 |
comment |
What Is This, X? |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b794b807 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b794b807 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b794b807 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b7c85c86 |
type |
Free-Love Future |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b7c85c86 |
comment |
Free-Love Future: Nicki's seen the future... and after the human incubator is invented, there's another sexual revolution. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b7c85c86 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b7c85c86 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_b7c85c86 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bc708f73 |
type |
Mistaken for Masturbating |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bc708f73 |
comment |
Mistaken for Masturbating: It's not "pocket rocket" action, Cassie's just wetting her panties in the car! ...wait, what? |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bc708f73 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bc708f73 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bc708f73 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c |
type |
Perfectly Cromulent Word |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c |
comment |
Perfectly Cromulent Word: Cassie invents "Voljack" — and goes back a century to put it in the dictionary — all just to win a "Words With Friends" game. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bdbfd01c |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa |
type |
Really Gets Around |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa |
comment |
Really Gets Around: Cassie takes this trope up to eleven, not only for the number of sexual conquests she's had, but definitely for the span of time that she's been able to choose her partners from, stretching from caveman times to the present. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_bf1255fa |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 |
type |
Fun with Acronyms |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 |
comment |
Fun with Acronyms: From "I, Ro-Hot": |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c25c7890 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c2c15b23 |
type |
Bait-and-Switch Comment |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c2c15b23 |
comment |
Bait-and-Switch Comment: "And it's time we gave 'em this pot!" |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c2c15b23 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c2c15b23 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c2c15b23 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4b0db65 |
type |
Speech-Bubbles Interruption |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4b0db65 |
comment |
Speechbubbles Interruption: A couple of examples: The first appearance of Jenny Everywhere. During Cassie's first in-person meetup with Philip. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4b0db65 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4b0db65 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4b0db65 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4d09d24 |
type |
Couch Gag |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4d09d24 |
comment |
Couch Gag: The title graphic in the comic, usually themed after a reference in the strip or the general gist of the story. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4d09d24 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4d09d24 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c4d09d24 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c7502712 |
type |
Way Past the Expiration Date |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c7502712 |
comment |
Way Past the Expiration Date: Subverted, of course. Who cares what others might think when they see expiration dates from 1983? Everything's cheaper in the past! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c7502712 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c7502712 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c7502712 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: Cassie uses the passcode "Rufus" for her fembot, Nicki. She also uses the names of other famous time travelers, like Doc (Emmett) Brown, Jules Verne, and, of course, H. G. Wells. And look who needs help with their time machine. This strip is a shout-out to the asdfmovie series. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c89f0472 |
type |
Troperiffic |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c89f0472 |
comment |
Troperiffic: Intentionally done here as a Shout-Out to the TV Tropes site. The rundown: Recycled Premise All Women Are Prudes Double Standard Some of My Best Friends Are X My Friends... and Zoidberg I Take Offense to That Last One Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Incredibly Lame Pun X Called; They Want Their Y Back What Is This, X? Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs I've Got an X, and I'm Not Afraid to Use It! Late to the Punchline |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c89f0472 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c89f0472 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_c89f0472 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cbe3d017 |
type |
Damned by Faint Praise |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cbe3d017 |
comment |
Damned by Faint Praise: "Salutatorian Cassie Wells also gave a nice and positive speech." |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cbe3d017 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cbe3d017 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cbe3d017 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfd569ac |
type |
Take Your Time |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfd569ac |
comment |
Take Your Time: The whole story arc surrounding the purchase of her house is an example of this. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfd569ac |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfd569ac |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfd569ac |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 |
type |
Cerebus Syndrome |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 |
comment |
Cerebus Syndrome |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f |
type |
What the Hell, Hero? |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f |
comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Bethany's initial reaction to Cassie trapping Agent Scott in the 16th century. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d417c53d |
type |
I'm Mr. [Future Pop Culture Reference] |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d417c53d |
comment |
I'm Mr. [Future Pop Culture Reference]: Napoleon probably had no idea why Matt asked him to hold a bunch of (unlit) dynamite. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d417c53d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d417c53d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d417c53d |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d6707631 |
type |
Waxing Lyrical |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d6707631 |
comment |
Waxing Lyrical: Natasha Bedingfield inspires a graduation speech. At least Mark Twain thinks it's a book review. When hip-hop lyrics end up in superhero comics... |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d6707631 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d6707631 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d6707631 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 |
type |
Wall of Text |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 |
comment |
Wall of Text: A good example from 2008 (before they went with a smaller typeface - and simpler dialogue). |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_d94ff9b3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_da8c447e |
type |
Unobtainium |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_da8c447e |
comment |
Unobtainium: AKA Sesquicentium, the "rock" that drives the time machine. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_da8c447e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_da8c447e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_da8c447e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_daef39ee |
type |
Elaborate Underground Base |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_daef39ee |
comment |
Elaborate Underground Resort: Paratopia! |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_daef39ee |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_daef39ee |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_daef39ee |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_db52f2ff |
type |
Surprise Pregnancy |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_db52f2ff |
comment |
Surprise Pregnancy: Happens to Cassie in the "Great Expectations" storyline. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_db52f2ff |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_db52f2ff |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_db52f2ff |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ddac33c8 |
type |
The Nudifier |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ddac33c8 |
comment |
The Nudifier: A very random combination of the time machine, a car, and a cotton field. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ddac33c8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ddac33c8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ddac33c8 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_dfe57573 |
type |
Historical In-Joke |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_dfe57573 |
comment |
Historical In-Joke: The overriding theme of the comic. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_dfe57573 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_dfe57573 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_dfe57573 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e1ff8ff6 |
type |
Fantasy Kitchen Sink |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e1ff8ff6 |
comment |
Fantasy Kitchen Sink: This comic not only has time travelling, but also humanoid androids, dinosaurs, and aliens. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e1ff8ff6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e1ff8ff6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e1ff8ff6 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e2d7b14c |
type |
Made of Explodium |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e2d7b14c |
comment |
Made of Explodium: The collection of "strange waters" that Myrtlinicus a.k.a. Merlin kept from the days of the Roman Empire. It would later trigger The Reveal as to what the place he called home really was. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e2d7b14c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e2d7b14c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e2d7b14c |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd |
type |
Art Evolution |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd |
comment |
Art Evolution: Compare and contrast a crude, unevenly drawn strip from 2007... and a more refined work in 2012. (And at times, the author may pull a George Lucas and retool an earlier strip if he thinks the end product really sucked in hindsight.) |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e69efe7f |
type |
Lysistrata Gambit |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e69efe7f |
comment |
Lysistrata Gambit: Implied in this strip. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e69efe7f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e69efe7f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e69efe7f |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e6a83fb0 |
type |
Telegraph Gag STOP |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e6a83fb0 |
comment |
Telegraph Gag STOP: It's either "TNI"... or Matt's playing "Who Let The Dogs Out" on the telegraph machine. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e6a83fb0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e6a83fb0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e6a83fb0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e7fd5cdc |
type |
Brain Bleach |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e7fd5cdc |
comment |
Brain Bleach: What Bethany's wanting after Cassie describes herself getting intimate with Uncle Miltie. (Which leads to a Big "SHUT UP!".) |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e7fd5cdc |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e7fd5cdc |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_e7fd5cdc |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eac7bacb |
type |
Gratuitous Disco Sequence |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eac7bacb |
comment |
Gratuitous Disco Sequence: Here and here. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eac7bacb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eac7bacb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eac7bacb |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ebb3c390 |
type |
Crash-Into Hello |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ebb3c390 |
comment |
Crash-Into Hello: How Cassie first met Elvis. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ebb3c390 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ebb3c390 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ebb3c390 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eea921b7 |
type |
Late to the Punchline |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eea921b7 |
comment |
Late to the Punchline |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eea921b7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eea921b7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_eea921b7 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f09a2e19 |
type |
Time Travel for Fun and Profit |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f09a2e19 |
comment |
Time Travel for Fun and Profit: Of course, of course. It is how Cassie funds many of her travels... and you know how bad inflation could get in the future. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f09a2e19 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f09a2e19 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f09a2e19 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f168fc9d |
type |
Pet's Homage Name |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f168fc9d |
comment |
Pet's Homage Name: Joan named her dog after another French national hero, Charlemagne. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f168fc9d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f168fc9d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f168fc9d |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f19ccfee |
type |
Uranus Is Showing |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f19ccfee |
comment |
Uranus Is Showing: Cassie and Ivy discover that Uranus jokes were being cracked even in the mid-19th century. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f19ccfee |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f19ccfee |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f19ccfee |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e |
type |
IncrediblyLamePun |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e |
comment |
Incredibly Lame Pun |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f364de89 |
type |
Make Wrong What Once Went Right |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f364de89 |
comment |
Make Wrong What Once Went Right: Cassie went back to 1991 and unknowingly slept with Rodney, which nullified his relationship with Maggie in the present time. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f364de89 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f364de89 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f364de89 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f609fcfe |
type |
Fictional Holiday |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f609fcfe |
comment |
Fictional Holiday: Cassie attempts to create "Cattle Bell Day" in 1853 (this also doubles as a Shout-Out to Opie & Anthony). |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f609fcfe |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f609fcfe |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f609fcfe |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6b1c9f3 |
type |
"You!" Exclamation |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6b1c9f3 |
comment |
"You!" Exclamation: Found in the Superman comic that Matt wrote. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6b1c9f3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6b1c9f3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6b1c9f3 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6db5b1e |
type |
RidiculouslyHumanRobot |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6db5b1e |
comment |
Ridiculously Human Robot / Robot Buddy / Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids: The ever-versatile Nicki. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6db5b1e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6db5b1e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f6db5b1e |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f75cf3bd |
type |
Terrible Interviewees Montage |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f75cf3bd |
comment |
Terrible Interviewees Montage: Let's just say Joan's attempts at finding a date lead to her talking to some... interesting individuals. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f75cf3bd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f75cf3bd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f75cf3bd |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 |
type |
Running Gag |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 |
comment |
Running Gag: Cassie the Sooner vs. Rodney the Longhorn. Also, Agent Scott's hiding places. And don't forget Matt's "abusing" the time machine. Once a year, Cassie takes part in the fictional NanoCon with her company. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fd7267dd |
type |
Master of Disguise |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fd7267dd |
comment |
Master of Disguise: Agent Scott. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fd7267dd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fd7267dd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fd7267dd |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb |
type |
Brick Joke |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb |
comment |
Brick Joke: To understand this comic, you have to go all the way back here. Apparently, bricks like to fly at the top of the Empire State Building, too. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ff41780 |
type |
Young Future Famous People |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ff41780 |
comment |
Young Future Famous People: Cassie checks in on preschooler-age Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus. |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ff41780 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ff41780 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_ff41780 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_name |
type |
ItemName |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_name |
comment |
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| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_name |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_name |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_name |
| Times Like This (Webcomic) / int_name |
itemName |
Times Like This (Webcomic) |