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* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob go from Detroit, Michigan to Toledo, Ohio. It's less than an hour's drive south, but the sun goes from high noon to sunset.

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Alice and Bob go from Detroit, Michigan to Toledo, Ohio. It's less than an hour's drive south, but the sun goes from high noon to sunset.sunset.
** Alice and Bob walk from one street to the other during the early hours of the morning. By the time they get to the other street (which is allegedly in seconds), it's already 3 AM the next day.
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** Alice and Bow were traveling westward at the 'speed of the sun', meaning that while their clock time advanced properly, their solar time was … 'halted'.

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** Alice and Bow Bob were traveling westward at the 'speed of the sun', meaning that while their clock time advanced properly, their solar time was … 'halted'.



* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???Alice and Bob land in Rome and see sunlight through a window. But it's actually a giant screen, and it's nighttime when they get out.



* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome until someone mentions it]].

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* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome [[PuffOfLogic until someone mentions it]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': They go from Rio de Janeiro, Argentina to Beijing, which are both on the opposite sides of the world, and it's ''still'' daylight.

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* '''Exaggerated''': They go from Rio de Janeiro, Argentina Brazil to Beijing, which are both on the opposite sides of the world, and it's ''still'' daylight.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob go from China to Italy with both locations in daylight, despite them being far away from each other.
* '''Exaggerated''': They go from Argentina to China, which are both on the opposite sides of the world, and it's ''still'' daylight.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob go from the west U.S. coast to the east coast. While it should be early morning, it's close enough.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob go from Beijing, China to Rome, Italy with both locations in daylight, despite them being far away from each other.
* '''Exaggerated''': They go from Rio de Janeiro, Argentina to China, Beijing, which are both on the opposite sides of the world, and it's ''still'' daylight.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob go from the Los Angeles (the west U.S. coast coast) to the New York City (the east coast.coast). While it should be early morning, it's close enough.


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* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob go from Detroit, Michigan to Toledo, Ohio. It's less than an hour's drive south, but the sun goes from high noon to sunset.

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* '''Justified''': Days go a lot faster in Alice and Bob's world, so it would be logical that it would be daylight in other places way faster.

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Days go a lot faster in Alice and Bob's world, so it would be logical that it would be daylight in other places way faster.faster.
** Alice and Bow were traveling westward at the 'speed of the sun', meaning that while their clock time advanced properly, their solar time was … 'halted'.

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* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome until someone mentions it]].



* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome until someone mentions it]].

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* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome until someone mentions it]].'''Enforced''': Keeping track of timezones is complicated, so the writers pretend that there's only one timezone that the characters follow.
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* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[RealityEnsues until someone mentions it]].

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* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome until someone mentions it]].
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*'''Averted''': Time zones in Alice and Bob's world ''do'' exist just like in the real world.
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'''Basic Trope''': People go from one place to another without the time of day chaning.

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'''Basic Trope''': People go from one place to another without the time of day chaning.changing.
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'''Basic Trope''': People go from one place to another without the time of day chaning.
* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob go from China to Italy with both locations in daylight, despite them being far away from each other.
* '''Exaggerated''': They go from Argentina to China, which are both on the opposite sides of the world, and it's ''still'' daylight.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob go from the west U.S. coast to the east coast. While it should be early morning, it's close enough.
* '''Justified''': Days go a lot faster in Alice and Bob's world, so it would be logical that it would be daylight in other places way faster.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Time zones ''literally'' don't exist in Alice and Bob's world, [[RealityEnsues until someone mentions it]].
* '''Lampshaded''': "Shouldn't it be night time by now?"

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