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* CheekCopy: One last copy of the time code from ''Bender's Big Score'' survived on one of these, allowing Chris to return to the past.
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* CheekCopy: One last copy of the time code from ''Bender's Big Score'' survived on one of these, allowing Chris to return to the past.
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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: When Travers' baby self is born, he is named on his birth certificate "'''Senator''' Chris Xaxxar Travers".
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Richard Nixon runs for re-re-election against a competent politician (who is also accused of being an alien) when his Earth birth certificate cannot be found...
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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:The politician came from the AlternateTimeline future, where Richard Nixon won the 3012 election. Unfortunately, FridgeHorror kicks in that since Chris was erased from the timeline and Nixon ended up President again, which can only mean two things: that everyone is now in a 3RD timeline where Nixon wins but the robot apocalypse won't happen (since President Chris would still be there in some fashion) or the BadFuture will still happen]].
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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:The politician came from the AlternateTimeline future, where Richard Nixon won the 3012 election. Unfortunately, FridgeHorror kicks in that since Chris was erased from the timeline and Nixon ended up President again, which can only mean two things: that everyone is now in a 3RD ''third'' timeline where Nixon wins but the robot apocalypse won't happen (since President Chris would still be there in some fashion) or the BadFuture will still happen]].
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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:The politician came from the AlternateTimeline future, where Richard Nixon won the 3012 election. Unfortunately, FridgeHorror kicks in that since Chris was erased from the timeline and Nixon ended up President again, that future will still happen]].
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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:The politician came from the AlternateTimeline future, where Richard Nixon won the 3012 election. Unfortunately, FridgeHorror kicks in that since Chris was erased from the timeline and Nixon ended up President again, which can only mean two things: that future everyone is now in a 3RD timeline where Nixon wins but the robot apocalypse won't happen (since President Chris would still be there in some fashion) or the BadFuture will still happen]].
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* InfantImmortality: Despite the time travel used being the same one as ''Bender's Big Score'', the infant Chris survives the episode.
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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: Despite the time travel used being the same one as ''Bender's Big Score'', the infant Chris survives the episode.
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wrong use of this trope.
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* BrokenAesop: The message about how stupid and petty the Obama birthers are falls flat in this episode when it turns out [[spoiler:[[TheExtremistWasRight the conspiracy theorists were right]], [[RightForTheWrongReasons albeit for the wrong reasons]].]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nobody who voted for Nixon stopped to think how important the jobs the illegal alien immigrants were taking.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nobody who voted for Nixon stopped to think how important the jobs the illegal alien immigrants were taking. Of course, this is a reflection of actual anti-immigrant policies.
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** He also joins Nixon in an "AROOOO!" while the pair plot against Travers.
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* ShoutOut: The time travel plot is one to TheTerminator.
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* ShoutOut: The time travel plot is one to TheTerminator.Film/TheTerminator.
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* ShoutOut: The time travel plot is one to TheTerminator.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nobody who voted for Nixon stopped to think how important the jobs the illegal alien immigrants were taking.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Bender is the one who says "Good news, everyone!", causing the Professor to sputter confusedly.
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* DoubleSubversion: The title sequence. The Planet Express ship usually crashes into a giant screen, but manages to avoid it this time... until Bender notices that the screen is advertising free beer, and brings the ship around, crashing it into the screen anyway.
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* InfantImmortality: Despite the time travel used being the same one as ''Bender's Big Score'', the infant Chris survives the episode.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: By this point ''Futurama'' has stepped all over the rules of time travel (mostly due to ''Bender's Big Score'') but if one must nit-pick, this episode's ending contradicts "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" (because disrupting the past results in a paradox that erases the causality of the event that originally enabled the time travel, something that did not happen in that episode).
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* TimeyWimeyBall: By this point ''Futurama'' has stepped all over the rules of time travel (mostly due to ''Bender's Big Score'') but if one must nit-pick, this episode's ending contradicts "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry ''[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" Fry]]'' (because disrupting the past results in a paradox that erases the causality of the event that originally enabled the time travel, something that did not happen in that episode).
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* CheekCopy: One last copy of the time code from ''Bender's Big Score'' survived on one of these, allowing Chris to return to the past.
* FutureBadass: Bender loves hearing about his future self, who became the leader of the robot uprising after they were forced to do menial labor.
* HumanResources: In the future, Nixon turned the silent majority into the [[Film/SoylentGreen soylent]] [[IncrediblyLamePun majority]].
* HumanResources: In the future, Nixon turned the silent majority into the [[Film/SoylentGreen soylent]] [[IncrediblyLamePun majority]].
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* StatusQuoIsGodStatusQuoIsGod: Nixon continues to be president of Earth.
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** AlternateTimeline: The timeline where Nixon won the 3012 election
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** AlternateTimeline: The timeline where Nixon won the 3012 electionelection.
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* BrokenAesop: The message about how stupid and petty the Obama birthers are falls flat in this episode when it turns out [[spoiler:[[TheExtremistWasRight the conspiracy theorists were right]], albeit for the wrong reasons.]]
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* BrokenAesop: The message about how stupid and petty the Obama birthers are falls flat in this episode when it turns out [[spoiler:[[TheExtremistWasRight the conspiracy theorists were right]], [[RightForTheWrongReasons albeit for the wrong reasons.reasons]].]]
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The paradox-correcting time code is itself paradoxical. "Paradox-correcting" the way the show uses it simply means Stable Time Loop.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Chris used the time code from [[Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score]] to travel back in time to save the future. Unfortunately, when he succeeds, his existence is erased because his timeline no longer exists. Wasn't it stated that the time code was paradox free?
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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The politician came from the AlternateTimeline future, where Richard Nixon won the 3012 election. Unfortunately, FridgeHorror kicks in that since Chris was erased from the timeline and Nixon ended up President again, that future will still happen]].
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* ContinuitySnarl: Chris used them time code from [[Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score]] to travel back in time to save the future. Unfortunately, when he succeeds, his existence is erased because his timeline no longer exists. Wasn't it stated that the time code was paradox free?
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* ContinuitySnarl: Chris used them the time code from [[Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score]] to travel back in time to save the future. Unfortunately, when he succeeds, his existence is erased because his timeline no longer exists. Wasn't it stated that the time code was paradox free?
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* ContinuitySnarl: Chris used them time code from [[Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore Bender's Big Score Score]] to travel back in time to save the future. Unfortunately, when he succeeds, his existence is erased because his timeline no longer exists. Wasn't it stated that the time code was paradox free?
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* TimeyWimeyBall: By this point ''Futurama'' has stepped all over the rules of time travel (mostly due to ''Bender's Big Score'') but if one must nit-pick, this episode's ending contradicts "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" (because disrupting the past results in a paradox that erases the causality of the event that originally enabled the time travel).
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* TimeyWimeyBall: By this point ''Futurama'' has stepped all over the rules of time travel (mostly due to ''Bender's Big Score'') but if one must nit-pick, this episode's ending contradicts "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" (because disrupting the past results in a paradox that erases the causality of the event that originally enabled the time travel).travel, something that did not happen in that episode).
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* TimeyWimeyBall: By this point ''Futurama'' has stepped all over the rules of time travel (mostly due to ''Bender's Big Score'') but if one must nit-pick, this episode's ending contradicts "[[Recap/FutramaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" (because disrupting the past results in a paradox that erases the causality of the event that originally enabled the time travel).
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* TimeyWimeyBall: By this point ''Futurama'' has stepped all over the rules of time travel (mostly due to ''Bender's Big Score'') but if one must nit-pick, this episode's ending contradicts "[[Recap/FutramaS4E10TheWhyOfFry "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" (because disrupting the past results in a paradox that erases the causality of the event that originally enabled the time travel).
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* TimeyWimeyBall: By this point ''Futurama'' has stepped all over the rules of time travel (mostly due to ''Bender's Big Score'') but if one must nit-pick, this episode's ending contradicts "[[Recap/FutramaS4E10TheWhyOfFry The Why of Fry]]" (because disrupting the past results in a paradox that erases the causality of the event that originally enabled the time travel).
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* ContinuitySnarl: Chris used them time code from Bender's Big Score to travel back in time to save the future. Unfortunately, when he succeeds, his existence is erased because his timeline no longer exists. Wasn't it stated that the time code was paradox free?
* DownerEnding: "Nixon ''always'' wins!"
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* BrokenAesop: The message about how stupid and petty the Obama birthers are falls flat in this episode when it turns out [[spoiler:[[TheExtremistWasRight the conspiracy theorists were right]], albeit for the wrong reasons.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The plot: an esteemed politician running for president is accused of not being a "true" citizen because of an allegedly missing birth certificate. [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Who]] [[SarcasmMode might it possibly be referring to]]...
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The plot: an esteemed politician running for president is accused of not being a "true" citizen because of an allegedly missing birth certificate. [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Who]] [[SarcasmMode might it possibly be referring to]]...
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* TakeThat: This episode satirizes [[ConspiracyTheorist the Obama "birthers"]], who claimed that UsefulNotes/BarackObama couldn't be President of the US because of his allegedly missing birth certificate.
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* TakeThat: This episode satirizes [[ConspiracyTheorist the Obama "birthers"]], who claimed that UsefulNotes/BarackObama couldn't be President of the US because of his allegedly missing birth certificate.certificate and/or not being a native-born American.
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* IToldYouSo: Bender to Fry when the timeline corrected itself.
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BadFuture: The future Travers discusses, where the world becomes even ''more'' [[CrapsackWorld crapsack]] than usual after Nixon's re-election.
* IToldYouSo: Bender toFry Leela when the timeline corrected itself.
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* RetGone: The politician Chris after the timeline paradox was fixed.
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** AlternateTimeline: The timeline where Nixon won the 3012 election
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