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    The Cat 

  • Early in the film when Doug is viewing the time portal with the rest of the team Claire seems to sense someone is watching her and asks if anyone is there, But when the camera turns around to follow her, she opens the door and lets her cat in. Later in the film when doug takes Claire back to her house before trying to stop the bomb Claire introduces Doug to her cat and mentions that the cat hates strangers. So does this mean that the cat is the one who actually sensed Doug and the team "inside" the house and started scratching on the door?
    • No, the cat is friendly to post-bombing Doug because it had already met him after time-traveling-Doug dropped Claire off at her apartment.

    Seeing the Past of Which Timeline 
When they watch the past, is that the past of the timeline into which they time-travel, or of their own timeline? Probably not their own one, otherwise the note gets sent in different timelines in the same moment despite the differences of prior events in those timelines, which might be very unlikely, depending on those events. If they see the past of the timeline into which they can time-travel, what differences between events in the timelines where Doug does vs. doesn't decide to time-travel cause that difference in that decision? (Gotta re-watch the movie with this in mind. Or maybe additional time travels might have happened without considerably influencing the other events, and thus aren't mentioned on the Fridge page.) Either way, the Fridge page should explain how what they see about the past influences their decisions and timing.
  • Added to the Fridge page. Some key events are quite robust towards changes of previous events and timing. For example, there might be several ways to cause the bomber to want Claire's car, several ways to motivate Doug to time-travel (the first time travel happens without a message on Claire's fridge).

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