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A time loop or temporal loop is a plot device in which periods of time are repeated and re-experienced by the characters, and there is often some hope of breaking out of the cycle of repetition. Time loop is sometimes used to refer to a causal loop.〔 Stories with time loops commonly center on the character learning from each successive loop through time.〔 The short story "Doubled and Redoubled" by Malcolm Jameson that appeared in the February, 1941 issue of ''Unknown'' tells of a person accidentally cursed to repeat a "perfect" day, including a lucky bet, a promotion, a heroically foiled bank robbery, and a successful wedding proposal. This story was a precedent to the films ''Groundhog Day'' and ''12:01 PM''. Jeremy Douglass, Janet Murray, Noah Falstein and others compare time loops with video games and other interactive media, where a character in a loop learns about their environment more and more with each passing loop, and the loop ends with complete mastery of the character's environment. Shaila Garcia-Catalán et al provide a similar analysis, saying that the usual way for the protagonist out of a time loop is acquiring knowledge, using retained memories to progress and eventually exit the loop. The time loop is then a problem-solving process, and the narrative becomes akin to an interactive puzzle. ==See also== * Butterfly effect * Causal loop * Eternal return * Grandfather paradox * List of time travel works of fiction * List of films featuring time loops * List of television series that include time travel * Time loop logic * Time travel 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Time loop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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