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* [[A Little Something We Call Rock and Roll]]:
* [[A Little Something We Call "Rock and Roll"]]:
** [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=231 Some Renaissance-era minstrels learn a certain medieval-sounding Yes song.]
** [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=231 Some Renaissance-era minstrels learn a certain medieval-sounding Yes song.]
** [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=373 They came from the land of the ice and snow...]
** [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=373 They came from the land of the ice and snow...]
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* [[Elaborate Underground Base|Elaborate Underground Resort:]] [http://timeslikethis.com/?id=443 Paratopia!]
* [[Elaborate Underground Base|Elaborate Underground Resort:]] [http://timeslikethis.com/?id=443 Paratopia!]
* [[Entendre Failure]]: Matt, in the Old West, tells a saloon belle she could "pull a train". [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=232 Guess what she does.]
* [[Entendre Failure]]: Matt, in the Old West, tells a saloon belle she could "pull a train". [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=232 Guess what she does.]
* [[Explain Explain Oh Crap]]: Cassie's father [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=495 breaks up a fight between her and her mother.] {{spoiler|...and brings up his wife's cancer sooner than intended.}}
* [[Explain, Explain, Oh Crap]]: Cassie's father [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=495 breaks up a fight between her and her mother.] {{spoiler|...and brings up his wife's cancer sooner than intended.}}
* [[Ethical Slut]]: Cassie. [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=391 And she states her case here.]
* [[Ethical Slut]]: Cassie. [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=391 And she states her case here.]
* [[Feghoot]]: [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=310 Cassie tells a tale of her old classmate Eli], which turns into a [[Shout Out]] to [[Pearls Before Swine]] creator Stephan Pastis.
* [[Feghoot]]: [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=310 Cassie tells a tale of her old classmate Eli], which turns into a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Pearls Before Swine]] creator Stephan Pastis.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Cassie tends to subvert this, mostly because of her large cosplay collection.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Cassie tends to subvert this, mostly because of her large cosplay collection.
** Maggie Harper, {{spoiler|an Irish girl from the middle ages saved by Cassie}}.
** Maggie Harper, {{spoiler|an Irish girl from the middle ages saved by Cassie}}.
** Joan Arquette, {{spoiler|''aka'' [[Joan of Arc]]. [[Historical Domain Character|Yes, really]].}}
** Joan Arquette, {{spoiler|''aka'' [[Joan of Arc]]. [[Historical Domain Character|Yes, really]].}}
* [[Free Love Future]]: Nicki's seen the future... [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=284 and after the human incubator is invented, there's another sexual revolution.]
* [[Free-Love Future]]: Nicki's seen the future... [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=284 and after the human incubator is invented, there's another sexual revolution.]
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Cassie knows pretty much [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=512 from the day she began time traveling] that she needed to keep it a secret. Agent Scott just helped things along.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Cassie knows pretty much [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=512 from the day she began time traveling] that she needed to keep it a secret. Agent Scott just helped things along.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Subverted in the [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=275 Christmas Tree search of 2009] (which is also a subtle example of [[Who Writes This Crap?|Who Writes This Crap?!]]).
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Subverted in the [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=275 Christmas Tree search of 2009] (which is also a subtle example of [[Who Writes This Crap?|Who Writes This Crap?!]]).
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** And don't forget Matt's [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=13 "abusing"] [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=91 the] [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=194 time] [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=402 machine].
** And don't forget Matt's [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=13 "abusing"] [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=91 the] [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=194 time] [http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=402 machine].
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Subverted in the story arc with {{spoiler|1=[http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=361 Jake Holland] and Vietnam}}, but played straight with {{spoiler|1=[http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=347 the rescue of Joan of Arc] using a [[Decoy Getaway|realistic human-looking movie prop]].}} Also with {{spoiler|1=[http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=463 the rescue of her boyfriend Philip].}}
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Subverted in the story arc with {{spoiler|1=[http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=361 Jake Holland] and Vietnam}}, but played straight with {{spoiler|1=[http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=347 the rescue of Joan of Arc] using a [[Decoy Getaway|realistic human-looking movie prop]].}} Also with {{spoiler|1=[http://www.timeslikethis.com/?id=463 the rescue of her boyfriend Philip].}}
* [[Shout Out]]: Cassie uses the passcode [[Bill and Ted (Film)|"Rufus"]] for her fembot, Nicki. She also uses the names of other famous time travelers, like [[Back to The Future (Film)|Doc (Emmett) Brown]], [[Jules Verne|Jules Verne]], and, of course, [[HG Wells|HG Wells]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: Cassie uses the passcode [[Bill and Ted (Film)|"Rufus"]] for her fembot, Nicki. She also uses the names of other famous time travelers, like [[Back to The Future (Film)|Doc (Emmett) Brown]], [[Jules Verne]], and, of course, [[HG Wells]].
* [[Sorry to Interrupt]]: [http://timeslikethis.com/index.php?id=500 Cassie's home, so she goes back in time to get an extra few hours of sleep.] {{spoiler|...and catches Matt & Bethany in bed.}}
* [[Sorry to Interrupt]]: [http://timeslikethis.com/index.php?id=500 Cassie's home, so she goes back in time to get an extra few hours of sleep.] {{spoiler|...and catches Matt & Bethany in bed.}}
* [[Speechbubbles Interruption]]: A couple of examples:
* [[Speechbubbles Interruption]]: A couple of examples:

Revision as of 13:08, 25 January 2014

Taking the Space-Time Continuum, and ripping it a new hole.

She doesn't waste time – She recycles it.

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 Bethany, her pet dinosaur Mascus, and her MIRA-7 robot, named Nicki Darling. (Yes, exactly what you're thinking - Matt came up with the last name, and she wasn't too thrilled about it.)

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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