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It's still unclear if Terapagos can truly time travel.
(It's still unclear if Terapagos can truly time travel.)
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'''{{wp|Time travel}}''' is an infrequent theme in the [[Pokémon]] franchise and has been depicted in several [[canon]]s, including the {{pkmn|games}}, the {{pkmn|anime}}, and various {{pkmn|manga}}. In general, stories in which a character travels through time focus on the repercussions of traveling into the past or the future. Usually, the motivation for time traveling comes from the need or desire to change history. Characters who interfere with the timeline will generally notice an altered present upon their return.
'''{{wp|Time travel}}''' is an infrequent theme in the [[Pokémon]] franchise and has been depicted in several [[canon]]s, including the {{pkmn|games}}, the {{pkmn|anime}}, and various {{pkmn|manga}}. In general, stories in which a character travels through time focus on the repercussions of traveling into the past or the future. Usually, the motivation for time traveling comes from the need or desire to change history. Characters who interfere with the timeline will generally notice an altered present upon their return.


Three notable {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} possess time travel abilities. These are the {{pkmn2|Mythical}} {{p|Celebi}}, which is known as the {{pkmn|category|Time Travel Pokémon}} and has been shown to physically travel into different time periods, the {{pkmn2|Legendary}} {{p|Dialga}}, the {{pkmn|category|Temporal Pokémon}} that can travel at will through past and future and has the power to send [[human]]s and Pokémon to specific points in time, and the Legendary {{p|Terapagos}}, the {{pkmn|category|Tera Pokémon}}, which can use [[Terastal energy]] to transport [[Paradox Pokémon|Pokémon]] or [[human]]s across different time periods or timelines.
Three notable {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} possess time travel abilities. These are the {{pkmn2|Mythical}} {{p|Celebi}}, which is known as the {{pkmn|category|Time Travel Pokémon}} and has been shown to physically travel into different time periods, the {{pkmn2|Legendary}} {{p|Dialga}}, the {{pkmn|category|Temporal Pokémon}} that can travel at will through past and future and has the power to send [[human]]s and Pokémon to specific points in time. Additionaly, the Legendary {{p|Terapagos}}, the {{pkmn|category|Tera Pokémon}}, appears to be capable of using its [[Terastal energy]] to transport [[Paradox Pokémon|Pokémon]] or [[human]]s across different time periods, this is not left clear though


==In the games==
==In the games==
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* In [[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]], it is revealed that [[Professor Sada]]{{sup/9|S}}/[[Professor Turo]]{{sup/9|V}} succeeded in creating a [[time machine]] that brings Pokémon from the distant past{{sup/9|S}}/future{{sup/9|V}} to the present-day [[Paldea]], with one of those Pokémon being {{p|Koraidon}}{{sup/9|S}}/{{p|Miraidon}}{{sup/9|V}}. During the course of the games' final story arc, The Way Home, the player and their friends shut down the time machine at the behest of {{wp|Artificial intelligence|AI}} Sada{{sup/9|S}}/Turo{{sup/9|V}} before the [[Paradox Pokémon]] it has been automatically catching and bringing to the present can break out of [[Area Zero]] and overrun Paldea.
* In [[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]], it is revealed that [[Professor Sada]]{{sup/9|S}}/[[Professor Turo]]{{sup/9|V}} succeeded in creating a [[time machine]] that brings Pokémon from the distant past{{sup/9|S}}/future{{sup/9|V}} to the present-day [[Paldea]], with one of those Pokémon being {{p|Koraidon}}{{sup/9|S}}/{{p|Miraidon}}{{sup/9|V}}. During the course of the games' final story arc, The Way Home, the player and their friends shut down the time machine at the behest of {{wp|Artificial intelligence|AI}} Sada{{sup/9|S}}/Turo{{sup/9|V}} before the [[Paradox Pokémon]] it has been automatically catching and bringing to the present can break out of [[Area Zero]] and overrun Paldea.
** During [[The Indigo Disk]] [[The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero|expansion]], after the player has caught {{p|Terapagos}} and travelled to the [[Crystal Pool]], they meet the real Professor Sada{{sup/9|S}}/Professor Turo{{sup/9|V}} from before they finished their time machine, exchanging their copy of [[Briar's Book]] for the [[Scarlet Book]]{{sup/9|S}}/[[Violet Book]]{{sup/9|V}}. As the Professor's [[Area Zero journals|notes]] in the Area Zero Underdepths mention that they were given a white book by a child, this suggests that the meeting caused a {{wp|Temporal paradox|bootstrap paradox}}. The player also tells the Professor Koraidon's{{sup/9|S}}/Miraidon's{{sup/9|V}} true name and can inadvertently give them the idea to create the AI, thus causing further paradoxes.
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