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Floating timeline

A floating timeline (also known as a sliding timescale) is a device used in fiction, particularly in long-running comics and animation, in which characters age little or not at all while the setting around them remains contemporary to the real world. The term is used in the comics community to refer to series that take place in a "continuous present".…

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Floating timeline

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples35
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
Components1

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related to Comics · 17
Floating timeline → Although Batman, American, For, Hergé's Tintin, However, In, Initially, Iron Man, Many, Marvel Universe, Robin, Similarly, Some, The Archie, Tintin, Various, Vietnam War
related to Animation · 13
Floating timeline → Animated, Bill Clinton, By, Donald Trump, Gayness, Homer, In, Marge, South Park, The, The Red Badge, The Simpsons, US
related to Definition · 5
Floating timeline → Academic Kevin Wanner, According, Floating, Roz Kaveney, When

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characters floating comics age timeline series used time contemporary world stories aging war also comic real often life character device

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Floating timelinerelated to AnimationAnimated0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationThe0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationThe Simpsons0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationMarge0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationHomer0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationIn0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationSouth Park0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationThe Red Badge0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationGayness0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationBill Clinton0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationUS0.60section
Floating timelinerelated to AnimationBy0.60section

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