Who Did it Better?

[shipper hannah]

As you probably noticed, there are certain clichés that appear in many scifi and fantasy series - it seems like every show has one with a time loop, one where everyone loses their memories, one where they're trapped in a virtual reality/game/dream... So, the question is, who do you think did it better and why?


Time Loop
"Window of Opportunity" - Stargate SG-1
"Cause and Effect" - Star Trek: TNG
"Time Squared" - Star Trek: TNG
"Future Tense" - Star Trek: Enterprise
"Coda" - Star Trek: Voyager
"When Goes Around.." - Andromeda
"Time Bomb" - Angel
"Monday" - The X-Files
"White Tulip" - Fringe
"Back and Back and Back to the Future" - Farscape
"Life Serial" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"White Hole" - Red Dwarf
"Mystery Spot" - Supernatural
"Endless Eight" - Haruhi Suzumiya
"Deja Vu All Over Again" - Charmed
"The Good, the Bad, and the Cursed" - Charmed
"Show Ghouls" - Charmed
"Be Kind, Rewind" - Medium
"Been There, Done That" - Xena: Warrior Princess
"Come Again" - Seven Days

Amnesia
"Beneath the Surface" - Stargate SG-1
"Memento Mori" - Stargate SG-1
"Tabula Rasa" - Stargate Atlantis
"Tabula Rasa" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Conundrum" - Star Trek: TNG
"Workforce" - Star Trek: Voyager
"Spin the Bottle" - Angel
"The Paradise Syndrome" - Star Trek OS
"Better than Life" - Red Dwarf
"Human Nature"/"Family of Blood" - Doctor Who
"Blank" - Smallville

Virtual Reality/Dream
"The Gamekeeper" - Stargate SG-1
"Avatar" - Stargate SG-1
"Doppelganger" - Stargate Atlantis
"A Human Reaction" - Farscape
"Won't Get Fooled Again" - Farscape
"First Person Shooter" - The X-Files
"Field Trip" - The X-Files
"Amy's Choice" - Doctor Who
"Restless" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Fear" - Star Trek: Voyager
"Back to Reality" - Red Dwarf
"Better than Life" - Red Dwarf
"Changing Channels" - Supernatural
"What Is And What Should Never Be" - Supernatural
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" - Supernatural
"John Quixote" - Farscape
"Revenging Angel" - Farscape
"Trial and Error" - Stargate Universe
"Cloverdale" - Stargate Universe
"The Changeling" - Stargate SG-1
"Home" - Stargate Atlantis
"The Real World" - Stargate Atlantis
"Forever in a Day" - Stargate: SG-1
"Absolute Power" - Stargate: SG-1
"Human" - Stargate Universe
"Labyrinth" - Smallville
"Apocolypse" - Smallville
"Frame of Mind" - Star Trek: TNG
"Shadows and Symbols" - Star Trek: DS9
"Brain Drain" - Charmed

Body Switching
"Holiday" - Stargate SG-1
"Out of their Minds" - Farscape
"Dreamland" - The X-Files
"Carpe Noctem" - Angel
"Who Are You" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"The Turnabout Intruder" - Star Trek OS
"Body Swap" - Red Dwarf
"Swap Meat" - Supernatural
"Transference" - Smallville

Body Possession
"New Earth" - Doctor Who
"Duet" - Stargate Atlantis
"Lockdown" - Stargate SG-1
"In the Line of Duty" - Stargate SG-1
"Return to Tomorrow" - Star Trek OS
"Midnight" - Doctor Who
"Sarcophagus" - Blakes 7
"Lifeboat" - Stargate: SG-1
"The Long Goodbye" - Stargate Atlantis
"Pretense" - Stargate: SG-1
"Entity" - Stargate: SG-1

Alternate Reality
"There But For the Grace of God" - Stargate SG-1
"Point of View" - Stargate SG-1
"The Road Not Taken" - Stargate SG-1
"4D" - The X-Files
"Parallels" - Star Trek: TNG
"Mirror, Mirror" - Star Trek OS
"Rise of the Cybermen"/"Age of Steel" - Doctor Who
"Parallel Universe" - Red Dwarf
"Backwards" - Red Dwarf
"Tikka to Ride" - Red Dwarf
"Turn Left" - Doctor Who
"In a Mirror, Darkly" - Star Trek: Enterprise
"The Wish" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Normal Again" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"The End" - Supernatural
"Vegas" - Stargate Atlantis
"Unrealized Reality" - Farscape
"Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" - Haruhi Suzumiya
"Over the Rainbow"/"Through the Looking-Glass"/"There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" - Angel
"Reckoning" - Smallville

Doubles
"Double Jeapardy" - Stargate SG-1
"Eat Me" - Farscape
"My Three Crichtons" - Farscape
"Point of View" - Stargate SG-1
"Second Chances" - Star Trek: TNG
"Ripple Effect" - Stargate SG-1
"The Replacement" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Faces" - Star Trek: Voyager
"Allegiance" - Star Trek: TNG
"Journey's End" - Doctor Who
"Mirror, Mirror" - Star Trek OS
"Me2" - Red Dwarf
"McKay and Mrs. Miller" - Stargate Atlantis
"Tin Man" - Stargate SG-1
"This Mortal Coil" - Stargate Atlantis
"Cold Lazarus" - Stargate: SG-1

Evil Twin
"Gemini" - Stargate SG-1
"Doppelgangland" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Ripple Effect" - Stargate SG-1
"Over There" - Fringe
"Phase One" - Alias
"There's Only One Sydney Bristow" - Alias
"Datalore" - Star Trek: TNG
"The Enemy Within" - Star Trek OS
"Angels and Demons" - Red Dwarf
"Onyx" - Smallville

Stable Time Loop
"1969" - Stargate SG-1
"Kansas" - Farscape
"Father's Day" - Doctor Who
"Blink" - Doctor Who
"The Big Bang" - Doctor Who
"Time's Arrow" - Star Trek: TNG
"Past Tense" - Star Trek: DS9
"Time and Again" - Star Trek: Voyager
"Ouroboros" - Red Dwarf
"He's Our You"/"Whatever Happened, Happened" - Lost
"The Variable" - Lost
"In the Beginning" - Supernatural
"War Without End" - Babylon 5
"Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" - Haruhi Suzumiya

Any more you can think of?

I'm add more as they're suggested.

[Skydiver]

evil twin, the classic trek episode where kirk was split to good and bad half

alternate reality, any of hte mirror episodes in the treks

[chrono trigger]

my fav time loop episode is window of opportunity-sg1

my fav amnesia episode is beneath the surface-sg1

my fav virtual reality/dream episode is a human reaction-farscape

my fav body switching episode is out of their minds-farscape

my fav alternate reality episode is there but for the grace of god-sg1

my fav doubles episode is point of view-sg1

my fav evil twin episode is gemini-sg1

[blueray]

well seeing as i've only seen sg-1, sga, first 4 seasons of voyager (watching now) and seasons 1-4 of buffy.

i'll have to go with: sg-1 for everything

[themeatcleaver]

well seeing as i've only seen sg-1, sga, first 4 seasons of voyager (watching now) and seasons 1-4 of buffy.

i'll have to go with: sg-1 for everything

this.

Also..

Skydiver, there's an easter egg in WoW from that episode where if you use the gnomish teleporter occasionally you'll get a buff that says you've been switched with your evil twin.

[magictrick]

I've only seen SG-1, Farscape, SGA and Fringe so based on that..

Time Loop: Window of Opportunity SG-1
Amnesia: Beneath the Surface, SG-1
Virtual Reality/Dream: A Human Reaction, Farscape
Body Switching: Out of Their Minds, Farscape
Alternate Reality: There but for the Grace of God, SG-1
Doubles: Point of View, SG-1
Evil Twin: Ripple Effect, SG-1

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

No Doctor Who mention. I withdraw my participation.

[shipper hannah]

No Doctor Who mention. I withdraw my participation.

I added Journey's End and Amy's Choice. Do you have a suggestion?

[MattSilver 3k]

Time Loop - SG-1

Amnesia - Buffy (Angel close second with season four's Spin The Bottle)

Virtual Reality/Dream - Won't Get Fooled Again! Farscape.

Doubles - Farscape's whole twinning plot. Easy again.

Body Switching - Farscape, easy.

Alternate Reality - Does Fringe's alternate universe count? If so, Fringe wins.

Evil Twin - Fringe's Walternate and Altlivia.

[Blencathra]

Could you add these for me?

Virtual reality/Dream

Back to Reality - Red Dwarf
Better than Life - Red Dwarf


Alternate Reality

Parallel Universe - Red Dwarf
Backwards - Red Dwarf
Tikka to Ride - Red Dwarf
Turn Left - Doctor Who


Body Possession

Midnight - Doctor Who
Sarcophagus - Blakes 7


Body Stwitching

Body Swap - Red Dwarf


Doubles

Me2 - Red Dwarf


Evil Twin

Angels and Demons - Red Dwarf

Those are ones I can think of off the top of my head. I'm sure some more will occur.

[shipper hannah]

Turn Left - Doctor Who
Midnight - Doctor Who

Pfff how could I forget?

[Sp!der]

Grounddog day with bill murray... i miss those 80s and 90s comedies...

[shipper hannah]

Grounddog day with bill murray... i miss those 80s and 90s comedies...

I was referring to television, really.

[DigiFluid]

Time Loop
Stargate SG-1 "Window of Opportunity"
Honourable Mention: Fringe "White Tulip"

Amnesia
Star Trek TNG "Conundrum"

VR/Dream
Doctor Who "Amy's Choice"
Honourable Mention: Red Dwarf "Better Than Life"

Body Swapping/Possession
The X-Files "Dreamland"

Alternate Reality
Star Trek "Mirror, Mirror"
Honourable Mention: Star Trek ENT "In A Mirror, Darkly"

Evil Twins
Fringe "Over There"
Star Trek "The Enemy Within"

[Sp!der]

I was referring to television, really.

sorry.. I know... was a bit offtopic... still a great movie..

Time Loop:

"White Tullip" Fringe

Amnesia

Tabula Rasa - Buffy

VR/Dream

Doppelganger - Atlantis

Body Swapping/Possession

Duet - Atlantis ( Im not sure of the others sorry...)

Alternate Reality

The Wish - Buffy The Vampire Slayer.. (I know its not in the list, but still my favorite)

Doubles

Ripple Effect" - Stargate SG-1

Evil Twins:

"Over There" - Fringe
"Doppelgangland" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer