Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series (1989–1993) in which a physicist travels through time by inhabiting the bodies of people in the past.

The show was revived in 2022.

The title plays on the scientific term while suggesting dramatic temporal shifts: I grew up watching Quantum Leap. (Lowercase quantum leap is a sudden dramatic advance.)

TV series

Al

Shortened masculine name

waiting room · oh boy · NBC · reboot

Categories
Opposites
magnitude of change

Quantum Leapbaby step

Minimal incremental progress

tweak · nudge · fine-tuning · stagnation · standing still

direction of change

Quantum Leapsteep decline

collapse · nosedive · backslide · devolution · plunge

pace of change

Quantum Leapevolutionary change

Inherited trait shifts over generations

crawl · snail's pace · slow burn · bit by bit · one step at a time

Family

leap, leaping, leapt, jumped, quantum, quantifiable, quanta, quantization, quantized

Familiarity
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Mostly American · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G