Time travel transitions became a staple of online editing as short-form video made quick timeline jumps easy to understand without exposition. A long whoosh with a warped middle tells viewers instantly that the location may be the same but the moment is not. Editors reuse the effect for gaming montages, story skits and reaction memes where a character returns to fix a mistake or previews a consequence. Its length gives enough room to build anticipation while still fitting inside a single scene change.