EVENT / GEL-BANANA
The Gel-Banana and PhoneWave Experiment
The lab discovers that a banana becomes gelified after the PhoneWave operates and returns to its original bunch, suggesting a connection between the material effect and time.
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- Time coordinate
- Around August 1, 2010
- Included works
- STEINS;GATE、STEINS;GATE ELITE、STEINS;GATE TV Anime
- Related world lines
- α World Line After the First D-Mail 0.571024%
- Game routes
- Time Travel Paranoia
What happened
The gelification resembles the result of SERN’s human experiments in its public data. It leads Kurisu to take the research seriously and helps establish the conditions for later D-Mail experiments.
Cause
Okabe, Itaru Hashida, and Mayuri test Future Gadget No. 8.
Action / decision
They place a banana in the microwave, set the timer in reverse, and record the electrical discharge and result.
Consequence
The team moves from an accidental anomaly into repeatable time-machine research.
Version differences
The main game, ELITE, and anime slightly adjust the number and pacing of the experiments.
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