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Slaughterhouse Five Timeline

By Joji43
  • Birth

    Billy Pilgrim is born in Ilium, New York.
  • Billy's Father Dies

    He dies in a hunting accident while Billy is still out in war.
  • The First Time Billy is Unstuck

    During the Battle of Bulge, Billy joins the war. He is eventually stuck on enemy territory. This is the first time Billy gets unstuck in time.
  • Hounarably Discharged

    Billy returns home and marries the daughter of the founder of the Ilium School of Optometry. He to becomes an optometrist.
  • The Bombing of Dresden

  • Mental Ward

    Billy is entered into a mental ward. He meets someone who introduces him to the writing of Kilgore Trout.
  • Drunk on New Years

    Billy blinks in 1958 and opens his eyes in 1961, at a party for optometrists. He is black out drunk.
  • Billy's Mother is Admited to a Nursing Home

  • Billy Meets Kilgore

    Billy meets his favourite author, and becomes a driver for him.
  • Abducted by the Tralfamadorians

    The Tralfamadorians abduct Billy. They teach him about time, and explain how he is getting unstuck.
  • The Plane Crash

    Billy gets into a plane crash that kills everyone but him. His wife dies during this time as well.
  • Billy Talks About His Experience in Tralfamadore

    After returning home, Billy goes on a talk show to speak about the aliens. They think he's crazy and throw him out. Then he talks to a newspaper. His daughter Barbara scolds him for it.
  • Billy Returns To Work

    Billy is escorted out by security after. telling a patient about the Tralfamadorians.
  • Billy Dies

    In 1944 a POW named Lazarro that Billy was captured alongside tells him that after the war, he will hire a hitman to kill him in revenge for Roland Weary's death. Billy jumps to the future where he finds that this is indeed how he dies.