History Fanfic / TheBlackDossierVolumeII

The [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10295381/1/The-Black-Dossier-Volume-II Black Dossier, Volume II]] is a series of story supplements by author [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5668522/Draco-Orwell Draco Orwell]], functioning as an ExpandedUniverse for Alan Moore's ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', taking a deeper look into not only the British part of the League's history, but also that of their French counterparts, Les Hommes Mysterioux, and the sinister machinations of the German Nazi League, the successors to their "Twilight Heroes". Several chapters are also devoted to parts of the world that was only barely touched on in the source material, such as the United States, Canada, China and Japan.

** The Main/{{Kaiju}} in the second Japanese League Chapter are referred by various names, highlights include Film/{{Rodan}} as "Radon", [[Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster King Ghidorah]] as "Gammera" and Franchise/{{Godzilla}} himself as "Gigantis".

* BigBad: Adenoid Hynkel and the Nazi League for the Second Allied League and the All-American League, INGSOC and Big Brother for the Canadian League, Fantomas for the Second and Third French League, and The Narrator for the Magic League.
* EvilVersusEvil: During the INGSOC years, the Canadian government and other Commonwealth nations provided funding and resources to groups inside Britain fighting against Big Brother. One of the most successfull and powerful of these were the sentient animals of the infamous Literature/AnimalFarm, led by the totalitarian pig Napoleon.
* GodzillaThreshold: The world-scale memory erasing technology owned and operated by [[Franchise/MenInBlack The Syndicate]] was only ever used twice; to erase the existance of Max Fosters short-lived presidential term, and, fittingly enough, to fix the world-wide mental trauma caused by the "War Of the Monsters" in the late 70's, which included Godzilla among many other monsters.
* GovernmentConspiracy: The rebellion made by various U.S government officials to bring down Max Fosters administration and completely erase it and any changes it had made to the United States. As of modern day, only a handful of the world's most highly ranked officials have any knowledge that Foster ever existed.
* KarmaHoudini: Fantomas is revealed to have survived the final battle between his League of Horrors and the Second French League by switching places with Dr. Kramm, leaving him to die in his place when the Leagues lair collapsed. Afterwards, he disappeared again, only to eventually be revealed to have died of old age in the aftermath of World War II, completely unpunished for the atrocities he'd committed.
** Dr. Wichserkopf, predicting the fall of the Nazi regime, managed to make himself part of Operation Paperclip, recieving a pardon from the U.S in return for his assistance in nuclear weapons and space flight research. As part of his new identity, he also changed his name to a more familiar one - Film/DrStrangelove.
* KillerGorilla: Dr. Coriolis, a MadScientist and self-proclaimed successor of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Dr. Alphonse Moreau]] specialized in creating monstrous, insane animals as weapons, with apes being his prefered species. It's revealed that he was the creator of the murderous ape that terrorized the Rue Morgue until it was caught by Auguste Dupin.
* LegionOfDoom: The League Of Horrors, The Nazi League and The Celestial League, though only the first of the three groups would agree with the term, as it consisted of unrepentant arch-criminals who joined forces solely to cause more death and misery. The Nazi League, while also being made up of monsters, were an officially sanctioned government group, while the Celestial League considered themselves [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]].

** The Celestial League conisted of The Doctor (Fu Manchu), Pao The Invisible, Franchise/{{Zatoichi}} the Blind, [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Mola Ram]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Ra's Al Ghul]], and [[Manga/LadySnowblood Lady Oyuki]].

* OverlordJr: The Fantomas fought by the Third French League turns out to be the son of the original, who died in 1946. This version is specifically mentioned to wear the blue face mask introduced in the 1964 ''Fantomas'' film, unlike the black masks prefered by his father.

* PresidentEvil: [[Film/WildInTheStreets President Max Foster]] combines this trope with WellIntentionedExtremist. During his short-lived reign, the United States withdraws from all armed conflicts across the globe, provides aid and surplus food to third world nations for free, dismantles clandestine spy organisations like the CIA and FBI, and many other leftist ideals. He also forces everyone over 30 into retirement, and anyone over 35 into concentration camps where they're permanently dosed with LSD and [[Creator/HRiderHaggard Taduki]]. In-universe, Fosters political platform is referred to as a kind of "hippie-fascism".
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: The social upheaval that broke out in France during the 1960's and nearly escalated into a civil war turns out to have been orchestrated by the second Fantomas at his father's behest. Before he died, Fantomas had come to view the rest of humanity having become just as monstrous as he himself had always been due to World War II and the nuclear bombing of Japan, and tasked his son with one final mission; put the world down like a sick dog. The plan had been to plunge France into chaos, then escalate further by drawing in the U.S. and the USSR, eventually culminating in World War 3. The Third French League narrowly averted the plan.
* RealityWarper: [[Creator/RodSerling The Narrator]], an immensly powerful being encountered by the Magic League in the early 60's, who claimed to be part of an entire race of cosmic entities known as the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Que"]], and was in fact the source of some of the cases the League had investigated, such as [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 the reality warping child of Peaksville, the murderous Talking Tina doll that haunted the Streator family, and the magical sack found by department store Santa Henry Corwin]], seemingly for nothing other than his own amusement.
* StartMyOwn: The independent League formed by [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]] in 1938, which Kane hoped to use to affect world events the way his newspapers had once done. Consisting of Music/GeneAutry (or rather, the character Autry portrayed in his movie roles, who is stated to have been the real-life Autry's brother), [[Film/KingKong1933 Ann Darrow]], [[Film/ThePublicEnemy1931 Tom Powers]], Armand Robur, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reign_of_the_Superman William "Bill" Dunn]]. The League only lasted for a single mission, an expidition to Skull Island in the hopes of capturing another specimen like Kong, which turned into a disaster that led to the deaths of Darrow, Powers, Dunn and many of the island natives at the hands of a rampaging horde of velociraptors. Only Autry and Robut made it back to civilization, at which point Kane fired them for "failing" him.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Kane League was designed to mimic the original Murray Group, which Kane considered to be the most successful and dynamic. Darrow took Murray's role, Autry took Quatermain's, and Robur took Nemo's. Dunn was believed to have lost his psychic abilities, but it was revealed that he had actually metabolized the serum that first granted him his powers, and were now dependant on his mood to access them, similarly to Edward Hyde. Powers was given an invisibility device to give him the same role as Hawley Griffin.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After the fall of INGSOC, and the restoration of the British government and monarchy, M-I5 and the higher-ups turned against the Animal Farm, since it had grown to encompass most of the surrounding areas, and was essentially a mini-Soviet state within Britains borders. This eventually escalated into an attempt at [[FantasticRacism outright genocide]] against ''all'' "thinking animal" people, and any human who sheltered them. However, thanks to the modern weaponry provided during the INGSOC years, and unexpectedly hard resistance, what was supposed to be a quick campaign of extermination turned into a two-year civil war with heavy losses on both sides, and ultimately the animals ''defeating'' the human troops!

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: This version of The Red Mask is a woman named Ludivine Thernadier, a descendant of Monsieur Thernadier from ''Literature/LesMiserables''. While he didn't have a first name in the source material, it's given as "Lukas" here.

** The Celestial League conisted of The Doctor (Fu Manchu), Pao The Invisible, Zatoichi The Blind, [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Mola Ram]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Ra's Al Ghul]], and Lady Oyuki.
** The Nazi League consisted of [[Film/IlsaSheWolfOfTheSs Dr. Ilsa Schlimm]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}}Captain Albrecht Krieger]], Dr. Wichserkopf Merkwugigliebe, [[Literature/{{Biggles}} Captain Eric Von Stalheim]], [[Film/MarathonMan Dr. Christian Szell]].

* PresidentEvil: [[Film/WildInTheStreets President Max Foster]] combines this trope with WellIntentionedExtremist. During his short-lived reign, the United States withdraws from all armed conflicts across the globe, provides aid and surplus food to third world nations for free, dismantles clandestine spy organisations like the CIA and FBI, and many other leftist ideals. He also forces everyone over 30 into retirement, and anyone over 35 into concentration camps where they're permanently dosed with LSD and [[Creator/HRiderHaggard Taduki]]. In-universe, Fosters political platform is refered to as a kind of "hippie-fascism".
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: The social upheaval that broke out in France during the 1960's and nearly escalated into a civil war turns out to have been orchestrated by the second Fantomas at his fathers behest. Before he died, Fantomas had come to view the rest of humanity having become just as monstrous as he himself had always been due to World War II and the nuclear bombing of Japan, and tasked his son with one final mission; put the world down like a sick dog. The plan had been to plunge France into chaos, then escalate further by drawing in the U.S and the USSR, eventually culminating in World War 3. The Third French League narrowly averted the plan.

** The Drifter's League, formed in 1958, was another independent effort, this time by several members of the burgeoning "Beat" generation to deal with criminals and dangerous situations arising in the new subcultures of the U.S. Formed by Sal Paradyse and Dean Moriarty, the group included [[Theatre/WestSideStory Maria "Verruca Almondovar]], [[Film/TheWildOne Johnny Strabler]], and [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Kane League was designed to mimic the original Murray Group, which Kane considered to be the most successfull and dynamic. Darrow took Murray's role, Autry took Quatermains, and Robur took Nemos. Dunn was believed to have lost his psychic abilities, but it was revealed that he had actually metabolized the serum that first granted him his powers, and were now dependant on his mood to access them, similarly to Edward Hyde. Powers was given an invisibility device to give him the same role as Hawley Griffin.
* UnPerson: After Max Foster was overthrown by a combination of the Men In Black, surviving government operatives from groups like SHIELD and [[Series/GetSmart CONTROL]], and the assistance of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], his existance and that of his run as President was erased from history using the Men In Black's memory-altering technology. His term was replaced with UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.

** The Drifter's League, formed in 1958, was another independent effort, this time by several members of the burgeoning "Beat" generation to deal with criminals and dangerous situations arising in the new subcultures of the U.S. Formed by Sal Paradyse and Dean Moriarty, the group included [[Theatre/WestSideStory Maria "Verruca Almondovar]], [[Film/RebelWithoutACause Johnny Strabler]], and [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]].

* AdaptationalNameChange: Like in the comics, some characters have different names, either because they were named as such in the source material as part of WritingAroundTrademarks,

** ComicBook/{{Tintin}} is referred to as Martin Sterckx, while Captain Haddock's name is only slightly altered to Hadoch.

* StartMyOwn: The independent League formed by [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]] in 1938, which Kane hoped to use to affect world events the way his newspapers had once done. Consisting of Music/GeneAutry (or rather, the character Autry portrayed in his movie roles, who is stated to have been the real-life Autry's brother), [[Film/KingKong1933 Ann Darrow]], [[Film/ThePublicEnemy Tom Powers]], Armand Robur, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reign_of_the_Superman William "Bill" Dunn]]. The League only lasted for a single mission, an expidition to Skull Island in the hopes of capturing another specimen like Kong, which turned into a disaster that led to the deaths of Darrow, Powers, Dunn and many of the island natives at the hands of a rampaging horde of velociraptors. Only Autry and Robut made it back to civilization, at which point Kane fired them for "failing" him.

* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: The social upheaval that broke out in France during the 1960's and nearly escalated into a civil war turns out to have been orchestrated by the second Fantomas at his fathers behest before he died. Before he died, Fantomas had come to view the rest of the world having become just as monstrous as he himself had always been due to World War II and the nuclear bombing of Japan, and tasked his son with one final mission; put the world down like a sick dog. The plan had been to plunge France into chaos, then escalate further by drawing in the U.S and the USSR, eventually culminating in World War 3. The Third French League narrowly averted the plan.

** The Celestial League conisted of The Doctor (Fu Manchu), Pao The Invisible, Zatoichi The Blind, [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Mola Ram]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}}Ra's Al Ghul]], and Lady Oyuki.

** The Drifter's League, formed in 1958, was another independent effort, this time by several members of the burgeoning "Beat" generation to deal with criminals and dangerous situations arising in the new subcultures of the U.S. Formed by Sal Paradyse and Dean Moriarty, the group included [[Theatre/WestSideStory Maria "Verruca Almondovar]], [[Film/RebelWithoutACause Johnny Strabler]], and [[Literature/CatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]].

* KillerGorilla: Dr. Coriolis, a MadScientist and self-proclaimed successor of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDrMoreau Dr. Alphonse Moreau]] specialized in creating monstrous, insane animals as weapons, with apes being his prefered species. It's revealed that he was the creator of the murderous ape that terrorized the Rue Morgue until it was caught by Auguste Dupin.

** The Celestial League conisted of The Doctor (Fu Manchu), Pao The Invisible, Zatoichi The Blind, Mola Ram, Ra's Al Ghul, and Lady Oyuki.
** The Nazi League consisted of Dr. Ilsa Schlimm, [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}}Captain Albrecht Krieger]], Dr. Wichserkopf Merkwugigliebe, Captain Eric Von Stalheim, [[Film/MarathonMan Dr. Christian Szell]].

* StartMyOwn: The independent League formed by [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]] in 1938, which Kane hoped to use to affect world events the way his newspapers had once done. Consisting of Music/GeneAutry (or rather, the character Autry portrayed in his movie roles, who is stated to have been the real-life Autry's brother), [[Film/KingKong1933 Ann Darrows]], [[Film/ThePublicEnemy Tom Powers]], Armand Robur, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reign_of_the_Superman William "Bill" Dunn]].

** Dr. Wichserkopf, predicting the fall of the Nazi regime, managed make himself part of Operation Paperclip, recieving a pardon from the U.S in return for his assistance in nuclear weapons and space flight research. As part of his new identity, he also changed his name - Film/DrStrangelove.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness: After the fall of INGSOC, and the restoration of the British government and monarchy, M-I5 and the higher-ups turned against the Animal Farm, since it had grown to encompass most of the surrounding areas, and was essentially a mini-Soviet state within Britains borders. This eventually escalated into an attempt at [[FantasticRacism outright genocide]] against ''all'' "thinking animal" people, and any human who sheltered them. However, thanks to the modern weaponry provided during the INGSOC years, and unexpectedly hard resistance, what was supposed to be a quick campaign of extermination turned into a two-year civil war with heavy losses on both sides, and ultimately the animals ''defeating'' the human troops!

* UnPerson: After Max Foster was overthrown by a combination of the Men In Black, surviving government operatives from groups like SHIELD and [[Series/GetSmart CONTROL]], and the assistance of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], his existance and that of his run as President was erased from history using the Men In Black's memory-altering technology. His term was replaced with UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.

* UnPerson: After Max Foster was overthrown by a combination of the Men In Black, surviving government operatives from groups like SHIELD and [[Series/GetSmark CONTROL]], and the assistance of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], his existance and that of his run as President was erased from history using the Men In Black's memory-altering technology. His term was replaced with UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.

* GodzillaTreshold: The world-scale memory erasing technology owned and operated by [[Franchise/MenInBlack The Syndicate]] was only ever used twice; to erase the existance of Max Fosters short-lived presidential term, and, fittingly enough, to fix the world-wide mental trauma caused by the "War Of the Monsters" in the late 70's, which included Godzilla among many other monsters.

* PresidentEvil: [[Film/WildInTheStreets President Max Foster]] combines this trope with WellIntentionedExtremist. During his short-lived reign, the United States withdraws from all armed conflicts across the globe, provides aid and surplus food to third world nations for free, dismantles clandestine spy organisations like the CIA and FBI, and many other leftist ideals. He also forces everyone over 30 into retirement, and anyone over 35 into concentration camps where they're permanently dosed with LSD and [[Creator/HRiderHaggard Taduki]]. In-universe, Fosters political platform is refered to as a kind of "hippie-fascism".

* The Celestial League conisted of The Doctor (Fu Manchu), Pao The Invisible, Zatoichi The Blind, Mola Ram, Ra's Al Ghul, and Lady Oyuki.
** The Nazi League consisted of Dr. Ilsa Schlimm, [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}}Captain Albrecht Krieger]], Dr. Wichserkopf Merkwugigliebe, Captain Eric Von Stalheim, [[Film/MarathonMan Dr. Christian Szell]].

!!This story contains a truly staggering amount of pop culture trivia, including:

* LegionOfDoom: The League Of Horrors, The Nazi League and The Celestial League, though only the first of the three groups would agree with the term, as it consisted of unrepentant arch-criminals who joined forces solely to cause more death and misery. The Nazi League, while also being made up of monsters, were an officially sanctioned government group, while the Celestial League considered themselves [[WellIntentionedExtremists well-intentioned extremists]].
** The League of Horrors consisted of Literature/{{Fantomas}}, [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik Karim]], [[Literature/CAugusteDupin Dr Christian Coriolis]], The Red Mask, and Dr. Cornelius Kramm.

The [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10295381/1/The-Black-Dossier-Volume-II Black Dossier, Volume II) is a series of story supplements by author [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5668522/Draco-Orwell Draco Orwell]], functioning as an ExpandedUniverse for Alan Moore's ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', taking a deeper look into not only the British part of the League's history, but also that of their French counterparts, Les Hommes Mysterioux, and the sinister machinations of the German Nazi League, the successors to their "Twilight Heroes". Several chapters are also devoted to parts of the world that was only barely touched on in the source material, such as the United States, Canada, China and Japan.

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