History Main / AllianceOfAlternates

* ''Series/Loki2021'': Loki finds himself reluctantly working with a female variant Loki midway through the series. He ends up meeting many more Lokis. Since Loki suffers from ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, they quickly fall apart fighting over a pointless throne. [[spoiler: This turns out to have cosmic importance. He Who Remains was one of many variants of himself in the multiverse who originally worked together to better the multiverse. It eventually fell apart leading to a multiverse war that almost destroyed everything. He Who Remains prunes alternative timelines to prevent it from ever happening again.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' episode "Watchtower Tours", Booster Gold summons the assistance of several counterparts of himself from alternate timelines, including one where he stood in bed today and one who never knew love.

* A parody of the Council of Reeds and Kangs from Marvel Comics, the Citadel of Ricks in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' are hundreds of iterations of Rick Sanchez from across the "central finite curve" of the multiverse who founded the alliance in order to escape the authorities that hunt them down in their own respective universes. The protagonist Rick, Rick C-137, is one of the few Ricks who looks at the citadel and the Council of Ricks that leads it with contempt, seeing the citadel as an abandonment of the "[[IWorkAlone lone wolf]]/every-Rick-for-himself rebel" mindset that Ricks were originally defined by and [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis becoming the very thing they hate]]. The Council in turn see Rick C-137 as a loose cannon with an unhealthy, passionate attachment to his Morty (which the Council see as nothing but accessories that can be switched out and replaced) that could potentially undermine their entire organization.

** Also by Aaron, ''ComicBook/AvengersForever2021'' includes the multiversal Howling Commandos, who are all [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], except for one [[ComicBook/CaptainCarter Peggy Carter]], and the Carol Corps, who are all [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]].

** ''ComicBook/Xmen92'' (set in the continuity of [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries the 90s animated series]]) has the Council of Cross-Time Franchise/{{Dracula}}s.

Meeting all of them at once! This gives lots of opportunities for OtherMeAnnoysMe bickering, while at the same time most versions of the character can find ''some'' version they can get along with. If EvilMeScaresMe, they could be there too, but at least they'll probably be outnumbered. The most important thing, though, is that they'll all be able to fight a common foe that previously overpowered them, or accomplish a significant goal.

* In the last episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' the characters get blasted into another dimension that makes wishes into reality. When they ask for more power they split off into all of their alternate forms. For example Daisuke is able to summon V-Mon, Fladramon, Lighdramon, XV-Mon, Paildramon, and Imperialdramon in both Dragon and Fighter Modes all at once, where in a regular battle V-Mon would only be able to transform into one of the above. Multiply this by the 6 main characters and they form a small army.

* ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' pulls this in one episode. After traveling to couple of different dimensions and meeting alternate versions of himself and his friends he returns to his own reality with them in tow and they all start living together aboard Dandy's ship. This becomes a problem when ever more alternate selves continue arriving with no way of sending anyone back.

** An arc of the 90's ''ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}}'' series ("Hyper-Tension!") had various versions of Kon-El (and a couple of Clark Kent) allying themselves to fight a version of Kon that was grown up, more powerful because of his age, and so DrunkOnTheDarkSide that he became a MultiversalConqueror. The evil Kon-El had an advisory team consisting of the only people he trusted -- every world's counterpart to Paul Westfield.

** A teamup between the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' and the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' pitted them against the Legion's rogues the Fatal Five, in which the latter increased their numbers by summoning other Fatal Fives from across the multiverse, making them the Fatal Five Hundred.
** Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/TheGreenLantern'' had various ComicBook/{{Green Lantern}}s from various continuities come together to stop Anti-Man and find the Cosmic Grail from Earth-15 (the Perfect Universe Superboy-Prime destroyed during ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''). This team includes Hal Jordan of the main continuity, Len Lewis from Creator/StanLee's [[ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse reimagining of the DC Universe]], the Creator/TangentComics Green Lantern, the [[TwoFistedTales Earth-20]] incarnation of Abin Sur, Earth-36's Flashlight from ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', Bat-Lantern from ''ComicBook/BatmanInDarkestKnight'', Magic Lantern from Morrison's run on ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'', John Stewart's counterpart from Earth-23 (where the superheroes are predominently black and Superman is President of the United States), Kai-Ro from the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse's [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond future timeline]], Carol Jordan from [[GenderFlip Earth-11]] and Spectra (a new character based on Doctor Spectrum from the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme, Creator/MarvelComics' AlternateCompanyEquivalent to the Justice League).

** In ''ComicBook/ScoobyDooTeamUp'' #50, "Crisis of Infinite Scoobies", Bat-Mite brings together multiple {{Elseworld}} Batmen (including Captain Leatherwing, [[ComicBook/GothamByGaslight Gaslight]] Batman, Elliot Ness Batman from ''Scar of the Bat'', Golden Age Batman, and ComicBook/BatmanVampire, while Scooby-Mite adds Victorian, knight, vampire and zombie versions of Scooby. Scooby-Mite then ups the ante with versions of Mystery Inc, from [[Film/ScoobyDoo the live action movies]], ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'', ''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo'' (where Fred and Velma apparently don't even ''exist''), ''ComicBook/ScoobyApocalypse'' and even a brief appearance by "Puppet Daphne" from ''Film/ScoobyDooAdventuresTheMysteryMap''.

* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3214874/1/Kim-In-Exile Kim in Exile]]" features an alliance of five alternate versions of WesternAnimation/KimPossible; the Kim Possible of the author's ''Fanfic/MaternalInstinctKimPossible'' (where Kim and Shego have a daughter), a Kim Possible who acquired spider-powers after a blood transfusion from her college rommate May Parker (ComicBook/SpiderGirl), a Kim who became ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} after Shego killed her parents and she was adopted by Bruce Wayne, a Kim who was rebuilt as a cyborg after a plane crash, and a Kim who acquired Shego's powers by accident during the events of "[[Recap/KimPossibleS2E20GoTeamGo Go Team Go]]". The five have been brought together to stop a version of Ron who suffered a mental breakdown and became Zorpox after Kim was killed during the events of "[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So the Drama]]".

** Chapter 9 of ''Counterpart Conferences'' reveals that Harley Quinns, Poison Ivys and Catwomen are recruiting their counterparts from various alternate realities, and at least the Ivys and the Catwomen are planning something big in the future...

* Late in the first half of ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', Yuto/Kamen Rider Zeronos has been kidnapping protagonist Ryotaro for a few moments in time a couple of times, each one getting possessed by one of Ryotaro's Imagin partners (for a total of three: Urataros, Kintaros and Ryutaros, but not including Momotaros). The reason for this act is explained in the climax of the first movie: with Ryotaro stranded and only Momotaros by his side, he seems to be outnumbered by the movie's BigBad and his underlings, until Yuto arrives with the three time-displaced Ryotaros in tow. All four of them then transform into Den-O's various forms to even the odds in their favor.

* In ''Literature/TheZashikiWarashiOfIntellectualVillage'', Shinobu is separated from Yukari by countless barriers, each of which forces him to experience an agonizing death in an alternate timeline. Even moving through a handful of the barriers nearly breaks Shinobu, but this also summons the spirits of Shinobu's many alternate selves who died in those timeliness. All of them agree with Shinobu's desire to save Yukari and share the burden so he can reach her.

** The Council of Wells was revisited in "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E21HarryAndTheHarrisons Harry and the Harrisons]]", where Harry goes to the Council for help because one of his inventions had given him brain damage -- and Herr Wells kicks him out for failing intelligence requirements. He forms a new "Council of Harrys" out of other alternates: the French Harrison H.P. Wells, TotallyRadical New Yorker Sonny Wells, and Lothario Wells again (who Herr Wells ''also'' kicked out of the original Council).

* Done in the first comic-as-an-actual-comic of ''Webcomic/ValAndIsaac''. A male version of Val emerges from a portal to tell her that he's "Gathering Vals from across the universe to save all of reality!" When she meets the rest of the group, she finds they're all men, and Main!Val introduces her to the group as [[TheSmurfettePrinciple "Girl-Val"]].

* #19 of Mightygodking's "Why I Should Write Dr Strange" series of blogposts was [[https://mightygodking.com/2009/04/19/you-dont-even-want-to-get-started-on-the-magical-browser-wars/ the Supremenet]], a magical connection between all the Sorcerers Supreme of the multiverse, so they can discuss things and get advice. Not all of them are alternate Stephen Stranges, but many are.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' had a two parter which involves Ben and his AU counterparts (as well as an AU Gwen, who had that universe's Omnitrix) teaming up to Stop Eon and Vilgax form enacting an EvilPlan. There are 2 twists involved: Vilgax and Eon also have their own army of AU!Bens (and Albedo), and [[spoiler:Part One ends with Vilgax pulling a multiverse-scale CosmicRetcon that erases every Omnitrix-wielder and their timelines from existence, and that includes both Albedo (who is technically from the main Ben 10 timeline) and Eon (who is himself an AU version of Ben). The blast ends up leaving only one Ben behind, one who never even heard of the Omnitrix in his reality, had lived a mostly normal life until he got caught in the crossfire of Vilgax's plan, and wound up getting Ben Prime's Omnitrix as he was erased from existence. The next episode focuses on [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong No Watch Ben using Ben Prime's Omnitrix to help reverse this]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'': New Yoke City is ruled over by the Chaos Council, a quintet of alternate versions of Dr. Eggman. Although unlike most examples of the trope, they're all from the same universe, since the existence of TheMultiverse is a surprise to them.

* Being based on ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has various stranded Spider-Men teaming up with ComicBook/MilesMorales to stop Kingpin and get home to their own dimensions. The sequel ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', exaggerates the trope, with a whole Spider-Society from many different dimensions hundreds strong dedicated to protecting the multiverse.

* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' had its own version of ''Spider-Verse''; a multipart story where Peter teamed up with ComicBook/SpiderMan2099, [[GenderFlip Spider-Woman/Petra Parker]], ComicBook/SpiderManNoir, [[ComicBook/SpiderHam the Spectacular Spider-Ham]], Medieval Spider-Man, and [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Miles Morales]] to stop the Green Goblin from stealing their DNA. Interestingly, he didn't meet them all at once, but instead travelled from one dimension to another, until the end where they all come back together.

** ''Comicbook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' has the Council of Red, who are Mephistos of multiple universes.
** Also by Aaron, ''Comicbook/AvengersForever2021'' includes the multiversal Howling Commandos, who are all [[Comicbook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], except for one [[Comicbook/CaptainCarter Peggy Carter]], and the Carol Corps, who are all Comicbook/CarolDanvers.
** ''Comicbook/TheVariants2022'' is about Jessica Jones teaming up with various alternate selves, including a Captain America, a S.W.O.R.D. agent who married Daredevil, a vigilante called Knightress who married Quicksilver, and one who still uses the Jewel identity and hadn't been through any of Jessica's trauma [[spoiler: because she's actually the psychotic BigBad, and has her ''own'' alliance of alternates who are threatened into compliance]].

** In ''Comicbook/ScoobyDooTeamUp'' #50, "Crisis of Infinite Scoobies", Bat-Mite brings together multiple {{Elseworld}} Batmen (including Captain Leatherwing, [[Comicbook/GothamByGaslight Gaslight]] Batman, Elliot Ness Batman from ''Scar of the Bat'', Golden Age Batman, and Comicbook/BatmanVampire, while Scooby-Mite adds Victorian, knight, vampire and zombie versions of Scooby. Scooby-Mite then ups the ante with versions of Mystery Inc, from [[Film/ScoobyDoo the live action movies]], ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'', ''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo'' (where Fred and Velma apparently don't even ''exist''), ''ComicBook/ScoobyApocalypse'' and even a brief appearance by "Puppet Daphne" from ''Film/ScoobyDooAdventuresTheMysteryMap''.
** In ''Comicbook/BatmanChipZdarsky'', the finale of "The Bat-Man of Gotham" has Batman catapulting through the multiverse, teaming up with his counterparts against their Jokers (who have either got a power boost or ''come back to life'' due to Red Mask). The final scene reveals [[spoiler: that the Batman of Zur-En-Ahr has somehow teamed up with his multiversal counterparts ''inside Bruce's head''.]]

** In ''Comicbook/BatmanChipZdarsky, the finale of "The Bat-Man of Gotham" has Batman catapulting through the multiverse, teaming up with his counterparts against their Jokers (who have either got a power boost or ''come back to life'' due to Red Mask). The final scene reveals [[spoiler: that the Batman of Zur-En-Ahr has somehow teamed up with his multiversal counterparts ''inside Bruce's head''.]]

** Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/TheGreenLantern'' had various ComicBook/{{Green Lantern}}s from various continuities come together to stop Anti-Man and find the Cosmic Grail from Earth-15 (the Perfect Universe Superboy-Prime destroyed during ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''). This team consists of twelve Green Lanterns, including Hal Jordan of the main continuity, Len Lewis from Creator/StanLee's [[ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse reimagining of the DC Universe]], the Creator/TangentComics Green Lantern, the [[TwoFistedTales Earth-20]] Green Lantern and Earth-36 Flashlight from ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', Bat-Lantern from ''Batman: In Darkest Knight'', and Magic Lantern from Morrison's run on ''ComicBook/AnimalMan''.

** In ''Comicbook/ScoobyDooTeamUp'' #50, "Crisis of Infinite Scoobies", Scooby-Mite brings together multiple versions of Mystery Inc, from [[Film/ScoobyDoo the live action movies]], ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'', ''WesternAnimation/TheThirteenGhostsOfScoobyDoo'' (where Fred and Velma apparently don't even ''exist''), ''ComicBook/ScoobyApocalypse'' and even a brief appearance by "Puppet Daphne" from ''Film/ScoobyDooAdventuresTheMysteryMap''.

* ''Comicbook/TheVariants2022'' is about Jessica Jones teaming up with various alternate selves, including a Captain America, a S.W.O.R.D. agent who married Daredevil, a vigilante called Knightress who married Quicksilver, and one who still uses the Jewel identity and hadn't been through any of Jessica's trauma [[spoiler: because she's actually the psychotic BigBad, and has her ''own'' alliance of alternates who are threatened into compliance]].

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* Being based on ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has various stranded Spider-Men teaming up with ComicBook/MilesMorales to stop Kingpin and get home to their own dimensions. The sequel ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'', exaggerates the trope, with a whole Spider-Society from many different dimensions hundreds strong dedicated to protecting the multiverse.
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** The conclusion of the miniseries ''ComicBook/MultiversityHarleyScrewsUpTheDCU'' reveals that the conflict of Harley having to go back in time and undo her screw-ups that resulted in erasing all the superheroes from existence and leaving no one to oppose Starro's conquest was set up by the Council of Quinns, a group of alternate versions of Harley Quinn whose members include a TalkingAnimal hyena (whose real name is Snarleen Quinzel), a zombie, Old Lady Harley, [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs her Injustice counterpart]], [[ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells her Bombshells counterpart]] and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries her original DCAU incarnation]].

* The finale of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' had Spidey teaming up with multiple alternate dimension versions of himself to save the universe with the help of Madame Web and The Beyonder. They include a [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] style inventor engaged to Gwen Stacy (who "our" Spidey had [[AdaptedOut never even met]]), a version of [[CloningBlues Ben Reily]], a Spidey [[CallBack still having multiple arms due to a mutation problem]], a Spidey with Doc Ock arms, and an actor with no powers who [[RealWorldEpisode plays Spidey in movies, hailing from a universe where Spider-Man is just a famous comic character created by]] Creator/StanLee.

* In ''Literature/Interworld'', [[spoiler: it's revealed that all the Walkers are alternate universe versions of Joey.]]

* ''Fanfic/{{Coreline}}'': With a huge number of alternate versions of (almost) any single fictional character known to man running around somewhere, this is a regular side-effect of the setting (as an example, two Alternates of [[VideoGame/InuYashaTheSecretOfTheCursedMask Michiru Kururugi], one working for the Avengers and one working for the Power Rangers, have allied themselves in the stories by [=OrionPax09=]). Of course, how good or how bad these alliances can be (and who benefits from them) definitely vary from case to case -- to the point that the street term for these type of alliances is "a plague of (x)".

* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3214874/1/Kim-In-Exile Kim in Exile]]" features an alliance of five alternate versions of WesternAnimation/KimPossible; the Kim Possible of the author's ''Fanfic/MaternalInstinct'' (where Kim and Shego have a daughter), a Kim Possible who acquired spider-powers after a blood transfusion from her college rommate May Parker (ComicBook/SpiderGirl), a Kim who became ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} after Shego killed her parents and she was adopted by Bruce Wayne, a Kim who was rebuilt as a cyborg after a plane crash, and a Kim who acquired Shego's powers by accident during the events of "[[Recap/KimPossibleS2E20GoTeamGo Go Team Go]]". The five have been brought together to stop a version of Ron who suffered a mental breakdown and became Zorpox after Kim was killed during the events of "[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama So the Drama]]".

* Being based on ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has various stranded Spider-Men teaming up with ComicBook/MilesMorales to stop Kingpin and get home to their own dimensions. The sequel ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderverse'', exaggerates the trope, with a whole Spider-Society from many different dimensions hundreds strong dedicated to protecting the multiverse.

* Being based on ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has various stranded Spider-Men teaming up with ComicBook/MilesMorales to stop Kingpin and get home to their own dimensions.

** An arc of the 90's ''ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}}'' series ("Hyper-Tension!") had various versions of Kon-El (and a couple of Clark Kent) allying themselves to fight a version of Kon that was grown up, more powerful because of his age, and so DrunkOnTheDarkSide that he became a MultiversalConqueror.