History Main / AlternateTimeline

** ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' details an altered DC Universe in which only Barry Allen (Franchise/TheFlash) seems to be aware of significant differences between the regular timeline and the altered one, including Cyborg's place as the world's quintessential hero, Superman's detention by the government, and a Thomas Wayne version of Batman who spends his days "running Wayne Casinos."

* ''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'': Like in canon, except not. Canon's nail was the death of [[Franchise/TheFlash Nora Allen]]. Here, while Nora's death has had a major ripple effect on the timeline, it is not the only one. It's noted that there have been several changes to the timeline prior to Nora's death, heavily implied to be caused by another time traveler that Eobard was unaware of until recently. Of these changes and others:

* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' is built on this trope. Each timeline in the game is represented by a number called the "divergence number", where each 1% difference in divergence number represents a drastic change in the fate of the future. Characters can move timelines by altering the past. The events of the game kick off when the protagonist accidentally jumps from the Beta timeline(s) to the [[BadFuture Alpha timeline(s)]], and most of the game involve getting out and back to the original timeline. [[spoiler:In the end, it's revealed that the future of the Beta timeline(s) is just as bad as the Alpha timeline(s), so the protagonist must find a third, "golden" timeline that avoids both of these {{Bad Future}}s -- Steins Gate.]] Additionally, John Titor (see the Web Original folder below) is an actual member of the supporting cast, [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy portrayed as a legitimate time traveler]]. [[spoiler:They're also one of the main characters' KidFromTheFuture and a member of LaResistance against SERN in the BadFuture.]]

* ''Film/{{APEX}}'' starts off in a normal version of 2073, when a time-travelling experiment goes wrong sending an A.P.E.X drone to a century ago, in 1973. The hero, Nicholas Sinclair, travels to 1973 to shut down the drone, but then returns to an alternate version of 2073 where the A.P.E.X. drones tirned against humanity, and mankind are on the losing end of a RobotWar. Sinclair even meets alternate versions of his wife and commanding officer, and they ''didn't recognize him at all''.

** 8. Debbie and Carrie traveled back from the year 2062 to the year 2029 to stop a homophobic terrorist from murdering a gay couple, Michael Jefferson and Charles Mc Kinsey, who were Richard Sims' fathers. This was successful, but also changed events affecting not only Debbie and Carrie themselves, but others like the Belmont triplets, who were never adopted by Debbie and Carrie.

** 2. Sandy Smith not only lived to a ripe old age, she became mayor of her Town and lives there so much better through her ethical leadership.

** 6. Debbie of the year 2061 then traveled back in time again to warn her mother of Ted Wilson having murdered his wife Rebekah, the mother of their daughter Janet and then blinding Janet. However, Debbie told Sandy about these events AFTER they had happened; she wanted Ted to be sent to prison for those crimes before he could force Janet to bear his grandson Tony and thus she erased Tony from the timeline completely.
** 7. Richard Sims and his wife Diana Hudson

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' makes it even ''more'' confusing with the introduction of "time rings", which Gods use to time travel without creating alternate timelines. [[spoiler:Goku Black used a time ring to travel from Timeline 1 to Timeline 2 (Future Trunks' timeline) and caused havoc there, leading Future Trunks to go back to the Timeline 1 to ask for help. At the end of that storyline, Timeline 2 is destroyed by Timeline 2's Zeno and, thanks to a lot of string-pulling by the other gods, Timeline 5 is created where Goku Black and Zamasu, the one who kicked off these events, never ran havoc in the timeline.]]

** Near the end of the main series, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the timeline the series takes place in is actually one of these. In the original timeline, Yuno was the winner of the game and became the new God of Time and Space, but since she couldn't resurrect her world's Yuki, she instead used her powers to go back in time, creating the actual timeline or "second world", killed this timeline's version of herself and took her place in the game, all in order to be with Yuki once again. In the finale, a third timeline is created when Yuno tries to go back in time once again and here all the characters manage to get a happy ending.]]

** ''Manga/UQHolder'' takes place in a timeline where [[spoiler:Asuna went to sleep and couldn't be there to defeat the BigBad, resulting in Negi being possessed by the latter. It diverges from any timeline seen in the first series because unlike the second timeline mentioned above, Asuna never gets sent back to the past and stays in the same timeline with Negi after both are freed from the BigBad's control.]]

* ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica The anime series]] shows five different timelines [[spoiler:where Homura Akemi failed to save Madoka Kaname, having to watch her either die or become a witch]]. WordOfGod states [[spoiler:Homura has reset the timeline at least 100 times]]. SpinOff manga, like ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' and ''Manga/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheDifferentStory'', take place in other timelines [[spoiler:that came before the final one seen in the anime]]. [[VideoGame/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaPortable The PSP game]] shows several additional timelines, though at least some aren't canon [[spoiler:due to Homura dying or becoming a witch.]]

* Even ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' has ventured into this, with their controversial Archie Marries Veronica / Archie Marries Betty combined mini-series which became a combined regular series.
* One alternate Earth in the [[Franchise/TheDCU DC]] [[TheMultiverse Multiverse]] was formed soon after Jason Todd died. Franchise/{{Batman}}, stricken with grief, abandoned his ThouShaltNotKill policies and virtually eliminated crime worldwide.
** Then there's Earth-12 and Earth-50. Earth-12 is the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse universe, currently in the era of WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond. Earth-50's history diverged from the DCAU with the death of the Flash at Lex Luthor's hands, leading the Justice League to become the totalitarian Justice Lords.

* ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' details an altered DC Universe in which only Barry Allen (Franchise/TheFlash) seems to be aware of significant differences between the regular timeline and the altered one, including Cyborg's place as the world's quintessential hero, Superman's detention by the government, and a Thomas Wayne version of Batman who spends his days "running Wayne Casinos."
* DC's ''ComicBook/{{The Kingdom|DCComics}}'' introduced the concept of Hypertime, "the vast, interconnected web of parallel timelines which comprise all reality", at the end of issue 2. It also acts as a variation of the multiverse (every story, even the ones just in your head, are canonical somewhere). This was also used to explain away some continuity errors and [[CanonImmigrant subtly bringing in elements from other realities]], but was later abandoned and instead the anomalies were the result of [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Superboy punching reality]].
-->'''Hunter:''' How does 'Hypertime' work? Off the Central Timeline we just left. Events of importance often cause divergent 'tributaries' to branch off the main timestream. ...On occasion, those tributaries return -- sometimes feeding back into the Central Timeline, other times overlapping it briefly before charting an entirely new course.

** ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' is all about exploring Alternate timelines with a group of original characters (for the most part). One interesting commonality about them is that typically Thor wasn't involved in them.
* ''ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios'' features two timelines: a SettingUpdate of the original show, and another (revealed much later) where [[spoiler:Tommy kept working for Rita even after her spell was lifted.]] The second one is a few years ahead of the first, and has gone full BadFuture. The comic's story arc is a result of [[spoiler:evil! Tommy]] invading the regular timeline for his own reasons.
* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik as he appeared in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' actually came from an alternate timeline where he roboticized himself to defeat Sonic. After wiping out the Freedom Fighters in his home dimension, this Robotnik became the successor of the original Robotnik, who was killed in the 50th issue. He was eventually turned back into an organic being in issue 118.
* ''ComicBook/StarTrekEarlyVoyages'': In the story arc "Futures", Mia Colt accidentally activates the tachyon energy suspended in an Algolian keepsake when she scans it with her tricorder. As a result, she is sent 39 years forward in time to 2293 and thereby creates an alternate timeline. After her disappearance, James T. Kirk, newly graduated from Starfleet Academy, was assigned to replace her as Captain Pike's yeoman. However, the two men had a severe personality clash and Kirk resigned from Starfleet after a year. He went into the commercial sector and eventually became the captain of the freighter ''Bounty''. Captain Pike remained in command of the ''Enterprise'' until it was decommissioned and became an exhibit at the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Smithsonian Museum of Air, Sea and Space. He then assumed command of the ''Enterprise''-A. In 2293, the Federation has a very fragile peace with the Klingon Empire and it is feared that an instance of border violation may result in war.
* ''ComicBook/SonsOfStarTrek'' has Q Junior send Jake Sisko, Nog and Alexander Rozenkho to an alternate universe where first contact with the Breen lead to a ten-year war between them and the Federation. The three are on board the USS ''Avery'', captained by Dukat (which ''really'' chaffs Jake) with crew members including Morn (who really is talkative), a ''Commander'' Beckett Mariner (suggesting that [[spoiler:Sito Jaxa never died here]]), Tuvix and a seemingly well-adjusted but a Lieutenant Liam Shaw.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25658806/chapters/62291518 Adrien AUgreste: The New World After the Wish]]'' focuses on a new timeline created when Shadowmoth successfully gets the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous and make the wish to undo his wife's coma, [[EquivalentExchange which leads him to be in a coma instead and Emilie to become the Butterfly villain Lycaena]]. As Lycaena, she is a far more dangerous and ruthless villain than Hawkmoth was, forcing Master Fu to select more permanent heroes like Ryoko, Rena Rouge, and Pegasus to join in the fight alongside Ladybug and Chat Noir. In addition, Emilie [[AdaptationalVillainy is shown to be a skilled]] ManipulativeBitch, [[AbusiveParent using emotional manipulation to keep Adrien from going to public school]], getting the staff at Dupont [[AdultsAreUseless to be lenient towards bullies]] so more potential akumas can be made from the victims, having Marinette blacklisted as a designer so she couldn't claim the stolen hat design Chloe submitted, and training Lila as an apprentice who caused Marinette, Alya, and Max to expelled from their school, leading to the latter three to work in exposing the various corruption in Paris.
** In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:it's revealed that there was a previous timeline before the canon-compliant timeline that Hawkmoth started from]]. The original timeline [[spoiler:involved a British version of the original ''WeseternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' preview, with Felix as Black Cat, Marinette's cousin Bridgette as Ladybug, and Felix's father as the supervillain Papillon, who planned on using the wish to bring back his dead wife. After the final battle resulted in Papillon's defeat and Ladybug's death, Felix desperately stole the Rabbit Miraculous to go back in time [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong so he can save his mother and his girlfriend]]. Just like the Wish, his actions also resulted in an equivalent exchange that brought back Amelie and Bridgette but caused his aunt to enter a coma from abusing the Peacock Miraculous and his father to be killed by Gabriel for the Butterfly Miraculous]].

* In ''Fanfic/CarpeNoctem'', [[spoiler: while going back in time with the help of the Time Turner, Hermione accidentally lets her past self see her future self, which disrupts the space-time continuum and causes an alternate world's Hermione to see the events of the Harry Potter timeline in her dreams]].
* In ''Fanfic/CustodyBattle'', a My Hero Academia fanfic, the First One for All user traveled forward in time instead of dying. This created a darker AU since he never passed on One for All.
* ''Fanfic/DownTheKarmicHole''' takes place in one, being set in the same universe as ''Fanfic/TheKarmaOfLies''. The main divergence so far is Alix encountering her alternate self's future self, Bunnyx, who informs her of the events that lead to ''Karma of Lies'' one week before they happen.

* In ''Fanfic/EqualAndOppositeAttraction'', there is a massive divergence where [[spoiler: Negi never stops teaching and Fate goes soul-searching]]. This kicks off the plot when Negi leaves Mahora to get his life in order.

* In ''Fanfic/FearNoEvil'', a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic, Izuku is forced to face Humarise early when they kidnap him while he is still in middle school.
* In ''Fanfic/Flashpoint2AdventSolaris'', the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Universe]] is brought in not as it's own universe but rather an alternate timeline of the ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse''. Barry Allen is just as confused about it.
* In the ''Fanfic/ForeverCaptain'' series, Steve is uncertain what effect his return to the midcentury will have on the proceeding of the timeline in this version of the multiverse.
* In ''Fanfic/ForgivenessIsTheAttributeOfTheStrong'', a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic, eleven-year-old All for One and his younger brother travel to canon time. This story uses the parallel universe version of time travel, so their older selves are also around (as a vestige in the case of the latter.)

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12086351/1/Kanashī-Wütend-Desolato Kanashī, Wütend, Desolato]]'' is basically a What If? for ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': [[spoiler:instead of supporting [[{{Polyamory}} Germany's, Italy's, and Japan's relationship]], what if most of the countries scorned and tormented them upon finding out? Things ''do not'' [[DrivenToSuicide turn out well]].]]
* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTimeDragonRand100'' features the creation of multiple timelines. [[spoiler: The first timeline is the adult timeline where Link defeated Ganon as the world healed; the second timeline is the child timeline where Link was sent back to his childhood where Ganondorf could be stopped before his plan was put in motion. Other timelines, created by some timey wimey stuff involving the Hero of Time, are hinted at]]
* ''Fanfic/MarisStella'': Chapters 27 and 28 detail a timeline in which Riodinidae overpowers the heroes to steal the Miraculous. Yuu manages to travel back in time to change events, creating the main timeline.

* The main setting of ''Fanfic/{{Odaliaverse}}'' is an alternate version of the Boiling Isles that, while initially looking very similar to the original timeline, is soon revealed to have a couple of changes, chief among them being [[spoiler:Phillip Wittebane having been petrified a long time ago, with someone else, implied to be his brother, taking his place as Emperor Belos]].

* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' is established as being an Alternate Timeline to the main series timeline. While originally tied to the 'heart-world', the universe diverged completely and became independent as of 'The Last Roundup'
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11897087/1/The-Powerpuff-Girls-meet-Freddy-Krueger The Powerpuff Girls meet Freddy Krueger]]'': The Powerpuff Girls' confrontation with [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] ends with the former three deciding to change the timeline out of [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathy]] for him. This results in Freddy being raised by a more loving family, becoming a horror enthusiast and a stunt double for Creator/ChristopherLee instead of the SerialKiller he was in canon.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSagesDisciple'', [[spoiler: this appears to be the case for events of the mundane world, as it appears the presence of the supernatural has affected the timeline. Russia remained an absolute monarchy due to Tsar Alexander III surviving to influence the events leading up to World War I, the Yggdmillennia family prevented the outbreak of the Second Balkan War, the Titanic managed to reach New York City before sinking due to the intervention of an unnamed magus, Operation Valkyrie succeeded in 1944, etc. During the sequel ''The Puppeteer's Bodyguard'', Crow spends much of his free time researching other such changes and trying to figure out why it's so different from the world he knew]].
* ''Fanfic/SpiritLines'' takes place in an altered timeline of Part 1 to 6 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' after [[spoiler:Pucci used Made in Heaven to reset the universe in ''Stone Ocean'']]. While the events of ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' remained the same, many events afterwards are changed, namely that in Part 3 Katarou (this timeline's Jotaro) and who is implied to Kakyoin get sick from Dio's influence, leading to Holly (who requests to go by [[MythologyGag Seiko]]) joining Joseph and Avdol on their quest to Egypt. Katarou and his daughter Irene, this timeline's Jolyne, are normal humans without [[FightingSpirit Stands]].

* Chapter 10 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32499718/chapters/84559009#workskin Manifest (Season Four)]]'' shows an alternate timeline of ''Series/{{Manifest}}'' where the events of Flight 828 happen differently, shown [[spoiler:as where main timeline Cal ended up between touching the tailfin and returning right during Grace's death during season 3]]. The passengers on the plane were different, with Olive, her grandfather Steve, and Saavni's girlfriend Alex on the plane in place of canon passengers like Michaela and Adrian. Flight 828 crashed during its flight with Cal as the only miraculous survivor, where he lived for 5 and a half years before dying of leukemia. The timeline also has other notable differences, such as Olive having leukemia during the disastrous flight and Zeke's younger sister Chloe being alive and as a child therapist [[DeadAlternateCounterpart while Zeke has died years prior]]. It's also revealed that [[spoiler:the Major, who seemingly [[BackFromTheDead came back from her death in season 2]], is actually from this timeline, sent when experimenting with Dark Lightning]].

* The main setting of ''Fanfic/{{Odaliaverse}}'' is an alternate version of the Boiling Isles that, while initially looking very similar to the original timeline, is soon revealed to have a couple of changes, chief among them being [[spoiler:Phillip Wittebane having been petrified a long time ago, with someone else, implied to be his brother, taking his place as Emperor Belos.]]

* In ''Fanfic/TheSagesDisciple'', [[spoiler: this appears to be the case for events of the mundane world, as it appears the presence of the supernatural has affected the timeline. Russia remained an absolute monarchy due to Tsar Alexander III surviving to influence the events leading up to World War I, the Yggdmillennia family prevented the outbreak of the Second Balkan War, the Titanic managed to reach New York City before sinking due to the intervention of an unnamed magus, Operation Valkyrie succeeded in 1944, etc. During the sequel "The Puppeteer's Bodyguard," Crow spends much of his free time researching other such changes and trying to figure out why it's so different from the world he knew.]]
* ''Fanfic/SpiritLines'' takes place in an altered timeline of Part 1 to 6 of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' after [[spoiler:Pucci used Made in Heaven to reset the universe in ''Stone Ocean'']]. While the events of ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendacies'' remained the same, many events afterwards are changed, namely that in Part 3 Katarou (This timeline's Jotaro) and who is implied to Kakyoin get sick from Dio's influence, leading to Holly (who requests to go by [[MythologyGag Seiko]]) joining Joseph and Avdol on their quest to Egypt. Katarou and his daughter Irene, this timeline's Jolyne, are normal humans without Stands.

** Bruce Wayne's parents were never killed, so he is a well-adjusted individual who never becomes Franchise/{{Batman}}. This presumably has a ripple effect that prevents the rise of most of his Rogues Gallery.

* About half of the plot of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' is based around this. 2015!Biff Tannen steals the [=DeLorean=] time machine, goes back to 1955, and gives his younger self a sports almanac that allows him to win every bet and become fantastically rich. By 1985, his greed and corruption have turned Hill Valley into a WretchedHive. Marty and Doc find out about this when they try to return home, then figure out the point of divergence and spend the rest of the movie trying to steal the almanac away from 1955!Biff so they can destroy it.
** The [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture IDW comic book]] did a mini-series titled ''Biff to the Future'', co-authored by series co-creator Bob Gale, that explored the alternate timeline in greater depth and detailed events that were just minor [[FreezeFrameBonus background elements]] in the movie. Among other things, Biff became good buddies with UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, helping the latter avoid Watergate and stay in office for five terms, which also lead to the Vietnam War continuing into the [=1980s=].
* In the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'', Batman witnesses a horrific BadFuture in a dream in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', with the forces of Apokolips dominating the Earth and Superman having turned to their side. All of this likely happened because Lois Lane died and the Justice League didn't gather. The Flash travels in time and tries to warn Bruce Wayne, who doesn't fully understand it until Superman's death at the end of the film. By the time of ''Justice League'', Bruce and Diana/Wonder Woman do their best to gather the eponymous SuperTeam to repel the incoming AlienInvasion by the Apokoliptian war chief Steppenwolf and spare the Earth the aforementioned BadFuture. While the [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 2017 theatrical film]] does not delve into it, it becomes more of a key plot point in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', where it becomes more clear what happened: [[spoiler: Darkseid killed Aquaman and Wonder Woman, corrupted Superman, and Batman, Flash, Cyborg, Mera, and Deathstroke are forced to pull an EnemyMine with ComicBook/TheJoker to stand a greater chance against their fallen comrade (though Batman had promised Harley to kill the clown when the alliance is over).]]
* Done to the extreme in ''Film/DejaVu2006'', which necessitates [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deja_Vu_Timeline.png 4 alternate timelines]] to explain the events of the movie.
* The ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' series has done this several times to the point where each of the movies from ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}'' and onward (with the exception of the two with Mechagodzilla) are their own continuity branching off from the original.
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' deals with something like this. [[spoiler:In order to find and retrieve the Infinity Stones and restore those erased by Thanos, the Avengers do a bit of time travelling, intending on "borrowing" the items before putting them right back. However, things don't go so well. In 2012, during the [[Film/{{Avengers 2012}} Battle of New York]], Hulk accidentally knocks out present day Tony, allowing the Loki of that era to temporarily escape with the Tesseract (and lead into [[Series/Loki2021 his own show]] in the process). Later, the Thanos of [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 2014]] catches present day Nebula and learns of what happens in the future, leading him to travel to 2023 in order to take care of everything there, taking all of his forces (including his own Nebula and Gamora) with him. This implies there's at least two of these -- one where Loki escaped capture and one where Thanos never arrived on Earth at all, but the Guardians never got Gamora on their side. Additionally, the directors have confirmed that Steve going back in time to live a life with Peggy also created another alternate timeline... a [[FlipFlopofGod statement which is contradicted by the writers]], who have instead suggested that [[AmbiguousSituation Steve was actually a part of the original timeline all along]] [[CanonCharacterAllAlong as Peggy's mystery husband.]] According to the Ancient One, the Infinity Stones create what is perceived as time, and that removing one creates a branched alternate reality. This can be interpreted to mean that ''any'' changes caused by Time Travel result in alternate realities, or that this only applies if an Infinity Stone is directly involved.]]

* In ''Film/{{Triangle}}'', Jess gets stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop of her co-passengers getting killed by a masked killer. The first Jess tries to break the chain by meeting the Jess from the next loop. This creates a new timeline where the other passengers died differently by getting killed by a different masked killer. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the two timelines play off at the same time and each influence each other. For example the new timeline eventually causes the second Jess to have her own story, which we don't see, where she eventually killed some of the passengers as the second masked killer which eventually made the first Jess turn into the first masked killer]]
** This is actually an aversion because it is highly, highly implied in the movie that Jess is not going through any real kind of 'time travel', but that she [[spoiler: died IRL in the car accident we see at the end, and everything we're witnessing is her in some kind of purgatory/hell due to her guilt/grief over the way she treated her special needs child while alive.]]
* The ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' entered this territory after ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. All films set after that point take place in an alternate version of Earth in which the existence of mutants became public knowledge in 1973, nearly three decades earlier than in the original timeline, meaning there are quite a few differences.

* Creator/AdamRBrown's ''{{Literature/Alterien}}'' features a story at a later point in the series in which Oberon and his rival, Theseus, end up in an alternate reality. In this alternate universe, many of the events of Oberon and Theseus' lives occurred similar to the way they did before, but set a century earlier and with new people in place of some of the people they remember.

* Creator/ScottCiencin's ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'' has a vast number of alternate universes, but it's implied that the peaceful utopian Dinoverse, which has a present-day society of, well, dinosaurs, is the result of characters in the Mesozoic era rescuing an [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude unusually smart Deinonychus]] from certain doom. There's still the heroes' reality with human civilization, and there are human and dinosaur versions of several characters.

* ''Literature/{{Relativity}}'': The entire series apparently takes place in an "alternate timeline". In the short story "Tempest" (which takes place in the distant past, relative to the main narrative), Phanthro alters history, and uses a memory-projector to show a version of history where Matt's son dies in his forties. Since his son dies as a child in the "current" history, the memories Phanthro has must be from an "earlier" version.

** "Remedial Chaos Theory" explores 6 alternate timelines, each different depending on which number Jeff rolls on the Yahtzee die. We then see the main timeline, which is [[spoiler: where Abed catches the die instead of letting it roll.]]

* ''Series/{{Eureka}}'': Lampshaded when Henry explains to Sheriff Carter ''exactly'' why they can't accurately predict the future after [[spoiler: hitting the ResetButton on the past five years to undo Henry meddling to keep his wife from dying in the past]], since the differing actions alone will cause a RippleEffect to make the timelines gradually diverge. And then something different happens.

** Season 3 begins right on the heels of [[spoiler: Barry going back in time to prevent his mother's murder.]] The result is the series' answer to Flashpoint: Barry lives a normal life with his parents, with Wally West as the Flash and The Rival serving as his speedster nemesis. However, Barry's old adopted father is now a washed-up drunk, his old tech support are now a children's eye doctor and self-centred billionaire, and the more he uses his speed, the more he forgets his old life. In the end, after getting one of the above mortally wounded, he goes back again to make a CloseEnoughTimeline. Now, the only differences are that Cisco resents him for not going back to prevent his brother's death at the hands of a drunk driver (which only gets worse when Barry admits what he did, then pushed aside, then exacerbated during the ''Invasion'' crossover until it's finally settled), Joe West and Iris haven't talked for the past year, he causes Caitlin [[spoiler:to develop the Killer Frost persona]], and he's had a co-worker for the past year who hates his guts. He almost goes back to reset this timeline too, before [[spoiler:Jay Garrick]] yanks him out for a lecturing, telling him that no matter how many times he tries to fix things, he'll always keep making more changes.

** In another episode, he decides to try to use his power to stop himself and his ex-girlfriend from getting caught with cocaine in the first place. He manages to do so but this event causes the deaths of all of the other Misfits except Nathan ([[spoiler: probably because of his immortality]]) because he isn't there to see the potential future. He ends up creating a CloseEnoughTimeline in which he does end up on community service but his girlfriend doesn't get arrested.
** In a season 3 episode, an old man [[spoiler: buys Curtis' power from Seth]] in order to go back in time and [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct kill Hitler]]. He fails, but he leaves behind his 2011 cell phone which leads to a future where Nazi Germany was able to use that technology to win the war and take over the UK.

* ''Series/TheOrville'': In the penultimate episode of Season 2, Kelly's past self from 7 years earlier, the morning after her first date with Ed, is transported to the present. When she returns, she decides not to go on a second date. As a result, Ed's career never goes off track and he and Kelly never join The Orville. This has the ripple effect of Claire Finn never joining either - she goes where she needed, and felt that she was needed on a vessel helmed by a washed up first time captain being given a second chance. This means that Isaac never bonded with her sons and therefore never betrayed the Kaylon, resulting in a finale in which they've all but taken over the galaxy.

* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' branches off from the movie continuity after ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T2: Judgment Day]]'' -- Sarah and John Connor leap through time from 1999 to 2007, skipping [[spoiler:Sarah's death from cancer in 2002]] and the date at which Judgement Day ''would'' have happened if ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines Rise of the Machines]]'' were {{canon}}. ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', on the other hand, carries on from the ''Rise of the Machines'' continuity. Then, ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' branches off to form its own continuity, while ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' only follows past ''Judgement Day''.
** Well, for a series with that much TimeTravel, it's a wonder it didn't develop [[AlternateContinuity alternate continuities]] sooner.

* Different portions of the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' in different media may or may not take place in different timelines -- there are various claims in-universe about this, some of them mutually contradictory. Some people will try to place them in the same continuity. However in the MilestoneCelebration of ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' for the 40th anniversary "Zagreus", the Doctor claims the events in other continuities happen in other Universes, which is the line TV Tropes has taken.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek''

* ''TabletopGame/{{Twilight 2000}}'' invented an alternate setup for WorldWarIII after the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar which had Germany start the war instead of the Soviet Union. This one is a bit of FanonDiscontinuity.

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'' takes place in an alternate timeline from the main ''Dragon Ball'' series, created as a result of [[BigBad Towa and Mira]] [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight interfering with time and changing the outcomes of key battles]] (allowing Raditz to evade an otherwise fatal attack from Piccolo, just to name one example). It is up to the player and an alternate future version of Trunks to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and correct the changes being made in history.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius'': Dark Rain comes from an alternate timeline where [[spoiler:Rain, as Hyoh, succeeds in becoming the Alpha Star, and he ends up being corrupted by Emperor Vlad.]]
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'' takes place in an alternate timeline from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' where a mercenary named Shez is saved from death at Byleth's hands by a mysterious being known as Arval and rescues the three main lords from the bandit attack before Byleth can. This causes a ripple effect that ends up quickly and ''vastly'' changing the geopolitical situation in 1180 Fodlan from what it was in ''Houses''. Notably, [[spoiler: Edelgard is able to rescue Monica from Kronya, those who slither in the dark are excised from Garreg Mach and the Empire before the war even starts and Dimitri executes his treasonous uncle and ousts Cornelia from the Kingdom before she can launch her coup.]]

* Dumbledore's OpeningNarration implies that aside from [[Franchise/HarryPotter the canon series]], there are countless other alternate timelines where Harry became something other than "The Boy Who Lived". ''WebVideo/WelcomeBackPotter'' just happens to be one of those "What if?" scenarios.

* In ''Franchise/Ben10'', Ben's RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf Ben 10,000 is eventually revealed to be from a parallel timeline to Ben's own, as evidenced by Kevin still being a villain despite having a HeelFaceTurn in the prime continuity (although this plot point suffered from a severe case of DependingOnTheWriter).

* The pilot of 2021 drama ''Series/OrdinaryJoe'' has the title character given three paths to choose from when deciding how to celebrate after college graduation. In one, he celebrates with his family and follows in his father's footsteps to eventually become a hard-working single cop. In another, he celebrates with his girlfriend and they eventually get married, with him becoming a nurse, and raise a special needs child. In the third, he impulsively goes to celebrate with a girl he just met at their graduation, eventually marries her and ends up becoming a rock star.

** The series does have some InSpiteOfANail touches as in each timeline, Joe has the same best friend. More dramatically, it appears that Nurse Joe is the only one with a child, Chris, having married college girlfriend Jenny. But at their college reunion, Music Joe is stunned when Jenny revals she was pregnant on Graduation Day and gave the child up for adoption. Meanwhile, Cop Joe meets Jenny with her son (the same boy, but named Lucas in this world) with no idea he's the father.

* The pilot of 2021 drama ''Series/OrdinaryJoe'' has the title character given three paths to take after college graduation. In one, he celebrates with his family and follows in his father's footsteps to eventually become a hard-working single cop. In another, he celebrates with his girlfriend and they eventually get married, with him becoming a nurse, and raise a special needs child. In the third, he impulsively goes to celebrate with a girl he just met at their graduation, eventually marries her and ends up becoming a rock star.

* The 2021 drama ''Series/OrdinaryJoe'' has the title character given three paths to take at college graduation. In one, he follows his family to eventually become a hard-working single cop. In another, he goes with his girlfriend, they get married, with him a nurse raising a special needs child. In the third, he impulsively meets a new college friend to marry her and ends up becoming a rock star.
** The series explores the same events differing in each timeline, usually because of Joe's different life. For example, Cop Joe manages to stop a shooter from firing a gun at a Congressman. In the other realities, Nurse Joe has to tend to that wounded Congressman while Rock Star Joe's concert forced that Congressman to move his rally to avoid the shooting altogether.
** The series does have some InSpiteOfANail touches as in each timeline, Joe has the same best friend. More dramatically, it appears that Nurse Joe is the only one with a child, Chris, having married college girlfriend Jenny. But at their college reunion, Rock Star Joe is stunned when Jenny revals she was pregnant on Graduation Day and gave the child up for adoption. Meanwhile, Cop Joe meets Jenny with her son (named Lucas in this world) with no idea he's the father.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E11TurnLeft "Turn Left"]] shows what would happen if Donna took a different job offer some time before meeting the Doctor. She never would've gotten involved in the Racnoss plot and not been there to keep the Doctor from going too far and dying under the Thames. Then it goes FromBadToWorse, as the Doctor's absence causes every single crisis he prevented to take place, sometimes even worse (e.g. the Adipose end up killing millions in the US, while the starliner ''Titanic'' ends up wiping out London). At the end of the episode, Donna is convinced by Rose to put events back on the right track.

* ''Series/TheMagicians2016'': There are forty alternate timelines because of the time loops created by [[spoiler:Jane Chatwin, in order to defeat the beast]]. The timelines seem to be largely the same until the main group gets into Brakebills, at which point they diverge. Timeline 23 features in a couple episodes, once in Season 2 and again in Season 3. In that timeline, [[spoiler:Julia got into Brakebills, she and Penny are in love, and Quentin is the Beast (after killing Martin Chatwin), among other changes. They bring Marina 23 and Penny 23 back with them after stopping Quentin. We also see a different timeline's version of Dean Fogg.]]

* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' branches off from the movie continuity after ''[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T2: Judgment Day]]'' -- Sarah and John Connor leap through time from 1999 to 2007, skipping [[spoiler:Sarah's death from cancer in 2002]] and the date at which Judgement Day ''would'' have happened if ''[[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines Rise of the Machines]]'' were {{canon}}. ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', on the other hand, carries on from the ''Rise of the Machines'' continuity. Then, ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' branches off from its own continuity, while ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' only follows past ''Judgement Day''.

** Two characters who have been sent back to the past at different times find out that their versions of the future don't exactly match, implying that they come from different timelines.
** The show ends on a CliffHanger and yet another timeline caused by John Connor traveling to the BadFuture, partly caused by him not being there to lead the resistance.

** Most episodes end up with an alternate timeline. The hereos fix the major damage to the timeline but can't restore it 100% the way it was so the present changes in some ways and only the time travellers remember the original timeline. They have to settle for CloseEnoughTimeline.

** The ''[[VideoGame/KOFMaximumImpact Maximum Impact]]'' subseries is a nebulous example. While it appears to be a standalone AlternateContinuity wherein prominent characters from the first two arcs interact with a slew of fresh faces, the animated series ''Another Day'' [[ContinuityDrift incorporated elements]] of the then current Tales of Ash saga ([[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2003 Ash himself]], [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXI Iori's loss of his cursed flames]]) despite being set after the events of the first ''Maximum Impact''. ''[[VideoGame/KOFMaximumImpactRegulationA Regulation "A"]]'' (the UpdatedRerelease of ''[[VideoGame/KOFMaximumImpact2 Maximum Impact 2]]'') would then make Ash a playable character as well as introduce a CanonForeigner (Xiao Lon) who -- unlike the other ''MI''-exclusive fighters -- was designed specifically to provide ties to the main installments (being the younger half-sister of Duo Lon, a major supporting character introduced in ''2003''). Unlike the mainline and ''EX'' entries (but similar to the original ''Fatal Fury'' continuity), [[SchrodingersCast Geese is dead]], appearing in-series as his "Nightmare Geese" incarnation. (There's also the matter of his son [[VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves Rock]] appearing as a teenager, due to the series operating on ComicBookTime and Rock already appearing as a child in one of Terry's ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2001 KOF 2001]]'' win poses, but the main games would eventually follow suit starting with ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV XIV]]''.)

** The Game Boy ''Mega Man'' games have an alternate case too, starting with ''VideoGame/MegaManII'': In one specific future, Dr. Wily gave up his machinations and truly reformed, leading to a world where not only were robots and humans living in harmony, but there was no longer a need for Mega Man, who had become peaceful and disarmed. The "present" Dr. Wily happened across a time machine, however, and kidnapped Mega Man from that timeline, reprogramming him, naming him Quint, and giving him a jackhammer as his weapon for some reason. Following the events, it can probably safely be said that timeline no longer exists, though whether it's canon at all is another matter.
* Surprisingly this is present in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series: ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'' takes place in an alternate timeline where neither the events of [[VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake the second game]] nor the events of the ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid]]'' series have taken place.

** The original timeline shows Raiden and Shao Kahn as the final two kombatants in [[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon the Battle of Armageddon]], with Kahn defeating Raiden. Knowing that he is about to be killed, Raiden sends a message to [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 his past self]] [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong to hopefully change the future]], setting up the events of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''. The current timeline, while still near-identical to the original, [[spoiler:finally [[KilledOffForReal kills Shao Kahn for good]]. Unfortunately, the new decisions made and results [[PyrrhicVictory cost the lives of a lot of kombatants]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX made both Earthrealm and Outworld more vulnerable for attack]], and later on [[TheCorruption placed Raiden in a much darker state after Shinnok's defeat]]]].

** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' takes place in a whole new timeline created following the events of ''[=MK11=]: Aftermath'', which ended with [[spoiler:Liu Kang, having become a god, taking the reigns of the sands of time and creating a new history with the hope of allowing peace to flourish. The trailers for the game suggest a number of alterations to the dynamics between characters that used to be bitter rivals, such as Scorpion and Sub-Zero (and the Shirai Ryu and Lin Kuei clans, by extension) being allies, and Kitana and Mileena being supportive sisters.]]

** The [[TheEndingChangesEverything ending]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' strongly implies [[spoiler:that the game is not simply a "[[VideoGameRemake remake]]" of the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', but also a StealthSequel ''by way of this trope'']]. Throughout the story, the characters frequently cross paths with interdimensional beings called "[[TimePolice whispers]]" (or "[[TimePolice arbiters of fate]]"), whose role in the plot is to ensure that a specific chain of events (i.e. ''the plot of the original game'') unfolds as preordained by Destiny itself. Any attempts made by the characters to change history (e.g. [[spoiler:Sephiroth trying to kill Barret in the Shinra tower]]) are immediately thwarted (or corrected soon afterwards) by the whispers. This comes to a head in the final chapter, wherein [[spoiler:the party chooses to fight and defeat the whispers so as to free themselves from the bounds of Destiny, thus creating an AlternateTimeline wherein Biggs is still alive and recovering in an orphanage, Aerith is possibly aware of Zack's connection to Cloud, and Zack himself appears to be alive after defeating the horde of Shinra infantry sent to stop him and Cloud near the city entrance]].

** [[TimeyWimeyBall Here's where things get confusing]]. After Trunks returns to Timeline A and shuts down the Androids there, he's killed by a creature called Cell just before he uses the time machine to tell his friends the good news. Cell takes the time machine and arrives in the past, two years before Frieza and King Cold do, creating Timeline C (the one depicted in full via the manga and the anime). Cell won't emerge in earnest until soon after the Androids show up, and usurps them as the main threat to defeat by absorbing them and their power. While Trunks trains to try and defeat him, Cell would ultimately be killed by Gohan. Trunks also kills an embryonic Cell before he can become fully grown, which prevents another future from being ruined. After Cell's defeat, Shenron revives everyone who was killed by him. This includes the Androids, who undergo a HeelFaceTurn.

*** In terms of how most of the fandom and the guidebooks list the timelines above, it's a different order. Timeline C is considered to be Timeline 1 as that's the one viewers and readers are most familiar with, while Timeline A is Timeline 2 (the Future Trunks timeline) and Timeline D is Timeline 3. Timeline B is the speculative fourth Timeline that isn't directly shown outside of Cell's exposition flashback.

** [[http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Alternate_timeline According to the Dragon Ball wiki,]] thanks to a lot of other factors, there's a total of ''seven'' timelines, although we only see about four of them.
** In the spin-off manga, ''Manga/DragonBallThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsYamcha'', there is one in which Yamcha manages to stay on par with the heroes in the early parts of the series and avoid his embarrassing death that befell him in the Saiyan Saga. This causes the timeline to diverge further because of this, such as causing all the Z-fighters that fought Nappa and Vegeta to survive that fight and accompany Krillin, Gohan, and Goku to Namek.
*** Should be noted this, contrary to the actual timelines, isn't canon, and wasn't created by time travel.

* The ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' metaseries has one, expanded on in ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''. Both Doctors Light and Wily presented their research to the government: network and robotics, respectively. In the world where Light's network research won out, the ''Battle Network'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' games take place. However, when Wily's robotics were chosen instead, it led to the "Classic" series and its various SequelSeries in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX X]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX]]'' (with ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Legends]]'' occurring [[DistantSequel far off in the future]] of this timeline).
** The Gameboy ''Mega Man'' games have an alternate case, too, starting with ''VideoGame/MegaManII'': in one specific future, Dr. Wily gave up his machinations and truly reformed, leading to a world where not only were robots and humans living in harmony, but there was no longer a need for Mega Man, who had become peaceful and disarmed. The 'present' Dr. Wily happened across a time machine, however, and kidnapped Mega Man from that timeline, reprogramming him, naming him Quint, and giving him a jackhammer as his weapon for some reason. Following the events, it can probably safely be said that timeline no longer exists, though whether it's canon at all is another matter.

* ''VideoGame/SmallTownMurders'': In case 6, Nora wishes the case never happened. The Monkey Paw grants the wish and [[spoiler:makes the cause of death of Tyler Barnes the same for his three brothers]].

* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' is built on this trope. Each timeline in the game is represented by a number called the "divergence number", where each 1% difference in divergence number represents a drastic change in the fate of the future. Characters can move timelines by altering the past. The events of the game kick off when the protagonist accidentally jumps from the Beta timeline(s) to the [[BadFuture Alpha timeline(s)]], and most of the game involve getting out and back to the original timeline. [[spoiler:In the end, it's revealed that the future of the Beta timeline(s) is just as bad as the Alpha timeline(s), so the protagonist must find a third, "golden" timeline that avoids both of these {{Bad Future}}s--Steins Gate.]] Additionally, John Titor (see the Web Original folder below) is an actual member of the supporting cast, [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy portrayed as a legitimate time traveler]]. [[spoiler:They're also one of the main characters' KidFromTheFuture and a member of LaResistance against SERN in the BadFuture.]]

* Dumbledore's OpeningNarration implies that aside from the [[Franchise/HarryPotter canon-series]], there are countless other alternate timelines where Harry became something other than "The Boy Who Lived". ''WebVideo/WelcomeBackPotter'' just happens to be one of those "what if" scenarios.

** The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance duology of ''The King of Fighters EX'' and ''[=EX2=]'' charts a rather significant divergence from the mainline series. ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters99'' establishes that Kyo Kusanagi was abducted by [[NebulousEvilOrganisation the NESTS cartel]] after the conclusion of ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters97 '97]]'', with his DNA used to engineer a CloneArmy and various other weapons as part of the organization's multiple nefarious plots. Here, he's instead found by [[OriginalGeneration newcomer]] Moe Habana and the KOF tournament's [[NotJustATournament latest mysterious sponsors]] turn out to be [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]], still interested in the Orochi Power ([[ContinuityNod as per]] ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters96 '96]]''), and then [[TheRemnant remnants of]] [[ReligionOfEvil the Orochi clan]] that was seemingly dealt with throughout the Orochi Saga. The ''EX'' games effectively replace ''[='99=]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2000 2000]]'' in this timeline, and while characters sport their NESTS Chronicles attire and appear to be going through some of the same plot beats from that stretch of time (like [[VideoGame/PsychoSoldier Kensou]] [[BroughtDownToNormal mysteriously losing his psychic powers]]), only a single character from that StoryArc (Bao) canonically appears in the ''EX'' games, with all others relegated to non-canon [[AssistCharacter Striker]] cameos.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' initially seems to revolve around DualWorldGameplay where the key difference the Home World and Another World comes down to whether Serge survived his childhood, but as the plot unfolds it turns out that a lot of what is going on is being influenced by the potential timelines created over the course of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. One faction is from the good future resulting from that game, a high-tech civilization trying to prevent any {{Temporal Paradox}}es that might threaten its future existence, while a rival faction hails from a timeline in which humanity never rose to dominate the planet, and wants to cleanse the world of us filthy usurpers. And then there's a TimeCrash where ''Chrono Trigger'''s BadFuture is trying to reassert itself, with dire consequences for everyone.

* Surprisingly this is present in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series: ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'' takes place in an alternate timeline where neither the events of [[VideoGame/MetalGear2 the second game]] nor the events of the ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid]]'' series have taken place.

* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': The fourth season takes place in an Alternate Timeline, one in which Peter Bishop was never saved by the Observer as a boy. The first four episodes explore [[ForWantOfANail all the changes to the continuity, big and small, that resulted from Peter not being around]]. And then the Peter from the original timeline returns. This is all in a series that spent three years knee-deep in the complexities of an AlternateUniverse.

*** One is the ''Last Generation'' comic. Set in a universe ruled by the Klingon empire after a plot change during ''The Undiscovered Country'' (i.e. Kirk wasn't [[ForWantOfANail fast enough to save the president]], [[spoiler:and it's all Captain Braxton's fault]]). In this Dystopian version of the Trekverse, Sulu captains the last remaining Star Fleet vessel as a MysteriousProtector, Tasha lives, Jean-Luc Picard [[LaResistance leads a Resistance movement]], [[CreatorsPet Wesley]] took [[TookALevelInBadass a few levels in badass]] (well, physical prowess, anyway) and Data is the [[MacGuffin key to changing history.]] Either that or he's the [[SaveThisPersonSaveTheWorld key to the most destructive computer weapons system ever created.]]

* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' and its sequel. [[spoiler:The first game created a different timeline entirely by stopping the Dark Genie from ever coming to existence. The second game was mostly about this, you had to restore Origin Points (events in past which influenced the future), it even creates new innovations in the future such as Aeroharmonic technology and Paznos' Colossus Mode which never existed before.]]
* ''VideoGame/DisgaeaRPG'' has an alternate timeline where a staggering number of canon characters have rapidly diverging history from [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} canon]], due to [[ForWantOfANail multiple changes in history]]. Hailing from this timeline is the "Xeno" organization, which is chasing down a refugee from their timeline.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': After years of fan speculation, the devs gave ApprovalOfGod to the theory that the series takes place in a split timeline caused by the use of TimeTravel in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. On top of that, the fan theory was that the game split the series into two different timelines, but the creators' explanation in ''Literature/HyruleHistoria'' established ''three'' timelines:

* Implied to be weaponized with Bonney's "Distorted Future" technique in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where she [[spoiler:temporarily [[HulkingOut swaps out her body]] with one from a timeline where her adoptive father Kuma accepted her mother's marriage proposal, thus making her his biological daughter with all the advantages of his Buccaneer ancestry.]]

* Implied to be weaponized with Bonney's "Ditorted Future" technique in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where she [[spoiler:temporarily [[HulkingOut swaps out her body]] with one from a timeline where her adoptive father Kuma accepted her mother's marriage proposal, thus making her his biological daughter with all the advantages of his Buccaneer ancestry.]]

* Weaponized with Bonney's "Ditorted Future" technique in ''Manga/OnePiece'', where she [[spoiler:temporarily [[HulkingOut swaps out her body]] with one from a timeline where her adoptive father Kuma accepted her mother's marriage proposal, thus making her his biological daughter with all the advantages of his Buccaneer ancestry.]]