History Recap / PlayerTwoStart

* ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' gets a video game film adaptation, in which Joshua Fireseed (played by Creator/BrandonLee) must becomes the legendary warrior Turok and save a mystical realm from being taken over by a warlord called the Campaigner. Though a mediocre film, Lee's performance and the special effects are acclaimed, and it's somewhat of a flop, only grossing $65 million domestically.

* ''As Gods'' is a disaster/superhero film directed by Creator/RolandEmmerich, that's a mix of ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' and ''Film/{{Chronicle}}''. The film tells the story of six teenagers from around the world who suddenly gain godlike powers at the same time, and who all approach those powers in different ways. The film receives critical acclaim for the great performances from all the young actors, the visual effects and genuinely good writing, and its also a $1 billion dollar monster hit, spawning a franchise.

* ''As Gods'' is a disaster/superhero film directed by Creator/RolandEmmerich, that's a mix of ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' and ''Film/Chronicle''. The film tells the story of six teenagers from around the world who suddenly gain godlike powers at the same time, and who all approach those powers in different ways. The film receives critical acclaim for the great performances from all the young actors, the visual effects and genuinely good writing, and its also a $1 billion dollar monster hit, spawning a franchise.

* ''VideoGame/Turok'' gets a video game film adaptation, in which Joshua Fireseed (played by Creator/BrandonLee) must becomes the legendary warrior Turok and save a mystical realm from being taken over by a warlord called the Campaigner. Though a mediocre film, Lee's performance and the special effects are acclaimed, and it's somewhat of a flop, only grossing $65 million domestically.

** In addition to having every single fighter return, ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimae'' also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Toad and Veil from ''VideoGame/SuperMario'', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', Mike Jones from ''VideoGame/{{Startropics}}'', Deathborn from ''F-Zero: FIRESTORM'', Vaon from ''Slaughtered Planet'', and [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Conker]] as part of the base roster. The DLC introduces Sadira Blackheart from TTL's ''Blackheart'' series, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], [[Franchise/SuperMario Waluigi]], Ellie from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}: Order & Chaos'', and VideoGame/PacMan as part of the first DLC pack, Anna Goldstar from ''The Adventures of Anna Goldstar'', [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]], Ben Brochner from ''Ben Breaks the World'', and [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Crono]] as part of the second DLC pack, and [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]], Lucy Brunstein/Netizen X from ''Cyberwar'', [[Franchise/{{Fallout}} Vault Boy]], Amity Blight from ''The Boiling Isles'' (TTL's version of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', which is a video game), and [[WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster Captain N]], in a subversion of Sakurai's "only video game characters" rule.

* Nintendo's console for the Ninth Generation is the Hyper Nintendo Entertainment System, [[BookEnds which is also the last console they will be developing with Sony]] (though Sony still remains as a software partner). Its biggest games are ''Metroid: Samus Awakens'' (an Action-RPG developed by Creator/GuerrillaGames in place of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', with Creator/AshlyBurch even voicing Samus), ''Super Mario Adventure 2'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which still exists in this timeline as "Everyone Is Here" for the ''Smash'' series, albeit with a different roster due to butterflies ITTL. In addition to having every single fighter return, the game also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Toad and Veil from ''VideoGame/SuperMario'', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', Mike Jones from ''VideoGame/{{Startropics}}'', Deathborn from ''F-Zero: FIRESTORM'', Vaon from ''Slaughtered Planet'', and [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Conker]] as part of the base roster. The DLC introduces Sadira Blackheart from TTL's ''Blackheart'' series.

* ''WesternAnimation/LarryAndSteve'' becomes a major hit for both Creator/SethMcFarlane and Creator/CartoonNetwork — butterflying ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

** A CGI version of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' also airs on Cartoon Network, after the series performs a ChannelHop from PBS eight years earlier than OTL. The show ITTL is a noticeably [[TruerToTheText more faithful]] re-adaptation of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' as opposed to being a continuation of the original model series as well as a slew on British actors lending their talents to the show, such as Creator/TimCurry, Creator/DavidTennent, and Creator/AngelaLansbury, among others.

* Music/TupacShakur surviving the attempt on his life on September 7, 1996, though at a terrible cost: the shooting degenerates into a massive spray of gunfire on the Vegas Strip that sees five people killed and seventeen injured (including Suge Knight). The shooting leads to a retaliatory hit against Music/TheNotoriousBIG six months later; again, Biggie survives, but his bodyguard and eight bystanders are killed, not counting one of the assassins who was gunned down by police. Tupac and Biggie, distraught that their feud was getting their fans killed, declared a truce and eventually became close friends. They appear together at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and perform an anti-violence song called "Increase the Peace", which becomes a monster hit that tops the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for at least fourteen weeks in late 1997.

* ''WesternAnimation/LarryAndSteve'', the cartoon that would eventually become ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' in OTL, actually gets made, and becomes a major hit on Creator/CartoonNetwork. Also airing on CN? ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' were both the second and third animated films to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture ITTL – whereas ''{{WesternAnimation/Beauty and the Beast}}'' was the first (just like IOTL), but it was ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' that was the first (and, by far, only) animated film to actually win the Best Picture Oscar ITTL.

* The CGI version of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' is a noticeably TruerToTheText re-adaptation of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' as opposed to a continuation of the original model series. It also performs a ChannelHop from PBS eight years earlier than OTL, but instead is on Creator/CartoonNetwork.

* A 21-year-old named [[Music/{{Eminem}} Marshall Mathers]] gets gunned down in a dispute over a game console he was sharing with an acquaintance.

** [[Music/{{Selena}} Selena-Quintanilla Pérez]], as of 2004, is now pregnant with her first child, and her hometown of Corpus Christi is called the Latin Nashville, with over 300,000 people and ''many'' music venues, as well as a few sports teams.
* Music/TupacShakur survives the attempt on his life on September 7, 1996, though at a terrible cost: the shooting degenerates into a massive spray of gunfire on the Vegas Strip that sees five people killed and seventeen injured (including Suge Knight). The shooting leads to a retaliatory hit against Music/TheNotoriousBIG six months later; again, Biggie survives, but his bodyguard and eight bystanders are killed, not counting one of the assassins who was gunned down by police. Tupac and Biggie, distraught that their feud was getting their fans killed, agreed to a truce and eventually became close friends. They appear together at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and perform an anti-violence song called "Increase the Peace", which becomes a monster hit that tops the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for at least fourteen weeks in late 1997.
* Biggie's continued survival also butterflies away the song "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans, written as a tribute to him after his OTL death. This clears the way for "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks to become a #1 hit for nine weeks and the song of the summer in 1997.

* Music/MichaelJackson is found guilty of child molestation in his trial during September 2006. [[DrivenToSuicide He kills himself]] shortly afterwards.

* Creator/MattDamon is cast as Jack Dawson in ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' instead of Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. This proves to be for the worse, as his performance is considered [[SoOkayItsAverage passable at best]], especially compared to his co-star Creator/KateWinslet. While the film doesn't flop like many feared it would, it only becomes a big hit instead of a generation-defining classic. Its box office gross in the US is almost half of OTL's ($295 million vs $600 million), while its total worldwide gross falls just short of a billion, only making about $700 million in foreign markets (unlike the $1.2 billion the original release made in OTL).

** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' adds Asajj Ventress (played by Catherine [=McCormack=]) into the story as Dooku's lieutenant, not to mention that the adult Anakin Skywalker is portrayed by Jonathan Brandis (whose suicide is butterflied away) instead of Creator/HaydenChristensen ITTL. Additionally, franchise veteran Creator/CarrieFisher serves as the script doctor for the film helping to rewrite the otherwise divisive scenes between Anakin and Padme on Naboo of OTL and turn those scenes into realistic and believable character development, which was praised by critics and audiences.

* Creator/WarrenBeatty and Creator/FayeDunaway notice that they have been given the envelope for Best Actress and correct it ahead of time so that they can award ''Film/Moonlight2016'' with Best Picture, thus averting the AssumedWin embarassment of the 2017 Academy Awards. However, it's not ''Film/LaLaLand'' that's nearly wrongly announced as the winner, but rather ''The Resisters''.

* ''Final Fantasy XII'' ends up being the seventh generation debut of ''Final Fantasy'', due to ''Final Fantasy Online'' not being part of the mainline series. Directed by Tetsuya Takahashi, the game is more or less a combination of OTL's ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. It receives the former's commercial success and the latter's critical success, becoming the most acclaimed and successful ''Final Fantasy'' game since ''VII'', with protagonist Lilith (voiced by Creator/ZeldaWilliams) becoming a JRPG icon, to the point where she even joins the roster of ''Super Smash Bros. Reality'' come the eighth generation.

* Nintendo's console for the Ninth Generation is the Hyper Nintendo Entertainment System, [[BookEnds which is also the last console they will be developing with Sony]] (though Sony still remains as a software partner). Its biggest games are ''Metroid: Samus Awakens'' (an Action-RPG developed by Creator/GuerrillaGames in place of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', with Creator/AshlyBurch even voicing Samus), ''Super Mario Adventure 2'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which still exists in this timeline as "Everyone Is Here" for the ''Smash'' series, albeit with a different roster due to butterflies ITTL. In addition to having every single fighter return, the game also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Toad and Veil from ''VideoGame/SuperMario', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', Mike Jones from ''VideoGame/{{Startropics}}'', Deathborn from ''F-Zero: FIRESTORM'', Vaon from ''Slaughtered Planet'', and [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Conker]] as part of the base roster. The DLC introduces Sadira Blackheart from TTL's ''Blackheart'' series.

* Nintendo's console for the Ninth Generation is the Hyper Nintendo Entertainment System, [[BookEnds which is also the last console they will be developing with Sony]] (though Sony still remains as a software partner). Its biggest games are ''Metroid: Samus Awakens'' (an Action-RPG developed by Creator/GuerrillaGames in place of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', with Creator/AshlyBurch even voicing Samus), ''Super Mario Adventure 2'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which still exists in this timeline as "Everyone Is Here" for the ''Smash'' series, albeit with a different roster due to butterflies ITTL. In addition to having every single fighter return, the game also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Toad and Veil from ''VideoGame/SuperMario', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', Mike Jones from ''VideoGame/{{Startropics}}'', and Deathborn from ''F-Zero: FIRESTORM''.

* Nintendo's console for the Ninth Generation is the Hyper Nintendo Entertainment System, [[BookEnds which is also the last console they will be developing with Sony]] (though Sony still remains as a software partner). Its biggest games are ''Metroid: Samus Awakens'' (an Action-RPG developed by Creator/GuerrillaGames in place of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', with Creator/AshlyBurch even voicing Samus), ''Super Mario Adventure 2'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which still exists in this timeline as "Everyone Is Here" for the ''Smash'' series, albeit with a different roster due to butterflies ITTL. In addition to having every single fighter return, the game also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Veil from ''Super Mario Adventure'', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', Mike Jones from ''VideoGame/{{Startropics}}'', and Deathborn from ''F-Zero: FIRESTORM''.

* Nintendo's console for the Ninth Generation is the Hyper Nintendo Entertainment System, [[BookEnds which is also the last console they will be developing with Sony]] (though Sony still remains as a software partner). Its biggest games are ''Metroid: Samus Awakens'' (an Action-RPG developed by Creator/GuerrillaGames in place of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', with Creator/AshlyBurch even voicing Samus), ''Super Mario Adventure 2'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which still exists in this timeline as "Everyone Is Here" for the ''Smash'' series, albeit with a different roster due to butterflies ITTL. In addition to having every single fighter return, the game also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Veil from ''Super Mario Adventure'', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'', and Mike Jones from ''VideoGame/{{Startropics}}''.

* Nintendo's console for the Ninth Generation is the Hyper Nintendo Entertainment System, [[BookEnds which is also the last console they will be developing with Sony]] (though Sony still remains as a software partner). Its biggest games are ''Metroid: Samus Awakens'' (an Action-RPG developed by Creator/GuerrillaGames in place of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', with Creator/AshlyBurch even voicing Samus), ''Super Mario Adventure 2'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which still exists in this timeline as "Everyone Is Here" for the ''Smash'' series, albeit with a different roster due to butterflies ITTL. In addition to having every single fighter return, the game also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Veil from ''Super Mario Adventure'', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', and Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''.

* Nintendo's console for the Ninth Generation is the Hyper Nintendo Entertainment System, [[BookEnds which is also the last console they will be developing with Sony]] (though Sony still remains as a software partner). Its biggest games are ''Metroid: Samus Awakens'' (an Action-RPG developed by Creator/GuerillaGames in place of ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', with Creator/AshlyBurch even voicing Samus), ''Super Mario Adventure 2'', and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', which still exists in this timeline as "Everyone Is Here" for the ''Smash'' series, albeit with a different roster due to butterflies ITTL. In addition to having every single fighter return, the game also has Raquel from ''Squad Four'', Veil from ''Super Mario Adventure'', Falco Lombardi from ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Florges from ''Pokemon: Amethyst & Topaz'', and Marx from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''.

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* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' is dubbed later than OTL, and by Creator/TheOceanGroup rather than Funimation. It never makes it to Creator/{{Toonami}} – which probably saves the dub, as IOTL it was broadcast when nobody would usually be watching – but it's released on DVD every few months and shown on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in Canada. It's still being dubbed ITTL 2018, with Conan voiced by Ashleigh Ball.

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' is made for the SNES-CD and no pared down version for the SNES is made.

* DC Comics delays ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' to February 1995 to coincide with the tenth anniversary of ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and becomes a different product altogether. Hal Jordan is still ostensibly the villain as Parallax, who wants to restore the TheMultiverse and Coast City along with it but is instead a pawn of the [[ComicBook/{{LegionOfSuper-Heroes}} Time Trapper]] as part of his plan to use the chronological instability to reshape the universe.

* The first season of ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' debuts in Canada and the United States like IOTL in October 2001, but has some major changes in regards to characters and plots. Ashley Leggat and Michael Seater from Series/LifeWithDerek both play students named Jess and Zach (which butterflies Seater's role in Series/BlackHoleHigh), with the former student being a popular girl while the latter one is a studying nerd. Marieve Herrington, who IOTL played a reoccurring student in Series/HowIMetYourMother, plays another student named Adelaide, and Kris Holden-Ried (who played Sean's older brother Tracker in OTL's Degrassi for the first 3 seasons) now plays a teacher named Lenny. Michael Kinney, who played Coach Armstrong in a reoccurring role on Degrassi IOTL, gets a regular casting role as the same character. The episode list also increases from 15 to 20 episodes, which include topics such as alcohol intoxication, relationship advice and friendships. In addition, some of the casting gets changed. Although most of the casting is the same like IOTL, Jake Goldsbie now portrays J.T Yorke, while Ryan Cooley (who played J.T IOTL) now portrays Tobias Isaacs. Robert Clark also now portrays Sean Cameron instead of his older brother Daniel.
* Creator/StephenieMeyer doesn't do ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', but she does go on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', where she has a ''61''-day winning streak totaling ''$1,790,216''.

** The butterflies in UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan's life produce a very different ''Film/SpaceJam'' in 1996. The defeat of the Bulls in the 1994 NBA Finals figures heavily into the story, the film taking place right afterwards with Jordan doubting himself, unsure if he can still lead a basketball team to victory. The BigBad Swackhammer, after watching footage of the 1994 Finals, also decides to steal the talent of the Rockets' Hakeem Olajuwon, as he was the "only man ever to beat Michael Jordan". The resulting film is seen as slightly better than OTL's due to its exploration of Jordan's public persona, even if it's still generally admitted that Jordan can't really act; notably, Creator/DougWalker decides not to do a [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic a review of it]], feeling that it was SoOkayItsAverage and didn't have enough material for a funny review.

* The OJ Simpson case is instead a MurderSuicide, with both OJ and Nicole found dead by Ron Goldman.

** ''The Legend of Zelda: Hero Eternal'' is a ''Zelda'' game that shares many gameplay, enhanced AI, and graphics similarities to OTL's Twilight Princess (with graphics comparable to or slightly better than the Wii version of that game), with inspiration also taken from the Metal Gear Solid games and was born out of Eiji Aonuma's grief following Shigeru Miyamoto's death. Also, commentators referred the game as "[[UrbanFantasy fantasypunk]]", it's not really a "punk" world so to speak: Hyrule City is, for the most part, a very cheerful place, certainly with some dark underpinnings, but for the most part it's a lot like a normal modern city. Despite initial skepticism about the game's modern setting, it's greeted with overwhelming critical praise, immediately becoming the best reviewed game of 2004 up to that point. Critics lauded the game's graphics, soundtrack, voice acting, and gameplay as well as the temple design and the refreshing updates to the game's combat. The fusion of fantasy and modernity is received extremely well, while the game's main theme, that the ''Legend of Zelda'' is eternal and that the hero Link will always return to save Hyrule, even after Hyrule has long forgotten the ancient legends, is said to bring the Zelda story full circle. While the game is somewhat controversial, its legacy as an excellent game, one of the best of 2004 (and maybe one of the best of all time), is indisputable.

* ''VideoGame/RomeTotalWar'' is more akin to the ''Rome: Total Realism'' mod ITTL, with a single Rome faction (along with a non-playable "Roman Rebels" faction to simulate uprisings and civil wars) and a larger campaign map, along with all the historical battles that were DummiedOut OTL. The "Caesar in Gaul" campaign, dummied out OTL, is later released as an expansion pack.
* Aside from ''Ys'' and the ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'', Falcom is developing a third franchise called ''The Wheel of Time'' after the first game of the same name was released to critical acclaim in North America. Falcom is also looking to localize all of its titles worldwide after said game's success.

* The spat between [[Music/{{TLC}} Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes]] and Andre Rison in 1994 that, in OTL, ended with her burning down his house ends here with him killing her. The resulting distraction and controversy leads to Rison spending eight years in prison, and Rison's San Francisco 49ers losing the NFC Championship to the Dallas Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys then defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers (who themselves beat the Chargers who won that year's AFC Championship IOTL) in UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XXIX, making them the first NFL team to win three straight Super Bowls. Lopes' death (coming so soon after the aforementioned OJ Simpson MurderSuicide) became the climax of a massive controversy over domestic violence among NFL players, which would eventually lead then-NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue to resign.

** Speaking of James Rolfe, not only does Magazine/NintendoPower still runs the contest to win a walk on role for ''Film/TheMask II'' (which actually get made ITTL), but he wins it.
* Doug Walker still does ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' ITTL, but he starts off on November 13th, 2007, much earlier than IOTL.

* Creator/{{Disney}} doesn't buy Creator/{{Fox}} because Fox "didn't think it could effectively market Disney content and maintain its own separate image.".

* The [=#MeToo=] movement still happens ITTL, though it only happens in 2018 compared to 2017.