History Sandbox / AlternateWickCheck

# Monster.WebVideo: ** [[KnightOfCerebus Mechakara]] is a robot from an AlternateUniverse where Linkara's RobotBuddy Pollo turned evil, killed him, and robots overthrew humanity. His plans revolved around sending [[AntiHero Linkara]] into a mental breakdown; and, when that fails, he captures him and plans to kill him slowly, simply because his death went too fast the first time around. While that would normally make him just another killer robot, he stands out when, after getting the magic MacGuffin that he came for, he decides instead to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all organic life]] in the multiverse. During the ''Silent Hill Dead/Alive'' videos, Mechakara slowly mind rapes Linkara into thinking he's the (actually long dead) man who tortured his son to create Linkara's Magic Gun and almost convinces him to kill himself. In ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', Mechakara passes himself off as Linkara and infiltrates the USS Exit Strategy, intending to kill the entire crew with the help of the [[UnwillingRoboticisation forcibly assimilated]] Todd and Nostalgia Chick. Mechakara would later assimilate the crew of the Caelestis space station and drained the life force of one astronaut in an attempt to recharge the ship. Only working with others when his goals coincide with theirs and perfectly willing to kill them otherwise, Mechakara is fueled only by his hatred for Linkara and all organic life forms.

# Webcomic.{{Fallmind}}: Fallmind is a 3D {{webcomic}}, hosted on Website/ComicFury. It is set in some sort of AlternateUniverse, which appears to be [[XenoFiction quite unlike ours]]. Recently, the inevitable destruction of this universe has been foretold. The comic is quite new.

# Laconic.{{Gintama}}: A series [[GagSeries best known for parodying]] [[WidgetSeries Japanese popular culture]] in general--at least when it is not an AlternateUniverse retelling of the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration [[CerebusSyndrome otherwise]].

# Franchise.{{Dracula}}: ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' (1992): A series of books which depict an AlternateUniverse, where Dracula actually won during the events of the novel, and proceeds to spread his vampirism through most of Europe. Despite the title, Dracula isn't the main character (though he does make appearances), instead following a series of various characters and how the undead lifestyle affects London.

# Literature.ClashOfHexennacht: ''Clash of Hexennatch'' takes place in the OBSTACLE era, the fifth of Kawakami's six-stage universe. Although, the setting takes place in an AlternateUniverse created by Shouko Kagami with the Book of Creation. The "real world" where Kagami and Shouko originate from is apparently the same world as ''Literature/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'' and ''LightNovel/TheEndingChronicle''.

# LightNovel.ClashOfHexennacht: ''Clash of Hexennatch'' takes place in the OBSTACLE era, the fifth of Kawakami's six-stage universe. Although, the setting takes place in an AlternateUniverse created by Shouko Kagami with the Book of Creation. The "real world" where Kagami and Shouko originate from is apparently the same world as ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'' and ''LightNovel/TheEndingChronicle''.

# LightNovel.{{Gosick}}: Apart from the existence of the fictional country of Sauville, it seems that [[spoiler:World War II starts in 1925 in this world]].

# EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: There was a penguin trend in ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' fandom. It mostly involved AlternateUniverse stories where the characters had ''always'' been penguins. Who slayed leopard seals.

# CallBack.MarvelUniverse: ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'': When Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Iron Spider (Mary Jane) fight the Regent, they note a strange sense of deja vu but feel that something important is missing. In ''Renew Your Vows'', AlternateUniverse versions of Peter and Mary Jane teamed up to defeat their version of the Regent with the help of their daughter, who doesn't exist in the mainstream continuity.
# ComicBook.{{Watchmen}}: The story is set in an AlternateUniverse that mirrors the real world of the late 20th century, with just one key difference. In the real world, the runaway success of ''[[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber1 Action Comics #1]]'' in the summer of 1938 led to {{superhero}}es becoming a major sensation in American pop culture; in this world, it inspired a wave of ''real people'' to take to the streets in colorful costumes to fight crime like their heroes in the comic books, leading to the formation of an organisation known as the Minutemen.

# Fanfic.CafeLiegeois: Anna believes that Elsa's visions are Elsa seeing herself in different universes.

# Headscratchers.PhilosophyTube: '''The idea of an alternate universe is used as an answer to the question on the page'''

# LightNovel.ClashOfHexennatch: 'Clash of Hexennatch'' takes place in the OBSTACLE era, the fifth of Kawakami's six-stage universe. Although, the setting takes place in an AlternateUniverse created by Shouko Kagami with the Book of Creation. The "real world" where Kagami and Shouko originate from is apparently the same world as ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'' and ''LightNovel/TheEndingChronicle''.

# TouchedByVorlons: ''Film/MrNobody'' offers a unique inversion by showing that before being born, we all know "everything that will happen" in our lives, until we get touched on the upper lip by the Angels of Oblivion that make us forget all of that knowledge. The protagonists explains that the Angels didn't touch him, gifting him with an omniscience that allows him to see all the possible [[AlternateUniverse variables]] of his choices.

# Webcomic.{{Fallmind}}: Fallmind is a 3D {{webcomic}}, hosted on Website/ComicFury. It is set in some sort of AlternateUniverse, which appears to be [[XenoFiction quite unlike ours]]. Recently, the inevitable destruction of this universe has been foretold. The comic is quite new.

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# AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents.AnimeAndManga: The ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent'' AlternateUniverse version of Precia Testarossa is an extremely DotingParent who is not ashamed to shower both of her daughters with love, attention, and worry in front of their friends, much to her daughters' dismay. This makes the history of the EvilMatriarch Precia from the main continuity all the more tragic, [[spoiler:as it gives us a glimpse of what could have been had [[LoveMakesYouEvil the death of Alicia not broken her mind]]]].
# ComicBook.MarvelBoy: An odd example. Initially Morrison envisioned the book as taking place in an alternate version of the usual Marvel continuity, as evinced by things like Dum Dum Dugan being in charge of SHIELD, or the Kree having technology unlike their 616 versions. However, when the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate universe]] was just getting off the ground, an editor made an offhand comment that one of their existing books was actually the "first" Ultimate series, and this was widely assumed to be ''Marvel Boy''. Noh-Varr has since been folded into the mainline 616 continuity, with any discrepancies handwaved away. '''I know Marvel has a multiverse, but it's unclear exactly where this one stands'''
# DracoInLeatherPants.{{Anime}}: Prince Schneizel el Britannia [[EvilMentor subjects two emotionally-unstable young girls]] ([[spoiler:Nina and Nunnally]]) to MoreThanMindControl to [[BatmanGambit use]] [[UnwittingPawn them]] [[ManipulativeBastard in his agenda]], is the major cause of [[spoiler:Lelouch's expulsion from the Black Knights]], and becomes a borderline OmnicidalManiac with a God complex. His ''victims'' are bashed by the fandom (especially Nina, but she was TheScrappy for most of R2 anyway) and ''he'' gets off scot free. Take that as you will. He does get to be a good person in ''[[Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally Nightmare of Nunnally]]'', but that's an AlternateUniverse.
# FarEast: ''Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit'' is set in a CultureChopSuey Far East country based on a weird amalgamation of Goryeo Korea, Heian and Edo Japan, and a bit of various dynasties from China thrown in for a good measure. Though this is clearly the AlternateUniverse and author being a professional culturologist and anthropologist she really [[ShownTheirWork shows her work]] here.
# Franchise.CityHunter: ''Manga/AngelHeart'' (2001-2010) -- An AlternateUniverse spinoff of the above.
# FreezeFrameBonus.AnimeAndManga: Which doubles as a EarlyBirdCameo. G was the first AlternateUniverse ''Gundam'' series, W was the second. There was a bit of overlap when both were in production at the same time, making this cameo possible.

# MissingMom.WesternAnimation: While Finn eventually met his DisappearedDad, his mother has still only been seen in an AlternateUniverse. [[spoiler: This is eventually subverted as of the Islands miniseries, where Finn finally meets his mother.]]
# RealityWarper.TheDCU: ComicBook/CaptainAtom became this in a story arc entitled "Quantum Quest", in which he created his own universe over which he had total control. It didn't end well. Also, it is possible that it was AllJustADream. On the other hand, it has been hinted at that he might be that powerful in the regular universe too, but just doesn't realize it or is in denial about it. Dr. Manhattan, an {{Expy}} of Captain Atom in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', has telekinesis down to the subatomic level, allowing him to rearrange matter at will. Technically, this is a little different from changing reality outright, but since he's the most ridiculously overpowered character in the saga, nearly everyone there considers him a Reality Warper. Captain Allen Adam, an AlternateUniverse version of Captain Atom from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', is similarly powerful, but being uncomfortable with his powers, takes drugs to suppress them.
# Recap.NeedForSpeed: '''''Need for Speed: Shift'' (PSP, 2009):''' The PSP version developed by EA Bright Light, it includes a story mode recycled from the console versions of ''[=ProStreet=]'' and brought back some old characters along with new ones, in an AlternateUniverse. The gameplay is more arcade-like compared to the console and PC versions.
# ReedRichardsIsUseless.TheDCU: Superman in general has often wrestled with the fact that he can't use his superpowers to simply force away wide-ranged problems plaguing humanity. Attempts to bring about world peace by disposing of nuclear weapons didn't fare too well in ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' or [[AlienInvasion the premiere]] of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. His attempt to cure starvation in poverty-stricken countries is detailed in the graphic novel "Peace On Earth". This results in AnAesop being that these are things that will only be solved when all of humanity chooses to solve them. There are often short-lived AlternateUniverse depictions of him going too far in forcing humanity to follow his ideals to solve these problems, thus becoming a KnightTemplar.
# SelfDemonstrating.LexLuthor: UnholyMatrimony: In the AlternateUniverse of ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', I am married to one Alexandra Luthor, causing people to refer to us as "Lex Squared".
# Trivia.CoeurAlAran: ''The Beast of Beacon'', a drama focusing on a reformed Adam, with a side of reduced Jaune presence and increased Ruby exposure outside the aforementioned AlternateUniverse stories.
# Trivia.StitchAndTheSamurai: CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: One critic who reviewed the manga but had never seen ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' before actually questioned in their review whether this manga is on the same timeline as the original film, even though anyone else can easily tell that '''[[AlternateUniverse it's most certainly not]]'''.
# VideoGame.A3: The April Fools events are [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Universes]] that feature one of the supporting characters.
# YMMV.DoomEternal: When promoting ''Eternal'' before launch, director Hugo Martin stated the game was inspired by ''Film/EvilDead2''. At the end of ''The Ancient Gods - Part One'', The Dark Lord's identity being an AlternateUniverse EvilCounterpart of the Doom Slayer brings a whole different meaning when "Evil Ash" made its first appearance in ''Evil Dead 2''.

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# LightNovel.{{Gosick}}: Apart from the existence of the fictional country of Sauville, it seems that [[spoiler:World War II starts in 1925 in this world]]. '''Should be AlternateHistory'''

# MisattributedSong.AToM: Ditto for "Rasputin", which has also been misattributed to fellow German disco act Music/DschinghisKhan. This is possibly because of Website/{{YTMND}} where "Rasputin" is the AlternateUniverse equivalent of the "Moskau" meme.

# Recap.BigCityGreensS1E14: Tilly takes the 3D glasses' slogan "See a whole new dimension" way too literally, and thinks she's seeing an AlternateUniverse when she puts them on.
# Series.UglyBetty: The episode ''"Million Dollar Smile"'' (Season 4, Episode 17) has Betty hitting her head and imagining an alternative universe in which she never had braces, and was considered to be the pretty sister while Hilda was the homely one. See DreamSequence.

# UsefulNotes.TomoeGozen: ''Literature/TomoeGozenSaga'' naturally features the lady herself although in an AlternateUniverse of Japan.
# VideoGame.DateALiveSpiritPledge: Downplayed, as you actually play as the main character of the game adaptation of the source light novel. While the Spirits are still depicted as the [[PersonOfMassDestruction walking calamities]] they were in the light novel, the game have additional challenges that requires high-level and properly geared Spirits to comfortably clear. '''I have no idea what this is trying to say, but it seems to just be some sort of adaptation change than any kind of AU'''
# VideoGame.StarcomNexus: One of the theories the Starcom crew raise about where they've ended up is an alternate reality. [[spoiler: It's wrong]].
# VideoGame.{{Syberia}}: The whole series is arguably built on this... The various places you visit on your quest to find Hans and Syberia have a dreamy, often surreal feel to them - as if they existed halfway between [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted our real world]] and a '''[[AlternateUniverse slightly more fantastic version of it]]'''. They're all deliberately stylized and exaggerated versions of various generic European and Russian locales and regions.
# Webcomic.{{Spinnerette}}: As noted in the CelebrityParadox entry, ''Spinnerette'' takes place in a universe where ''both'' superheroes and the comics companies that chronicle their deeds are real. Furthermore, magic is also real -- the first edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' was banned by the [[UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter Carter Administration]] because it contained actual magic spells. It also takes place in the same universe as Krow's earlier work ''WebComic/{{Krakow}}''.

Wicks Checked: 30/95

# Trivia.StitchAndTheSamurai: CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: One critic who reviewed the manga but had never seen
''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' before actually questioned in their review whether this manga is on the same timeline as the original film, even though anyone else can easily tell that '''[[AlternateUniverse it's most certainly not]]'''.

Wicks Checked: 15/95

# Fanfic.YuGiOhResurrection: The reality that Yugi travels to. '''Low context, but hey'''

# Trivia.StitchAndTheSamurai: CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: One critic who reviewed the manga but had never seen ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' before actually questioned in their review whether this manga is on the same timeline as the original film, even though anyone else can easily tell that '''[[AlternateUniverse it's most certainly not]]'''.

Wicks Checked: 0/95