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Author: Thecommander236

Feb 25th 2013 at 3:47:34 PM

By the definition set by oneuglybunny (this examples are above):

* The atomic bomb was a game changer for WorldWarII.
- Germany, Japan, and the USA were all working on a bomb like this, but only the US had the fundamental idea correct (you use neutrons, not protons in the reaction). This would become a NothingIsTheSameAnymore when several countries had the bomb and MutuallyAssuredDestruction was the law.

* In BurnNotice the game changer was Michael coming across a NOC list of the organization that burned him.
- This would become a NITSAM if Michael destroyed or highly damaged those organizations and thus saved countless people the trouble he received.

* Hanyuu in ''{{Higurashi no Naku Koro ni}}''
->"[[spoiler:Takano]] and Hanyuu, were you listening to what Mion said? We don't play Old Maid. Just Old Geezer. [[spoiler:Takano]] laughed it off as being the same but it is a completely different game. After all, if one adds the missing card that is taken out in a game of Old Geezer, it becomes a game without losers. After adding Hanyuu, our missing card the world became a world free of losers. It is the height of folly to purposely take one card out of the game. This world doesn't need a loser."
- I don't know this series, but this sounds like a NITSAM because everyone's life is changed by this singular event.

*bWhen the Reapers finally launch their invasion in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' it's clear that their technological and numeric advantages are insurmountable. All anyone can do with conventional warfare is slow the Reapers down as they blitzkrieg the homeworlds and colonies of several Citadel races, including Earth. Then Liara discovers plans for a superweapon in the Prothean ruins on Mars that may be able to wipe them out. Building the weapon, dubbed [[OperationBlank Project Crucible]], becomes the Citadel's only hope. On another note, the invasion finally convinces the Council that the Reapers are real, and the turians in particular start actively helping Shepard.
- Building the gun is the game changer. Destroying the Reapers, allying with the Reapers, forcing the Reapers to back down, or having the weapon seized or destroyed would be a NITSAM if the change is permanent.

''OnePiece'' has a huge shake up to the Status Quo, right around the time-skip:
* Whitebeard, WorldsStrongestMan and head of the most powerful pirate alliance, is dead, along with his 2nd division commander.
* Blackbeard, in defiance of what is known about Devil's Fruit abilities, takes on a second one (Whitebeard's!)
* Gecko Moria follows on the heels of Jimbei and Crocodile as newly-former Shichibukai, let loose on the sea.
* Sengoku retires as Fleet Admiral of the Marines, along with Garp.
* [[spoiler:Aokiji leaves the Marines, following a nasty spat with Akainu, who'd been appointed Fleet Admiral against Sengoku's advice]].
* [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law is now a Shichibukai]].
- Has Luffy won... No. Has the military beaten the pirates... No. Has Blackbeard set himself a permanent place of power... No. Is the Shichibukai dissolved letting chaos rule the world... No. Does Sengoku's resignation insure the military's defeat... No. [[spoiler: same goes with the thing with Aokiji and Akainu]]. And for the last thing... That's not a NITSAM. Is the conflict for the characters different from before... Yes. Have they achieved their dreams... No. Are there dreams different from before... No there are not. It's a Game Changer.

In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', Ralph is convinced that it's pointless to continue helping Vanellope, as he feels any further assistance will doom her home game of ''Sugar Rush''. [[spoiler:Until Ralph notices official artwork of Vanellope on the side of the game cabinet and returns to ''Sugar Rush'', now determined to get answers as to what's going on with Vanellope. Indeed, this new information ultimately leads to bringing down Turbo's reign in ''Sugar Rush''.]]
- The hero has new information. His goals are different! Is the villain defeated? Nope. It's the Game Changer.

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