History Literature / AHippieInTheHouseOfMouse

''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-hippie-in-the-house-of-mouse-jim-henson-at-disney-1980.489210/ A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)]]'' is a thread and timeline on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom by Geekhis Khan, with the PointOfDivergence occuring in late 1979, when Jim Henson and his business manager Bernie Brillstein raise sufficient money to buy roughly 10% of Disney common stock, gaining seats on the Board of Directors for Jim himself and his legal advisor Al Gottesman. The changes from reality pile up from there. In December 2021 (after the page limit of 500 was reached when the date in-universe was 1992), an ImmediateSequel titled ''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/when-you-wish-upon-a-frog-book-ii-of-the-jim-henson-at-disney-saga.522021/ When you Wish Upon a Frog (Book II of the Jim Henson at Disney saga)]]'' was published. More threads have also been created, including "[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/hensonverse-speculation-and-commentary.529158/ Hensonverse Speculation and Commentary]]", ''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/to-introduce-our-guest-star-thats-what-im-here-to-do-the-hensonverse-fan-contribution-thread.528020/ To Introduce Our Guest Star, That's What I'm Here to Do]]'' for OfficialFanSubmittedContent, and "[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-look-of-the-hensonverse.549514/ The look of the Hensonverse]]" for fan art. The threads are collectively referred to as "the Hensonverse".

''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-hippie-in-the-house-of-mouse-jim-henson-at-disney-1980.489210/ A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)]]'' is a thread and timeline on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom by Geekhis Khan, with the PointOfDivergence occuring in late 1979, when Jim Henson and his business manager Bernie Brillstein raise sufficient money to buy roughly 10% of Disney common stock, gaining seats on the Board of Directors for Jim himself and his legal advisor Al Gottesman. The changes from reality pile up from there. In December 2021 (after the page limit of 500 was reached when the date in-universe was 1992), an ImmediateSequel titled ''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/when-you-wish-upon-a-frog-book-ii-of-the-jim-henson-at-disney-saga.522021/ When you Wish Upon a Frog (Book II of the Jim Henson at Disney saga)]]'' was published. A third thread ''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/to-introduce-our-guest-star-thats-what-im-here-to-do-the-hensonverse-fan-contribution-thread.528020/ To Introduce Our Guest Star, That's What I'm Here to Do]]'' was created for OfficialFanSubmittedContent. The threads are collectively referred to as "the Hensonverse".

* GreedyJew: Nelson Peltz establishes himself as a straight example when his planned "improvements" to Disney show that he only cares about money.

* HateSink: Nelson Peltz establishes his status as one when he gives his list of proposed "improvements" to Disney:
-->"Less charity, more sequels. Increased corporate sponsorship to defray costs. More product integration in films. Fewer EPCOT pavilions with more investment into rides tied to popular lines like the Princesses and Marvel rather than educational stuff. Dump the Sports Department. Scrap the WED Signature Series line, retire the Muppets to the vault (and shutter the underperforming Muppetland attractions), and focus on mass-appeal films and TV. Reduce movie and animation costs through cheaper production methods and outsourcing, even if that meant short-term conflict breaking the union. Bring employee compensation in-line with industry averages. Scrap the practical effects division in favor of cheaper, quicker digital effects. Reduce the payroll through mass layoffs."

** Creator/TouchstonePictures is known as its originally intended name, Hyperion Pictures.

** Creator/TouchstonePictures is known as its originally intended name, Hyperion Pictures.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Creator/TouchstonePictures is known as its originally intended name, Hyperion Pictures.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Henson is still alive ITTL.

''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-hippie-in-the-house-of-mouse-jim-henson-at-disney-1980.489210/ A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)]]'' is a thread and timeline on Website/AlternateHistoryDotCom by Geekhis Khan, with the PointOfDivergence occuring in late 1979, when Jim Henson and his business manager Bernie Brillstein raise sufficient money to buy roughly 10% of Disney common stock, gaining seats on the Board of Directors for Jim himself and his legal advisor Al Gottesman. The changes from reality pile up from there. In December 2021 (after the page limit of 500 was reached when the date in-universe was 1992), an ImmediateSequel titled ''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/when-you-wish-upon-a-frog-book-ii-of-the-jim-henson-at-disney-saga.522021/ When you Wish Upon a Frog (Book II of the Jim Henson at Disney saga)]]'' was published. A third thread ''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/to-introduce-our-guest-star-thats-what-im-here-to-do-the-hensonverse-fan-contribution-thread.528020/ To Introduce Our Guest Star, That's What I'm Here to Do]]'' was created for OfficialFanSubmittedContent.

* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: During Cheryl Henson's wedding, it's noted that Kevin Clash (as [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]) performed inappropriate songs.

* TakeThat: InUniverse, the 1996 ''Film/{{Gorgo}}'' remake has the mother-monster's rampage across London specifically take down the [=NatWest=] Tower, one of the most disliked additions to the London skyline at the time.

** Jeffrey Katzenberg moves from Paramount to become the studio head of ABC Motion Pictures/Hollywood Pictures, then leaves tk head up Universal Studios after Universal and ABC merge. [[spoiler:After Comcast buys out Warner Bros. in 2003 following their merger with Leap, Katzenberg becomes the new Chairman and CEO]].

* [[spoiler:Kathleen Sebilus (2013-2021) is President Minority for becoming the first female President.]]

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** Creator/JeffreyCombs plays both Zefram Cochrane (after having portrayed him in ''Star Trek: Envoy'') and Commander Shraa in ''Star Trek: Discovery''

** With the foiling of the Gang of Eight's plan to launch a coup, UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev oversees the signing of the New Union Treaty, which reforms the USSR into the Union of Sovereign States, and becomes President of the USR until 1995, when UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin is elected. [[spoiler:Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov of the Democratic Union Party, becomes President in 2000]].

** Michael Eisner, after being losing his position at Paramount, and this time, ''not'' being hired by Disney, instead takes the offer to head up ABC Motion Pictures as it's President and Chairman[[note]]an option that Eisner was offered in OTL[[/note]], where he renames it as Creator/HollywoodPictures. Then, after becoming the President of ABC Entertainment, [[spoiler:after his attempt to get rid of Jeffrey Katzenberg and Bob Iger results in him being forced out]], Eisner takes up Ted Turner's offer to become Chairman and President of Columbia Pictures and Chief Creative Officer of Columbia Entertainment, before [[spoiler:becoming Turner's successor as Chairman and CEO of Columbia Entertainment in 2003]].
** Jeffrey Katzenberg, moves from Paramount over to become the studio head of ABC Motion Pictures/Hollywood Pictures. Before rising up to head up Universal Studios after Universal and ABC merge. [[spoiler:Then, after Comcast buys out Warner Bros. in 2003 following their merger with Leap, Jeffrey Katzenberg becomes the new Chairman and CEO]].

** The Aum Shirinkyo attacks in 1995 leave a huge impact in pop culture afterwards, with ''[[Manga/CaseClosed Detective Conan]]'', ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' and ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' taking influence from the Shoko Ashara assassination, while the attacks and the assassination influence numerous Americans comics, TV shows and movies.

** Judith Barsi reprises her role, this time in live-action, as Luke Skywalker's Twilek apprentice Halixiana from the ''Star Wars: Heir to the Empire'' animated series, in the Paramount-Fox Network TV Special ''Star Wars Stories: Luke of Tatooine'', then the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

** Instead of being cast in ''Series/LimeStreet'' (which lead to her death via a plane crash), Samantha Smith becomes the lead star of CBS' ''The Littlest Diplomat'', which runs from 1984 to 1986 and starts off Smith's career as an actress.

** After getting a random false positive H.I.V. test in 1982, Music/FreddieMercury starts becoming more cautious and lives past his OTL death.
** Creator/RiverPhoenix manages to survive a drug overdose in 1992 with the help of Bob Forrest, John Frusciante, and Johnny Depp as well as a Registered Nurse, who give Phoenix medical attention until the ambulance arrives, and enters rehab, which prompts him to stay clean.

** Due to butterflies, Diane Thomas (screenwriter of ''Film/RomancingTheStone'') does not get killed in a car accident on October 21st, 1985.
** Jim Henson [[spoiler:manages to survive past 1990, thanks to Dick Nunis' insistence on Henson going straight to hospital after discovering an untreated cut on Jim's leg]].

** Lillian Disney, while suffering a minor stroke on December 15th, 1997, survives due to her grandson Walt Disney Miller visiting her at the time and getting her medical attention.

** Music/KurtCobain does not die on April 8th, 1994.

** Creator/PhilHartman is not shot dead by his wife in 1998.

** Thanks to the partnership between Robert Holmes-à-Court and UsefulNotes/TedTurner, the classic case of British TV shows getting adapted for American audiences, gets reversed with the airing of British equivalents of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'', ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', ''Series/HappyDays'', ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', ''Series/{{Rawhide}}'', ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}''.
** ''[[Series/That70sShow The Kids Are Alright]]'', like its OTL counterpart, gets a British remake called ''Days Like These'', which is more successful than it's OTL counterpart.

** The 1996 MGM musical, ''The Road to Ruin'' became this from it's first inception. Firstly, Jim Henson, who pushed for the film, insists on getting the film greenlit in spite of Bernie Brillstein's prediction that a throwback film to the Hollywood Musical era of cinema would never work. Plus, the film's costs spiral so much out of control to around $82 million and the film runs behind schedule, thanks to director Francis Ford Coppola's perfectionist tendencies and Disney stocks go so far as to trade lower in anticipation for the film being a box office bomb. Not helped, is that the film ''Annie'', a test to see if such a film like ''Road to Ruin'' could work, underperforms, resulting in the Disney board starts becoming critical of Jim, now the Disney chairman, for pursuing it and the film becomes a joke amongst Hollywood as they declare it to be another "Henson's Folly" and a flop on a level as ''Film/HeavensGate''. Rival Hollywood studios even get to the point of releasing other films not expected to to be commercial hits to go up against ''Road to Ruin'', expecting an "easy win", whilst Disney and MGM puts pressure on the productions of ''Spider-Man 3'', ''X-Men'', ''The Lost World'' and the Disney animated features to "make up for the loss". [[spoiler:In the end, due to a marketing campaign coined up by producer Mel Brooks and Bernie Brillstein leaning in on the negative press, with even the main stars Robin Williams and Wayne Brady joining in, the film becomes a box-office success due to Word of Mouth causing many people to go see the film]].
** In 1985, Don Bluth (who is looking into new projects to work on for his Bluth Group), is contacted by Steven Spielberg, who has formed a partnership with Gary Kurtz and Creator/RichardWilliams to put the latter's ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'', into full production. With Disney's animators overworked with multiple projects, Bluth and his company are contacted to provide animators. But the film's development becomes troublesome, not helped by that the film ('''two decades''' in the making at that point) had no central plot, with a mix of characters and plotlines that were unrelated to the central narrative. Bluth immediately clashes with Williams due to Bluth's desire for a stronger story clashing with Williams' attention focusing solely on the set pieces, as well as arch-perfectionist Williams attempting to throw out entire completed scenes because of small quality concerns. Thus, the two of them are described by animator Gary Goldman as "two deservedly big egos in one very small room" and by Gary Kurtz as being like "working with two [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Georges]]". In mid-1986, the budget of $24 million ($12 million from Amblin and Disney each) is nearly exhausted, in spite of Bluth's attempts at saving costs, and Frank Wells begrudgingly parts with another $7 million, with a stern warning that there wouldn't be any more. After the ultimatum is issued by Kurtz, the two of them make a pact to finish the project together on time and within budget.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In TTL's ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Obi-Wan and Owen Lars are brothers.

** In contrast, Poseidon ([[JerkassGods who could already be quite nasty]] in the original myths but was usually beign) is the main villain of ''Medusa'', who is portrayed as a toxically insecure {{Jerkass}} who curses Medusa out of spite for turning him down and seeks to overthrow Zeus.

* AlanSmithee: InUniverse, after Peter Jackson is removed from ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'', his script is replaced with a script started from scratch. When Jackson learns that he has a "Story by" credit in the film, he tells Jeff Katzenberg that he would only be credited under a pseudonym. Years later, the pseudonym of "Will Ruck"[[note]]using Jackson's father's name and his mother's maiden name[[/note]] becomes a common pseudonym for screenwriters who do not wish their names attached to a film, just as "Alan Smithee" is used as a pseudonym for directors and producers.

** The account of making the WED Signature Series adaptation of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', complete with tragic ending, twice mentions that this is not the kind of animated film that has [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney singing gargoyles]].

** With [[Creator/TriStarPictures Tri-Star]] executives wanting advanced CGI and animatronics for ''[[Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds The War of the Worlds]]'', Creator/TimBurton and Creator/HenrySelick (who wanted "deliberately cheesy Harryhausen-style stop-motion") are given a compromise in the form of a short film called ''Mars Attacks!'', based of the old trading cards of the same name. Afterwards, producer David Lazer mentions that some people loved the short much better than the film and actually wished that the [[Film/MarsAttacks ''Mars Attacks!'' short had been made into a film instead]].

** ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} 3: No Fate'' introduces a young teenage girl, played by Creator/BryceDallasHoward, who forms the beginnings of a [[Film/TerminatorSalvation relationship with John Connor]].

** After Stanley Gold inquires on the possibility of Disney merging with Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and thus making ''Star Wars'' a Disney IP, after ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace A Darkness Rising]]'' is released, Creator/GeorgeLucas remarks "It'll be a cold day in hell before I sell Star Wars to Disney!"

** This timeline's version of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' is called ''Secret Life of Toys'', which in our timeline was TheSeries of ''Film/TheChristmasToy''. In further irony, the film is intentionally ''less'' like ''The Christmas Toy'' than it is OTL, while also including a few deliberate nods to it's predecessor.
** A very late chapter has the classic allohistorical allusion set up: Jim wondering what would have happened if he hadn't gone to Disney, and went to Lew Grade with a two-picture deal for ''Film/TheDarkCrystal''. Bernie believes that he'd probably have been screwed over when Robert Holmes à Court bought ATV (which is what happened OTL; Henson ended up having to buy his own film back), that Holmes à Court would then have bought Disney and sold it for parts like he did ATV (which did ''not'' happen OTL) and questions whether "Disney would ever be in bed with [[Creator/AmblinEntertainment Amblin]] and [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] and ''Star Wars'' without you there to facilitate" (which is ... complicated, especially since it's only 1999).

* BaitAndSwitch: An ongoing thread in the latter portion of ''When You Wish Upon a Frog'' was a movie Jim was pushing for, now that he became head chairman of Disney, called ''The Road to Ruin'', a throwback to the Hollywood Musical era of cinema to be directed by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola... that quickly became infamous for going severely over budget to the point where not only were the board members becoming increasingly critical of Jim's insistence on backing it, but Hollywood at large was getting ready to declare it another "Henson's Folly"[[note]]referring to Jim Henson's backing of ''Film/{{Toys}}'', which was a failure still in this timeline[[/note]]. [[spoiler:[[FailedFutureForecast It wound up becoming a box office smash hit]] (thanks in part to [[ReversePsychology a marketing campaign coined up by Mel Brooks and Bernie Brillstein that leaned in on the negative press]]).]]

** Online streaming is known as "Direct Play" and "Direct Viewing".
** Memes are called "Netwits".
** Websites are known as "Netsites".
** Blogs are known as "Netblogs".
** The Intelephone is TTL's equivalent to the Smartphone.

* CaptainErsatz: ''Pirates of the Void'' also visits a totally-not-based-on-a-series-of-books [[Franchise/{{Discworld}} flat planet on the back of a turtle]], which [[Literature/TheLightFantastic believes that a mysterious red star is heralding the end of the world]]. They did check with Creator/TerryPratchett that he was cool with this.

** The Disney version of ''Hiawatha'' combines the actual Native American legend with elements of the Creator/HenryWadsworthLongfellow version. So the love interest is named Minnehaha, because that's the name a general audience is likely to know, but is more based on Jigonhsaseh, the Mother of Many Nations (and renamed as such at the end), while the villainous sorcerer is Tadodaho, but wears a black pearl and a vulture feather in a nod to Longfellow's Pearl-Feather.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', with it's basis on the ''[[Myth/MandeMythology Epic of Sundiata]]'', merges the soothsaying hunter, Sundiata's personal griot and blacksmith Nounfari into the shaman/griot of Nounfari, voiced by Creator/HarryBelafonte.

* CreatorCameo: In universe:
** For ''[[WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany Oliver and The Dodger]]'', Jim Henson performs as Rowlf the Dog, who provides the role of the narrator.
*** In ''The Muppets Do Shakespeare'', despite that he has effectively handed off the day-to-day performance of Kermit to Steve Whitmire at this stage, Jim still voices Rowlf, who provides the narration.

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: [[DifferentWorldDifferentMovies/AHippieInTheHouseOfMouse Now has its own page]].

** Screenwriter Diane Thomas, suffers a car accident in 1989 that leaves her paralysed from the waist down.

** When Katzenburg briefly goes from sabotaging the animation studio to boosting it (before just deciding to ignore it after the "failure" of ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron Spirit of the West]]''), he doubles down on pitting the movies against Disney ones since it worked before, setting ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado City of Gold]]'' against Disney's ''[[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove City of the Sun]]'', ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' against Disney's ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'', ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars John Carter and the Princess of Mars]]'' against Columbia's ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'', and ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'' against Columbia's ''[[WesternAnimation/RockADoodle Ruler of the Roost]]''.

** When Creator/JohnLasseter moves from Disney to Blue Sky Studios, he takes the idea of [[Franchise/{{Cars}} an animated movie about anthropomorphic cars with him]], ''without'' telling them that Disney are already working on it. The result is that Blue Sky's ''American Car'' is dueling with Disney's ''Sparky'', whether they want it to or not.
* DuelingShows: InUniverse, Spielberg's stronger links to Disney mean that his ideas for OTL's ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' become ''Out of the Vault!'', a show starring Mortimer Mouse (a version of the scrappy original Mickey, supposed to be Mickey's older brother), plus WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit and Ortensia, after Spielberg uses his connections at Creator/{{Universal}} to get them back under the Disney banner. Meanwhile, at Warner Brothers, Jean [=MacCurdy=] and Tom Reugger's ideas for ''Animaniacs'' become, well, ''Animaniacs'', but with Reugger's original platypus versions of the Warners. The two shows frequently take friendly potshots at each other, culminating in an official crossover where they all get captured by a team up of Pete and Ralph, and need to resolve their differences before being rescued by Mickey and Bugs.

** Attempts to pull DuellingMovies, including Disney on their early 80s competitors, tend to be self-sabotage. Further, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg's attempt to kill ''[[Literature/MistressMashamsRepose A Small World]]'' by releasing ''[[Literature/TheLittles Return of the Littles]]'' the week before backfires due to both the crunch to reach the release and Katzenberg's cutting the film (as he did to ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' in our world) ruining the final product.

** The 1998 remake of ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' becomes a troubled production due to Katzenberg's interference. At first, his attempts to try and make the Gill-man more a straight out monster than an intelligent humanoid amphibian-creature, and turning the film from original director and writer Creator/PeterJackson's dark fantasy into a standard horror film, result in Jackson departing, with executive producer Creator/RobertZemeckis following suit in protest. Later, after the hiring of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin to continue the film, a film crew is written into the film to provide comic relief, with a wise-cracking cameraman played by Creator/AndyDick (against the wishes of Emmerich, as the role was originally written for Creator/SteveBuscemi), who engages in wild behaviour throughout the production. Due to Andy Dick being the lead of ''The Andy Dick Show'', one of ABC's top hits, the studio resists all calls to fire him. Furthermore, the studio prevents Emmerich and Devlin from rewriting the script (which was described as being "one rewrite away from being good") and test screening the film, in order to keep it's Memorial Day release date (going so far as to refuse Emmerich's suggestion of pushing it forward to Labor Day).

* FantasticRacism: ''Roger Rabbit 3: Bunny in the 'Burbs'' plays up the anti-Toon prejudice seen in [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit the first movie]], with the StepfordSuburbia's reaction to Roger and Jessica moving in being based on the real world reaction fifties suburbia had to African-Americans.

** The Japanese appreciation for ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' is also addressed and expanded; after being upset at the film's lukewarm US reception (if still better than our timeline's), Henson is floored when, during a trip to Tokyo, he sees how much more love the film got, even overshadowing his bigger franchises. This implicitly helps bolster it's reputation into being a Disney classic, with successful games, a movie sequel a few years later and even a TV show.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: InUniverse, this is the case for ''both'' series that take the place of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': the Spielberg-less show by that title, despite starring three male platypi, is close enough to our version to include stuff like the "fingerprints" gag. Meanwhile, Spielberg's ''Out of the Vault!'' for Disney has jokes that make Roy Disney furious once someone explains them to him, often involving the characters' tails.
** This possibly applies to the butterfly when Haim Saban, while looking for material for a show to help Creator/{{ABC}} cash in on the Late-80s/Early to Mid-90s trend of {{Spooky Kids Media}} Horror/Sci-Fi shows for kids, comes across a copy of British Author Jamie Rix's ''Literature/{{Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids}}'' in late 1992, leading to an animated series that, while heavily Americanised, has it's source material, often involving the horrific, supernatural deaths or disfigurements of the stories' bratty child protagonists, virtually unchanged.

** The Star Wars Original Trilogy gets digitally-remastered "Special Editions" as in OTL, but due to Lisa Henson ([[spoiler:who is working as the head of Fox Studios at that point]]) being tasked to work with Lucas, she manages to convince Lucasfilm to retain copies of the masters of the original films "as historical documents worth preserving", as well as working around the "Han and Jabba" scene in Episode 4 by simply suggesting that Jabba could be a hologram, and convincing Lucas to keep the "Han shoots Greedo first" scene.
*** After being impressed with the "all-digital" Yoda, Moog and Ba-Ba utilised for ''The Hidden Army'', Lucas digitally inserts the all-CG Yoda and the all-CG Moog/Ba-Ba over the Yoda/Moog/Ba-Ba originally filmed in ''A Darkness Rising'', similar to Lucas replacing the puppet Yoda with a CGI Yoda in re-releases of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

** Michael Eisner still recruits Jeff Katzenberg, and then appoints someone else over him leading to increasing tensions between the two. It just happens at ABC instead of Disney.
** ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' doesn't exist. But Creator/TimCurry still gets to ham it up as Long John Silver in ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''.

* InsultBackfire: A political cartoon portrays the Reform Party as a skunk, trailing a "stink" of populist policies. Just as the Republicans and Democrats did with the elephant and donkey, the party adopts it, describing the skunk as "resourceful, self-sufficient, and solitary. It's neither aggressive nor fearful, and despite it's small size, no other beast, however strong and fierce, ever messes with it ''twice''."

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[invoked]] In essence: After Wrestling/{{WCW}} and [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]] merged, [[spoiler:shortly before the Anita Hill case kicked off an earlier [=#MeToo=] movement, UsefulNotes/TedTurner and Columbia found themselves needing to crack down hard on the wrestling corporation, resulting in a mass purge of wrestlers (including the Four Horsemen). Vince [=McMahon=] is reported to have celebrated the debacle... which only served to blow up in his face when [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} his own corporation]] soon came under fire as the company's own skeletons began coming to light[[note]]such as the rape and pedophilia accusations surrounding Pat Patterson, Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett, Jimmy Snuka's murder of his girlfriend, [[WebVideo/OSWReview "human trafficker Fabulous Moola"]], Grizzly Smith[[/note]], alongside the ''massive'' amount of legal trouble soon flung his way[[note]]the Steroid Trial, illegal union busting, forcing contractors to share revenue, the World Wildlife Federation renewing their lawsuit over the use of the WWF acronym[[/note]]. The end result would be Vince being sentenced for up to 15 years in jail, all of his wealth and assets seized, [[CreatorKiller and the death of WWE]]]].

** ''Film/JurassicPark'' is an MGM production, and replaces Leo with a T Rex.
** In a trailer for the-upcoming ''The Road to Ruin'', Leo doesn't roar, but instead whimpers dejectedly and covers it's eyes with it's paws.

** Bruce Campbell notes that Warner Bros was pretty much this during ''Batman [[Film/BatmanForever 3]]: ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.

* MisBlamed: InUniverse: Certain factions of ''Star Wars'' fandom blame Lisa Henson for the Roona (TTL's Gungun) in ''A Darkness Rising'', when they were definitely a George Lucas idea (as in OTL, inspired by his son). Conversely, Lucas is praised for including the Mandalorians in the third act, which was ''Lisa'''s idea.
* MissXPun: The equivalent of the smartphone is the "intelliphone", punningly abbreviated to "inpho". Consequently the stereotype of the suburban woman sharing misinformation on social media is "Miss Inpho".

** Dick Gephardt (2001-2005) can also be described as President Iron pledging for more military aid to the Northern Alliance.
** John Heinz (2005-2013) is also President Personable for co-signing a peace treaty to end the Congolese War.
* Kathleen Sebilus (2013-2021) is President Minority for becoming the first female President.
** UsefulNotes/BarackObama (2021-) is also President Minority as the first African-American president.

** In ''Film/Batman1989'', Creator/WillemDafoe is cast in the lead role rather then a crazed creep and more notably, the Joker is played by Creator/RobinWilliams - giving him a villainous role over a decade sooner than in our world.
** Creator/ChrisBarrie plays the evil Poseidon in Disney's ''Medusa'' rather then neurotic everymen.
** In the cheap ''Film/HomeAlone'' knock-off ''Lady of the House'', Creator/MaraWilson plays a young girl who is ''horrible'' rather then the sweet ones she plays in both timelines.

** Creator/CarrieFisher's daughter Creator/BillieLourd is cast as Leia's daughter, Dame Jaina Solo, in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

** The 1992 ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger'' movie has Clayton Moore as the title character's father in flashbacks, confirming that the franchise is trying to make up for the unfortunate incident in both timelines when the then rights owners tried to pull trademark violation on him.
** The 1994 ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk'' movie has Creator/LouFerrigno as a paramedic (along with Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan and Bill Baretta, who are doing body work and puppetry for the animatronic Hulk), as well as providing the Hulk's voice. [[spoiler: And Creator/BillBixby, in his final screen role, picking up a hitchhiking Banner at the end as a version of "The Lonely Man" plays.]]

** Jim Henson, after getting a seat on Disney's Board of Directors as a Creative Consultant, later becomes Chief Creative Officer and then [[spoiler:Chairman of the company]].

** After an internship at Creator/{{Lucasfilm}}, Lisa Henson becomes a producer at [[Creator/AmblinEntertainment Amblin]], before becoming [[spoiler:the Chairwoman and President of Fox Studios]] and later, [[spoiler:her father's successor as Chairman of Disney]].

** Due to the earlier [=#MeToo=] movement causing trouble for [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush his father]] in the 1992 Presidential election, UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, minority owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, is discouraged from entering politics and becomes Commissioner of Baseball, succeeding Fay Vincent. [[spoiler:He will later become a member of the Disney Board of Directors in 2001]].

Most people who know about Creator/JimHenson are aware of the fact that, towards the end of his life, he had made an attempt in the late Eighties to get Creator/{{Disney}} to purchase ''Franchise/TheMuppets''[[note]]barring ''Series/SesameStreet''[[/note]] in order to have more freedom to pursue his own projects. At the same time, he was struggling with projects that either [[Film/TheDarkCrystal underperformed]] or [[Series/TheJimHensonHour flopped outright]], before ultimately dying in 1990 from a disease that he was too busy to properly notice. [[WhatIf But what if he decided to get his foot in the door earlier?]]

In late July 1979, Jim Henson was struggling to get ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' off the ground, with film studios lacking any interest in picking up the [[PlayingAgainstType decidedly un-Kermit-like pitch]]. At the same time, Disney was struggling to remain afloat, with the death of Creator/WaltDisney just over a decade prior effectively making the company a chicken with it's head cut off: flailing around with no clear direction. And had it not been for [[PointOfDivergence a wayward thought crossing Jim's mind while having drinks with his manager]], these paths wouldn't cross for several more years.