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* In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', Doctor Strange goes to a universe where variations of a few familiar heroes form the Illuminati. [[spoiler:They include a Maria Rambeau that became Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}} instead of her friend Carol Danvers, the Peggy Carter with Captain America's powers previously seen in ''WesternAnimation/{{What If|2021}}'', and a [[Comicbook/XMen Professor X]] more willing to use his telepathic powers in combat. as well as seeing what Mordo would be like as a Sorcerer Supreme. In this setting, unlike the Avengers the Illuminati were able to create an obedient Ultron army as well as kill Thanos before he could wipe out half the universe. Ironically enough, [[TropeNamer Reed Richards himself]] is the only member of the Illuminati that this trope ''doesn't'' apply to, since as of the film’s release he had no main MCU universe counterpart.]]

* In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', Doctor Strange goes to a universe where variations of a few familiar heroes form the Illuminati. [[spoiler:They include a Maria Rambeau that became Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}} instead of her friend Carol Danvers, the Peggy Carter with Captain America's powers previously seen in ''WesternAnimation/{{What If|2021}}'', and a [[Comicbook/XMen Professor X]] more willing to use his telepathic powers in combat. as well as seeing what Mordo would be like as a Sorcerer Supreme. Ironically enough, [[TropeNamer Reed Richards himself]] is the only member of the Illuminati that this trope ''doesn't'' apply to.]]

Compare VillainWorld, where the bad guy gets his way instead [[note]]Though, ironically, the actual AU versions of Reed Richards tend to be delusional extremists who end up making Villain Worlds anyway.[[/note]].

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' introduces parallel counterparts of historical and mythological characters that are different from their main universe counterparts.
** The Miyamoto Mushashi from the main universe was a renown swordsman that founded the Niten Ichi-ryū school of swordsmanship, winning several battles before dying alone from old age. His alternate, summoned counterpart is a young, energetic lady that escaped the pruning of her own timeline and travels the multiverse to fight powerful opponents and often helps the protagonists.

* In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', Doctor Strange goes to a universe where variations of a few familiar heroes form the Illuminati. [[spoiler:They include a Maria Rambeau that became Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}} instead of her friend Carol Danvers, the Peggy Carter with Captain America's powers previously seen in ''WesternAnimation/{{What If|2021}}'', and a [[Comicbook/XMen Professor X]] more willing to use his telepathic powers in combat.]], as well as seeing what Mordo would be like as a Sorcerer Supreme. Ironically enough, [[TropeNamer Reed Richards himself]] is the only member of the Illuminati that this trope ''doesn't'' apply to.

* In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', Doctor Strange goes to a universe where variations of a few familiar heroes form the Illuminati. [[spoiler:They include a Maria Rambeau that became Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}} instead of her friend Carol Danvers, the Peggy Carter with Captain America's powers previously seen in ''WesternAnimation/{{What If|2021}}'', and a [[Comicbook/XMen Professor X]] more willing to use his telepathic powers in combat.]]

* In ''{{VideoGame/Warcraft III}}'', Aedelas Blackmoore was just a bitter, paranoid man who spent most of his time drinking and the rest being needlessly cruel to the orcs he was charged with overseeing. But ''Literature/ThrallTwilightOfTheAspects'' introduced an incredibly badass version of the character from an alternate timeline who cleaned up his act before the end of the second war, challenged Orgrim Doomhammer to a fight, and won. This earned him the respect of Doomhammer's Orc army, which he then used to ''conquer Lordaeron and crown himself it's new King'' after killing Terenas and banishing Arthas. Oh, and he hunts dragons for fun.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Several of the beta timeline versions of the trolls managed to ascend to godtier, something only Vriska and Aradia [[spoiler:(and maybe Gamzee)]] managed to do in the alpha timeline. One of the most powerless, Karkat, is sincerely disturbed by this fact and the implication that failure is the definition of his existence.

* Twisted in inverted in ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' item [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-1322 SCP-1322]]. Through a stable spacetime anomaly, the Foundation makes contact with another world's civilization that bears some striking similarities with ours (populated by ''Homo Sapiens'', advanced in various science fields, etc). Contact is peaceful and friendly, and soon the two worlds are exchanging technologies and culture freely. That is until the other world's is struck by a viral epidemic, which the Foundation identifies as a harmless flu strain and offers to provide a vaccine... [[spoiler:This vaccine had the (unintended) secondary effect of sterilizing the recipient, and the widespread vaccination campaign has [[DepopulationBomb reduced the other world's global birth rate to almost nothing]]. They're seemingly seeking revenge by sending more and more destructive items through the anomaly ever since.]]
** [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-6001 SCP-6001]] "Avalon", an alternate reality in which the Foundation has formed a benevolent world government by uniting with the various groups of interest and developing ways to utilize anomalies in ways that benefit everyone - including the anomalies themselves. The overall standard of life has skyrocketed across the world, disease has been all but eradicated, magic and advanced technology are commonplace, and, most surprising of all, there is no hidden catch. It is truly a {{Utopia}}.

** [[spoiler: Miyu's brother]], another Emiya Shirou, plays it straight by being a lot closer to his original portrayal than Illya's brother, even managing to do what no other Fate character has done, win the Holy Grail and make an unambiguously successful wish upon it that not only gives him exactly what he wanted with no drawbacks, but also led to the heroes coming to his world, giving it hope to survive.

Compare VillainWorld, where the bad guy gets his way instead [[note]]Though, ironically, the actual Alternate Universe Reed Richard's tend to be delusional extremists who end p making Villain World's anyway.[[/note]].

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Compare VillainWorld, where the bad guy gets his way instead.

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* In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', Doctor Strange goes to a universe where variations of a few familiar heroes form the Illuminati. [[spoiler:They include a Maria Rambeau that became Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}} instead of her friend Carol Danvers, the Peggy Carter with Captain America's powers previously seen in ''Westernanimation/WhatIf'', and a [[Comicbook/XMen Professor X]] more willing to use his telepathic powers in combat.]]

* ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' inverts this with its version of Emiya Shirou, who, in contrast to his usual portrayal as TheHero [[spoiler: and as his FutureBadass self Archer]], has been raised normally without any knowledge of the supernatural and thus never learns the magecraft and combat abilities he learned in the original ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. [[spoiler: Miyu's brother, another Emiya Shirou, plays it straight by being a lot closer to his original portrayal than Illya's brother, even managing to do what no other Fate character has done, win the Holy Grail and make an unambiguously successful wish upon it that not only gives him exactly what he wanted with no drawbacks, but also led to the heroes coming to his world, giving it hope to survive.]]

* ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' inverts this with it's version of Emiya Shirou, who, in contrast to his usual portrayal as TheHero [[spoiler: and as his FutureBadass self Archer]], has been raised normally without any knowledge of the supernatural and thus never learns the magecraft and combat abilties he learned in the original ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. [[spoiler: Miyu's brother, another Emiya Shirou, plays it straight by being a lot closer to his original portrayal than Illya's brother, even managing to do what no other Fate character has done, win the Holy Grail and make an unambiguously successful wish upon it that not only gives him exactly what he wanted with no drawbacks, but also led to the heroes coming to his world, giving it hope to survive.]]

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* In ''Fanfic/TheDarkSideOfTheMirrorVerse'', this is shown with several of the villains if they'd been heroic. While some were shown in the Reflections Arc the fic draws from (such as Discord being a superhero named Captain Good Guy, Queen Chrysalis being a benevolent [[TheHighQueen High Queen]], and Trixie being an ''Alicorn Princess''), several others are shown:
** Instead of a horrible evil sealed in Tartarus, Tirek is a benevolent and just ruler known as King Tirek the Selfless whose people are using his ManaDrain spell to transfuse mana from their land to Equestria to help it recover from the evil Princesses' rampage.
** Mirror Gilda is the Captain of the Royal Guard.
** Mirror Starlight Glimmer is not only a very well respected BadassTeacher, but ''much'' stronger than her canon counterpart. According to WordOfGod the reason for this is that prime Starlight never learned more about her Special Talent than she needed for her plans, while Mirror Starlight actively cultivated her power and seeks to aid others in doing the same. So being possibly the most straight example, the only difference is Mirror!Starlight reached her true potential.
** The Sports Trio are intelligent tacticians at sports rather than the {{Dumb Jock}}s they are in the main universe.
** The Flim Flam Brothers are the high justices in the entire kingdom.
* In ''Fanfic/CrystalGemAcademy'', Gemtech can apparently be purchased by humans, though it is very expensive.
* [[SelfInsertFic Paul]] of ''FanFic/WithThisRing'' plans to invoke the trope by using his powers and convincing other people (both heroes and villains) to help improving and advancing Earth. For example he single-handedly cleaned up the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch Great Pacific rubbish patch]] and clearing Earth's orbit of space debris.
** He is also working on a plan to re-ice the poles using appropriated ice villain's tech.
* ''Fanfic/TheLandOfWhatMightHaveBeen'' features almost the entire cast of ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' being vastly more important in the parallel universe visited:
** Nessa has gone from the miserable acting governor of Munchkinland to [[spoiler:the Mistress of Mirrors, an internationally-famous KnowledgeBroker with the power to manipulate reflections and shadows]].
** Boq, once Nessa's put-upon assistant and all-round ButtMonkey, is now [[spoiler:Dr Kiln, the personal physician to the Great Mentor herself, and one of the most skilled mage-surgeons in the Deviant Nations]].
** Played very darkly in the case of alternate Elphaba: having been captured and [[MagicPlasticSurgery surgically "reformed"]] not long after she first rebelled against the Wizard, she went from a fugitive revolutionary to a media darling and a political powerhouse... and following a coup, the newest ruler of Oz. [[spoiler:Decades on, she's now the Empress of Unbridled Radiance, the most powerful witch in existence, and the BigBad of the setting.]]
** Glinda gave up on being a drippy socialite a very long time ago, and is now [[spoiler:the Great Mentor, the HandicappedBadass RebelLeader of the Deviant Nations opposing Unbridled Radiance's expansion]].
** The alternate Brr is [[spoiler:the First of the Shapeless, leader of the Amorphous League of shapeshifters who have been active and on the run for the past forty years]].
** In Chapter 74, [[spoiler:Elphaba manages to be superior to Alphaba when she discovers Alphaba's children, who have been locked away since a Deviant 'weapon' activated some of the green genes they inherited from Alphaba, for the simple reason that Elphaba is willing to spend time with them where Alphaba always said that she had other things to do]].
* In "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24150121/chapters/58152343 Worlds Collide]]", when [[Series/Supergirl2015 Kara and Alex Danvers]] find themselves on [[Film/SupermanII a parallel world]] during Zod's assault on Earth, Alex often expresses incredulity at just how stupid the Lex Luthor of this world is compared to the Luthor of her world, as the 'local' Luthor genuinely thinks he can negotiate a fair deal with Zod to give him some form of power and made relatively stupid demands anyway.
* In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheAlienReality'', when Voldemort banishes Harry to a world without magic (specifically the Franchise/StargateVerse), Harry learns that in this reality his parents were spies for [=MI6=]. While the rest of the alternate Marauders are dead by the time Harry comes to this world, Sirius's counterpart has risen to a senior position in [=MI6=], to the extent that he is appointed to serve as the British Government’s representative in Stargate Command, in a position of authority just under General Hammond but equal to Jack O’Neill.
* In the ''Film/{{Maleficent}}''/''Film/{{Descendants}}'' crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13414681/1/Maleficent-and-Descendants-A-mother-s-love A mother's love]]'', Fae Maleficent is obviously more powerful than her Auradon counterpart, as she can perform various feats of magic where Auradon Maleficent needed a wand. On an emotional level, Mal in particular prefers Fae Maleficent and Diaval to her mother and Diablo, explicitly telling Diaval that he's far cooler than Diablo and swiftly coming to see Fae Maleficent as her mother for the simple reason that this Maleficent truly cares about her.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'';
** In spin-off fic ''Counterpart Conferences'', Mal and Evie of ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' express a wish that their mothers were more like Maleficent (''Film/{{Maleficent}}'') and Regina (''Series/OnceUponATime'') after meeting them.
** Invoked in a positive and negative extent in ''Brothers of Thunder'', as the Thor of Earth-8096 is impressed that Earth-199999 Jane is able to wield Mjolnir, while Thor and Jane are shocked that the Enchantress of Earth-8096 is genuinely scary.
* In the WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon fanfic ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' a few characters invent many things centuries before they were invented in RealLife.
** Hiccup:
*** He invents ball bearings in 1040, seven hundred and fifty-four years before they were invented in real life.
*** He invents the rolling mill in 1041, five hundred or so years before they were invented in real life.
*** He invents impression-die drop forging in 1041, about nine hundred years ahead of "schedule".
*** He invents the wheelbarrow some time in the 1040s, either one hundred or two hundred years before it was invented in real life.[[note]]The exact date that the wheelbarrow was invented is unknown, believed to have been between 1170 or 1250.[[/note]]
*** He invents the spinning wheel in 1042, around two hundred years before they made it to Europe in real life.[[note]]The spinning wheel was invented in 1030 but didn't make it to Europe until the 1200's[[/note]]
*** He invents the pantograph in 1042, five hundred and sixty-one years before it was invented in real life.
*** He invents the elevator some time in the 1040s, over eight hundred and ten years before it was invented in real life.
*** He invents plaster casts in 1042, eight hundred and ten years before they were invented in real life.
** Gobber:
*** He accidentally discovers a way to cheaply mass produce steel, eight hundred and fourteen years before it was in real life.
** Fishlegs:
*** He invents the greenhouse in 1043, three hundred and ninety-five years before they were invented in real life.
* ''Fanfic/OneStepBackwardsAndThreeForwards'': After ending up with the Butterfly Miraculous in the [[RealityWarper new reality]] created by [[TheBadGuyWins Hawkmoth and his minions Wishing]] on the combined Ladybug and Black Cat, Marinette/Dame Papillion sets out to empower the citizens of Paris rather than terrorizing them. Part of this includes regularly turning various hospital staff members into her Champions, with whomever she's magically empowering using their newfound abilities to help as many patients as possible.
** Notably, there ''is'' an ulterior motive behind this: Hawkmoth still has the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculi, potentially granting the villains access to [[ResetButton Miraculous Cure]]. However, using it against her would also undo all of the good performed by her Champions in the affected time period. This places the villains in a [[MortonsFork no-win situation]]: either enrage the citizens of Paris with the damage they inflict with their attempts to conquer the heroes, or use the Miraculous Cure and court outrage over their heartless assault on all those patients.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E17Superstar Superstar]]" where a [[SpearCarrier B-list nerd character]] was suddenly propelled to the show's main hero, even [[SpecialEditionTitle dominating the opening credits sequence]]. According to Xander, Jonathan is a polymath scientist/athlete/singer/military commander who was responsible for killing the show's BigBad, had the lead role in ''Film/TheMatrix'', and led an Olympic sports team to victory. The episode is plastered with Jonathan-related [[TheMerch merch]] (with Giles secretly owning the [[EvenTheGuysWantHim swimsuit calendar]]). [[spoiler:Turns out Jonathan cast a spell to alter the whole town's memories.]]
* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS03E11Birthday Birthday]]", Cordelia is no longer a talentless, out-of-work actress, but the star of her own hit sitcom ''Cordy!'' The Hyperion Hotel also gets a face lift in this story: rather than an abandoned wreck, it's glamorous and still in use.
* On ''Series/LoisAndClark'', Lois was taken to an alternate timeline where Clark married the priggish Lana Lang, thus being forbidden to save anyone. While life in the [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica alt-U.S.]] is pretty lousy, Jimmy Olsen is now publisher of the Daily Planet, and Perry White is a Mayoral candidate.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', has a number of alternate universes, all radically different from the main one.
** ''Lexmas'': To put it simply, ComicBook/LexLuthor is the ultimate NiceGuy.
** ''Pandora'': Chloe Sullivan is the head of LaResistance, a MemeticBadass who killed Tess with an offhand shot. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking She is also rude]] and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness distrustful towards Clark.]]
** ''Luthor'': Clark [[EvilCounterpart Luthor]], a.k.a. Ultraman, kills anyone who sees his face and reinforces the Luthors' reign of terror.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s mirror universe is generally populated by complete boobs, especially the evil versions of the heroes, who aren't markedly smarter or more successful than their counterparts. Even Garak, who is still a high-ranking spy in this reality, is reduced to the universe's [[TheChewToy chew toy]] (even being kept on a chain leash by Regent Worf!) However, special mention goes to Intendent Kira on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', who not only runs an entire planet, but gives orders to the Klingons and Cardassians as well.
** There's also the mentioned Regent Worf, who runs not just an entire planet, but an entire ''Empire''. [[spoiler:Until he gets captured and becomes a prisoner of the Terran Rebellion, at that point lead by another example -- O'Brien, who has risen to lead the Rebellion in the wake of Sisko's death]].
** Hoshi Sato: in the normal universe the linguist and communications officer of the [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise NX-01]]. In the Mirror Universe: seductive FemmeFatale, and ultimately [[spoiler:Empress of the Terran Empire!]]
** Inverted with Archer, whose EvilCounterpart reads the historical 23rd century notes on his Prime universe double double (from the time-shifted USS ''Defiant'', the one from ''TOS'') and scoffs at a mere diplomat being regarded as a great man, who was instrumental in founding the Federation. In his mind, only conquerors are great men.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' gives a classic example with Walternate, who is the alternate universe's Secretary of Defense, inventor of many of the alternate universe's incredibly advanced technologies and one of the most highly-respected scientists on the planet. Compare with the prime universe Walter, who is a literal MadScientist, spends most of his time cloistered in his lab or seeking out snack foods and doesn't do much beyond help Fringe Division solve cases.
* Inverted in an episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', where a civilian contractor Samantha Carter from a world being invaded by the Goa'uld feels this way about "our" Major Carter. In another episode, Sam accidentally ends up in yet another parallel world, where her double's ex-husband Rodney [=McKay=] is a tech billionaire (although, at the end of the episode, he's strong-armed by the government into taking over his ex-wife's research).
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Arnold Rimmer is a small-minded, egotistic, controlling, anal-retentive {{Jerkass}} who's disliked by everyone around him and terrible at his job. However, it's revealed that in a parallel universe where he suffered a BreakTheHaughty moment early on, he managed to turn things around and become "Ace" Rimmer, daredevil test pilot and ComicallyInvincibleHero who fights Nazis, but remains a HumbleHero throughout it all.
** Also Lister's counterpart in Ace's universe is a successful flight engineer who is married to Kochanski with two kids.
** The episode "Skipper" shows Rimmer visiting a universe where the crew of the ''Red Dwarf'' are still alive (himself included) and he's finally achieved the promotion of his dreams. [[spoiler:Lister also happens to be the new captain of the ship and extremely wealthy, and the thought of Lister being more successful than him drives Rimmer to skip out of this universe]].
* Played with in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', when an AlternateUniverse Rodney [=McKay=] ("Rod") who is friendly and personable, yet every bit as intelligent as the local Rodney [=McKay=] comes over, and Rodney starts feeling majorly inadequate. Sheppard gets a bit of this too, since Rod says that ''his'' counterpart is a member of Mensa (though he's also apparently a smug {{Jerkass}}), although, to be fair, this Sheppard is just as smart (he mentioned to have taken and passed the Mensa test). However, Rod later reveals that he's actually the one who is jealous of local Rodney: he puts up a front all the time in order to be liked, but this universe's Rodney speaks his mind yet still has genuine friends who like him in spite of his faults.
* In the revived ''Series/DoctorWho'', Rose's dad Pete, was known for his attempts at half-baked get-rich-quick schemes in her native timeline before he ended up passing on. However, in an alternate timeline, we find out that had he survived, he would've become ''very rich and successful'' showing that Pete was smarter than he appeared. While she does not exist in that timeline, he [[WeNamedTheMonkeyJack named their dog "Rose"]]). Furthermore, it doesn't take long for him to somewhat adopt her as the daughter he never had the chance to had.
** Additionally, in "Pete’s World" (as the Doctor takes to calling it) Rose’s ButtMonkey boyfriend Mickey is the leader of an anti-Cyberman resistance, and he goes by "Ricky". [[spoiler:After Ricky is killed, Micky ends up taking his place in Pete’s World as the leader, finishing off his TookALevelInBadass arc]]
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Season 3 features characters from an alternate future where a formula can give superpowers to anyone who wants them. But future Peter claims that superpowered people end up destroying the world so this future has to be prevented.
* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': One episode has the public finding out that superpowered people exist. The most famous one is a girl called Daisy who can heal anything. After [[MakesSenseInContext a guy who can control milk starts killing everybody]], Curtis rewinds time back to the start of the episode. Daisy is never mentioned again and we don't know if the public knows about superhumans.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'', in the Flashpoint timeline, Cisco Ramon is a tech billionaire, who owns Ramon Labs (formerly S.T.A.R. Labs) and takes his private helicopter to work every day.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', as strange as it seems, Eobard Thawne gets this treatment in "Doomworld", where he is hailed as a savior of the world's ecology (including the polar bears and the ice caps). To be fair, he ''is'' smart enough to do all that, but he's usually obsessed with either fighting the Flash or trying to avoid being killed by the Black Flash in order to use his genius for the good of all.
* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'': "Stranger in a Strange World" deals with a mirror universe. Hercules' counterpart, the Sovereign, rules the world with an iron fist. Aphrodite, normally a spoiled ValleyGirl, is Queen of the Gods. Joxer, normally a bumbling NonActionGuy, is a tough RebelLeader against the Sovereign.
* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': "When Fates Collide" is where UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar manages to escape the Underworld and change history so he was never assassinated. Among the changes is that Xena is his wife and Empress of Rome, Gabrielle is an award-winning writer whose works are turned into plays, and Joxer is a tough and disciplined Roman soldier.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Close to everyone in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''. Alt!Doof has taken over the Tri-state Area. Alt!Candace is the leader of the resistance against him, and the Fireside Girls and Baljeet are members.
** On the other hand, Alt!Phineas and Alt!Ferb are closer to the brainwashed versions from "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted" [[spoiler:due to Alt!Candace being overly protective of them. They eventually show the same seeds of coolness as their main universe counterparts]].
* Doofus Rick from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is often picked on by other Ricks because he's more naïve and slower on the uptake, but he is also far nicer and easy to get along with than the otherwise cynical Ricks. While most Ricks would never bother to invent anything that might help their fellow man because ItsAllAboutMe, Doofus Rick happily invents non-oven brownies for Jerry because he wanted to be nice, and, according to the comic, has cured cancer in his home universe.
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': "Two Good to be True" features an alternate universe where Knuckles is the leader of the team and very wise and well-spoken. Dave the Intern is a member of the team instead of a supervillain wannabe and is apparently a genius.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': After a villain with a portal in his stomach falls on top of him, Rusty Venture finds in an alternate universe a richer, more successful, more well-adjusted and less bald version of himself (offscreen). Apparently, he immediately tried to kill his other self with a rock to take over his life, but alt!Rusty catches him and drags him back home. The whole thing is played as a gag.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': "Li'l Johnny" featured Johnny and Dukey getting a ShrinkRay and shrinking themselves beyond the subatomic level, ending up in a miniature alternate universe. Alt!Johnny is popular and dating Sissy while Alt!Dukey is Mayor of Porkbelly.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' focuses on alternate versions of Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse characters, some of whom are far more powerful or stronger than their main timeline counterparts.
** Peggy Carter became a British super-soldier that took down HYDRA during World War II and saved Bucky Barnes from falling and losing his arm. She also stopped [[spoiler:a giant Kraken from destroying the Earth and would reemerge in the present day to join the Avengers Initiative]].
** The most ridiculous example would have to be T'Challa as Star-Lord. Not only did he outshine his Sacred Timeline self and Peter as Star-Lord in every way possible, but he has also saved countless planets, including Drax's which means his family is still alive, and has become a well known and respected Robin Hood type hero throughout the galaxy by 2008. [[spoiler:He even convinced ''Thanos'' to do a HeelFaceTurn]].
** In the same episode with T'Challa, [[spoiler:due to Thanos turning good the Collector takes his place as the BigBad of the MCU and is implied to have killed, Captain America, Thor and Hela. {{Downplayed|Trope}} however as he was defeated far more easily than Thanos was in the Sacred Timeline by T'Challa.]]
** [[spoiler:A rare example where a character became more awesome by going through a FaceHeelTurn with Hank Pym, who, out of vengeance for the death of Hope during a SHIELD mission, kills all the founding members of the Avengers but Captain America.]]
** In "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?", [[spoiler:Strange Supreme is incredibly powerful after centuries of absorbing the power of [[EldritchAbomination creatures from other dimensions]] (to the point he can actually perceive Uatu as he watches events unfold and defeat his good variant created by the Ancient One) but all he accomplishes in his quest to bring back his girlfriend Christine is the complete destruction of his universe. Essentially he's what Strange would have become if he allowed his arrogance and fear of failure rule his actions.]]
** In "What If... Ultron Won?", a scene of Steve Rogers apparently being sworn in as President of the United States plays on a jumbo screen in one of the alternate timelines seen in Ultron's battle with Uatu.
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** The Miyamoto Mushashi from the main universe was a renown swordsman that founded the Niten Ichi-ryū school of swordsmanship, winning several battles before dying alone from old age. His alternate, summoned counterpart is a young, energetic lady that escaped the pruning of her own timeline and travels the multiverse to fight powerful opponents.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E17Superstar Superstar]]" where a [[SpearCarrier B-list nerd character]] was suddenly propelled to the show's main hero, even [[SpecialEditionTitle dominating the opening credits sequence]].
** According to Xander, Jonathan is a polymath scientist/athlete/singer/military commander who was responsible for killing the show's BigBad, had the lead role in ''Film/TheMatrix'', and led an Olympic sports team to victory. The episode is plastered with Jonathan-related [[TheMerch merch]] (with Giles secretly owning the [[EvenTheGuysWantHim swimsuit calender]]).
** In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS03E11Birthday Birthday]]", Cordelia is no longer a talentless, out-of-work actress, but the star of her own hit sitcom ''Cordy!'' The Hyperion Hotel also gets a face lift in this story: rather than an abandoned wreck, it's glamorous and still in use.

* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', Zachary Hale Comstock spearheaded the campaign that lead to the creation of ''Columbia'', a floating city that was meant to serve as a symbol of American ideals and values. Unfortunately under his leadership, he quickly turned it into a nightmarish, theocratic dictatorship. [[spoiler:It's later revealed he's the alternate universe counterpart of Booker [=DeWitt=].]]

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''[[caption-width-right:390:I happen to have more hair, more money, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and has a hit play on Broadway!]]]]''

''[[caption-width-right:390:Doctor Thaddeus Venture. Travels through dimensions, is filthy rich, has a full head of hair, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and has a hit play on Broadway!]]]]''

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