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** ''ComicBook/The5Ronin'', which transplanted Wolverine, The Punisher, The Hulk, Psylocke and Deadpool into Tokugawa-era Japan.
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** ''ComicBook/The5Ronin'', ''ComicBook/FiveRonin'', which transplanted Wolverine, The Punisher, The Hulk, Psylocke and Deadpool into Tokugawa-era Japan.
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* ''Fanfic/WitchingHour'': The cast of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' are moved from a TwentyMinutesInTheFuture setting to a Medieval one.
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** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTriStoneArea Tri-Stone Area]]" goes all the way back to OneMillionBC, where all the characters are cavepeople speaking "cave talk" gibberish. What they're saying is easily gleaned, as the StrictlyFormula plot sees Phinabunk and Gerb inventing a wheeled vehicle, Cantok not managing to get them in trouble, and Bunka de Bunkakwan trying to foil Doofengung's plan to cause a mammoth stampede.
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** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTriStoneArea Tri-Stone Area]]" goes all the way back to OneMillionBC, HollywoodPrehistory, where all the characters are cavepeople speaking "cave talk" gibberish. What they're saying is easily gleaned, as the StrictlyFormula plot sees Phinabunk and Gerb inventing a wheeled vehicle, Cantok not managing to get them in trouble, and Bunka de Bunkakwan trying to foil Doofengung's plan to cause a mammoth stampede.
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Compare PeriodPiece and the OutOfGenreExperience {{Episodes}}. Contrast SettingUpdate and ModernAUFic, which puts characters in a contemporary setting. DistantPrequel is another way an established work might want to play with historical tropes.
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-->--'''American Legation of Arendelle''', ''Fanfic/IceOnTheRhine''
A specific type of {{Elseworld}} in which the cast of an established work is transplanted into the writer's [[HistoricalFiction historical setting of choice]]. While writers might use a fantastic premise to explain how they got there (such as TimeTravel or {{Reincarnation}}), other instances just have the characters be born and raised in the new time period.
The appeal of this trope is seeing how established characters react to and are shaped by a drastically different society, and the usage of tropes and figures (HistoricalDomainCharacter and PublicDomainCharacter) specific to the new time period. For example, a diverse cast might [[DeliberateValuesDissonance feel constrained by a more patriarchal and/or racist society]], the central romance now has to unfold amidst strict etiquette and courting rules, the characters resolve a historical conflict using very different methods from the source material's, or a HistoricalDomainCharacter arrives to help wrap up the story.
In addition, certain genres that the writers might like to use, such as TheWestern, are strongly tied to a specific time period.
Note that this is specifically an {{Elseworld}}[=/=]AlternateUniverse -- the characters must not be native to the setting. Works where the characters could plausibly have lived through the time period (e.g. immortals) don't count.
Compare PeriodPiece and the OutOfGenreExperience {{Episodes}}. Contrast SettingUpdate and ModernAUFic, which puts characters in a contemporary setting. DistantPrequel is another way an established work might want to play with historical tropes.
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* The ''Manga/OnePiece'' anime has a series of standalone episodes comprising the ''[[Recap/OnePieceBossLuffyHistoricalArc Boss Luffy Historical Special]]'', which transplants the characters into 19th-century Japan.
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* The Franchise/DCComics characters usually interact in PresentDay, save for the occasional {{Elseworld}}:
** ''ComicBook/BatmanThrillkiller'', published in 1997, imagines Batgirl and Robin as noiry 1960s counterculture crimefighters.
** ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'' turns several prominent female characters into UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era freedom fighters, with some changes made with powersets in mind (e.g. {{Flying Brick}}s Supergirl and Stargirl as former members of the Night Witches) and others with characterization in mind (e.g. Italian-American Zatanna is [[RaceLift Jewish and Roma]] in this version and the Holocaust is part of her backstory).
** ''ComicBook/GothamByGaslight'' sees Batman and his supporting cast as characters in Victorian England, turning the modern noir of a Gotham story into a GaslampFantasy one, tangling with figures of the time like Jack the Ripper, and exploring how Batman can become the Caped Crusader in a setting that doesn't allow for his modern technology.
* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse is broadly set in PresentDay, but occasionally shows alternate versions of the characters in historical settings:
** ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' is set in the tail end of UsefulNotes/ElizabethI's reign, with various Marvel characters reimagined as court figures or involved in the colonization of the New World.
** ''ComicBook/The5Ronin'', which transplanted Wolverine, The Punisher, The Hulk, Psylocke and Deadpool into Tokugawa-era Japan.
* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': Stories are primarily set in the present, with AppliedPhlebotinum time-traveling used to temporarily visit the past. However, some stories reimagine the cast as being from particular time periods:
** "Het Geheim van de Gladiatoren" (''The Secret of the Gladiators''): Suske, Wiske and Lambik are Gauls living in AncientRome.
** "Het Gouden Paard" (''The Golden Horse'') takes place in 16th century South America.
** "De verloren Van Eyck" (''The lost Van Eyck'') is set in early 15th century Europe.
* In ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}: Hearts of Steel'', some of the Transformers wake up on Earth during the [[{{Steampunk}} Industrial Revolution]] rather than in 1984 as they did in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', and took corresponding vehicle modes such as trains, propeller aircraft and warships. Human characters appearing in the comic include John Henry, Creator/MarkTwain, and Creator/JulesVerne.
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* ''Fanfic/ByTheSea'' is a romance between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Commander Cody of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', except reimagining the pair as a shell-shocked UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran and an injured merman, respectively.
* ''Fanfic/CalamityJaneMeetsDoctorIsles'' plucks the characters of ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' from contemporary Boston and places them in TheWildWest. Rather than a cop, the Jane Rizzoli of the fanfic poses as a male outlaw named Jake Wyatt who meets Maura Isles when she moves into town with her fiancé Garrett.
* ''Fanfic/DawnOfTheEnglishRoses'' places the characters of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' into the year [[Main/TheSixties 1965]]. Team SSSN are the universe's equivalent of Music/TheBeatles, with their band being called The Yeatles.
* ''Fanfic/DetectiveLoomesAndThePhantomThief'': The characters of ''Manga/OnePiece'' are transplanted into VictorianLondon, with Luffy being a detective named Sherlock Loomes who has to track down both [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Moriarty]] and a dashing PhantomThief known as Lupin.
* ''Fanfic/DrowningInYourDepths'' is a ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' SlashFic that takes place during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy, where Bill Cipher is a pirate captain and Dipper is a siren.
* ''Fanfic/EverythingInTheWorldWasStandingStill'' places the cast of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' aboard the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, changing everyone's backstories to fit the era. Rather than being the superpowered son of a Crystal Gem, Steven is instead a wealthy heir to his late mother's fortune crossing the Atlantic to a new life in America.
* ''Fanfic/AGreatEndeavor'' takes the characters of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and imagines an alternate world where they lived alongside humans. The story is then set in World War II.
* ''Fanfic/{{Heimatfront}}'' is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fic centered around ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' that takes place in the last days of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''Fanfic/IceOnTheRhine'': While ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' takes place in the 1840s, the characters from the film and from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' are drawn into UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars of the early 1800s.
* ''Fanfic/IWouldMoveMountains'' is an ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' Genji/Zenyatta fic that takes the characters from their canon TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture setting to the 1600s, with the addition of HighFantasy magic.
* ''Fanfic/LostTalesOfFantasia'' combines all Creator/{{Disney}} media and sets its plot against a backdrop of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. In it, many Disney villains have aligned themselves with the Nazis.
* ''Fanfic/MannersAndMisunderstandings'' places the characters of HighFantasy series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' into RegencyEngland. This includes rewriting plot points and deaths to be far more mundane, and {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s getting mapped onto real-world countries.
* ''Fanfic/PetalInTheRain'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic that sets Lily and James's romance during the 1940 [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Battle of Britain]] rather than the canon 1970s. Furthermore, Lily is a muggle attending a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors while James is a wizarding noble.
* ''Fanfic/TheRodSquad'' is basically ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', but ten years earlier, in [[TheSeventies 1979]]. Chip wears a tie that's as wide as a surfboard ([[CostumeExaggeration and he uses it as a surfboard]]), Dale has an afro, and Gadget wears bell-bottoms and platform shoes. Together, they have to face a lot of "HASSLES" and "RIP-OFFS" on their assignment by baseball manager Charles O. Finley to prevent a Disco Demolition Night.
* ''Fanfic/TheSwordsmanAndTheGunslinger'' moves the contemporary cast of ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' into TheWildWest, specifically to the Arizona Territory in 1880.
* ''Fanfic/AnUncommonWitness'' is a ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' fic where the characters are transplanted into TheRoaringTwenties with a FilmNoir-style plot.
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* ''Anime/BatmanNinja'': Batman, his allies, and his RoguesGallery are transported to feudal Japan. The villains have become daimyō, and the Bat-Family learns the ways of the ninja to defeat Gorilla Grodd.
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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' pays tribute to Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/ToCatchAThief'' with [[Recap/BonesS10E10The200thInThe10th its 200th episode]], reimagining the cast in 1950s Hollywood. Here, Brennan battles misogyny as an LAPD detective and Booth is a jewel thief framed for the murder of a rich socialite.
* ''Series/LasVegas'': "Everything Old Is You Again" takes the cast back to 1962 after Danny purchases a souvenir from the Jubilee Hotel, which was located where the Montecito now stands. In this setting, they work for a mob casino, deal with issues of the times, and generate a forward-thinking money-making scheme. As a bonus, the title card is retooled to be 60s-style.
* The ''Series/OneTreeHill'' episode "[[Recap/OneTreeHillS6E11WeThreeMyEchoMyShadowAndMe We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)]]" primarily consists of Lucas's dream after falling asleep while watching ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', which recontextualizes prior plot events in a 1940s FilmNoir setting. In the dream, Lucas is the owner of Karen's Cafe, a glamorous nightclub in Tree Hill City.
* The majority of the ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' episode "Shadow Play" takes place in a [[NoirEpisode 1940s noir setting]], as hallucinated by Spencer after she pops a pill while watching an old film. In it, Toby is a PrivateDetective, Hanna is a switchboard operator, and Mona and Ezra are cooperating against the girls.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has season-long [=AUs=] brought on by Archer's [[AdventuresInComaland coma dreams]]:
** Season 8, ''WesternAnimation/ArcherDreamland'', is a dramedy FilmNoir where Archer is a PrivateDetective in 1947 L.A. investigating the death of his partner Woodhouse.
** Season 9, ''WesternAnimation/ArcherDangerIsland'', takes place on a Pacific island in 1939, as Nazi Germany is poised to march through Europe. Instead of a PI (or a modern-day spy), Archer is a one-eyed cargo plane pilot.
* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': The episode "It's a Wonderful Half Life" is an homage to UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, wherein Cat and Dog both have dreams where they're separate animals. Dog is a happy hobo in TheGreatDepression and Cat is a business tycoon of TheRoaringTwenties.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has transplanted its cast into a variety of settings, sometimes collectively referred to as "Time Shift" episodes.
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTriStoneArea Tri-Stone Area]]" goes all the way back to OneMillionBC, where all the characters are cavepeople speaking "cave talk" gibberish. What they're saying is easily gleaned, as the StrictlyFormula plot sees Phinabunk and Gerb inventing a wheeled vehicle, Cantok not managing to get them in trouble, and Bunka de Bunkakwan trying to foil Doofengung's plan to cause a mammoth stampede.
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbDoofDynasty Doof Dynasty]]" is set in ancient China. Doofus Khan tries to take over the Tri-Province Area in a plan that involves kidnapping Princess Isabella. The gang needs Master Perry's training to defeat him.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS6EP11WestInPieces West in Pieces]]" transplants the characters into the [[TheWildWest American Old West]], where Professor Utonium creates the Steamypuff Girls to deal with the infamous outlaw Mojo the Kid.
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