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* ''Fanfic/StrangeTimesAreUponUs'' has Brokosh and the crew of the IKS ''[=HoSbatlh=]'' accidentally cause the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859 solar storm of 1859]] after they accidentally TimeTravel and have to cause a solar flare to destroy a Breen warship that was dragged along with them.
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* ''Fanfic/StrangeTimesAreUponUs'' has Brokosh and the crew of the IKS ''[=HoSbatlh=]'' accidentally cause the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859 solar storm of 1859]] after they accidentally TimeTravel from 2410 and have to cause trigger a solar flare to destroy a Breen warship that was dragged along with them.
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* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' does this with the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. In real life, Okubo was assassinated by a group of samurai unhappy with his rapid modernization/westernization and abolition of the privileges the samurai had enjoyed. In the story, SocialDarwinist Shishio has [[TheDragon his dragon]] assassinate Okubo as a step to weaken Japan and make it easy for Shishio to take over the country, and the samurai find Okubo's body afterward and claim credit for the deed.
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* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' does this with the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. In real life, Okubo was assassinated by a group of samurai unhappy with his rapid modernization/westernization and abolition of the privileges the samurai had enjoyed. In the story, SocialDarwinist Shishio has [[TheDragon his dragon]] assassinate Okubo as a step to weaken Japan and make it easy for Shishio to take over the country, and the samurai find Okubo's body afterward and claim credit for the deed.
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* ''Fanfic/StrangeTimesAreUponUs'' has Brokosh and the crew of the IKS ''[=HoSbatlh=]'' accidentally cause the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859 solar storm of 1859]] after they accidentally TimeTravel and have to cause a solar flare to destroy a Breen warship that was dragged along with them.
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* ''Fanfic/StrangeTimesAreUponUs'' has Brokosh and the crew of the IKS ''[=HoSbatlh=]'' accidentally cause the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859 solar storm of 1859]] after they accidentally TimeTravel and have to cause a solar flare to destroy a Breen warship that was dragged along with them.
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Ebenezar [=McCoy=] has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Ebenezar [=McCoy=] [=McCoy=], Harry's mentor [[spoiler:and grandfather]] and one of the most powerful wizards in the world, has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
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* ''{{Animorphs}}'': Towards the end of the Cretaceous, two alien species were warring with each other for control of Earth: the antlike Nesk and crablike Mercora. The Animorphs side with the Mercora and drive the Nesk off-planet, but as a parting gesture the Nesk redirect a passing comet onto the Earth. The Animorphs had stolen a nuke with which to return to their own time, but willingly give it up to the Mercora to destroy the comet. [[spoiler:Or that was the plan: Tobias, who knew full well ''what'' [[TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed the comet meant]], had Ax disarm the nuke in order to ensure the complete eradication of the Mercora, the slow death of the dinosaurs, and the subsequent rise of mammals and later humans.]] The Mercora's only legacy would be that they introduced broccoli to Earth.
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* ''{{Animorphs}}'': ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Towards the end of the Cretaceous, two alien species were warring with each other for control of Earth: the antlike Nesk and crablike Mercora. The Animorphs side with the Mercora and drive the Nesk off-planet, but as a parting gesture the Nesk redirect a passing comet onto the Earth. The Animorphs had stolen a nuke with which to return to their own time, but willingly give it up to the Mercora to destroy the comet. [[spoiler:Or that was the plan: Tobias, who knew full well ''what'' [[TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed the comet meant]], had Ax disarm the nuke in order to ensure the complete eradication of the Mercora, the slow death of the dinosaurs, and the subsequent rise of mammals and later humans.]] The Mercora's only legacy would be that they introduced broccoli to Earth.
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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':In the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series, nearly every major event in human history, from wars to assassinations to the rise of capitalism, was engineered or affected by the SecretWar between Templars and Assassins.
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant Impact]] (also known as "First Impact" in-universe) is stated to have been the result of [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} Lilith]]'s starfaring vessel, the Black Moon, crashing into primordial Earth about 4 billion years ago, with said vessel's rocky exterior separating from the vessel and coalescing into the Moon; as for the real-life explanation, it's a cover-up story by [[AncientConspiracy Seele]] in-universe.
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* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Ebenezer [=McCoy=] has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
* In ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' book ''The Never War'', the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board.
* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' novel, it's revealed that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was basically a case of the children of Zeus and Poseidon (part of the Allies) fighting against the children of Hades (part of the Axis). This was actually the reason that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades agreed not to have any more children, as they were too powerful. Zeus and Poseidon violated their agreement, however.
** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' reveals that the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War were caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. During the former, the Romans sided with the British, and the Greeks sided with the Americans. During the latter, most Romans sided with the South, and most Greeks sided with the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
* ''Serpent'' (part of the Kurt Austin Adventures) opens with the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria''. In this version, the sinking was deliberate on the part of the Stockholm's helmsman. It isn't explained why until later.
* ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones'' has several catastrophes as being the result of a [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] managing to complete a [[{{Hellgate}} Demongate]]. The Great Fire of London and the 1692 Jamaican Earthquake were both the result of Demongates opening while being opposed. The 1257 Mount Rinjani explosion was the last Demongate to open unopposed, and while it was later sealed by HeroicSacrifice it still released enough curses to cause the catastrophes that occurred in the next few centuries, including the Black Death.
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Ebenezer [=McCoy=] has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
* In ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' book ''The Never War'', the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board.
* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' novel, it's revealed that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was basically a case of the children of Zeus and Poseidon (part of the Allies) fighting against the children of Hades (part of the Axis). This was actually the reason that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades agreed not to have any more children, as they were too powerful. Zeus and Poseidon violated their agreement, however.
** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' reveals that the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War were caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. During the former, the Romans sided with the British, and the Greeks sided with the Americans. During the latter, most Romans sided with the South, and most Greeks sided with the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
* ''Serpent'' (part of the Kurt Austin Adventures) opens with the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria''. In this version, the sinking was deliberate on the part of the Stockholm's helmsman. It isn't explained why until later.
* ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones'' has several catastrophes as being the result of a [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] managing to complete a [[{{Hellgate}} Demongate]]. The Great Fire of London and the 1692 Jamaican Earthquake were both the result of Demongates opening while being opposed. The 1257 Mount Rinjani explosion was the last Demongate to open unopposed, and while it was later sealed by HeroicSacrifice it still released enough curses to cause the catastrophes that occurred in the next few centuries, including the Black Death.
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* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Ebenezer [=McCoy=] has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
* In ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' book ''The Never War'', the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board.
* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' novel, it's revealed that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was basically a case of the children of Zeus and Poseidon (part of the Allies) fighting against the children of Hades (part of the Axis). This was actually the reason that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades agreed not to have any more children, as they were too powerful. Zeus and Poseidon violated their agreement, however.
** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' reveals that the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War were caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. During the former, the Romans sided with the British, and the Greeks sided with the Americans. During the latter, most Romans sided with the South, and most Greeks sided with the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
* ''Serpent'' (part of the Kurt Austin Adventures) opens with the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria''. In this version, the sinking was deliberate on the part of the Stockholm's helmsman. It isn't explained why until later.
* ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones'' has several catastrophes as being the result of a [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] managing to complete a [[{{Hellgate}} Demongate]]. The Great Fire of London and the 1692 Jamaican Earthquake were both the result of Demongates opening while being opposed. The 1257 Mount Rinjani explosion was the last Demongate to open unopposed, and while it was later sealed by HeroicSacrifice it still released enough curses to cause the catastrophes that occurred in the next few centuries, including the Black Death.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Ebenezar [=McCoy=] has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
* ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones'' has several catastrophes as being the result of a [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] managing to complete a [[{{Hellgate}} Demongate]]. The Great Fire of London and the 1692 Jamaican Earthquake were both the result of Demongates opening while being opposed. The 1257 Mount Rinjani explosion was the last Demongate to open unopposed, and while it was later sealed by HeroicSacrifice it still released enough curses to cause the catastrophes that occurred in the next few centuries, including the Black Death.
* ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'': In ''The Never War'', the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board.
* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' novel, it's revealed that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was basically a case of the children of Zeus and Poseidon (part of the Allies) fighting against the children of Hades (part of the Axis). This was actually the reason that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades agreed not to have any more children, as they were too powerful. Zeus and Poseidon violated their agreement, however.
** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' reveals that the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War were caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. During the former, the Romans sided with the British, and the Greeks sided with the Americans. During the latter, most Romans sided with the South, and most Greeks sided with the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
* ''Serpent'' (part of the Kurt Austin Adventures) opens with the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria''. In this version, the sinking was deliberate on the part of the Stockholm's helmsman. It isn't explained why until later.
* ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones'' has several catastrophes as being the result of a [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] managing to complete a [[{{Hellgate}} Demongate]]. The Great Fire of London and the 1692 Jamaican Earthquake were both the result of Demongates opening while being opposed. The 1257 Mount Rinjani explosion was the last Demongate to open unopposed, and while it was later sealed by HeroicSacrifice it still released enough curses to cause the catastrophes that occurred in the next few centuries, including the Black Death.
* ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'': In ''The Never War'', the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board.
* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' novel, it's revealed that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was basically a case of the children of Zeus and Poseidon (part of the Allies) fighting against the children of Hades (part of the Axis). This was actually the reason that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades agreed not to have any more children, as they were too powerful. Zeus and Poseidon violated their agreement, however.
** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' reveals that the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War were caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. During the former, the Romans sided with the British, and the Greeks sided with the Americans. During the latter, most Romans sided with the South, and most Greeks sided with the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
* ''Serpent'' (part of the Kurt Austin Adventures) opens with the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria''. In this version, the sinking was deliberate on the part of the Stockholm's helmsman. It isn't explained why until later.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is full of scenes in all its history when the Doctor, as well some of his many companions, inspired or accidentally provoked various facts in history. A good example is the First Doctor in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]'' who accidentally inspires Nero [[WhileRomeBurns to burn Rome]].
** A short list includes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the inclusion of the word Sycorax in a Shakespearean play]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the KT Boundary event that killed the dinosaurs (poor Adric)]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor at least two of Van Gogh's paintings]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp the brief disappearance]] of Creator/AgathaChristie, and, at least according to The Doctor,[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree the creation of Yorkshire Pudding]]. [[AvertedTrope He was not]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood however]],[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven.]]
** A short list includes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the inclusion of the word Sycorax in a Shakespearean play]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the KT Boundary event that killed the dinosaurs (poor Adric)]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor at least two of Van Gogh's paintings]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp the brief disappearance]] of Creator/AgathaChristie, and, at least according to The Doctor,[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree the creation of Yorkshire Pudding]]. [[AvertedTrope He was not]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood however]],[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven.]]
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is full of scenes in all its history when the Doctor, as well some of his many companions, inspired or accidentally provoked various facts in history. A good example is the First Doctor in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans "The Romans"]], who accidentally inspires Nero [[WhileRomeBurns to burn Rome]].
** A short list includes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the inclusion of the word Sycorax in a Shakespearean play]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the KT Boundary event that killed the dinosaurs (poor Adric)]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor at least two of Van Gogh's paintings]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp the brief disappearance]] of Creator/AgathaChristie, and, at least according toThe Doctor,[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree the Doctor, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree the creation of Yorkshire Pudding]]. [[AvertedTrope He was not]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood however]],[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy however]], [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven.]]
** A short list includes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the inclusion of the word Sycorax in a Shakespearean play]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the KT Boundary event that killed the dinosaurs (poor Adric)]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor at least two of Van Gogh's paintings]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp the brief disappearance]] of Creator/AgathaChristie, and, at least according to
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* ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'': The 1666 Great Fire of London was caused when vampire knight Sir William Marshall fought against a witch responsible for TheBlackDeath in the city the year before (in reality, [[spoiler:she was a [[ApocalypseMaiden Disaster]], another of the [[BigBad Red Queen's]] minions]]. The battle lasted for hours to a stalemate, so Marshall was forced to trap her under St. Paul's Cathedral and set it on fire to [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure make sure she was dead]].
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* ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'': The 1666 Great Fire of London was caused when vampire knight Sir William Marshall fought against a witch responsible for TheBlackDeath in the city the year before (in reality, [[spoiler:she was a [[ApocalypseMaiden Disaster]], another of the [[BigBad Red Queen's]] minions]]. The battle lasted for hours to a stalemate, so Marshall was forced to trap her under St. Paul's Cathedral and set it on fire to [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure make sure she was dead]].
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** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' indicates that the Civil War was caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. Most Romans were on the side of the South, and most Greeks on the side of the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
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** ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' indicates reveals that the American Revolutionary War and American Civil War was were caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. Most During the former, the Romans were on sided with the side of British, and the Greeks sided with the Americans. During the latter, most Romans sided with the South, and most Greeks on the side of sided with the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
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** A short list includes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the inclusion of the word Sycorax in a Shakespearean play]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the KT Boundary event that killed the dinosaurs (poor Adric)]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor at least two of Van Gogh's paintings]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp the brief disappearance]] of AgathaChristie, and, at least according to The Doctor,[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree the creation of Yorkshire Pudding]]. [[AvertedTrope He was not]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood however]],[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven.]]
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** A short list includes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the inclusion of the word Sycorax in a Shakespearean play]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the KT Boundary event that killed the dinosaurs (poor Adric)]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor at least two of Van Gogh's paintings]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp the brief disappearance]] of AgathaChristie, Creator/AgathaChristie, and, at least according to The Doctor,[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree the creation of Yorkshire Pudding]]. [[AvertedTrope He was not]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood however]],[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven.]]
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A supertrope to TheTunguskaEvent, PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs, WhoShotJFK, AlternateLandmarkHistory and HistoricalRapSheet (when an InUniverse BigBad is mentioned to have caused, or at least been part of, some historical atrocity or disaster).
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* Literature/CliveCussler is fond of this in his various books.
** "Serpent" imagines that the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria'' was deliberate on part of a secret brotherhood out to keep the ship from delivering a treasure that would show someone besides Columbus discovered America first.
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** "Serpent" imagines that the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria'' was deliberate on part of a secret brotherhood out to keep the ship from delivering a treasure that would show someone besides Columbus discovered America first.
** "Serpent" imagines that the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria'' was deliberate on part of a secret brotherhood out to keep the ship from delivering a treasure that would show someone besides Columbus discovered America first.
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* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', one saint on Venus attributes the creation of Florence to the Devil.
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* In sci-fi/horror novel ''Literature/{{DARLAH}}'', the [=NASA=] lunar missions were discontinued not because of dwindling funding and public interest, as in real life, but because of dangerous and possibly supernatural happenings on the Moon.
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** A later book indicates that the Civil War was caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. Most Romans were on the side of the South, and most Greeks on the side of the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
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** A later book ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' indicates that the Civil War was caused by Roman and Greek Demigods fighting for supremacy. Most Romans were on the side of the South, and most Greeks on the side of the Union, but not all in either case, in line with that war being "brother against brother".
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* ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones'' has several catastrophes as being the result of a [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] managing to complete a [[{{Hellgate}} Demongate]]. The Great Fire of London and the 1692 Jamaican Earthquake were both the result of Demongates opening while being opposed. The 1257 Mount Rinjani explosion was the last Demongate to open unopposed, and while it was later sealed by HeroicSacrifice it still released enough curses to cause the catastrophes that occurred in the next few centuries, including the Black Death.
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* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "The Thirty-Sevens'' had Creator/AmeliaEarhart and her crew be found on a planet by Captain Janeway and her crew, having been frozen in a deep sleep for four-hundred years.
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* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "The Thirty-Sevens'' Thirty-Sevens" had Creator/AmeliaEarhart UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart and her crew be found on a planet by Captain Janeway and her crew, having been frozen in a deep sleep for four-hundred years.
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* In ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', Diana hypothesizes that UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is caused by Ares' influence on humanity. [[spoiler: Actually played with. Ares may have given humanity the means to destroy each other, but humans decided to go to war all on their own. That said, Ares actually was manipulating things in an attempt to lead towards World War II, but had no role in its actual occurrence as he was dead by then.]]
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* In ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', Diana hypothesizes that UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is caused by Ares' influence on humanity. [[spoiler: Actually played with.[[spoiler:It's actually zig-zagged. Ares may have given humanity the means to destroy each other, but humans decided to go to war all on their own. That said, Ares actually was manipulating things in an attempt to lead towards World War II, but had no role in its actual occurrence occurrence, as he was long dead by then.]]
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A supertrope to TheTunguskaEvent, PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs, WhoShotJFK WhoShotJFK, AlternateLandmarkHistory and HistoricalRapSheet (when an InUniverse BigBad is mentioned to have caused, or at least been part of, some historical atrocity or disaster).disaster).
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** A short list includes [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the inclusion of the word Sycorax in a Shakespearean play]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock the KT Boundary event that killed the dinosaurs (poor Adric)]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor at least two of Van Gogh's paintings]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp the brief disappearance]] of AgathaChristie, and, at least according to The Doctor,[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree the creation of Yorkshire Pudding]]. [[AvertedTrope He was not]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E4BeforeTheFlood however]],[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven.]]
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant Impact]] (also known as "First Impact" in-universe) is stated to have been the result of [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} Lilith]]'s starfaring vessel, the Black Moon, crashing into primordial Earth about 4 billion years ago, with said vessel's rocky exterior separating from the vessel and coalescing into the Moon; as for the real-life explanation, it's a cover-up story by the AncientConspiracy in-universe.
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant Impact]] (also known as "First Impact" in-universe) is stated to have been the result of [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} Lilith]]'s starfaring vessel, the Black Moon, crashing into primordial Earth about 4 billion years ago, with said vessel's rocky exterior separating from the vessel and coalescing into the Moon; as for the real-life explanation, it's a cover-up story by the AncientConspiracy [[AncientConspiracy Seele]] in-universe.
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant Impact]] (also known as "First Impact" in-universe) is stated to have been the result of [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} Lilith's Lilith]]'s starfaring vessel]], vessel, the Black Moon, crashing into primordial Earth about 4 billion years ago, with said vessel's rocky exterior separating from the vessel and coalescing into the Moon; as for the real-life explanation, it's a cover-up story by the AncientConspiracy in-universe.
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* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant Impact]] (also known as "First Impact" in-universe) is stated to have been the result of [[https://wiki.evageeks.org/Black_Moon an alien [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} Lilith's starfaring vessel]] vessel]], the Black Moon, crashing into primordial Earth, Earth about 4 billion years ago, with said vessel's rocky exterior separating from the vessel and coalescing into the Moon; as for the real-life explanation, it's a cover-up story by the AncientConspiracy in-universe.
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* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' does this with the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. In real life, Okubo was assassinated by a group of samurai unhappy with his rapid modernization/westernization and abolition of the privileges the samurai had enjoyed. In the story, SocialDarwinist Shishio has [[TheDragon his dragon]] assassinate Okubo as a step to weaken Japan and make it easy for Shishio to take over the country, and the samurai find Okubo's body afterward and claim credit for the deed
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* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' does this with the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. In real life, Okubo was assassinated by a group of samurai unhappy with his rapid modernization/westernization and abolition of the privileges the samurai had enjoyed. In the story, SocialDarwinist Shishio has [[TheDragon his dragon]] assassinate Okubo as a step to weaken Japan and make it easy for Shishio to take over the country, and the samurai find Okubo's body afterward and claim credit for the deeddeed.
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* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' does this with the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. In real life, Okubo was assassinated by a group of samurai unhappy with his rapid modernization/westernization and abolition of the privileges the samurai had enjoyed. In the story, SocialDarwinist Shishio has [[TheDragon his dragon]] assassinate Okubo as a step to weaken Japan and make it easy for Shishio to take over the country, and the samurai find Okubo's body afterward and claim credit for the deed.deed
* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant Impact]] (also known as "First Impact" in-universe) is stated to have been the result of [[https://wiki.evageeks.org/Black_Moon an alien starfaring vessel]] crashing into primordial Earth, with said vessel's rocky exterior separating from the vessel and coalescing into the Moon; as for the real-life explanation, it's a cover-up story by the AncientConspiracy in-universe.
* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis Giant Impact]] (also known as "First Impact" in-universe) is stated to have been the result of [[https://wiki.evageeks.org/Black_Moon an alien starfaring vessel]] crashing into primordial Earth, with said vessel's rocky exterior separating from the vessel and coalescing into the Moon; as for the real-life explanation, it's a cover-up story by the AncientConspiracy in-universe.
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* In the ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' series, the 2003 blackout that took place in Northeastern and Midwestern United States and the Canadian province on Ontario was due to a rogue hacker instead of a software bug found in the computers of [=FirstEnergy=] Corporation. This gave Blume Corp. the opportunity to provide [=ctOS=] with a safeguard against future incidents.
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This trope is when a real-life historical event is revealed to have a fictional cause behind it in a work. This can be due to a case of BeenThereShapedHistory in some cases.
This may be done to lend a darker context to tragic historical events.
Compare BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy (but with real events instead of real people), BeenThereShapedHistory and HistoricalInJoke (which can overlap). Also compare FictionalizedDeathAccount, and also WeDidntStartTheFuhrer and DemonKingNobunaga for when this is combined with a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. Related to FamouslyMundaneFictionallyMagical, where a RealLife ''object'' has greater significance in fiction.
A supertrope to TheTunguskaEvent, PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs, WhoShotJFK and HistoricalRapSheet (when an InUniverse BigBad is mentioned to have caused, or at least been part of, some historical atrocity or disaster).
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* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' does this with the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. In real life, Okubo was assassinated by a group of samurai unhappy with his rapid modernization/westernization and abolition of the privileges the samurai had enjoyed. In the story, SocialDarwinist Shishio has [[TheDragon his dragon]] assassinate Okubo as a step to weaken Japan and make it easy for Shishio to take over the country, and the samurai find Okubo's body afterward and claim credit for the deed.
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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar was caused partly because the vampires want to support the Confederacy's racism policy against the black people, as the vampires feed from those people. The war also has vampires becoming the Confederacy's troops.
* In ''Film/ForrestGump'', the titular character is an AccidentalHero who routinely [[BeenThereShapedHistory shapes history]] by being at exactly the right place at the precise time. Who discovered the Watergate burglary? Gump. Who sparked the T-shirt phrase "shit happens?" Gump. Who designed TheSixties Smiley Face? Gump. If it's a critical juncture in American history, Forrest Gump went jogging through it.
* According to ''Film/MenInBlack'', the 1977 New York Blackout was caused by an alien releasing a HyperDestructiveBouncingBall into the area as a prank.
* According to ''Film/SpaceJam'', Michael Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls after saving the Franchise/LooneyTunes from a horrible fate, because Charles Barkley, Muggsy Bogues, Shawn Bradley, Patrick Ewing and Larry Johnson believed he couldn't play the game any more.
-->'''Podolak''': Did you hear that, Michael? They think you can't play basketball any more.
-->'''Jordan''': Only one way to find out.
* In ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', Diana hypothesizes that World War I is caused by Ares' influence on humanity.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' has a fictionalised version of the Three Mile Island incident, in which the nuclear plant is actually a secret laboratory for mutant experimentation, and a fight between Wolverine, Sabretooth and Weapon XI caused one of the plant's cooling towers to collapse.
** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the Cuban Missile Crisis was instigated by [[BigBad Sebastian Shaw]] as part of his plan to have mutantkind become widespread from the nuclear fallout and dominate over humans.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Ebenezer [=McCoy=] has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
* In ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' book ''The Never War'', the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board.
* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' novel, it's revealed that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was basically a case of the children of Zeus and Poseidon (part of the Allies) fighting against the children of Hades (part of the Axis). This was actually the reason that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades agreed not to have any more children, as they were too powerful. Zeus and Poseidon violated their agreement, however.
* ''Serpent'' (part of the Kurt Austin Adventures) opens with the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria''. In this version, the sinking was deliberate on the part of the Stockholm's helmsman. It isn't explained why until later.
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* Several episodes of ''Series/DarkSkies'' purport that various events of TheSixties were a result of the alien conspiracy. For example, the accidental activation of an alien device is blamed for the 1964 earthquake in Homer, Alaska.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is full of scenes in all its history when the Doctor, as well some of his many companions, inspired or accidentally provoked various facts in history. A good example is the First Doctor in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]'' who accidentally inspires Nero [[WhileRomeBurns to burn Rome]].
* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "The Thirty-Sevens'' had Creator/AmeliaEarhart and her crew be found on a planet by Captain Janeway and her crew, having been frozen in a deep sleep for four-hundred years.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Alternity}}'' campaign setting ''Dark*Matter'' core rules. When a Grey spaceship on Earth was close to being discovered by humans, its commander followed standard procedure and re-directed a comet to impact and destroy the landing site. He made a mistake, and the result was TheTunguskaEvent.
* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', TheTunguskaEvent was caused by Azathoth (one of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos deities) being summoned to Earth.
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* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'': The Boston Massacre is portrayed as a Templar plot to destabilize the colonies and fan the flames of war.
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake Lisbon earthquake of 1755]] was triggered by a Precursor artifact.
* According to ''[[VideoGame/EmpireEarth Empire Earth II]]'', the UsefulNotes/ColdWar ''really'' ended when the U.S. stole the stealth bomber the Soviets had developed and used it against them.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', the failure of the Apollo 13 mission is caused by Lunarians who don't want Earthlings on the moon.
* In the ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' series, the 2003 blackout that took place in Northeastern and Midwestern United States and the Canadian province on Ontario was due to a rogue hacker instead of a software bug found in the computers of [=FirstEnergy=] Corporation. This gave Blume Corp. the opportunity to provide [=ctOS=] with a safeguard against future incidents.
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* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has many of these, which usually double as [[HistoricalInJoke Historical In-Jokes]]:
** The explosion of Mount St. Helens was caused by a [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-076 SCP-076]] containment breach.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-081 SCP-081]] caused all recorded instances of spontaneous human combustion.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-089 SCP-089]] has announced and prevented (or at least reduced the impact of) many disasters throughout history, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New_Orleans_Fire_(1788) the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone the 1970 Bhola cyclone]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion the Taiping Rebellion]]. However, it's [[AmbiguouslyEvil unclear]] if the SCP actually causes the disasters or merely offers an extreme means of stopping them (involving sacrificing a baby to it).
** Both the image and the redacted clues show that [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-435 SCP-435]] was responsible for Castle Bravo, [[FantasticNuke the largest American nuclear detonation.]]
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-453 SCP-453]] caused the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857_Basilicata_earthquake Great Neapolitan Earthquake]].
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-687 SCP-687]] apparently caused the Cleveland Torso Murders.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1120 SCP-1120]]: It's revealed that the eruption of Vesuvius was caused by a man who was trying to bury the numerous instances of SCP-1120 in the ashes before they overran any more towns.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1529 SCP-1529]] is apparently responsible for killing the first man to ever climb Mt. Everest and about half of all the people who've died climbing it since.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1574 SCP-1574]] is implied to have some connection to the Boxing Day Tsunami, despite being on the other side of the world. It may or may not have been caused by aliens from its home planet who had come looking for it.
*** The Boxing Day Tsunami itself has been caused by no less than three different [=SCPs=], including an [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/dr-clef-s-proposal 001 Proposal]], [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-090 SCP-090]], SCP-1574, and even [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/in-the-big-league an asteroid brought down by the Foundation]]. It got to the point that [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-big-list-of-overdone-scp-cliches "things what caused teh INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI]] is specifically listed as an overdone cliche.
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This may be done to lend a darker context to tragic historical events.
Compare BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy (but with real events instead of real people), BeenThereShapedHistory and HistoricalInJoke (which can overlap). Also compare FictionalizedDeathAccount, and also WeDidntStartTheFuhrer and DemonKingNobunaga for when this is combined with a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. Related to FamouslyMundaneFictionallyMagical, where a RealLife ''object'' has greater significance in fiction.
A supertrope to TheTunguskaEvent, PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs, WhoShotJFK and HistoricalRapSheet (when an InUniverse BigBad is mentioned to have caused, or at least been part of, some historical atrocity or disaster).
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!!Examples
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[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* ''Anime/RurouniKenshin'' does this with the assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. In real life, Okubo was assassinated by a group of samurai unhappy with his rapid modernization/westernization and abolition of the privileges the samurai had enjoyed. In the story, SocialDarwinist Shishio has [[TheDragon his dragon]] assassinate Okubo as a step to weaken Japan and make it easy for Shishio to take over the country, and the samurai find Okubo's body afterward and claim credit for the deed.
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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar was caused partly because the vampires want to support the Confederacy's racism policy against the black people, as the vampires feed from those people. The war also has vampires becoming the Confederacy's troops.
* In ''Film/ForrestGump'', the titular character is an AccidentalHero who routinely [[BeenThereShapedHistory shapes history]] by being at exactly the right place at the precise time. Who discovered the Watergate burglary? Gump. Who sparked the T-shirt phrase "shit happens?" Gump. Who designed TheSixties Smiley Face? Gump. If it's a critical juncture in American history, Forrest Gump went jogging through it.
* According to ''Film/MenInBlack'', the 1977 New York Blackout was caused by an alien releasing a HyperDestructiveBouncingBall into the area as a prank.
* According to ''Film/SpaceJam'', Michael Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls after saving the Franchise/LooneyTunes from a horrible fate, because Charles Barkley, Muggsy Bogues, Shawn Bradley, Patrick Ewing and Larry Johnson believed he couldn't play the game any more.
-->'''Podolak''': Did you hear that, Michael? They think you can't play basketball any more.
-->'''Jordan''': Only one way to find out.
* In ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', Diana hypothesizes that World War I is caused by Ares' influence on humanity.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' has a fictionalised version of the Three Mile Island incident, in which the nuclear plant is actually a secret laboratory for mutant experimentation, and a fight between Wolverine, Sabretooth and Weapon XI caused one of the plant's cooling towers to collapse.
** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the Cuban Missile Crisis was instigated by [[BigBad Sebastian Shaw]] as part of his plan to have mutantkind become widespread from the nuclear fallout and dominate over humans.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Ebenezer [=McCoy=] has claimed responsibility for not only Tunguska, but also the New Madrid earthquake of 1812 and Krakatoa.
* In ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' book ''The Never War'', the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board.
* In the first ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' novel, it's revealed that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was basically a case of the children of Zeus and Poseidon (part of the Allies) fighting against the children of Hades (part of the Axis). This was actually the reason that Zeus, Poseidon and Hades agreed not to have any more children, as they were too powerful. Zeus and Poseidon violated their agreement, however.
* ''Serpent'' (part of the Kurt Austin Adventures) opens with the sinking of the ''Andrea Doria''. In this version, the sinking was deliberate on the part of the Stockholm's helmsman. It isn't explained why until later.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* Several episodes of ''Series/DarkSkies'' purport that various events of TheSixties were a result of the alien conspiracy. For example, the accidental activation of an alien device is blamed for the 1964 earthquake in Homer, Alaska.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' is full of scenes in all its history when the Doctor, as well some of his many companions, inspired or accidentally provoked various facts in history. A good example is the First Doctor in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E4TheRomans The Romans]]'' who accidentally inspires Nero [[WhileRomeBurns to burn Rome]].
* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "The Thirty-Sevens'' had Creator/AmeliaEarhart and her crew be found on a planet by Captain Janeway and her crew, having been frozen in a deep sleep for four-hundred years.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Alternity}}'' campaign setting ''Dark*Matter'' core rules. When a Grey spaceship on Earth was close to being discovered by humans, its commander followed standard procedure and re-directed a comet to impact and destroy the landing site. He made a mistake, and the result was TheTunguskaEvent.
* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', TheTunguskaEvent was caused by Azathoth (one of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos deities) being summoned to Earth.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'': The Boston Massacre is portrayed as a Templar plot to destabilize the colonies and fan the flames of war.
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'', the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake Lisbon earthquake of 1755]] was triggered by a Precursor artifact.
* According to ''[[VideoGame/EmpireEarth Empire Earth II]]'', the UsefulNotes/ColdWar ''really'' ended when the U.S. stole the stealth bomber the Soviets had developed and used it against them.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', the failure of the Apollo 13 mission is caused by Lunarians who don't want Earthlings on the moon.
* In the ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' series, the 2003 blackout that took place in Northeastern and Midwestern United States and the Canadian province on Ontario was due to a rogue hacker instead of a software bug found in the computers of [=FirstEnergy=] Corporation. This gave Blume Corp. the opportunity to provide [=ctOS=] with a safeguard against future incidents.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Web Original]]
* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has many of these, which usually double as [[HistoricalInJoke Historical In-Jokes]]:
** The explosion of Mount St. Helens was caused by a [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-076 SCP-076]] containment breach.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-081 SCP-081]] caused all recorded instances of spontaneous human combustion.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-089 SCP-089]] has announced and prevented (or at least reduced the impact of) many disasters throughout history, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New_Orleans_Fire_(1788) the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone the 1970 Bhola cyclone]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion the Taiping Rebellion]]. However, it's [[AmbiguouslyEvil unclear]] if the SCP actually causes the disasters or merely offers an extreme means of stopping them (involving sacrificing a baby to it).
** Both the image and the redacted clues show that [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-435 SCP-435]] was responsible for Castle Bravo, [[FantasticNuke the largest American nuclear detonation.]]
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-453 SCP-453]] caused the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857_Basilicata_earthquake Great Neapolitan Earthquake]].
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-687 SCP-687]] apparently caused the Cleveland Torso Murders.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1120 SCP-1120]]: It's revealed that the eruption of Vesuvius was caused by a man who was trying to bury the numerous instances of SCP-1120 in the ashes before they overran any more towns.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1529 SCP-1529]] is apparently responsible for killing the first man to ever climb Mt. Everest and about half of all the people who've died climbing it since.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1574 SCP-1574]] is implied to have some connection to the Boxing Day Tsunami, despite being on the other side of the world. It may or may not have been caused by aliens from its home planet who had come looking for it.
*** The Boxing Day Tsunami itself has been caused by no less than three different [=SCPs=], including an [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/dr-clef-s-proposal 001 Proposal]], [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-090 SCP-090]], SCP-1574, and even [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/in-the-big-league an asteroid brought down by the Foundation]]. It got to the point that [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-big-list-of-overdone-scp-cliches "things what caused teh INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI]] is specifically listed as an overdone cliche.
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