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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' had canon variations in the episodes "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", showing what happens when Ladybug and Cat Noir learned each other's identities before in becomes a BadFuture scenario when series BigBad Gabriel learns his son is Cat Noir and akumatizes him: "Cat Blanc" resulting in Paris being accidently destroyed while Gabriel obtains the Miraculouses with his son's help in "Ephemeral".

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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' had canon variations in the episodes "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", showing what happens when Ladybug and Cat Noir learned each other's identities before in becomes becoming a BadFuture scenario when series BigBad Gabriel learns his son is Cat Noir and akumatizes him: "Cat Blanc" resulting in Paris being accidently destroyed while Gabriel obtains the Miraculouses with his son's help in "Ephemeral".

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has a canon variation in the episodes "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog", in which we see how the world would have turned out if the bomb that resulted in the series' mystical post-apocalypse landscape didn't detonate
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'':
** One episode has Ben find himself back on the day he gained the Omnitrix. He remembers everything that happened, but Max and Gwen don't, and while trying to get the Omnitrix once again, ''Gwen'' gets the watch instead of him. Her natural learning abilities lead to her fully mastering the Omnitrix by the next day, but has the side effect of automatically attracting Vilgax to their location. By the end of the episode, Grandpa Max ends up with the Omnitrix, and the whole story is revealed to be a What If.
** The final episode, "Goodbye and Good Riddance", asks "What if Vilgax attacked Ben in his hometown?" The result is pretty much another fight, though has the interesting effect of Ben's house getting destroyed, his father finding out his and Max's secrets, and Gwen moving to Bellwood to help combat future threats.
* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Meet the Quagmires" shows what would happen if Peter was married to Creator/MollyRingwald instead of Lois. Al Gore would be president and Chevy Chase would host the ''Series/TheTonightShow''. As soon as Brian finds out that this world is a paradise compared to ours, he insists that Peter leave things be. [[StatusQuoIsGod Of course]], Peter can't do that.
** The 100th episode two-parter "Stewie Kills Lois" and "Lois Kills Stewie" turns out to be a computer simulation of what would happen if [[AntagonisticOffspring Stewie actually succeeded in killing Lois]]. The result being that would nearly frame Peter for her murder, but Lois would turn out to be NotQuiteDead and oust Stewie as the [[EnfantTerrible evil, matricidal child]] he is. With his secret exposed, however, Stewie would have no trouble succeeding in his other goal of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] by force, leading to a bloody death match between him and Lois that ends with [[BigDamnHeroes Peter shooting Stewie dead]]]].



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'':
** One episode has Ben find himself back on the day he gained the Omnitrix. He remembers everything that happened, but Max and Gwen don't, and while trying to get the Omnitrix once again, ''Gwen'' gets the watch instead of him. Her natural learning abilities lead to her fully mastering the Omnitrix by the next day, but has the side effect of automatically attracting Vilgax to their location. By the end of the episode, Grandpa Max ends up with the Omnitrix, and the whole story is revealed to be a What If.
** The final episode, "Goodbye and Good Riddance", asks "What if Vilgax attacked Ben in his hometown?" The result is pretty much another fight, though has the interesting effect of Ben's house getting destroyed, his father finding out his and Max's secrets, and Gwen moving to Bellwood to help combat future threats.
* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Meet the Quagmires" shows what would happen if Peter was married to Creator/MollyRingwald instead of Lois. Al Gore would be president and Chevy Chase would host the ''Series/TheTonightShow''. As soon as Brian finds out that this world is a paradise compared to ours, he insists that Peter leave things be. [[StatusQuoIsGod Of course]], Peter can't do that.
** The 100th episode two-parter "Stewie Kills Lois" and "Lois Kills Stewie" turns out to be a computer simulation of what would happen if [[AntagonisticOffspring Stewie actually succeeded in killing Lois]]. [[spoiler:He would nearly frame Peter for her murder, but Lois would turn out to be NotQuiteDead and oust Stewie as the [[EnfantTerrible evil, matricidal child]] he is. With his secret exposed, however, Stewie would have no trouble succeeding in his other goal of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] by force, leading to a bloody death match between him and Lois that ends with [[BigDamnHeroes Peter shooting Stewie dead]]]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'':
** One episode has Ben find himself back on the day he gained the Omnitrix. He remembers everything that happened, but Max and Gwen don't, and while trying to get the Omnitrix once again, ''Gwen'' gets the watch instead of him. Her natural learning abilities lead to her fully mastering the Omnitrix by the next day, but has the side effect of automatically attracting Vilgax to their location. By the end of the episode, Grandpa Max ends up with the Omnitrix, and the whole story is revealed to be a What If.
** The final episode, "Goodbye and Good Riddance", asks "What if Vilgax attacked Ben in his hometown?" The result is pretty much another fight, though has the interesting effect of Ben's house getting destroyed, his father finding out his and Max's secrets, and Gwen moving to Bellwood to help combat future threats.
* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Meet the Quagmires" shows what would happen if Peter was married to Creator/MollyRingwald instead of Lois. Al Gore would be president and Chevy Chase would host the ''Series/TheTonightShow''. As soon as Brian finds out that this world is a paradise compared to ours, he insists that Peter leave things be. [[StatusQuoIsGod Of course]], Peter can't do that.
** The 100th episode two-parter "Stewie Kills Lois" and "Lois Kills Stewie" turns out to be a computer simulation of what would happen if [[AntagonisticOffspring Stewie actually succeeded in killing Lois]]. [[spoiler:He would nearly frame Peter for her murder, but Lois would turn out to be NotQuiteDead and oust Stewie as the [[EnfantTerrible evil, matricidal child]] he is. With his secret exposed, however, Stewie would have no trouble succeeding in his other goal of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] by force, leading to a bloody death match between him and Lois that ends with [[BigDamnHeroes Peter shooting Stewie dead]]]].



* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has a canon variation in the episodes "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog", in which we see how the world would have turned out if the bomb that resulted in the series' mystical post-apocalypse landscape didn't detonate.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has a canon variation in the episodes "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog", in which we see how the world would have turned out if the bomb that resulted in the series' mystical post-apocalypse landscape didn't detonate.detonate
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' had canon variations in the episodes "Cat Blanc" and "Ephemeral", showing what happens when Ladybug and Cat Noir learned each other's identities before in becomes a BadFuture scenario when series BigBad Gabriel learns his son is Cat Noir and akumatizes him: "Cat Blanc" resulting in Paris being accidently destroyed while Gabriel obtains the Miraculouses with his son's help in "Ephemeral".
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* ''Literature/ATwistedTale'' is a series focusing on What If questions for Disney movies, usually about things going wrong for the heroes ([[MeaningfulName hence the name]]) such as WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} never finding the lamp, or [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] never defeating Ursula.

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* ''Literature/ATwistedTale'' is a series focusing on What If questions for Disney movies, usually about things going wrong for the heroes ([[MeaningfulName hence the name]]) such as WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} never finding the lamp, or [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] never defeating Ursula.
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* The Franchise/GundamExpandedUniverse has the ''Mobile Suit Variations'' or ''MSV'' series. These show off various Mobile Suit models or equipment for various Mobile Suits. Some do get to show up in anime, like ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', but others are said to have been designed and abandoned due to various circumstances.
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** From the opposite perspective Ocarina of Time could itself be seen as a What If to the original games: "What if the imprisoning war in the backstory of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' could be averted?"

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** From the opposite perspective Ocarina perspective, ''Ocarina of Time Time'' could itself be seen as a What If to the original games: "What if the imprisoning war in the backstory of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' could be averted?"
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* The premise of ''WebVideo/WelcomeBackPotter'' is "what if Harry Potter ran away instead of facing Voldemort?"
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** Some ''What If?'' stories weren't as tragic as one thought, in fact were probably better than canon was. A few Spider-Man stories, such as "What if Spider-Man's clone had lived?" and "What if Spider-Man kept his multiple arms?" ended with life a ''lot'' better for the webhead -- the former had Spidey and the clone swapping roles to aleve the pressure of Peter's dual life while the latter saw Peter become beloved by all as an inspiration for those disabled.

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** Some ''What If?'' stories weren't as tragic as one thought, in fact were probably better than canon was. A few Spider-Man stories, such as "What if Spider-Man's clone had lived?" and "What if Spider-Man kept his multiple arms?" ended with life a ''lot'' better for the webhead -- the former had Spidey and the clone swapping roles to aleve relieve the pressure of Peter's dual life while the latter saw Peter become beloved by all as an inspiration for those disabled.disabled. ZigZagged by ''ComicBook/SpiderManSpidersShadow'' which saw Peter becoming the leader of the ComicBook/FantasticFour thanks to Venom, but [[BittersweetEnding at the cost of losing Aunt May and obviously Reed Richards]].
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* The ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' manga spin-off ''My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom!'' is set in an AlternateUniverse based in this question: what if Catarina didn't recover the memories of her previous life until the ''time of Fortune Lover'', while she was bullying Maria? Of course, since she was ''already established'' as an AlphaBitch, she is desperate to overturn her Doom Flags, so she must try to befriend Maria, try to break his engagement with Geord, and mend her rocky relationship with Keith, all while she ends befriending the other capture targets and rivals, though the circumstances are not quite the same as the main series.

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* The ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' manga spin-off ''My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom!'' is set in an AlternateUniverse based in this question: what if Catarina didn't recover the memories of her previous life until the ''time of Fortune Lover'', while she was bullying Maria? Of course, since she was ''already established'' as an AlphaBitch, she is desperate to overturn her Doom Flags, so she must try to befriend Maria, try to break his engagement with Geord, and mend her rocky relationship with Keith, all while she ends befriending the other capture targets and rivals, though the circumstances are not quite the same as the main series.
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* An episode of ''Series/AnyDayNow'' had M.E. wondering this if they'd taken the paths they both intended to as stated in the series premiere--M.E. left town to become a glamorous and successful magazine editor while Renee stayed in town and married and had children--but still became a lawyer, as the AlternateUniverse finds her working with her father in his law office. Unusually for this trope, both women are just as happy as they are in the real world, though M.E. is regretful about not having married her childhood sweetheart Colliar.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': "A Black Hole" shows an alternate reality where everyone in the Cooper family is their opposite, and Sheldon is the only normal person in the family.
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* ''LightNovel/EvangelionANIMA'' is an AlternateContinuity take on ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the point of divergence being ''End of Evangelion'', where [[spoiler:Kaji survives his canon death, informs NERV about SEELE's plan, thus preventing the JSSDF's attack and giving them enough time to fight off the Mass Production Evas, ultimately averting Third Impact]]. The story picks up three years later, where NERV, now under the command of Misato, is a much more benevolent organization, and the Eva pilots have had three years of relative peace in which to grow up and (somewhat) deal with their [[DysfunctionJunction personal issues]].

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* ''LightNovel/EvangelionANIMA'' ''Literature/EvangelionANIMA'' is an AlternateContinuity take on ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the point of divergence being ''End of Evangelion'', where [[spoiler:Kaji survives his canon death, informs NERV about SEELE's plan, thus preventing the JSSDF's attack and giving them enough time to fight off the Mass Production Evas, ultimately averting Third Impact]]. The story picks up three years later, where NERV, now under the command of Misato, is a much more benevolent organization, and the Eva pilots have had three years of relative peace in which to grow up and (somewhat) deal with their [[DysfunctionJunction personal issues]].
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* The last level of the ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'' game, called "Ultimate Revenge of the Sith" lets you kill Obi-Wan as Anakin on Mustafar rather than being horribly burned in lava. After Palpatine gives his apprentice a new red lightsaber, Anakin stabs him with it and declares that the galaxy belongs to himself.

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* The last level of the ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'' game, called "Ultimate Revenge of the Sith" game lets you kill Obi-Wan as Anakin on Mustafar rather than being horribly burned in lava. After Palpatine gives his apprentice a new red lightsaber, Anakin stabs him with it and declares that the galaxy belongs to himself.
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* The ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' series happens in a scenario where Mikhail Gorbachev was assassinated by terrorists and, as such, his political restructuring plans never came to pass, the USSR still exists, and the world is still entrenched in the Cold War up to the present day.

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* The ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' series happens in a scenario where Mikhail Gorbachev was assassinated by terrorists and, as such, his political restructuring plans never came to pass, the USSR still exists, and the world is still entrenched in the Cold War up to the present day.



* The video game based on ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' called ''Sword Art Online Infinity Moment'' starts off with [[spoiler: a glitch that interrupts Kirito and Heathcliff's DuelToTheDeath in floor 75 and must go on to floor 76 and beyond. Dragging them along are ALO players, including Leafa/Suguha, Kirito's [[NotBloodSiblings younger sister]].]]

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* The video game based on ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' called ''Sword Art Online Infinity Moment'' starts off with [[spoiler: a glitch that interrupts Kirito and Heathcliff's DuelToTheDeath in floor 75 and must go on to floor 76 and beyond. Dragging them along are ALO players, including Leafa/Suguha, Kirito's [[NotBloodSiblings younger sister]].]]



** Beating ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', in addition to an "Island Mode" that depicts what would've happened if Usami successfully fended off Monokuma at the beginning and everything went as originally planned, unlocks ''LightNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavocIf'', a short story elaborating on the "Escape Switch" scene from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]] and exploring what would have happened if [[spoiler:Mukuro]] survived.

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** Beating ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', in addition to an "Island Mode" that depicts what would've happened if Usami successfully fended off Monokuma at the beginning and everything went as originally planned, unlocks ''LightNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavocIf'', ''Literature/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavocIf'', a short story elaborating on the "Escape Switch" scene from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]] and exploring what would have happened if [[spoiler:Mukuro]] survived.
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIIThroneOfBhaal'' has the main character being questioned about what would have happened if the BigBad from the first game took his place living in Candlekeep with Goraion while he/she were to be raised by the Iron Throne. Then one of the challenges in the pocket plane involves fighting an alternate reality evil party where the ''what if'' happened.

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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIIThroneOfBhaal'' has the main character being questioned about what would have happened if the BigBad from the first game took his place living in Candlekeep with Goraion Gorion while he/she were to be raised by the Iron Throne. Then Subsequently one of the challenges in the pocket plane involves fighting an alternate reality evil party where the ''what if'' happened.happened and [[spoiler:Charname is a bloodthirsty ambitious figher just like Sarevok, leading his lieutenants like Semaj or Tazok]].
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIIThroneOfBhaal'' has the main character being questioned about what would have happened if the BigBad from the first game took his place living in Candlekeep with Goraion while he/she were to be raised by the Iron Throne. Then one of the challenges in the pocket plane involves fighting an alternate reality evil party where the ''what if'' happened.
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* ''Theatre/AndJuliet'': The entire plot follows Anne Hathaway's revisioning of William Shakespeares's ending too ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', questioning her husband "What if Juliet didn't kill herself after finding Romeo dead?'"
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* ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'' has the [[ArrangeMode Julius Mode]], with its plot being "What if [[spoiler:Soma went [[{{Dracula}} batshit]] [[FallenHero crazy]] and Julius and co. ended up having to kill him]]?"

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* ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'' ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'' has the [[ArrangeMode Julius Mode]], with its plot being "What if [[spoiler:Soma went [[{{Dracula}} batshit]] [[FallenHero crazy]] and Julius and co. ended up having to kill him]]?"
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* The last level of the ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'' game, called "Ultimate Revenge of the Sith" lets you kill Obi-Wan as Anakin on Mustafar rather than being horribly burned in lava. After Palpatine gives his apprentice a new red lightsaber, Anakin stabs him with it and declares himself emperor of the galaxy.

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* The last level of the ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'' game, called "Ultimate Revenge of the Sith" lets you kill Obi-Wan as Anakin on Mustafar rather than being horribly burned in lava. After Palpatine gives his apprentice a new red lightsaber, Anakin stabs him with it and declares himself emperor of that the galaxy.galaxy belongs to himself.
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** This series is notable in that, aware it's a one-time thing and therefore freed from the limitations of ContractualImmortality, [[KillEmAll the body count for otherwise nigh indestructible heroes and villains shoots through the roof]] and [[AnyoneCanDie even the likes of Spider-Man, The Kingpin]] and Doctor "ActuallyADoombot" Doom aren't safe.

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** This series is notable in that, aware it's a one-time thing and therefore freed from the limitations of ContractualImmortality, [[KillEmAll the body count for otherwise nigh indestructible heroes and villains shoots through the roof]] roof and [[AnyoneCanDie even the likes of Spider-Man, The Kingpin]] and Doctor "ActuallyADoombot" Doom aren't safe.
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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Church tries to take advantage of this trope to change the future (What if Donut didn't kill Tex? What if Captain Flowers hadn't died?). Unfortunately... it didn't work out so well. In fact, trying to change the past ended up [[spoiler:causing all the things he was hoping to avoid to happen anyway, including ''his own death'']].

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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', Church tries to take advantage of this trope to change the future (What if Donut didn't kill Tex? What if Captain Flowers hadn't died?). Unfortunately... it didn't work out so well. In fact, trying to change the past ended up [[spoiler:causing all the things he was hoping to avoid to happen anyway, including ''his own death'']].
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** There's a short story that explores what would have happened if Judge Dredd ''hadn't'' been cured of his lycanthropy after he hunted down a pack of werewolves in "Cry of the Werewolf". He manages to regain control over his now permanently wolf-ified form through sheer HeroicWillpower, but because he can't patrol the streets looking like that anymore he takes the Long Walk back into the UnderCity to bring the law down there.
** "Judgment Days" features an alternate end to the "Judgment Day" arc. Instead of facing the necromancer Sabbat with a strike team, the Judges of the world decide to use the Sov Apocalypse Warp technology to simply send Sabbat to an ExpendableAlternateUniverse despite Johnny Alpha's objections. By not stopping Sabbat in this universe, the Necromagus infects every other universe in the ''2000 AD'' canon, decimating all of them.

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** *** There's a short story that explores what would have happened if Judge Dredd ''hadn't'' been cured of his lycanthropy after he hunted down a pack of werewolves in "Cry of the Werewolf". He manages to regain control over his now permanently wolf-ified form through sheer HeroicWillpower, but because he can't patrol the streets looking like that anymore he takes the Long Walk back into the UnderCity to bring the law down there.
** *** "Judgment Days" features an alternate end to the "Judgment Day" arc. Instead of facing the necromancer Sabbat with a strike team, the Judges of the world decide to use the Sov Apocalypse Warp technology to simply send Sabbat to an ExpendableAlternateUniverse despite Johnny Alpha's objections. By not stopping Sabbat in this universe, the Necromagus infects every other universe in the ''2000 AD'' canon, decimating all of them.

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** There's a ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' short story that explores what would have happened if Judge Dredd ''hadn't'' been cured of his lycanthropy after he hunted down a pack of werewolves in "Cry of the Werewolf". He manages to regain control over his now permanently wolf-ified form through sheer HeroicWillpower, but because he can't patrol the streets looking like that anymore he takes the Long Walk back into the UnderCity to bring the law down there.

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** There's a ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' has asked this question a few times.
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short story that explores what would have happened if Judge Dredd ''hadn't'' been cured of his lycanthropy after he hunted down a pack of werewolves in "Cry of the Werewolf". He manages to regain control over his now permanently wolf-ified form through sheer HeroicWillpower, but because he can't patrol the streets looking like that anymore he takes the Long Walk back into the UnderCity to bring the law down there.there.
** "Judgment Days" features an alternate end to the "Judgment Day" arc. Instead of facing the necromancer Sabbat with a strike team, the Judges of the world decide to use the Sov Apocalypse Warp technology to simply send Sabbat to an ExpendableAlternateUniverse despite Johnny Alpha's objections. By not stopping Sabbat in this universe, the Necromagus infects every other universe in the ''2000 AD'' canon, decimating all of them.
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* The episode "A Quality of Mercy" of ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds''features a future version of Captain Poke visiting his present self, after Pike manages to prevent the accident that will cripple him in the future. He is then transported to the future he has created, in which he is placed in command of the ''Enterprise'' during the events of the Original Series episode, "Balance of Terror". While there are many parallels to the episode, and similarities in how events play out, ultimately Pike's vast differences in his captainship compared to that of Kirk's in the same episode result in a drastically different outcome where the Federation starts a brutal war with the Romulan Empire, and [[spoiler:Spock suffering a similar ceiling injury that Pike will suffer. Unwilling to pass his fate onto his friend, and be responsible for such a brutal war, Pike decides to live with his fate.]]

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* The episode "A Quality of Mercy" of ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds''features ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' features a [[MyFutureSelfAndMe future version of Captain Poke Pike visiting his present self, self]], after Pike manages to prevent the accident that will cripple him in the future. He is then transported to the future he has created, in which he is placed in command of the ''Enterprise'' during the events of the Original Series episode, "Balance of Terror". While there are many parallels to the episode, and similarities in how events play out, ultimately Pike's vast differences in his captainship compared to that of Kirk's in the same episode result in a drastically different outcome where the Federation starts a brutal war with the Romulan Empire, and [[spoiler:Spock suffering a similar ceiling injury that Pike will suffer. Unwilling to pass his fate onto his friend, and be responsible for such a brutal war, Pike decides to live with his fate.]]
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* The episode "A Quality of Mercy" of ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds''features a future version of Captain Poke visiting his present self, after Pike manages to prevent the accident that will cripple him in the future. He is then transported to the future he has created, in which he is placed in command of the ''Enterprise'' during the events of the Original Series episode, "Balance of Terror". While there are many parallels to the episode, and similarities in how events play out, ultimately Pike's vast differences in his captainship compared to that of Kirk's in the same episode result in a drastically different outcome where the Federation starts a brutal war with the Romulan Empire, and [[spoiler:Spock suffering a similar ceiling injury that Pike will suffer. Unwilling to pass his fate onto his friend, and be responsible for such a brutal war, Pike decides to live with his fate.]]
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* ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'': Takashi Shiina, author of the ''Yashahime'' manga, describes the ''Yashahime'' anime as an [[https://twitter.com/Takashi_Shiina/status/1436927880420683776 "If world"]] created by Creator/{{Sunrise}} since ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is already a completed work. Rumiko Takahashi, the author of ''Inuyasha'', has likewise said on [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi29.html more]] [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi55.html than]] one occasion that ''her'' work is complete and has referred to ''Yashahime'', created by Katsuyuki Sumizawa, as a [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi46.html scenario]].

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* ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'': Takashi Shiina, author of the ''Yashahime'' manga, describes the ''Yashahime'' anime as an [[https://twitter.com/Takashi_Shiina/status/1436927880420683776 "If world"]] created by Creator/{{Sunrise}} since ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is already a completed work. Rumiko Takahashi, the author of ''Inuyasha'', has likewise said on [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi29.html more]] [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi55.html than]] one occasion that ''her'' work is complete and has referred to ''Yashahime'', created by Katsuyuki Sumizawa, as a [[https://www."[[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi46.html scenario]].scenario]]".
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* ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'': Takashi Shiina, author of the ''Yashahime'' manga, describes the ''Yashahime'' anime as an [[https://twitter.com/Takashi_Shiina/status/1436927880420683776 "If world"]] created by Creator/{{Sunrise}} since ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is already a completed work. Rumiko Takahashi, the author of ''Inuyasha'', has likewise said on [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi29.html more]] [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi55.html than]] one occasion that ''her'' work is complete and has referred to ''Yashahime'' as a [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi46.html scenario]].

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* ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'': Takashi Shiina, author of the ''Yashahime'' manga, describes the ''Yashahime'' anime as an [[https://twitter.com/Takashi_Shiina/status/1436927880420683776 "If world"]] created by Creator/{{Sunrise}} since ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is already a completed work. Rumiko Takahashi, the author of ''Inuyasha'', has likewise said on [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi29.html more]] [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi55.html than]] one occasion that ''her'' work is complete and has referred to ''Yashahime'' ''Yashahime'', created by Katsuyuki Sumizawa, as a [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi46.html scenario]].
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* ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'': Takashi Shiina, author of the ''Yashahime'' manga describes the ''Yashahime'' anime as an [[https://twitter.com/Takashi_Shiina/status/1436927880420683776 "If world"]] created by Creator/{{Sunrise}} since ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is already a completed work. Rumiko Takahashi, the author of ''Inuyasha'', has likewise said on [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi29.html more]] [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi55.html than]] one occasion that ''her'' work is complete and has referred to ''Yashahime'' as a [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi46.html scenario]].

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* ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'': Takashi Shiina, author of the ''Yashahime'' manga manga, describes the ''Yashahime'' anime as an [[https://twitter.com/Takashi_Shiina/status/1436927880420683776 "If world"]] created by Creator/{{Sunrise}} since ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is already a completed work. Rumiko Takahashi, the author of ''Inuyasha'', has likewise said on [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi29.html more]] [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi55.html than]] one occasion that ''her'' work is complete and has referred to ''Yashahime'' as a [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi46.html scenario]].
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* ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'': Takashi Shiina, author of the ''Yashahime'' manga describes the ''Yashahime'' anime as an [[https://twitter.com/Takashi_Shiina/status/1436927880420683776 "If world"]] created by Creator/{{Sunrise}} since ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is already a completed work. Rumiko Takahashi, the author of ''Inuyasha'', has likewise said on [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi29.html more]] [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi55.html than]] one occasion that ''her'' work is complete and has referred to ''Yashahime'' as a [[https://www.furinkan.com/takahashi/takahashi46.html scenario]].

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* Karzahni in the ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} Legends'' books has "What If" as his [[MaskOfPower mask power]]; his mask, called the Kanohi Olisi, can give people visions of possible past or future outcomes. He tends to use this as a psychological attack, showing "What if you didn't survive that situation?" or "What if you couldn't save that guy at that crucial moment?" in order to keep his subjects hopeless and subservient. It's rarely pretty... and when it ''is'' pretty, it becomes a LotusEaterMachine. When Jaller's team try to escape from him, they dare him to show what would happen if the [[PhysicalGod Great Spirit]] died. When he does so, he finds out that the answer is "the end of the universe," and that [[SmallSecludedWorld his realm]] is not nearly as important as he likes to think. Realizing that [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance he was completely oblivious]] to the world around him causes him to go [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]], giving his prisoners time to flee.



* Karzahni of ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' actually has "What If" as a ''superpower''; he can give people visions of possible past or future outcomes. He tends to use this as a psychological attack, showing "What if you didn't survive that situation?" or "What if you couldn't save that guy at that crucial moment?" It's rarely pretty... and when it ''is'' pretty, it becomes a LotusEaterMachine. One character then manages to use it against him, by daring him to show them what would happen if the Great Spirit dies. When he does so, he finds out that the answer is "the end of the universe," and that he's not nearly as important as he likes to think. This revelation causes him to go [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]].

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