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Rated M For Manly is about masculine works as a whole, not specific characters


* RatedMForManly: In the Russia takes over the world timeline Vladimir Putin becomes the "first ''real'' man" on the moon, wearing a bearskin-covered spacesuit with exposed abs.
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* EnfantTerrible: Downplayed and played for laugh. The jew child Hitler hit stabs him back in the knee, in self-defense. However, one may wonder why does a child casually bares a flick knife on him.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Since Hitler is, well, Hitler, he has no problem with hitting a jew child in the first scenario. Hilariously backfires, when two strong adult jews come save the child, and proceed to cartoonishly beat Hitler to death, with even the child stabbing him the knee in the process.
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* AssholeVictim: Well, the all episode revolves around killing Hitler himself. In the first scenario, he even dies as a direct consequence of him hitting a jew child.
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* GelatinousEncasement: The entire third scenario revolves around Russia making a weapon to trap people in gelatin.
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* ShoutOut: The scenario after the app crash is called [[https://postimg.cc/HJYr2Jn6 "Lincoln shoots first"]], very likely a reference to the "Han shot first" meme.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad -- [[RuleOfFunny it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]], and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ArtisticLicenseHistory:
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Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad -- [[RuleOfFunny it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]], and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.shot.
** "Willy Brandt" was born "Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm"; He took on the pseudonym to avoid Nazi agents. With no Nazis, he'd have no reason to change his name but, just with Hitler's toothbrush mustache, this name is used for recognition value.
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* TransgenderFetishization: Downplayed. One of the Viennese prostitutes clearly has a penis (and she lets it wave free in court), but she's not shown as fetishized any more than her colleagues.
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* AbnormalAmmo: One timeline involves Hitler dying from a test run of gelatin-mold based weaponry by Russia. They proceed to use it to resolve all their conflicts and take over the world, becoming the ones to reach the moon in 1969.

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* AbnormalAmmo: One timeline involves Hitler dying from a test run of gelatin-mold based weaponry by Russia. They proceed to use it to resolve all their conflicts and take over the world, becoming the ones to reach the moon in 1969.1988.
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** In the sixth scenario, exaggerated when Hitler is attacked by a squad time-traveling Anti-Nazis sent to kill him, and protected by a squad of time-traveling Nazis sent to protect him. The two groups both die and he is saved by his future self.

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** In the sixth scenario, exaggerated when Hitler is attacked by [[TerminatorTwosome a squad time-traveling Anti-Nazis sent to kill him, and protected by a squad of time-traveling Nazis sent to protect him.him]]. The two groups both die and he is saved by his future self.
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* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: The whole point of the Multiversity app is to ponder what would happen if Hitler were killed in the past, in increasingly outlandish ways. Lampshaded -- Hitler's death is apparently one of the most common "what-if" scenarios requested.

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* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: The whole point of the Multiversity app is to ponder what would happen if Hitler were killed in the past, in increasingly outlandish ways. Lampshaded -- The narrator [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, metioning that Hitler's death is apparently one of the most common "what-if" scenarios requested.



* InSpiteOfANail: In the first scenario, Hitler dies before his rise to Fuhrer, but World War II still proceeds (albeit late, and the atomic bomb is dropped on Berlin instead of Hiroshima/Nagasaki) and Neil Armstrong is still the first man on the moon by 1969.

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* InSpiteOfANail: In the first scenario, Hitler dies before his rise to Fuhrer, but World War II still proceeds (albeit late, and the atomic bomb is [[CloseEnoughTimeline dropped on Berlin Berlin]] instead of Hiroshima/Nagasaki) and Neil Armstrong is still the first man on the moon by 1969.



* OutWithABang: Hitler is banged to death by hot space prostitutes, who go on to enlighten the world with their spacely hotness.

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* OutWithABang: Hitler is banged to death by hot space prostitutes, who go on to enlighten the world with their spacely hotness.hotness and pave the way to a steamy FreeLoveFuture.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. TropesAreNotBad -- [[RuleOfFunny it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]], and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. TropesAreNotBad Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad -- [[RuleOfFunny it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]], and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The blue screen of death.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The blue screen of death.UsefulNotes/BlueScreenOfDeath.



* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Hitler's future self saves his past self from the crossfire of future Nazis and anti-Nazis, only to obliterate themselves and all of time and space by touching each other. It even breaks the app itself, leading to a blue screen of death.

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* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Hitler's future self saves his past self from the crossfire of future Nazis and anti-Nazis, only to obliterate themselves and all of time and space by touching each other. It even breaks the app itself, leading to a blue screen of death.UsefulNotes/BlueScreenOfDeath.

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* ForWantOfANail: Hitler dying in different scenarios create tiny to enormous changes in the timeline.

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* ForWantOfANail: ForWantOfANail:
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Hitler dying in different scenarios create tiny to enormous changes in the timeline.timeline.
** At least in first few iterations, the fate of the future is decided solely by bumping or not into a young Jewish boy.
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It's not delayed at all, plus the '69 is part of the joke


* DistractedByTheSexy: In the timeline where space prostitutes share their sexy ways with the world the moon landing is delayed by 27 years.
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* AcceptableTargets: On the one hand, it's an entire episode dedicated to watching one man die in ludicrous and often brutal ways. On the other hand, that man is Adolf Hitler.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The blue screen of death.
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* AlienSpaceBats: Some of the more insane timelines involve elements like extradimensional prostitutes.
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* AcceptableTargets: On the one hand, it's an entire episode dedicated to watching one man die in ludicrous and often brutal ways. On the other hand, that man is Adolf Hitler.
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* AbnormalAmmo: One timeline involves Hitler dying from a test run of gelatin-mold based weaponry by Russia. They proceed to use it to resolve all their conflicts and take over the world, becoming the ones to reach the moon in 1969.


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* DistractedByTheSexy: In the timeline where space prostitutes share their sexy ways with the world the moon landing is delayed by 27 years.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. TropesAreNotBad -- [RuleOfFunny it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]] and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. TropesAreNotBad -- [RuleOfFunny [[RuleOfFunny it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]] over]], and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.
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Well, not really justified in-universe, unless it's the in-universe app developers saying so


* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. Justified, [[RuleOfFunny because it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]] and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. Justified, [[RuleOfFunny because TropesAreNotBad -- [RuleOfFunny it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]] and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he started trimming it like that until after World War I. Justified, [[RuleOfFunny because it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]]. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he started didn't start trimming it like that until after World War I. Justified, [[RuleOfFunny because it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]].over]] and the app isn't exactly going for historical accuracy. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.



* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Hitler's future self saves his past self from the crossfire of future Nazis and anti-Nazis, only to obliterate each other and all of time and space by touching each other. It even breaks the app itself, leading to a blue screen of death.

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* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Hitler's future self saves his past self from the crossfire of future Nazis and anti-Nazis, only to obliterate each other themselves and all of time and space by touching each other. It even breaks the app itself, leading to a blue screen of death.
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* StarfishLanguage: In the fifth death scenario, Earth is eventually populated by a civilization of squids, leading to "Glugneusglug" performing the first Moon Landing millions of years into the future.

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* StarfishLanguage: In the fifth death scenario, Earth is eventually populated by a civilization of squids, leading to "Glugneusglug" "Gluugsnertgluug" performing the first Moon Landing millions of years into the future.
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* RatedMForManly: In the Russia takes over the world timeline Vladimir Putin becomes the first man on the moon, wearing a bearskin-covered spacesuit with exposed abs.

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* RatedMForManly: In the Russia takes over the world timeline Vladimir Putin becomes the first man "first ''real'' man" on the moon, wearing a bearskin-covered spacesuit with exposed abs.
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->''"Welcome to Multiversity!"''

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->''"Welcome to Multiversity!"''
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->''"Let's change the date."''
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The app Multiversity shows the viewer six ways history could have played out if Hitler died before his rise to Fuhrer.

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The app Multiversity shows the viewer six ways history could have played out if Hitler died before his rise to Fuhrer.
Fuhrer. Based on the short story "Missives From Possible Futures #1: Alternate History Search Results" by Creator/JohnScalzi.
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->''"Welcome to Multiversity!"''

The app Multiversity shows the viewer six ways history could have played out if Hitler died before his rise to Fuhrer.

Rebecca Riedy voices the computer voice.
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* AdolfHitlarious: A whole episode dedicated to a rubbery, squeaky-voiced Hitler dying in increasingly ludicrous ways.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Hitler is portrayed with his iconic toothbrush mustache in 1908, while in real life he started trimming it like that until after World War I. Justified, [[RuleOfFunny because it's hilarious to watch a perfectly recognizable Hitler getting killed over and over]]. This would not be the most improbable thing in the short, either, not by a long shot.
* BreatherEpisode: It's a more comedic oriented episode than most of the other ones, and has a lighter tone than any other episode.
* ButtMonkey: Hitler. The whole thing is pretty much about watching him suffer.
* ColonyDrop: Earth is hit by an asteroid in one iteration. Human life is wiped out. The rats take over, evolve, then destroy each other. Finally, two million years later, squids land on the moon.
* ForWantOfANail: Hitler dying in different scenarios create tiny to enormous changes in the timeline.
* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: The whole point of the Multiversity app is to ponder what would happen if Hitler were killed in the past, in increasingly outlandish ways. Lampshaded -- Hitler's death is apparently one of the most common "what-if" scenarios requested.
** In the very first scenario, Hitler's death only delays World War II, and somehow causes the Americans to nuke Berlin instead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Other than that, nothing seems to change significantly.
** In the sixth scenario, exaggerated when Hitler is attacked by a squad time-traveling Anti-Nazis sent to kill him, and protected by a squad of time-traveling Nazis sent to protect him. The two groups both die and he is saved by his future self.
* InSpiteOfANail: In the first scenario, Hitler dies before his rise to Fuhrer, but World War II still proceeds (albeit late, and the atomic bomb is dropped on Berlin instead of Hiroshima/Nagasaki) and Neil Armstrong is still the first man on the moon by 1969.
* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Hitler's future self saves his past self from the crossfire of future Nazis and anti-Nazis, only to obliterate each other and all of time and space by touching each other. It even breaks the app itself, leading to a blue screen of death.
* OutWithABang: Hitler is banged to death by hot space prostitutes, who go on to enlighten the world with their spacely hotness.
* RatedMForManly: In the Russia takes over the world timeline Vladimir Putin becomes the first man on the moon, wearing a bearskin-covered spacesuit with exposed abs.
* StarfishLanguage: In the fifth death scenario, Earth is eventually populated by a civilization of squids, leading to "Glugneusglug" performing the first Moon Landing millions of years into the future.
* StupidJetpackHitler:
** Subverted during the second Hitler death scenario. After Hitler dies in a freak Bratwurst cart accident, Austria outlaws horse-drawn carts and thus they adopt cars earlier. As a result they become a technologic super power and help Germany win World War I, averting the Third Reich altogether. Then, the Germans reach the Moon in 1958, ''more than a decade'' before Americans would've reached it. In short, they became Stupid Jetpack Germans because Hitler ''wasn't'' in the picture.
** And then played straight in the final scenario, where ''future Nazis'' with laser weaponry time travel to protect Hitler from time-traveling future ''anti-Nazis''... And then future Hitler blasts in on a mecha suit to save his past self from the ensuing crossfire.
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