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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In "What if Lola Was Funny in Space Jam?", one of the changes Doug makes is having Lola be flattened by the Monstars, saying she should take her lumps like any other ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'' character.

* HeelFaceTurn: Walter Peck in the ''Ghostbusters 2'' episode, after a phone call from his mother. He explains that 1. [[WhatTheHellHero she felt he was being petty to the heroes]], 2. [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he trusts his mother with his life]], and 3. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick his mother has been dead for 14 years]].

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Combined with CanonCharacterAllAlong, [[spoiler:Chip Schreck in "What If Tim Burton Directed ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''" is revealed to actually be that universe's incarnation of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Blight]], who has otherwise only made appearances thus far in media where Terry McGinnis took on the Batman mantle.]]

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Combined with CanonCharacterAllAlong, [[spoiler:Chip Schreck, the seeming CanonForeigner introduced in "What If Tim Burton Directed ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''", is revealed to actually be that universe's incarnation of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Blight]], who has otherwise only made appearances thus far in media where Terry McGinnis took on the Batman mantle.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: Much like Doug has more prominent story and character in Critic after WebVideo/DemoReel, Rob and Walter took the “reworking movies and making them better” half of that show.

* HopeSpringsEternal: As much as Doug and Rob have nostalgia for the 80s, he talks in the ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' fanscription that 80s liked to crush hope, and he prefers media that takes you to dark places, but brings you back up again.

* HopeSpringsEternal: As much as Doug and Rob have nostalgia for the 80s, he talks in the Film/MaryPoppinsReturns fanscription that 80s liked to crush hope, and he prefers media that takes you to dark places, but brings you back up again.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: ''What if Venom Wasn't in Spider-Man 3'' ends with Mary Jane, Harry, and an untold number of New Yorkers dead, with a grief and guilt-stricken Peter being left to pick up the pieces.]]

* BackForTheDead: ''What if Christian Bale was in Batman v Superman,'' shows Alfred and John Blake dying in Superman's fight with Zod in ''Man of Steel''. This is what prompts Batman's turn to viciousness in the film proper and also turns him into something of a DeathSeeker.

* AdaptationalBadass: In "What if Finn Was The Main Character In The Star Wars Sequels?", Finn is a Stormtrooper ''and'' a Jedi.

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* VocalMinority: Rob and Walter joke in-universe that Rob does the franchises where fandoms rip into each other (Star Wars, Ghostbusters etc) and Walter’s fandoms are much more chill.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Walter changes ''Rocky IV'' because he feels Apollo’s death served no greater narrative purpose than giving Rocky motivation.

* HypotheticalCasting: Sometimes. For example, in "What If Harley Quinn Was In Batman 89?", Rob imagines Harley being played by Lori Petty. They also cast Creator/RobinWilliams as ComicBook/TheRiddler in ''What if Tim Burton directed Batman Forever?''. They've even done this for ''animated'' characters too, such as casting both [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Riley]] and [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Aunt Cass]] as teenage and adult [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Boo]] respectively.

* AdaptationalOriginConnection: In ''Spider-man 4'' [[spoiler:Felicia Hardy's father was Adrian Toomes' partner, and the former's murder at the latter's hands is what drove her to becoming Black Cat]].

* SequelHook: The ending of their version of ''Batman Forever'' has [[spoiler:Catwoman take the fall for the Ice Princess's murder while making it clear she only did it to make things interesting for both her and Bruce]]. AndTheAdventureContinues with one of the hosts bringing up that their version of Batman & Robin is in the cards.

* HeelFaceTurn: Walter Peck in the ''Ghostbusters 2'' episode, after a phone call from his mother. He explains that 1. [[WhatTheHellHero she felt he was being petty to the heroes]], 2. [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he trusts his mother with his life]], and 3. [[BreadMilkButterSquick his mother has been dead for 14 years]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Walter Peck in the ''Ghostbusters 2'' episode, after a phone call from his mother. He explains that 1. [[WhatTheHellHero she felt he was being petty to the heroes]], 2. [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he trusts his mother with his life]], and 3. his mother has been dead for 14 years.

** The title for "What if Luke Skywalker died in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', but the Fanscription also has it so that Mon Mothma would take Luke's place if no one liked the idea of Luke dying.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:By contrast to the Riddler, Two-Face is saved by a combined effort of Batman, Robin, and Grace in their version of ''Batman Forever'']].

* SpecialGuestStar: Dante Basco reprising the role of Rufio in "What If Rufio Didn't Die in Hook?".