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{{trope}}
An '''Alternate Reality Episode''' is slightly different from an episode that incorporates an [[Alternate Reality]].
In an Alternate Reality Episode, the usual main characters are absent. The main cast is still here, but they're playing "themselves" in a different role. Maybe Alice is now a Dot Com boom millionaire instead of a lowly research assistant, or the other way around. The point is that it's our heroes being different people, not the same people visiting a different place.
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{{examples}}
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* The ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "In a Mirror Darkly" is an Alternate Reality Episode down to having a different [[Title Sequence]], whereas "Mirror Mirror" and the DS:9 Mirror Universe Episodes are not, instead featuring one or more of the regular cast actually crossing over and interacting with the Mirror Universe.
* Played ''terrifyingly'' in ''[[
** Played with in another episode where Willow casts a spell intended to remove Tara's memory of breaking up with her but instead blanks out everyone's memories including her own. They're in th same universe but because they're all starting from a blank slate they reach some very different conclusions about themselves. Giles and Anya think they're married, Spike thinks he's a vampire with a soul, Buffy finds being a Slayer cool etc.
** The spin off ''[[
* The ''[[
* Half of each episode of ''[[
** Ultimately, the alternate universe proves to be {{spoiler|a cross between a [[Dying Dream]] and [[Mundane Afterlife]] where nothing up to that point actually mattered}}.
* ''[[
* In the two-part ''[[3rd Rock
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who
* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' saved the Fates in "Remember Nothing" and was given a chance to live her life if she had never become a warlord and "When Fates Collide" when Caesar forces the Fates to change his fate making him and Xena rulers of Rome.
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