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{{trope|wppage=Parallel universe (fiction)}}
[[File:even a woman.jpg|link=Crisis on Infinite Earths|frame|The criminal and the ape-thing, okay. But a ''[[Rule 63|woman]]''?! That's just silly.]]
{{quote|'''John Oliver:''' You've stated you believe there could be an infinite number of parallel universes. Does that mean there is a universe out there where I am smarter than you?
'''Stephen Hawking:''' Yes, and also a universe where you are funny.}}
 
{{quote|''"Penny, while I subscribe to the many worlds theory which posits the existence of an infinite number of Sheldons in an infinite number of universes, I assure you [[I Can't Dance|in none of them am I dancing]]."''|'''Sheldon Cooper''' ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''}}
 
A story in which the characters we know are seen in a reality that's somehow different, often disturbingly so. If they can access multiple alternative realities, that's [[The Multiverse]].