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[[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.
|''Last Week Tonight''}}
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]].
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== Anime
* During the Third Impact sequence of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Shinji is shown an alternate universe mirroring a stereotypical love comedy anime (which has since become an official ''Evangelion'' [[Elseworld]]).
* Every path in the multi-route ''[[Nasuverse|TYPE-MOON]]'' games is a potential outcome of the main scenario, which makes it rather difficult to establish [[Canon|the rules of the 'verse]] due to the plot differences in each route; according to [[Word of God]], [[The Multiverse|all of them are canon]].
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* The ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fanfic ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]'' is set in an alternate universe where the countries have more power and are able to bend the rules more than in canon. Romano proves this by overseeing a [[polyamory|polyamorous]] marriage between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
* Due to the
* Two of these exist in ''[[Phoenix's SSBB Case Files]]'', [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|aptly named]] Alternate Turnabout and Alternate Turnabout 2. The first has Larry Butz working as a defense attorney, with Adrian Andrews at his side, while 2 features Franziska von Karma and assistant Dick Gumshoe working for the Wright and Co. Law Office.
* This trope is likely to be used by '''any''' [[Intercontinuity Crossover]] fanfic in which the melded continuities would otherwise contradict one another.
* ''[[With Strings Attached]]'' is set on another planet in an alternate universe. Additionally, the four visit three other universes (including one set in a 1950s New York, more or less); the Fans are watching from their universe; the Dalns gods inhabit yet another universe; and Jeft comes from still another.
* ''[[The Son of the Emperor]]'' mixes the real world with the world of ''[[My Little Pony:
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7314071/1/Just_One_Big_Happy_Kingdom Just One, Big, Happy Kingdom]'' is a ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' fanfic in which an eighty-year-old Merlin decides to teach his younger self a lesson by putting him in a mirror universe ("Not-Camelot") and put Not-Merlin in the normal Camelot. It's one of those mirror everybody-is-his-opposite universes.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1594758/1/STRANGE_PATHS NIGHTWALKER: STRANGE PATHS]'' is a ''[[Nightwalker]]'' fic which basically has Riho as a [[Older Than They Look|300 or so year old vampire]] and Shido who starts out as a human detective.
* The ''[[Pony POV Series]]'' has such a thing. It's explained that all the worlds diverged from the [[The Earth Prime Theory|Heart World]] (implied to be the actual shows' timeline) and are effected by changes there, but can break off and continue on their own in the event the change in the Heart World is so great said universe can no longer harbor the connection. The ones the series itself focuses on are it's main timeline and the [[Bad Future|Discorded Timeline]], a [[Villain World]] ruled by Discord, but we also see a ''lot'' of alternate timelines which Princess Luna refers to as "possibilities and impossibilities". Applejack gets to see quite a few of them on two
* ''[[Streets of Rage Saga]]'', a 10-story saga based on the ''[[Streets of Rage]]'' game series (both the canon trilogy and several fan-made games and remakes based on said trilogy), takes place in a setting based on but highly different from the canon. Just a few brief examples, with the canon information in parentheses: Axel [[Parental Abandonment|lost his father in a fire]] that was set by the man who would later become [[The Dragon]] for the first story's [[Big Bad]] (in canon, no mention is made of Axel's family members); Blaze comes from a [[Doomed Hometown]] that was razed by [[The Syndicate]] (in canon, the only back-story on her is that she was a rookie cop who quit alongside Axel and Adam because of the force's corruption); and Mr. X is a U.S. senator with the full name of George Xetheus (in canon, his real name wasn't divulged and his role as a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] was only hinted at in canon and expounded on in Bombergames' remake).
* This trope runs rampant in the ''[[Undertale]]'' fandom, to the point where the most common [[Fandom Specific Plot]]s are "lets do an [[Alternate Universe Fic]] where the characters are some [[High Concept]]" and "let's do a [[Crossover Fic|crossover between AUs]]".
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