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** '''Familiar Contextual Reassignment:''' When the characters are taken out of their world and placed in a setting that is fairly familiar to the author and readers - the [[High School AU]] is especially common, putting characters who would not have met or even existed for years in close proximity during teenage years.

** '''Unfamiliar Contextual Reassignment''' - When the characters are taken out of their world and placed in a setting much more unfamiliar to the author or the reader - for example prison, a Nazi Death Camp, Normandy 1066, or possibly Mars.

* '''[[What If]]''' - For lesser changes, there are the [[What If~~|What Ifs~~]] about major events in the series - how 'major' counts as 'major' is debatable. There are two common forms of this.

* '''[[What If]]''' - For lesser changes, there are the [[What If]]s about major events in the series - how 'major' counts as 'major' is debatable. There are two common forms of this.

** '''[[Alternate History]]''' - Where the author takes one point of time, one event in the universe and changes the outcome of it radically, such as an important decision, or who won an important fight, and continues from that point. Sometimes called a ''Divergence Fic''.

** '''Character Facets''' - The author speculates on what would happen if a single facet of a character's enviroment was different about them, or may blatantly ignore a [[Word of God]] statement, for example, what if a character was blind, or had a little brother in the show right from the start.

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== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Downfall (fanfic)|Downfall]]'' is a continuity where Aizen never was the villain, instead {{spoiler|Unohana, you know... [[Team Mom]]... is the [[Big Bad]]. Kyoraku and Ukitake follow her. Nel is Primera. Gin and Ran are Soul Society's resident experts on relationships. Rukia dies.}}

* Gregg "Metroanime" Sharp's ''[http://www.asynjor.com/fanfic/sharp.html The Bet]'' is a cycle of stories based around a competition by a group of gods, demons, spirits and the occasional mortal to see who can make the biggest change in one of several "standard" timelines (the [[Canon]] versions of ''[[Ranma ½]], [[Tenchi Muyo!]],'' and ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' among others) with [[For Want of a Nail|the smallest alteration]]. Each entry in "The Bet" is a small [[Alternate Universe Fic]]. ''The Bet'' inspired many contributors and imitators, and turned ~~[[Alternate Universe Fic|~~Alternate Universe Fics]] into sort of a cottage industry for Sharp.

* Gregg "Metroanime" Sharp's ''[http://www.asynjor.com/fanfic/sharp.html The Bet]'' is a cycle of stories based around a competition by a group of gods, demons, spirits and the occasional mortal to see who can make the biggest change in one of several "standard" timelines (the [[Canon]] versions of ''[[Ranma ½]], [[Tenchi Muyo!]],'' and ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' among others) with [[For Want of a Nail|the smallest alteration]]. Each entry in "The Bet" is a small Alternate Universe Fic. ''The Bet'' inspired many contributors and imitators, and turned Alternate Universe Fics into sort of a cottage industry for Sharp.

* ''A Fox in Tokyo'' by [[Doghead Thirteen]] is one for ''[[Naruto]]'', where the main change is that it's set in the author's [[Mega Crossover]] [[Top Dog]] universe, which includes a modern-day Tokyo where Nerima is a separate country owned and ruled by [[Ranma ½|Soun Tendo]], who is a werewolf. Needs to be seen to be believed.

* ''[[Team 8]]:'' Another ''[[Naruto]]'' fic. Something (currently a [[Noodle Incident]]) happens in Kurenai's past, and when she is tapped to train a genin team, she goes out of her way to request a specific newly-graduated ~~ninja--her~~ ninja team consists of Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and {{spoiler|Naruto Uzumaki}}.

* ''[[Team 8]]:'' Another ''[[Naruto]]'' fic. Something (currently a [[Noodle Incident]]) happens in Kurenai's past, and when she is tapped to train a genin team, she goes out of her way to request a specific newly-graduated ninja—her ninja team consists of Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and {{spoiler|Naruto Uzumaki}}.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion R]]'' is one example of such a fic, diverging from the (formerly, with ''Rebuild'') canonical timeline at the end of Episode 24 and beginning of the ''[[End of Evangelion]]''. Essentially, Gendo anticipates Seele's attack, decides he's not ready for it, and begins a major reconstruction of Tokyo-3 in order to make himself a public hero that is temporarily untouchable. In retaliation, {{spoiler|Seele builds a bunch of faux Angels for the purpose of attacking Nerv and initiating Third Impact in a more plausibly deniable way, while also recruiting another human-like Angel (ala Kaworu) to help them.}} Also, Shinji gets better. As does Asuka. And Rei. [[Lighter and Fluffier|And everyone else]]. {{spoiler|[[Bittersweet Ending|Well, almost]]}}.

* ''[[Ascension]]'' is another Evangelion fic that has the divergence-type premise: Seele's plans for Instrumentality were interrupted by the events of ''[[Half Life]]'' (the fic is a crossover) bringing Second Impact two years ahead of schedule. This fundamentally altered the universe in several ways, making Kaworu and Rei into {{spoiler|[[Artificial Human]] [[Tyke Bomb~~|Tyke Bombs~~]] designed to hunt Combine Advisors}}, Asuka into a [[Military Brat]] who grew up with her father and Shinji into a late-comer secondary character. Yui didn't get involved with Seele and kicked Gendo out when Shinji was little then adopted Rei to make up for Gendo taking Shinji with him. Kyoko was {{spoiler|assassinated for going against Seele's dogma}}, making Asuka into a [[Failure Knight]] since childhood. Evangelions were developed independently of Seele's influence but are based on {{spoiler|the Nihilanth}} instead. Later on it's revealed that it's not quite the [[Puny Earthlings|same]] universe [[Humans Are Warriors|at all]].

* ''[[Ascension]]'' is another Evangelion fic that has the divergence-type premise: Seele's plans for Instrumentality were interrupted by the events of ''[[Half Life]]'' (the fic is a crossover) bringing Second Impact two years ahead of schedule. This fundamentally altered the universe in several ways, making Kaworu and Rei into {{spoiler|[[Artificial Human]] [[Tyke Bomb]]s designed to hunt Combine Advisors}}, Asuka into a [[Military Brat]] who grew up with her father and Shinji into a late-comer secondary character. Yui didn't get involved with Seele and kicked Gendo out when Shinji was little then adopted Rei to make up for Gendo taking Shinji with him. Kyoko was {{spoiler|assassinated for going against Seele's dogma}}, making Asuka into a [[Failure Knight]] since childhood. Evangelions were developed independently of Seele's influence but are based on {{spoiler|the Nihilanth}} instead. Later on it's revealed that it's not quite the [[Puny Earthlings|same]] universe [[Humans Are Warriors|at all]].

* For ''[[Code Geass]]'', a major point of divergence from the anime's original plot is explored in ''[[Fan Fic/Lelouch Of Britannia|Lelouch Of Britannia]],'' where the author explores the [[What If]] scenario where Lelouch is ''not'' banished from the court, and grows up in Pendragon. The answer? Quite a bit, but with some interesting parallels to the original timeline.

* A ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fanfic called ''[[Fan Fic/Son Of Apophis|Son Of Apophis]]''. All the character's Yamis become older brothers, with the exception of Bakura, who's an older cousin that {{spoiler|is secretly a half-brother}}. Card games still exist, and it's implied that Yami is still the champion of them, but the tournaments seem to have never taken place. Yami Marik is no where near as psychotic or violent as he is in the actual manga (though he used to be, years ago) and Marik was crippled by his father.