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== Comic Books ==

* The [[DC Universe]] version is the [[Trope Namer]], and has a lot of them. One of the best and most notable is ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', a beautifully painted and surprisingly cerebral graphic novel. Some of their ''Elseworlds'' would actually fall under [[For Want of a Nail]].

** ''[[Superman: Red Son]]'' is a miniseries about what [[Superman]] would have been like if he had landed in the Soviet Union (specifically Ukraine, which seems to be the closest the writers could find to a Soviet version of Kansas) instead of the United States; he ends up a [[Knight Templar]]. President Luthor defends the United States from the Red Menace with Superman's [[Rogues Gallery]] and [[Green Lantern~~|Green Lanterns~~]]. [[Batman]] has a [[Nice Hat|very sexy hat]].

** ''[[Superman: Red Son]]'' is a miniseries about what [[Superman]] would have been like if he had landed in the Soviet Union (specifically Ukraine, which seems to be the closest the writers could find to a Soviet version of Kansas) instead of the United States; he ends up a [[Knight Templar]]. President Luthor defends the United States from the Red Menace with Superman's [[Rogues Gallery]] and [[Green Lantern]]s. [[Batman]] has a [[Nice Hat|very sexy hat]].

** ''I, Joker'' is a one-shot about a dystopian future version of Gotham where people worship the current Batman (who is also called "The Bruce", but is NOT Bruce Wayne) as a god. It's told from the point of view of {{spoiler|a person who believes himself to be}} [[The Joker]]. {{spoiler|This Batman likes to take enemies of the state, mind-wipe them, and turn them into carbon-copies of past Batman villains with implanted memories; he then uses them in a yearly bloodsport where the entire city dresses up as Batmen/girls/women and attempts to kill one of the villains so as to get a chance to fight him for the right to become the new Batman. However, after an act of rebellion from his personal doctor/surgeon who converts the rebels into faux villains, this year's Joker gradually regains his memories and, after discovering the original Batcave, defeats the wannabe Bat-god and takes up the mantle of the Bat. He also rescues his girlfriend, who had had her vocal cords removed as punishment for being a rebel; she becomes his Robin.}}

** Elseworlds itself had been gone for years (as it didn't jive with the then-current canon of there being-no-multiverse-at-all-really). The first hint that the Multiverse might be back actually occurred when one of the Infinite <s>Christmas</s> Holiday stories ended with Superman punching Batman in the face for being Santa Claus (It's a fun story) with the last panel having an "Elseworlds" logo on it. It wasn't until months later they confirmed the 52.

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** Leela's were what if she was more impulsive, and what if she found her real parents (played with in that she ended up knocked out and dreamed the elseworld, which is a [[Wizard of Oz]] parody.).

* Various episodes of [[Pinky and The Brain]] would arbitrarily plunk the titular duo down in different historical eras, including the twenties, thirties, fifties, sixties, seventies, Napoleonic, mediaeval and biblical ages, among others. As the show tended towards [[Negative Continuity]], no explanation was ever needed or given.

* The "Darkwing Doubloon" episode of ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' makes all the characters into [[Pirate~~|Pirates~~]]. Except the Muddlefoots, they're the royal family of England.

* The "Darkwing Doubloon" episode of ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' makes all the characters into [[Pirate]]s. Except the Muddlefoots, they're the royal family of England.

* [[Phineas and Ferb]] had a few. "Tri-Stone Area" (which featured all characters in a prehistoric setting), "Doof Dynasty" (which featured them in ancient China), "Excaliferb!" (which featured the characters in a medival/fantasy setting, although this was eventually revealed to be a story read to Major Monogram by Carl) and "Phineas and Ferb and the Temple of Juatchadoon" (an Indiana Jones spoof set in the early 20th century)