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* [[Alternate History]]: Perhaps better called [[In Spite of a Nail|Parallel History]], because the Sparks have been around for long enough that even geography has been changed by their influence, and yet the world and its history are not completely dissimilar to ours:

** There were still Mongol Hordes on cue, German is still spoken as a European lingua-franca, R(embrandt) Van Rijn was still a famous genius and Casanova a famous skirt-chaser, the [Weather] King was still a towering historical figure...

** There is still a powerful church(es) with not one, but ''seven'' popes, according to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080307 this] page. <ref>For those not in the know, there were several points in the church's history where either they went through a pope about every couple months to around 5 years, and another where there were 3 popes at once. Either or both could be the case for ''Girl Genius''.</ref> Judging by a brief mention [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110704 here] it seems safe to say that the Roman Catholics have decisively split apart.

** There is still a powerful church(es) with not one, but ''seven'' popes, according to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080307 this] page. <ref>For those not in the know, there were several points in the church's history where either they went through a pope about every couple months to around 5 years, and another where there were 3 popes at once. Either or both could be the case for ''Girl Genius''.</ref> Judging by a brief mention [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110704 here] it seems safe to say that the Roman Catholics have decisively split apart. <ref>A footnote in the third novelization to the "seven popes" line enumerates them: "the Pope of Avignon, the Ottoman Pope, the Pope of the Tsars, the Pope of Belfast, the Gypsy Pope (who, confusingly, is not affiliated with the [[Roma|Romany]]), the Pope of the Mountains, and the mysterious Sicilian ''Papa de Tutti Papi''." That last title appears to be a reference to [[The Mafia]].</ref>

** And there's "[http://twitter.com/Othar/status/1595797979 The Autonomous Library]" built by [http://twitter.com/Othar/status/1622338235 Voltaire].

* [[Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome]]: Together with the above [[Alternate History]].