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* In a [[Wonderful Life]] episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', it turns out that if Timmy had never been born, AJ would have hair, Elmer wouldn't have a boil and a non-braceface Chester would have Timmy's fairy godparents.
* In a [[Wonderful Life]] episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', it turns out that if Timmy had never been born, AJ would have hair, Elmer wouldn't have a boil and a non-braceface Chester would have Timmy's fairy godparents.
** In another episode, Timmy went back to help his Dad win the trophy he accidentally melted. He comes back to find that the Internet is called Timmy and his name is Internet. Of course, he meets a younger Bill Gates who suggested it.
** In another episode, Timmy went back to help his Dad win the trophy he accidentally melted. He comes back to find that the Internet is called Timmy and his name is Internet. Of course, he meets a younger Bill Gates who suggested it.
** Possibly something of a [[Genius Bonus]], since Tim Burners-Lee, (who invented the World Wide Web<ref>''Not'' the internet, that's merely the result of computer networds growing large enough to cover the Earth. Burners-Lee himself credits the creation of the internet to Vint Cerf and Bob Khan who developed IP protocols.</ref> by way of being in charge of the team who developed HTML protocols) originally planned on calling his invention [[Fun with Acronyms|The Infomation Mine]], before realising the acronym was "un peu egoiste".
** Possibly something of a [[Genius Bonus]], since Tim Burners-Lee, (who invented the World Wide Web<ref>''Not'' the internet, that's merely the result of computer networks growing large enough to cover the Earth. Burners-Lee himself credits the creation of the internet to Vint Cerf and Bob Khan who developed IP protocols.</ref> by way of being in charge of the team who developed HTML protocols) originally planned on calling his invention [[Fun with Acronyms|The Infomation Mine]], before realising the acronym was "un peu egoiste".
* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter went back in time to relive his teenaged years and as a result Lois ends up married to Quagmire and Peter is married to Molly Ringwald. Also Al Gore is the President, we have universal health care, no crime or poverty, non-polluting flying cars that run on vegetable oil, and Dick Cheney, Antonin Scalia, Karl Rove and Tucker Carlson are all dead. But worst of all, Chevy Chase is hosting ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. Peter manages to fix everything, but [[American Dad|Roger the alien]] is now a member of the Griffin household.
* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter went back in time to relive his teenaged years and as a result Lois ends up married to Quagmire and Peter is married to Molly Ringwald. Also Al Gore is the President, we have universal health care, no crime or poverty, non-polluting flying cars that run on vegetable oil, and Dick Cheney, Antonin Scalia, Karl Rove and Tucker Carlson are all dead. But worst of all, Chevy Chase is hosting ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. Peter manages to fix everything, but [[American Dad|Roger the alien]] is now a member of the Griffin household.
* Inverted in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "The Late Philip J. Fry," Professor Farnsworth {{spoiler|assassinates Hitler in the early 1930's in one timeline and accidentally assassinates Eleanor Roosevelt in another}} but in both cases the year 3010 they return to appears to be exactly the same, except for being ten feet lower and five feet to the right.
* Inverted in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "The Late Philip J. Fry," Professor Farnsworth {{spoiler|assassinates Hitler in the early 1930's in one timeline and accidentally assassinates Eleanor Roosevelt in another}} but in both cases the year 3010 they return to appears to be exactly the same, except for being ten feet lower and five feet to the right.
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