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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==


* ''[[ROD the TV]]'': Mainly retooled the ''Read Or Dream'' manga's basic story to fit into the storyline done in the ''[[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]]'' OAV.
* ''[[ROD the TV]]'': Mainly retooled the ''Read Or Dream'' manga's basic story to fit into the storyline done in the ''[[Read or Die]]'' OAV.
* ''Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' is a deep reboot of the classic anime [[OAV]] series ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. However, so many changes were made, from character designs to backstory to the overall plot, complete with a pseudo-[[Gainax Ending]], that most fans of the original series were rather unimpressed with the end product.
* ''Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040'' is a deep reboot of the classic anime [[OAV]] series ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. However, so many changes were made, from character designs to backstory to the overall plot, complete with a pseudo-[[Gainax Ending]], that most fans of the original series were rather unimpressed with the end product.
* This was essentially the hook of the Alternate Universe series of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. As a result, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' has '''seven''' of these! (''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|G Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|Gundam Wing]]'', ''[[After War Gundam X (Anime)|Gundam X]]'', ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Gundam AGE]]'').
* This was essentially the hook of the Alternate Universe series of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. As a result, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' has '''seven''' of these! (''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|G Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'', ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'', ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'', ''[[Gundam AGE]]'').
** ''SEED'' is a more explicit example, as it bears a lot of similarities to the original series and is sometimes called "21st Century First Gundam" by [[Sunrise]]<ref>''First Gundam'' is a semi-official nickname for the original show</ref>.
** ''SEED'' is a more explicit example, as it bears a lot of similarities to the original series and is sometimes called "21st Century First Gundam" by [[Sunrise]]<ref>''First Gundam'' is a semi-official nickname for the original show</ref>.
** You can generally tell which series are examples by how big the focus is on their respective GUNPLA line. Seed and 00 have entire separate lines dedicated to them, making them stand out even more as reboot series.
** You can generally tell which series are examples by how big the focus is on their respective GUNPLA line. Seed and 00 have entire separate lines dedicated to them, making them stand out even more as reboot series.
** There was also ''For The Barrel'', an obscure [[Light Novel]]-styled story featured in Newtype magazine with radically redesigned characters and mecha.
** There was also ''For The Barrel'', an obscure [[Light Novel]]-styled story featured in Newtype magazine with radically redesigned characters and mecha.
* Naoki Urasawa, creator of ''[[Monster (Anime)|Monster]]'', did this for ''[[Astro Boy (Manga)|Astro Boy]]'' with ''[[Pluto]]''. One reviewer explicitly compares it to Ultimate Marvel (see page quote). The [[Astro Boy (Anime)|2003 animated series]] also arguably qualifies, as it took many of the unrelated storylines from the largely continuity-free classic manga and wove them together into a cohesive story-arc.
* Naoki Urasawa, creator of ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', did this for ''[[Astro Boy (manga)|Astro Boy]]'' with ''[[Pluto]]''. One reviewer explicitly compares it to Ultimate Marvel (see page quote). The [[Astro Boy (anime)|2003 animated series]] also arguably qualifies, as it took many of the unrelated storylines from the largely continuity-free classic manga and wove them together into a cohesive story-arc.
* The ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]'' OVAs have two: ''[[Tenchi Universe]]'', which has all the main characters and more or less a basic outlining of their backgrounds, plus an another character and the same [[Big Bad]] and ''[[Tenchi in Tokyo]]'', with pretty much the main characters in the latter.
* The ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' OVAs have two: ''[[Tenchi Universe]]'', which has all the main characters and more or less a basic outlining of their backgrounds, plus an another character and the same [[Big Bad]] and ''[[Tenchi in Tokyo]]'', with pretty much the main characters in the latter.
* Go Nagai's ''Devilman'' series possibly qualifies - there's a comic series, 1970s anime TV series, and three linked [[OVA|OVAs]] released between 1987 and 2000; each one of them retells the same events but in an updated, refined, condensed way. And, of course, there's ''Devilman Lady'', which is something of a combined ultimate edition and full-on reboot...
* Go Nagai's ''Devilman'' series possibly qualifies - there's a comic series, 1970s anime TV series, and three linked [[OVA|OVAs]] released between 1987 and 2000; each one of them retells the same events but in an updated, refined, condensed way. And, of course, there's ''Devilman Lady'', which is something of a combined ultimate edition and full-on reboot...
* [[Negima]] neo, which is [[Recursive Adaptation|based on the anime based on the manga]].
* [[Negima]] neo, which is [[Recursive Adaptation|based on the anime based on the manga]].
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* As mentioned above, [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]], as it's the [[Ultimate Universe]] version of the normal ''[[Marvel Universe]]''.
* As mentioned above, [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[Ultimate Marvel]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]], as it's the [[Ultimate Universe]] version of the normal ''[[Marvel Universe]]''.
* The [[DC Comics]] "All-Star" line, which had the ''[[All Star Superman]]'' and ''[[All Star Batman and Robin]]'' miniseries (with future projects based on [[Wonder Woman]], [[Batgirl]], and possibly [[The Flash]]), is a form of this. The series aren't supposed to take place in any particular continuity (although ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' does supposedly take place in same continuity as Frank Miller's other Batman stories), and are supposed to be a concentration of what makes those characters special. As well, ''Justice'' is basically ''All-Star [[Super Friends]]'', even if it couldn't legally be called that.
* The [[DC Comics]] "All-Star" line, which had the ''[[All-Star Superman]]'' and ''[[All Star Batman and Robin]]'' miniseries (with future projects based on [[Wonder Woman]], [[Batgirl]], and possibly [[The Flash]]), is a form of this. The series aren't supposed to take place in any particular continuity (although ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' does supposedly take place in same continuity as Frank Miller's other Batman stories), and are supposed to be a concentration of what makes those characters special. As well, ''Justice'' is basically ''All-Star [[Superfriends]]'', even if it couldn't legally be called that.
** The two upcoming series of trade-paperbacks "Batman: Earth One" and [[Superman Earth One|"Superman: Earth One"]] are following the Ultimate Marvel formula more closely than the All-Star line, intending to be a modern reboot in a new continuity rather than mini-series written outside of continuity.
** The two upcoming series of trade-paperbacks "Batman: Earth One" and [[Superman Earth One|"Superman: Earth One"]] are following the Ultimate Marvel formula more closely than the All-Star line, intending to be a modern reboot in a new continuity rather than mini-series written outside of continuity.
** The New 52 relaunch also has some of this, but confusingly not always. Some series are just continuations of old series with renumbered issues while others are complete reboots or retellings. Can be quite confusing to tell which is which at times. Ironic, as the whole point of the New 52 was to make things less confusing for new readers.
** The New 52 relaunch also has some of this, but confusingly not always. Some series are just continuations of old series with renumbered issues while others are complete reboots or retellings. Can be quite confusing to tell which is which at times. Ironic, as the whole point of the New 52 was to make things less confusing for new readers.
* Devil's Due productions attempted this with ''[[G.I. Joe]] Reloaded''.
* Devil's Due productions attempted this with ''[[G.I. Joe]] Reloaded''.
* IDW Publishing's ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' material, but this can be said of damn near all modern ''Transformers'' material.
* IDW Publishing's ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' material, but this can be said of damn near all modern ''Transformers'' material.
* IDW's ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IDW (Comic Book)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' book has taken it upon itself to become this, introducing characters and concepts from different incarnations of the property and blending them together.
* IDW's ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IDW|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' book has taken it upon itself to become this, introducing characters and concepts from different incarnations of the property and blending them together.
* ''[[PKNA]]'', which ran from 1996 to 2001, got this treatment in the form of the less-acclaimed ''PK'', that ended in 2005.
* ''[[PKNA]]'', which ran from 1996 to 2001, got this treatment in the form of the less-acclaimed ''PK'', that ended in 2005.


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== Film ==
== Film ==


* It could be said that the 2009 ''[[Star Trek]]'' movie ("''[[Star Trek (Film)|Star Trek XI]]''") is something of a [[Ultimate Universe]].
* It could be said that the 2009 ''[[Star Trek]]'' movie ("''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek XI]]''") is something of a [[Ultimate Universe]].
** This is lampshaded within the canon of the film itself.
** This is lampshaded within the canon of the film itself.
* The proposed reboot of the [[Mortal Kombat]] looks to do this. This is a proof of concept short, hoping to double as a teaser trailer if greenlit. View it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_MqZn7E-mk&feature=autofb here].
* The proposed reboot of the [[Mortal Kombat]] looks to do this. This is a proof of concept short, hoping to double as a teaser trailer if greenlit. View it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_MqZn7E-mk&feature=autofb here].
* Given that ''[[X Men First Class (Film)|X Men First Class]]'' is filled with [[Continuity Snarl]] and will possibly have sequels, and Fox still wants to continue the regular ''X-Men'' movies with events after ''The Last Stand'', it'll probably come to this.
* Given that ''[[X-Men: First Class|X Men First Class]]'' is filled with [[Continuity Snarl]] and will possibly have sequels, and Fox still wants to continue the regular ''X-Men'' movies with events after ''The Last Stand'', it'll probably come to this.
* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].


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* Several campaigns by RPGA managed to receive the Ultimate treatment following their original publisher's demise. To wit, "Living City" became "Living Planar," "Living Greyhawk" evolved into "Blackmoor," and "Living Death" turned into "Fellowship of the White Star."
* Several campaigns by RPGA managed to receive the Ultimate treatment following their original publisher's demise. To wit, "Living City" became "Living Planar," "Living Greyhawk" evolved into "Blackmoor," and "Living Death" turned into "Fellowship of the White Star."
* [[White Wolf]]'s ''[[New World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|New World of Darkness]]'' is an Ultimate [[Spiritual Successor]] of the ''[[Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|Old World of Darkness]]'', created to tighten focus, tweak rules mechanics, standardize rules between different gamelines, and replace a [[Metaplot]] continuity that in just a little over a decade had become as convoluted and incomprehensible as any comic book universe with a more ambiguous, optional, and largely more interally consistent one.
* [[White Wolf]]'s ''[[New World of Darkness]]'' is an Ultimate [[Spiritual Successor]] of the ''[[Old World of Darkness]]'', created to tighten focus, tweak rules mechanics, standardize rules between different gamelines, and replace a [[Metaplot]] continuity that in just a little over a decade had become as convoluted and incomprehensible as any comic book universe with a more ambiguous, optional, and largely more interally consistent one.


== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
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* ''[[Dumbing of Age]]'' is basically a reboot of ''[[Roomies]]'', minus the [[Mundane Fantastic]] that eventually took over the strip and plus the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|hundreds of characters]] created since then.
* ''[[Dumbing of Age]]'' is basically a reboot of ''[[Roomies]]'', minus the [[Mundane Fantastic]] that eventually took over the strip and plus the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|hundreds of characters]] created since then.
* ''[[The Japanese Beetle]]'' went through this in 2003, retelling stories from its 1998 origin in more modern style. [[Word of God]] later admitted that this was exactly what he was going for.
* ''[[The Japanese Beetle]]'' went through this in 2003, retelling stories from its 1998 origin in more modern style. [[Word of God]] later admitted that this was exactly what he was going for.
* ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'' is basically a [[Ultimate Universe]] version of old cartoon shows, with the [[Powerpuff Girls]] as the protagonists, but also starring [[Dexters Laboratory|Dexter]] and others.
* ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'' is basically a [[Ultimate Universe]] version of old cartoon shows, with the [[Powerpuff Girls]] as the protagonists, but also starring [[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexter]] and others.


== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==


* ''[[G.I. Joe Renegades]]'' may be this in regards to the [[G.I. Joe]] franchise.
* ''[[G.I. Joe: Renegades]]'' may be this in regards to the [[G.I. Joe]] franchise.
* ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' as well for the [[Transformers]] franchise. It is part of the [[Transformers Aligned Universe]], which exists entirely outside the Transformers [[Multiverse]].
* ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' as well for the [[Transformers]] franchise. It is part of the [[Transformers Aligned Universe]], which exists entirely outside the Transformers [[Multiverse]].
* The 2012 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' TV Series has plot details that imply this is the case (Hamato Yoshi being Splinter, and "The Kraang", a race of beings that mix together many rogues.).
* The 2012 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' TV Series has plot details that imply this is the case (Hamato Yoshi being Splinter, and "The Kraang", a race of beings that mix together many rogues.).
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