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[[File:ultimatum_5018.jpg|frame|[[Nothing Is the Same Anymore|Trust me, this is pretty accurate in describing what this event did to the Ultimate Universe.]]]]

 

It started off as a simple task. The [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe, originally created to appeal to new readers [[Adaptation Distillation|without fear of years]] of [[Backstory]] or [[Retcon]], had begun to stagnate. Sales had lowered and some series, such as [[Ultimate X-Men]] and [[Ultimate Fantastic Four]], had fallen into [[Seasonal Rot]]. So the powers behind Marvel came up with the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|ultimate]] plan to renew reader interest, a [[Crisis Crossover]]. A [[Wham! Episode]] which would bring all the characters of the Ultimate Marvel universe and shake up the status quo to make a new jumping on point for new readers, written by [[Jeph Loeb]].

 

 

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* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Subverted in the ''Fantastic Four'' section. Reed prioritizes stopping Doom over saving Sue, leaving Ben to help her. She is ''not'' happy once she's better.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: And we mean ''ANYONE.''

* [[Artistic License Physics]]: Reed gives two explanations for how Magneto caused the tidal wave. Either he reversed the earth's magnetic poles (which wouldn't have much effect) or he reversed the axis (which he would have no power to do). Some have speculated that he could have caused the tectonic shifts necessary to create a tidal wave by moving large metal reserves in the earth's crust, but this is never stated in the story.

* [[Crisis Crossover]]

* [[Darker and Edgier]]

* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|[[Ultimate Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] manages to survive his near death experience, presumably because Bendis didn't want him killed off...[[Harsher in Hindsight|yet.]]}}

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The reason why Magneto doing this {{spoiler|His children being killed. Bit of an overreaction there dude. And even then its revealed he was being manipulated into doing this by his own son, Quicksilver with the help of a mysterious woman and we still don't even know the reason why they did this in the first place. Should further be noted that he was ''horribly, horribly'' abusive to said children, to the point of ''crippling'' his son at one point just for siding against him, further adding to his hypocrisy.}}

** {{spoiler|His children dying is not the only reason. Their deaths are just what ultimately pushed him over the edge. He quite obviously hates humanity and was planning a revolution. Even before Ultimatum in the Ultimate X-Men series, he was willing to kill all humans and those mutants who did not follow him, if memory serves me. But the children dying is what probably pushed him to do this craziness so soon and with such severity. But it doesn't explain why his children dying would push him so much considering he has been shown to be abusive and show little love to them before.}}

* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Various heroes are dead, the X-Men (what's left of them) and Fantastic Four disband, Quicksilver is working for a mysterious evil individual, and Mutants are even more discriminated against then they previously were.}}

* [[Gorn]]: Blob devouring {{spoiler|Wasp's}} ripped guts, {{spoiler|Hank Pym}} getting blown up by suicide bomber Multiple Man, complete with flying guts and a skeleton being incinerated, {{spoiler|Doctor Strange}} getting squeezed by his own cape until his head graphically explodes, etc.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Yellowjacket gathers the Madrox dupes suicide bombing the Triskellion & takes them out to sea to save the rest of the Ultimates.

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