Johnsonverse World History/Companies

7-Eleven[]

The chain has been owned by Johnson since 1989. There have been some changes:

The 2013 logo doesn’t exist ITTL.
Slurpees and Big Gulps are available in the Japanese states, and Slurpees are also available in Mexico.
During the summer months, Slurpees are sold at Johnson’s fast-food chains, including McDonald's, Howard Johnson's, and Kenny Rogers Roasters.
They have made various different promotions, mostly for other properties owned by Johnson.

21st Century Fox[]

While Johnson acquired 21st Century Fox IITL, the deal also included the Fox network.
Because of this, 20th Century Fox wasn't renamed to 20th Century Studios, and the 2009 logo is still used, while its legal name is still Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Its print logo was redesigned to look more accurate to the film logo. Also, the Fox logos now appear at the end of all Fox films.
Other Fox-branded subsidiaries such as Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Star Studios, 20th Century Fox Television (whose logo, along with all of Fox's other television subsidiaries, was redesigned in 2020 to resemble the theatrical logo; here's an idea of what its animation looks like), 20th Century Fox Animation, and Zero Day Fox still bear the Fox name.
- The 20th Century Fox Television and 20th Television logos' animation is similar to the 2007 enhancement of the 1995 logo; this is also true of most other Fox television subsidiaries with logos based on the 20th Century Fox logo. A new 30th Television logo was also created for syndication prints of Futurama, as Tim criticized the older version as "hella cheap"; the new 20th Television logo always comes after the original 20th Century Fox Television logo (rather than replacing it) in Johnson-era syndication prints.
- Fox Searchlight Television's logo is based on the one for Fox Searchlight Pictures, with no camera movements. Its music is the same as OTL's Searchlight Television logo.
- The December 2022 20th Digital Studio logo still exists, but with the Zero Day Fox name instead.
Fox's international channels are still active as well, all using the Fox name and 2019 logo in orange.
21st Century Fox was rebranded to Fox Holdings, initially using the Fox network logo before replacing it in 2020 with a new logo based on the current 20th Century Fox print logo.
Blue Sky Studios did not shut down, with Nimona releasing on January 14, 2022 as planned and other projects being produced. Also, a director's cut of Robots was released in January 2021.
Fox 2000 Pictures is still active, receiving an onscreen logo in 2020 along with 20th Century Fox Animation.
Fox Star Studios' logo remains the same, except the Star logo updated in 2022 to the 2011 version instead of the 2001 logo. Also, the Indian-style arrangement of the Fox fanfare was still introduced that year.
Fox Television Studios was brought back as a rebrand from Fox 21 Television Studios. Its animation is based on the logo of the old incarnation, though with the 2009 structure (here's an idea of what it looks like). Fox World was revived in 2021, with its logo based on its original incarnation.
Fox Television Animation was still relaunched as an independent subsidiary from 20th Century Fox Television in 2021, taking control of all 20th Century Fox animated series. Its onscreen logo is similar to the other 20th Century Fox television divisions' logos, though it's made to look like it was drawn on paper using a pen.
Fox Television Stations Productions was revived, co-producing Cops (which returned to Fox in 2019) and a revival of America's Most Wanted, among other series.
Fox Games was founded in 2019 as a successor to Fox Interactive, as a developer, publisher, and licensor of video games. Its opening logo is a modernized version of the 2002 Fox Interactive logo, based on the 2009 20th Century Fox logo style.
World of Fox (a land based on Fox Holdings' IP) opened at Johnson World on March 1, 2022.
Fox News Channel was split into two: a new channel with the Fox News name, and the original Fox News, still owned by the Murdoch family and renamed to simply News Nation (after the Fox Nation streaming service, which itself was rebranded to Nation Digital), retaining the personalities and right-wing stance of the original Fox News, and the OTL NewsNation is instead called Nexstar News. The new Fox News channel tends to be more centrist and unbiased than the slightly left-favoring WBC News Network.
Fox Sports was given new graphics starting in 2019; among the changes were a new logo (with FS1's wordmark being placed inside the redesigned oval), as well as the addition of one to four-minute bumpers focusing on Cleatus (now voiced by Tim Johnson) in random scenarios themed to sports.
Cleatus also stars in a 4D film called Fox Sports: The Great Football Caper at World of Fox.
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are still with Fox Sports.
As Johnson purchased Speed in 2001, Fuel TV was instead renamed to Fox Sports 1 and then FS1.
The Big Ten Network saw Pete Calandra's music package being reinstated with the 2020 rebrand, and The Big Ten's Greatest Games being brought back.
While both Bento Box Entertainment and MarVista Entertainment were acquired by Johnson, they didn’t become a part of Fox ITTL.
Fox switched to an orange print logo in 2019 (though the branding is otherwise identical), and still uses its 2001 and 2003 generic themes; its four-note mnemonic is based on the final four notes of the 20th Century Fox theme, though the instrumentation is otherwise identical to OTL's 2019 mnemonic. In 2023, it switched to a new graphics package involving the Fox structure (which shows the Fox wordmark on the 2009 20th Century Fox logo; the abstract Fox shapes are present on the bottom structure below the Fox wordmark, as well as several other locations around the structure in endtags and stings; comedy stings have a brief shake as the camera settles into the usual Fox structure view, Animation Domination stings use a 2D version of the Fox structure, and drama stings use a darker sky and searchlights). The logos for Fox network divisions such as Fox Entertainment and Fox Alternative Entertainment were also changed to show their respective print logos on the Fox structure. The "Viewer Discretion is Advised" bumpers use the generic themes, with their backdrop (also used by split-screen credits and bumpers) consisting of the sky and searchlights from the 20th Century Fox movie logo. Finally, the screenbug animation consists of a rectangle with the left searchlight swooping, followed by the right swooping as well (both showing the abstract Fox wordmark); both searchlights come together, revealing the 2019 Fox wordmark (this section resembles the 1996-99 Fox logo), before the rectangles and searchlights fade out. The Fox print logo was also made gold.
Star India was not renamed to Disney Star. It also adopted the logo and branding of OTL's Star content hub on international versions of Disney+.
Twentieth Century House in Soho is still 20th Century Fox's UK headquarters.
A new logo was unveiled in September 2024 and will make its film debut in early 2025 to coincide with the studio's 90th anniversary, along with new logos for both 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures created by Industrial Light & Magic. It will also be used for other subsidiaries.
- The structure is entirely redone for the first time since 2009.
- The logo begins during the daytime and transitions to nighttime as it progresses, ending with a sky resembling the 1953 logo.
- The searchlights turn on in sync to the fanfare, similar to Fox Searchlight Pictures.
- The Fox fanfare was rearranged by Joey Newman, replacing the David Newman arrangement introduced in 1997. It was recorded with a 65-piece orchestra on the Newman Scoring Stage, featuring an added timpani crescendo roll underneath the opening brass melody. It also sounds more powerful than before. This fanfare will also be used for other Fox studios (aside from Fox Star Studios, which will introduce a

version of the 2024 fanfare with Indian instruments), with a shortened version for television subsidiaries.

Fox home media releases[]

The enhanced 2006-2010 variant of the INTERPOL Attention warning was brought back, while the 2009-2020 warning screen still appears at the end of movies.

Aardman[]

The 1998 print logo is still used.

Able 2/Sho-Me[]

Quickly after Johnson acquired Able 2 in 2008, they began providing sirens that sound more like Sho-Me’s Undercover sirens (though the yelp and phaser are about a half-semitone lower, and the warble and whoop are about a full tone lower, with the higher-pitched warble and whoop being optional) alongside the classic-style sirens; both types of sirens are still in production today. Also, the company purchased the Powercall trademark from the Fierstein brand, with Johnson later expressing distaste for the owner’s conservative viewpoints.

American Motors Corporation (AMC)[]

AMC still exists as a company, as a result of these decisions.

George W. Mason didn't pass away during the merger of AMC and Studebaker-Packard, and as such those two brands were incorporated under the AMC brand, making AMC the third-largest car company.
The company produces a larger variety of vehicles compared to OTL, and their vehicles in the 70s looked much better.
The Gremlin and Pacer models were not produced by the company, instead focusing on having their current models more fuel-efficient.
The partnership with Renault turned out much better due to Georges Besse not being assassinated in this timeline, and with the company being much stronger than Chrysler in this timeline, AMC was not bought out by Chrysler as it was IOTL.
Currently, the AMC brands consist of Hudson as their marquee brand (which was not decommissioned as a brand), Rambler as their economy brand (which replaced Nash), Studebaker as their performance brand, Packard as their luxury brand, Jeep, and the AMC brand for trucks and vans. Renault models are also sold at AMC dealerships.

Amoco[]

While the 1970 canopy logo still exists, it was changed in 2002 so the wordmark is the same one from the main logo.

Atari[]

Johnson purchased the Atari assets in 1998.

In 2009, the logo was changed to a stacked version in a red rounded square, with the 2003 symbol and 2002 wordmark. The 2003 logo is still used as a horizontal version.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration has some differences: there are more noteworthy titles, there are more games from the 5200, 7800, Lynx, Jaguar, and 8-bit computer line, as well as the Jaguar CD, and the timeline mentions many more aspects of Atari's history, including the scrapped MindLink and Puffer accessories, scrapped agreements to distribute the Famicom and Mega Drive in the mainland US, the circumstances that led to Ray Kassar's departure, Tengen, the Jaguar's infamous ad campaign, and the company post-1998. Also, Atari's third-party output and the Jaguar CD aren't glossed over.

Big Idea Entertainment[]

After Johnson acquired the company, the “Why We Do What We Do” promo was reverted back to the original 2000 version, albeit with some modifications; the ages of the kids aren’t shown, due to them by then being older than they were when the promo was originally filmed, the “w” in “what” isn’t capitalized, and an additional ellipsis is added before said word. This continues to show on their releases to this day.

Blockbuster[]

Johnson purchased Blockbuster in 1992.

Due to Blockbuster weathering the Great Depression much better, it still exists as a chain.
There are still physical locations and franchises being opened, as Blockbuster wasn't purchased by Dish Network.
Game Rush is still around as well, both as a section within Blockbuster and as standalone stores.
Its logo was altered in 2021, using thicker lines and the wordmark from OTL's streaming service in Denmark.
Blockbuster Express vending machines still exist.
Big Ticket Television is known as Blockbuster Television (IOTL this was Big Ticket Television's originally planned name due to being a Blockbuster affiliate at the time but Blockbuster's then-head denied permission). Here are the descriptions for its closing logos:
- 1995-1999: Against a gray background, a blue CGI ticket flips in and zooms out with a yellow streak flying across it. The streak wedges inside the ticket and turns into the yellow outline. The words "BLOCKBUSTER TELEVISION" fade in. Its music is the same as OTL's Big Ticket Productions logo, but without the "mmm!" sound.
- 1999-2021: Against a white background, the blue ticket flies in from the left to the center, and the yellow outline is drawn on the ticket as the words "BLOCKBUSTER TELEVISION" fade in.
- 2021-present: Against a blue background, the full ticket is shown completely straight with the words "BLOCKBUSTER TELEVISION", before a bit of it is torn off. The remaining fragment flies into place on the center.

Busch Entertainment[]

General[]

Busch Entertainment never purchased Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Park Group due to Busch Entertainment and owner Anheuser-Busch being purchased by Johnson in 1985.

Busch Gardens[]

General[]

The 1975 logo continues to be used.
The Anheuser-Busch beer-sampling program continues at the parks.

Tampa Bay[]

Gwazi closed in 2012 and was remodeled by Rocky Mountain Construction as Iron Gwazi which opened in 2014.

Williamsburg[]

Drachen Fire is built by Bolliger & Mallibard with Giovanola as the sub-contractor instead of Arrow Dynamics and still operates at the park to this day.
- In 2002 Drachen Fire gets floorless trains replacing the original sit down trains.

Sesame Place[]

General[]

Under Johnson, the parks are notably less discriminatory, aligning better with one of the main purposes of the show the parks are based on.
Any location that has a version of the Sunny Day Carousel still plays the fairground organ-styled covers of Sesame Street songs to this day.

Langhorne, PA[]

The Big Bird head entrance is still in use; the steps were razed in 2005 to make the park's entrance more accessible for wheelchairs and strollers.
The Sunny Day Carousel still exists, but in a different location from OTL.
Most of the original 1980 playground is still in use.

Tokyo, KN[]

San Diego[]

The park opened in 2000.

Cartoon Network[]

Cartoon Network was founded as a joint venture between Johnson (which owns Hanna-Barbera), Turner Broadcasting System, and MGM/UA Media (then MGM/UA Communications). MGM/UA divested its shares in 2001, splitting ownership between Johnson and AOL Time Warner (now WarnerMedia) and in 2007, Johnson bought the remaining shares after the bomb scare in Boston during promotion of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (though Johnson still maintains agreements with MGM/UA and Warner to show content from both companies). Sweeping changes have been made since then:

Adult Swim was made into a separate channel in 2008.
Boomerang was expanded as a cable channel in 2008; it still focuses on classic theatrical shorts and animated series from Hanna-Barbera, Johnson, MGM, and Warner Bros., with series from the 1990s and 2000s also being shown. A new graphics package and logo were still introduced internationally in 2015, though they're still based on the 2000 graphics and the announcer is still Jeff Bergman instead of Colin Dean.
Toonami moved to the Adult Swim network the day after it ended its run on Cartoon Network. It launched on September 2, 2008, beginning the TOM 3.5 era that lasted from September 21 of that year to September 22, 2013.
Since Cartoon Network was a joint venture, its opening and closing logos lacked bylines.
The 2010 logo is the same, except it uses the Eagle Bold font instead of a modified version and the "Cartoon Network" text underneath is absent. The extended logo is the same as the 1992-2004 version, but without outlines.
On January 1, 2017, the 2010 extended logo was made the primary logo in celebration of Cartoon Network's 25th anniversary, with the former primary logo continuing to be used as an alternate. Cartoon Network Studios reverted to the 1996 logo, again without outlines (the closing logo reuses its animation from the 2013 logo, and the 2022 logo still uses its animation with the 1996 logo), and Cartoon Network still changed to its 2016 and 2022 endtags.
Cartoon Network's "skull" logo is still in use at the end of Adult Swim series, mostly after the Williams Street logo.
Cartoon Network Studios is still a division of Hanna-Barbera; since 2001, Cartoon Network Studios' closing logo has been shown between the Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Productions logos at the end of every Cartoon Network original series. Also, it did not merge into Warner Bros. Animation in 2022, nor did it leave its headquarters in 2023. From 2010 to 2017, it used OTL's 2013 logo, but with the 1992 Cartoon Network logo. Since 2017, it was modified to show the "STUDIOS" text in the checkerboard style (similar to a short-lived 1997 logo).
- Cartoon Network Studios Europe would later use this same style for its logo from 2017 to 2021, when it rebranded to Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.
Series such as Teen Titans Go!, the Powerpuff Girls and Ben 10 reboots, and ThunderCats Roar do not exist, period.
Cartoon Network still makes theatrical feature films; the opening logo from The Powerpuff Girls Movie is used, though updated over the years with more modern characters.
As Adult Swim never left Latin America, all seasons of series such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies are dubbed in Latin American Spanish, with all cast members (except for those who are either retired or deceased) remaining throughout those shows' respective runs. Said series also received Japanese dubs.
Stuart Snyder, Christina Miller, Tom Ascheim, and Michael Ouweleen never became CEOs.
Cartoon Network's attempts at live-action series were rejected.
The Top 5s were revived in 2015.
In early 2017, the Cartoon Cartoons branding and Cartoon Cartoon Fridays were revived, both using the logo of OTL's Cartoon Cartoons shorts program (which is instead named "What A Cartoon!" after the Hanna-Barbera anthology series).
Its graphics packages since 2010 are very different, being much more diverse and colorful, though still using elements of OTL's "CHECK it", "Dimensional", "Redraw Your World", and "Pastel" graphics, as well as their respective names.
Its website did not shut down in 2024.
Cartoon Network Wacky Racing (a program that sponsored in NASCAR from 1996 to 2000) was brought back in 2011.
Due to being owned by Johnson instead of AT&T (at the time), the Adult Swim layoffs of November 2020 never happened, and the livestreams are still produced, with Williams Street West and Williams Street East still in operation. Also, Mike Lazzo was dismissed in 2013, with Tim explaining that "he was a dinosaur".

Carolco Pictures[]

Carolco Pictures did not go bankrupt in 1995.

Chance Rides[]

Chance saw some changes to their rides following Johnson's acquisition.

Carousels[]

Small zebras had their tails changed to resemble actual zebra tails as opposed to horse tails (large, Dentzel-styled zebras already had accurate tails). Similarly, all Zebras made post-Johnson had their manes painted black around the outer rim, like the manes of an actual Zebra.
Dentzel-styled Giraffes regained their headcollars (though they can still make Giraffes without them).
More animals were added to their menagerie. These include:
- More horses, including several in fixed-position and some with their mouths closed (there still are more with their mouth open, as per tradition)
- Several new donkey molds, plus some mule molds, including some fixed-position donkeys/mules, and several with closed mouths.
- Dentzel-styled fixed-position zebras
- The return of the Dentzel hippocampus, not seen on any carousels by them since the ones at the Great America Parks
- Dentzel-styled pigs without large tusks
- Jumping giraffes and camels, plus fixed-position versions of several animals that previously only had jumping figures, like the rhinoceros, the elephant, the gorilla, the rooster, and the ostrich
- Members of the Bovine family, such as bulls/cows, buffalo, and bison
- Antelopes such as impalas and wildebeests
- Four moose molds; jumping with antlers, jumping without antlers, fixed-position with antlers, and fixed-position without antlers
- Some molds for different kinds of sheep
- Molds for brown/grizzly/Kodiak bears (growling) and black bears (tame) that look more like adult bears than the Dentzel-styled bear
- More Feliformia molds, including several with their mouths closed (such a Dentzel-styled cat without a catch in it's mouth, alongside new molds for pumas, cheetahs, lynx, etc.), plus some more Lion molds (most new Lion molds would still have their mouth open), as well as some molds for hyenas, mongooses, etc.
- Molds for various kinds of dogs
- More primate figures
- Various different North American animals, such as raccoons and beavers
- Several Australian animals, including a Kangaroo that looks like Dentzel's kangaroo
- Some more aquatic animals, including an Axolotl
- A notably wider variety of reptiles
- More dinosaurs other than the Triceratops, as well as other prehistoric/extinct animals, such as Wooly Mammoths
- Some new fantasy figures
More sizes were added to their Carousel lineup, including:
- 3-Abreast 50-Foot
- 4-Abreast 64-Foot
- 5-Abreast 64-Foot
- Double Decker 50-Foot (4-Abreast, with 2-abreast on top floor)
All types of carousels now allow access to all themes.
The option of LED bulbs with the warm color of older bulbs, alongside other colors.

C.P. Huntington[]

Upon Chance Rides' acquisition by Johnson, the C.P. Huntington train was discontinued. Tim Johnson called the train "ugly as sin" and "total frauds", echoing his general disdain for steam-outline diesel locomotives, and also announced that all support for existing trains would be cut off. Chance Rides now offers the option for trains designed and built by Continental Rail, including several models of live steam and diesel locomotives, and several models of passenger cars. The original C.P. Huntington ran on a gauge of 24 inches (two feet), while the new trains are built to either 15 inches or 18 inches, both scaled appropriately. Any park or zoo that had acquired a C.P. Huntington is eligible to receive a new train(s) for free, with a lifetime support plan to keep costs under control. Some models in the Chance Rides lineup include:

Live steam (or compressed air) locomotives:
- 0-4-0 Four-Coupled
- 2-6-0 Mogul
- 2-6-2 Prairie
- 4-2-4 Huntington
- 4-4-0 American
- 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler
- 4-6-2 Pacific
- 2-8-0 Consolidation
- 2-8-2 Mikado
- 4-8-2 Mountain
- 4-8-4 Northern
- 2-8-4 Berkshire
Diesel locomotives:
- 44 tonner
- SW1500
- MP15AC
- F7
- GP9
- GP30
- GP35
- GP40
- GP60M
- F40PH
- SD40-2
- SD70ACe
- P42DC
- SC-44 Charger
Electric locomotives
Compressed air locomotives with no valve gear
Passenger cars:
- Budd streamlined coaches (coach, baggage, RPO, observation)
- Pullman heavyweight (coach, combine, baggage, observation)
- Superliner (coach, diner, Sightseer's Lounge, sleeper)
- Open cars (based on Overfair Railway open cars; comes with optional cover)
Freight cars
- Gondola with seats
- Flatcar with seats
- Boxcar
- Tank car (can be directly connected to a steam or diesel locomotive to increase water/fuel capacity)
- Caboose

Other flat rides[]

Channel Awesome[]

Channel Awesome never went downhill, and is still respected to this day, with overall better treatment of employees, mainly due to Mike Michaud and the Walkers being better prople ITTL. The Not So Awesome document never existed, either. In addition, the Nostalgia Critic series never adopted the skits from the ill-fated Demo Reel (which also never existed), and Malcolm Ray, Tamara Chambers and other cast members are instead involved in different series. Also, Justin Carmical wasn’t defended for being a rapist/pedophile, and was fired before his 2014 death.

CINAR[]

Johnson purchased CINAR in 1998.

The CINAR scandal never happened, nor did the rename to Cookie Jar; Ronald A. Weinberg and Micheline Charest remained in charge until Charest's death in 2004 and Michael Hirsh took her spot.
The 1992 print logo is still used, along with the 1992 onscreen logo (which was enhanced in 2009).

Cinemassacre[]

AVGN intro still 2020 — A still of the 2020 *AVGN* opening.

Cinemassacre never partnered with Screenwave ITTL, and is very different.

Kyle Justin and Brendan Castner (Bootsy Spankins) stayed on, and post their own music videos in place of the Rex Viper band, as well as behind-the-scenes work and cameos on the AVGN series. They also receive compensation for their work and DVD/Blu-ray sales.
Mike Matei is still with the company, and James and Mike Mondays is still going on to this day.
The Rental Reviews series consists of James, Mike, Kyle, and Bootsy. The Cinemassacre podcast has the same arrangement, and is filmed on the Rental Reviews set, although some episodes may be shot on the Retail Reviews set when needed.
James Rolfe signed a multi-picture contract with Johnson Studios to direct movies, starting with a horror film and an untitled video game film (not an AVGN movie sequel). He also writes every AVGN episode (sometimes with Matei, Justin or Castner).
The modern AVGN episodes don't overuse toilet humor, modern gaming references, or green screen effects and gags involving the Nerd living out scenarios from the games, and have the Nerd alternate between screaming rage and tired frustration, instead of going at full volume 100% of the time.
A new AVGN opening sequence has been in use since 2020, showing Guitar Guy playing his guitar behind the Nerd in various angles, with arrangements of clips that change yearly being shown on the TV screen in the Nerd Room, ending with a title card drawn by Matei (which is used as a thumbnail instead of the clickbait-style, uniform ones IOTL); new title cards are also used as thumbnails for 2011-2018 episodes that lacked them.
The videos' current titles use the show's name, the game title, and the episode number (for example, "The Angry Video Game Nerd - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Episode 2)").
The Nerd still wears his pre-2020 shirt.
The You Know What's Bullshit? series is still called that instead of You Know What's BS? or YKWBS due to YouTube not changing its rules.
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie is different, and considered much better.
An AVGN movie sequel is in production.

Comedy Central[]

Its 2000 logo is still used, though the Comedy Sans font was still introduced in 2018.

CompuServe[]

Continental Hotels brands[]

Holiday Inn[]

In 1983, the company gained a new logo, though it’s different from the one in OTL; the yellow and orange seven-pointed "star" symbol is replaced by a five-pointed orange star like those seen on the Great Signs (the wordmark is the same as the 1983 logo in the real world); this logo is still in use to this day.
Great Signs are still being made, currently with the 1983 wordmark and removing the two small stars; modern ones are either plastic, with the Star being plastic or LED, both in orange (though the Star, alongside the text, could change color for the LED version); the sign size depends on city sign codes and space for a Great Sign. Older 1952-1983 signs are still commonplace as well.
- Several locations have at least one other sign (either plastic or LED like the Great Sign for the location it accompanies) that more or less resembles the signs for locations of Holiday Inn Express and Select; sometimes for these locations, the Great Sign is further from the hotel, occasionally as a way of directing travelers off of a major road to the road in which the hotel is located on.
- Modern signs have black/dark gray pedestals instead of orange and yellow ones; the pedestal isn’t lit in the plastic version, while it’s lit off of the sides of the LED version.
- The arrows on modern Great Signs don’t have chasing lights.
- Also, modern Great Signs don’t have the streaks of light surrounding the star; the LED version has both the Star and the text be able to change color.
Holidomes are still being built across the country, and many of the older Holidomes that were built when the brand was established in the 1970s still exist and are part of the Holiday Inn chain, albeit refurbished.
Holiday Inn Resorts are still known as Holiday Inn SunSpree Resorts, and Holiday Inn Select Hotels still exist.

Holiday Inn Express[]

The logo, still with blue replacing green, gives the orange star a yellow tail trailing behind it from the left (a la OTL's 1991 logo).

Dick Clark Productions[]

Dick Clark Productions was purchased by Johnson in 2001. The 1973 print logo and 2007 enhancement of the 1989 on-screen logo are still used. Ryan Seacrest still succeeded Dick Clark on New Year's Rockin' Eve after the latter's 2012 death. Also, due to the practice of television stations wiping pre-existing tapes to store newer content not existing, all episodes of American Bandstand are available to view in full (including the pre-Dick Clark episodes from 1952-1956) instead of the random assortment of 63 episodes from 1957-1984 like in OTL, and the complete series was released through physical media in 2012 to celebrate the series' 60th anniversary.

Disney[]

With Johnson's acquisition of Disney in 2013, many, many significant changes were made.

100 Years of Wonder[]

The Mickey and Minnie ear hat designs were changed to avoid resemblance to semen; more specifically, the "liquid" is black while the hats themselves are white.

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)[]

The One Saturday Morning block was brought back.
Due to ABC Signature being rebranded to Touchstone Television, ABC Studios was instead merged with ABC Entertainment (which only produced America's Funniest Home Videos), keeping the latter name. Its logo animation is similar to this video, but with "ENTERTAINMENT" instead of "SIGNATURE".
The ABC Special Presentation card was updated to the 2013 and later 2021 brandings.
As Johnson purchased ESPN ITTL, ABC Sports remains separate from ESPN, and did not become ESPN on ABC. ABC Sports was rebranded to ABC's Wide World of Sports as a homage to the 1961-1998 television series. Its 2014-2021 opening is the same one from the 2017 Battle of the Network Stars, though its clips are all from ABC sports broadcasts instead of stock footage, and change yearly (with the exception of Vinko Bogataj's 1970 ski jump, which is still used to represent the Agony of Defeat); Anthony DiLorenzo's 1995 arrangement of the theme song is used, as is archived narration from the late Jim McKay. Since 2021, the visuals were updated. Also, all ABC broadcasters now wear gold blazers with the ABC logo on the breast pocket, similarly to those on the original Wide World of Sports.
ABC and ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcasts reverted to using "Heavy Action" by Johnny Pearson as the primary theme.
The Circle 7 logo used by owned-and-operated stations and affiliates was standardized, using the logos used by WLS-TV IOTL.

Branding, divisions, and names[]

The corporate font switched to Garamond Bold. The logo for The Walt Disney Company now uses Waltograph for "THE" and "CO.", and a silhouette of Mickey Mouse in his incarnation from "Plane Crazy" (the first Mickey cartoon produced) is next to it.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures was rebranded back to Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment rebranded back to Walt Disney Home Entertainment.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment was revived as a distributor.
Touchstone Pictures is still in operation, while Hollywood Pictures was revived as Disney's indie label.
Disney-ABC Domestic Television rebranded back to Buena Vista Television.
Walt Disney Television was brought back as a production company for Disney shows, renamed from ABC Studios. The division of the same name was rebranded as Walt Disney Television Group.
Disney Television Animation was rebranded back to Walt Disney Television Animation.
ABC Signature still exists, but is instead a revival of Touchstone Television.
Disney Interactive Studios was rebranded back to simply Disney Interactive.
Disney Wonderful World of Reading had its apostrophe-s readded.

Characters[]

Mickey's shorts' buttons are now permanently yellow, while Minnie reverted to a half-dressed outfit. Those changes carried over to the Disney parks (though Minnie still wears dresses for special occasions), as well as the Disney Junior shows.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Ortensia Cat were officially introduced into the core Disney character lineup (now called the Exceptional Eight instead of Sensational Six) as one of Tim's first acts after acquiring Disney, with Frank Welker and Audrey Wasilewski reprising their respective roles from the Epic Mickey games; Oswald is more abrasive compared to Mickey (though not as much as Donald), while Ortensia is more of a screwball compared to Minnie and Daisy as well as slightly tomboyish. They use modernized designs inspired by their classic appearances. Also carried over was Oswald's original love interest, Fanny Cottontail (voiced by Debra Wilson), who is portrayed as sultry like in her later appearances. Oswald and Ortensia appear in Picnic Problems (Oswald's first starring role in animation since 1943), Mickey and the Roadster Racers/Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (Oswald's car number, 27, references his debut year; Ortensia is the fourth member of the Happy Helpers alongside Minnie, Daisy, and Cuckoo-Loca), Minnie's Bow-Toons, Mickey Mouse Funhouse, Mickey Saves Christmas, the Paul Rudish Mickey Mouse series (as an aside, OTL's The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse is instead part of the prior Paul Rudish series; their appearances in this series are less frequent), the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit television series (which wasn't cancelled ITTL and debuted in 2021), Kingdom Hearts III, the revived House of Mouse, and various movies and specials. They were also introduced to all the Disney parks from 2014 onward, with completely new costume designs based on their modern appearances. Finally, a comic continuity featuring Oswald called the Rabbit Universe was launched, written by TBA and illustrated by TBA.
Tony Anselmo was appointed as "Official Donald Consultant", providing input on the character.
LGBTQIA+ characters have larger roles, with Disney itself not making a big deal about their presence.
Clarice makes more appearances in animation (voiced by Tress MacNeille like in the parks), and her incarnation from Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life is a separate character named Chris, who is her twin sister. Chris also appears in animated series (voiced by Jan Johns).

Comics[]

All comic artists were given higher salaries, as well as now being asked for permission to use their stories in books and earning royalties from them. Also, there has been a greater push to promote the Disney comics in the States.

Disney+[]

With Johnson owning both Disney and Netflix, Disney+ does not exist, with all Disney and Fox content being on Netflix instead. Star+ (a Star-branded streaming service for Latin America) does not exist either, and Disney Star is still called Star India.

Also, after Johnson bought Disney and later 21st Century Fox, their respective stakes in Hulu were sold to Comcast, which took full ownership of Hulu in 2019 after LeBlanc-owned WarnerMedia divested its stake. Because of this, Peacock doesn't exist, and Hulu was instead expanded to other countries (on a side note, Hulu Japan is the same as its American counterpart ITTL).

Disney home media releases[]

Since 2014, the following changes were made:

The DVD case style was changed back to white with rounded corners for the label.
The disc content reverted to featuring a greater variety of bonus features and trailers, along with animated menus with easter eggs.
A modernized version of the 1999-2006 bumper style was introduced, with new narrations recorded by Brian Cummings and remastered in widescreen; the underscore was reintroduced as well.
The Disney DVD and Disney Blu-ray logos are still shown before the warning screens.
FastPlay was retooled so the film immediately plays once the "FastPlay" option is selected, with the trailers playing after the film rather than before. Also, its bumper was redone with more modern animation and effects, and Tom Kane's narration was replaced with Brian Cummings'; its underscore was left alone.

Disney live-action remakes[]

After Johnson purchased Disney in 2013, Tim personally put a stop to any further live-action remakes from being made. Thus, any live-action remake that started development after 2013 doesn't exist ITTL, and whatever remakes that were in the planning stages were stopped. Also, due to this, the Disney Junior series Ariel does not exist.

Disney parks[]

The parks have all seen a multitude of changes, with several new parks being added by Johnson and Disneyland Paris being changed to Johnson World Europe due to another Disneyland being built in the UK. Also, DisneyQuest was brought back. Here are the following pages for the existing parks' changes and the new parks opened by Johnson:

Here is a list of changes for the costumed characters:

Mickey and Minnie's costumes from 2014 to 2016 were the same as their costumes used IOTL since 2016.
Goofy and Pluto's eyes are now conjoined.
Since 2016, all costumed characters were replaced by AnimeTronics, now looking much more faithful to the characters' cartoon counterparts and bearing more cartoony proportions.
Mickey now wears shorts in his tuxedo costume instead of long pants (though he still wears long pants in a winter variant).
Pete was introduced to the parks in meet-and-greet form as well.
Mickey gets more appearances in his classic red shorts look, though his tuxedo is still more common; this is also true with Minnie's regular outfit and polka dot dress look, with the latter outfit being recolored to reflect the new color scheme.
Minnie still wore a pantsuit at Disneyland London in 2022, only it's light blue with purple polka dots instead of dark purple with black polka dots, and wasn't touted as "progressive".

Other changes include:

FastPass (with the original system) is still used instead of FastPass+ (which was cancelled after Johnson bought Disney), MaxPass, or Genie+. It switched to a digital system in 2015, rather than being connected to papers.
Country Bear Jamboree's 1972 audio track wasn't replaced with a new one in 2024.

Disney Princess[]

The Disney Princess franchise was abolished, with Tim citing Roy E. Disney's statement that "Cinderella and Snow White could never be seen together because their stories take place in different times and places"; merchandise of all its characters continue to be made under the Disney Heroines label.

DisneyToon Studios[]

DisneyToon Studios is still in operation, albeit restructured so that, instead of producing cheaply-animated and poorly-written direct-to-video films, it produces 2D theatrical or streaming films not falling into Walt Disney Animation Studios such as films based on the Exceptional Eight and spin-offs focusing on other Disney characters.

Disney Vault[]

The Disney Vault was abolished as well; Tim considered it a "cheap way to artificially raise the price of Disney home video releases". A video was made in which Tim removes all film reels from the vault before symbolically loading it with dynamite and blowing it up (of course, Tim didn't actually blow up a vault; it was a miniature effect that he was chroma-keyed into).

Disney video games[]

Disney Interactive Studios is still in operation; it was renamed back to Disney Interactive in 2015 with the 1995 logo also being reinstated. Video games based on both Disney and Pixar films are also still being made.
Disneyland Adventures' 2017 remaster (referred to as Disneyland Adventures 2017) added new content to reflect the remodels made to the park by Johnson. Also, characters from other franchises such as Star Wars and Frozen were added. Further games based on the Disney parks have been made every year.

Logos[]

The Walt Disney Company's logo was refreshed, now saying "The Walt Disney Co." and accompanied by a silhouette of Mickey as he appeared in Plane Crazy. The logomark is from the 2007-present Walt Disney Animation Studios logo. This refreshed logo was to make it feel "less corporate" and more welcoming and friendlier, as well as drawing on the Disney brand's heritage.
Logo plastering with modern logos came to an end; all modern releases of older films preserve their original logos.
Walt Disney Pictures reverted to using its full name instead of simply "Disney", beginning in Frozen; the 2006 logo's sound design was altered, with the fireworks sounding more realistic. Starting with 2015's Hiawatha, a modernized version of the 1985 logo was used (here's an idea of what it looks like); unlike the 1985 logo. For Pixar films, the logo reverted to the 1995-2007 CGI castle (though with new animation), with Randy Newman's fanfare used in A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.. For all films released in 2023, the Disney100 logo replaced the Walt Disney Pictures text; this also applied to television series.
Walt Disney Animation Studios' logo was changed beginning with Hiawatha in 2015. It opens with Mickey (in his tuxedo) and Minnie (in her dress) using clapperboards on a stage, then the camera zooming beyond them to a night sky with fireworks and the Walt Disney logotype writing itself in, and the words "Animation Studios" fading in below, in Garamond. The theme is an arrangement of "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo".
Walt Disney Television Animation's logo uses the standard Mickey design instead of the Paul Rudish design, and uses a short animation of Mickey walking in a neighborhood, freezing in place as the background fades to the wordmark and white background.
A new logo was made for Walt Disney Home Entertainment and introduced in 2014, being a remake of the 1986 logo (though Mickey is animated instead of being a still image, as is the text gold instead of red). Its music is a slower-paced and orchestrated version of the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo (in E Major rather than Bb Major like the original), performed by a chamber orchestra consisting of select members of the Johnson Philharmonic Orchestra.
The revived Walt Disney Television uses a shortened version of the 2015 logo with the 1987 fanfare.
All Buena Vista logos use the 1953 wordmark, in order to strengthen its brand identity by giving it an iconic wordmark a la Disney.
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution has an animated logo after the credits of all the films it distributes. In front of a black background with a blue glow, a white dot draws the Buena Vista text in blue, and fairy dust makes the "Distributed By" and "Pictures Distribution" text appear in a lighter shade. All of the action is accompanied by pencil and fairy dust sounds.
Buena Vista Television uses a new logo with a new, more triumphant-sounding arrangement of the fanfare, also composed by Sam Winans. The animation starts off like in prior Buena Vista Television logos with improved CGI, before it zooms out to reveal the name (with the words "Buena Vista" using the same script from Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) in front of the Disney-ABC cloud backdrop as the star animation fades to the print logo.
The current Lucasfilm logo is very different, taking more inspiration from the 1996 logo. The green Lucasfilm logo is shown (with an added glow effect). A shine transforms it into a silver metallic logo, which fades to gold.
The revived Hollywood Pictures uses a completely different logo, inspired by the Walk of Fame.
Disney Interactive's 1996-2005 logo was revived, albeit remastered in widescreen with a 60fps frame rate.
Disney's Wonderful World of Reading uses a simplified version of its 1973-2005 logo, with the title (apart from "Disney's") set in Garamond Bold.

Pixar[]

As PixarFan 8695 joined Pixar ITTL, they made several Luxo Jr. shorts for Netflix.

Releases of Luca and Turning Red[]

Both films weren't shafted to Disney+ due to COVID-19, with Luca and Turning Red releasing in theaters as planned, going to Netflix after 45 days; Tim cited the vaccine rollouts and the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding when rejecting proposals to put them on Netflix instead. This also affected Lightyear's box office performance, as moviegoers wouldn't see future Pixar films as disposable streaming fare.

As an aside, Disney allowed Pixar to add more overtly LGBT content in Turning Red (namely the implication that Mei and Miriam are attracted to each other) due to Bob Chapek being fired once Johnson acquired the company.

Series[]

All remasters of series originally presented in 4:3 are in their original aspect ratio rather than being cropped to 16:9 widescreen.
There isn't a limit as to how many seasons Disney shows can run for.

Television channels/blocks[]

Disney Channel[]

Disney Channel features less live-action content post-buyout.
Vault Disney was revived on December 5, 2014.
All Disney Channel original series still use the "Disney Channel Original" logo at the end.
The Wand IDs since 2014 have different graphics; the glow sticks remain instead of being replaced by magic wands, and there are also no generic locales for backgrounds.
Its 2022 logo (with the addition of Mickey ears) was introduced to the US.

Disney Junior[]

Disney Junior rebranded back to Playhouse Disney in February 2014.
Several Playhouse Disney shows are mostly the same as in OTL, one difference being that shows in which episodes' titles are read still have the titles of the episodes shown onscreen as they're said.
Also, some shows weren't picked up; an example of such is PJ Masks.
All Mickey and the Roadster Racers episodes retain the original name instead of being retroactively renamed to Mickey Mouse Roadster Racers.
In Roadster Racers/Mixed-Up Adventures, Donald is voiced by regular voice actor Tony Anselmo instead of Daniel Ross, who instead voices several minor characters. Also, Grandpa Beagle acts very much like he does in the comics, as well as wearing his mask.
Bluey was still picked up by Playhouse Disney, with a difference being that there's less gags cut than in OTL (only the scenes with horse feces shown onscreen were cut/edited, for obvious reasons); certain pieces of dialogue from the original version also go unedited; Tim stated in 2023 that he made no edits to Bluey because "kids are more mature than you think. To censor these episodes would be to shield kids from reality. What kid is gonna look at their parents and ask why Bandit is talking about getting a vasectomy? That stuff's for the adults. Lucky's Dad was right when he said we're raising a nation of squibs if S&P is trying to coddle kids and never make them feel anything except positivity. So that's why I told the censors to fuck off, and I think they got the message when I had one of my pilots drop bags of moldy peaches on their lawns with an F-15." Also, episodes don't take as long to air/stream in the US.

Disney XD[]

After Johnson fully purchased Disney in 2013, Disney XD was renamed back to Toon Disney the following year, with many of its former live-action programming moved to Disney Channel or cancelled altogether. The Jetix block was also revived.

Trailers[]

Most trailers for theatrical, home media and streaming releases are once again narrated by Brian Cummings.

Walt Disney World Speedway[]

A new Walt Disney World Speedway opened near Lake Buena Vista, Florida in late 2013; the original speedway closed and was demolished in 2015.

ESPN[]

Johnson purchased ESPN in 1984.

As Johnson purchased ESPN, ABC Sports wasn't integrated into ESPN in 2006.
ESPN SpeedWorld is still ongoing.
Its coverage isn't nearly as biased, and overall ESPN and its sister networks haven't seen nearly as much controversy.
After Johnson purchased Speed in 2002, it became an ESPN sister network.
It focuses more on other sports such as the MLB and NHL than on football, college basketball or individual athletes.
It does not have a partnership with DraftKings.
First Take is not biased towards athletes, nor does it have issues in its treatment of race.
ESPN used a different graphics package between 1998 and 2003 due to ABC Sports using that package as well (though the 1998-2006 ESPN SpeedWorld opening and the associated ESPN logo variant still exist, the latter being used as a screenbug for motorsports broadcasts).
The 1985 ESPN microphone flag was retained until 2004, when it was replaced with the redesigned microphone flag from OTL. The design was still changed again in 2017, albeit it's still three-sided (instead of four), and the full ESPN logo is used, with the rounded rectangle absent.

Filmation[]

Filmation was purchased by Johnson in 1987.

Its cartoon archive was not destroyed, and many Filmation series and works circulate in much higher quality than IOTL, as well as in the original NTSC speed instead of PAL.
In 1993, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show was completely remade from the ground up, keeping the original plots, but redoing the animation and music. The original episodes suffered from Filmation's low-budget approach, leading to slow and awkward episodes where the limited animation and frequent stock footage killed all comedic timing, not to mention the dull synthesized music. The remade episodes were made in the style of the original shorts made by William Hanna and Joe Barbera, with orchestral music by the Johnson Philharmonic Orchestra that recreated the music from the original shorts, as well as fluid animation that restored the comedic timing and made the slapstick much more hard-hitting and painful-looking.

Freeform[]

Johnson outbid News Corporation to buy International Family Entertainment in 1997.

The Family Channel was rebranded to Freeform, using the logo introduced in 2018 IOTL.
Due to Johnson noticing the contractual headlock Pat Robertson attempted to put in that would have required them to keep The 700 Club on the schedule, that show was removed from Freeform's lineup, though it still airs in syndication.

Fuzzy Door[]

Fuzzy Door still uses its pre-2019 logo, albeit with animation beginning in 2020 (it involves the door slowly opening and the text appearing), and its music was still introduced in the third season of The Orville (subtitled The New Horizons).

G4[]

G4, which Johnson acquired in 2005, never went through Network Decay; it still primarily focuses on gaming and gaming-related content. It continued to use the 2005 G4 mark until 2020, when the current one from the short-lived revival IOTL was introduced.

Game Show Network[]

Founded by Johnson in association with Sony, the network has seen many massive changes, especially after Johnson acquired Sony's shares in 2008, bringing it under full Johnson control:

The schedule goes as follows: about 35% is from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35% is from the 2010s and onward, and the remaining 30% is original content from throughout the network's lifespan.
The 1997 logo remained until 2008, when the 2008-15 logo from OTL was introduced. It was altered in 2015 to remove the gloss, but aside from that, was unchanged.
The infamous "credit crunch" and speedups don't exist.
The Game Show Awards are held yearly since 1995, and are very different from OTL. Its trophy is a gold statuette of "Winnie", the stylized person from the 1994–97 logo. The Awards are hosted by a different host each year.

Hanna-Barbera[]

Hanna-Barbera was purchased by Johnson in 1987 in its acquisition of Taft Broadcasting.

Franchises created under Hanna-Barbera in the late 1990s such as Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, and Johnny Bravo are considered part of the Hanna-Barbera family, along with other modern franchises including The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Steven Universe.
It's still based at 3400 Cahuenga Blvd. in Los Angeles, its headquarters from 1963 to 1998.
The legal name was Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. until 2021, when it was renamed to Hanna-Barbera Studios, Inc.
Hanna-Barbera Australia is still active, and Cartoon Network Studios Europe was still renamed to Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe in 2021.
In 1988, a second CGI version of the "swirling star" logo was introduced, this time using the circular version from the 1979-1986 logo. This version remained in use until 1992, although it would return on The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip.
From 2001 to 2008, a logo continuing the "All-Stars" theme was used, showing different characters' heads popping out of a star with the updated Hanna-Barbera wordmark. In 2008, it was replaced with a new logo based on the 1974-1979 version. In 2017, the OTL logo was introduced. Since 2021, the Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe logo has been used, with the same "swirling star"-inspired animation, though the character fades in inside the "H-B" mark. All three logos change their color schemes depending on the series; many Hanna-Barbera logos outside of Cartoon Network Studios productions also use scenes from the show or animatics a la the Cartoon Network Studios logo, seen through the "HB" mark.
Ruby-Spears Productions is still active as a subsidiary specializing in series from minority creators.
The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera was hosted at Johnson World instead of Universal Studios Florida; it's also still active to this day, with new characters added over the years.

Happy Days, Inc.[]

Happy Days, Inc. is a subsidiary of Johnson Television, who bought the rights to the Happy Days series and its spinoffs from Paramount in 2005.

Hasbro[]

Hasbro Interactive was not sold to Infogrames.
Since 2018, Hasbro and Hasbro Gaming have used flat 2D logos.

HBO[]

Bumpers and graphics[]

HBO kept the 1982 "HBO in Space" bumper until 1999, when it was replaced by OTL's bumper (the music from the "HBO in Space" bumper was kept, with small edits to better fit the timing). In 2017, it was replaced by the current bumper, which retains the 1982 music but again edits it to match the timing. All bumpers regularly use shortened versions, with the full versions used for Saturday night movie premieres.

Scheduling bumpers still used the 2002-2011 music packages until 2017, when they were replaced by [Ferdinand J. Smith's 1983 pop instrumental].

HiT Entertainment[]

Henson International Television was purchased by Johnson in 1990 along with Jim Henson Productions, rather than Peter Orton taking over the company. The 2001 logo was still adopted, though it uses Henson's green-and-red color scheme.

The Hub[]

Hasbro purchased Discovery's stake in 2014, bringing The Hub under full Johnson control. It never became Hub Network or Discovery Family ITTL.

ITV[]

Each ITV affiliate still has a unique identity instead of using ITV1. As a result, here's a list of the current identities for ITV all over the UK:
- London: Carlton (weekdays) and London Weekend Television (weekends)
- North West England: Granada
- Midlands: Central
- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire: Yorkshire Television
- Northeast England: Tyne Tees Television
- East England: Anglia
- South and Southeast England: Meridian
- West and Southwest England: Westcountry (West England feed launched in 2009 after HTV West merged with Westcountry to form a new dual-country affiliate under Westcountry's name. HTV still exists in Wales)
- English-Scottish border: Border Television
- Northern Scotland: Grampian Television (still owned by STV but retained its older logo with STV's color scheme)
- Central Scotland: STV
- Wales: HTV
- Northern Ireland: UTV
- Channel Islands: Channel Television
- Cable affiliates: ITV (ITV 1 from 2002 to 2013)
ITV currently uses a modified version of OTL's 2006 branding with the 1998 logo. For the designs of the main ITV networks as well as ITV Be, CITV, and ITV X, this is an idea of how they look like. As a result, UTV hasn't rebranded to match ITV's 2013 branding in 2016 and still keeps its 2011 logo.
In 1962, as ITV programs were picked up across the majority of Ireland, the Irish government decided that, in addition to RTE broadcasting from Dublin, an ITV franchise in Ireland would benefit its viewers (and the company's advertising revenue), and legitimize the reception of the channel across all of Ireland. Hibernian Television was chosen as the carrier for the franchise to broadcast to all areas of Ireland except Northern Ireland, which was already covered by Ulster Television.

The Jim Henson Company[]

The Jim Henson Company is still called Jim Henson Productions. Its 1989 and 2008 logos are used.
Johnson acquired Henson in 1990.
Jim Henson Pictures is a label used for all films produced by Henson.

Johnson Foods brands[]

Every restaurant chain and food brand acquired by Johnson has seen major changes from OTL:

Arby's[]

The 1976 logo was retained until 2013, when the current one was introduced, meaning the 2012 logo does not exist.
Its wagon architecture is still used, as well as the steer tile floor, and vintage neon signs are required to be retained; any location that closes is required to donate them to another location or a museum.

Chef Boyardee[]

Chef Boyardee still retains the original recipes.

Chuck E. Cheese's[]

Chuck E. Cheese's has seen a vast number of changes since Johnson purchased its parent CEC Entertainment (now ShowBiz Pizza Time) in 2011; for more, see the Chuck E. Cheese's page. Also, the ShowBiz Pizza Place chain was brought back, and Chuck E. Cheese's teamed up with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network instead of Autism Speaks.

As an aside, many people involved in Chuck E. Cheese's such as Duncan Brannan are not conservative Christians ITTL.

The Coca-Cola Company[]

The corporate logo in the Coca-Cola font is still used.
Immediately after the Johnsons retook control of Johnson, the high-fructose corn syrup used in the recipe was changed back to cane sugar.
Mr. Pibb is still available (with Pibb Xtra as a variation), as is Tab. Mr. Pibb changed its logo in 2001, resembling the Pibb Xtra logo. In 2012, the entire Pibb lineup was redesigned, bringing back the 1974 Mr. Pibb logo; Pibb Xtra's background is bright red instead of burgundy.
Surge was never discontinued; it was given a rebrand in 2005 that somewhat resembles Vault’s branding IOTL; Vault never existed due to being too similar. Both Surge and Mello Yello were put on the Coca Cola Freestyle around the same time (since its debut) and both remain to this day. Surge was redesigned again in 2016, now using branding inspired by its 1997 logo.
Coca-Cola Life was never discontinued, either.
Diet Coke currently uses its Coca-Cola-styled script logo (used in the UK between 2015 and 2021 IOTL), introduced around the same time as the UK, and retains the Dynamic Ribbon. This was to make its identity closer to that of Coca-Cola.
- Also, the script "Coke" logo replaced the sans-serif "Coke" logo, again to better line with the main Coca-Cola identity; all Coca-Cola products also adopted the 2015 packaging design until 2021, when they switched to OTL's redesign (though "ORIGINAL TASTE" on the Coca-Cola can is instead "SINCE 1886", and the 2015 Diet Coke logo was retained).
In 2017, as Coca-Cola introduced a new zero-sugar version of Coca-Cola that tastes more like classic Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero (which several notable workers for Johnson claim to like the taste of) became a separate beverage called "Zero" (stylized as zer0). The new Zero Sugar version of Coca-Cola has an aesthetic that resembles classic Coca-Cola more than Zero, which keeps the red-on-black aesthetic. The 2021 recipe change for Coca-Cola Zero Sugar still happened ITTL. (Also, before 2017, the colors for "Coca-Cola" and "Zero" on cans never swapped places, meaning that "Coca-Cola" stayed red and "Zero" stayed white.)
New Coke is still sold under the Coke II label, using the 2015 "Coke" script logo; it was temporarily rebranded to New Coke in summer 2019 as a way of promoting Stranger Things 3 on Netflix, complete with the original 1985 design.
Glass bottles are still used in various sizes along with plastic ones.
Sprite is still available in green bottles.
Most modern Coca-Cola ads in general tend to be more creative than those from OTL (recent commercials, such as the ones with the Polar Bears, are just about the same as OTL; this also goes for a majority of Super Bowl ads)
Also, more commercials with the Polar Bears have been made for Coca-Cola (they still get ads to this day), along with more “Happiness Factory” commercials.

Dairy Queen[]

Both the "Dairy Queen" and "DQ" logos were refreshed in 2006, though only the lips are symmetrical and the text is smaller; the orange/blue color scheme is still used in branding.
The "Brazier" name and logo are still used instead of "Grill & Chill".
Many vintage signs at older locations are still preserved, either remaining at that location, moving to another one, or being sold/donated, depending on local sign codes.
Its current architecture takes elements from 1950s walk-up stands (such as a rooftop sign, though it incorporates the "lips" logo).

Denny’s[]

The 1973 logo is kept intact internationally.
The menu and the quality of the food did not decline.

Dunkin' Donuts[]

Dunkin' Donuts still rebranded to just Dunkin', though the change happened in 2003.

Howard Johnson's[]

The restaurant/lodging chain, which was acquired in 1967, also saw a number of changes (notably, the apostrophe-S is still present)

Kenny Rogers Roasters[]

The chain still has locations in the United States thanks to Johnson purchasing the brand in 1998, and has become a viable, well-known competitor to KFC. Kenny Rogers continued appearing in commercials until his 2020 death.

Kraft Foods Group[]

Planters[]

Robert Downey Jr. remains as Mr. Peanut's voice to this day rather than being replaced by Bill Hader in 2013 and Keith Ferguson in 2020.
Most of the ads from 2010 onwards are completely stop-motion (Mr. Peanut most likely didn't have a pep-talk phase, nor were there any ads featuring him in a "sexual" manner).
Mr. Peanut currently has a reworked version of his pre-2010 design on packaging.
Mr. Peanut's mascot suit still resembles the 2010 design, but a new, less-uncanny one with a different expression (one that resembles the pre-2010 design, but with a closed mouth) was introduced after Johnson bought Kraft Foods Group.
Mr. Peanut never died, meaning Baby Nut never came to be; this was rejected by Tim, who considered such a move "a blatant attempt at emulating Baby Yoda", referencing Grogu from The Mandalorian (popularly referred to as "Baby Yoda" by fans).
The 2022 Super Bowl "Feed the Debate" ad still happened, except differently in that Mr. Peanut watches the news coverage of the debate on his TV.

Mars, Inc.[]

Johnson has worked harder than a lot of other notable companies to ensure that that their cacao did NOT come from child slavery/labor or any other form of slavery or forced labor for products such as Mars’ Chocolate portfolio; they’ve also made several successful efforts towards reducing the amount of various forms of slavery and child labor, with hopes to eventually completely abolish them both. (They don’t lie and say their chocolate is 100% slave/child labor-free when it isn’t, but Johnson is very much against any form of slavery or child labor if their efforts, alongside the fact that various notable people working for the company spoke out against them, are to prove)
The company has remained with NASCAR after 2022, continuing to sponsor Kyle Busch (despite Tim's personal hatred of him) at Earnhardt-Childress Racing since 2023.
Dove Chocolate is now sold as Galaxy internationally, including in the US (this is mostly to avoid confusion with Unilever’s personal care brand)

M&M’s[]

The tan M&M is still present alongside the blue M&M, and the purple one was made permanent in 2002 after winning the Global Color Vote.
In the commercials, Tan (who debuted in 2010, and is voiced by Tom Kenny) is a pretzel M&M who is portrayed as boorish and lazy, while Purple (who debuted in 2011, and is voiced by Alanna Ubach) is a dark chocolate M&M and a multi-genre singer who likes lifting spirits and supporting others, particularly other women (somewhat reminiscent of Green’s post-redesign personality IOTL).
Since 2011 (instead of 2022), "Ms." no longer comes before female spokescandies' names.
A television series starring the spokescandies has run on WBC since 2009, and a feature film premiered in 2021.
Due to Phil Hartman still being alive, Chocolate Bar appears in more commercials as a recurring antagonist for Red and Yellow.
- Also, peanut (an Evel Knievel-esque stuntpeanut, voiced by Dana Snyder), hazelnut (a Daria Morgendorffer expy, voiced by Seth MacFarlane), fudge brownie (a bubbly comedian, voiced by Kristen Wiig), and cookie (a tough athlete, voiced by Kate McKinnon) varieties get their own spokescandies, and Pretzel Guy, Popcorn Guy, and Caramel Piece Guy appear in more commercials.
Crispy M&M’s never stopped being made in the US (or any other place where they were discontinued).
Pretzel is represented with the color light brown instead of blue (due to it remaining Crispy’s color).
The US had hazelnut M&M’s released in 2016 (not to be confused with the 2019 hazelnut spread variety).
The 2021 logo removes the white outline; milk chocolate bags use a white version of the logo.
The only notable change to the early 2020’s redesign for the spokescandies (aside from being introduced in January 2021 instead of January 2022) was the flesh changing to a lighter version of the shell color. Also, Green still acts less flirtatious after being redesigned, though it’s still somewhat a part of her personality ITTL, and she still wears go-go boots.
Also in 2021, pink and aqua (the two other choices from the 2002 Global Color Vote) were added to the color lineup, complete with representative spokescandies; Pink (voiced by Thomas F. Wilson) is a tough, stoic, and manly hazelnut M&M, and Aqua (voiced by Amber Ruffin, who voices OTL's Purple) is a young, eccentric, ditzy, and somewhat clumsy female dark chocolate peanut M&M who is a close friend of Yellow’s; her design is the same one from OTL's Purple, albeit recolored.
In 2022, a gray flavor was added in a "colorless" bag, with its spokescandy voiced by Kelly Marie Tran; she can be described as a brooding, tomboyish goth.
At least one of the Johnsonverse-exclusive spokescandies might make appearances in OTL commercials, sometimes taking the place of another if it suits their character better (in commercials where Tan is in the place of Orange, he’s noticeably ruder and grumpier than Orange was IOTL).
M&M’s introduced a larger, soft-shelled line called Soft M&M’s in 2015.
With a Purple M&M's spokescandy being introduced in 2011 ITTL, the one introduced in 2022 IOTL doesn’t exist.
The "M&M's Celebrating Women Flipping the Status Quo" bags still exist, but with aqua added.
The publicity stunt involving Maya Rudolph for Super Bowl LVII doesn't happen; instead, she is used in the Super Bowl advertising alongside the spokescandies.

McDonald's[]

The first location (in San Bernardino, California) still stands to this day, and the McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice, gave it to their founding employees as planned; the building and sign were restored in 1983 and 2008.
The brothers themselves were also granted a 1% share in the annual profits, as were their descendants. They're also fully acknowledged as the founders of the McDonald's chain with Ray Kroc listed as the founder of the McDonald's Corporation.
The 1969-2006 mansard roof architecture is still used (albeit with earth tones and updated interiors) instead of a brown/dark gray box, and many Golden Arches-era buildings were preserved starting in 1975; some (including the original San Bernardino location and the ninth location in Des Plaines) were used for production on The Founder, along with a replica of the McDonalds' hexagonal structure that opened across the street on December 12, 1983, exactly 35 years to the day when the original barbecue stand was transformed into a fast-food restaurant; it's situated at the lot where Ray Kroc's McDonald's restaurant opened IOTL. In addition, the ninth McDonald's, the first location opened by Kroc, was restored (rather than being demolished and replaced with a replica) to its 1955 state in 1984 and 1985 due to its historical significance (namely, it was noted by the company as "the beginning of (the chain's) expansion outside of the West Coast", since this was the second location opened outside of California). There are currently around 68 classic Golden Arches buildings in existence. Here's also a list of surviving 1953-63 Speedee signs and 1961-63 crest signs on public display (not counting modern reproductions):
- Phoenix, Arizona (built 1953)
- San Bernardino, California (built 1953; replaced earlier Speedee sign)
- Pomona, California (built 1954)
- Azusa, California (built 1954)
- Des Plaines, Illinois (built 1955)
- Fresno, California (built 1955)
- Los Angeles, California (built 1956)
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (built 1958)
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (built 1958)
- Crestwood, Missouri (built 1958)
- Muncie, Indiana (built 1958)
- Davenport, Iowa (built 1958)
- Lebanon, Indiana (built 1958; originally at Lafayette, Indiana)
- Moline, Illinois (built 1958-60)
- Southgate, Michigan (built 1958-60; Speedee removed sometime after but restored in 1986)
- Mason City, Iowa (built 1958-60; top half replaced with "M" sometime in the 1960s)
- Holts Summit, Missouri (built 1959; originally at Jefferson City, Missouri)
- Jackson, Mississippi (built 1959)
- Downey, California (built 1959; unique sign, replaced earlier Speedee sign)
- Topeka, Kansas (built 1961)
- Magnolia, Virginia (built 1961; moved to current location in 1996)
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (built 1961; now situated on a pole)
- Independence, Missouri (built 1961-63)
- Warren, Michigan (built 1961-63)
- Springfield, Illinois (built 1961-63)
- Akron, Ohio (built 1961-63; crests replaced with modern McDonald's logos)
- Hazelwood, Missouri (built 1961-62)
- St. Clare Shores, Michigan (built 1961-62)
- McLean, Virginia (built 1961-63; crests replaced with modern McDonald's logos, top panel now blank, and middle panel now says "McDonald's")
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (built 1962)
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas (built 1962; moved to current location in 2007)
- Biloxi, Mississippi (built 1962)
- Belleville, Illinois (built 1962-63; lower panel changed to "We Value Belleville" in 1970s or 1980s)
- Winter Haven, Florida (built 1963)
- Lakeland, Florida (built 1963)
Since 1993, McDonald's has brought back the old walk-up stand design in a concept called "McClassic" (not to be confused with McDonald's Classic, a short-lived double drive-thru concept with a 1950s-inspired appearance), using original blueprints to recreate the "Golden Arches" architecture, resembling what the Des Plaines, Illinois replica did IOTL (though with four windows as in the earliest locations instead of two, as well as having a drive-thru window). The sign (inspired by the old Speedee signs) looks like the ones in Lapier and Dearborn Heights, Michigan, with a McDonald's logo on the sign Speedee carries (speaking of the latter, the 1950s-inspired building was not remodeled ITTL, nor was the neon sign replaced with a plastic version).
Fresh ingredients are still used for many products such as burgers and French fries rather than frozen ones.
All locations still serve fried apple pies, with baked ones as an option.
Super Size menu options weren't retired.
Ice cream machines are maintained regularly.
The McDonaldland ad campaign still runs to this day, though in 2001, it switched to traditional animation from Rough Draft Studios. Here are the voice actors.
- David Hussey still portrays Ronald McDonald.
- Russi Taylor continued voicing Birdie; Kari Wahlgren took over the role after Taylor's 2019 death.
- Frank Welker stays on as Grimace.
- Howard Morris stayed as the Hamburglar until his 2005 death; Charlie Adler (his voice actor in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald and a 1984 commercial) returned to the role.
- The McNugget Buddies are voiced by Pamela Adlon, Charlie Adler and Lisa Raggio.
- Kath Soucie, Paul Greenberg, and Nika Futterman continued their roles as the Fry Kids.
- Ronald's dog, Sundae, was also introduced to the commercials, with Dee Bradley Baker reprising his role.
- Recurring characters include Mayor McCheese (voiced by Bob Joles, impersonating Ed Wynn), Captain Crook (voiced by Tom Kenny, using his Patchy the Pirate voice), Officer Big Mac (voiced by Clancy Brown, impersonating Ted Cassidy), the Professor (voiced by Maurice LaMarche), CosMc (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), the Happy Meal Gang (with Hamburger voiced by Jim Cummings, French Fries voiced by Bob Bergen, Soft Drink voiced by Cree Summer, Cookies voiced by Rob Paulsen, Toy voiced by Billy West, and Happy Meal Box voiced by Eric Bauza), Uncle O'Grimacey (also voiced by Fagerbakke), the Wastebaskets (also voiced by LaMarche), Iam Hungry (voiced by Jeff Lupetin), Mac Tonight (voiced by Roger Behr until his 2018 death, his voice thereafter being recreated using VoxMutatio with LaMarche doing his raw performance), the Griddler (voiced by Tom Wilson), and Speedee (voiced by Seth MacFarlane).
In 2011, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of McDonaldland, there was a television special in which the McDonaldland gang meets their older counterparts. Hussey, Taylor, and Adler voiced Ronald, Birdie, and Hamburglar's old counterparts (as Hamburglar's former voice actor, Howard Morris, died in 2005), while Frank Welker returned to voice Grimace's counterpart.
From 2015 to 2020, a television series called Ronald McDonald & Friends aired on Netflix, using the artstyle from the animated commercials. It uses live-action segments to bookend the episodes.
The last live-action McDonaldland commercial aired in 2003, after which the live-action commercials and designs were phased out completely, though the old designs are still seen in some locations, and new live-action Ronald McDonald commercials air to this day; Tim Johnson stated in 2015 that "there has to be at least one non-ironic clown out there".
Almost all branding is the same as OTL.
The Cactus Planet promotion still exists.
The claymation Willy Munchwright commercials are also still being made, and there are also more Funky Farm ads.
The 1962 neon sign in Biloxi, Mississippi survived Hurricane Katrina and still stands today; it was restored in 2009 with an LED message board.
The sign in Holts Summit, Missouri is still there; it was completely restored in 2013 with Speedee himself being restored to how he originally appeared when the sign was erected in 1959, while the vertical tubes behind him were restored as well. The sign in Lebanon, Indiana was moved with the location prior to 2000 as well. Ditto for the crest signs in Springfield, Illinois, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Akron, Ohio.

Subway[]

Jared Fogle's reign as Subway spokesman ended in 2003, when he was replaced by fireman Clay Henry; the reason behind Fogle's firing was later explained in a 2005 interview, in which Fogle's history of pedophilia was revealed.
Its 2015 logo colors the "SUB" portion yellow instead of green, and is still used instead of the 2016 logo; its "Choice Mark" symbol is the same, albeit slanted.

Taco Bell[]

The 1984-94 logo is still in use to this day, as is the classic mission-style building.
The formulas used for the menu items weren't changed due to budget cuts.

Johnson Motors brands[]

Johnson is well known for saving car brands that went defunct IOTL. These include Oldsmobile (2004), Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer (all 2009), Mercury (2011), and Saab (2012).
In 1989, Johnson purchased Chrysler Corporation as part of Phil Stacker’s effort to rebuild Johnson. The following changes have been made since Lee Iacocca's 1992 retirement:
- Plymouth is still active, and Chrysler revived DeSoto in 1993. Eagle still went defunct, albeit in 1993 instead of 1998. Lamborghini and GEM are still Chrysler brands.
- Of the current marquees, Chrysler focuses on higher-value cars, Plymouth handles lower-value cars and high-performance cars, Dodge’s focus is on trucks (similar to OTL's Ram from 2010 onward), cars priced between Plymouth and DeSoto, and high-performance cars (i.e. sports and muscle cars), and DeSoto's products are valued between Dodge and Chrysler.
- Mopar became Johnson Motors' performance division, retaining the 1972-2002 wordmark in Johnson's trademark blue shade.
- Logo-wise, Chrysler still uses its Pentastar with the wordmark introduced in 1998, Dodge still introduced its ram head crest in 1993 (still using it to this day), Plymouth introduced its historic Mayflower symbol in a circle (instead of the sailboat from OTL; the sailboat silhouette in the car badge has molded details) in 1996, Jeep's logo is unchanged, the revived DeSoto uses a simplified version of the de Soto coat of arms, Lamborghini's 1998 logo was introduced (though a flat 2D version in gold; OTL's logo is again a car badge), and GEM's logo is a flat 2D version.
- Chrysler’s muscle cars did not get discontinued.
- Cars such as the PT Cruiser and third-generation Sebring are much better.
- Dodge’s crosshair grille is still in use.
- All Chrysler brands (along with the rest of Johnson Motors) still use hood ornaments.
- Here are the current lineups for the Chrysler brands:
  - Plymouth: Roadrunner, Voyager, Dart, Fury, Barracuda, Colt and Sundance
- Chrysler released a revolutionary electric car named the Dendo (電動, Japanese for "electric") in 1994; unlike GM with the EV1, Chrysler did not kill the Dendo, with Sheldon stating "we will never kowtow to big oil", as he believes that the oil companies convinced GM to sabotage the EV1.
Oldsmobile reverted to the 1981 logo after the Johnson buyout, Pontiac switched to a flat 2D version in 2013, and Saab reverted to the 1995 logo. Mercury's 2003 logo is still in use.

King World Productions[]

The 1998 print logo and 2006 onscreen logo were still used until 2018, when they were replaced by modernized versions.

Kmart[]

Kmart was purchased by Johnson in 1998 and remains a very prominent retailer.

The 1990-2004 logo is still in use.
There are currently three types of Kmarts: regular-sized stores, Big Kmarts, and Super Kmarts.

The Lego Group[]

Johnson acquired The Lego Group in 1973, bringing about a ton of changes from OTL.

Most of the themes are still the same as IOTL, but tend to have more sets. Older sets also stay in production for much longer, and are periodically reissued with modern bricks.
Themes tend to last longer. For example, Drome Racers ran until 2011, and will be rebooted in 2025.
When the original three themes (Town, Castle, and Space) were introduced in 1978, an accompanying TV series called Legoland was introduced alongside it. Legoland is an anthology series that has varied in runtime over the years, starting as a 90-minute series and now running for three hours, and features various sub-series based on Lego themes. OTL Lego shows such as Ninjago: Masters of Spinjutzu/Dragons Rising, Legends of Chima, and Nexo Knights are part of Legoland, with no changes from OTL. Licensed themes are absent from Legoland, except for Star Wars, which is featured via the OTL specials and shows such as The Padawan Menace, The Empire Strikes Out, The Yoda Chronicles, The Freemaker Adventures, Droid Tales, Holiday Special, Rebuild the Galaxy etc.
Lego sets are MUCH cheaper ITTL.

Lucasfilm[]

TBA.

LucasArts[]

The company was not shut down in 2013.

Mad[]

Mad was not rebooted in 2018, nor did it switch to reprints in 2020.

Marvel[]

Marvel was acquired by Johnson in 2002.

Victoria Alonso wasn’t fired from Marvel Studios.
Ike Perlmutter and Joe Quesada were both dismissed from Marvel immediately after the Johnson purchase, and Marvel Television was folded into Marvel Studios in 2015 instead of 2020.
Marvel uses its 2013 opening logo for non-Marvel Studios films, without the word "STUDIOS".

Merv Griffin Enterprises/Entertainment[]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[]

In 1959, film producers Eileen and Albert Bryant, in a partnership with Kirk Kerkorian, purchased 40% of MGM. By 1986, the Bryants took full control, with Kerkorian retaining a handful of shares until his death in 2017. Its current holding company is MGM/UA Media (previously MGM/UA Entertainment Company from 1981 to 1987 and MGM/UA Communications Company from 1987 to 2010).

MGM is still a major studio, part of the "Big Seven" with Johnson, Sony, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, and RKO.
It still owns its historic Culver City backlot (because of this, the Sony Pictures Studios lot is instead located at 1500 Cadillac Boulevard in California City, California), as well as its pre-1986 library.
It also has a television network called MGM that was formed in 1976 and uses the 1966 stylized lion logo, as well as a streaming service called MGM Prime that launched in 2019 (its MGM Prime Originals logo from 2019 to 2021 used Leo's original footage, zooming out to the MGM filmstrip before transitioning to a stylized version of Leo; since 2021, OTL's 2023 MGM+ Feature Presentation ident was used, with the MGM Prime print logo used instead of MGM+, as well as "ORIGINAL" in Goldwyn Sans instead of "FEATURE PRESENTATION").
The 1986 opening logo was replaced in 1994 (rather than a dark tint being added). It's based on the MGM/UA Home Video logo introduced in 1993, except that it's rendered in widescreen, the frames with Jackie are omitted (outside the 1994 70th anniversary variant), the Leo footage uses the three-roar variant (with a new first roar being created to accompany the roar track introduced the following year IOTL), Leo does not turn gold at the end, and the music is slightly shortened. The MGM/UA Communications byline fades below. In 2008, it was replaced by an enhanced version with improved CGI, restored Leo footage, a new, more powerful rendition of the David Engel and James Raitt-composed fanfare, and the 2008 roar track; in addition, the byline was replaced when MGM/UA Communications rebranded to MGM/UA Media in 2010. In 2021, the logo was further updated with even more improved CGI, including a CGI Leo; the 2024 100th anniversary variant uses lions from MGM's history on the filmstrip similar to the 1993 MGM/UA Home Video logo.
MGM Home Entertainment is still active as MGM/UA Home Entertainment (the 1989-2005 copyright screen had 1991, 1994, and 2005 stamps rather than reusing the previous years' stamps, and remained until 2008), as is United Artists, which continued using the 1987 logo until 2000, and its 2001 logo from 2000 to 2019, when it started using OTL's United Artists Releasing print logo to celebrate UA's 100th anniversary; the 2019 logo consists of a shine forming a "U" in front of a marble background, then the "A" sliding from the "U", and the "UNITED ARTISTS" text and MGM/UA byline fading in; an updated version of the 2000 theme is used.
The 1965 vault fire was successfully prevented before any films could be burned; many silent films and deleted scenes for classic films such as The Wizard of Oz have been released, while the original 1956 negative was restored and used for the 2008 logo.

Motorola[]

Motorola never split into two divisions.
The 1967 wordmark was retained until 2016, when OTL's wordmark was introduced.
The five different siren tones of the now-discontinued Spectra Series (Wail, Yelp, Hi-Lo, Manual, and Air Horn) were preserved by Johnson Signal.

Mozilla Firefox[]

Though not owned directly by Johnson (still being a non-profit organization as in OTL), Mozilla is largely sustained by Firefox being the default browser on Johnson’s Mandatum computers. As a result, Firefox is still the most popular browser. Chrome failed massively and was discontinued by 2011, with Johnson executives allegedly threatening Google with a hostile takeover if Chrome overtook Firefox in market share. Mozilla never tried as hard to imitate Chrome, meaning that the classic extensions and themes still work in newer Firefox versions, and Pale Moon and Waterfox never exist (as they have no reason to exist).

MTM Enterprises[]

MTM was purchased by Johnson instead of International Family Entertainment in 1993. It's still active to this day, specializing mainly in comedy series; dramatic series are still made by MTM.

In 2003, the MTM logo was updated with CGI (though Mimsie remains live-action); the "T" is shown squeezing to make room for Mimsie rather than simply fading to the squished version. In 2020, it was replaced with an updated version, with the pre-1992 colors reinstated for the "MTM" wordmark. The 1996 jingle is still used.

MTV[]

MTV's programming is still mostly music videos and animated series (both new series and reruns of older shows such as Beavis and Butt-Head and Daria); most of its reality shows instead air on a separate channel called WBC Reality. Jersey Shore was rejected by Johnson, with very few employees liking the pitch, and many being concerned it would put new stereotypes in the minds of audiences. Likewise, Ridiculousness was rejected as well.
MTV2 was still launched in 1996, but is also different due to Johnson owning MTV.
The Two-Headed Dog (the logo for MTV2 since 2005) still exists, but with a less creepy design.

MySpace[]

MySpace was acquired by Johnson in 2004 and is currently one of the "Big Three" social media platforms alongside Facebook and Twitter.

Its current design is similar to OTL's Spacehey, but with an HTML5-era aesthetic; this includes retaining the profile customization.
Logo-wise, the 2003-10 version is still used, except that MySpace ditched the wordmark in 2013.

The Nashville Network (TNN)[]

In 1991, Johnson purchased a stake in TNN; it acquired Gaylord Entertainment's stake in 1997 and Viacom's stake in 2000. TNN never went through its channel drift, and still focuses primarily on country-oriented programming, though motorsports and outdoors programs are present as well. Spike/Paramount Network still exists as a separate channel formed by Viacom in 2000, with the network's 2003 logo being introduced when the network was created.

TNN Motor Sports' theme since 1996 is the one used IOTL between 1996 and 1998.
In January 2000, a modified version of the 1988 logo was introduced. The guitar head is now transparent instead of white, and the text "THE NASHVILLE NETWORK" was removed, as it was no longer needed.

Netflix[]

Netflix was bought out by Johnson in 2004. There have been a great number of changes since then:

With Netflix's redesign in 2015, content hubs for Johnson's subsidiaries, Netflix-produced content, and third-party content were added (similar to OTL's Disney+). Those currently include Johnson (for content produced under most Johnson Industries entertainment subsidiaries), Disney (for content produced under most Disney subsidiaries), Fox (for content produced under most Fox Holdings subsidiaries), Toho (for content produced under Toho Co., Ltd.), Lucasfilm (for content produced under Lucasfilm), Marvel (for content based on Marvel properties), Jim Henson (for content produced under Jim Henson Productions), National Geographic (for content produced under National Geographic Partners), MTV (for music-related content, as well as MTV originals), Sprout (for preschool shows not produced under Disney), Comedy Central (for comedy programs, including series from Comedy Central or MTV), Hasbro (for content based on Hasbro properties), Game Show Central (for game shows), HBO (for HBO originals), Netflix Sports (for content produced under WBC Sports, ESPN, Fox Sports, TNN Motor Sports, Wide World of Sports, Speed, and The NASCAR Network), and More Entertainment (for miscellaneous shows and films).
All OTL Disney+ originals are instead Netflix originals, as are Disney-produced Hulu shows such as Solar Opposites, Koala Man, and the third season of The Orville.
The Rotten Tomatoes critic and audience scores for both series and films are shown in the menus.
There is a cheaper, ad-supported tier.
An over-the-top live TV service called Netflix Live was added in 2016 to compete with Pluto TV. It is available with the cheaper tier.
Netflix in general has a greater amount of quality control with its programming. It also takes a "quality over quantity" approach rather than the other way around.
Numerous original shows are treated better under Netflix, with their cancellation being less likely. All original shows have had physical releases as well.
Animated series don't have one season being produced and split into different seasons.
There are also bonus features in many of the films and TV series similar to OTL's Disney+ (generally from home media releases, as well as previously-unseen content), including commentaries (either taken from home media releases or newly-recorded), behind-the-scenes, alternate versions, etc.
The 2014 Netflix Originals logo was altered in 2019 to use a black background with red text.

Netscape[]

The company was bought by Johnson in 1995 and remains a viable competitor to Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox.

Here is an idea of what the current design of Netscape looks like.

Nintendo[]

Due to Japan being part of the USA, the original Famicom was released on both sides of the Pacific in 1983, with the NES being sold as a lower-cost version. At first, it didn’t do well due to the Video Game Crash, before the NES model revived the industry. This also means the FDS was released worldwide, not just in Japan.
- The Famicom model was targeted towards a slightly older age group than the NES model, which means OTL regional censorship differences still exist as Famicom/NES differences.
The SNES used the US/EU name and Japanese/EU design worldwide.

The Onion and satire news sites in general[]

Since The Onion has been owned by Johnson since 2008, there are some changes:

The “Onion News Network” sketches are still made and posted on YouTube, often adapting archival material from The Onion’s print and online stories.
ClickHole is a subdomain of The Onion, remaining under Onion ownership (instead of being sold to Cards Against Humanity), but still got a new writing team.
Due to Johnson not knowing exactly what to do with AV Club, it was still sold to Univision (and later Gawker/Gizmodo).
The StatShot feature is still in use today.
Several other satire news sites, like Babylon Bee, Reductress, Hard Times, and Hard Drive, are part of the Johnson group of companies, and are subdomains of The Onion.
- The Babylon Bee still focuses on Christian-themed satire, instead of trying to be a right-wing version of The Onion. This means they never called Rachel Levine a man, which means they aren't suspended from Twitter. Due to the presence of OTL Babylon Bee writers, this means The Onion makes fun of the right and left equally; despite the Johnson parent company being largely left-wing, The Onion and its related sites are more centrist in tone.
- Reductress is largely unchanged, focusing on parodying women’s magazines and female-interest sites.
- Hard Times is dedicated to music-themed satire as in OTL, and Hard Drive is a hybrid of OTL’s Hard Drive and The Onion’s OGN; mostly gaming-themed satire, with some general “geek culture” satire thrown in.
The Beaverton doesn't exist; in its place is a Canadian version of The Onion, theonion.ca, launched in 2009.

Orion Pictures[]

Orion was purchased by Johnson in 1991. It still changed to a new logo in 1996 and was updated again in 2005, using the 1990-98 Orion Home Video version of the 1982 fanfare. Here is a rough idea of the 2005 logo's animation. It was updated again in 2022, albeit using the classic Orion wordmark and using a rearrangement of the 1982 fanfare.

Palisades Toys[]

Because Palisades was acquired by Johnson in 2005, they're still in operation to this day. New Muppet action figures and playsets are still being made, along with Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies and other Muppet/Henson properties (including all the figures that were never released before the company went under IOTL). Here is a list of product waves for each lineup:

The Muppets[]

Wave	Products	Variants	Accessories (if applicable)

Sesame Street[]

Wave	Products	Variants	Accessories (if applicable)

Fraggle Rock[]

Wave	Products	Variants	Accessories (if applicable)

Papyrus Games[]

Papyrus was purchased by Johnson in 2001, and has held the exclusive NASCAR license since 2004. Its games have incorporated features from OTL's EA Sports NASCAR games.

iRacing still exists, though Papyrus is involved as a developer.

Parker Brothers[]

There are some differences to the various versions of Monopoly:

New tokens such as the cat did not replace existing tokens, instead being added to allow more players in a game.
Super Add-ons is officially licensed as a Winning Moves product, and uses more Atlantic City-inspired street names. Later, an “Ultimate Monopoly” was officially released (influenced by these OTL fanart games: Ultimate Monopoly, Mega Add-Ons, Monopoly Mash-Up, and Megaopoly), with a three-layer board and street names inspired by both Atlantic City and the rest of the USA. This was extremely and surprisingly successful, enough to inspire an “Extreme Monopoly” with 2 four-layer boards and a special “jail” board (influenced by this and this as well as the 4 OTL fangames already linked).

Also, UNO would be owned by Parker Brothers instead of Mattel, but would remain largely the same.

Paws Incorporated[]

The Garfield website was not shut down but instead updated.
Various Garfield and U.S. Acres specials have aired on WBC since 2016.
The 2007 opening/closing logo is still used.

PrimeStar[]

PrimeStar was purchased by Johnson in January 1992, a few months after its founding.

Rankin/Bass Productions[]

Rankin/Bass was acquired by Johnson in 1968, with various changes to subsequent specials, movies, and shows. Its 1975 logo was still used until 1989, when a CGI recreation with the 1983 fanfare arrangement was introduced. The current logo debuted in 2001, also using CGI and the 1983 fanfare.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer[]

The special's rights were transferred from CBS to WBC in 1972. Current airings use both the "peppermint mine" ending from the 1964 broadcast and the ending from 1965 onwards, as well as "We're a Couple of Misfits" and "We Are Santa's Elves" being shown in full, rather than the former being a shortened version crudely dubbed over the "Fame and Fortune" footage and the latter being shortened. Additionally, no sound issues are present compared to CBS' OTL 2005-2023 airings.
The remastered versions of "Fame and Fortune" and the original 1964 credits sequence are present on current home media releases as bonus features.

Frosty the Snowman[]

In 2019, the special's rights transferred from CBS to WBC, which, for the special's 50th anniversary, made the decision to air the special as it was originally shown in 1969, with June Foray as Karen instead of Suzanne Davidson, and all other children voiced by Foray and Paul Frees. The 2019 airing had an intro with Tim Johnson telling viewers about the 1970 redub job, and that the original version would be seen on television for the first time since 1969. The 1969 audio track is also available on current home media releases and Netflix alongside the 1970 redub.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year[]

Hermey the Elf and Yukon Cornelius accompany Rudolph on his quest to find the Baby New Year, with Paul Soles and Larry Mann reprising their respective roles.
Santa Claus is voiced by Mickey Rooney instead of Paul Frees.
The visuals for the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" use footage from the original 1964 special instead of newly-made traditional animation.
The puppets for Rudolph, Santa and the other reindeer are identical to those from the 1964 special, with Rudolph's antlers fully grown. This also applies to Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July.
The sound effect for Rudolph's nose is also carried over from the original special. This also applies to Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July.
"19-wonderful" is not mentioned as the New Year. Instead, Father Time says "The wonderful new year had arrived".

Frosty's Winter Wonderland[]

Elsie the redheaded girl is absent, with Karen from the original special taking her place, though she has Elsie's voice actress (Barbara Jo Ewing) instead of June Foray or Suzanne Davidson.

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July []

This TV movie has the most differences from OTL.

Once again, Hermey and Yukon Cornelius are present, as are Clarice (voiced by Janis Orenstein, who was lured out of retirement to reprise her role) and Bumble.
Frosty's hat uses its color scheme from Winter Wonderland.
The film is a bigger crossover, with characters from prior specials and even shows and movies appearing beyond Rudolph, Frosty, and Jack Frost.
- When Santa arrives at the North Pole, the line "Far away from those who would stop me" is changed to "Far away from the Burgermeister".
- Winterbolt attempts to recruit other villains in the Cave of Rejections before finding Scratcher, including January Q. Irontail from Here Comes Peter Cottontail (with Vincent Price reprising his role); Irontail rebuffs Winterbolt's offer, saying that he wants to take over Easter, not Christmas. Professor Hinkle also makes a cameo, but is silent due to Billy De Wolfe having died in 1974.
- The Circus by the Sea is at the center of the latest dispute between Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Irving), with Snow Miser wanting Frosty and his family to be able to survive without the amulets, while Heat Miser insists that summer cannot be disrupted.
- The snow dragons are unleashed by Winterbolt as a last-ditch effort to stop Rudolph, only to be met by Godzilla and King Kong, who team up to defeat the dragons; Winterbolt consults the Genie of the Ice Sceptre about Godzilla, and upon learning that Godzilla was born of radiation, Winterbolt is horrified that humans have harnessed the power of the atom, and briefly considers giving up completely. The fight is depicted using suitmation and puppetry instead of stop-motion, and Akira Ifukube composed new music for the sequence.
- Instead of being defeated by Lilly throwing her guns at Winterbolt's sceptre, the climax is a wizard duel between Winterbolt and the Winter Warlock (Keenan Wynn); Winterbolt accuses Winter of having gone soft, to which Winter responds "At least I'm loved!"; Winterbolt is defeated not by Winter, but by Heat Miser appearing at the last second and melting Winterbolt's sceptre (wrongfully believing Winterbolt was an associate of Snow Miser), causing him to turn into a tree.
Scratcher has a larger role.
It's explained that Frosty needs his hat to stay alive even though Crystal's kiss in Winter Wonderland gave him the ability to live without his hat because the amulets given by Winterbolt took away that ability; he regains it when he's brought back to life after melting.
Donner and Mrs. Donner are again voiced by Paul Kligman and Peg Dixon, rather than Don Messick and Cynthia Adler.
The other reindeer don't accompany Donner when Rudolph is born in the flashback scene.
Mrs. Claus has her appearance from The Year Without a Santa Claus, and is voiced by Shirley Booth instead of Darlene Conley. Her appearance in the flashback scenes also shows her as a redhead (like in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town) instead of a blonde.
With the exception of the Frosty the Snowman and Frosty's Winter Wonderland flashbacks (though the flashback to Frosty's creation features cameos from Karen and Hocus, as well as Karen's friends, and Crystal's creation has Frosty bring her to life with a bouquet of ice flowers as in the original special, rather than Frosty kissing her), all the flashbacks use footage from Rankin/Bass' previous works.
Mickey Rooney provides Santa's singing voice for "I See Rainbows" instead of Bob McFadden.

ThunderCats[]

The only differences from OTL include much more fluid animation provided by Johnson Cartoon Studios, and WilyKit and WilyKat being voiced by actual child actors instead of being voiced unconvincingly by Lynne Lypton and Peter Newman, respectively.

Frosty Returns[]

The special was produced by Rankin/Bass and animated by Toei Animation instead of Broadway Video and Bill Mélendez Productions respectively, and there are many differences as a result:

The artstyle is based directly on previous Frosty specials; Frosty retains his pipe as well.
Crystal (voiced by Shelley Winters), Milly, and Chilly (both voiced by different child actors) are present and are major characters, with Santa Claus (voiced by Mickey Rooney) and Rudolph (voiced by Billie Mae Richards) making cameo appearances.
Frosty is voiced by Jeff Bergman (doing an impression of the late Jackie Vernon) instead of John Goodman, and has his childlike personality from previous Rankin/Bass specials instead of a witty, sardonic personality. Also, he never takes off his hat.
The film takes place around Christmastime, with the Christmas Festival replacing the Winter Festival.
The writing and music are different.
It has a somewhat different plot that better handles its environmental message; for one, Summer Wheeze is treated as beneficial when used in a way that clears snow instead of killing living snowmen such as the Frosty family, though Mr. Twitchell still plans to kill Frosty out of jealousy. Summer Wheeze doesn't get discontinued, either.
Modern releases and airings retain the animations of the narrator and snowflakes at the beginning and end.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys[]

The special was produced by Rankin/Bass instead of Golden Books Family Entertainment and Tundra Productions, and has many, many differences.

The special was produced using AniMagic (stop-motion) instead of low-budget CGI.
Because little of the film actually takes place on the Island of Misfit Toys, the film is called Rudolph and the Toy Taker.
Much of the voice cast is different, with several voice actors from the original special reprising their roles, including Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph, Paul Soles as Hermey, Larry Mann (who was lured out of retirement for one last project) as Yukon Cornelius and Bumble, Carl Banas as the Elf Foreman, Janis Orenstein as Clarice, Alfie Scopp as Charlie-In-The-Box, and Corinne Conley as Dolly for Sue, while Santa Claus is voiced by Mickey Rooney; Richard Dreyfuss, Rick Moranis, and Jamie Lee Curtis still appear to give the film marquee value.
The plot of Rudolph being ashamed of his nose is changed, as prior sequels established how proud he had become of his nose. By extension, Queen Camilla doesn't offer to surgically alter his nose, as it contradicts a plot point in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July establishing that Rudolph's nose has the ability to glow as long as he used it for good.
Many of the original songs are different.
The Elf Foreman doesn't object to Hermey leaving his team to become a dentist, as he had given Hermey permission to set up a dentist's office.
Clarice doesn't fly alongside Rudolph in an early scene.
Scoop the Snowman establishes himself as Sam's brother.
Rudolph uses his adult design.
Donner has a bigger role, and Mrs. Donner and Clarice's father appear as well.
The Toy Taker/Mr. Cuddles' backstory isn't a copy of Jessie's from Toy Story 2.

The Legend of Frosty the Snowman[]

The special was produced by Rankin/Bass instead of Classic Media, Studio B Productions, and Top Draw Animation.

Crystal (voiced by Shelley Winters in her final role), Milly, and Chilly are present.
Frosty is voiced by Jeff Bergman (reprising his role from Frosty Returns) instead of Bill Fagerbakke.
Frosty's characterization is similar to that in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, rather than the 1969 special.

ThunderCats (2011)[]

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power[]

ThunderCats Roar![]

The series doesn't exist.

RCA[]

Johnson acquired the RCA Corporation in 1986, including assets such as RCA Records (which rebranded back to RCA Victor); NBC was divested to General Electric so Johnson could focus on WBC, as Johnson was struggling under then-owner and CEO Phil Stacker. It is still headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and is still called the RCA Building, though NBC still occupies floors 2 through 16 as IOTL.

An ad campaign starring Nipper and Chipper conceived and directed by Timothy Hill began airing in 2006, portrayed by CGI dogs and voiced by Steve Carell and Bill Hader, respectively. It has sponsored the Brickyard 400 since 2017.

Also, JVC was re-acquired by RCA in early 2006 and currently operates as RCA's Japanese Isles subsidiary. RCA Victor's logo was changed to use both the standard RCA and Victor logos.

RKO Pictures[]

In 1955, after years of struggle under Howard Hughes, RKO was acquired by producer and businessman Daichi Makimoto, who sought to improve and expand the company. Immediately, his company Makimoto Productions, Inc. was rebranded to RKO-Makimoto to reflect the merger. In 1970, it was rebranded to RKO Corporation, as Makimoto believed that the RKO name was more valuable than his own.

RKO is still a major studio, continuing to use the 1929 logo until 1970, when it was rebranded from RKO Radio Pictures to simply RKO Pictures, and an updated version of the "transmitter" logo was introduced using the name, in full color and utilizing improved practical effects and animation; it was later replaced by a new logo in 1981 (consisting of the RKO Pictures logo coming from the top of the transmitter from an explosion) and in 1987 (the RKO text being closer to the classic style, with "PICTURES" in an Art Deco font), and OTL's logo was introduced in 1996 alongside the Ted Hartley-composed fanfare. In 2009, it was replaced by a new logo incorporating the RKO brand logo, with Hartley's fanfare remaining the same. In 2019, it switched to another updated logo in celebration of RKO's 90th anniversary, along with a more powerful, triumphant arrangement of the Hartley fanfare by Alan Silvestri. RKO Pictures is still based at its movie ranch in Encino as well.

It also has a television network called the RKO Broadcasting Company (or simply RKO), which was formed in 1983 and is among the major broadcast networks. Also, it has a streaming service called RKO+, which launched in 2020. Its television (RKO Television) and home video (RKO Home Entertainment) use the same logos as RKO Pictures but with their text changed accordingly (in 2019, RKO Home Entertainment started using the full, unaltered RKO Pictures logo).

RKO Corporation's current logo is the same one introduced in 2009 IOTL and is also used for the television network, and the 2011 website logo is used for corporate purposes.

Rockstar Games[]

Thanks to Johnson's ownership of Rockstar, there are a lot of differences:

Leslie Benzies and Dan Houser are still employed by Rockstar, and Lazlow Jones is still involved in the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
Michael Hollick was paid more for his role as Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV, and as a result, he reprised his role in V.
Speaking of IV, there are several differences, including Kate giving Niko a bulletproof lowrider that belonged to her deceased cousin who was killed in the war, the friendship system is more streamlined (for example, Roman doesn't constantly hound Niko to go bowling), the decisions change the course of the the story, Leonida is namedropped instead of Florida, and Games for Windows - Live was patched out after the service was discontinued.
Johnson Games handled the mobile ports, and as a result, they don't have nearly as many glitches, and inaccuracies such as subtitles (including replacing the subtitles for the Yardies with new ones that transcribe their Jamaican slang) and models are fixed, some missions are restored (for example, the mission "Under Surveillance" in III is restored to its original premise: the Mafia, not the FBI, is spying on Claude, and all the Cuban and Haitian censorship in Vice City was undone), and all of the original music was retained. Also, a port of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories was released on October 25, 2016, and a mobile port of Grand Theft Auto IV was released in 2023, with the 10th Anniversary remaster released on eighth-generation consoles on October 30, 2018.
Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories were ported to PC in 2006 and 2007, respectively, their release dates falling on the same day as the PS2 versions, which use Renderware as the in-game engine as well.
San Andreas Stories was released on October 30, 2007 for PSP, October 7, 2008 for PS2 and PC, and October 31, 2017 for mobile, and is split into three parts, set in Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas (the PS2, PC and mobile versions combine them into a single disc). All take place in 1987, and the protagonists of the three games cross over in the Las Venturas part's mission "Sindacco v. Forelli v. Leone".
- Los Santos: It follows Leroy Carson "Little Weasel" Williams (Darreck D. Burns), a lowlife Grove Street Families member who defects to C.R.A.S.H. and the Ballas due to Sweet's poor leadership in the gang, becoming a high-ranking member in the process; it also hints at Big Smoke's eventual betrayal to the Ballas. Pulaski is voiced by Ned Luke (who later portrayed Michael De Santa in V) due to the 2006 death of original actor Chris Penn, while Beverly Johnson (Cicely Tyson), Brian Johnson (Gregory Johnson), Anthony "Tony" Puente (Juvenile), Andrew "Little Devil" Reed (Big Boi), and Christopher "Big Devil" Henry (C-Bo) are all present, while it is mentioned that CJ, Sweet, Kendl, and Brian's father, Steve Johnson, was killed by a crackhead Balla in a drive-by shooting in 1983.
- San Fierro: This part follows Wu Zi Mu joining the Triads and earning the trust of Ran Fa Li, becoming leader of the Mountain Cloud Boys. The main antagonist is Khanh Duc Ha (Scott Chan), leader of the Shining Razors (another Vietnamese gang mentioned in San Andreas) who seeks to destroy the Triads and conquer San Fierro.
- Las Venturas: Johnny Sindacco must help the Sindaccos establish themselves in Las Venturas while fending off the Leones and Forellis; Salvatore Leone, Toni Cipriani (again voiced by Danny Mastrogiorgio), and Marco Forelli (voiced by James Gandolfini) also appear as antagonists.
Agent was released in 2011.
Grand Theft Auto V's physics and AI are more in line with realism. Also, Trevor partners with Johnny to help him rebuild the Lost MC in Los Santos rather than kill him, 100% completion in missions starts when the character is controlled rather than at the cutscene and, most notably, the map is larger and includes Las Venturas and San Fierro, as well as San Joseph, a stand-in for San Jose. Option C is the only ending available.
Bully II was released in 2014. Set in an expanded Bullworth, it follows New Coventry student Daisy Adams, a 16-year-old girl who wants to make it big in the school.
More Midnight Club games have been released.
The original version of Grand Theft Auto: Online never went downhill.
2015 was followed with Manhunt 3.
In 2016, Rockstar released TBA.
The 20th anniversary of the Grand Theft Auto franchise in 2017 was celebrated with the Definitive Editions, though they are completely different from the ones released in 2021 IOTL; they were developed by Rockstar North instead of War Drum Studios/Grove Street Games, which was deemed "too incompetent to be trusted with Rockstar's legacy".
- About the only things the Johnson Definitive Editions have with OTL are minor changes such as the perspective radar (with the original top-down perspective available as an option) and the weapon wheel, both of which were introduced in V, as well as certain details and improved physics.
- The Definitive Editions include III, Vice City, San Andreas, the three Stories games, and The Introduction, use HD Universe graphics and physics, and contain new missions, new features, and some previously cut content, as well as some voices being redubbed to match other games (such as Gary Busey dubbing over Hunter Platin and an unknown voice actor as Phil Cassidy in III and Liberty City Stories, respectively, while Dorian T. Missick replaced Armando Riesco as Vic Vance in Vice City) and some characters being redesigned as well (e.g. Toni, Leon, and Phil in III now resemble their incarnations in LCS and Vice City, Vic is also redesigned to resemble his VCS appearance, and other characters are redesigned to better resemble either their appearances in other games or in artwork). They also incorporate many elements from fan mods (e.g. Liberty City 2001) designed to improve the experience, as well as bring III and Vice City closer to later 3D Universe games.
  - [Here's] a visual reference for the character designs of TTL's Definitive Editions.
- All games use polished versions of the original HUD, subtitle, and font designs.
- Every motion-captured scene is remade, and almost all cutscenes using the in-game engine are redone with motion capture as well.
- The graphics are changed to a much more realistic style.
- All weapons work as in the HD Universe.
- Time goes by as in the HD Universe as well (e.g. one in-game hour takes two minutes).
- III and Liberty City Stories have a slightly larger map with the addition of restaurants such as Burger Shot and Cluckin' Bell in locations that aren't substitutes for any building, as well as incorporating Ghost Town and Upstate Liberty into the hills with new missions.
- Also in III, Catalina has her appearance from the Xbox and mobile versions instead of the original PS2 release.
- All Leone goons in III wield pistols instead of shotguns after Claude assassinates Salvatore.
  - Also, in "Sayonara Salvatore", after Salvatore is killed, his bodyguards are shown panicking and looking around for Claude.
- In San Andreas, Ryder remains loyal to the Families, being exiled along with CJ, and rejoining the Grove when CJ and Sweet retake various hoods from the Ballas and Vagos. Also, in the cutscene for "Los Desperados", CJ calls out Sweet for his behavior and hypocrisy; in the opening cutscene for a new mission, Sweet gives CJ an apology for the way he's acted and how much of a hypocrite he's been (for reference on Ryder's expanded role, see this fanfic). The biggest change is to the mission "OG Loc". CJ is reminded by Sweet that the hood is now with the Ballas after they took it from the Vagos, and it is changed to CJ following Loc running against Freddy, rather than CJ driving Loc on a motorcycle as Loc shoots Freddy.
- All in-game characters move their mouths when they talk.
- In Vice City, the Cuban gang is now referred to as Los Cabrones (their name in Vice City Stories), and the Haitian gang is referred to as the Tigres (short for Poison des Tigres, or Poison of the Tigers). The original dialogue is still used, however.
- Also in Vice City, Phil's shirt isn't censored, and still depicts a Confederate battle flag with an eagle on it instead of a skull; all instances of the Confederate flag are intact as well. His severed arm in the "Boomshine Saigon" cutscene was also corrected so his left arm is blown off instead of his right arm.
- Diaz's Mansion/Vercetti Estate now includes the additional room from Vice City Stories.
- Some infamous missions were altered: for example, "Cop Land" increases the bomb's timer to ten seconds and the AI for the cops and Lance is changed, while in "The Driver", Tommy has to get a fast car before racing Hilary, and "Demolition Man" and "Supply Lines" changed the controls to, as Tim Johnson called it, "something that doesn't make you go full Angry Video Game Nerd". Also, in "Love on the Rocks", destroying the van (unless Toni is killed) no longer fails the mission; the player is prompted to return Toni to Donald's apartment.
- "Escort Service" fixes the glitch involving the van, and its AI is much different; the Old Oriental Gentleman also has new dialogue recorded by James Hong instead of generic pedestrian lines.
- In the Liberty City Stories mission "Morgue Party Resurrection", Avery's cameo is expanded, now being killed by Toni in a shootout. In this scene, Burt Reynolds (Avery's original actor) was called back to reprise his role from Vice City. Also, Avery uses his appearance from the mobile version.
- All interiors are now part of the game map.
- In III, Claude can fully explore his safehouses and change clothes; the Portland safehouse interior is more detailed.
- Asuka's briefing in "Under Surveillance" is changed back to the PS2 version, referencing the Mafia instead of the FBI.
- Catalina's line in "The Exchange" is changed back to "Throw over the cash, and you can have this overused puta back!".
- All three games now have the ability to replay missions and cutscenes.
- The Colombian Cartel and SPANKed-up madmen have additional voice clips.
- All songs from the original games are intact due to Johnson clearing up the licensing issues.
- Abilities introduced in later games were added to earlier games and Liberty City Stories, such as swimming and crouching; aircraft is also added in III (whose original version only had a clipped plane called the Dodo) and LCS; in the former, aircraft can also be destroyed.
- In LCS, Leon's missions are now marked as "Mc" instead of "R".
- Many bugs/oddities were fixed; for example, in "Messing With the Man", the pedestrian glitch was fixed, with a female waitress now showing up in the background.
- Many unused plot elements from the games were reinstated, such as Mercedes becoming Tommy's girlfriend in Vice City and Big Bear's larger role in San Andreas.
- Ray's pager message in III is retconned to mention Vice City instead of Miami (its real-world inspiration).
Bully III was released in 2020.
Red Dead Redemption received a PC port in 2021.
Grand Theft Auto VI was released in 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Any differences from OTL's version will be covered when the game comes out in 2025 IOTL.

"R" Us International[]

The "R" Us International name has been in use since 2007.

General[]

All logos for the brands of "R" Us International have a gold, backwards R with a star inside (like the 2007 Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us logos in OTL, but in gold; it was chosen over yellow, mainly for the fact that it made the backwards R easier to see on a light background), followed by the word "US" in monochrome (the "R" Us International logo has it in black or white, the Toys "R" Us logo has it in blue, the Kids "R" Us Logo has it in red, and the Babies "R" Us logo has it in purple).

Toys "R" Us[]

The current logo resembles the 2007 logo in the real world, but alongside the above differences, the word "TOYS" keeps the colors from the 1986 version of the logo.
Geoffrey got a different redesign in 2007 that resembles his pre-2001 counterparts more, albeit still with star spots; his personality became more mature and less childish (while still keeping the wisecracks of the 2001 version and a small streak of childishness), and his family (Gigi, Baby Gee, Junior) were brought back, albeit with the children aged up. Jim Hanks is kept as the voice of Geoffrey. With these changes, he was officially no longer portrayed as a child, although he technically hasn't been one since 2001 (before Johnson purchased them).

Kids "R" Us[]

Kids "R" Us never went out of business.
The current logo, alongside the above gold backwards R and "US" in red as described above, has the word "KIDS" retain its colors from the 1985 version of the logo (the word "US" is in a somewhat darker shade of red than the K in "KIDS").

Babies "R" Us[]

The current logo, as with Toys "R" Us, resembles the 2007 logo in the real world, but alongside the above differences, the word "BABIES" keeps the colors from the 1996 version of the logo (the word "US" is in a less blue shade of purple than the I in "BABIES")

Sears[]

The company was acquired by Johnson in 1998.

The 1994 logo is still used.
In 2000, Sears re-acquired the Sears Tower in Chicago and relocated its headquarters back there, meaning the building never got renamed to "Willis Tower" ITTL.
Craftsman and DieHard are still under Sears ownership; they're also available at Western Auto locations.

Sega[]

Sega was purchased by Johnson in 2002.

The 1983 Sega jingle was officially reinstated in all games and advertising. Here is an idea of the 2006 opening logo with the jingle.
Here is an idea of its current opening logo since 2016 (the second animation is used along with the regular Sega wordmark, and the Sega jingle accompanies the note).
Sega is aimed as a competitor towards other AAA game studios, rather than Nintendo.
Many IPs that were abandoned by Sega are still ongoing (such as Alex Kidd, Altered Beast, Columns, Decap Attack, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe, Phantasy Star, Ristar, Shinobi, Space Harrier, and Streets of Rage).
Sonic the Hedgehog isn't nearly as over-focused in order to give other IPs more recognition. Despite that, Sonic is still regarded as Sega's flagship IP with the title character as its mascot.
Atlus game series are directly published by Sega.
Alternate versions of Streets of Rage 4 and Shenmue 3 are published by Sega.
Sega gives its developers more time to complete games, and encourages more original ideas rather than safe ones.

Spotify[]

Post-acquisition, the logo’s symbol changed to more of a lime-ish green, and the text changed back to black/white, a la the 2013 logo.
After Spotify found out about Joe Rogan’s misinformation regarding vaccines and COVID-19, his podcast was pulled from the platform. As a result, Neil Young’s music wasn’t removed, nor was that of any artist who followed suit in the real world.
Following Spotify and Johnson's discovery of Kanye West's myriad of antisemitic and pro-Nazi comments, his entire discography was pulled from the platform.
Also, the decision to make “Dream SMP” a genre was immediately rejected by Johnson.

Spümcø[]

Due to John Kricfalusi being a much better person ITTL, Spümcø is still in operation. It moved to a new headquarters in Los Angeles in 2003, and continues to produce television series, films, commercials, and music videos. Also, The Art of Spümcø and John K. (a Spümcø coffeetable book that was scrapped IOTL) was published by Johnson Publishing in 2010 and consists almost entirely of artwork as Kricfalusi intended; all text in the OTL version is instead shown on the Spümcø website.

Telltale Games[]

Johnson purchased Telltale in 2011.

The company didn't take a quantity-over-quality approach, and allowed innovations to both its existing formula and its Telltale Tool.

TikTok[]

All text to speech voices were made for TikTok; the default US one is a monotone female, not unlike the voice used from TTS' debut on TikTok up until May 2021 in OTL; the more excited-sounding female voice that became the default in May 2021 for OTL still exists ITTL, but it's always been an option rather than the default voice.
TikTok never shuts down in 2025.

Twitter[]

LeBlanc outbid Elon Musk for Twitter in 2022. As a result, many unpopular changes do not exist, and Twitter was not renamed to X in 2023.

Union 76[]

76 never dropped its orange color scheme for red in the 2000s, nor did it ever ditch the iconic ball signs. Also, it still supplies fuel for NASCAR.

Unilever[]

Unilever was acquired by Johnson in 2002, resulting in a few changes to its brands.

Breyers[]

Among the things Johnson did affect was Breyers' status; Breyers became the official Heartbrand brand of the US and Canada, while Good Humor became a subbrand of Breyers. The plant in Hagerstown, Maryland that manufactures various products for Breyers and other frozen dessert companies remains open to this day. Various products, whether or not a part of Breyers, like Good Humor’s Candy Center Crunch bar and Klondike’s Choco Taco continue to be made (with the latter still served at Taco Bell).

UPA[]

UPA was purchased by Johnson in 2000 and absorbed into Johnson Cartoon Studios. UPA's properties have seen greater use than IOTL.

Wachovia[]

Due to Johnson keeping Wachovia separate from First Union, the 1986 logo is still used.

Warner Communications[]

ITTL, the company was purchased by Frank ⁠LeBlanc in 1983.

It never sold off the AOL, Time, or Warner Music Group assets, and the merger with AT&T never happened; the AOL-Time Warner merger was much better handled, with AOL adapting to broadband while ditching dial-up (meaning the company continued using the AOL Time Warner name). Also, AOL Time Warner outbid both Gray Television and IAC to acquire both parts of Meredith.
Ted Turner was still involved in the company until retiring in 2019. Also, Turner Broadcasting System is still active, continuing to use the 2015 logo.
AOL Time Warner's corporate name was changed to WarnerMedia in 2011, using the Saul Bass-designed "Big W" logo. Originally, its corporate font was Proxima Nova, with the Geograph font introduced in 2020.
Since Johnson purchased HBO in 1991, HBO Max is instead known as Warner Max (OTL's Warner Max banner doesn't exist). Its 2023 rebrand into "Max" did not happen, either.
Warner Bros. Pictures retained the 1937 Max Steiner fanfare after Gremlins. The Jerry Goldsmith arrangement from said film was used until 1994, when a new arrangement by George Daugherty was introduced (it's the same one used in several mid-1990s Looney Tunes shorts IOTL, with a slower tempo). When the 1998 logo was introduced, a new arrangement composed by Alan Silvestri debuted (here's an idea of the timing; the ripple happens slightly earlier). The 2021 arrangement was composed by Ludwig Göransson.
Warner Bros. Animation was never renamed to Warner Bros. Television Animation, and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment does not exist; instead, Warner Bros. Feature Animation's films were released under that name (with all films from 1992 to 1999 using the WBFE logo from Dennis the Menace with the banner changed accordingly, and films from The Iron Giant onward using the variant used in that film with the "Merrily We Roll Along" arrangement by Richard Stone). Films such as The Iron Giant and Looney Tunes: Back in Action received better treatment. Because of this, WBFA did not shut down, and was instead folded into Warner Bros. Animation in 2013 as WBA's feature film division (meaning Warner Animation Group does not exist); WBA's onscreen logo since 2013 is the same one used in its films since 2018 IOTL, except with Daffy being voiced by Joe Alaskey instead of Eric Bauza; a still version is used for television series. Finally, Sander Schwartz did not run Warner Bros. Animation in the 2000s.
Neither the 1993 nor 2001 Warner Bros. print logos exist; a print logo more accurate to the shield was used instead (with the division's name below or next to it), and divisions such as Warner Bros. Games used similar print logos. Also, from 2001 on the Warner Bros. Pictures closing logo is simply a still version of the opening logo.
DC still retains its "DC Bullet" logo after 2005, with an updated version removing the outlines and making the logo more symmetrical introduced in 2012.
The Pentagram and Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv-designed shields don't exist. Instead, the 1998 shield remains in use, though the logo was still replaced with an updated one in 2021.
The updated logo for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment was introduced in 2011, replacing the Warner Home Video logo. While the music and rippling animation are retained, it's otherwise similar to the 2011 Warner Bros. Pictures logo. The logo was updated in 2021, matching the Warner Bros. Pictures logo introduced that year.
New Line Cinema is still independent from Warner Bros. (though it's still owned by WarnerMedia). Since 2011, it uses the logo used since 2024 IOTL.
The Discovery merger went the other way around, with Jason Kilar remaining in charge and David Zaslav being unceremoniously fired, with Discovery itself seeing a massive management shakeup; due to this, as well as Johnson treating its writers fairly, the 2023 WGA strike did not happen. Also, Discovery+ was folded into Warner Max, and no projects were canceled as tax write-offs. Finally, Discovery's subsidiaries under LeBlanc all use the 2019 Discovery Channel logo.
Merger discussions with Paramount Global never took place.

Water Country USA[]

The logo currently used in the Johnsonverse is a cleaner, simplified version of the 1984 logo.

Western Auto[]

Western Auto was purchased along with Sears by Johnson in 1998. It's still active as a result.

World Sports Enterprises[]

WSE was purchased by Johnson in 1995, and still exists to this day, producing all NASCAR, USAC, IROC, ARCA, and IMSA broadcasts, among others. The WSE logo since 2007 is a fully CGI version of the 1994 logo, with the arrows now having a glass texture and being three-dimensional; the 1994 logo's music is reused. After the deaths of founders Fred Rheinstein and Ken Squier in 2013 and 2023, respectively, WSE's logo at the end of telecasts replaced their name with dedications for the remainder of those years.

WWE[]

Vince McMahon was fired immediately after Johnson purchased WWE in 2018.

Yahoo![]

Yahoo! was purchased by Johnson in 2004.

The site never went through its decline.
Its logo still became purple in 2009, and the site's overall layout is still based on the 2009 layout. It still rebranded in 2013, except the 30-day logo cycle didn't happen, and the August 16 logo was chosen.

YouTube[]

Johnson beat out Google in an intense bidding war for YouTube in 2006.

Susan Wojcicki was never made CEO. Jawed Karim is still in charge.
YouTube's copyright system is much better.
The Happy Tree Friends short "YouTube Copyright School" does not exist.
Users do not need Google accounts for YouTube.
There is no monetization program; instead, there is a sister site WBCi for creators who wish to make money from their content, with less strict guidelines.
Instead of a "for kids/not for kids" system, a rating system similar to the ESRB was created exclusively for YouTube and WBCi: 0-3, all ages, for 7+ and up, for 10+ and up, 13+, and 16+. An 18+ rating was not made due to concerns that it would be used to upload pornographic content onto YouTube.
Ratings are not assigned to videos by bots; the uploader has to set the rating themselves.
The ratings also do not determine whether the comments can be disabled or not, as the comments can only be disabled if the uploader wants to disable them.
Any video can be saved to a playlist, played on the miniplayer, and commented on (unless the uploader has manually disabled comments) regardless of their age rating.
Annotations are still present, as are collaborative annotations.
Titles are still above the video rather than below.
Friend lists and video responses weren't retired.
Each channel still has custom backgrounds.
Dislikes continue to remain visible, as do comment dislikes.
The crackdown on Elsagate videos has been much more successful.
YouTube Rewinds have been made since 2007 ITTL (not having been cancelled in 2020 like in OTL), and have several differences: not overemphasizing on popular music or fads, are only aimed towards YouTube audiences instead of mainstream audiences, and only YouTubers are featured.
All logos remain the same from OTL.